Roll of state officers and members of General Assembly of Connecticut, from 1776 to 1881 : with an appendix giving the congressional delegates, judges of the Supreme and superior courts, and the date of incorporation of the cities, boroughs, and towns, Part 1

Author: Connecticut. General Assembly. cn
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Hartford, Conn. : Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co.
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FIRST STATE-HOUSE AT HARTFORD. Commenced in 1719; occupied in 1720 ; frame building, 30 x 70 feet, 24 feet in height.


FIRST STATE-HOUSE AT NEW HAVEN. Commenced in 1763 ; occupied in 1764 ; brick.


SECOND STATE-HOUSE AT HARTFORD. Commenced in 1792 ; occupied in 1796.


SECOND STATE-HOUSE AT NEW HAVEN. Commenced in 1S27 : occupied in 1830.


THIRD STATE-HOUSE AT HARTFORD.


Commenced in 1874 ; occupied in 1878; length, 296 feet ; width, 190 feet ; height to top of roof, 93 feet, and to top of crowning figure on the dome, 257 feet.


ROLL


OF


STATE OFFICERS


AND


MEMBERS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY


OF


E


CONNECTICUT


FROM


1776 TO 1881


WITH AN APPENDIX GIVING THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATES, JUDGES OF THE SUPREME AND SUPERIOR COURTS, AND THE DATE OF INCORPORATION OF THE CITIES, BOROUGHS, AND TOWNS.


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Published by Order of the General Assembly.


HARTFORD, CONN .: PRESS OF THE CASE, LOCKWOOD & BRAINARD COMPANY 1881.


1535071


STATE OFFICERS, 1776.


THE HONORABLE JONATHAN TRUMBULL, EsQ., GOVERNOR.


THE HONORABLE MATTHEW GRISWOLD, EsQ., DEPUTY GOVERNOR. GEORGE WYLLYS, EsQ., SECRETARY. JOHN LAWRENCE, EsQ., TREASURER.


. ASSISTANTS.


JABEZ HAMLIN, EsQ.,


ELISHA SHELDON, EsQ.,


ELIPHALET DYER, EsQ.,


JABEZ HUNTINGTON, EsQ.,


WILLIAM PITKIN, EsQ.,


RICHARD LAW, EsQ.,


WILLIAM WILLIAMS, EsQ.


HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.


MAY SESSION, 1776.


SPEAKER.


ERASTUS WOLCOTT, Esq., of East Windsor. -


TITUS HOSMER, Clerk.


Colo. John Pitkin, Hartford.


Colo. Thomas Seymour, 66


Capt. Josiah Bissell, Windsor.


Capt. Henry Allyn,


Capt. Judah Holcomb, Symsbury.


Mr. Benjamin Farnham, 66 Colo. Erastus Wolcott, East Windsor. Mr. Benoni Olcott, 66


Capt. Joseph Brooks, Haddam. Mr. Phineas Braynerd, 66 Capt. Selah Hart, Colo. Fisher Gay, Mr. Reuben Sikes, Capt. Abiel Pease, Colo. Stephen Moulton, Stafford. Capt. Samuel Davies, ..


Farmington. 66 Somers.


ROGER SHERMAN, EsQ.,


ABRAHAM DAVENPORT, EsQ.,


JOSEPH SPENCER, EsQ.,


OLIVER WOLCOTT, EsQ.,


SAMUEL HUNTINGTON, EsQ.,


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CONNECTICUT LEGISLATIVE STATISTICS, 1776.


Colo. Sam'l Chapman, Tolland.


Capt. Solomon Wills, Mr. Eben. Plummer, Mr. Elijah Hollister, Mr. Daniel Brainerd, Mr. Jabez Chapman, Mr. Daniel Foot,


Capt. Peter Bulkley, Maj. Elijah Fenton, Capt. Timothy Pearl,


Maj. Nath'l Terry, Mr. Nath'l Chapin, Mr. Benja. Trumbull, Mr. Seth King,


Mr. Titus Hosmer,


Colo. Comfort Sage,


Maj. John Chester,


Colo. Thomas Belden,


Capt. Obad'h Horsford, Hebron.


Mr. Neziah Bliss, 66


Capt. John Harmon, Suffield.


Capt. Abraham Granger,


Mr. Ebenezer White, Chatham.


Maj. John Penfield,


Mr. Sam'l Bishop, Jr., New Haven. Colo. Jonathan Fitch,


Mr. Samuel Beach,


Mr. Oliver Stanly,


Wallingford. 66


Colo. And'w Ward, Jr., Guilford.


Mr. John Burgess,


Capt. John Holbrook, Derby.


Mr. Eliphalet Hotchkiss,


Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Waterbury.


Capt. Ezra Brownson,


Mr. Ephraim Strong, Milford.


Capt. Isaac Miles,


Capt. Edward Russell, Branford.


Maj. William Douglass,


Colo. Elihu Chauncey, Durham.


Colo. J. Wadsworth, Jr.,


Richard Law, Esq., New London.


