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This Assembly do establish Nathan Gilbert to be Captain of the 7th company or trainband in the 9th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Caleb Hall to be Captain of the first company of the alarm list in the 10th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Stephen Andruss to be Lieutenant of of the 1st company of the alarm list in the 10th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish John Dudley to be Ensign of the first company of the alarm list in the 10th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Oliver Stanley to be Captain of the 2d company of the alarm list in the 10th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Caleb Cook to be Licutenant of the second company of the alarm list in the 10th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Samuel Curlier to be Ensign of the second company of the alarm list in the 10th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Charles Norton to be Captain of the third company of the alarm list in the 10th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Amos Fowler to be Lieutenant of the third company of the alarm list in the 10th regiment in this State.
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This Assembly do establish Joseph Smith to be Ensign of the third company of the alarm list in the 10th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Dan Collins to be Captain of the fifth company of the alarm list in the 10th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish James Hough to be Lieutenant of the fifth company of the alarm list in the 10th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Brinton Hall to be Ensign of the fifth company of the alarm list in the 10th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Benjamin Thrall to be Lieutenant of the third company or trainband in the 18th regiment in this State. This Assembly do establish Samuel Booth to be Ensign of the third company or trainband in the 18th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Noah Barber to be Lieutenant of the 11th company or trainband in the 19th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Hezekiah Bissell to be Ensign of the 4th company or trainband in the 19th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Gideon Todd jun' to be Ensign of the 12th company or trainband in the 2d regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Samuel Allen jun" to be Ensign of the 10th company or trainband in the second regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Nathan Seely to be Lieutenant of the third company or trainband in the 4th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Daniel Lacey to be Ensign of the third company or trainband in the fourth regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish William Clark to be Lieutenant of the 6th company or trainband in the second regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Jonah Newton to be Ensign of the 6th company or trainband in the second regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Uriah Raymond to be Captain of the fourth company or trainband in the 9th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish James Crowley to be Ensign of the 4th company or trainband in the 9th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Stephen Seymour to be Captain of the alarm list company in Northbury parish in the 10th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Daniel Sanford to be Lieutenant of the alarm list company in Northbury parish in the 10th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Samuel Parker to be Ensign of the alarm list company in Northbury parish in the 10th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Josiah Terrill to be Captain of the alarm list company in Salem parish in the 10th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Stephen Hopkins jun' to be Lieuten- ant of the alarm list company in Salem parish in the 10th regiment in this State.
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This Assembly do establish Hezekiah Hine to be Ensign of the alarm list company in Salem parish in the 10th regiment in this- State.
This Assembly do establish Nathaniel Bunnell to be Captain of the alarm list north company in the parish of New Cheshire in the 10th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Nathaniel Moss to be Lieutenant of the alarm list north company in the parish of New Cheshire in the 10th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish John Benham to be Ensign of the alarm list north company in the parish of New Cheshire in the 10th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Ambrose Hine to be Captain of the alarm list south company in the parish of New Cheshire in the 10th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish David Hitchcock to be Lieutenant of the alarm list south company in the parish of New Cheshire in the 10th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Amasa Hitchcock to be Ensign of the alarm list south company in the parish of New Cheshire in the 10th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Ebenezer Smith to be Captain of the second company of the alarm list in the 13th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Thomas Towsey to be Lieutenant of the 2d company of the alarm list in the 13th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Shadrach Osborn to be Ensign of the 2d company of the alarm list in the 13th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Reuben Mitchell to be Ensign of the first company or trainband in the 13th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Joseph Elmore to be Lieutenant of the 9th company or trainband in the 16th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Elijah Wood to be Ensign of the first company or trainband in the 16th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Joseph King to be Ensign of the com- pany of light infantry in the 23d regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Jonathan Bull to be Captain of a mili- tary company constituted in October, 1771, and named the Governor's Guard.
This Assembly do establish Elijah Hazzen to be Lieutenant of the 7th company of the alarm list in the 13th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish David Calhoun to be Ensign of the 7th company of the alarm list in the 13th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Lemuel Bates to be Ensign of the 2d company of the alarm list in the 18th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Adonijah Burr to be Captain of the 14th company or trainband in the 18th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Eliezer Cotton to be Lieutenant of the 14th company or trainband in the 18th regiment in this State.
