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David Trumbull, the third son of the war Governor, was born in Lebanon, 5th of February, 1751 ; married, 6th December, 1778, Sarah Backus of Norwich, sister of Eunice, the wife of his brother Jonathan.
The services which he rendered to the cause of his country in her trying struggle for liberty, though less conspicuous, were as devoted and patriotic, and even more constant, than those of either of his brothers. He was the only son reserved by his father, to aid and coun- sel with him in the discharge of the herculean task 1
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which the war devolved, in raising and equipping troops, and furnishing and forwarding supplies, etc., not only to the land and naval forces of the State, but to the whole northern army. `The minutes of the Council of Safety, or " War Council," show him to have been not only " the right-hand " of his father, but of the council also, as the able, ready, and trusted executive of their important measures. His duties were indeed omnifa- rious-now acting as commissary, now as paymaster, quartermaster, prize agent, etc., etc., wherever most needed. He it was, who, as one of a committee in 1776, was to buy up all the pork in the State, and hold it for the use of the State, and Continental armies ; and if parties refused to sell at fair market price, they were to be prosecuted and made to "pay the price of the pork." He it was, who, in 1777, was to procure axes and augurs for the Continental army, by order of Congress ; to take sixty thousand dollars sent to his father by Gen. Washington, per order of Congress, and pay off the northern army ; to procure the pur- chase of £800 worth of army clothing ; to secure and store one hundred barrels of powder ; to go to Boston for a quantity of clothing ; to receive and have repaired, all the old fire-arms sent to Lebanon from Albany ; to send teams to East Hartford for five hundred stands of arms, and take them under his care at Lebanon ; to take one hundred barrels powder to Farmington, or as much farther as Gen. Washington might direct, for the use of his army ; to receive at Boston from our State agent in Massachusetts, for prizes, such quanti- ties of prize goods, taken by our ship Oliver Cromwell, wine, tea, and clothing, as would load his teams then
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going there, and keep them under his care in Lebanon for the army use ; to supply the northern army with five hogsheads of rum, and as much sugar, as would load his three ox teams ; to purchase and put up three hundred barrels of pork, and one hundred barrels of beef ; to send twenty ox teams to Boston for such army clothing as Col. Joseph Trumbull had bought there for the State, and for salt ; to settle all the ac- counts and expenses of bringing into the State, the prisoners taken in the Antelope, and the Weymouth, and pay the same. These few items are given as interesting samples to show the wide scope and divers- ity of his labors during the war. For these constant services, rendered often by night as well as by day, he seems to have received no regular compensation ;- only his expenses were paid, except in a few special cases, where it is noted in the minutes, that he was "to be paid the same as others were paid for such services." He served also, for some time, as Assistant Commissary-General of the United States, under his brother Joseph, while Commissary-General, for which latter service his widow Sarah afterwards received a pension.
His after life was spent in Lebanon, in the general occupation of a farmer ; always active in all the local affairs of the town, and twice its representative in the General Assembly. He died in Lebanon 17th Jan., 1822, and his wife Sarah died 2d June, 1846.
They had the following children : Sarah, born 7th Sept., 1779, married her cousin, Wm. T. Williams of Lebanon, son of William the " Signer"; Abigail, 2d Jan., 1781, married Peter Lanman of Norwich ; 1 9*
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JOSEPH, 7th Dec., 1782. afterwards. in 1850, Governor of this State, and the third of this illustrious family- father, son, and grandson-whom this town has had the high honor of contributing to the gubernatorial roll of the State ; John, 19th Sept., 1784; Jonathan, 27th Dec., 1786, died inf. ; and Jonathan G. W., 3d Oct., 1789.
John Trumbull, the fourth son and youngest child of the Governor, though, like all of the family, highly distinguished for patriotic zeal and labors in the cause of his country in the war of the Revolution, became afterwards more widely renowned as the most suc- cessful and celebrated of all our American painters. He entered Harvard in 1772, at the age of 16, and graduated the next year ; giving token, even then, of that love and genius for the art for which he was des- tined to become so famous. In April, 1775, when under 19 years of age, he joined the First Connecti- cut Regiment, stationed at Roxbury, just after the Lexington alarm, as Adjutant. He soon after at- tracted the attention of Washington, on his arrival there to take command of the continental army, was employed by him in sketching the enemy's position, and was appointed his aid-de-camp. In August, 1775, he was appointed major of brigade, and in 1776, adjutant-general on Washington's staff. Same year, he was sent to the northern army for the inva- sion of Canada, and joined Gen. Gates at Crown Point, to whom he had been appointed adjutant-gen- eral ; and at once applied his brilliant and magnetic military abilities, in bringing order into that discom- fited and demoralized army.