Mr. William Hillhouse, 66


Mr. Benja. Huntington, Norwich.


Mr. Rufus Lathrop, 66


Maj. Samuel Selden, Lyme.


Mr. Marshfield Parsons, 6


Mr. Stephen Willcox, Killingworth. Mr. Hezekiah Lane,


Capt. Wm. Ledyard,


Groton.


Stonington.


Capt. Samuel Shipman, Saybrook. Colo. Wm. Worthington, 66 Capt. Jeremiah Halsey, Preston. Mr. Samuel Tyler, 66


Mr. Samuel Squire, Fairfield.


Mr. Thaddeus Burr, 66 Colo. Thomas Fitch,


Mr. Thaddeus Betts,


Mr. Samuel Olmsted,


Colo. Ph. Burr Bradley,


Ridgefield. Colo. David Waterbury, Stamford. Mr. Benjamin Weed,


Capt. Robert Fairchild, Stratford.


Colo. Ichabod Lewiss,


Mr. Ephraim Hubbell, New Fairfield.


Capt. Neh'h Beardsley, Colo. John Mead, Greenwich.


Doc'r Amos Mead, 66


Colo. Jos. Platt Cook, Danbury.


Capt. Daniel Taylor, 66 Mr. Hezekiah Sanford, Reading.


Mr. Seth Sanford, 66 Colo. Jedid'h Elderkin, Windham. Mr. Samuel Webb, Jr., Colo. Wm. Williams, Lebanon. Capt. Jeremiah Mason, 66 Colo. Experience Storrs, Mansfield.


Capt. Amar'h Williams, 66


Mr. David Payne, Canterbury. Mr. John Harrick, 66


Mr. Thomas Williams, Pomfret.


Mr. Nathan Frink, 66


Capt. Benja. Sumner, Ashford.


Mr. Ezra Smith, 66 Voluntown. 66


Capt. John Gordon, Mr. Ezra Crary,


Capt. Elisha Childs,


Woodstock. 66


Mr. William Skinner,


Capt. Andrew Backus, Plainfield. Mr. Joshua Dunlap, 66 Capt. Stephen Crosby, Mr. Daniel Watrous, Killingly. 66 Mr. Eben. Kingsbury, Mr. Ephraim Root, Coventry. 66 Litchfield.


Mr. Jedidiah Strong,


Mr. Abraham Bradley, Mr. Daniel Sherman, Woodbury.


Capt. Increase Mosely, Mr. John Canfield,


Sharon. Capt. Caleb Jewett, 66


Capt. Benadam Gallop, Mr. John Dean,


Maj. Charles Phelps,


Glastonbury. 66 East Haddam. 66 Colchester. 66 Willington.


Enfield. 66


Bolton. 66 Middletown. 66


Weathersfield.


Norwalk. 66


Mr. Ephraim Bancroft, Torrington. Capt. Shubael Griswold, -


*


CONNECTICUT LEGISLATIVE STATISTICS, 1776.


Capt. Abiel Camp, Colo. Joshua Porter, Mr. Edward Rogers, Mr. John Pierce, Salisbury. Cornwall. 66 Capt. Matthew Gillett, New Hartford. Capt. Isaac Kellogg, 66 Col. Ebenezer Norton, Goshen.


Mr. Asaph Hall,


Capt. Jethro Hatch, Kent.


Capt. Moses Averill, Mr. John Jenkins, Capt. Solomon Strong, Capt. John Ensign,


Kent.


Westmoreland .*


66 Canaan.


66 Capt. John Watson, Maj. Samuel Canfield, New Milford. Capt. Sher'n Boardman, 66


Capt. John Willson, Harwington. 66


Mr. Josiah Phelps,


OCTOBER SESSION, 1776.


SPEAKER.


TITUS HOSMER, Esq., of Middletown.


BENJAMIN HUNTINGTON, Esq., of Norwich, Clerk.


Colo. Thos. Seymour,


Hartford.


Mr. John Dickinson, Middletown.


Mr. Daniel Brainerd, East Haddam.


Mr. Samuel Huntington,


Mr. Alexander King, Suffield. .6


Mr. Abraham Granger,


Mr. Ichabod Griggs, Tolland.


Capt. Elijah Chapman, 66 Windsor.


Capt. Henry Allyn,


Capt. Josiah Bissell, 66 New Haven. 66


Chatham. 66


Colo. Jonathan Fitch, Mr. Eliph't Hotchkiss, Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Capt. Ezra Brunson,


Derby. Waterbury.


Mr. Edward Collins, Capt. Ephraim Pease, Colo. Henry Champion, Colchester. John Watrous, 66 Capt. Elizur Goodrich, Weathersfield. 66


Colo. Thomas Belden, Capt. Isaac Pinney,


Stafford.


Mr. Nathaniel Stone,


Guilford.


Mr. Nathaniel Ruggles, 66


Mr. Ephraim Strong, Milford. 66


Mr. Isaac Miles,


Capt. Eliakim Hall, Wallingford.


