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* Their report is in Rec. War, viii, 391.
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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 Ridgfield, for the sum of £250 0 0, to be used by said selectmen in relieving the distresses of such persons who were sufferers in said Ridgfield as aforesaid, who cannot subsist without such relief, and render account of the same when called thereto.
Upon the memorial of Elizabeth Boughton, of Danbury in the county of Fairfield, administratrix on the estate of James Boughton late of said Danbury deceas'd, shewing to this Assembly that the real estate of said deceas'd amounts to the sum of £127 0 0, according to the inventory apprizal, and that his inventoried moveable estate only to £26 10 7, and that the debts &c. due from said estate as allowed by the court of probate amounts to the sum of £99 19 0, which surmounts said moveable estate the sum of £73 8 5, for the payment of which sum she has nothing in her hands, as per memorial on file : Resolved by this Assembly, that the said Elizabeth Boughton have liberty, and liberty and authority is hereby granted unto her, to sell so much of the real estate of the said deceas'd James Boughton as shall enable her to pay the sum of £73 8 5, with the incident charges arising on such sale; taking the direction of the court of probate for the district of Danbury therein.
Upon the memorial of Thaddeus Benedict, of Danbury in the county of Fairfield, shewing to this Assembly that in the late incursion of the enemy into Danbury his dwelling house was consumed by fire, and that several of the houses of those persons nominated to keep public houses in said town were also consumed, by means of which they are deprived of keeping houses of entertainment, and that he had provided a convenient house in the center of said town; praying to this Assembly for liberty to keep a house of public entertainment, as per memorial on file: Resolved by this Assembly, that the memorial- ist have liberty, and authority is hereby granted unto him, to keep a publick house of entertainment in said town the year ensuing, under the same restrictions as other public houses are kept in said town.
Upon the memorial of Mary Hoyt, wife of Isaac Hoyt late of Dan- bury, shewing to this Assembly that she has ever been a true friend to the rights of her country, and that her husband when the enemy made their late incursions into Danbury, being an enemy to his coun- try, went off and joined them, by means of which he did justly forfeit all his estate both real and personal, and that the selectmen of said Dan- bury by virtue of a law of this State had seized all the personal estate of her said husband, by means of which she was deprived of the necessa- ries of life ; praying to this Assembly to order and decree that one third part of all the clear moveable estate be given to her, and the use and improvement of one third part of all the real estate of her
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said husband during her natural life for her support, as per memorial on file : Resolved by this Assembly, that the memorialist do have and enjoy the free use and improvement of one third part of all the real and personal estate of her said husband during the pleasure of this Assembly.
Upon the memorial of Isaac King, of Suffield in the county of Hartford, administrator on the estate of Charles Smith late of said Suffield deceas'd, shewing to this Assembly that the said Charles in his life time bargained and agreed with one Jonathan Baker, then of Woodbury in the county of Litchfield now of Suffield aforesaid, to sell him a certain piece of land in said Suffield containing eight acres, hounding north on Capt. John Norton, east on Reuben Parsons' land, south and west on the highway, for the consideration of the sum of £112 10 0, L. money, with interest, and on the 8th day of December, 1774, bound himself and his heirs to the said Baker in the sum of £225 0 0, to make and execute to him a good warrantee deed of said land by the first day of January, 1780, upon his paying the said sum of £112 10 0, with the interest; that in the month of November last pass'd the said Charles Smith sickened and dyed, after whose decease the memorialist took out letters of administration on said estate, and that the said Baker paid him as administrator the whole of said £112 10 0 with the interest that remained due, and thereupon demands a deed of said land; praying to be authorized and impowered to make and execute to the said Baker a deed of said land, as per memorial on file dated May 6th, 1777: Resolved by this Assembly, that the said Isaac King be authorized, and is hereby authorized and impowered, to make and execute to the said Baker a deed of said land, and the same being recorded in the town-clerk's office of the town of Suffield shall be a good title to hold said land to the said Baker, his heirs or assigns.