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In 1777 he returned to Boston, and with the appro- bation of his father, of Gen. Washington, and other friends, resumed there the study of that art, which had ever been the passion, and destined to be the glory, of his life ; but still holding himself in readi- ness for any pressing emergency in the service of his country. As notably, for example, in 1778, when he volunteered as aid to Gen. Sullivan, in the attempt to dislodge the British army and navy from Newport. His bravery on this occasion ; the cool valor and dar- ing, with which he led his troops into the most deadly of the fierce encounters of that unequal contest, com- manded not only the admiration, but the astonishment. of Gen. Sullivan, and all who witnessed it. In one of these encounters, he found a Massachusetts brigade in hopeless confusion from loss of its commanding officers, and utterly mixed up and disorganized. His ringing voice at once inspired the mass. Al- most in an instant, he re-organized them, assigned new officers, and, mounted on his own " noble bay," as fiery as himself, led them so steadily into a charge against a larger body of the enemy, that they were surprised, routed, and scattered from the field. Gen. Sullivan seeing the order, rapidity, and effect of this movement, exclaimed to his staff, "that movement would do honor to the ablest regiment in the army, under its ablest leader." High praise this, for a vete- eran general to apply to a young aid-de-camp, only 22 years of age.
His cool daring and exposures this day, gave him the reputation of " bearing a charmed life." Early in the day he had lost his hat, and with only a hand- 1
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kerchief tied over his head, he had been a conspicu- ous and marked object, in every part of the field. " Your escape has been most wonderful !" said Gen. Sullivan. " Your preservation," wrote Gen. Mattoon, " in each of these most daring enterprises, I have ever considered little short of a miracle, and a most remark- able interposition of Providence, for your safety."
He was the natural and pre-eminent military genius of the family ; and had fate led him to follow the pro- fession of arms, would doubtless have been renowned as a military chieftain ; but it was otherwise ordered, that his future fame should rest upon a more peaceful and permanent foundation.
In 1780 he went to London, under assurances of safety as a non-combatant, to become a pupil there under the celebrated painter, Benjamin West, his friend and countryman; but soon after, under the excitement caused by the execution of Major Andre, he was arrested and imprisoned eight months. He then left England for Holland, where he assisted largely in raising a loan for the American Congress, which his father was then, by his agents, negotiating there. After the war, he returned to London and pursued his studies under West. His first great historical picture, " The Battle of Bunker Hill," was produced in 1786; soon after, his "Death of Montgomery before Que- bec "; and his next, was the " Sortie of the Garrison of Gibraltar." In 1789, he returned to America, to procure likenesses of Revolutionary officers and he- roes, for his contemplated series of American national pictures. In 1794, he again went to England as Sec- retary of Mr. Jay, the American minister, and in
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1796, was appointed a commissioner, in the execution of the seventh article of Jay's treaty. The duties of this office occupied him till 1804, when he returned to the United States, and pursued his art : producing portraits of Washington, of whom he painted several copies, and other notable officers, and many other historical pictures.
From 1817 to 1824, he was engaged in painting. by order of Congress, his four great national pictures, viz. : the " Declaration of Independence ;" the " Surrender of Burgoyne ;" the "Surrender of Cornwallis ;" and the " Resignation of Washington " at Annapolis ; each on royal canvas, eighteen by twelve feet in view, and for which Congress paid him 32,000 dollars. After- · wards, for many years, he was engaged in finishing his former sketches, and in painting copies of his national pictures, on a uniform scale of nine by six. feet. Many of these, together with portraits, and several copies from the old masters, fifty-four pictures in all, he finally gave to Yale College, where they were deposited in the "Trumbull Gallery," specially erected for their reception. The Wadsworth Gallery at Hartford contains, also, fourteen of his paintings, viz. : the " Battle of Bunker Hill ;" the " Declaration of Independence ;" the "Battle of Trenton ;" the " Battle of Princeton ;" and the "Death of General Montgomery ;" all of heroic size, of nine by six feet, open view ; three portraits; two views of Niagara Falls, and six pictures of classical subjects. The five national paintings, at the first glance, instantly seize and fix a wrapped attention, and hold the visitor spell- bound. Every townsman of this great artist, who
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will visit this gallery, will feel a new and special glow of pride and admiration, in the magic power of his pencil.
