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Upon the Memorial of Eli Skinner of Farmington in the County of Hartford Shewing to this Assembly that in the Year 1780 he was draughted for the Continental Line of the State to serve six Months, which Service he faithfully Performed, and soon after his return Home he applied for and received the Sum of thirty shillings in Bills of this State for Blanket Money which he deposited in a Leathor Pocket Book, together with about ten Shillings in like Bills and soon after he unfor-
* The committee reported in May, 1784, but the assembly took no final action on this case before the close of the present volume. See below, pp. 286, 415.
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tunately lost his said Pocket Book with the said Bills though much marred may be Still read &c Praying this Assembly to Order and direct the Treasurer of this State to receive said Bills and pay to him the Sum of forty shillings or such part as this Assembly shall think Just and reasonable,
Resolved by this Assembly that the Treasurer of this State be directed and he is hereby ordered and directed to receive said Marred Bills and pay out of the Treasury to the said Eli Skinner the Sum of forty shill- ings in Bills of this State.
Upon the Memorial of Daniel Goodwin of Hartford Executor of the last Will and Testament of Capt Daniel Goodwin late of said Hart- ford Deceasª Shewing to this Assembly that the said Daniel Goodwin in his Life Time bought of the Heirs of Jonathan Bigelow late of said Hartford Deceasª sundry Rights of Land lying in Hartland in the County of Litchfield, which Rights he the said Daniel Goodwin Decd having received a Just valueable Consideration therefor of John Bigelow and James Bigelow both late of said Hartford Deceasª, did Give Sell and Confirm unto them the said John and James Bigelow, severally by legal Conveyances one of which to wit, the one in favour of the said James his Heirs and Assigns is lost. Praying that he may be Impowered to give a good Deed of Quit Claim of the Premisses unto the Legal Heirs of the said James Bigelow &c as Per Memorial on File-
Resolved by this Assembly that the Memorialist be and he is hereby Impowered to Convey the above said Premisses, for himself and the rest of the Heirs of said Daniel Goodwin Deceasd, unto the legal Heirs of the said James Bigelow Decd which Conveyance so made shall be good and effectual in Law to all Intents and purposes whatsoever.
Upon the Memorial of Eli Skinner of Farmington in Hartford County, Shewing to this Assembly that about the 26th of June in the Year 1780 he was detached to Serve in the Continental Line of the Army for the Term of six Months that he Joined the Regiment under the Com- mand of Lieut Colo Hoit [Hart?] and faithfully served out his Time, and was regularly discharged; That he made application for his pay to Colº Aaron Austin, who was appointed Pay Master but unfortunately having lost his Discharge the said Paymaster, thought himself not Auth- orized to pay the Memorialist for his said Service nor has he ever received any Compensation therefor Praying that said Pay Master may be Ordered to pay for said Service as Per Memorial on File-
Resolved by this Assembly that the said Pay Master be and he is hereby Ordered and directed to pay and satisfy to the Memorialist the Sums due to him for his said Service as has been done to others who performed the said Service the loss of said Discharge notwithstanding.
Upon the Memorial of the Inhabitants of the Town of Weathers- field in Hartford County by their Agents Praying Liberty to hold a
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Fair or publick Mart in said Town twice in every Year viz in the Spring and Fall of the Year annually, and occasionally at certain stated Periods, as shall be found beneficial and expedient for the Publick.
Be it Enacted by the Governor Council and Representatives in Gen- eral Court Assembled and by the Authority of the Same, That Liberty and Authority be granted. and Liberty and Authority is hereby granted to the Inhabitants of the Town of Weathersfield to set up and establish a Public Mart or Fair in said Town for the Benefit and Convenience of Commerce and the promotion of Manufactures and Agriculture which Fair or Mart shall have all the Priveleges suitable and Proper for such Institution to be held twice in every Year, namely once in the Months of April or May in the Spring, and once in Autumn in the Months of September or October Annually And said Mart or Fair shall not be held at any one Time longer than three Days untill it shall Close or be discontinued. And it shall be lawfull for all Merchants Dealers, Handy Craftsmen and others to resort to said Fair with their Goods Wares Merchandize Manufactures and Products and there expose the Same to Sale Publickly and for all Persons to Buy Sell and exchange or Barter their Goods Wares and Merchandize during the Continuance of such Fair or Mart, subject to the Bye Laws and Regulations of the Fair no Penalties or Forfeitures to exceed the Sum or Value of Ten Pounds, And Liberty and Authority is hereby granted to the Civil Authority and Select Men within said Town of Weathersfield from Time to Time to make and establish Bye Laws and Regulations for the well Ordering Governing and directing said Mart or Fair, which Bye Laws and Regu- lations shall be published in the several News Papers in this State before the Opening of such Mart or Fair and also shall be Subject to Revision Correction and alteration by the General Assembly of the State.
Provided always that all Buildings and other Public Accomodations shall be provided by and at the Cost and Expence of said Town of Weathersfield, The aforesaid Grant to continue during the Pleasure of the General Assembly.
