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" Mr. Levi Jones, John Knowles, (an apprentice to Mr. Thomas Sloan, blacksmith,) and Richard Lord, (second son to Mr. John H. Lord,) died of their wounds, soon after they were taken from under the ruins of the building. Mr. William Gardiner, mer- chant, had both his thighs broken.
Mr. Samuel Talcott, Jun., very much burnt in his face and arms.
Mr. James Tiley, goldsmith, had one of his shoulders dislocated, and some bruises in the other parts of his body.
Mr. John Cook, Jun., had his back and neck hurt much.
Ephraim Perry, slightly wounded.
Thomas Forbes, wounded in liis head.
Daniel Butler, (the tavern-keeper's son,) had one of his ancles put out of joint.
Richard Burnam, son to Mr. Elisha Burnham, had his thigh, leg and ancle broke.
Eli Wadsworth, (Capt. Samuel's son,) is much wounded and burnt, in his face, hands, and other parts of his body.
John Bunce, Jun., (an apprentice to Mr. Church, Hatter,) wounded in the head.
Normand Morrison, (a lad that lives with Capt. Tiley,) a good deal burnt and bruised.
Roderick Lawrence, (Capt. Lawrence's son,) slightly wounded.
William Skinner, (Capt. Daniel's son,) had both his thighs broke.
Timothy Phelps, (son to Mr. Timothy Phelps, shop-joiner,) had the calf tore off from one of his legs.
Valentine Vaughn, (son of Mr. Vaughn, baker,) had his skull terribly broken.
Horace Seymour, (son of Mr. Jonathan Seymour, Jun.,) twosons of Mr. John Good- win, a son of Mr. John Watson, and a son of Mr. Kellogg, hatter, were slightly wounded.
Two mulatto and two negro boys were also wounded.
We learn from the subsequent numbers, that Doct. Nathaniel Ledyard, Mr. Wm. Gardiner, and Richard Burnham, aged 19, died of their wounds, making six in the whole. Doct. N. Ledyard was the son of John Ledyard, Esq., who that spring repre_ sented the town of Hartford in the General Assembly."
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1. Samuel.
2. Joseph.
3. William.
4. Daniel.
5. Timothy.
6. Hannalı Drake.
7. Anna Trumble.
Mary Church and Rebecca Burnham ; sons Samuel and Joseph,
executors. Will dated Nov. 20, 1727. Inventory about £600.
BURNHAM, WILLIAM, son of Thomas, Sen., of Podunk, set- tled in Wethersfield. Married Eliz'th -, and had children,
1. Wm. Jun., graduated at Harvard College, 1702, d. Sept. 23, 1750, a'd 65.
2. Nathaniel, graduated at Yale College, 1709, m. Mehetabel, daughter of Major John Chester, May 5, 1714.
3. Jonathan, b. March 21, 1692, m. Mary, daughter of Major John Chester, Jan. 1, 1718.
4. Mary, b. Sept. 2, 1694, d. April 17, 1715.
5. Abigail, b. Dec. 16, 1696.
6. David, b. Oct. 12, 1698.
Elizabeth, the mother, d. Nov. 19, 1717, and Wm., Sen., m. for second wife, widow Martha Gaylor, of Windsor.
This was one of the most respectable families of Wethersfield.
BURNHAM, RICHARD, son of Thomas, Sen., of Podunk, was a blacksmith by trade, and made himself trouble by mending guns for the Indians. He m. Sarah Humphryes, June 11, 1680, and had issue,
1. Sarah, b. July 11, 1683.
2. Rebecca, b. Sept. 20, 1685.
3. Mercy, b. April 14, 1688.
4. Mary.
5. Richard, b. July 6, 1692.
6. Martha Esther, b. March 22, 1697.
7. Charles, b. July 23, 1699.
8. Susannah, b. Feb.
9 Michael, b. May 30, 1705.
Richard Burnham, of East Hartford, d. Feb., 1754, aged 61. His wife Hannah d. March 28, 1784, aged 89 years.