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This Assembly do establish Comfort Hoyt to be Captain of the alarm list company within the limits of the first company or trainband in the 16th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Lemuel Benedict to be Lieutenant of the alarm list company within the limits of the first company or train- band in the 16th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Daniel Wildman to be Ensign of the alarm list company within the limits of the first company or trainband in the 16th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Isaac Hine to be Captain of the alarm list company within the limits of the 2d company or trainband in the 16th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish David Hoyt to be Lieutenant of the alarm list company within the limits of the 2d company or trainband in the 16th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish David Scott to be Ensign of the alarm list company within the limits of the 2d company or trainband in the 16th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish David Boughton to be Lieutenant of the alarm list company within the limits of the 4th company or train- band in the 16th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Richard Barnum to be Ensign of the alarm list company within the limits of the 4th company or trainband in the 16th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Jonah Foster to be Captain of the alarm list company within the limits of the 8th company or trainband in the 16th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Isaiah Burchard to be Lieutenant of the alarm list company within the limits of the 8th company or train- band in the 16th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Daniel Cooley to be Ensign of the alarm list company within the limits of the 8th company or trainband in the 16th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Thomas Starr to be Captain of the alarm list company within the limits of the 9th company or trainband in the 16th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish John Benedict to be Lieutenant of the alarm list company within the limits of the 9th company or trainband in the 16th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Stephen Trowbridge to be Ensign of the alarm list company within the limits of the 9th company or train- band in the 16th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Joseph Smith jun" to be Captain of the alarm list company within the limits of the 10th company or train- band in the 16th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Timothy Ruggles to be Lieutenant of the alarm list company within the limits of the 10th company or train- band in the 16th regiment in this State.
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This Assembly do establish Martin Warner to be Ensign of the alarm list company within the limits of the 10th company or trainband in the 16th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Ezekiel Cary to be Ensign of the first company or trainband in the fifth regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish John Avery 2ª to be Lieutenant of the third company or trainband in the town of Groton in the 8th regi- ment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Daniel Fostor to be Ensign of the fifth company or trainband in the 21st regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Nehemiah Tinker to be Captain of the first company or trainband in the fifth regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish William Young to be Lieutenant of the first company or trainband in the fifth regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Jeremiah Ripley to be Captain of the 4th company or trainband in the 5th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Joseph Root to be Lieutenant of the 4th company or trainband in the 5th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish John Hale to be Ensign of the 4th company or trainband in the 5th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish John Hobby to be Captain of the 8th company of the alarm list in the 9th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Jehiel Mead to be Ensign of the 8th company of the alarm list in the 9th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Stephen Roberts to be Lieutenant of the second company or trainband in the 19th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish John Williams to be Ensign of the second company or trainband in the 19th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Jared Dudley to be Captain of the alarm list company within the limits of the 9th company or trainband in the 7th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish John Hubbard to be Lieutenant of the alarm list company within the limits of the 9th company or trainband in the 7th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Jared Chittenden to be Ensign of the alarm list company within the limits of the 9th company or train- band in the 7th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Isaac Lockwood to be Captain of the fifth company of the alarm list in the 9th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Ephraim Lyon to be Lieutenant of the second company or trainband in the 21st regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish David Baldwin to be Ensign of the 21 company or trainband in the 21st regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Stephen Pardee to be Captain of the alarm list company within the limits of the 6th company or trainband in the 16th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Daniel Smith to be Lieutenant of the
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alarm list company within the limits of the 6th company or trainband in the 16th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Parack Hubbell to be Ensign of the alarm list company within the limits of the 6th company or trainband in the 16th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Dan Towner to be Captain of the alarm list company within the limits of the 7th company or trainband in the 16th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Zephaniah Briggs to be Lieutenant of the alarm list company within the limits of the 7th company or train- band in the 16th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish William Giddings to be Ensign of the alarm list company within the limits of the 7th company or trainband in the 16th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Jonathan Silliman to be Cornet of the third troop of horse in the third regiment of light-horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Deodate Silliman to be Quarter Master of the third troop of horse in the 3d regiment of light-horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Bethuel Treat to be Captain of the 11th company of the alarm list in the 13th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Asa Hinman to be Lieutenant of the 11th company of the alarm list in the 13th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Moses Down to be Ensign of the 11th company of the alarm list in the 13th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Richard Pitkin to be Captain of the 9th company or trainband in the 19th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Nathaniel Olcott to be Lieutenant of the 9th company or trainband in the 19th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Simon Gains to be Ensign of the 9th company or trainband in the 19th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Samuel Brownson to be Captain of the second company or trainband in the 10th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish James Porter jun" to be Ensign of the second company or trainband in the 10th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Alexander King to be Lieutenant of the alarm list company in the old society in Suffield in the 1st regi- ment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Joseph Pease to be Ensign of the alarm list company in the old society in the town of Suffield in the first regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish John Cook to be Lieutenant of the alarm list company in the north society in the town of Hartford in the first regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Hezekiah Sabin jun" to be Captain of the second company of the Governor's Guards in this State.
