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On the memorial of Elias Beckley, administrator on the estate of John Beckley late of Weathersfield deceas'd, informing this Assembly that on the second Thursday of October last he obtained liberty of the General Assembly of this State to sell of the real estate of the said deceas'd to enable him to pay the debts due from said estate to the amount of £147. 16. 2}, L. money, together with incident charges arising on the sale &c .; and the said memorialist further says, that pursuant to said grant from said Assembly he made sale of one piece of land called Belding Lot, for £118 11 0, being £11 0 0 more than it was apprized at ; he also made sale at public vendue of one other piece of land in said Weathersfield containing five acres and seventy-three rods, which piece of land was apprized at £31 12 6, and sold for £68 7 6, the whole sum arising from the sale of both said pieces of land being £186 18 6, the charges of sale were £2 9 0, and that there remains in the memorialist's hands a ballance due to the
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estate of said deceas'd of £37 33; and the memorialist further informs that the last mentioned piece of land is so situated that he could not sell part of said piece of land for more than one half of the value thereof, he supposing the whole of said piece of land was not more than sufficient to answer the aforesaid grant of said Assembly and incident charges &c .; and the memorialist further informs that the additional debts and charges against the estate of said deceas'd allowed by the judge of the court of probate for the district of Hartford amount to the sum of £16 13 2, lawfull money ; praying that the said sum of . £16 13 2 may be satisfyed from the said ballance of £37 3 3 due to the estate of said deceas'd from sale of said lands, and that the sale of said five acres and 73 rods of land aforesaid may be ratifyed and confirmed, and that the remainder of said money, being £20 10 1, L. money, may be divided among the heirs of said deceas'd, as per memorial &c .: Resolved by this Assembly, that the said administrator have liberty, and liberty and authority is hereby granted to him, to pay said sum of £16 13 2, L. money, out of the said sum of £37 3s. 3d., and the remaining £20 10 1 distribute among the heirs of said deceas'd : taking the direction of the court of probate for the district of Hartford therein. And this Assembly do further order that the sale of said five acres and 73 rods of land be ratifyed and confirmed, and the same is hereby ratifyed and confirmed.
On the memorial of Anne Burr of Farmington, administratrix on the estate of Amos Burr late of said Farmington deceas'd, shewing that the debts and charges due from and arising upon said estate together with allowance of necessaries made to the widow of said deceas'd surmount the moveable inventoried part of said estate the sum of £40 8 11, lawfull money, and praying for liberty to sell so much of the real estate of said deceas'd as shall be sufficient to raise the aforesaid sum of £40 8 11, with incidental charges arising on said sale, as per memorial on file : Resolved by this Assembly, that liberty and authority be and the same is hereby granted unto the said Anne Burr, to sell so much of the real estate of said deceas'd as is suffi- cient to raise the aforesaid sum of £40 8 11, L. money, together with incidental charges arising on said sale; taking the advice of the court of probate for the district of Farmington therein.
Upon the memorial of Ann Clapp of Hartford, administratrix on the estate of Elijah Clapp late of said Hartford deceas'd, shewing to this Assembly that her late husband, the said Elijah, while living brought his petition shewing that he had heretofore mortgaged his farm to Mr. Joshua Chandler of New Haven, that he did not pay the money by the time set, and that said Chandler had wrongfully pro- cured a bill in form to be pass'd in his absence foreclosing the equity of redemption and had procured and was about to levy an execution for the purpose of taking away the possession of his farm, praying for
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the restoration of said farm upon his paying the mortgage money &c., which petition is yet depending before this Assembly ; praying that she might be admitted to appear and prosecute said petition and that the same may be continued, and that said execution &e. be stayed, as per memorial on file : Resolved by this Assembly, that the memorial- ist have liberty and the same is hereby granted her, to appear and prosecute said petition, and that the same be and is hereby continued to the session of this Assembly in October next, and the said execu- tion and all proceedings thereon be and the same is hereby ordered to be stayed and suspended untill the rising of this Assembly in October next.