BURNHAM, REV. WM., son of William, of Wethersfield, grad- uated at Harvard College in 1702, and settled in the ministry at Kensington, Dec. 10, 1712, and d. in 1750. He appears to have had two wives. His first wife died some time before he did. His son, Capt. William, was m. and resided near his father. He also had sons Josiah and Appleton. He gave his house and homestead to his youngest son. His large tracts of land, divided or undivided, in
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Farmington, he gave equally to his three sons, as well as lands in other towns. He left four daughters, viz., Hannah, wife of Jeremiah Curtiss, of Southington ; Lucy, the wife of Jacob Root, of Hebron ; Abigail, the wife of Lieut. Robert Welles, of Newington ; and Mary, the wife of John Judd, of Farmington. To his daughters he gave his servants, furniture, money, plate, books, cattle, swine, horses, indeed all his personal property, except his tools for husbandry. His Spanish Indian woman, (Maria,) he gave liberty to live with any of his children, and made them responsible for her support. His mulatto boy, James, he desired Abigail to take at appraisal ; in case she refused, he then required William to take him upon the same terms, and if he refused, then to have him disposed of in one of the families of his deceased wife's children, or her sister's children. Rev. William was a gentleman of great wealth. His son, William, was his executor.
BURNHAM, CAPT. WILLIAM, son of Rev. William, great- grandson of Thomas, Sen., resided at Kensington, (then Farming- ton.) He died in 1749. Wife, Ruth. Elisha was his only son, to whom he gave half of his estate ; the other half he gave to his two daughters, Sarah and Ruth. He left an estate of £8,246, 10s. 11d. Distribution on file, 1756, and perhaps he left a daughter Mehitable. Sarah m. Elisha Pratt, 1726.
BURNHAM, JONATHAN, son of Wm., Sen., of Wethersfield, b. 1692, m. Mary, daughter of Major John Chester, Jan. 1, 1718, and had issue,
1. Jonathan, Jun., b. Nov. 7, 1718, d. 1740.
2. Elizer, b. March 21, 1722, d. in infancy.
3. Abigall, b. Aug. 17, 1727.
4. Prudence, b. Dec. 1, 1729, d. 1730.
5. Second Elizer, b. June 24, 1733.
6. Mary, b. Aug. 9, 1735, d. same month.
The father d. Jan. 24, 1752 ; the mother d. April 19, 1766. BURNHAM, JOHN, son of John, had issue,
1. Silas, b. Nov. 27, 1721.
2. Mary, b. Dec. 30, 1722.
3. Stephen, b. Nov. 25, 1724.
4. Sarah, b. July 19, 1727.
5. Daniel, b. Nov. 4, 1730.
6. Mabel, b. May 7, 1734.
BURNHAM, THOMAS, 3d, m. a daughter of John Strong, of Windsor, who was executor of his will, dated Feb. 11, 1725-6. In- ventory dated May 20, 1726. He left three children, viz.,
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1. Thomas.
2. Elizabeth.
3. Esther.
THOMAS, Sen., made free at Hartford, 1657.
JOHN, of Ipswich, Mass., in 1648.
THOMAS, of Ipswich, before 1648.
Thomas, Sen., readmitted to his freedom in May, 1665. Bernam, Robert, tax payer at Dover, N. H. in 1657.
Four of the name of Burnham, have graduated at Harvard Coll. One Burnam at Yale College, and Burnham at Brown Univ.
BURNHAM, BURNAM, BURNUM, EBENEZER, and his wife Dorathy, with Mary Howard, all from Ipswich, Mass., joined the church at Hampton, Conn., in full communion, Oct. 20, 1734, where the name was generally spelled "Burnam," as it often is on other Connecticut records.
BURNHAM, ISAAC, and Eunice, his wife, joined the church at. Hampton, Nov. 16, 1766.
BURNAM, JOSEPH, m. Lucy Bennet, of Hampton, Dec. 11, 1746.
Perhaps Ebenezer, Joshua and Isaac Burnham, were the sons of Ebenezer and Dorothy, who had no children born in Hampton. The Burnhams, from Ipswich to Hampton, are not descendants of Tho's, of Hartford and. Podunk ; though there was a Thomas Burnam at Ipswich as early as 1647, and he may have been identical with the Thomas, of Hartford. This is all the evidence found of those at Windham and Hartford being relatives.
BURNHAM, EBENEZER, of Hampton, m. Martha Hebard, Jan. 1, 1746, and had issue, born at Hampton, viz., Hannah, b. Nov. 27, 1746; Ebenezer, Jun., b. Feb. 17, 1748; John, b. Dec. 20, 1749 ; Josiah and Daniel, b. March 21, 1753 ; Mary, b. Sept. 14, 1755 ; Eliza, b. Aug. 2, 1757 ; James, b. Aug. 21, 1759; Jedediah, b. Dec. 12, 1761 ; Eliphaz, b. March 17, 1764.
