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This Assembly do establish Gideon Smedley to be Captain of the 13th Company or Trainband in the 17th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Calvin Comstock to be Lieutenant of the 13th Company or Trainband in the 17th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Timothy Barns to be Ensign of the 13th Company or Trainband in the 17th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Samuel West to be Ensign of the 4th Company or Trainband in the 12th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Elisha Bostwick to be Captain of the 8th Company or Trainband in the 13th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish John Merwin to be Lieutenant of the 8th Company or Trainband in the 13th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Amasa Ferriss to be Ensign of the 8th Company or Trainband in the 13th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Peter Eastman to be Captain of the 11th Company or Trainband in the 5th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Joseph Chapman to be Lieutenant of the 11th Company or Trainband in the 5th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish John Russell to be Ensign of the 11th Company or Trainband in the 5th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Erastus Wolcott Jun to be Captain of the first Company or Trainband in the 19th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Michael Dickinson to be Captain of the second Company or Trainband in the 17th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Phineas Baldwin to be Lieutenant of the second Company or Trainband in the 17th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish John Morse to be Ensign of the second Company or Trainband in the 17th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Stephen Gould to be Captain of the second Troop of Horse in the third Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Abel Bradley to be Lieutenant of the 2ª Troop of Horse in the third Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Hezekiah Ogden to be Cornet of the Troop of Horse in the 3ª Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Samuel Rowland to be Quarter Master of the 2ª Troop of Horse in the 3ª Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Ashbel King to be Captain of the 6th Company or Trainband in the first Regiment of this State.
This Assembly do establish Thaddeus Leavitt to be Leiutenant of the 6th Company or Trainband in the 1st Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Luther Loomiss to be Ensign of the 6th Company or Trainband in the first Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Abijah Pratt to be Captain of the 13th Company or Trainband in the 13th Regiment in this State.
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This Assembly do establish Perry Averill to be Lieutenant of the 13th Company or Trainband in the 13th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Nathaniel Tibballs to be Ensign of the 13th Company or Trainband in the 13th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Ashbel Steel to be Captain of the 15th Company or Trainband in the 2ª Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Josiah Smith to be Lieutenant of the 15th Company or Trainband in the 2ª Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Ransford Whitney to be Ensign of the 15th Company or Trainband in the 2ª Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Nathan Dauchey to be Captain of the second Company or Trainband in the 16th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish John Watrous to be Lieutenant of the 2ª Company or Trainband in the 16th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Nathan Smith to be Ensign of the 2ª Company or Trainband in the 16th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Samuel Barns to be Captain of the 6th Company or Trainband in the 2ª Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Jesse Denison to be Ensign of the 6th Company or Trainband in the 2ª Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish David Catlin to be Captain of the 11th Company or Trainband in the 17th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Samuel Scarborough to be Lieutenant of the 3ª Company or Trainband in the 11th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Benjamin Gibb Jun" to be Ensign of the 11th Company or Trainband in the 17th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Medad Osborn to be Captain of the fourth Company or Trainband in the 2ª Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Thomas Punderson to be Lieutenant of the 4th Company or Trainband in the 2ª Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Glover Ball to be Ensign of the 4th Com- pany or Trainband in the 2ª Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Thomas Bishop to be Ensign of a Com- pany in the third Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Austin Phelps to be Captain of the second Company or Trainband in the first Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Oliver Mather to be Lieutenant of the 2ª Company or Trainband in the first Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish John Filley to be Ensign of the second Company or Trainband in the first Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Ebenezer Lathrop to be Captain of the third Company or Trainband in the 5th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Jonathan Cary to be Lieutenant of the 3ª Company or Trainband in the 5th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish John Barker Jun to be Ensign of the 3ª Company or Trainband in the 5th Regiment in this State.