Upon the memorial of Elnathan Camp, of Durham in this State, humbly shewing that he manufactured out of materials collected in this State two hundred and forty-one pounds of good saltpetre between the first day of June and the first day of January last; that through multiplicity of business and not adverting to the law requiring said saltpetre to be inspected before the 15th day of said January he omit- ted getting the same inspected; that said saltpetre on the 12th day of February was inspected and the oath provided by law taken by said Camp; and that the same was reinspected on the 17th of Febru- ary aforesaid, as appears per certificate, and received for the use of this State; humbly praying that, although he did not attend the steps of the law in that case provided, he may be allowed the same price and premium as he might have had had he attended to said law on the aforesaid quantity of 241 pounds of saltpetre, and that the Assem- bly order the Committee of Pay-Table to draw on the treasury for the
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same, as per memorial on file: Resolved by this Assembly, that the Committee of Pay-Table be and they are hereby directed and ordered, to adjust said account and draw an order on the treasury for the same price and premium on the aforesaid quantity of two hundred and forty- one pounds of saltpetre as said memorialist would have been entituled to had he attended the steps of the law in that case provided.
Upon the memorial of Elizabeth Tomlinson, of Stratford in the county of Fairfield, administratrix on the estate of Capt. Joseph Tom- linson late of said Stratford deceas'd, shewing to this Assembly that the debts due from the estate of said deceas'd surmount the moveable estate the sum of £423 12 2, L. money ; praying for liberty to sell so much of the real estate of said deceas'd as to raise said sum &e., as per memorial on file: Resolved by this Assembly, that the memo- rialist be and she is hereby impowered, to sell so much of the real estate of said deceased as to raise said sum £423 12 2 with the inci- dent charges thereon arising; taking the direction of the court of probate for the district of Fairfield therein.
On the memorial of Mehitabel Kilborn and Lemuel Hotchkiss, administrators on the estate of Joshua Kilborn late of Farmington deceas'd, shewing that the debts and charges due from and arising upon said estate, with allowance of necessaries made to the widow and family of said deccas'd, surmount the moveable estate of said deceas'd the sum of £151 7 8, 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 together 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 to the said administra- tors, to sell so much of the real estate of said deceas'd as shall be sufficient to raise the aforesaid sum of £151 7 8, with incidental charges arising on said sale; taking the advice of the court of probate for the district of Farmington therein.
U'pon the memorial of Hannah Crosby, executrix to the last will and testament of Stephen Crosby late of Killingley deceas'd, shewing to this Assembly that she is chargeable with the sum of £46 6 4, L. money, to the State of Connecticut, which is inevitably lost at the time of the death of said deceas'd, which was in the retreat out of New York : praying this Assembly to grant her in her said capacity the aforesaid £46 6 4, as per memorial on file: Resolved by this Assem- bly, that the aforesaid sum of £46 6 4, L. money, be granted to said memorialist in her said capacity, and the Committee of Pay-Table of this State is hereby ordered and directed to allow the same to her in the settlement of the account of the deceas'd with this State accord- ingly.
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On the memorial of Absalom Stockwell, of Killingley in the county of Windham, shewing that on the ninth day of May, 1775 he entered into the service of this State agreeable to an act of the General Assembly of this State for that purpose, and went to Roxbury or Cambridge in the defence of our just rights and privileges to serve for the space of seven months, and accordingly served faithfully untill the second day of December then next; that mistaking his time of service to be expired sooner than it really was, he imprudently left the service without a regular discharge; that he is devoted to the service of his country, has been since his tour to Roxbury twice into the service and is ever ready to contribute everything in his power for his country's welfare, and praying for his wages, as per memorial on file : Resolved by this Assembly, that the Committee of the Pay-Table be and they are hereby authorized and impowered on application to them made by the said Absalom, to examine and adjust the accounts for the wages of said Absalom and in his favour to draw on the Treasurer for such sums as shall be found due to him thereon.
