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LUKE45 (E. W.), had Aune, b. July 11, 1764; d. Aug. 4, 1764 : Simeon, b. Sept. 11, 1767 ; Russell, b. Aug. 5, 1769 ; Anne, b. Jan. 16, 1772.
ROGER46 (E. W.), had Rhoda, b. Dec. 16, 1797; Almira, b. Nov. 16, 1771; Abigail, b. Nov. 9, 1773 ; Samuel, b. Nov. 11, 1777 ; Chloe, b. July 1, 1780 ; Mary, b. Jan. 27, 1783 ; Ashahel, b. July 2, 1785.
Dea. AMASA47 (E. W.), m. 1, Hannah (dau. of Johu) Hurlburt of Hartford, July 16, 1763, who d. Oct. 20, 1781, in 42d year; he m. 2, wid. Priscilla Birge, Feb. 6, 1783, who d. Feb. 28, 1816, a. 74; he d. July 1, 1793, in 56th year. Children-George, 48 b. July 16, 1762 ; Amasa, b. Sept. 29, 1763 ; Han- nah, b. July 29, 1765 ; Elam, b. June 20, 1767 ; Mabel, b. Sept. 16, 1769 ; Clarissa, b. Aug. 29, 1771; Abner, b. Sept. 6, 1773; d. April 29, 1784, a. 10: Gershom, b. Sept. 3, 1777; Chauncey, b. April 16, 1779; d. March 28, 1780: Mary, b. Aug. 27, 1781 ; d. Dec. 18, 1812 : Nancy, b. July 10, 1782 ; Chaun- cey and Amelia, twins, b. March 23, 1784; Amasa, b. Oct. 10, 1785 ; d. Jan. 31, 1824 : Sophia, b. Nov. 10, 1787 ; Arethusa, b. Sept. 20, 1790; d. June 17, 1832 : Elijah, b. Nov. 1, 1792 ; Betsy, b. June 9, 1795 ; d. Aug. 15, 1797 : Abner, b. Oct. 26, 1797; d. April 25, 1821 : Flavel, b. Oct. 2, 1799 ; d. Aug. 14, 1827 : William, b. Oct. 6, 1801 ; Betsyvilla, b. May 5, 1805 ; d. July 27, 1832.
GEORGE,48 m. 1, Anne Loomis of Suffield, Dec. 7, 1780 ; m. 2, wid. Anne Jepson of Hartford, Nov. 20, 1788, who d. Oct. 24, 1789, a. 34; he m. 3, Ru- ma Moore of E. W. Children-Aune, b. Oct. 20, 1781 ; Tryphena, b. Feb. 21, 1783; Polly, b. Dec 12, 1784 ; George, b. June 25, 1787 ; Timothy, b. June 28, 1789 ; Epaphras, b. Nov. 10, 1792 ; Sarah, b. Jan. 12, 1795.
BENJAMIN (probably son of Daniel 10 ) of W. ; lived a few rods north of the
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house now occupied by Roman W. Loomis, and was by trade a weaver ; m. Joanna Alford, Dec. 9, 1725. Children-Joanna, b. July 31, 1726 ; Benjamin, b. Jan. 12, 1728 ; d. Feb. 8, 1728-9 : Tabitha, b. Oct. 16, 1730 ; Benjamin, b. April 19, 1732; Rachel, b. Aug. 5, 1735 ; Serajah, b. Dec. 4, 1740.
SERAJAH (son of Benjamin above), m. Sybil Loomis of W., Oct. 24, 1767 ; he lived where Roman W. Loomis now lives; was a farmer. Children-Ni- der, b. April 9, 1768; Ira. b. Feb. 13, 1770 ; Asher, b. April 4, 1772 ; Hor- ace, b. Aug. 4, 1774 ; d. in Champion, Jefferson County, N. Y. : Wealthy, b. Feb. 11, 1777.