Upon the memorial of David Osborn, of New Haven in the county of New Haven, representing to this Assembly that on the 8th day of April last John Wise of said New Haven, a constable of said town, by virtue of a legal warrant did impress a mare from the memorialist for the use of John Morly Green, an express on publie business from his Excellency General Washington to Providence, and that said Wise did deliver said mare to said Green in obedience to said warrant, which mare said Green was to return per post or deliver to General Spencer for the use of the continent, and that said Green never hath returned said mare ; praying this Assembly to order him payment for her: Resolved by this Assembly, that the Committee of Pay-Table examine into and adjust the value of said mare and draw an order on the Treasurer of this State in favour of said memorialist for snch sum as they may find reasonably and justly due to the memorialist for said mare.
On the memorial of the seleetmen of the town of Danbury, repre- senting to this Assembly that the British troops in their late hostile incursion into said town did, under a pretence of destroying public stores, consume with fire about twenty dwelling houses with a number of stores, barns and other buildings, and that the said enemy on their retreat collected and drove off all the stock of cattle, horses and sheep that could be found, and that said destruction hath reduced many of the wealthy inhabitants of said town to poverty and want; praying that a committee may be appointed to enquire into and estimate the losses of every individual in said town occasioned as aforesaid and report the same that such further measures may be taken thereon as shall be fit and proper, and also compassionate the case of those of said individuals who cannot subsist without, so as to afford some relief, as per memorial dated May 8th, 1777 :
Resolved by this Assembly, That Mr. Daniel Sherman, Colo. Nehemiah Beardsley, Capt. Increase Mosely and Mr. Lemnel Sanford, or any three of them, be and they are hereby appointed a committee to estimate the losses of every individual in said town of Danbury in consequence of the late hostile incursion of the British troops into
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said Danbury, and report make to this or some future Assembly, so that the real loss the unhappy sufferers have sustained by the desola- tions and ravages of our merciless enemies may thereby be clearly known, and such representation made thereof and attention given to the condition of the unfortunate as any future Assembly may think proper .*
And it is further resolved by this Assembly, That the Pay-Table draw an order on the Treasurer in favour of the selectmen of the town of Danbury for the sum of five hundred pounds, L. money, to be em- ployed by said selectmen in relieving the distresses of such persons who were sufferers in Danbury as aforesaid who cannot subsist with- out such relief, and render account of the same when called thereto.
On the memorial of Hannah Barker, innholder in Lebanon in the county of Windham, shewing that on the alarm which happened in September, 1774, relating to the town of Bostons being attacked by the British troops, large numbers of militia men from East Haddam and Colchester going to their relief called upon and were supplyed by her with refreshments to the value of £4 6 4, which they thought themselves not obliged to pay for and which she is not able to lose; praying for relief &c. as per memorial on file: Resolved by this Assembly, that the Treasurer pay out of the public treasury to said memorialist the sum of £4 6 4, as a compensation for the articles supplied the militia men going for the relief of Boston as set forth in said memorial, in consideration of her needy circumstances; and that the same be not drawn into precedent in future.
Upon the memorial of Lieut. Colonel Stephen Moulton, represent- ing to this Assembly that in September last he was taken a prisoner in the retreat from New York and detained as such untill some time in January last, that in order to support himself while a prisoner in New York he was necessitated to borrow some hard money of Major Wells, who is still a prisoner in New York, and now calls on the memorialist to repay him in hard money the sum so as aforesaid bor- rowed from him; praying this Assembly that orders may be given upon the Treasurer of this State to pay him said sum in hard money : Resolved by this Assembly, that the Treasurer of this State do procure and he is hereby directed to procure the sum of fifteen pounds in hard money, and that the same be paid to the memorialist by order from the Pay-Table in part of the wages due to the memorialist while in a state of captivity ; and that to enable said Treasurer to procure said sum he be authorized to borrow the same on interest, giving his note therefor as Treasurer.
Upon the petition of Samuel Abbott, of Lebanon in the county of Windham, shewing to this Assembly that on the 13th day of May,
* Their report is in Rev. War, viii, 382.