Mr. Samuel Beach, 66


Mr. Nath. Shaw, Jr., New London.


Maj. William Hillhouse, 66


Mr. Benj. Huntington, Norwich.


Mr. Rufus Lathrop, 66


Middletown.


Mr. Park Avery, Groton.


* West of Delaware river, now in Pennsylvania.


Mr. Aaron Horton, Mr. Eben. Plummer, Mr. Elijah Hollister, Colo. Isaac Lee, Mr. John Treadwell, Mr. Titus Hosmer,


Enfield.


Colo. Elihu Chauncey, Durham. Mr. Benjamin Pickett, Mr. Samuel Barker, 66 Branford. 66


Mr. Daniel Page,


Capt. Timothy Daviss, Mr. Benj. Trumbull, Mr. Seth King, Mr. Reuben Sikes,


Bolton.


Somers.


Glastonbury. 66


Farmington.


Mr. Samuel Lawrence, Symsbury. Capt. Amos Wilcox, 66 Mr. Neziah Bliss, Hebron.


Mr. John Phelps, 66 East Windsor. Haddam. 66 Willington.


Mr. Benoni Olcott, Capt. Joseph Brooks, Mr. Hez. Brainerd, Capt. Timothy Pearl, Mr. Moses Holmes, Mr. Ebenezer White, Maj. John Penfield,


Mr. Samuel Bishop,


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CONNECTICUT LEGISLATIVE STATISTICS, 1776.


Mr. John Hurlbutt, Groton.


Mr. Hezekiah Lane,


Killingworth. 66


Capt. Samuel Gale,


Capt. William Witter, Preston.


Capt. Asa Kinne, 66


Capt. Daniel Fish,


Stonington. 66


Mr. Joshua Prentice,


Mr. Samuel Field,


Saybrook.


Capt. Benjamin Williams, “


Mr. John Lay, 2d, Lyme.


Mr. Marshfield Parsons, יו


Mr. Jonathan Sturgis, Fairfield.


Mr. Thaddeus Burr, 66


Capt. Robert Fairchild, Stratford.


Capt. Daniel Judson,


Mr. James Potter, New Fairfield.


Capt. Dan. Towner,


Capt. Jethro Hatch, Kent.


Capt. Justus Sackett,


Capt. Sh'r'n Boardman, New Milford.


Mr. Abel Hine, 66


Maj. Ebenezer Gay, Sharon.


Mr. James Pardy,


Capt. Thomas Porter, Cornwall.


Capt. Daniel Taylor, Danbury.


Capt. Jabez Huntington, Windham.


Capt. Ebenezer Mosely, 66


Mr. John Clark, Lebanon.


Capt. Joshua West, 66


Mr. Elisha Perkins,


Plainfield. 66


Mr. Joshua Dunlap,


Mr. Thomas Williams, Pomfret.


Mr. Nathan Frink,


Mr. David Payne,


Canterbury. 66


Mr. Eliasheb Adams,


Capt. Timothy Perren, Woodstock. Mr. Cons't Southworth, Mansfield.


Mr. Edmund Freeman,


Mr. Simon Learned, .Killingly.


Mr. Benjamin Leavinze, 66


Mr. Robert Hunter, Voluntown.


Capt. Eben. Kingsbury, Coventry. Mr. Abraham Burnap, Capt. Benjamin Clark, Ashford. Capt. Elisha Wales, Mr. Jedidiah Strong, Mr. Andrew Adams, 66 Litchfield. 66 Mr. Daniel Sherman, Woodbury.


Capt. Increase Moseley,


Colo. Joshua Porter, Salisbury.


Capt. Abiel Camp,


Capt. Mathew Gillett,


Capt. Isaac Kellogg,


Mr. Ephraim Bancroft, Torrington.


Capt. Shubael Griswold,


Colo. Ebenezer Norton, Goshen.


Mr. David Thomson,


Mr. Lem. Sanford, Jr., Reading,


Mr. Stephen Betts, Jr., 66


Mr. Benjamin Weed,


Stamford.


Mr. John Davenport,


Mr. Amos Mead,


Mr. Stephen Smith,


Greenwich Ridgefield.


Mr. Judah Kellogg,


Capt. John Watson, Canaan.


Mr. Asahel Bebee, Mr. Phineas Kingsbury, Hartland.


Mr. Joseph Wilder,


Capt. John Willson,


Harwington.


Mr. Josiah Phelps,


Colo. Zebulon Butler, Colo. Nathan Denison,


Westmoreland. 66


NOTE .- At an adjourned session in November, in addition: Col. John Pitkin, Hartford.


Col. Erastus Wolcott, Capt. John Holbrook,


East Windsor. Derby.


Capt. Comfort Hoit,


Danbury.


Maj. Samuel McLellan, Woodstock.


Maj. James Gordon, Voluntown.


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66


New Hartford. 66


STATE OFFICERS, 1777.