BURNHAM, ISAAC, of Hampton, m. Eunice Holt, March 22, 1747, and had issue, Jacob, b. April 19, 1748, d. 1749 ; Sarah, b. 1750 ; Joseph, b. April, 1752; Eunice, b. 1754 ; Cliranna, b. 1760 ; Roswell, b. Nov. 15, 1761; Isaac, Jun., b. March 8, 1765 ; Try- phoena, b. August 21, 1767.
BURNHAM, JOSHUA, of Hampton, m. Abigail Mainard, April 19, 1740, and had issue, Sarah, b. Sept. 2, 1742 ; Joshua, b. March 8, 1746 ; Abigail, b. Jan. 18, 1748 ; Dorothy, b. Nov. 9, 1749, and Lucy, b. Sept. 10, 1751.
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Four of this name have graduated at Harvard College, two at Yale, and one at Brown.
BURNHAM, ISAAC, and John Welder, of Hartland, members of a convention, in 1788 to ratify the constitution of the U. States.
This name is yet frequently found in Windham County and other parts of Connecticut.
Burnam has three coats of arms; Burnham, (Suff.,) one ; and three others. Also, Burnham-Abbey, (Buckinghamshire,) one.
BURNET, (See BURNAP.)
* BURRALL, WM., was an Englishman by birth and education.
* BURRALL, WILLIAM, of Simsbury .- Mr. Belcher, who was a large proprietor in the copper mine at Simsbury, Conn., about 1715, went to England for the purpose of procuring a refiner, and twelve miners, to dig and raise the copper ore, and have it refined. On his return from England, he brought with him his twelve miners and Mr. Wm. Burrall as a refiner. The fur- nace was erected at Boston, by direction of the company. Mr. Burrall soon after learned that his wife had deceased at Redworth, and he m. Miss Westover, of Simsbury, who resided with her brother, Capt Jonathan Westover, an unmarried man of middlle age. She was then the widow of Tho's Welton, deceased, of Waterbury. Welton died soon after his marriage, and left no children by Miss Westover, though he had several by his previous wife. She was the daughter of Jonah Westover, who at the age of eleven years, was brought from Taunton Dean, in Somersetshire, in England, at the time the army of Charles I. gained ground of the Parliament's army under Gen. Fairfax. At this time the Westover family were on the parliament side, and would all have come to New England when Jonah was sent over, but could not procure a passage ; and before a passage could be procured, the fortune of war turned in favor of the par- liament army, and the family finally reinained in England. After Jonah became of age, he m. a daughter of Geo. Griswold, who also came from England to avoid the same disasters in their native country, and settled at Windsor. Jonah's children were Jonah, Nathaniel and Jonathan. Nathaniel d. about 21 years of age, and left no issue ; Jonah m. Abigail Case, and had sons Nath'l, Jonah, John, and daughter Abigail, all born in Simsbury, where their father and grand- father died. Mr. Burrall, after his marriage with Mrs. Welton, (alias Westover,) removed to Boston, where he kept house, and where his three children were born, (says tradition.) His daughter Susan probably was born in Boston, as her birth is not recorded at Simsbury. His son Charles is recorded as born at Simsbury, Feb. 21, 1720, and Jonathan b. March 21, 1722. After the nine at Simsbury became unprofitable to the company, it was abandoned; and his son Charles in his manuscript says, " Father had a call from an English gentleman to go to Jamaica, in the West Indies, to make trial of a mine there ; he therefore engaged to go, and accordingly went and engaged for three years, at £300 per year, leaving my mother in Boston, with her children,"-a part of which is incorrect. He also states that his father died in Jamaica. He is recorded as having died at Simsbury, and Capt. Jonathan Westover, (their uncle,) was appoint- ed guardian by the Probate Court in Hartford, in 1728, for Charles, seven years old, and Jona'n, five years old. The widow being left with small means to support her family, placed Charles with his uncle Jonathan Westover, until he was old enough to go to a trade. His uncle took a particular fancy to Charles, and as his uncle was about 50 years old, and a bachelor, with a good estate, Charles expected to become heir to his estate. But his uncle m. a young girl, and had children of his own. The mother had reinoved to Stamford, where she was visited with sickness and lameness, but being a lady of education, kept a school there of high repute. She took her son Cliarles to Stamford, and the following spring placed him under the care of John White, of Stamford, who was a saddler and tanner. Soon after his mother placed Charles with Mr. Saxton, who resided at Huntington, L. I., to learn the clothier's trade, where he remained
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He was a refiner of Metals and a chemist. He came to New Eng- land about 1715, and left his wife in England, who died soon after his departure, and he m. for his second wife, Miss Westover, of Simsbury, Conn., a sister of Capt. Jonathan Westover, of said Sims-
