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Upon the memorial of Samuel Dickerman and George Dudley, of New Haven, shewing to this Assembly that, in pursuance of orders in August, 1776, they marched to New York for the defence of that city, under the command of Captain Stephen Goodyear in Colo. Thomson's regiment, said Dickerman being a serjeant in said company, and chearfully did their duty in their respective stations while in that city ; that during the cannonade on that city they were ordered by Capt. Goodyear to take care of a certain sick soldier belonging to said company, and while others declined they undertook it with much haz- ard to themselves; that as they had orders to see said sick person
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well provided for they endeavoured to get him into some hospital but in vain; they were equally unsuccessful in their attempts to get him into private houses on the road till they came into this State; that as his recovery in their opinion much depended on his returning home, at his solicitation they procured a carriage and brought him home; they were induced to take this step from a perswasion that they could probably sooner return to their regiment in this way than in any other, but that unhappily they took the distemper from him and were unable to return till the regiment was discharged: that in conse- quence thereof they were returned as deserters, by which means they were deprived of their wages; and praying that the same might be granted to them &c., as per memorial on file, dated 29th of December, 1777: Resolved by this Assembly, that the Committee of Pay-Table be and they are hereby impowered and directed, on application to them made by the memorialists, to examine and adjust their accounts of wages and draw on the Treasurer of this State in their behalf for such sums as they shall find justly due to them respectively.
Upon the memorial of Moses Northrup, Patience Northrup, his wife, and Eunice Northrup, his daughter, all of New Milford, shewing to this Assembly that the said Patience and Eunice are confined in Litchfield goal upon suspicion of treason against this State; that no court proper to try them will sit in said county till August next, and that their services are greatly wanted at home ; praying that they may be admitted to bail &c., as per memorial on file : Resolved by this Assembly, that the said Patience and Eunice be set at liberty upon their procuring bail with good sureties to the Treasurer of this State in the sum of two hundred pounds, L. money, each, to be paid upon condition that they shall fail to appear before the superior court to be holden at Litchfield on the last Tuesday save two in August next and abide the sentence of said court against him. And the sheriff of the county of Litchfield is hereby authorized to take said bail accordingly.
Upon the memorial of Jonathan Whittaker jun" and Zephaniah Alden, of Stafford in the county of Hartford, administrators on the intestate estate of Benjamin Harrington late of said Stafford. deceas'd, shewing to this Assembly that the debts and charges ex- hibited against the estate of said deceas'd and allowed by the court of probate for the district of Stafford, with some allowance to the widow, surmounts the moveable inventoried estate of said deceas'd the sum of £23 4 33, L. money ; praying for liberty to sell so much of the real estate of said deceas'd as may be sufficient to raise the aforesaid sum, as per memorial on file : Resolved by this Assembly, that the memo- rialists have liberty, and liberty and authority is hereby granted to them, to make sale of so much of the lands or real estate of said deceas'd as shall be sufficient to raise the aforesaid sum of £23 4 3},
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L. money, with incident charges of sale; taking the direction of the court of probate for the district of Stafford therein.
Upon the memorial of Ensign Cornelius Higgins jun", of Haddam, shewing to this Assembly that he was an ensign in Capt. Abraham Tyler's company in Colo. Jedh Huntington's regiment, 1776, and by the fortune of war was made a prisonor the 27th day of August, 1776, and in that situation continued untill the 13th day of April. 1777, during which term he was robbed of his watch and some money and was also obliged to expend a considerable sum for his support; praying for relief &c., as per memorial on file, dated the 12th day of January, 1778: Whereupon it is resolved by this Assembly, that he be allowed the sum of eleven pounds ten shillings, L. money, and that the Committee of Pay-Table be and they are hereby directed to draw an order for said sum in favour of said Ensign Higgins on the Treas- urer of this State.