IRA (son of Serajah above), m. Rosamond Warner of Scotland, Windham County, Ct., March 5, 1798 ; he d. Jan. 9, 1842 ; she d. Sept. 18, 1849. Child- ren-Gurdon; Ira, jr., b. May 2, 1802; Wealthy, d. Aug. 26, 1826 ; Ruth P., m. Noah Griswold of Bloomfield, Ct.
IRA, Jr. (son of Ira above), m. Eliza Sheldon of Suffield, Feb. 12, 1834 ; is a farmer and mechanic in W. Children-Newton Sheldon, b. Jan. 17, 1835 ; Edmund Walton, b. May 13, 1837; Mary Angelina, b. May 30, 1844.
BENJAMIN, Jr., m. 1, Elizabeth Barber, Feb. 3, 1757, who d. July 12, 1759 ; m. 2, Lydia Drake, April 27, 1760. Children-Benjamin, b. Nov. 27, 1757 ; Elizabeth, b. Oct. 23, 17 -; Ann, b. Oct. 23, 1762.
CHARLES, In. Constant Eggleston, July 3, 1750. Children-Constant, b. March 25, 1756 ; Mabel, b. Oct. 28, 1758 ; Brijadore, b. Sept. 18, 1761; Lord, b. May 18, '1764; Aaron, b. March 21, 1768.
DANIEL, Jr., m. Elizabeth Barber, Nov. 10, 1709. Children-Daniel, b. Nov. 2, 1710; Elizabeth, b. May 20, 1712; David, b. March 13, 1718-19 ; Mary, b. May 10, 1714; Elisha, b. June 6, 1716; Dorothy, b. June 21, 1718; Sibel, b. Sept. 18, 1727.
DANIEL had Sarah, b. Nov. 15, 1737 ; Daniel, b. July 25, 1739.
DAVID, Jr. had Joel, b. June 2, 1721 ; Ebenezer, b. Aug. 6, 1723; Richard, b. Oct. 11, 1725 ; Elizabeth, b. Nov. 29, 1726 ; Mary, b. Oct. 6, 1728 ; Samuel, b. May 21, 1731 ; Ann, b. Sept. 23, 1833 ; Hannah, b. Sept. 28, 1736. EBENEZER, had Jemima, b. March 4, 1734.
ELIJAn, m. Rachel Wolcott, Sept. 15, 1757. Children-Luke, b. Sept. 21, 1766 ; Silas, b. March 24, 1770; Rachel, b. Dec. 22, 1775 ; Russell, b. Oct. 28, 1784 ; Clarissa, b. March 10, 1788.
ELIPHALET, had Theisdamia(?), b. Sept. 13, 1754 ; Eliphalet, b. July 20, 1756.
GIDEON, had Hildah, b. Sept. 14, 1757; Caroline, b. Nov. 28, 1758 ; Worthy, b. Sept. 22, 1760.
GIDEON, E. W. (probably the same as above), had Gideon, b. Aug. 9, 1767 ; Jerusha, b. Aug. 2, 1769.
GEORGE had Lavinia Spencer, b. Sept. 25, 1838.
HENRY, had Henry, b. Feb. 12, 1727-8 ; Ruth, b. Aug. 24, 1729 ; Jerusha, b. July 10, 1731; Hannah, b. Oct. 22, 1733; Gideon, b. Dec. 30, 1735 ; James, b. March 11, 1737; Mindwell, b. Nov. 3, 1739.
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ISAAC, m. Hannah Eggleston, April 26, 1716. Children-His eldest son, stillborn, Dec. 3, 1717; Isaac, b. July 19, 1719 ; Jedidiah, b. Sept. 1, 1720 ; Hannah, b. Feb. 15, 1721 ; Joseph, b. Aug. 29, 1725 ; Sarah, b. Feb. 22, 1733; Sarah, b. March 12, 1743 ; Rhoda, b. July 11, 1746 ; Michael, b. Oct. 13, 1747.