about two years. When he supposed he was master of his trade, he went to Norwalk, Conn., and found his mother in his absence had m. Samuel Prindle, who resided in the parish of Ca- naan; (this was about 1737.) Charles left Norwalk in 1737, and returned to Simsbury, and lived with John Forbes. He afterward went to Sheffield, Ms., and lived there with John Westo- ver, where he was taken sick with a fever. After his recovery, (it then being winter,) the snow being deep, and no other road to reach Simsbury, except through Canaan and Litchifield, and this only a track in the snow, when on his way from Sheffield, in the town of Canaan. (Litch- field Co ,) he met his father-in-law Prindle, who had for him two woollen shirts, a pair of stock- ings, and cloth for a great coat, and some money, sent by his mother, supplied from her earnings in school teaching and her own industry. He then returned to Westover's, in Sheffield, and had his cloth made into a great coat. The spring after he went to his uncle Jonathan Westo- ver's, in Simsbury. Soon after this a cancer appeared on his lip, and Daniel Adains, a friend of his, carried him to Hartford, West Division, to the care of Doct. Daniel Hooker, who cut out the cancer, and burnt the flesh with a hot iron to destroy the roots. (Doctor's bill £3, and board at old Capt. Steel's.) He returned to Simsbury, and from thence again went to Sheffield, where he labored with Nath'l Smith on wages, and during the summer was taken with fever and ague, but got in his wheat in Canaan, being three acres allowed him by his father Prindle as his share. His father Prindle moved his family to Canaan about this time, and settled near the mountain. Ch's worked for Richard Seymour, who went to Canaan from Hartford to build iron-works, near where the old Forbes iron works have since stood. He was a blacksmith by trade, and had a shop and tools in Canaan. Mr. Seymour and his wife went to Hartford in the winter, and left Charles Burrall and Samuel Stevens in full possession of his house, with pork and bread and plenty of water to live on, being their own house-keepers. His father Prindle had several tracts of land there, and finally a large farm. Charles purchased a farm in Salisbury, but finally settled in Canaan, near his father Prindle. He m Joanna Seger, a sister of his uncle J. Westover's wife, who was a lady of great beauty. She died in child bed, about one year after her marriage at Canaan, on the 25th of Dec. He sent his daughter to the care of her aunt at Simsbury. About the next year he m. Abigail Kellogg, 18 years old, on the 25th of Dec., one year after the death of his first wife. Abigail's first child, Abigail, was born the 5th day of the next Dec. She had four sons and five daughters ; her daughter Mary d. aged four years. His second wife d. Jan. 28, 1789. Col. Cha's Burrall was one of the first settlers of Canaan, (now) in Litchfield Co. Soon after his second marriage, he was chosen Constable, and Clerk of the first train-band in Canaan. He was Selectinan many years, and went rapidly from an Ensign to Captain, Major and Colonel, Justice of Peace, and often a Representative to the General Assembly. He was one of the delegates in 1788, to ratify the Constitution of the United States. At the commence- ment of the War of the Revolution, Col. Burrall had the command of a regiment of militia. In 1776, Congress sent him a commission to raise a battalion of 800 men, consisting of eight com- panies, and march thein to Canada, to relieve the troops there and reduce that Province. Col. Burrall raised the regiment for one year, and marched them to Canada, but proved unsuccessful, and left Canada on the retreat to Mount Independence, which they fortified. Col. Burrall was afflicted with the camp distemper and bilious fever, which reduced him to a very enfeebled state of liealth, and in Sept. his son Win. went to Mount Independence, and carried his father over Lake George in a boat, and from thence in a covered wagon, on a bed, to Canaan, Ct. His afflictions, contracted in the service of his country, followed him to his death, in 1803.
Charles Burrall was appointed in May, 1774, Col. of the 14th regiment, to fill the vacancy oc- casioned by the decease of Col. John Williams. A call from Gen. Washington on Connecticut, March 6, 1777, for one more exertion of the public spirit of Conn. to supply 2,000 troops of the
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bury, for her second husband. She was then the widow of Thomas Welton, deceased, of Waterbury, and had no children by her first marriage. Mr. Burrall had children by this marriage, viz.,
1. Susan, b. supposed in Boston, as her birth is not recorded in Simsbury.
2. Charles, b. at Simsbury Feb. 21, 1720, and so recorded there.
3. Jonathan, b. at Simsbury, Conn., March 21, 1722.
BURRALL, COL. CHARLES, b. March 4, 1720, son of William, the Englishman, m. first, Joanna Segar, b. 1722, she d. 1745, and had a child b. in Canaan, Conn., viz.,
1. Joanna, b. Dec. 20, 1745.
Abigail Kellogg, second wife, b. 1728, d. 1789.