THE HONORABLE JONATHAN TRUMBULL, EsQ., GOVERNOR. THE HONORABLE MATTHEW GRISWOLD, EsQ., DEPUTY GOVERNOR. GEORGE WYLLYS, EsQ., SECRETARY. JOHN LAWRENCE, EsQ., TREASURER. ASSISTANTS.


JABEZ HAMLIN, EsQ.,


ABRAHAM DAVENPORT, EsQ.,


ELISHA SHELDON, EsQ.,


JOSEPH SPENCER, EsQ.,


ELIPHALET DYER, EsQ.,


SAMUEL HUNTINGTON, EsQ.,


JABEZ HUNTINGTON, EsQ.,


OLIVER WOLCOTT, EsQ.,


WILLIAM PITKIN, EsQ.,


RICHARD LAW, EsQ.,


ROGER SHERMAN, EsQ.,


HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.


MAY SESSION.


SPEAKER. TITUS HOSMER, Esq., of Middletown. BENJAMIN HUNTINGTON, Esq., Clerk.


Colo. John Pitkin,


Mr. Benjamin Payne, Colo. John Chester,


Colo. Elisha Williams, Colo. Isaac Lee, Mr. John Tredwell, Capt. Ezekiel Humphry, Symsbury.


Mr. Daniel Humphry, Capt. Joseph Brooks, Haddam. Mr. Ezra Brainerd, 6 Gen'l Erastus Wolcott, East Windsor. Mr. Benoni Olcott, Capt. Timothy Pearl, Willington. Mr. John Farley, Maj. Jabez Chapman, East Haddam. Mr. Samuel Huntington,


Hartford. 66 Weathersfield. 66 Farmington.


Mr. Alexander King, Suffield. Mr. Isaac Pomroy, Capt. Reuben Sikes, Somers. Maj. Abiel Pease, 66


Capt. Israel Converse, Stafford. Mr. Samuel Fuller, 66 Capt. Benjamin Talcott, Bolton. Mr. Seth King, : Colo. Henry Champion, Colchester. Capt. Elias Worthington, Colo. Nath'l Terry, Enfield. Mr. Peter Reynolds, 66


Capt. Jonathan Wells, Glastonbury. Mr. Ebenezer Plummer,


Mr. Titus Hosmer, Middletown. Colo. Comfort Sage,


WILLIAM WILLIAMS, EsQ.


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CONNECTICUT LEGISLATIVE STATISTICS, 1777.


Mr. Ebenezer White, Colo. John Penfield, Capt. Henry Allyn,


Capt. James Hooker,


Mr. Neziah Bliss,


Mr. John Phelps, 66


Colo. Samuel Chapman, Tolland. Colo. Solomon Wills. 66 Mr. Samuel Bishop, Jr., New Haven. Mr. Pierpont Edwards, 66


Mr. Joseph Hopkins, Waterbury.


Capt. Ezra Brownson, Mr. Eliph't Hotchkiss, Derby. Mr. James Beard,


Mr. Samuel Beach, Colo. Street Hall,


Wallingford.


Mr. Gid. Buckingham, Milford.


Mr. Lewiss Mallett, Jr.,


Mr. Nath'l Stone,


Guilford.


Mr. Nath'l Ruggles, ~


Gen'l J. Wadsworth, Jr., Durham. Mr. Elnathan Camp, 66 Branford. New London. 66


Maj. Edward Russell, Mr. Nath'l Shaw, Jr., Maj. Wm. Hilhouse,


Mr. Benj. Huntington, Norwich. Mr. Rufus Lathrop, 66 Stonington.


Maj. Charles Phelps,


Mr. Nath'l Minor,


Capt. John Shipman, Colo. Wm. Worthington,


Mr. Hez'h Lane,


Capt. Samuel Gale,


Mr. Thos. Mumford,


Colo. Benadam Gallop,


Mr. William Noyes,


Lyme.


Mr. Samuel Ely,


66


Mr. Samuel Tyler, 66


Capt. Samuel Squire,


Fairfield. 66


Maj. Elijah Abell,


Capt. Abr'm Brinsmade, Stratford.


Capt. Daniel Judson,


Capt. James Potter,


Maj. Nehe. Beardslee,


Colo. John Mead,


Mr. John McKay,


Mr. J. Davenport, Jr.,


Mr. John Hoit, Jr.,


Mr. Lemuel Sanford,


Mr. Daniel Sanford,


Mr. William Forrester, Ridgefield.


Mr. Daniel Betts, Jr., Mr. Moses Comstock, Mr. Richard Shute, Capt. Eli Mygatt, Capt. J. Huntington, Mr. Nath'l Wales, Jr., Mr. John Clark,


Norwalk. 66. Danbury. 6. Windham. 66 Lebanon. Capt. Joshua West, Colo. Sam'l McLellan, Woodstock. Capt. Nehemiah Lyon, Mr. David Payne, Canterbury Mr. Jabez Fitch, Jr., Mr. Cons't Southworth, Mansfield. Mr. Edmund Freeman, 66 Capt. Benj. Sumner, Maj. Benjamin Clark, Capt. Samuel Craft,


Ashford. 66 Pomfret. Capt. James Bradford, Plainfield. Capt. Andrew Backus, Maj. James Gordon, Mr. Robert Hunter, Maj. Thomas Brown, Maj. Elias Bewell,


Voluntown. 66 Coventry. 66


Capt. Simon Learned, Killingly. Colo. Wm. Danielson, Mr. Andrew Adams, Mr. Jedidiah Strong, Mr. Daniel Sherman, Capt. Increase Mosely, Mr. John Canfield, Capt. Simeon Smith,


Litchfield. 66 Woodbury. 66 Sharon. 66 Mr. Samuel Comstock, New Milford.