ISAAC, Jr., had Isaac, b. Aug. 11, 1750 ; Hannah, b. Jan. 16, 1753; Asa, b. Feb. 29, 1756.
JACOB, Jr., had Anson, b. Oct. 23, 1800; Jerusha, b. Jan. 3, 1803; Rebecca, b. Jan. 20, 1805 ; Sylvia, b. Feb. 14, 1807; Seneca, b. June 23, 1809 ; Chaun- cey, b. April 30, 1811; Jerusha Maria, b. April 9, 1813; Betsey, b. Feb. 6, 1819.
JOB had Hannah, b. July 13, 1737; Abigail, b. Jan. 19, 1738.
JOB, Jr., had Job, b. March 22, 1743.
JOEL, had Chloe, b. Dec. 13, 1748 ; Giles, b. April 19, 1750; Mary, b. Sept. 15, 1752 ; Naomi, b. Jan. 12, 1755 ; Giles, b. Nov. 6, 1756 ; Abigail, b. Nov. 27, 1758 ; Elizabetlı, b. Oct. 11, 1760 ; Joel, b. Nov. 4, 1763.
JOHN, had Lucy, b. Aug. 21, 1729.
JOSEPH, m. Keziah Loomis, Jan. 23, 1752. Children-Kezia, b. Feb. 27, 1753 ; Joseph, b. March 23, 1755 ; Jonathan, b. March 25, 1757; Sarah, b. April 13, 1759 ; George, b. July 17, 1761 ; Susannah, b. Feb. 7, 1764.
JOSEPH, had Isaac, b. Sept. 14, 1705 ; Abigail, b. April 8, 1708 ; Keziah, b. Dec. 12, 1715.
JOSEPH, Jr., had Mabel, b. March 6, 1711-12.
JOSEPH, Jr., m. Mary Cooley of Springfield, June 28, 1710 ; had Mary, b. Jan. 12, 1720-1.
JONATHAN, m. Sarah Higley, Dec. 24, 1723. Children-Sarah, b. July 23, 1724 ; Jonathan, b. Nov. 14, 1725 ; Jonathan, b. Sept. 26, 1730 ; George, b. Nov. 22, 1727; Kezia, b. June 18, 1729 ; Margaret, b. March 15, 1730 ; Wait, b. Aug. 14, 1732 ; Jonathan, b. June 16, 1734.
JOSIAH (s. of Joseph), had Martha, b. Oct. 13, 1690.
LYDIA, had Mary, b. Jan. 13, 1718.
MARTIN, had Aurelia, b. May 31, 1799 ; Lucy, b. May 7, 1801 ; Reuben, b. Dec. 7, 1803 ; Sally, b. May 30, 1808.
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NATHANIEL, m. Ann Allyn, March 27, 1718 ; had Nathaniel, b. April 11, 1719 ; Dorothy, b. April 30, 1722 ; Nathaniel, b. May 13, 1724.
Sgt. NATHANIEL (E. W.), d. Aug. 2, 1758 ; had Graves, b. Nov. 6, 1727. NATHANIEL ; Tryphena, b. Oct. 9, 1753.
Capt. NATHANIEL, d. June 14, 1784, a. 65 ; had Oliver, b. Dec. 18, 1743; Zeruiah, b. April 5, 1746 ; Watson, b. Jan. 1, 1746 ; Fitch, b. Dec. S, 1748 ; Fitch, b. May 14, 1758.
NOAH, m. Sarah Morton, May 7, 1713 ; had Noah, b. Jan. 27, 1713-14 ; Sarah, b. Sept. 10, 1717 ; Christian, b. April 13, 1719.
PHILIP, had Hannah, b. May 21, 1705.