Upon the memorial of the selectmen of Voluntown, shewing that one Margaret Campbel has for some time been a public charge to said town, for that she is a very impotent person both in body and mind, that she has a small lot of land containing about twenty acres with a small house thercon in said town; praying that some one may be appointed to make sale of the same for the support of the said Mar- garet, both as to what has or may occur on that account: Resolved by this Assembly, that Mr. Robert Hunter be and he is hereby appointed and fully impowered to sell and give proper deed of conveyance of said twenty acres of land to such person as shall appear to purchase the same, and lodge the monies that shall arise thereon in the hands of the treasurer of said town of Voluntown, to defray the expence of the support of the said Margaret Campbell, deducting only the rea- sonable cost of such sale.
Upon the memorial of Jonathan Johnson, of Midletown in the county of Hartford, shewing to this Assembly that he was collector of a country rate on the list of 1775, and that by reason of his early entring into and continuing in service in the army part of said rate remains uncollected, and that it is out of the power of the memorialist now to collect the same as he now belongs to the continental army ; praying that the town of Midletown may be authorized and impowered to choose a new collector to collect and pay in the remainder of the tax or rate for which the memorialist was collector, and that the memorialist may be discharged from collecting the remainder of said tax, as per memorial on file &c. : Resolved by this Assembly, that the town of Midletown be and they are hereby authorized and impowered to choose a new collector in the room and stead of Majr Jonath. John- son, to collect. the remaining sums due on the rate-bill delivered to said Johnson ; and that on the said Johnson's delivering his rate-bill
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to the selectmen of the town of Midletown and accounting with said selectmen for the whole of the monies by him collected on said rate- bill that he be discharged from any further duty as collector of said tax, and the town-clerk is hereby ordered and directed to make return of the name of the person chosen to collect said remaining part of said tax to the Treasurer of this State.
Upon the memorial of Amos Brown of Preston, one of the select- men of said town, shewing to this Assembly that on the 13th day of January, 1777, one Matthew Button, a soldier in Capt. Jonathan Brewster's company in Colonel Huntington's regiment, arrived in said Preston from captivity at New York, being taken on Long Island in an action with the British troops on the 27th day of August, 1776, who was sent out of New York in a flag of truce ship and landed at Milford, and on his return was taken sick with the small-pox in said Preston, and the memorialist, being one of the selectmen, was obliged to take care of said Butten and employ doctors and nurses for said sick soldier, and made all necessary provision for the safety and com- fort of said soldier, and that said soldier dyed of said disorder after that the memorialist had expended £16 0 9 in doctoring and nursing, and the said soldier left no estate to pay the same; praying that the same may be paid out of the public treasury of this State, as per memorial on file : Resolved by this Assembly, that the Committee of the Pay-Table be and they are hereby ordered and directed to adjust said account and draw on the Treasurer of this State for the same and charge the same to the United States.
Upon the memorial of Hannah Dunham, administratrix on the estate of Joseph Dunham, late of Mansfield in the district of Windham, deceas'd, shewing to this Assembly that the debts, charges and allow- ances against the estate of said deceas'd, as allowed by the court of probate for said district, surmount the inventoried moveable estate in the sum of £101 8 11, and praying for liberty and power to sell of his real estate so much as to enable her to pay said debts &c., as per memorial on file: Resolved by this Assembly, that the memorialist have liberty, and she is hereby impowered, to sell so much of said real estate as will raise said sum of £101 8 11, L. money, for the purpose of paying said debts &c. and the incident charges thereof; taking the direction of the court of probate for said district therein.
Upon the memorial of Reuben Porter, administrator on the estate of Samuel Lee, late of Lebanon in the district of Windham, deceas'd, shewing to this Assembly that the debts, charges and allowances against the estate of said deceas'd, as allowed by the court of probate for said district, surmount the inventoried moveable estate in the sum of £117 19 3, and praying for liberty and power to sell so much of the real estate of said deceas'd as to enable him to pay said debts &c.,
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as per memorial on file: Resolved by this Assembly, that the memo- rialist have liberty and he is hereby impowered, to sell so much of said real estate as will raise said sum of £117 19 3, for the purpose of paying said debts &c. and the incident charges thereof; taking the direction of the court of probate for said district therein.