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1775, he voluntarily inlisted a soldier in a company commanded by . C'apt. James Clark in a regiment called General Putnam's regiment, raised by the State of Connecticut for the defence of the same during the pleasure [of the] General Assembly, not exceeding seven months, and that soon after the inlistment of said petitioner he marched to the camp at Cambridge in the State of Massachusets Bay and did join said regiment, and did there continue to do duty as a faithfull and vigilant soldier untill the first day of December next following, when said petitioner under a mistaken notion of his time being out left the camp without leave and returned home, and by means of said peti- tioner's imprudent conduct he hath been rendered incapable of receiv- ing any part of his billeting, marching money, or wages that was then due : praying that this Assembly would take into their wise consider- ation the case of said petitioner and grant that he be entituled to receive the whole arrears of his wages &c., as per petition on file : Whereupon it is granted by this Assembly, that said petitioner be entituled to receive the whole of his wages &e. which shall be found justly due, and the Committee of Pay-Table are hereby ordered to adjust the same and draw an order on the Treasurer for the same accordingly.
Upon the memorial of Samuel Parker, of Wallingford in the county of New Haven, administrator on the estate of James Parker, late of said Wallingford deceas'd, shewing to this Assembly that the debts due from said estate surmount the inventoried moveable estate of said deceas'd the sum of £8 19 3, and that he hath no assets to satisfy said debts; praying this Assembly to authorize him or some other person, to make sale of so much of the said deceas'd's real estate as will be sufficient to satisfy said debts and the charges attending the sale of said estate: Resolved by this Assembly, that the memorialist have liberty and he is hereby authorized, to make sale of so much of said deceas'd's real estate as will be sufficient to satisfy said debts and the charges attending the sale of said estate; taking the directions of the court of probate for the district of Wallingford in the premises.
Upon the memorial of Jedidiah Strong, one of the selectmen of Litchfield, shewing to this Assembly that by mistake the grand list of said Litchfield in October, 1775, was returned £1192 0 0 too high; praying for abatement &c. as per memorial on file: Resolved by this Assembly, that the Treasurer of this State be impowered and he is hereby impowered and directed, to abate to said town of Litchfield the tax arising on said sum of £1192, on each respective tax granted or to be granted by the General Assembly on said list of 1775, taking care that the school money paid thereon be reducted out of the sum to be paid out on the next list.
Upon the memorial of Joseph Trowbridge, Thomas Trowbridge, Rutherford Trowbridge, Daniel Trowbridge, and William Sherman,
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all of New Haven, shewing to this AAssembly that before the 10th day of March last they have manufactured 502 bushells of good salt in the town of New Haven; praying that they may receive the premium, as per memorial on file: Resolved by this Assembly, that the memorial- ists receive out of the public treasury the sum of one hundred pounds, L. money; and the Treasurer is hereby directed to pay the same accordingly.
Upon the memorial of Phineas Walker &c., listers of the town of Woodstock, shewing to this Assembly that the additions of the list of said town made up and sent in to this Assembly in May, 1776, was by a mistake in the cast seventy pounds larger than it ought to be ; pray- ing the same may be abated: Resolved by this Assembly, that the said list be and is hereby abated the sum of £70 0 0, and that the Treasurer of this State is to conform himself thereto in sending out his warrants for collecting rates or taxes thereon.
On the memorial of Aaron Ives of Wallingford, showing to this Assembly that at the late alarm at Danbury he turned out as a volun- teer and went to Compo and was in the engagement at Compo Hill and there received a wound in his leg, which prevented him taking proper care of his horse and necessary baggage, and when he was helped off from the field of battle his horse was missing and also his saddle, bridle, great-coat, blanket, and a bag with three days pro- visions, and was by said wound detained six days before he came home, and that he has since found his horse but has not been able to find any other of the articles lost; praying for relief &c. as per memo- rial on file: Resolved by this Assembly, that the Committee of Pay- Table receive and adjust the account for losses referred to in said memorial and draw on the Treasurer for what they find justly due.