Capt. Aaron Austin, Colo. Seth Smith,


New Hartford.


Mr. Eph'm Hubbell,Jr., Kent. Capt. Justus Sackett,


Col. Epaphras Sheldon, Torrington.


Capt. Shubael Griswold,


Mr. Nehemiah Andrus, Hartland.


Mr. Eleazer Ensign, 66 Capt. Edward Rogers, Cornwall. Mr. John Pierce,


Capt. Timothy Stanley, Goshen. Capt. Asa Franciss,


Mr. Timothy Hurlburt, Canaan. 66 Harwington.


Capt. John Watson, Mr. Josiah Phelps,


Mr. Cyprian Webster, Colo. Joshua Porter, Mr. John Jenkins,


Salisbury. Westmoreland.


Mr. Isaac Tripp,


Saybrook. 66 Killingworth.


Mr. Oliver Warner,


Groton.


Colo. Samuel Mott,


Preston.


New Fairfield.


Greenwich. 66 Stamford.


Reading. 66


Chatham.


66 Windsor. 66 Hebron.


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CONNECTICUT LEGISLATIVE STATISTICS, 1777.


OCTOBER SESSION, 1777.


SPEAKER.


TITUS HOSMER, Esq., of Middletown.


BENJAMIN PAYNE, Esq., of Hartford, Clerk.


Colo. John Pitkin, Hartford.


Mr. Benjamin Payne, 66


Gen'l Erastus Wolcott, East Windsor.


Mr. Benoni Olcutt, 66 Capt. Ezekiel Williams, Weathersfield.


Colo. John Chester,


Capt. Benjamin Talcott, Bolton.


Mr. Seth King,


Doct. Neziah Bliss, Mr. Elijah Kellogg, Capt. Amasa Mills, Mr. Titus Hosmer, Mr. John Farley,


Mr. Abiel Holt, - Colo. Isaac Lee,


Mr. John Treadwell,


Capt. Isaac Pinney, Mr. Ebenezer Gay,


Colo. Samuel Chapman, Tolland.


Mr. Ichabod Griggs, 66


Colo. Henry Champion, Colchester.


Maj. Elias Worthington,


Doct. 'Alex'r Wolcott, Windsor.


Capt. Edward Griswold, Capt. Nehe. Brainerd, Haddam.


Mr. Ezra Brainerd, Colo. Dyar Throop,


East Haddam.


Enfield. 66 Glastonbury. Chatham. Somers.


Capt. Abra'm Granger, Suffield.


Mr. Samuel Bishop, Jr., New Haven. Mr. Samuel Barker, Branford. Mr. Daniel Page,


Mr. Eliphalet Hotchkiss, Derby.


Capt. Thomas Clark, 66 Mr. Elnathan Camp, Durham.


Capt. Isaac Miles, Milford. Mr. Gid'n Buckingham, 66


Mr. John Burgess, Guilford.


Mr. Joseph Hopkins,


Waterbury.


Capt. Ezra Brunson, 66


Mr. David Brooks,


Colo. Street Hall,


Maj. Wm. Hillhouse, New London.


Mr. Winthrop Saltonstall,


Capt. Elijah Backuss, Norwich.


Capt. Elisha Lathrop, Mr. Hezekiah Lane, Killingworth. 66


Mr. Daniel Redfield,


Capt. Samuel Shipman, Saybrook.


Mr. William Linde,


Capt. Jeremiah Halsey, Preston.


Mr. David Adams,


Maj. Charles Phelps,


Stonington.


Mr. Paul Wheeler,


Mr. John Lay, 2d, Lyme.


Capt. Samuel Ely,


Mr. Thomas Mumford, Groton.


Colo. Nathan Gallop,


Capt. Samuel Squire,


Capt. Caleb Baldwin, Mr. Henry Peck,


Mr. John McKay,


Fairfield. Newtown. 66 Greenwich.


Mr. S. Cook Silliman, Norwalk. Mr. Sam'l Hungerford, New Fairfield. Mr. Alex'r Stewart,


Capt. Sylvanus Knapp, Stamford.


Capt. Isaac Lockwood,


Capt. Daniel Judson, Stratford.


Capt. Abr'm Brinsmade, Mr. Nathan Olmsted, Ridgefield. 66


Mr. John Benedict, Maj. Eli Mygatt, Danbury. Capt. Jabez Huntington, Windham. Mr. Nath'l Wales, Jr.,


Mr. David Payne, Canterbury.