2. Abigall, b. Sept., 1747, d. 1838.
3. William, b. July 18, 1749.
4. Charles, b. Feb. 18, 1751. ·
5. Susannah, b. Feb. 18, 1753, d. 1802 ; no issue.
6. Mary, b. June 28, 1755, d. June 22, 1759.
7. Chloe, b. Oct. 27, 1757, d. March 1, 1810.
8. Jonathan, b. Aug. 12, 1759.
9. Ovid, b. July 23, 1761.
10. Second Mary, b. Oct. 3, 1765. Col. Charles d. Oct. 7, 1803.
JOANNA, daughter of Col. Charles, by his first marriage, m. Wm. Douglass, of Canaan, Ct., and had one child, a daughter, who m. Hon. Israel Smith, former Governor of Vermont, and U. S. Sena- tor from Vermont. Gov. Smith resided in Rutland ; he left a son Douglass Smith, who was for a time Secretary of State in Vermont. After the death of Hon. Israel Smith, his widow m. Judge Harring- ton, of Vermont.
ABIGAIL, daughter of Col. Charles Burrall, m. first, Doct. Ed- ward Sutton, and had three children ; he died at Saratoga, N. Y. She m. second, Nehemiah Lawrence, and had two children, viz., Villee, and Charlotte, the wife of Alpha Sage, Esq., of Hartford.
WILLIAM, son of Col. Charles, of Canaan, m. Elizabeth Mor- gan, a sister of the late John Morgan, Esq., of Hartford, and had two
militia, to march to Peekskill forthwith for a short service, was complied with by the state, and 144 men were detached from (the 14th) Col. Burrall's regiment, and the remainder of the 2,000 men, from nine other regiments. Col. Burrall was ordered by the Governor and Council, October 1777, to direct such a guard as he should deem necessary for the security of the furnace and arms at Salisbury.
The poverty of Col. Burrall in his boyhood, was occasioned by the decease of his father, but like Gen. Jackson, he never had his spirits dampened, but misfortune only sharpened his ambition to press forward. He died at Canaan in his old age, in 1803, a gentleman of wealth and high stand- ing in Litchfield County, and left to his posterity in his life and character, a sample worthy of imitation.
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children, viz., Hon. Wm. M. and Wealthy Ann ; the last m. David Hunt, of Canaan, and had children. Hon. Wm. M. Burrall, son of Wm. and Elizabeth, m. Abigail Porter Stoddard, daughter of Major Luther Stoddard, of the U. S. army, by whom he had two children, viz., Hon. Wm. Porter Burrall, of Bridgeport, and a daughter Eliz- .abeth ; she m. Edmond Belden, a merchant at Canaan Falls, and has children. Abigail P., the wife of Hon. Wm. M. died after the birth of her two children, and Judge Wm. M. m. for his second wife, Betsey Ann Bostwick, of New Milford, daughter of Col. Bostwick. After several years she died without issue, and he m. for his third wife, Mrs. Rockwell, of Winsted. He was thirteen years a Judge of the County Court for Litchfield County, and seven years Judge of Probate, many years Justice of the Peace, County Surveyor, fre- quently a member of the General Assembly in both branches, a member of the Convention that formed the Constitution of Conn. in 1818 ; a member of the State Senate in 1842, and by a unanimous vote of that body was appointed to preside over both Houses for the election of State officers.
BURRALL, HON. WM. PORTER, son of Hon. Wm. M. Bur- rall, (now of Bridgeport,) graduated at Yale College in 1826, prac- ticed law at the Litchfield County bar, several years; State Sena- tor in 1851 ; Mayor of the city of Bridgeport ; President of the Hou- satonic Railroad Company, &c. He m. Harriet, daughter of Hon. M. Holly, deceased, of Salisbury, and has several children.
CHARLES, JUN., son of Charles Burrall, of Canaan, m. Anna' Beebe, of Canaan, and had several children.