On the memorial of Hannah Dening, administratrix on the estate of Waitstill Deming late of Weathersfield deceas'd, representing to this Assembly that the debts and charges exhibited into the court of probate for the district of Hartford since October last and allowed by said court for which no certificate has ever been given surmount the moveable estate of the said deceas'd the sum of £18 3 7}, L. money, and that said administratrix hath no assets to satisfy said debts; praying this Assembly to appoint said memorialist and Aaron Porter of said Weathersfield, or some other person, to make sale of so much of the real estate of said deceas'd as will be sufficient to discharge said sum of £18 3 74, L. money, and the incident charges arising on the sale &c .: Resolved by this Assembly, that the memorialist and the said Aaron Porter be authorized and impowered, and they are hereby authorized and impowered, to make sale of so much of the real estate of said deceas'd Waitstill as will be sufficient to raise said sum of £18 3 7} and the incident charges arising on the sale; taking the direction of the court of probate for the district of Hartford therein.
Upon the memorial of Phineas Gurley of Mansfield, administrator on the estate of Israel Gurley late of Guilford in the county of Cum- berland deceas'd, shewing to this Assembly that the said Israel while in life, on or about the 12th day of October, 1775, for a valuable con- sideration sold and disposed of one certain messuage in said Mans- field containing about seven acres, including a mansion house and barn, bounded north on the country road leading from Hartford to Boston, westerly on land of Elnathan Bridgham, southerly on lands of Oliver Demick, easterly on a road called the Town Road, to Eliphalet Demick of said Mansfield; that at the time of said sale one Lott
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Demick was in full possession of the premises by virtue of a lease of the said deceas'd, and that it was thereupon then and there agreed by and between the said deceas'd and the said Eliphalet Demmick that he, the said Eliphalet, should then and there pay down to the grantor the full purchase money of said lands and buildings, and that there- upon he, the said deceas'd, should be bound and obliged to make, exe- cute and deliver to the said Eliphalet a good warrantee deed of the premises in a then future time, and that to this proposal each of said contracting parties then and there consented and agreed, and the said Eliphalet accordingly then and there paid down to the said deceas'd the full sum of £110 0 0, L. money, the price agreed upon for the premises as aforesaid, and the said deceas'd thereupon then and there promised to make and execute a deed of the premises and the same deliver to the said Eliphalet by the first day of September then next, but that before said first day of September aforesaid, viz : on or about the 22ª day of August, 1776, he, the said Israel Gurley, sickened and dyed intestate without executing such deed, leaving a widow and three small children, and that said widow is willing, in consideration of the premises, to quit and relinquish all right of dower therein, and the said Eliphalet desirous to be confirmed in the title thereto &c .; praying for power and authority to make, execute and deliver to the said Eliphalet Demick, his heirs &c., a good warrantee deed of the premises &c., as per memorial on file : Resolved by this Assembly, that the memorialist have full power and authority, and full power and authority is hereby given to him, to make, execute and deliver unto the said Eliphalet Demick, his heirs and assigns forever, a good deed of warranty of the said lands and buildings, which shall be good and valid in the law to all intents and purposes.
Upon the memorial of Joseph Seeley jun", a prisoner in the goal at Hartford, representing to this Assembly that he had for inimical practices been sentenced to suffer two years imprisonment and pay a fine of £20 0 0; that he had served the United States in the present war with faithfulness, and professing repentance for his evil conduct, promising reformation in future; praying this Assembly to liberate him from his imprisonment upon his inlisting into the continental service, as per memorial on file : Therefore resolved by this Assembly, that the said Joseph Seeley jun' be and hereby is liberated from his imprisonment upon his paying or securing to be paid the cost of pros- ecution arising against him and he inlisting into some one of the battalions raising in the United States of America for continental service ; and the goaler in such case is ordered to discharge the said Joseph from his imprisonment.