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REUBEN, m. 1, Ann Moore, Dec. 2, 1742, who d. Feb. 13, 1743 ; m. 2, Re- becca Goodrich, Feb. 5, 1745. Child by Ist wife-Ann, b. Jan. 14, 1743. Children by 2d wife-Reuben, b. Nov 11, 1746 ; Rebecca, b. March 4, 1747 ; Jacob, b. Sept. 25, 1750 ; Elijah, b. Feb. 16, 1754 ; Abijah, b. Jan. 23, 1756.
REUBEN, Jr., m. Lorannah Filley, Aug. 17, 1769 ; he d. Sept. 12, 1776, Children- - , b. May 13, 1770 ; d. soon; Lauranna, b. May 15, 1771 ; Reu- ben, b. April 16, 1773 ; Roxanna, b. March 23, 1775 ; Ichabod, b. March 11, 1777.
SETH, m. Esther Kelsey of Hartford, March 1, 1747. Children-Esther b. July 7, 1748 ; d. March 28, 1752; Seth, b. Feb. 20, 1751 ; Martin, b. June 6, 1754 ; Right, b. Feb. 13, 1756.
SIMEON, m. Kezia Moore, March 23, 1769. Children-Anna, b. Dec. 2, 1769 ; Job, b. March 29, 1771 ; Amelia, b. Nov. 28, 1772; William, b. Feb. 14, 1774 ; Elihu, b. Feb. 19, 1776 ; Kezia, b. Jan. 24, 1778.
STEPHEN, m. Mabel Hoskins, Dec. 7, 1715. Children-Stephen, b. Aug. 21, 1716 ; Charles, b. Feb. 8, 1717-18; Seth, b. July 12, 1721 ; Gideon, b. Nov. 19, 1725 ; Eliphalet, b. Jan. 25, 1729.
STEPHEN, Jr., m. Grace Loomis, June 9, 1743. Children-Stephen, b. April 13, 1745 ; Grace, b. Dec. 5, 1746 ; Dorcas, b. April 9, 1752; Susannah, b. Sept. 24, 1753; Huldah, b. Dec. 31, 1755.
STEPHEN (E. W.), had Sally, b. at Hartford, Oct. 23, 1789 ; Laura, b. Feb. 17, 1791 ; George Jefferson, b. July 2, 1793.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Marriages .- ANSON of Bethlehem, Ct., m. Eunice N. Simmons of W., Oct. 25, 1836. ABEL, m. Eunice Porter, Nov. 3, 1741. BENJAMIN, m. Anna Fitch, Jan. 6, 1703. Sgt. DANIEL, m. wid. Hannah Drake, Nov. 24, 1715. DANIEL, m. Lydia Marsh, Dec. 8, 1692 ? DAVID, m. Elizabeth Homan, Nov. 24, 1715. ELIJAH, m. Abigail Phelps, Oct. 26, 1753. GEORGE, m. Hannah Wilson, Feb. 10, 1807. GIDEON, m. Joanna Loomis, Dec. 8, 1748. GURDON, m. Miriam Warner, Jan. 21, 1830. HENRY, m. Ruth Bidwell of Hartford, April 13, 1737. JAMES, m. Fanny Barber, Dec. 14, 1820. JESSE, m. wid. Rachel Isham, Sept. 10, 1766. JOSEPH, m. Lydia Drake, April 10, 1681. JOSEPH, sen., m. wid. Abigail Birge, Feb. 11, 1702-3. JOEL, m. - Thomas, March 24, 1850. JOHN, m. Anne Emma, April 24, 1712. NATHANIEL, m. Elizabeth Ellsworth, Dec. 23, 1680. NATHANIEL, jr., m. Deborah Loomis, Sept. 22, 1743. Mr. NATHANIEL ye 2d, m. wid. Ruth Newberry, March 9, 1740. NATHANIEL 3d, m. Margaret Bissell, Dec. 2, 1742. ROMAN W., m. Ann G. Barber, Oct. 5, 1844. SAMUEL O., m. Charlotte Bliss, June 2, 1847. SIMEON, m. - Barber, Dec. 26, 1832. SPENCER, m. Emeline Loomis, April, 1833. TIMOTHY, m. Sarah Talcott, Jan. 31, 1743. Ens. TIMOTHY, m. Jerusha Bissell, Nov. 3, 1763. WILLARD, m. Abigail Warner, Feb. 17, 1830 ; -- LooMis, m. Nancy Loomis, May 8, 1834.
