The history of Connecticut, from the first settlement of the colony to the adoption of the present constitution, vol. I, Part 42

Author: Hollister, G. H. (Gideon Hiram), 1817-1881. cn
Publication date: 1855
Publisher: New Haven, Durrie and Peck
Number of Pages: 558


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their peril be it. This court shall not fail to call the said persons to strict account and proceed against them as disloyal to his majesty and disturbers of the peace of this colony, according to law.


" This declaration being grounded in general upon his majesty's command, ex- pressed in these letters, and in special in order to the prevention of his majesty's colonies, the letter of our governor requiring strict observance of the same under penalty of displeasure, of one thousand pounds fine, and therefore in case any dif- ference should arise to his majesty on these accounts we must be enforced to lay the cause of it at your door, because when it was sent to the several towns of that colony and set up in public places to be seen and read of all that all might obey it, it was at Stamford violently plucked down by Brown, your constable, and with reproachful speeches rejected, though sent in his majesty's name and authority of our court of magistrates ; and after it was published at Guilford, Bray Rossiter and his son hastened to Connecticut to require your aid against this government, which accordingly you too hastily granted, for on the 30th day of December 1663, two of your magistrates with sundry young men and your marshal came speedily to Guilford accompanied with Rossiter and his son, and countenancing them and their party against the authority of this General Court, that you knew to be obnoxious they were formerly to this jurisdiction for contempt of authority and seditious practices, and that they have been the ring-leaders of this rent, and that Bray Rossiter, the father, hath been long and still is a man of turbulent, rest- less, factious spirit, and whose design you have cause to suspect to be to cause a war between these two colonies or to ruin New Haven colony, without sending a writing before to our governor to be informed concerning the truth in this matter. Sundry horse, we are informed, accompanied them to Guilford, whither they came at an unseasonable time, about 10 o'clock in the night, those short days when you might rationally think that all people were gone to bed, and by shooting sundry guns, some of yours of their party in Guilford alarmed the town, which, when the governor took notice of, and of the unsatisfying answers given to such as inquired the reason of that disturbance, he suspected that, not without cause, hostile attempts were intended by their company ; whereupon he sent a letter to New Haven to inform the magistrates there concerning matters at Guilford, that many were affrighted ; and he desired that the magistrates at New Haven would presently come to their succor, and as many of the troopers as could be got, alleging for a reason his apprehensions of their desperate resolutions. The governor's messen- gers all excited to haste as apprehending danger, and reporting to them at Bran- ford, they went up in arms, hastening to their relief at Guilford which the governor required with speed. Hereupon New Haven was also alarmed that night by beat- ing the drum, &c. to warn the town militia to be ready. This fear was not cause- less, for what else could be gathered from the preparations of pistols, bullets, swords, &c. which they brought with them, and by the threatening speeches given out by some of them, as is attested by the depositions of some, subscriptions of others, which we have by us to show when need require; and your two magis- trates themselves, who ought to have the king's peace among their own party in their own speeches, threatened our governor that if any thing was done against these men, viz., Rossiter and his party, Connecticut would take it as done against


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themselves, for they were bound to protect them ; and they rose high in threaten- ings. Yet they joined therewith their design of another conference with New Haven, pretending their purpose of granting to us what we should desire, so far as they could, if we would unite with them ; but they held our members from us and upheld them in their animosities against us. Is this the way to union ? And what can you grant us which we have not in our own right within ourselves, with- out you? Yea, it is the birthright of our posterity which we may not barter away from them by treaties with you. It is our purchased inheritance, which no wise man would part with upon a treaty to receive in lieu thereof a lease of the same upon your terms who have right thereunto. And why is our union with you by coming under your patent urged now as necessary for peace, seeing we have enjoyed peace mutually while we have been distinct colonies for about twenty years past ? And why do you separate the things which God hath joined together in righteousness and peace-seeing you persist in your unrighteous dealing and persuade us to peace ? It is true we all came to New England for the same ends, and that we all agree in some main things, but it doth not follow from thence we ought therefore to unite with you in the same jurisdiction, for the same may be said of all the united colonies which nevertheless are distinct colonies.


" 20. That upon a more diligent search of your patent we find that New Haven colony is not included within the line of your patent, for we suppose that your bounds according to the expression of your patent may be, in a just grammatical construction, so cleared that this colony and every part of it, may be mathemati- cally demonstrated to be exempted from it.