Upon the memorial of Jonathan Bill, of Lebanon in the State of Connecticut, shewing that he was a soldier under the command of Colonel, now Major General, Arnold in the expedition against Quebec in the year 1775; that his captain and all the officers of his company were killed and taken in the unsuccessfull attempt made on that city in December of that year, and that he but just escaped and with the loss of his cloathing, arms &c., while assisting to carry off the wounded ; that by reason of the loss of said officers no pay-roll could ever be made up for said company, so that he has not been able to obtain his wages nor any compensation for his losses in that tedious and distress- ing service, although he hath taken great pains and trouble and ex- pended almost the value thereof in endeavouring to obtain the same, and is not able in the circumstances of the case to get any relief but by this Assembly &c .; as per memorial on file: Resolved by this Assembly, that the Committee of Pay-Table receive and adjust the account of said memorialist for wages and losses in the service men- tioned in his memorial, and give order on the Treasurer of this State for payment of such sum as they shall find justly and reasonably due, and charge the same in account against the United States.
Upon the memorial of Jonathan Nichols and others, inhabitants within the limits of the 15th or Stepney company, so called, in the fourth regiment of militia in this State, shewing to this Assembly that . in the year 1772, they were formed into a military company by order and decree of this Assembly, with all the powers and privileges there- unto belonging, and by order from the colonel of said regiment led to the choice of officers which were commissioned accordingly, but since this unhappy dispute with Great Britain two of said commissioned officers absconded and joined the British army, the other was promoted and went into the continental service. On consideration of the com- pany then being destitute of commission officers this Assembly, in their session in May last, appointed a committee to examine into the circumstances of said company and report make; whereupon said committee met and considered the circumstances of said company as they then appeared to be, and reported as their opinion that said com- pany ought to be reduced to the several companies from whence they were taken ; which report being accepted by said Assembly and thereupon deprived them of their former powers and privileges, which they hum- bly pray may be restored to them again, as per memorial on file: Resolved by this Assembly, that the 15th or Stepney company, so called, in the 4th regiment of militia in this State be and they hereby
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are restored to the same powers and privileges which was allowed them in the year 1772, by this Assembly, and which they were in full possession of before the appointment of the abovesaid committee ; and the colonel of the fourth regiment is ordered to give proper notice to the inhabitants within the limits of said company that are lawfull voters, to meet at proper time and place by him appointed, and lead or order them to be led to the choice of commission officers for said company, and return to be made accordingly.
Upon the memorial of Hannah Douglass, of Branford in the county of New Haven, administratrix on the estate of Colo. William Douglas late of said Branford, deceas'd, shewing to this Assembly that in the year 1776, the said William Douglas was appointed a colonel in one of the regiments raised by this State for the service of said year, and that at the close of the campaign he received for and towards the pay of each company the sum of nine hundred dollars and left said sum with Mrs. Bryan of Milford to be by her delivered over to Lieut. Bryan, commanding officer of one of the companies in his said regiment; and that it so happened that sixty-two dollars of said money was stolen out of the hands and possession of said Mrs. Bryan without any neg- lect or default on her part, and that said Colo. Douglas was not guilty of any negligence but left said money in order that said company might receive it in the most expeditious manner; praying that said sum of sixty-two dollars be paid to said company out of the public treasury, as per memorial on file: Resolved by this Assembly, that the sum of £18 12 s. 0, L. money be allowed to the memorialist, and that the Treasurer is hereby impowered and directed to pay the same accordingly.
Upon the memorial of Jehiel Bryan, of Milford in the county of New Haven, shewing to this Assembly that on or about the 20th day of March, 1776, the committee of inspection of said Milford received intelligence that a sloop had come to an anchor at a place called Oyster River, and that they desired him to muster and march twenty men to said place in a stormy night, and that he complyed therewith and took possession of said sloop, which had on board a quantity of pork &c. contrary to the embargo act, to transport. to the West In- dies, and that he took charge of said sloop and her carried into the port of New Haven, in consequence of which there were of said sloop's cargo, at a special county court held at said New Haven on the 22d of April, 1776, forfeited to the treasury of this State 22} barrels of pork, 60 barrels and 20 tierces of flour, and that he applied to the State's Attorney for his cost and could not obtain the same as it rose before the prosecution began; praying for some allowance, as per memorial on file : It is thereupon resolved by this Assembly, that the sum of £13 0 0, L. money, be allowed to the memorialist, and the Treasurer of this State is directed to pay the same accordingly.