Deaths (W. Rec.) .- SAMUEL, S. of Samuel, d. March 14, 1689. JOANNA, dau. of Ebenezer, d. Dec. 25, 1704. JONATHAN, d. Oct. 23, 1707. EBENEZER,
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d. Oct. 2, 1709. TIMOTHY, d. May 19, 1710. EBENEZER, S. of Ebenezer, d. 1712. Wid. ESTHER, d. Nov. 6, 1714. ESTHER, dau. of John, d. May 11, 1730. JOHN, d. Nov. 30, 1732. Lieut. NATHANIEL, d. Sept. 29, 1733. ANNE (dau. of Ens. John), d. Nov. 11, 1734. JAMES, d. Oct. 28, 1738. ANN, wife of Reuben, d. Feb. 13, 1743. Mr. THOMAS, d. April 19, 1746. ANNA, wife of Jonathan, d. Nov. 23, 1748. Mrs. REBECCA, d. April 21, 1750. Mr. DAVID, d. Jan. 9, 1751. HANNAH, d. Nov. 6, 1752. ELIHU, s. of John, d. Aug. 21, 1751. SARAH, wife of John, d. May 5, 1760. GILES, s. of Joel, d. Aug. 31, - 1751. BENJAMIN, jr., d. Jan. 2, 1763. TRYPHENA, dau. of Corpl. Nathaniel, d. July 4, 1765. Mr. NATHANIEL, d. March 8, 1768. Ens. JOB, d. Jan. 6. 1765. KESIA, wife of Simeon, d. Feb. 7, 1778. SIMEON, d. July 31, 1778, URIAH, Jr., d. 1787. Mr. TIMOTHY, d. Dec. 9, 1786, a. 63. NATHANIEL, d. Aug. 19, 1688. GEOROE, had a dau., who d. at Hartford, Oct. 23, 1789 ; and Laura, d. at Barkhamstead, Jan. 21, 1799 ; his wife ANNE, d. at Albany, a. 77, Feb. 14, 1831.
(B.)-EMILY HAMILTON, wife of Rev. R. II., d. April 16, 1855, a. 28. REU- BEN, d. Oct. 11. 1801, in 82d yr. ; his Ist wife, ANNE, d. Feb. 14, 1744, a. 23 ; his 2d wife, REBECCA, d. Jan. 11, 1775, a. 54. WILLIAM, of Samuel and Eliza- beth, d. Oct 22, 1772, a. 1. JOHN (or Joab), of Jacob, d. Aug. 10, 1783, in 3d yr. JOAB, son of Mr. Joab, d. Aug. 16, 1787, in 3d yr. TIMOTHY, who was a cabinet maker at Torringford, and d. in 1831, a. 82, was from Windsor.
LORD, JEREMIAH, Jr. (E. W.), m. Tryphena Pease of Enfield, Feb. 5, 1777 ; he d. Oct. 14, 1812, a. 57; she d. July 29, 1830, a. 80. Children-Jabez, b. Nov. 2, 1778 ; Sarah, b. July 31, 1780; Jeremiah, b. Feb. 17, 1782; Chester, b. Feb. 20, 1784 ; Rhoda, b. Feb. 19, 1786 ; Orrin, b. May 8, 1788 ; Lucretia, b. Jan. 23, 1791 ; llorace, b. March 23, 1793 ; Levi, jr., b. Jan. 14, 1795.