"21. That the premises being thoroughly weighed, it will be your wisdom and way to desist wholly from endeavoring to draw us into a union under your patent by any treaty for the future, and apply yourselves to your duty towards God, the king, and us. Ist. Towards God, that you fear him and therefore repent of your unrighteous dealings towards us and repair what you have done amiss by restoring our numbers without delay unto us again, that you may escape the wrath of God which is revealed from heaven against all unrighteousness and against all that despise his holy name, especially among the heathen, which you have done thereby. 2d. Towards the king, that you may honor him by looking at us as a distinct colony within ourselves as you see by the premises his majesty doth, and by restoring to us our former entire state and our numbers in obedience to his majesty, who hath commanded us a distinct colony to serve him in weighty affairs, and wherein if you hinder us, (as you will if you still withhold our mem- bers from us as much as in you lieth,) you will incur his majesty's just and high displeasure, who hath not given you in your patent the least appearance of just grounds for your laying claim to us. 3d. To us, your neighbors, your brethren, your confederates by virtue whereof it is your duty to preserve unto us our colony, state power, and privileges against all other that would oppose us, therein or would impose upon us. Is Rossiter and his party of such value with you, that what this jurisdiction doth against them your colony will take it as done to them- selves ? But if it be done as one of your committee is reported to have expressed it, that you must perform your promise to them as Joshua and the elders of Israel did to the Gibeonites, do you not see the sundry disparities between that vow and


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yours ? or do you indeed make confidence of your vow to Gibeonites if you term them so ; and without regard to your conscience break your promise and most solemn confederation to Israelites. , Doubtless it will be safe for this colony to join in one government with persons of such principles and practices, and treaty will be able to bring us to it.


We believe that our righteous God to whom we have solemnly commended and committed our righteous cause, will protect us against all that shall do any wrong or oppress us, neither will he at all doubt the justice of his majesty our king as well as yours, and of his most honorable council, but that upon leaving the business open before them they will effectually relieve against your unjust encroachments as the matter shall require.


" We desire peace and love between us and that we may for the future live in love and peace together as distinct neighbor colonies, as we did about twenty years before you received and misunderstood and so abused your patent that your un- comfortable and afflictive exercises would issue herein. We have so long suffered for peace sake, now it is high time to bring that unbrotherly contest wherewith you have troubled us, to a peaceable issue. In order thereunto we do offer you this choice, either to return our members unto us voluntarily, which will be your honor and a confirmation of your mutual love, or to remove them to some other plantation within your own bounds and free us wholly from you for we may not bear it that such seditious, disorderly persons shall continue within the towns of this colony to disturb our peace, disperse our government and disquiet our mem- bers, and disable us to obey the king's command. But if they stay where they now are, we shall take our time to proceed according to justice, especially with Brown for his contempt of the declaration and [his disregard] of the king's com- mands and authority in this jurisdiction, and with Bray Rossiter and his son for all their seditious practices. Lastly, for preventing any misapprehension, we como here to explain our meaning in any passages in this writing which may seem to reflect censure of unrighteous dealing with us upon your act in General Assembly, that we may mean only such as have been active against us therein.


"For the commonwealth, by order of the General Court of New Haven Colony.


" JAMES BISHOP, Secretary. "NEW HAVEN, March 9, 1663-4."


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APPENDIX.


STATE AND COLONIAL OFFICERS, FROM 1639 TO 1818.


GOVERNORS.


Last chos'n. chos'n. First


No. yrs.


DEP. OR LT .- GOVERNORS.


Last First | chos'n. chos'n.


yrs.


John Haynes,.


1639


1653


8


Roger Ludlow,.


1639 1648


3


Edward Hopkins,.


1640 1654


7


John Haynes, ...


1640 1652


5


George Wyllys,.


1642


1


George Wyllys,.


1641


1


Thomas Welles,


1655


1658


2


Edward Hopkins,


1643 1653


6


John Webster,.


1656


1


Thomas Welles,


1654 1659


4


John Winthrop,


1657


1676 18


John Webster,.


1655


1


William Leete,


1676 1683


7


Jolın Winthrop,


1658


1


Robert Treat,.