Wallingford.


Hebron.


Symsbury. Middletown. Willington. 66 Farmington. 66


Stafford.


Colo. Jabez Chapman, Colo. Nathan'l Terry, Mr. Peter Reynolds, Mr. Eben. Plummer, Mr. Ebenezer White, Capt. Reuben Sikes,


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CONNECTICUT LEGISLATIVE STATISTICS, 1777.


Mr. Eliasheb Adams, Mr. Hezekiah Green, Mr. Benjamin Levins, Colo. Jeremiah Mason, Lebanon. Mr. Beriah Southworth, Mr. Cons't Southworth, Mansfield. Mr. Edmund Freemen, 66 Capt. Nehemiah Lyon, Woodstock. Capt. Jedidiah Fay, Ashford. 66 Pomfret. 66


Mr. Ezra Smith, Capt. John Weld, Mr. Thomas Williams,


Capt. Eben. Kingsbury, Coventry.


Capt. Jeremiah Ripley,


Capt. James Bradford, Plainfield. Mr. Joseph Shepard, Colo. James Gordon, Mr. Robert Hunter,


Maj. Andrew Adams,


Litchfield.


Mr. Jedidiah Strong,


Mr. Uriel Holmes. Mr. James Pardy,


Hartland. Sharon.


Mr. Joseph Lord,


Maj. Jethro Hatch, Kent. 66


Capt. Joseph Carter, Colo. Ebenezer Norton, Goshen.


Capt. Asaph Hall,


Capt. Samuel Forbs,


Mr. Asahel Bebee,


Colo. Joshua Porter,


Salisbury.


Capt. John Willson, Capt. Daniel Catlin, Mr. Abner Marshall, Mr. John Cook,


Capt. Giles Pettibone, Mr. William Walter, Mr. Judah Kellogg,


Mr. Daniel Sherman, Colo. Benj. Hinman, Col. Samuel Canfield, Mr. Samuel Comstock, Mr. John Jenkins, Mr. Isaac Tripp,


Harwington.


Torrington. 66


Norfolk.


Cornwall. Woodbury.


66 New Milford. 44 Westmoreland.


NOTE .- At an adjourned session in January, '78, there were present, in addition :


Colo. Noah Phelps, Symsbury. Middletown.


Colo. Comfort Sage,


Capt. Jonathan Wells,


Colo. John Penfield, Maj Abiel Pease,


Glastonbury. Chatham. Somers.


Capt. Simeon Sheldon, Suffield.


Gen'l Jas. Wadsworth, Durham.


Gen'l Andrew Ward, Maj. Elijah Abel,


Mr. Seth Sanford, Colo. Sam'l Mcclellan, Capt. Thomas Porter,


Guilford. Fairfield. Redding. Woodstock. Cornwall.


New Hartford.


Capt. Abiel Camp,


Canaan.


Capt. Aaron Austin,


Capt. Noah Kellogg,


Canterbury. Killingly. 66


Voluntown.


STATE OFFICERS, 1778.


HIS EXCELLENCY JONATHAN TRUMBULL, EsQ., GOVERNOR. THE HONORABLE MATTHEW GRISWOLD, EsQ., DEPUTY-GOVERNOR. GEORGE WYLLYS, EsQ., SECRETARY. JOHN LAWRENCE, EsQ., TREASURER.


ASSISTANTS.


JABEZ HAMLIN, EsQ.,


ABRAHAM DAVENPORT, EsQ., OLIVER WOLCOTT, EsQ.,


ELISHA SHELDON, EsQ.,


ELIPHALET DYER, EsQ.,


SAMUEL HUNTINGTON, EsQ.,


JABEZ HUNTINGTON, EsQ:,


RICHARD LAW, EsQ.,


WILLIAM PITKIN, EsQ.,


WILLIAM WILLIAMS, EsQ.,


ROGER SHERMAN, EsQ.,


TITUS HOSMER, EsQ.


HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.


MAY SESSION, 1778.


SPEAKER.


BENJAMIN HUNTINGTON, Esq., of Norwich.


BENJAMIN PAYNE, Esq., Clerk.


Colo. John Pitkin, Mr. Benjamin Payne, Capt. Isaac Pinney, Mr. Samuel Fuller, Maj. Gad Stanley, Mr. John Tredwell, Capt. Reuben Sikes, Mr. Aaron Houghton,


Hartford. 66 Stafford. 66 Farmington. 66 Somers.


Colo. Noah Phelps, Mr. Daniel Humphry, Colo. Nathaniel Terry, Enfield. Mr. Edward Collins, Mr. Ebenezer White, Colo. John Penfield, Mr. Gideon Granger, Mr. Phineas Sheldon,


Symsbury.


66 Chatham. Suffield.


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CONNECTICUT LEGISLATIVE STATISTICS, 1778.


Colo. Solomon Willes, Tolland. Colo. Samuel Chapman, 66 Capt. Jonathan Wells, Glastonbury. Mr. Ebenezer Plummer, 66


Mr. Titus Hosmer, Midletown.