JEREMIAH, Jr. (E. W.), (son of above), d. Sept. 14, 1800; his wife Sarah, d. March 5, 1791. Children-Stoddard, b. June 27, 1781 ; Joseph, b. June 29, 1783; Chloe, b. Oct. 5, 1785 ; Warren, b. April 12, 1788 ; Zilpha, b. Dec. 9, 1789 ; Asa, b. Sept. 17, 1791 ; Huldah, b. Oct. 27, 1793.
GEORGE, d. Sept. 13, 1808, a. 44 ; he had Rana, b. April 2, 1791 ; George, b. April 8, 1793 ; Sophia, b. April 20, 1797.
EPHRAIM, m. Lois Bolton, July 14, 1774.
Marriages .- HORACE, m. Clarissa Stoughton, Jan. 21, 1827. ATKINS, m. Lucretia Merand, Feb. 24, 1825. HIRAM, m. Mary Osborn, Oct. 24, 1827. CONSTANT L., m. Elizabeth Nye, Jan. 15, 1828. ORRIN R. LORD, m. Sally Marble, July 8, 1832. L. S., m. Dorcas O. Fish, Nov. 28, 1832.
Deaths (E. W.) (Sc.) .- JOSEPH, d. July 5, 1833, a. 75 ; his dau. HULDAH (by wife CHLOE), d. June 8, 1800, in 7th yr. ; their son DAVID, d. Dec. 1, 1801, in 5th yr. ; their dau. BETSY, d. Feb. 20, 1804, in 5th yr. JABEZ, d. Oct. 7, 1729, a. 51 ; his wife LYDIA, d. July 11, 1853, a. 52. ALEXANDER H., d. March 29, 1836, a. 35 ; his wife CHARLOTTE, d. March 25, 1832, a. 28 .; their
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son ALEX. H., jr., d. Sept. 25, 1844, a. 16 ; their dau. CHARLOTTE E., d. March 20, 1838.
LOVETT, NOAH, had Hannah, b. Nov 28, 1742 ; Jerusha, b. July 21, 1744 ; David, b. Feb., 1746 ; John, b. Nov. 13, 1743; Samuel, b. Oct. 29, 1751; James, b. Aug. 12, 1774.
LUDLOW,*
Mr. ROGER, to whom pre-eminently belongs the honorable appellation of the Father of Connecticut Jurisprudence, was a brother-in-law of Gov. Endicott, a lawyer by profession, and resided in Dorchester, England. Before leaving that country he was chosen an Assistant, in the place of Samuel Sharp, and on the 20th March, 1630, embarked with Mr. Warham and his flock, at Plymouth for America. Immediately upon his arrival he entered upon the discharge of his official duties as a member of the court of assistants, which position he held for four years following. At a meeting of the governor and assistants at Boston in 1632, it was mentioned that the people intended, at the next general court (about to be held) to desire that the assistants might be chosen anew every year. At this Mr. Ludlow flew into a passion, saying that such a measure would be subversive of government, and there would be an interim, wherein every man might do as lie pleased. And though this argument was answered to the satisfaction of the rest, he continued stiff in his opinion, even protesting that if it were done, he would return to England. This incident is strikingly illustrative of the temper and character of Mr. Ludlow, and is the more remarkable, inasmuch, as the charter expressly provided that the assistants and all other officers of the company, should be, once in the year, forever thereafter, newly chosen for the year ensuing.
At the next meeting of the general court, however, on the 8th of May, it was unanimously agreed that the governor and assistants should all be newly chosen every year; and the former governor and assistants were re-chosen, Mr. Ludlow among the rest. He was now pacified ; was chosen again the next year; and in 1654 had become such a favorite with the people that they elected him deputy governor in place of Thomas Dudley, who was promoted to the chief magistracy. In the course of this year he was an overseer of the works on Castle Island, consisting of two platforms and one small fortifica- tion ; and one of the commissioners or auditors to adjust Gov. Winthrop's accounts of receipts and disbursements during his administration, In 1035 there was a change in Massachusetts, not unlike those which now and then occur in our day. John Haynes, afterwards of Connecticut, was elected gov - ernor, Richard Bellingham, deputy governor, and Mr. Ludlow was entirely left out of the magistracy. For this change, so far as Mr. Ludlow is concern- ed, Gov. Winthrop assigns two reasons : first, because the people would exer- cise their sovereign power, and secondly, because he had been somewhat
* This sketch of the life of Mr. LUDLOW was found among some manuscript notes of the early history of Connecticut jurisprudence, written by the lato THOMAS DAY, LL. D, and kindly placed at our disposal by his son THOMAS DAY, Esq., of Hartford.