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This Assembly do establish Aaron Moses to be Captain of the 7th Company or Trainband in the 18th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Jacob Barber to be Lieutenant of the 7th Company or Trainband in the 18th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Charles Wilcox to be Ensign of the 7th Company or Trainband in the 18th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Stephen Gould to be Captain of the 2ª Troop of Horse in the third Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Abel Bradley to be Lieutenant of the 2ª Troop of Horse in the 3d Regiment of light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Hezekiah Ogden to be Cornet of the 2ª Troop of Horse in the 3ª Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Samuel Rowland to be Quarter Master of the 2ª Troop of Horse in the 3ª Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Ebenezer Cobb to be Captain of the eighth Company or Trainband in the Town of Stonington in the 8th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Samuel Satterly to be Lieutenant of the 8th Company or Trainband in the Town of Stonington in the 8th Regi- ment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Joseph Eells to be Ensign of the 8th Company or Trainband in the Town of Stonington in the 8th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Ichabod Andruss to be Lieutenant of the 12th Company or Trainband in the Town of Stonington in the 15th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Robert Jerom to be Ensign of the 12th Company or Trainband in the 15th Regiment in this State.
Upon the Memorial of Isaiah Gilbert of Woodbury in the County of Litchfield, Conservator of the Person and Estate of Richard Jenner of said Woodbury Shewing to this Assembly that since he hath obtained Liberty from this Assembly for the support of said Richard to Sell Land, he hath expended for his support the Sum of £ 12 10 0 and for the payment of which he hath no Estate of the said Richard except real Estate and praying for Liberty to Sell Land &c as Per Memorial on File-
Resolved by this Assembly that the Memorialist have Liberty and he is hereby Impowered to make Sale of so much of the real Estate of the said Richard as to make said Sum of £12 10 0 LMoney with the incident Charges arising on the Sale.
Upon the Memorial of Thomas Peck of Litchfield shewing to this Assembly that Isaac Tomlinson of Woodbury hath sundry Executions against him and Praying to have the same Discounted on an Execution against said Isaac in favour of the State &c.
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Resolved by this Assembly that the said Memorial be and the same is hereby referred to the Consideration of the General Assembly in October next, and that in the mean Time the said Execution in favour of said Isaac be suspended.
Upon the Memorial of Henry Daggett of New Haven Shewing to this Assembly that he was appointed by His Excellency the Governor and Council of Safety to purchase Salt for the State and to receive Store and repack the public Provision and likewise to Sell the Provision Salt and Cloathing in New Haven County, And that he has done the Business of Issuing Provisions in New Haven from the 15th Day of November 1781 to the last Day of March 1783, Praying this Assembly to Order the Committee of Pay Table to Adjust and Settle all his Accounts with the State, And that the Treasurer of this State be directed to Exe- cute to him a State Note on Interest payable at a future Day as Per Memorial on File-
Resolved by this Assembly that the Committee of Pay Table be and they are hereby Ordered and directed to adjust and settle all the Accounts of the said Daggett with the State and to allow him a reason- able reward for his Service done for the State in the Business aforesaid, And to Certify the Sum they shall find Justly due to him on Account and for Service done as aforesaid to the Treasurer of this State who is hereby directed to execute a State Note to the said Daggett for the Sum so Certified Payable the first Day of January 1786, on Interest at 6 Per Cent payable annually.