1683 1687


4


John Mason,.


1660 1669


9


[Sir Edmund Andross,].


1687 1689


2


William Leete,


1669 1676


7


Robert Treat,.


1689 1698


9


Robert Treat, .


1676 1708 17


Fitz John Winthrop, . .


1698 1707


9


James Bishop,


1683 1692


7


Gurdon Saltonstall,


1707


1724


17


William Jones,


1692 1697


5


Joseph Talcott,.


1724|1741


17


Natlian Gold, .


1708 1724 16


Jonathan Law,


1741 1750


9


Joseph Talcott,


1724 1724


Roger Wolcott,


1750 1754 4


Jonathan Law,


1724 1741 17


Thomas Fitch,


1754 1766 12


Roger Wolcott,


1741 1750 9


William Pitkin,.


1766 1769 3


Thomas Fitch,.


1750 1754 4


Jonathan Trumbull,


1769 1784


15


William Pitkin,


1754 1766 12


Matthew Griswold,


1784


1786


2


Jonathan Trumbull,


1766 1769


3


Samuel Huntington,


1786


1796 10


Matthew Griswold, 1769


1784 15


Oliver Wolcott,


1796


1798 2


Samuel Huntington,


1784 1786 2


Jonathan Trumbull,


1798 1809 11


Oliver Wolcott,


1786 1796


10


John Treadwell,


1809


1811


2 Jonathan Trumbull


1796


1798


2


Roger Griswold,


1811 1812


1


4


Roger Griswold,


1809 1811


2


John Cotton Smith,


1811 1813


2


Chauncey Goodrich,.


1813 1815 2


Jonathan Ingersoll,t.


1816 1818| 2


SECRETARIES OF STATE.


chos


Last No. chos'n. chos'n. yrs. First


TREASURERS.


First chos'n.


No. chos'n. yrs. Last


Edward Hopkins,


1639


1640


1


Thomas Welles,


1639


1652


5


Thomas Welles,


1640


1648


8


William Whiting,


1641


1648


7


John Cullick, .


1648


1658 |10


John Talcott,


1652


1659


7


Daniel Clark,.


1658


1667 8


John Talcott,


1659


1678


19


John Allen, ..


1664 1696


28


William Pitkin,


1678


1679 1


Eleazer Kimberly,


1696 1709


13


Joseph Whiting,.


1679


1718 37


Caleb Stanley, ..


1709|1712


3! John Whiting,


1718/1749|31


* The successors of Governor Smith, under the Constitution, have been, Oliver Wolcott, Gideon Tomlinson, John S. Peters, Henry W. Edwards, Samuel A. Foote, William W. Ellsworth, Chauncey F. Cleveland, Roger S. Baldwin, Isaac Toucey, Clark Bissell, Joseph Trum- bull, Thomas H. Seymour, Charles H. Pond, and Henry Dutton.


t The Lieutenant-Governors under the Constitution have been-Jonathan Ingersoll, David Plant, John S. Peters, Thaddeus Betts, Ebenezer Stoddard, Charles Hawley, Wm. S. Holabird, Reuben Booth, Noyes Billings, Charles J. McCurdy, Thomas Backus, Charles H. Pond, and Alexander H. Holley.


John Treadwell,


1798 1809 11


John Cotton Smith


1813 1817


No.


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APPENDIX.


SECRETARIES OF STATE.


First chos'n.


Last chos'n.


!No. yrs.


TREASURERS.


First chos'n. chos'n. Last


No.


yrs.


Hezekiah Wyllys,


171


1735


23


Nathaniel Stanley,


1749


1755


6


George Wyllys,.


1735


1796


61


Joseph Talcott, .


1755 1769


14


Samuel Wyllys, .


1796


181(


14


John Lawrence,.


1769 1788


19


Thomas Day,*


1810


1818


8


Jedediah Huntington, ..


1789 1789


Peter Colt, .


1789 1794 5


Andrew Kingsbury,t


1794|1818|24


COMPTROLLERS.


First


Last


No.


COMPTROLLERS.


First chos'n.


Last chos'n.


No. yrs.


James Wadsworth,


1786


1788


2


Andrew Kingsbury,.


1791


1794 3


Oliver Wolcott,.