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captious in protesting against the proceedings of the delegates, who had agreed upon the candidates before they came to the meeting ; that is, in modern phraseology, they had held a caucus. This, he asserted, would render the election void. They thought otherwise; and probably considered the inter- ference of Mr. Lndlow as deserving of a pointed rebuke. But a few weeks elapsed, after this event, before lie was on his way across the wilderness to the Connecticut River, where he settled at Windsor, and became one of the most influential men in the embryo colony. Still he was not forgotten in Massachusetts, nor were his merits undervalued. More than six months after his departure his name was inserted in the commission for Connecticut, placing him at the head of the magistracy constituted by that instrument. He attended nearly or quite every meeting of the commissioners held after the arrival of the emigrants in Connecticut, and participated largely in their proceedings. He did not at first go on the expedition against the Pequots, his presence being deemed necessary at home. About a week after the de- parture of the little fleet he wrote to his friend Pyncheon, at Agawam, de- tained by a similar necessity, a letter which will be found on p. 38. But this was too inactive a position long to be maintained by a man of Lndlow's temperament, and the next we hear of him he is in pursuit of the routed Pequots, through Menimketuck and Quinnipiac to Sasco, since called the "Pequot Swamp."
On the re-organization of the government in May 1637, he was elected a magistrate, and re-elected in 1638. He was the principal framer of the Con- stitution of 1639, and at the first general meeting of the freemen under that instrument, held in April 1639, he was elected deputy governor of the Com - monwealth, being the first who ever held that office in Connecticut. Being absent the next year, Mr. Haynes was placed in that office, and Mr. Ludlow, notwithstanding his absence, was chosen to be one of the magistrates, the governor (Mr. Hopkins) being directed to administer the oath of office on his return. In 1641, he was again re-elected to the same office in his absence. The next year, 1642, being present he was restored to the office of deputy governor. From 1643 to 1653 inclusive, with the exception of 1648, when he was deputy governor, he sustained, by successive annual elections, the office of magistrate. In 1648, '51 and '53, he was one of the commissioners from Connecticut to the United Colonies.
In February, 1640, he was desired, by the general court, to take into con- sideration the following subjects, viz. : sudden deaths, occurring accidentally or by violence ; the disposition of the estate of persons dying intestate ; the purchase and possession of lands, and the power of the magistrate in the infliction of corporeal punishment ; and to present to the next court a draft of such laws relative to those subjects as would best promote the public good. It does not appear that he made any report to the next court, proba- bly because his time was otherwise employed. He may have thought, also, that his commission was too restricted to answer the object in view. The
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business remained in this state until April 1646, when the general court desired him to draw up " a body of laws for the government of this com- monwealth, and to present them to the next general court." While thus employed, he was to be allowed, at the public charge, the services of a man for his own occasions. In May, 1647, it was found, that for reasons which do not appear, he had not perfected the task assigned him. To encourage him, therefore, the Court provided that, besides the hire of a man, he should be further considered for his pains. In the spring of 1650, the first code of laws, since known as Ludlow's Code, or the Code of 1650, was completed, and entered upon the public records. This is the foundation of the written laws of Connecticut .*
It was Mr. Ludlow's destiny, notwithstanding his high position and emi- nent services, to encounter some of the troubles incident to public life. In September, 1639, while he was deputy governor, the general court fined him five shillings for absence. It seems that this was occasioned by his going to "Poquonnock and the parts thereabout " (now Bridgeport and Fairfield), and driving his cattle thither to make provision for them there. By way of ex- planation and apology, he made a report of his proceedings to the general court in October following ; but that body, thinking that his occupation of that country might interfere with their designs respecting the plantation there, de- clared his proceedings unwarrantable, and his conduct without excuse. The absence complained of was evidently not the sole ground of their dissatisfac- tion. He had, evidently, however, got his heart fixed on a future home at that place. It is not improbable, also, that he fancied he should there find a larger field for his talents, and a better chance to realize those ambitious aspirations which he cherished.t