Mr. John Dickinson, 66


Capt. Joseph Brooks, Haddam.


Mr. Hezekiah Brainerd, 66


Colo. Jabez Chapman, East Haddam.


Capt. Israel Spencer, 66 Mr. Samuel Carver, Jr., Bolton.


Mr. Saul Alvord,


Colo. Henry Champion, Colchester. Mr. John Waterous, 66 Capt. Step'n Burroughs, 66 Colo. Charles Webb, Stamford.


Capt. Henry Allyn, Windsor.


Colo. Roger Newberry, 66


Capt. Timothy Pearl, Willington.


Mr. Seth Crocker, 66


Mr. William Wolcott, East Windsor.


Gen'l Erastus Wolcott, 66


Capt. Ezek'l Williams, Weathersfield.


Capt. Elizur Goodrich, 6.


Mr. Neziah Bliss,


Hebron.


Mr. Elijah Kellogg, 66


Mr. Sam'l Bishop,


Mr. Eneas Munson,


Capt. Thomas Fenn,


Capt. Ezra Brownson,


Mr. Gid'n Buckingham, Milford.


Capt. Isaac Miles,


Gen'l Jas. Wadsworth, Durham.


Mr. Elnathan Camp,


Gen'l Andrew Ward,


Mr. Samuel Robinson,


Mr. Samuel Barker,


Branford.


Wallingford.


Derby. 66


New London.


Maj. William Hilhouse,


Mr. Benj. Huntington, Norwich.


Capt. Jabez Perkins,


Colo. Wm. Worthington, Saybrook.


Capt. Edward Shipman,


Capt. Jeremiah Halsey, Preston.


Mr. Benjamin Coit, 66 Colo. Marshf'd Parsons, Lyme. Mr. Ezra Selden,


Capt. John Williams, Stonington. Mr. Peleg Cheeseborough,


Mr. Thomas Mumford, Groton. Capt. William Williams, 66 Mr. Hezekiah Lane, Killingworth. Capt. Samuel Gale, 66


Mr. Thaddeus Burr,


Fairfield.


Capt. Samuel Squire, 66 Colo. Stephen St. John, Norwalk. Mr. Caleb Raymond, :6 Greenwich.


Mr. John McKay,


Mr. Benj. Mead, Jr., 66 Mr. Lem. Sanford, Jr., Reading. Mr. William Heron, 66 Capt. Ab'm Brinsmade, Stratford.


Maj. John Davenport, Mr. Timothy Keeler, Mr. William Forrester, Colo. Jos. Platt Cook, Capt. Daniel Taylor,


Maj. Caleb Baldwin,


Capt. Joseph Smith,


Mr. Ephraim Hubbell, New Fairfield. Mr. John Page,


Capt. Jab'z Huntington, Windham.


Capt. Ebenezer Moseley,


Capt. Nehemiah Lyon, Woodstock. Mr. Jedidiah Morse, 66 Colo. Jeremiah Mason, Lebanon.


Capt. James Penneo, 66 Capt. Eben. Kingsbury, Coventry. Maj. Elias Buell, 66


Capt. Benjamin Bacon, Canterbury.


Capt. Joseph Rainsford, 66


Maj. Benjamin Clark, Ashford. Capt. Simeon Smith, 66 Capt. Simeon Learned, Killingly.


Colo. Wm. Danielson, Colo. James Gordon, Voluntown.


Capt. Robert Dixon,


Capt. John Weld,


Pomfret. 66


Capt. Samuel Craft,


Capt. John Cady, Plainfield.


Mr. William Robinson, Mr. Cons't Southworth, Mansfield. Capt. Amariah Williams,


Maj. Andrew Adams, Litchfield. Mr. Jedidiah Strong, 66 Colo. Increase Mosely, Woodbury. Colo. Benjamin Hinman, 66


Colo. Joshua Porter, Salisbury. Mr. Hezekiah Fitch,


Ridgefield.


Danbury. 66 Newtown. 66


New Haven. 66 Waterbury. 6.


Guilford. 66


Mr. Daniel Page, Capt. Samuel Street, Capt. John Hough, Mr. David Deforest, Mr. Bradford Steel,


Mr. Nath'l Shaw, Jr.,


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CONNECTICUT LEGISLATIVE STATISTICS, 1778.


Maj. Ebenezer Gay, Mr. James Pardy, Maj. Jethro Hatch, Capt. Joseph Carter, Mr. Abner Marshall, Mr. Aaron Austin, Colo. Benj. Hutchins, Mr. Eleazer Ensign, Capt. Samuel Nash,


Colo. Ebenezer Norton, Capt. Edward Rogers, Cornwell. Mr. Judah Kellogg,


Sharon.


Kent. 66 Torrington.


Hartland.


Goshen.


Capt. John Wilson, Capt. Daniel Catlin, Mr. Sam'l Comstock, Mr. Reuben Booth,


Harwington.