1788 1789


1


John Porter,


1794 1806 12


Ralph Pomroy,.


1789 |1791|


2| Elisha Colt,t.


1806|1818|12


ASSISTANTS.#


Nom.


Elec.


Retired.


JOHN HAYNES, Hartford,


1639


1639


1653, died.


ROGER LUDLOW, Windsor and Fairfield,


1639


1639


1654, to Va.


GEORGE WYLLYS, Hartford,


1639


1639


1644, died.


EDWARD HOPKINS, Hartford,


1639


1639


1657, to Eng.


THOMAS WELLES, Hartford,


1639


1639


1659, died.


JOHN WEBSTER, Hartford,


1639


1639


1659, to Mass.


William Phelps, Windsor,


1639


1643.


William Whiting, Hartford,


1641


1641


1648.


Matthew Allen, Hartford,


1641


(below.)


William Hopkins [? Hill, Windsor,]


J641


1641


1643.


JOHN MASON, Windsor, Saybrook, & Norwich,


1642


1671, died.


William Swaine, Wethersfield,


1643


1643


1645.


Henry Wolcott, Windsor,


1643


1655, died.


George Fenwick, Saybrook,


1644


1644


1649.


John Cullick, Hartford,


1648


1658, to Bost.


JOHN WINTHROP, New London, Henry Clarke, Windsor,


1650


1650


1662.


John Talcott, Hartford,


1654


1654


1659, died.


Samuel Wyllys, Hartford,


1654


1654


1685, (below.)


Nathan Gold, Fairfield,


1657


1657


1658. (below.)


George Phelps, Windsor,


1658


1658


1663.


Matthew Allen, Windsor,


1658


1658


1668.


Richard Treat, Wethersfield,


1658


1658


1665.


* The Secretaries of State, since the adoption of the Constitution, have been the following, viz., Thomas Day, Royal R. Hinman, Noah A. Phelps, Daniel P. Tyler, Charles W. Bradley, John B. Robertson, Roger H. Mills, Hiram Weed, John P. C. Mather, and Oliver H. Perry.


t The successors of Mr. Kingsbury, in the office of State Treasurer, have been-Isaac Spencer, Jeremiah Brown, Hiram Rider, Jabez L. White, Joseph B. Gilbert, Alonzo W. Birge, Henry D. Smith, Elisha Stearns, Daniel W. Clark.


# The Comptrollers since the adoption of the Constitution, have been-Elisha Colt, James Thomas, Elisha Phelps, Roger Huntington, Gideon Welles, William Field, Henry Kilbourn, Abijah Carring- ton, Mason Cleveland, Abijah Catlin, R. G. Pinney, John Dunham.


¿ List of magistrates, generally called Assistants, who constituted the Upper House of the Assem- bly ; and in early times were the Supreme Court of the State. They were the leading men of their times. The list is copied from the Connecticut Annual Register, for 1848.


The CAPITALS indicate the Governors, and the SMALL CAPITALS the Deputy or Lieutenant- Governors. Those marked " died" deceased in office.


1649


1651


1676, died.


chos'n. chos'n. yrs.


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APPENDIX.


ASSISTANTS.


Nom.


Elec.


Retired.


John Wells, Stratford,


1658


1658


1660.


Alexander Knowles, Fairfield,


1658


1658


1659.


Nathan Gold, Fairfield,


(above)


1659


1694, died. ?


Thurston Rayner, Wethersfield,


1661


1662, (below.)


John Talcott, Hartford,


1661


1662


1688.


Daniel Clark, Windsor,


1661


1662


1664, resigned.


John Allyn, Hartford,.


1661


1662


1696, died.


Henry Wolcott, Windsor,


1661


1662


1665, (below.)


Samuel Sherman, Fairfield,


1664


1662


1664, (below.)


Thurston Rayner, Wethersfield,


1664


1663


1664.


James Richards, Hartford,


WILLIAM LEET, Guilford


1665


1665


1683, died. ?


WILLIAM JONES, New Haven,.


1665


1665


1698, died. ?


Benjamin Fenn, Milford,


1665


1665


1673.


Jasper Crane, Branford,


1665


1665


1668.


Henry Wolcott, Windsor,.


(above)


1665


1681.


Samuel Sherman, Stratford,


(above)


1665


1668.