He was President of the American Academy of Fine Arts, from its first foundation, and spent his later years in New York city, where he died Nov. 10, 1843, aged 87, and was buried at New Haven, beneath the gallery bearing his name. Sarah, his wife, died April 12, 1824, aged 51, and was buried in the same place. They had no children.
Col. Trumbull, in his autobiography, notes the fol- lowing among the reminiscences of his boyhood in Lebanon. A Mohegan Indian, Zachary Jolson, " old Zach," as he was called, once one of the trusted counsellors of his tribe, but for many years debased and degraded by drunkenness, had been often em- ployed by his father, as a hunter and trapper, in col- lecting furs. In those days, the state elections at Hartford and New Haven were made the occasions of great ceremony and display, and the Indians used to gather in great numbers, and stare at the governor, and the soldiers, and the crowds of citizens as they marched through the streets. On one such occasion, old Zach had started from Mohegan, and as usual had stopped at Lebanon on his way to Hartford, to dine at the house of his old employer. A short time before, aroused by a keen sense of his degradation, and suf- fering from his besetting sin of drunkenness, he had suddenly and resolutely broken off from all intoxicat- ing drinks. Young John, then about ten years old, had heard of this, and having but little faith in such reform by an Indian, in a spirit of boyish mischief, determined to test it. Upon the table, as was the
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family custom of that day, stood a foaming tankard of strong, home-brewed beer. This, the mischievous boy kept sipping, smacking his lips with feigned gusto, and extolling its merits ; but the Indian was silent. At length the lad pushed the tankard toward the old man. " Zachary," said he, " this beer is excellent ; won't you try it ?" The knife and fork dropped from the hands of the Indian; he leaned forward with a stern intensity of expression ; his dark eyes sparkling with indignation were fixed upon the young tempter ; " John," said he, "you don't know what you are do- ing. You are serving the devil, boy ! Don't you know that I am an Indian ? I tell you that I am; and if I should taste your beer, I could never stop till I got to rum, and become again the drunken, con- temptible wretch your father once knew me. John, while you live, never again tempt any man to break a good resolution."
" Socrates," continues Trumbull, " never uttered a more valuable precept. Demosthenes could not have given it in more solemn tones of eloquence. I was thunder-struck ; my parents were deeply affected ; they looked at each other, then at me ; and then with feel- ings of deep awe and respect at the venerable Indian. They afterwards frequently reminded me of it, and charged me never to forget that scene."
It is recorded in history,* that Old Zach never after allowed a drop of intoxicating drink to pass his lips ; regained his former standing with his tribe, became one of its " Regents," and died at Mohegan in the 100th year of his age.
* Foster's Indians of Connecticut, p. 479. Barber's Historical Collections of Connecticut, p. 300.
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TRUMBULL TOMB AT LEBANON. Northwesterly view.
The above is a good representation of this tomb. It bears as is seen, upon its summit, a plinth supporting the significant "broken column ;" and was erected in 1785, soon after the death of the great "war gov- ernor," by his three then surviving sons, Jonathan, David, and John. Within this family mausoleum, rest the sacred ashes of more of the illustrious dead, than in any other in the State, or perhaps the country. Here rest the remains of that eminently great and good Jonathan Trumbull, Senior, the bosom friend and most trusted counsellor of Washington ;- of his good wife, Faith Robinson ; - of his eldest son Joseph, the first commissary-general of the army under Wash- ington ;- of his second son, Jonathan, Jun., paymaster-
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general of the same army, private secretary, and first aid-de-camp to General Washington, and afterward speaker of the United States House of Representa- tives, member of the United States Senate, and gov- ernor of this State :- and by his side, his good wife, Eunice Backus ;- of his third son David, commissary of this colony in the Revolution, and assistant com- missary-general under his brother in the army of Washington ;-- and by his side, his good wife Sarah Backus ;- of his second daughter, Mary ;- and by her side, her illustrious husband, William Williams, one of the signers of the immortal Declaration of Independ- ence ;- and many others, who have from these de- scended. What a Tomb is here ! What a Shrine for patriotic devotion !!