JONATHAN, son of Col. Charles Burrall, m. Charlotte Davis, a sister of Wm. Davis, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and had children, William and Thomas D. His son William died at sea when about 18 years of age. Tho's D. graduated at Yale College in 1803, prac- ticed law a few years at Poughkeepsie, where he m. his cousin, a daughter of Wm. Davis; he afterward removed to Geneva, N. Y., and has been widely known as the inventor of several patents. He now resides at Geneva, as a gentleman farmer of fortune. He has children by a second wife.
OVID, son of Col. Charles Burrall, m. Lucy Welles, of West Hartford, a descendant of Gov. Welles, and had children, Charles, Edward, Frederick, Ovid, Jun., Delia, Mary, Lucy and Abigail.
CHLOE, daughter of Col. Charles, m. Judge Noah Smith, of Vt., a brother of Gov. Israel Smith, former U. S. Senator from Vt.
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SUSAN, daughter of Col. Charles,* Sen., m. Cornelius Villee, a merchant in N. Y., and died without issue.
MARY, daughter of Col. Charles, Sen., m. first, Timothy Rock- well, of Colebrook, and had two children; both died young, and Timothy, the father, died. His widow Mary m. for her second hus- band, Martin Rockwell, brother of her first husband, and had chil- dren, Timothy, (of Ohio ;) Charles, (minister of Sharon ; ) Wm., (of
* List of the Members of the Convention of Connecticut, Jan. 3, 1788, for the ratification of the Constitution of the United States, and their votes indicated, by those who voted against the approval being in italics .- (Collected by W. S. P.)
"Convention met January 3, 1788.
Gov. Matthew Griswold, President ; Jedediah Strong, Secretary.
After organization at the State House, the Convention adjourned to the North (Centre) Meet- ing House. The debate was opened by Judge Oliver Ellsworth, in favor of adoption. The next day, Dr. Wm. Samuel Johnson followed on the same side. On Monday, the 7th, Gen. James Wadsworth led forth in opposition. He maintained that it gave the power of the purse to the general Legislature ; another paragraph gave the power of the sword ; and that authority which has the power of the sword and purse is despotic. He objected against imports and excises, be- cause their operation would be partial, and in favor of the Southern States. Mr. Ellsworth re- plied. The vote was taken on the 9th, after brief speeches by Gov. Samuel Huntington, Gov. Oliver Wolcott, Hon. Richard Law, and others."
.The following was the vote. Nays in italics.
HARTFORD, Jeremiah Wadsworth, Jesse Root. Norwich, Gov. Samuel Huntington, Jededialı Berlin, Isaac Lee, Selah Hart. Huntington.
Bristol, Zebulon Peck, Jr.
Bozrah, Isaac Huntington.
East Hartford, Elisha Pitkin.
Colchester, Rev. Robert Robbins, Daniel Foot.
. East Windsor, Erastus Wolcott, John Watson. Franklin, Eli Hide.
Enfield, Daniel Perkins.
Groton, Joseph Woodbridge, Stephen Billings. Lisbon, Rev. Andrew Lee.
Farmington, John Treadwill, Wm. Judd.
Glastenbury, Joseph Moseley, Wait Goodrich. Granby, Hezekiah Holcomb.
Lyme, Gov. Matthew Griswold, Wm. Noyes .. Montville, Joshua Raymond, Jr.
Preston, Jeremiah Halsey, Wheeler Coit.
Stonington, Charles Phelps, Nathaniel Miner. FAIRFIELD, Jonathan Sturges, Thaddeus Burr. Danbury, Elisha Whittlesey, Joseph M. White. Greenwich, Amos Mead, Jabez Fitch.
Simsbury, Noah Phelps, Daniel Humphrey. Southington, John Curtiss, Asa Barnes. Suffield, Alexander King, David Todd. Wethersfield, Step. M. Mitchell, John Chester. Windsor, Oliver Ellsworth, Roger Newberry, NEW HAVEN, Rog. Sherman, Pierpont Edwards. New Fairfield, Neh'h Beardsley, Ja's Potter. Branford, Wm. Gould, Timothy Hoadley. Newtown, John Chandler, John Beaclı. Norwalk, Hezekiah Rogers. Cheshire, Samuel Beach, David Brooks.
Derby, Daniel Holbrook, John Holbrook.
Reading, Lemuel Sanford, William Heron.
Durham, James Wadsworth, Daniel Hall. East Haven, Samuel Davenport. Guilford, Andrew Wurd, John Elliot.
Ridgefield, Philip B. Bradley, Nathan Dauchy. Stamford, Jas. Davenport, John Davenport, Jr. Stratford, Wm. Sam. Johnson, Elisha Mills.
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