Upon the memorial of James Wowes and others of the Tunxis tribe of Indians, shewing that they are possessed of a common and undivided interest in certain lands lying in Farmington, that it is necessary for various purposes specifyed in said memorial that said lands, or part thereof, should be sold as occasion should require, and that the sale and improvement of said lands is greatly impeded by their being in an undivided state and an interest in common among the proprie- tors, as per memorial on file: Resolved by this Assembly, that Capt. John Porter and Messrs. Hezekiah Wadsworth and Solomon Whitman jun", be and they are hereby appointed a committee in pursuance of said memorial, to make a just and equitable division and distribution of all the lands lying in said town in which said tribe have an interest in common, having respect to expences paid by individuals which ought to have been defrayed by the tribe at large, to each proprietor in said tribe, and to make their report to this or some future Assembly.
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On the memorial of Hannah Penfield of Wallingford and Isaac Penfield of Hartland, executors of the last will and testament of Nathaniel Penfield late of said Wallingford deceas'd, representing to this Assembly that the debts and charges exhibited against said Nathaniel's estate surmount his whole inventoried estate the sum of £177 17 5, L. money, and that they have no assets in their hands to pay said sum or any part thereof; praying liberty to sell so much of the said Nathaniel's real estate as will be sufficient to pay said sum and the incident charges attending said sale &c .: Resolved by this Assem- bly, that said executors be and they are hereby impowered, to sell and dispose of so much of the said deceas'd Nathaniel's real estate as will be sufficient to pay said sum and the incident charges attending such sale; taking the direction of the court of probate for the district of New Haven in the premises.
Upon the memorial of Freeman Judd, Thomas Marchant and Joseph Lewiss, all of Waterbury, shewing to this Assembly that in the year 1775 they inlisted into the service of this State under the command of Capt. Caleb Trowbridge of New Haven, that said Trow- bridge has drew and received the whole of their wages due to them severally for public service and has paid but part thereof to each of the memorialists ; praying for relief as per memorial on file: Resolved by this Assembly, that the Committee of Pay-Table be and they are hereby directed to examine and adjust the wages and allowances of each of the memorialists and draw orders on the Treasurer for what they shall find due to each of them: Provided they, the memorialists, shall become bound with sureties to repay such sums as they shall receive, or parts thereof, as may afterwards appear to have been paid by said Capt. Trowbridge.
Upon the memorial of Mary Kimberly, of Glastonbury in Hartford county, sole administratrix to the estate of John Kimberly, Esq", late of said Glastonbury deceas'd, shewing that the debts due from the estate of said deceas'd surmount the value, of his personal estate, necessary utensils of housekeeping excepted, and also the sum allowed by the General Assembly of this State in their sessions at New Haven on the second Thursday of October, 1775, to be raised by the sale of the real estate of said deceas'd, the sum of £253 16 1, lawful money &c., and praying for liberty to sell so much more of the real estate of said deceas'd as will pay and satisfy the said additional sum of £253 16 1, lawfull money &c .: Resolved by this Assembly, that the memo- rialist have liberty and authority is hereby granted her, to make sale of so much of the real estate of said deceas'd as will pay and satisfy the aforesaid sum of £253 16 1, L. money, with incident charges arising on such sale; taking directions of the court of probate in the district of Hartford therein.
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Upon the memorial of Judah Leaming and David Leaming, both of Farmington in the county of Hartford, shewing that by order of the civil authority, selectmen and committee of inspection for said town they were committed to the common goal in the county of Hart- ford for words and conduct inimical to the United States, which they imprudently uttered and were guilty of, being induced thereto by sup- posed injurious treatment they have met with by losses in cloathing and wages which have never been indemnifyed though they have made assiduous applications therefor; that in their cool and deliberate moments they feel the highest regard for their country and the liber- ties of the same and in their turn will, as they have done, stand in its defence ; and praying that an enquiry might be made into the circum- stances of their case and that equity and justice might be done, as per memorial on file; and upon the report of the committee appointed by this Assembly to make enquiry into the premises, shewing and report- ing that they caused due notice to be given to Solomon Whitman, Esq", Timothy Root, selectmen, and Ebenezer Hamlin and Simeon Hart, committee of inspection for said town, to appear on the. 16th day of instant May at the house of Mr. David Bull in Hartford, to produce their allegations against the said Judah and David; that on examina- tion of said persons at the time and place appointed no one appeared on the part of said authority &e. of Farmington; that they found the material facts set forth in the memorial as above recited to be true ; that the said Judah and David appeared very penitent and were sorry for their unworthy behaviour and professed their willingness to defend their country with their lives and fortunes; and that in the opinion of the committee it was advisable to release them from their said imprisonment: Whereupon, resolved by this Assembly, that the said Judah Leaming, and David Leaming, on their paying or giving suffi- cient security for the payment of the costs that have arisen on their tryal, commitment and detention in prison, to be liberated from their said imprisonment; and the keeper of the goal in Hartford is hereby ordered and directed to release said memorialists from their said imprisonment on the aforesaid condition accordingly.
