John Spencer (speaker)
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John Spencer | |
|---|---|
| Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives | |
| In office February 1712 – May 1712 | |
| Preceded by | James Greene |
| Succeeded by | Ebenezer Slocum |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 April 1666 |
| Died | 1743 (aged 86–87) East Greenwich, Colony of Rhode Island, British America |
| Spouse |
Audrey Greene
(m. 1684; died 1744) |
| Children | John Spencer William Spencer |
| Parent(s) | Dr. John Spencer Susannah Griffin |
John Spencer JP (20 April 1666 – 1743) was a colonial Rhode Island politician.
Spencer was born on 20 April 1666 in Newport in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. He was the eldest son of nine children born to Dr. John Spencer (1638–1684), who was made freeman of Newport in 1668, and Susannah (née Griffin) Spencer (1644–1719).[1]
His paternal grandfather, Michael Spencer, was born in Stotfold, Bedford, England before emigrating to the Massachusetts Bay Colony aboard the ship Mary and John in 1634, first settling at Cambridge before moving to Lynn.[2] After his grandfather's death, his grandmother Isabel remarried to Thomas Robbins before her death in Salem in 1674. His maternal grandparents were Robert and Hannah Griffin.[3]