In this blank space, I am tempted to relate a little Lebanon anecdote.
Old Col. Mason, a large farmer who lived in the south part of Lebanon, several years ago, had a neighbor of rather low caste and questionable honesty; who at an evening meeting during a religious revival in the neighborhood, became "converted." Next morning he went over to tell the news to Col. Mason; and meeting him at the door, exclaimed! "Col. Mason ! I have had a wonderful vision !- I have been converted !- I have seen the Lord !! " " Well," said Mason, "If you don't bring back that corn you stole from me, you'll see the Devil."
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GOVERNORS, SENATORS, AND REPRESENTATIVES.
GOVERNORS OF STATES .-- NATIVES OF LEBANON.
Jonathan Trumbull, Gov. of Conn. from 1769 to 1784. Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., 66 1798 " 1809.
Clark Bissell, 66 1847 " 1849.
Joseph Trumbull,
1849 " 1850.
Wm. A. Buckingham, 66 66 1858 " 1866.
Nelson Dewey, Ist Gov. of Wisconsin, 1848 " 1852.
UNITED STATES SENATORS .- NATIVES OF LEBANON.
Jonathan Trumbull, from Conn., 1795 to 1796. Jeremiah Mason, from New Hampshire, 1813 " 1817. Wm. A. Buckingham, from Conn, 1869 " 1875.
REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS .- NATIVES OF LEBANON.
William Williams, to Continental Congress, from 1776 to 1777, and from 1783 to 1784. Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., (Speaker of 2d Congress under the Constitution,)
from 1789 " 1795.
Charles Marsh, from Vermont, 66 1815 " 1817.
Henry H. Gurley,
Louisiana, 1823 " 1831.
Joseph Trumbull, 66 Connecticut, " 1839 < 1843.
Danl. Rose Tilden, " Ohio, 1843 " 1847.
Orrin Fowler, Mass., 1849 " 1852.
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MEMBERS OF THE " COUNCIL OF ASSISTANTS," AND SEN- ATORS FROM LEBANON, FROM THE ORIGIN OF THE TOWN TO 1880.
(FROM THE STATE RECORDS AT HARTFORD.)
Under the charter of Charles II, down to the adop- tion of the constitution of 1818, there were annually chosen, by the electors at large, a Council of Assistants, consisting of twelve members, whose functions were, 1st, to act as an advisory council of the Governor ; 2d, to act as local magistrates for the Colony ; and 3d, as an " Upper House " (or Senate), in the Gen- eral Assembly ; six of whom, with the Deputy Gov- ernor, constituted a legal quorum for the "Upper House." After the constitution, down to 1830, twelve Senators, chosen also annually, and by the electors at large, constituted the Senate; six of whom, with the Lieutenant-Governor, formed a legal quorum. In 1730 the State was divided into twenty-one Senatorial districts ; the electors of each district choosing one Senator, and this provision still remains.
ASSISTANTS FROM LEBANON UNDER THE CHARTER.
Jonathan Trumbull, from 1740 to 1750, 10 years.
Jonathan Trumbull, 1755 " 1767, 12
William Williams, 1776 " 1780, 5
William Williams, 66 1784 " 1803. 20
Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., from 1796 " 1809, 14
SENATORS FROM LEBANON UNDER THE CONSTITUTION.
1836, Stephen D. Tilden, 1855, Larned Hebard.
1837, Elisha Waterman, 1863, Edwin M. Dolbeare,
1843, Amos Fowler, 1868, James M. Peckham.
1848, Erastus Osgood,
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REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE TOWN OF LEBANON.
(FROM THE STATE RECORDS AT HARTFORD. )
By the early custom of the Colony, each town was allowed two " Deputies to the General Court " (then called), but some of the towns occasionally chose to send but one ; and this custom continued down to the adoption of the Constitution in 1818 ; after which, the towns then existing, were still allowed to send two, but new towns thereafter incorporated, were entitled to but one representative each.