Upon the memorial of Abel Clark, of Pomphrett in the county of Windham, shewing that between the first of June, 1776, and the first day of January, 1777, he had manufactured at his works in said Pom-
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frett out of materials collected within this State three hundred and sixty- four pounds weight of saltpetre ; that through inattention to the law requiring the exhibiting, inspecting and certifying saltpetre within a limited time he did not exhibit said saltpetre till after the time of limitation was required ; that he did however afterwards exhibit the same to Mr. Samuel Sumner, a selectman for said town, for inspection, who weighed the same and on examination found the same to be pure, clean and dry, fit for the manufacture of gun- powder, but no certificate could be received for the same according to the letter of the law, notwithstanding he took the oath by law pre- scribed, and that he has kept the same in his own custody with all possible security ever since; and praying that on said saltpetre being reinspected, weighed, approved and certifyed by the inspector of salt- petre in Windham county, and on its being transported to the powder- mills in Windham for the use of this State, he might be entituled to the same bounty and price for the same as others by law are, as per memorial on file: Resolved by this Assembly, that the Committee of Pay-Table be and they are hereby authorized and directed, on application to them made by the said Abel Clark, and on his pro- ducing a certificate as the law directs for said saltpetre, to draw on the Treasurer for such sum as shall be found due, in favour of said Clark, in the same manner as if he had strictly pursued the steps of the law.
Upon the memorial of Ebenezer Stevens of New Fairfield, shewing to this Assembly that in the month of August last past, when the militia were ordered to New York, he let his horse and saddle go to help carry the baggage of Capt. Beardsley's company to said New York, and that said horse and saddle was lost by inevitable providence ; praying to this Assembly for pay for said horse and saddle, as per memorial on file : Resolved by this Assembly, that the said Ebenezer Stevens be allowed out of the public treasury for said horse and saddle the sum of £12 10, lawfull money ; and the Treasurer of this State is ordered to pay the same accordingly.
On the memorial of Joash Hall of Wallingford, shewing to this Assembly that he rode on horseback to the assistance of the troops of this State that were pursuing the British troops in their retreat from Dan- bury, and that he rode within about half a mile of where the action was at Compo and then left his horse and went and engaged the enemy for some time, but was finally obliged to retreat, and when he came to his horse he mounted him and soon after said horse was killed by a shot from the enemy; praying this Assembly to grant him pay for said horse, as per memorial on file : Resolved by this Assembly, that the Pay-Table draw an order on the Treasurer for the sum of £19 0 0, L. money, in favour of the said Hall, as full payment and satisfaction for the loss of said horse.
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Upon the memorial of Thomas Mumford, Esq', of Groton, shewing to this Assembly that he with other merchants of this State have a large quantity of English goods at Bedford in the State of Massachu- sets Bay, taken by their privateer called the Fanny in a prize ship and brought in there, and that he hath a cargo of salt brought in and imported from the West Indies at the same place, all which he is desirous to bring into this State for the benefit of the inhabitants, being much wanted here, as per memorial on file: Resolved by this Assembly, that his Honor the Governor be and he is desired to write to the General Assembly, or in their recess to the Honble Council of the State of Massachusets Bay, and request them to permit the afore- said goods or any other goods captured, brought or imported into the ports of that State by merchants or other subjects of this State, to be transported by land or water from thence into this State for the necessary supply of the inhabitants, any embargo of said State of Massachusets Bay notwithstanding.
Upon the memorial of Jonathan Lathrop, of Tolland in the county of Hartford, administrator on the estate of John Peck late of said Toland deceas'd, shewing to this Assembly that the debts, funeral charges, with some allowances to the widow of the said deceas'd, sur- mount the moveable inventoried estate of the said deceas'd the sum of £51 5 8, L. money, and that the whole of the real estate of said deceas'd will not surmount the said sum of £51 5 8 more than twelve or thirteen pounds, L. money, to be divided among six or seven heirs, some of which are under the age of four years and must be sup- ported until they arrive at that age &c., and that the real estate of said deceas'd may be sold to much greater advantage if it be sold together than apart; praying for liberty to sell the whole of the estate of the said deceas'd, and that so much thereof as is necessary to pay the said sum of £51 5 8 and incident charges be applyed to the pay- ment of the same, and that the residue of said estate may be applyed to the support of the said children under the age of four years &c., as per memorial on file: Resolved by this Assembly, that the memorial- ist have liberty, and liberty and authority is hereby given to the memorialist, to sell the whole of the real estate of the said deceas'd, taking the direction of the court of probate for the district of Stafford therein, and the avails thereof to be applyed to the purposes men- tioned in said memorial as aforesaid.