Daniel Clark, Windsor, ..


1666


1666


1668.


Alexander Bryant, Milford,


1665


1668


1679.


JAMES BISHOP, New Haven, .


1667


1668


1692, died.


Anthony Howkins, Farmington, .


1664


1668


1674, died.


Thomas Welles, Hartford,


1665


1668


1669.


James Richards, Hartford,


(above)


1669


1681.


John Nash, New Haven, ..


1670


1672


1688, died. ?


ROBERT TREAT, Milford,


1665


1673


1708.


Thomas Topping, Branford,


1670


1674


1685.


John Mason, Norwich,.


1672


1676


1677.


Matthew Gilbert, New Haven,


1665


1677


1678.


Andrew Leet, Guilford,


1677


1678


1703.


John Wadsworth, Farmington,


1675


1679


1690, died.


Robert Chapman, Saybrook,


1669


1681


1685.


James Fitch, Norwich,.


1678


1681


1698, (below.) 1703.


Benjamin Newbury, Windsor,


1665


1685


1690, died. ?


Samuel Talcott, Wethersfield,


1669


1685


1692, died. ?


Giles Hamlin, Middletown,


1667


1685


1690, died. ?


Samuel Willis, Hartford,


(above)


1689


1693, (below.)


[Fitz] John Winthrop, New London,


1689


1689


1690, (below.)


John Burr, Fairfield,


1685


1690


1695,


William Pitkin, Hartford,


1690


1690


1694, died.


Daniel Wetherell, New London,.


1677


1690


1710.


Nathaniel Stanly, Hartford,


1690


1690


1713.


Caleb Stanly, Hartford,.


1692


1692


1701.


Moses Mansfield, New Haven,.


1683


1692


1704, died. ?


JOHN WINTHROP, New London,


(above)


1693


1707, died.


John Hamlin, Middletown.


1693


1694


1730.


Jonathan Sellick, Stamford,


1694


1695


1701.


NATHAN GOLD, Fairfield,


1694


1695


1723, died. ?


William Pitkin, Hartford,


1696


1697


1723, died.


Joseph Curtice, Stratford,


1696


1698


1722.


Samuel Willis, Hartford,


(above)


1698


1699.


Richard Christophers, New London,


1694


1699


1700, (below.)


James Fitch, Norwich,.


(above)


1700


1709.


John Chester, Wethersfield,


1685


1701


1712.


Josiah Rossiter, Guilford, .


1700


1701


1711.


Peter Burr, Fairfield, ..


1701


1703


1725.


Samuel Mason, Stonington,


1681


1683


1664


1666, (below.)


32


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APPENDIX.


ASSISTANTS.


Nom.


Elec.


Retired.


Richard Christophers, New London,.


(above)


1703


1723.


John Alling, New Haven,. .


1703


1704


1717.


GURDON SALTONSTALL, New London, ..


not nom.


1707


1724, died.


John Haynes, Hartford,


1696


1708


1714.


Samuel Eells, Milford, ..


1683


1709


1740, died. ? 1734.


JOSEPH TALCOTT, Hartford,.


1709


1711


1741, died.


Abraham Fowler, Guilford,.


1705


1712


1720.


John Sherman, Woodbury,


1711


1713


1723.


Roger Wolcott, Windsor, ..


1712


1714


1718, (below.)


JONATHAN LAW, Milford,


1710


1717


1750, died.


James Wadsworth, Durham,. .


1716


1718


1752.


John Hall, Wallingford, ..


1719


1722


1730.


Christopher Christophers, New London,


1718 1723


1729.


Hezekiah Brainard, Haddam,


1720


1723


1728, died. ?


John Hooker, Farmington,


1709


1723


1734.


John Wakeman, Fairfield,.


1715


1724


1727.


Nathaniel Stanly, Hartford,.


1723


1725


1749.


Joseph Whiting, New Haven,.


1722


1725


1746.


Ozias Pitkin, Hartford,. .


1725


1727


1747.


Timothy Pierce, Plainfield,


1725


1728


1748.


John Burr, Fairfield, .


1724


1729


1740.


Samuel Lynde, Saybrook,


1729


1730


1754, died.


Edmund Lewis, Stratford,.


1729


1730


1739.


WILLIAM PITKIN, Hartford,


1731


1734


1769, died.