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This Assembly do establish James Hillhouse to be Lieutenant of the second company of the Governor's Guards in this State.
This Assembly do establish Major Lines to be Ensign of the second company of the Governor's Guards in this State.
This Assembly do establish Jabez West to be Cornet of a troop of horse in the second regiment of light-horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Amos Frisby to be Lieutenant of the 5th company or trainband in the 13th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Dan Beach to be Ensign of the fifth company or trainband in the 13th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Simeon Lay to be Captain of the 10th company or trainband in the 7th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Jonathan Lay to be Lieutenant of the 10th company or trainband in the 7th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Lebbeus Chapman to be Ensign of the 10th company or trainband in the 7th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Thomas Fancher to be Ensign of the 17th company or trainband in the 10th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Abiezer Smith to be Ensign of the 9th company or trainband in the 20th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Jedidiah Buell jun' to be Lieutenant of the 4th company or trainband in the 7th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Benjamin Boughton jun" to be Ensign of the 4th company or trainband in the 16th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Benajah Strong to be Ensign of the 12th company or trainband in the 13th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Comfort Titus to be Ensign of the 6th company or trainband in the 21st regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Enos Hawley to be Captain of the 5th company or trainband in the 13th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Aaron Hubbard to be Ensign of the 6th company or trainband in the 6th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Joseph Humphry to be Ensign of the 3ª company or trainband in the 18th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Jonathan Humphry jun' to be Ensign of the first company or trainband in the 18th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Elisha Woodruff to be Lieutenant of the 7th company or trainband in the 15th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish William Lewiss to be Ensign of the 7th company or trainband in the 15th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Benjamin Allen to be Captain of the first company or trainband in the town of Windsor in the 1st regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Austin Phelps to be Lieutenant of the first company or trainband in the town of Windsor in the 1st regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Joel Palmer to be Ensign of the first
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company or trainband in the town of Windsor in the 1st regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Hezekiah Edgerton to be Lieutenant of the troop of horse in the 2ª regiment of light-horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish James Pettis to be Quarter Master of the troop of horse in the 2ª regiment of light-horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Justus Buck to be Lieutenant of the 13th company of the alarm list in the 7th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Gideon Leet jun to be Ensign of the 13th company of the alarm list in the 7th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Peter Buell jun" to be Lieutenant of the second company or trainband in the town of Litchfield.
This Assembly do establish Jacob Smith jun" to be Ensign of the second company or trainband in the town of Litchfield.
This Assembly do establish Ebenezer Lathrop to be Lieutenant of the third company or trainband in the 5th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Samuel Baker to be Ensign of the third company or trainband in the 5th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Ezra Starr to be Captain of the 4th troop of horse in the 3d regiment of light-horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Benjamin Hickcox to be Lieutenant of the 4th troop of horse in the third regiment of light-horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Silas Hull to be Cornet of the fourth troop of horse in the third regiment of light-horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish William Forrester to be Quarter Master of the 4th troop of horse in the third regiment of light-horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Benjamin Babbit to be Ensign of the 8th company or trainband in the 23d regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish John Waterhouse to be Captain of the 5th troop of horse in the first regiment of light-horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Arnold Hazleton to be Lieutenant of the 5th troop of horse in the first regiment of light-horse in this State. This Assembly do establish Oliver Parmely to be Cornet of the 5th troop of horse in the first regiment of light-horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish William Mitchell to be Quarter Master of the 5th troop of horse in the first regiment of light-horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish James Barker jun' to be Captain of the third company or trainband in the 2ª regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Joseph Willford to be Lieutenant of the third company or trainband in the second regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Allen Smith to be Ensign of the third company or trainband in the second regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Melatiah Bingham to be Captain of the 12th company or trainband in the 5th regiment in this State.