New Milford. 66 Mr. Timothy Hurlburt, Canaan. Capt. John Watson, 66 Capt. Giles Pettibone, Mr. Hosea Wilcox, Colo. Seth Smith, Maj. Aaron Austin,


Norfolk. 66 New Hartford. 66


Colo. Nathan Denison, Westmoreland. Mr. Anderson Dana, 66


OCTOBER SESSION, 1778.


SPEAKER.


BENJAMIN HUNTINGTON, Esq., of Norwich,


BENJAMIN PAYNE, Esq., of Hartford, Clerk.


Colo. John Pitkin, Mr. Benjamin Payne, Capt. Samuel Hays, Colo. Selah Hart, , Mr. John Treadwell, Mr. Step'n M. Mitchell, Weathersfield. Colo. John Chester, Capt. Joseph Isham, Colchester. Capt. Eliphalet Bulkley, Mr. John Dickinson, Midletown. Mr. Ebenezer Bacon, Capt. Cornel's Higgins, Haddam. 66 Chatham. 66


Hartford. 66 Symsbury. Farmington.


Capt. Joseph Brooks, Capt. Silas Dunham, Mr. Jeremiah Bradford, Capt. Benjamin Buell, Hebron. Colo. Joel Jones, Colo. Samuel Chapman, Tolland. Colo. Solomon Wills, 66 Somers.


Capt. Thomas Pitkin, Capt. Ebenezer Heth, Willington. Mr. Seth Crocker,


66 Colo. Roger Newberry, Windsor. Gen'l Erastus Wolcott, East Windsor. Mr. Frederick Elsworth,


Capt. Samuel Daviss, Stafford. Suffield. Mr. Alexander King, Mr. Phineas Sheldon, Capt. Jonathan Wells, Glastonbury. Mr. Ebenezer Plummer, Gen'l Joseph Spencer, East Haddam.


Colo. Jabez Chapman, Colo. Nathaniel Terry, Enfield. Mr. Samuel Carver, Jr., Bolton. Mr. Saul Alvord, 66 Mr. Samuel Bishop, Mr. Eneas Munson,~ New Haven. 66 Colo. Edward Russell, Branford. Mr. Daniel Page, 66 Wallingford. Capt. Samuel Street, Capt. John Hough, Gen'l Andrew Ward, Guilford. 66 Waterbury. Mr. Samuel Robinson, Capt. Thomas Fenn, Capt. Ezra Brownson, Mr. Eliph't Hotchkiss, Derby. Capt. Thomas Clark, Capt. Isaac Miles, Milford. Mr. Gid'n Buckingham, Gen'l Gur'n Saltonstall, New London.


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CONNECTICUT LEGISLATIVE STATISTICS, 1778.


Mr. Nathaniel Shaw, New London.


Mr. Benj. Huntington, Norwich.


Capt. Jabez Perkins,


Mr. Thomas Mumford, Groton.


Capt. Stephen Billings,


66


Mr. Paul Wheeler,


Stonington.


Capt. John Swan, 66 Colo. Marshf'd Parsons, Lyme.


Mr. Ezra Selden,


66


Mr. Hezekiah Lane,


Mr. George Eliott,


Killingworth. 66


Capt. James Morgan, Preston.


Capt. Edward Shipman, Saybrook.


Capt. Samuel Squire, Fairfield.


Mr. Thaddeus Burr,


Colo. Stephen St. John, Norwalk. Mr. Amos Mead,


Greenwich.


Capt. Daniel Taylor,


Danbury.


Mr. Lemuel Sanford, Redding.


Colo. Nehe. Beardsley, New Fairfield.


Mr. Stephen Barns, 66


Capt. Abr'm Brinsmaid, Stratford.


Mr. Daniel Bennett,


Maj'r Caleb Baldwin, Mr. Henry Peck,


Newtown. 66


Capt. Isaac Lockwood, Stamford.


Capt. Daniel Bouton,


Mr. Samuel Olmsted,


Mr. Nath'l Wales, Jr., Capt. Eben. Mosely, Colo. Jesse Root,


Capt. Eben. Kingsbury,


Colo. Eben. Williams,


Capt. Elisha Childs,


Mr. William Skinner, Capt. Simeon Smith, Maj'r John Keyes,


Mr. Jacob Eliott, Lebanon. Mr. Peleg Thomas, 66 Capt. Simon Learned, Killingly.


Mr. Benj. Leavins, Capt. Moses Campbell, Voluntown. Mr. Mathew Newton, 66 Plainfield. Gen'l John Douglas,


Mr. Cons't Southworth, Mansfield. 66


Capt. Amariah Williams, Mr. Jedidiah Strong, Colo. Joshua Porter,


Litchfield. Salisbury.


Mr. Hezekiah Fitch, Salisbury. Colo. Seth Smith, New Hartford. Colo. Ebenezer Norton, Goshen. Mr. Daniel Miles, 66 Sharon.


Maj'r Ebenezer Gay, Capt. David Downs, Capt. Edward Rogers, Mr. Abraham Payne,




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