Upon the Petition of Colo John Ely preferred to the General Assem- bly Shewing that in 1777 he was appointed Colo of a Regiment raised in this State, That in Decembr 1777 he was taken Prisoner and continued a Prisoner untill Septembr 1781, that during said Time he expended large Sums for Medicines and other ways for the releif of Prisoners &c as Per Petition on File; Upon which a Committee was appointed who Report that the Petitioner soon after he was taken Prisoner generously distributed five Guineas among the necessitous Prisoners without taking Proper Vouchers, that he was of great Service to the Prisoners as a Phisician, and expended a large Sum in Medicines for their Releif besides £6 10 0 expended for his own sickness, being allowed only one Ration Per Day, That he was at great Trouble and Expence in procur- ing hard Money for the Officers in Captivity, that he procured £844 1 5 12 on which their happened a Loss of £11 5 0 by light Gold of which he paid over to the Officers £678 15 6 and took Receipts. which were to have been lodged with the Commissary General of Prisoners but he refused to receive them, that he expended on a Jour- ney into the Jerseys on that Business after his release the Sum of £ 10 14 0 and thereupon Report it as their Opinion, the Petitioner ought to be allowed full Pay for the Time he engaged in the Service untill he was exchanged which is to include all extra Services while on command
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and all expences in negotiating the Sums of Money he received except £30 0 0 allowed him by a former Assembly, That he be allowed for 300 retained Rations while on Command at eight pence Per Ration and the Sum of £21 0 0 for necessary Expenditures £7 00 for Money dis- tributed among the Poor Prisoners £6 10 0 for his own Sickness on Long Island £11 5 0 for loss in light Gold £10 14 0 for his Journey to New Jersey, And that the Committee of Pay Table be directed in Settling his Accounts to make him such allowances for Rations or Sub- sistance according to his Rank for the whole Time he was a Prisoner, as has been usually made in like Circumstances, to Liquidate the Sums he has received in Continental or State Bills upon an equitable Scale, and to Credit him for the Sums paid over to the Officers receiving from him their Receipts for the Same and Charge the several Officers therewith in such manner that the Same may be Charged to the United States, and that he be allowed an adequate Sum for the Money expended for Medi- cines as abovesaid, As Per Report on File. Which Report being accepted and approved by this Assembly,
Resolved by this Assembly that the Committee of Pay Table settle with the Petitioner agreeable to the aforesaid Report, and allow him the several Sums therein found, and reported to be due to him and that they make him a further allowance of £150 0 0 LMoney for the Money he expended in Medicines for the Benefit and Releif of Sick Prisoners while he was in Captivity and to draw an Order on the Treasurer for the Ballance.
Upon the Memorial of John Wilcox of Haddam in the County of Hartford Shewing to this Assembly that he now is and for some Time past has been Conservator to Elnathan Wilcox of Killingworth in the County of New London and that he has expended in supporting the said Elnathan the Sum of £92 5 0 LMoney, which was allowed him by the County Court held at New London in and for the County of New London on the second Tuesday of June 1782, and that the said Elnathan has no moveable Estate to satisfy said Sum, but that he has Lands and real Estate in said Killingworth Praying this Assembly to Impower him the said John Wilcox or some other meet Person to make Sale of so much of the Lands and real Estate of the said Elnathan as will raise the said Sum of £92 5 0 together with the Incident Charges arising thereon as Per Memorial on File,
Resolved by this Assembly that Jonathan Kelcy of Killingworth be Impowered to make Sale of so much of the Land and real Estate of the said Elnathan as will raise the Sum of £92 5 0 LMoney with the Incident Charges thereon arising taking the advice and direction of the Court of Probate for the District of Saybrook in the Same.
On the Memorial of James Bebee [?] of Stratford in Fairfield County Shewing to this Assembly that he is possessed of Obligations given by this State for the Arrears of Pay to himself and other Persons
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serving in the Connecticut Line of the Army to the amount of £432 18 0 LMoney, that he has purchased of the Committee of the Church of Christ in the North Society of Stratford aforesaid a Tract of Land belonging to said Church for which he is to pay in said Securities Pray- ing this Assembly will order the Treasurer of this State to execute and give to said Committee his Note for said Sum as Monies borrowed of them payable at such future Time as this Assembly shall think proper on Interest payable annually on his the Memorialists delivering to said Treasurer his said Securities amounting to said Sum of £432 18 0 as Per Memorial on File-
Resolved by this Assembly that the Treasurer do receive of said Mem- orialist his said Securities amounting to said Sum of £432 18s and thereupon that he execute and deliver to the said Committee his Note for the like Sum on Interest payable the first Day of June 1793 the Interest to be paid annually.
Upon the Memorial of the Inhabitants of the first Society of Dan- bury Shewing to this Assembly that during the whole Course of the late War they have been by their local Situation exposed to many Hard- ships and losses, that the British Troops when they made an inroad into Danbury laid a great part of said Society in Ashes, and so much Damaged their Meeting House that they are now under a necessity of erecting a new One that they are so much Impoverished by the great losses they have sustained and reduced by separations and Divisions which have taken Place in said Society that the expence of Building a Meeting House would be too heavy a burthen for them to bear and thereupon Praying for some Assistance as Per Memorial on File-
Resolved by this Assembly that the Memorialists shall have the Quit Claim Transfer of all the Right and Title in and unto a certain Tract of Land lying in Danbury with the Building thereon Standing which derived to or vested in the Governor and Company of this State by Virtue of a Deed from Peter Castle Dated the 2ª Day of October 1782 or otherwise to be improved by them towards defraying the expence of Building a new Meeting House for public Worship in such a manner as they shall think proper, And the Treasurer is directed to execute in behalf of the Governor and Company a Deed of Conveyance of that Tenor to the Memorialists.