On the memorial of Thomas Shepard of Farmington and Anne his wife, lately Anne Burr, 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 movea- ble estate of said deceas'd the sum of £40 8 11, L. money, and pray- ing for liberty to sell so much of the real estate of said deceas'd as
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shall be sufficient to raise the aforesaid sum of £40 8 11 with inci- dental 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 Thomas Shepard and Anne his wife, to sell so much of the real estate of said deceas'd as is sufficient 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.
On the memorial of Elizabeth Hendrick, administratrix on the estate of William Hendrick late of Farmington deceas'd, shewing that the debts and charges due from and arising upon said estate, together with necessaries allowed to the widow of said deceas'd, surmount the moveable inventoried part of said estate the sum of £48 17 0, L. money, and praying that liberty might be granted to her in conjunc- tion with Mr. Aaron Day of said town, to sell so much of the real estate of said deceas'd as shall be sufficient to raise the aforesaid sum of £48 17 0, L. money, together 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 memorialist and the said Aaron Day, to sell so much of the real estate of said deceas'd as shall be sufficient to raise the aforesaid sum of £48 17 0, L. money, together with incidental charges arising thereon ; taking the advice of the court of probate for the district of Farming- ton therein.
Upon the memorial of Shubael Conant, administrator on the estate of the Honble Shubael Conant late of Mansfield deceas'd, shewing to this Assembly that said deceas'd in his life time bargained and sold unto Timothy Dimmock jun", of said Mansfield about twenty-five acres of land and meadow in said township of Mansfield at a place called Bog Mine Meadow, and executed a bond to said Dimmock, dated the 6th day of February, 1771, for the penal sum of fifty pounds, money, conditioned for the delivery of a deed of said land by the 25th day of December, 1772; that said Dimmock gave security for the sum of thirty pounds, money, and has paid part of the same in the life time of said deceas'd; that a deed of said land has never been given to said Dimmock, and that the same has been reserved by order of court and has not been set out in the late distribution of the real estate of said deceas'd ; praying for liberty to execute a deed to said Dimmock &c., as per memorial on file: Resolved by this Assembly, that the said administrator have liberty, and liberty and authority is hereby granted to him, upon the said Dimmock's paying the remainder of the said sum of thirty pounds agreeable to the tenor of said securities for the benefit of the heirs of said deceas'd, to make, execute and deliver a good and authentic deed of warranty to said Dimmock, his heirs and assigns, agreeable to the tenor and intention of the condition of the aforesaid bond.
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Upon the memorial of John McKee, shewing to this Assembly that the memorialist by the judgment of the honorable superior court in June last was convicted of harbouring and secreting some persons who were about to join the enemies of this and the United States, and sentenced to suffer one years imprisonment and forfeit all his estate; that in consequence of said judgment he was committed to the goal in Litchfield and there remained untill the 24th day of Feby last, when he was by order of the General Assembly removed to East Hadam, there to be confined within the limits of said town; that the memo- rialist is fully convinced of the iniquity of his conduct and is now heartily disposed to serve this and the other States in supporting their glorious cause; praying this Assembly that he may be released from his present confinement and that his estate may be restored to him: Resolved by this Assembly, that the memorialist have liberty to return to his family and use and improve his forfeited estate during the pleasure of this Assembly, on his paying such cost as may have accrued since his being confined in said East Hadam.
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