Spencer, Joseph
soldier, lawyer,. jurist, congressman, was born in 1714 in East Haddam, Conn. He was elected a member of the council in 1766; was appointed brigadier-general in the continental army in 1775; became major-general in 1776; was in the expedition against Rhode Island in 1778; and assisted in Sullivan's retreat. He was a delegate to the continental congress in 1778 and 1779; and in 1780 was again elected to the council, and was annually re-elected until his death. He died Jan. 13, 1789, in East Haddam, Conn.