Upon the Memorial of the Inhabitants of the Town of Colebrook Shewing to this Assembly that the Doings of the Committee appointed by this Assembly in May last for affixing a Stake for a Meeting House in said Town* have been accepted by the Inhabitants of said Town in Town Meeting legally Assembled, as well as ratified by this Assembly, That a Committee has been appointed for the Building of sª Meeting House, Their Abilities are very inadequate to so considerable an Expence and that the Nonresident Proprietors of Land in said Town in Conse-
* See Conn. State Recs., IV, 232.
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quence of the Building of sª Meeting House will derive a very consider- able Benefit for which they ought to give a reasonable Compensation and Praying that a special Tax of sixpence on the Acre might be laid on all the Lands in said Town to be appropriated to said Purpose &c as Per Memorial on File,
Resolved by this Assembly that a Tax of three pence on the Acre be and the same is hereby granted to the Petitioners on all the Lands in said Town of Colebrook to be appropriated to the Sole and only purpose of Building a Meeting House in said Town, and Samuel Rockwell of said Town being nominated for that purpose is hereby appointed a Collector to Collect the said Tax from the resident and nonresident Proprietors of said Colebrook proportioned to their respective Quantities or Propor- tions of Land in said Town agreeable to such Just and equitable Bill of Assesment as the Said Inhabitants shall Cause to be made for that purpose who is hereby fully Authorized and Impowered by Warrant from any One Assistant or Justice of the Peace for the County of Litchfield, which on application therefor such Assistant or Justice of the Peace is hereby Impowered to Grant to Collect the said Tax of the said Proprietors as fully to every Intent and purpose, as Collectors of Town Taxes by Law are, and the Same to pay and deliver over to such Person or Persons as by the said Town are or shall be duely appointed to receive the Same and to Account with said person or Persons when thereto required and the sª Town of Colebrook shall be accountable for the appropriation of Moneys arising on said Tax agree- able to the true Intent and Meaning of the Grant as aforesaid to this Assembly.
Upon the Memorial of Nathaniel Green of Providence in the State of Rhode Island Shewing to this Assembly that he removed from said State of Rhode Island at the beginning of the late War into this State as a Place of Safety for himself and Family, that soon after he came into this State Capt Jabez Huntington Sheriff of Windham County, by a Warrant from His Excellency the Governor Seized on or about the 20th Day of June 1777 for the Use of this State part of a Hogshead of Jamaica Spirits the property of the said Green containing about eighty Gallons for which the Memorialist hath never received any Pay or Reward Praying this Assembly to allow and pay to him the Price for which such Spirits were usually sold at that Time as Per Memorial on File-
Therefore Resolved by this Assembly that the Committee of Pay Table be and they are hereby Ordered and directed to adjust and Liqui- date the Account of the Memorialist for said Spirits, and to allow him eight Shillings LMoney Per Gallon for the Spirits which were taken from him together with lawfull Interest thereof from the Time said Spirits were taken to the present Day, and draw on the Treasurer of this State for the Sum they shall find Justly due to the Memorialist pay- able out of any unappropriated Taxes.