Thomas Fitch, Norwalk,


1730


1734


1736, (below.)


Roger Newton, Milford ;.


1729


1736


1740, (below.)


Ebenezer Silliman, Fairfield,


1736


1739


1766.


THOMAS FITCH, Norwalk,


(above)


1740


1766.


Jonathan Trumbull, Lebanon,


1739


1740


1751, (below.)


Hezekiah Huntington, Norwich.


1739


1740


1743, (below.)


John Bulkley, Colchester,.


1735


1743


1753, died.


Andrew Burr, Fairfield,


1734


1746


1764.


Roger Newton, Milford,.


(above)


1742


1762.


John Chester, Wethersfield,


1741


1747


1766.


Hezekiah Huntington, Norwich,


(above)


1748


1773.


Gurdon Saltonstall, New London


1746


1749


1754.


Thomas Welles, Glastenbury,


1749


1751


1761.


Benjamin Hall, Wallingford,


1749


1751


1766.


Phineas Lyman, Suffield,.


1751


1752


1759.


JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Lebanon,.


(above)


1754


1784, declined.


Roger Wolcott, Windsor,.


1747


1754


1760, died.


Jonathan Huntington, Windham,


1751


1754


1758.


Daniel Edwards, Hartford.


1751


1755


1765, died.


Jabez Hamlin, Middletown,.


1754


1758


1766, (below.)


MATTHEW GRISWOLD, Lyme,


1755


1759


1786.


Shubael Conant, Mansfield,


1754


1760


1775, died.


Elisha Shelden, Litchfield,.


1758


1762


1779, died.


Eliphalet Dyer, Windham, .


1758


1762


1784, died. ?


Jabez Huntington, Windham,


1761


1764


1781, died. ?


William Pitkin, East Hartford,


1763


1766


1785, resigned.


Roger Sherman, New Haven,.


1761


1766


1785, resigned.


Robert Walker, Stratford, ..


1760


1766


1772, died.


Abraham Davenport, Stamford,


1764


1766


1784.


Wm. Samuel Johnson, Stratford,


1765


1766


1776, (below.)


ROGER WOLCOTT, Windsor,


(above)


1720


1754.


Matthew Allen, Windsor,.


1706


1710


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APPENDIX.


ASSISTANTS.


Nom.


Elec.


Retired.


Joseph Spencer, East Haddam,.


1765


1766


1778, (below.)


Zebulon West, Tolland,.


1766 1770


1771.


OLIVER WOLCOTT, Litchfield,


1768


1771


1798.


Jabez Hamlin, Middletown,


(above)


1773


1785.


James A. Hillhouse, New Haven,.


1771


1773


1775.


SAMUEL HUNTINGTON, Norwich,. Richard Law, New London,


1774


1776


1784, Judge.


William Williams, Lebanon,


1774


1776


1780, (below.)


Titus Hosmer, Middletown,.


1775


1778


1780, died.


Oliver Ellsworth, Windsor,


(below,)


1778


1780


1785, Judge.


Joseph Spencer, East Haddam,


(above)


1779


1789.


Adams, Andrew, Litchfield,.


1779


1781 1790.


Benjamin Huntington, Norwich,


1779 1781


1790, (below.)


Joseph Platt Cooke, Danbury, ..


1783


1784


1803.


Stephen Mix Mitchell, Wethersfield,


1783


1784


1793.


William Williams, Lebanon, ..


(above)


1784


1803.


William Hillhouse, New London,.


1783


1785


1809.


Erastus Wolcott, East Windsor,


1772


1785


1790.


JOHN TREADWELL, Farmington,.


1783


1785


1811.


Jonathan Sturges, Fairfield,.


1784


1785


1789.


James Wadsworth, Durham,.


1776


1785


1788.


Wm. Samuel Johnson, Stratford,


(above)


1786


1789.


John Chester, Wethersfield, .


1786


1788


1792, (below.)


James Hillhouse, New Haven,


1785 1789


1791.


Jedediah Strong, Litchfield,.


1786


1789


1791.


Jesse Root, Coventry, ..


1780


1789


1789, Judge.


James Davenport, Stamford,


1789


1790


1797, died.


Roger Newberry, Windsor,.


1789


1790


1809.


Heman Swift, Cornwall,.