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This Assembly do establish Judah Back to be Lieutenant of the. 12th company or trainband in the 5th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Elijah Walcott to be Ensign of the 12th company or trainband in the 5th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Moses Forbs to be Captain of the 6th company or trainband in the 19th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Jonathan Roberts to be Lieutenant of the 6th company or trainband in the 19th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish David Little to be Ensign of the 6th company or trainband in the 19th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Benajah Holcomb to be Captain of the 10th company or trainband in the 18th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Reuben Hurlburt to be Ensign of the 10th company or trainband in the 18th regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Jared Bradley to be Lieutenant of the 7th company or trainband in the 2ª regiment in this State.
Upon the memorial of the listers of the town of Windsor for the year 1776, representing to this Assembly that by mere mistake in the return of the sum total of the lists of the polls and rateable estate of the inhabitants of the town of Windsor, returned to the General As- sembly in October last, they returned £170. 0. 8 more than the sum total of the lists of the polls and rateable estate of said inhabitants ought to have been : Whereupon, resolved by this Assembly, that the Treasurer of this State deduct out of the sum total of the said lists returned as aforesaid said sum of £170. 0. 8, and grant out his war- rants accordingly.
Upon the memorial of John Chapman and Hezekiah Usher of East Hadam, shewing to this Assembly that they had, each of them, man- ufactured good saltpetre for the use of this State, viz: the said John one hundred and ninety-eight pounds and twelve ounces weight, and the said Hezekiah one hundred and twenty pounds weight, and that the same was delivered at the powder-mill in Windham for the use of the State before the fifteenth day of January last past, being manu- factured before the first day of said January, but that, through ignor- ance of the law in that case provided, the usual certificates of the selectmen was not obtained, and that the memorialists cannot obtain the premium and pay ; praying for relief &c. as per memorial on file : Resolved by this Assembly, that upon the memorialists producing to the Committee of the Pay-Table in this State certificates that they and each of them took the oath provided by law for the makers of saltpetre before the said 15th of January, and delivered the same salt- petre at any powder-mill in this State, for the use of said State, with the inspectors certificates that it was pure &c. fit for the manufacturing of good gun-powder, the said committee are hereby ordered to make their orders on the Treasurer of this State in favour of said memorial-
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ists for the same premium and pay for said saltpetre as they might have had by law in case the selectmens certificate had been obtained before said 15th day of January.
On the memorial of Jabez Ferriss, of Greenwich in Fairfield county, administrator on the estate of Josiah Reynolds late of said Greenwich deceas'd, shewing to this Assembly that the debts due from the estate of said deceas'd and allowed by the court of probate for the district of Stamford amount to £6. 1. 9, lawful money, and that there is no per- sonal estate to satisfy said debts ; praying for liberty to sell so much of the real estate of said deceas'd as shall be sufficient to satisfy said debts and the charges of sale, as per memorial dated May 5th, 1777 : Resolved by this Assembly, that the said Jabez Ferriss have liberty, and liberty is hereby granted him, to sell so much of the real estate of said deceas'd as shall be sufficient to satisfy said sum of £6 1. 9d. L. money, and the charges of sale; taking directions of the court of probate for the district of Stamford therein.
Upon the memorial of Jonathan Johnson, of Midletown, shewing to this Assembly that in the last campaign he was a captain in Colo. Bradley's battalion and stationed at Fort Lee, and that the morning before said fort was attacked he had left in his custody thirty-six pounds money belonging to this State, which he received to pay the bounty and advanced pay to the soldiers of his company, which said money was left with his baggage with two soldiers who were taken prisoners and since deceas'd, and that said sum is lost; praying for relief, as per memorial on file: Resolved by this Assembly, that the Committee of Pay-Table be and they are hereby impowered and directed to pass said sum of thirty-six pounds to the credit of the memorialist's account with this State, and to allow him said sim accordingly.
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