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Upon the Memorial of Joseph and William Russell of Providence in the State of Rhode Island Shewing to this Assembly that they removed from said State of Rhode Island at the beginning of the late War into this State as a Place of Safety for themselves and Families, that soon after they came into this State, Capt Jabez Huntington Sheriff of the County of Windham by a Warrant from His Excellency the Governor Seized for the Use of this State on the 20th Day of June 1777 One Hogshead of West India Rum Containing 112 Gallons also one Do. of New England Rum containing 111 Gallons which he then carried away for which Your Memorialists hath never received any Pay or Reward Praying this Assembly to allow and pay to them the Price for which such Rum usually sold for at that Time as Per Memorial on File-
Therefore Resolved by this Assembly That the Committee of Pay Table be and they are hereby ordered and directed to adjust and Liqui- date the Accounts of Your Memorialists for said Rum, and allow them 6/8 Per Gallon for West India and 3/10 Per Gallon for the New England, together with the lawfull Interest thereof from the Time said Rum was taken to the Present Day and draw on the Treasurer of this State for the Sum they shall find Justly due to the Memorialists pay- able out of any Unappropriated Taxes.
Whereas the General Assembly at their last Sessions Upon the Memorial of Mary Alsop of Midletown Administratrix on the Estate of her Deceasd Husband Richard Alsop Esqr late of said Midletown, did grant unto the said Administratrix Liberty and her Impower to Sell certain Peices of the real Estate of said Deceasd,* and said Act or Grant is since found not to be in conformity to and in full pursuance of said Memorial, and Omissions and Mistakes have accidentally intervened which to rectify,
Resolved by this Assembly that the said Mary Alsop Administratrix as aforesaid have Liberty and the same is hereby granted unto her, with the Advice and under the direction of the Court of Probate for the District of Midletown, to dispose of and Sell to the best advantage and for the benefit of said Estate the following several Peices of the real Estate of the Same viz. One Acre of Land, and one eighth Part of a House in Midle Hadam in Chatham valued at £20 LMoney: Two Acres One hundred and forty six Rods of Land, with a small part of a House and Barn at Westfield in said Midletown, One half of an old House and forty Rods of Land in Midletown, and two other small Peices of Land in said Midletown, as described in William Powell & Marian Pow- ells Deed to said Richard dated March 16th 1776.
Upon the Petition of Mary Alsop of Midletown in Hartford County, Administratrix on the Estate of Richard Alsop Esqr late of said Midletown Decd, Shewing to this Assembly that said Richard died pos- sessed of two Peices of Land one of which lies in Haddam and Contains
* See above, p. 38.
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ten Acres the other in Waterbury and contains eighty and an half Acres which Peices of Land by reason of Heavy Taxes &c is very unprofitable to said Estate Praying that she may be authorized and Impowered to Sell said Peices of Land &c as Per Petition on File Dated May 30th 1783-
Resolved by this Assembly that the said Mary be and she is hereby Authorized and Impowered to Sell said Peices of Land to the best Advantage of the Estate of said Richard taking the Advice of the Court of Probate for the District of Midletown thereon and to give proper Deeds thereof accordingly.
Upon the Memorial of Solomon Baldwin of Milford in the County of New Haven Shewing to this Assembly that he was appointed to and undertook the Collection of State Taxes for said Town of Milford for the Year 1781, in the prosecution of which he collected and received of the Inhabitants about One hundred Pounds or Certificates on the Decembr 2ª Tax 1781 in Soldiers Notes payable first June 1782, to the amount of about £300. A large amount in Pay Table Orders upon the Tax of 2/6, a Certificate for £ 1295 5 2 Continental Money Certif- icates of about £30, upon the 9ª Tax also a Sum in Bills of this State and Continental Money, and he living in an exposed Situation, and hav- ing been threatned by the Enemy, removed and deposited said Securi- ties and Monies at the House of Capt Josiah Buckingham in said Milford Judging it a Place of Safety, And that a number of Armed Men from Long Island on the Night of the 17th of Novr last landed at said Milford and Plundered said House, and among other Things car- ried off the whole of said Notes Certificates Orders and Monies Pray- ing for a Committee to examine into said Losses and Report make as Per Memorial on File,
Whereupon Resolved by this Assembly that Capt James Hilhouse Capt Daniel Holbrook & David Austin Esqr be and they are hereby appointed a Committee at the Expence of the Memorialist to examine him and Such Evidence as he shall produce under Oath respecting said losses, and Report make to the next Assembly,* And that in the mean Time Executions be Stayed against the Memorialist to the amount of such Sums as by him set forth to have been lost as aforesaid Upon the Several Taxes upon which Payable.
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