1789


1790


1802.


John Chandler, Newtown,.


1789


1790


1795, died.


Benjamin Huntington, Norwich,


(above)


1791


1793, Judge.


Amasa Learned, New London,.


1790


1791


1792.


Jonathan Ingersoll, New Haven,


1790


1792


1798, (below.)


Tapping Reeve, Litchfield,


1789


1792


1793.


Asher Miller, Middletown,


1791


1793


1793, Judge.


Thomas Grosvenor, Pomfret,


1789


1793


1802.


Thomas Seymour, Hartford,


1791


1793


1803.


Aaron Austin, New Hartford,


1792


1794


1818.


Jeremiah Wadsworth, Hartford,


1787


1795


1801.


JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Lebanon,.


1788


1796


1809, died.


David Daggett, New Haven,.


1794


1797


1814, Sen. C.


Jonathan Brace, Hartford,.


1797


1798


1799, (below,)


Zephaniah Swift, Windham,.


1791


1799


1800, (below.)


Nathaniel Smith, Woodbury,.


1798


1799


1805, Judge.


John Allen, Litchfield, ..


1794


1800


1806.


Zephaniah Swift, Windham,.


(above)


1801


1801, Judge.


Oliver Ellsworth, Windsor, ..


(above)


1802


1808.


Jonathan Brace, Hartford, .


(above)


1802


1819.


Chauncey Goodrich, Hartford,


1793


1902


1808, (below.)


John Chester, Wethersfield,.


(above)


1803


1809.


William Edmund, Newtown,


1793


1803


1806, Judge.


Elizur Goodrich, New Haven,


1801


1803


1818.


Matthew Griswold, Lyme, ..


1802


1805


1818.


Stephen T. Hosmer, Middletown,.


1798


1805


1815, Judge.


Asher Miller, Middletown,.


(above)


1806


1817.


Henry Champion, Colchester,


1803


1806


1818.


1773


1775


1796.


500


APPENDIX.


ASSISTANTS.


Nom.


Elec.


Retired.


Calvin Goddard, Norwich,.


1806


1808


1815, Judge.


Isaac Beers, New Haven, ..


1804


1808


1809.


John Cotton Smith, Sharon,


1807


1809


1810, Judge.


Judson Canfield, Sharon, ..


1804


1809


1815.


Theodore Dwight, Hartford,.


1808


1809


1816.


ROGER GRISWOLD, Lyme,.


1793


1809


1812, died.


Frederick Wolcott, Litchfield, ..


1808


1810


1819.


JOHN COTTON SMITH, Sharon,


(above)


1811


1817.


CHAUNCEY GOODRICH, Hartford,


(above)


1813


1815, died.


Roger M. Sherman, Fairfield,


1808


1814


1818.


Samuel W. Johnson, Stratford,


1810


1815


1818.


Noah B. Benedict, Woodbury,.


1810


1816


1818.


William Perkins, Ashford, ..


1810


1816


1818.


Samuel B. Sherwood, Fairfield,


1815


1816


1817.


JONATHAN INGERSOLL, New Haven,


(above)


1816


1819.


Asa Chapman, Newtown,


1809


1817


1819.


Elias Perkins, New London,


1813


1817


1819.


OLIVER WOLCOTT, Litchfield,


1817


1819.


William Bristol, New Haven,


1817


1818


1819.


Elijah Boardman, New Milford,


1817


1818


1819.


David Tomlinson, Oxford,


1817


1818


1819.


Sylvester Wells, Hartford,.


1817


1818


1819.


JOHN S. PETERS, Hebron,.


1817


1818


1819.


James Lanman, Norwich,.


1817


1818


1819.


Enoch Burrows, Stonington


1817


1818


1819.


Peter Webb, Guilford, ?


1817


1818


1819.


ROLL OF DEPUTIES TO THE GENERAL COURT OF CONNECTICUT


FROM APRIL 1640, TO THE UNION WITH NEW HAVEN COLONY, APRIL 1665.


NAMES OF DEPUTIES.


First elected.


No.


NAMES OF DEPUTIES.


First elected.


No.


ses.


ses.


-


-


Mr. Allyn, ..


1648


14


Mr. Jonathan Brewster, ...


1650


7


Lieut. John Allyn,.




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