Captain Simmons Spencer, son of John (3) and Experience (Lyon) Spencer, was born in East Greenwich, R. I., June 23, 1766. He was a captain of a merchant vessel plying between East Greenwich and southern ports, and was well known in East Greenwich in his day. He married, November 11, 1792, Elder Lippitt officiating, Ruth Miller, daughter of Nathan and Robey (Salisbury) Miller, of Warwick. (See Miller VI). Their children were: John, born July 11, 1795; Richard, Feb. 11, 1798; Almy, 1800; Nathan, 1802; Thomas Lyon