Under the charter, there were two regular sessions of the General Assembly in each year ; held alternate- ly, at Hartford in May, and at New Haven in October, and the deputies or representatives were chosen for six months only, semi-annually, for each session. The Constitution of 1818 provided for one annual session only ; to be held in May, alternately at Hartford each odd year, and at New Haven each even year.
May Session.
October Session.
1705 William Clark (alone). Samuel Huntington (alone).
1706 John Sprague (alone). Ens. John Sprague,
Wm. Clark.
1707 William Holton, Joseph Bradford.
1708 John Sprague, Samuel Huntington.
Wm. Clark,
John Sprague.
1709 Wm. Clark, Jeremiah Fitch.
" Joseph Bradford.
Wm. Clark,
1710 Wm. Clark, Wm. Holton.
Wm. Holton.
Capt. Wm. Clark (alone).
1711 John Sprague.
1712 Wm. Clark, Joseph Bradford.
1713 Wm. Clark,
1714 Joseph Bradford. Jeremiah Fitch.
Jeremiah Fitch,
Joseph Marsh.
Wm. Clark,
John Sprague.
Samuel Hide.
Lieut. Joseph Bradford,
Lieut. John Sprague.
Wm. Holton,
Joseph Bradford.
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May Session.
1715 Capt. Wm. Clark, Samuel Hide.
1716 Joseph Marsh, Thomas Hunt.
1717 Samuel Hide (alone).
1718 Capt. Wm. Clark, Lt. Samuel Hide.
1719 John Buell,
Lieut. John Sprague.
1720 Capt. Nathaniel Fitch, Lieut. John Sprague.
1721 John Woodward. Ebenezer West.
1722 Lieut. Samuel Hide, Ebenezer West.
1723 Capt. Wm. Clark. Capt. Joseph Marsh,
1724 Capt. Wm. Clark, John Woodward.
1725 John Woodward (alone). John Woodward,
1726 John Woodward, Joseph Fowler.
1727 Capt. John Woodward, Capt. Joseph Marsh.
1728 Capt John Woodward, Capt. John Woodward, Joseph Fowler. Ebenezer West, Lieut. Samuel Hide. 1729 Ebenezer West, Capt. Ephraim Sprague. Capt. Ephraim Sprague.
1730 Ebenezer West, Capt. William Throop.
1731 Ebenezer West, Capt. Joseph Marsh. 1732 Ebenezer West, Capt. Wm. Throop.
1733 Capt. Wm. Throop, Jonathan Trumbull. 1734 Capt. Wm. Throop, Ebenezer West. 10*
October Session.
Capt. Wm. Clark,
Eleazer Fitch.
Lieut. John Sprague,
Joseph Marsh.
Capt. William Clark, Capt. Jeremiah Fitch.
Lt. John Sprague,
Lt. Samuel Hide.
Capt. William Clark,
Lieut. John Sprague.
John Woodward,
Ebenezer West.
John Wood ward,
Ebenezer West.
Ebenezer West, John Woodward.
Capt. Wm. Clark,
John Woodward.
Capt. Wm. Clark,
John Woodward.
Joseph Fowler. Capt. Joseph Marsh,
Lieut. John Woodward.
Capt. John Woodward,
Capt. Joseph Marsh.
Ebenezer West,
Capt. John Woodward.
Ebenezer West,
Capt. John Woodward. Ebenezer West, Capt. Wm. Throop.
Capt. Wm. Throop, Ebenezer West.
Capt. Wm. Throop,
Ebenezer West.
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May Session.
October Session.
1735 Capt. Wm. Throop, Ebenezer West.
Capt. Wm. Throop,
Ebenezer West.
Ebenezer West.
Jonathan Trumbull.
1737 Ebenezer West, Gershom Clark.
Ebenezer West.
Jonathan Trumbull.
1738 Ebenezer West, Jonathan Trumbull.
Ebenezer West,
Jonathan Trumbull.
1739 Ebenezer West, Jon. Trumbull, Speaker,
Ebenezer West, Jon. Trumbull, Speaker.
1740 Ebenezer West, Jonathan Trumbull.
Gershom Clark.