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Upon the memorial of Ichabod Jewitt, of Coventry in the county of Windham, administrator in right of his wife Elizabeth on the estate of Mr. Joseph Minor late of said Coventry, deceas'd, shewing to this Assembly that the debts and charges, together with some al- lowances made to said Elizabeth late widow of said deceas'd, exhibited to and allowed by the court of probate for the district of Windham, sur- mount the personal estate of said deceas'd the sum of one hundred nine- ty-four pounds four shillings and six pence, L. money ; praying for lib- erty and authority to sell so much of the real estate of said deceas'd as will be sufficient to raise said sum together with incident charges of such sale, as per memorial on file : Resolved by this Assembly, that said memorialist have liberty, and liberty and authority is hereby granted to said memorialist, to sell so much of the real estate of said deceas'd as will raise said sum of £194 4 6, L. money, with incident charges of such sale; taking the direction of the court of probate for the district of Windham therein.
Upon the memorial of John Darbee, Josiah Smith and others, settlers and inhabitants of the east part of the township of Winches- ter east of the Long Pond, so called, and on the west part of the township of Barkhemsted west of Farmington River, being about twenty-five families ; shewing that they are and for a long time have been without the enjoyment of the ordinary privileges of the gospel, by reason of the difficulties attending their situation and their ina- bility to procure the same ; praying to be constituted a distinct ecclesi- astical society and to have the lands of the non-residents taxed and made to contribute to their assistance, as per memorial on file : Re- solved by this Assembly, that the memorialists, including all the in- habitants upon the lands, or that hereafter may come to dwell thereon, lying on the east side of the Long Pond in said township of Winches- ter, and to extend by the north end of said pond with the line of the lot next to said pond and so across the stream from said pond to the west end of said lot, from thence to run northward at the end of the lots to Mad River, so called, and from thence up said river so far as to include the third tier of lots, and from thence to Colebrook line, containing in the whole about twelve thousand acres, and all the in- habitants of the township of Barkhemsted dwelling or that hereafter may come to dwell upon the lands lying on the west side of said Farmington River in said Barkhemsted be and they are hereby con- stituted and made one entire ecclesiastical society by the name of Winstead, with the parochial bounds abovesaid, and invested with all the powers and privileges by law belonging to other ecclesiastical so- cieties in this State. And be it further resolved, that an annual tax of two pence upon the acre be and is hereby granted and laid upon all the lands of non-resident proprietors within the limits of said society that have not been already taxed, for the term of four years from the rising of this Assembly, to be applyed to defray the charges
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of supporting the gospel ministry and the public worship in said so- ciety. And this Assembly do appoint and impower Charles Wright of said Winchester to make said tax and collect the same of the non-residents, having a warrant signed by proper authority, and to account therefor with said society, as in other cases is provided by law.
Upon the memorial of the inhabitants of the town of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut, praying this Assembly to grant them liberty to make, mend and repair their highways and bridges and procure materials for the same by a rate or tas at all times hereafter, and enable them to tax themselves from time to time to defray the ex- pences of it &c., as per memorial on file : Resolved by this Assembly. that the said town of Fairfield have liberty, and liberty and authority is hereby granted to the inhabitants of said town, to tax the polls and rateable estate of said inhabitants to raise such sums of money as said town shall from time to time judge necessary and sufficient to repair all public highways and bridges in said town; which tax shall be collected in the same way as other taxes are collected, and be by the several surveyors in their several districts laid out and im- proved for the repairing all highways and bridges in each district in said town ; and said town is hereby impowered, by the selectmen or a committee chosen annually or from time to time as occasion shall require, to divide the highways in said town into districts and assign to each surveyor a certain proportion of highways and bridges to be repaired and maintained, and to divide out and proportion to the several surveyors of the several districts the monies so raised by said town according to the quantity or proportion of roads set out to them as aforesaid to be repaired and maintained. And any assistant or justice of the peace is hereby authorized to issue forth warrants to such persons as shall be appointed by said town to collect such taxes arising in manner aforesaid in the same manner and form as other town rates are collected. And every such surveyor shall render a true account of such money so received to the selectmen of said town in a reasonable time when therennto required after the same becomes payable, and all surplus of such money as shall remain in the hands of such surveyors, or any of them, after such highways are suffi- ciently repaired and shall be paid into the hands of the treasurer of said town for the time being and by him and his successors in said office paid out to the next succeeding surveyors of the several dis- triets respectively in the same proportion as the money raised by said town for the purpose of repairing of highways and bridges for the then current year shall by said selectmen or committee be ordered to be divided. And be it further resolved by this Assembly, that this resolution shall be and remain in force during the pleasure of this Assembly.