We next find him at Fairfield ; but the precise time of his removal is un- certain. It was, however, about 1640, so that his residence at Windsor was only of about five years' continuance. It is evident he had not removed in 1639. In 1641, he purchased of the Indians of Norwalk, certain lands in that town, conveyed to him by a deed recorded under the following cap- tion : " A copy of a deed of sale made by Norwalk Indians unto Mr. Roger Ludlow of Fairfield, 26th February, 1640 ;" that is, according to our notation, 1641. This affords presumptive, though not conclusive, evidence, that he was then a resident of Fairfield. At any rate, the record of the general court shows, very satisfactorily, that in April, 1643, he had become settled at that place. There he remained until the spring of 1654, when he removed with his family to Virginia. The reasons which led to this sudden, but voluntary exile, are as follows: In that year the colony was alarmed by fears of Dutch and Indian hostilities, and Stamford and Fairfield, then
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* Published at Cambridge in 1672.
t Mr. Ludlow's place of residence in Windsor was about three-fourths of a mile below the Tunxis (or Farmington) River, on the upland road to Ilartford.
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frontier towns, were thrown into an agony of apprehension. Entreating the New Haven Colony for troops and assistance, they were refused, and losing . all patience, they resolved to raise troops independently of the colony, and to defend their own borders, and carry on the war themselves. Roger Lud- low was appointed commander-in-chief. In all this there seems to have been no thought of sedition, but only the impulsive action of a town, who, foreseeing their own imminent peril, and hopeless of receiving the needed aid from a source whence they had a right to expect it, resolved to arm in their own defence. The government of Connecticut, however, did not view it in that light; but treating it as a matter of insubordination, if not of open revolt, proceeded to deal with the principal movers in the affair as " fomenters of insurrection."
Ludlow, although not openly dealt with, had been foremost among those who were for prosecuting the war against the Dutch. He had also seriously compromised himself by his hasty and unadvised acceptance of the com- mand of the Fairfield forces, without legal appointment. He felt that he had,' without any moral guilt, incurred the displeasure of the colony, and that un- less he should make some humiliating concessions, his behavior would not be likely to escape public censure. It was quite evident that his popularity had reached its meridian. Proud and sensitive to a high degree, he brooded over the change that had taken place in his prospects, as well for promotion as for usefulness,* and at last came to the conclusion, not without many keen regrets, to leave the colony, where he held so conspicuous a place for 19 eventful years,
That he did not remove before the 13th of April, 1654,t is evident from an assignment executed by him, on that day, to the inhabitants of Norwalk, of his interest in that plantation. This assignment was undoubtedly made in contemplation of his removal, as it appears that within a fortnight afterwards, he was actually shipping his family and effects.
The rumor, which was for a long time prevalent, that Ludlow in his flightto Virginia, carried with him the records of Fairfield, is incorrect. It is true, that one of the earliest volumes was for a long time missing from the town clerk's office, but was finally found in the possession of an aged inhabitant of the town, and restored to its proper place.
Mr. Ludlow had a wife and sons, one of whom at least was born in W.# In a deed of June 19, 1650, to the planters of Norwalk, he reserved a convenient lot of the value of £200 to 'be laid out for these sons. One of them, Thomas, was a witness to the deed of Feb. 26, 1641, and they all accompanied their father to Virginia.
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