1741 Ebenezer West, Ebenezer Gray.
Ebenezer West,
John Williams.
1742 Gershom Clark,
Gershom Clark,
Capt. Ebenezer Gray.
1743 Gershom Clark, John Williams.
Eliakim Tupper. Gershom Clark, John Williams.
1744 Ebenezer West, Gershom Clark.
1745 Ebenezer West, Capt. James Fitch.
Maj. Joseph Fowler.
1746 Ebenezer West, Maj. Joseph Fowler,
Ebenezer West,
Capt. Gershom Clark,
Ebenezer West,
Maj. Joseph Fowler.
Ebenezer West,
Capt. James Fitch.
Ebenezer West,
Maj. Joseph Fowler.
Ebenezre West,
Maj. Joseph Fowler.
Col. Jonathan Trumbull,
Capt. James Fitch.
1752 Col. J. Trumbull, Speaker, Capt. James Fitch, Capt. James Fitch.
Col. Jonathan Trumbull.
1753 Col. Jonathan Trumbull, Capt. Joshua West, Capt. James Fitch.
Nathaniel Holbrook.
1754 Col. J. Trumbull, Speaker, Col. Joseph Fowler, Capt. Joshua West. Capt. Joshua West. ·
Ebenezer West,
Gershom Clark.
Ebenezer West,
1747 Ebenezer West, Capt. Gershom Clark.
1748 Ebenezer West, Maj. Joseph Fowler.
1749 Ebenezer West, Capt. James Fitch.
1750 Ebenezer West, Maj. Joseph Fowler.
1751 Capt. James Fitch, Capt. Caleb Hide.
Ebenezer West,
1736 Ebenezer West,. Jonathan Trumbull.
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May Session.
1755 Capt. James Fitch, Capt. Joshua West. 1756 Col. Joseph Fowler, Capt. Joshua West. 1757 Col. Joseph Fowler, William Williams.
1758 Capt. Joshua West. Col. Joseph Fowler. 1759 Col. Joseph Fowler, William Williams.
1760 William Williams, Capt. Joshua West.
1761 Capt. Joshua West, Wm. Williams.
1762 Capt. Joshua West, Capt. Ignatius Barker.
1763 Capt. Joshua West, Wm. Williams.
1764 Capt. Joshua West, . Wm. Williams.
1765 Capt. Joshua West, Wm. Williams.
1766 Benajah Bill, Wm. Williams,
Maj. Wm. Williams, Clerk.
1767 Maj. W. Williams, Clerk, Capt. Joseph Trumbull, Seth Bartlett.
1768 Maj. W. Williams, Clerk, Capt. Wm. Symms, Capt. William Symms.
Maj. Wm. Williams, Clerk.
1769 Maj. W. Williams, Clerk, Capt. Joseph Trumbull, Capt. Joshua West.
1770 Maj. W. Williams, Clerk, Capt. Joseph Trumbull, Capt. Joseph Trumbull, Maj. Wm. Williams, Clerk.
1771 Maj. W. Williams, Clerk, Capt. Joseph Trumbull, Capt. Joseph Trumbull. Maj. Wm. Williams, Clerk. 1772 Col. W. Williams, Clerk, Col. Wm. Williams, Clerk, Capt. Joseph Trumbull. Beniah Southworth.
1773 Col. W. Williams, Clerk, Col. Wm. Williams, Clerk, Capt. Joseph Trumbull. Beniah Southworth.
1774 Col. W. Williams, Clerk, Col. W. Williams. Speaker, Capt. Seth Wright. Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.
October Session.
Col. Joseph Fowler, Capt. Joshua West. Col. Joseph Fowler, Capt. Joshua West. Capt. Joshua West, Wm. Williams. Capt. Joshua West,
Wm. Williams.
Capt. Joshua West, Wm. Williams.
Capt. Joshua West,
Wm. Williams.
Capt. Joshua West,
Wm. Williams.
Capt. Joshua West,
Capt. Ignatius Barker.
Capt. Joshua West,
Wm. Williams.
Capt. Joshua West,
Wm. Williams.
Capt. Joshua West,
Wm. Williams.
Capt. Joshua West,
Maj. Wm. Williams, Clerk.
Maj. Wm. Williams, Clerk.
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