Upon the memorial of Ebenezer Story of Norwich, shewing to this Assembly that there is need of an house of entertainment where he lives by the continental ship-yard in that town; praying for liberty to open and keep a tavern there &c .: Resolved by this Assembly, that the said Ebenezer Story hath liberty to keep a tavern or house of enter- tainment at the place aforesaid the year ensuing, upon his giving bond to the treasurer of the county of New London to keep and observe the laws regulating taverns or houses of entertainment.
Upon the memorial of Zephaniah Whipple of Norwich, shewing to this Assembly that he was in the service last year and by mistake was put under guard and his gun taken from him, of the price of £2
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10 0, which by that means was lost &c .; praying to be allowed for the same, &c .: Resolved by this Assembly, that the Committee of Pay-Table be and they are hereby directed to draw on the Treasurer for said sum of £2 10 0, in favour of the memorialist, for the loss of his said gun.
On the memorial of Timothy Bishop of Guilford, humbly shewing to this Assembly that the wife of said Timothy Bishop was employed by the selectmen of the town of Durham in January last, to nurse and tend two of the prisoners from New York sick with the small-pox in said town; that after the recovery of said prisoners, his said wife in cleansing in a very cold season was taken sick with a severe fever which prevented her returning home for the space of three weeks, which cost the memorialist for boarding, tending, nursing, doctoring &c., the sum of £8 6 4; praying this Assembly to take his case into their consideration and order the Committee of the Pay-Table to examine and adjust said account of the charges and sickness, and order them to draw on the Treasurer for such sum as they shall find just and reasonable, as per memorial on file : Resolved by this Assem- bly, that the Committee of Pay-Table do examine said account and draw on the treasury for such sum as shall appear just and reasonable.
Upon the memorial of Israel Dodge, Thomas Mason, George Dodge and George Williams, of Salem in the county of Essex in the State of the Massachusets Bay, shewing to this Assembly that they recovered a judgment of the county court in the county of New Lon- don in February last against Hannah Winslow, John Goldthwait, John Winslow jun" and Isaac Winslow, of Boston in the county of Suffolk in said State, as they are administrators on the estate of Joshua Winslow late of Boston deceas'd, for the sum of £134 11 73 debt, and £2 13 6 cost, which with one shilling more for execution amounts to £137 6 12; that the brig Nancy and her cargo brought into Norwich in the year 1775 belonged to said estate and is by order of the General Assembly taken for public use &c .; and that the
memorialists have in their favour a resolve of the General Assembly in June last and another in October, that so much of the net proceeds of said brig and cargo should be paid to said Dodge and company as they should recover on their suit aforesaid, and that there is no other estate of said deceas'd in this State to satisfy said execution ; praying that said sum of £137 6 12 may be paid to them out of the treasury of this State according to said resolve, as per memorial on file : Resolved by this Assembly, that the Treasurer of this State be and he is hereby ordered and directed, to pay to the said Dodge and company or their attorney &c. the said sum of £137 6 12, L. money, taking a proper receipt for the same, in full satisfaction of said judgment and execution.
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Upon the memorial of Joseph Hull and Philip Redfield, both of Killingworth, shewing that they marched with the militia in Colo. Ward's regiment in February, 1776, as far as Stamford, to go to New York under the command of General Lec; that they were there ordered on board Capt. Selleck's privateer and served six weeks when they were discharged; that they expected their wages would have been paid them as the rest of said regiment was allowed and paid but were not; praying for relief &c .: Resolved by this Assembly, that the Committee of the Pay-Table do adjust the wages and other allowances due to the memorialists and draw orders therefor upon the Treasurer and charge the same to the account of the continent.
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