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Upon the memorial of Thomas Cole of Waterbury, shewing to this Assembly that his daughter Eunice was married to one Samnel Doolittle of said Waterbury on the fourth day of April, 1765; that said Cole gave said Eunice one round table and several other valu- able articles ; that said Doolittle on the 24th day of March last ab- sconded and joined General Howe's army ; that the personal estate of said Doolittle is forfeited and seized according to law for the use of this State and is now held in the custody of an officer for that purpose, and that the said Eunice has three children which must be supported by said Cole &c .; praying that the said round table and other valuable articles given as aforesaid might be returned to said Cole for the support, use and benefit of the said children, as per memorial on file : Resolved by this Assembly, that said round table and other ar- tieles, being one quart enp, 3 pewter platters, 6 plates, 1 pint cup, 3 pewter basons, 3 porringers, 1 tea-pot, 1 pepper-box, 5 spoons, 3 knives and forks, 6 plain chairs, 1 great wheel, 1 Dutch wheel, 1 feather bed, 1 bed-quilt, 2 blankets, 2 pair of sheets, 1 iron pot, 1 look- ing-glass, 1 beer barrell, 1 churn, 1 pair flat-irons, 1 elock-reel, 1 bed- tick, 2 blankets, 1 meal-sieve, 1 frying-pan, 1 chest with draws, 6 black chairs, 1 warming-pan, 1 brass-kettle, a cow and calf, and ten sheep, which are now held in custody of Samuel Hickox, constable of Waterbury aforesaid, for the use and benefit of this State, be deliv- ered to the said Thomas Cole, to be by him used, improved or kept for the said children as he shall find most for their benefit; and the said constable is hereby directed to deliver the same to said Cole for the use aforesaid, taking his receipt for the same.
Upon the memorial of David Lothrop, of Tolland in Hartford county, administrator on the estate of Capt. Timothy Delano late of said Tolland, deceas'd, shewing to this Assembly that the debts and charges due from the estate of said deceas'd surmount the moveable inventoried part of said estate the sum of £245 0 1, L. money ; pray- ing for liberty to make sale of so much of the real estate of said de- ceas'd as to raise said sum of £245 0 1, L. money, with incident charges arising on said sale, as per memorial on file : Resolved by this Assembly, that the memorialist have liberty, and liberty and au- thority is hereby granted to him, to sell so much of the real estate of said deceas'd as to raise said sum of £245 0 1, L. money, with inci- dent charges arising on said sale; taking the direction of the court of probate for the district of Stafford therein.
Upon the memorial of Noah Skinner, of Coventry in the county of Windham, shewing to this Assembly that on the 7th day of May, 1775, he inlisted himself a soldier in a company commanded by Capt. Israel Putnam jun' in General Putnam's regiment, and that he served faithfully and did his duty in said company in a campaign at Cam- bridge till the first day of December then next, and for which he has
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received no pay, and praying that he may be entitled to his wages &c., as per memorial on file : Resolved by this Assembly, that the Com- mittee of Pay-Table be and they are hereby directed and authorized to settle, adjust and draw on the Treasurer for such sum as they shall find justly due for said service.
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