Upon the Memorial of Daniel Judd of Colchester Shewing to this Assembly that his Son Jeheel Judd was an Inlisted Soldier in the State Service in Fort Griswold on the 6th Day of Septembr 1781, when and where he was Greviously Wounded and that By the Advice of Doct" Turner he removed his said Son to his own House where he boarded and Nursed his said Son untill and after the first of April 1782, that the Committee of Pay Table Liquidated and Settled his Accounts untill said first of April 1782 and no longer having no Orders to Settle any Accounts that have arisen since that Time by Reason of Wounds received in said Action, that since said first of April 1782 he has been at Expence in Boarding Nursing and tending his said Son and for Doctrs Bill the Sum of £8 15 0 LMoney as Per Account produced for which he has received no Reward Praying Relief &c as Per Memorial on File.
Resolved by this Assembly that the Committee of Pay Table be and
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they are hereby Ordered to Receive Liquidate and Settle said Account in the same Manner as the Account before said first of April 1782, were Settled and draw Orders on the Treasurer for the Same.
Upon the Memorial of Mary LeBaron of Plimouth Shewing to this Assembly that she is the only surviving Parent and Grant Parent of Mrs Lidia Beadle and her Children late of Weathersfield Deceasd by whose untimely and tragical Death she is reduced to great Distress Praying that she and her two Surviving Daughters might be entituled to receive the whole of the Clear Estate of William Beadle late of said Weathersfield Decd &c as Per Memorial on File
Resolved by this Assembly that the Memorialist be and she is hereby entituled to all the Clear Estate of the said William Deceasd that shall remain after the Payment of all his Just Debts and funeral Expences with the Cost of Settling said Estate, And the Court of Probate for the District of Hartford is hereby directed to Order and Distribute the Same to the Memorialist accordingly for the Use of herself and her Surviving Daughters forever.
Upon the Memorial of John Porter of Goshen in Litchfield County Shewing to this Assembly that he served in the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army in the Year 1779 for about six Months, and that he was left out of the Pay Abstract and that he has not received any Pay for said Service Praying for releif &c as Per Memorial on File,
Resolved by this Assembly that the Pay Table be and they are hereby Impowered and directed to draw on the Treasurer for such Sum as they on Examination shall find Justly due to said Porter for his aforesaid Services.
Upon the Memorial of Israel Jones and others Inhabitants of the North East Part of the Town of Barkhempted, Shewing that they are so situated that they cannot conveniently attend public Worship and enjoy other Parish Priveleges in said Barkhemsted And that they can enjoy said Priveleges with great Conveniency in the first Society in the Town of Hartland Praying to have one Mile and a half Square at the North East Part of said Barkhemsted Set off and annexed to said first Society in said Hartland as Per Memorial on File-
Resolved by this Assembly that one Mile and a half Square at the North East part of the Town of Barkhempsted with the Inhabitants be and the Same are hereby set off from said Barkhempsted and annexed to the first Society in said Hartland to participate in the Priveleges and the Burthens in said first Society.
Upon the Memorial of Colº Matthew Mead Shewing to this Assem- bly that when in Command at Horseneck in the Year 1779 he took for the Use of the Troops under his Command two head of Cattle belonging to Jabez Sherwood of said Horseneck who has since brought his Action
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against said Memorialist who has been Compelled to pay the Sum of twenty odd Pounds Damages &c and likewise setting forth that said Cattle were taken for Public Use, who have never paid for the Same, and that the Memorialist hath been to twenty four Pounds fifteen shil- lings LMoney Debt and Cost Praying restitution be made for said Cattle &c as Per Memorial on File-
Resolved by this Assembly that the Committee of Pay Table be directed to allow the Memorialist the Value of the above mentioned Beef weiging eight Hundred and fifty six Pounds and draw on the Treasurer for the Same.
Upon the Memorial of Samuel King a Refugee from Long Island now resident or Inhabitant of Midletown Shewing to this Assembly that in Novembr last he was convicted of going to long Island without a per- mit and was sentenced to three Months Imprisonment which he hath Suffered and hath also Suffered more than three Months confinement for the Cost which he is wholly unable to pay or to procure Surety therefor, and that he must forever remain in Confinement unless released by this Assembly Praying this Assembly to Order and Decree that the Sheriff release him the Memorialist from his Imprisonment on his giving his own Security for said Cost which is about twenty Pounds lawfull Money ---
Resolved by this Assembly that the Sheriff release out of Goal the said Samuel King and he is hereby Ordered and directed to release the said Samuel King from Goal he giving his own Obligation for the whole of the Cost already made payable within three Years with Interest after Payable if delayed.
Whereas Charles Caldwell with a number of his Creditors hath preferred his Petition to this Assembly Praying for an Act of Exemp- tion from his old Debts contracted antecedent to a certain Period as Per Petition &c, and there being no Opportunity for the hearing of said Petition at this Time by reason of the Public Business &c.
Resolved by this Assembly that said Petition be and the Same is hereby Continued to the General Assembly at their next Sessions and in the mean Time that the Person and Estate of the said Charles be exemp- ted from Execution or Attachment and that no Conveyance of his said Estate either real or Personal shall be valid but remain in the Same State in which it now is.
On the Memorial of John Mead and Jabez Fitch of Greenwich in behalf of themselves and the rest of the Sufferers in the Town of Green- wich whose Property has been destroyed by the Enemy since March 1779 Praying that a Committee may be appointed to estimate the Dam- ages as Per Memorial &c.
Resolved by this Assembly that Colo Philip B Bradley and Colo Nehemiah Beardsley be and they hereby are appointed a Committee to
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repair to said Greenwich and estimate the Damages done in said Town by the Enemy since the Month of March 1779 and Report make to the next Session of this Assembly.
Upon the Memorial of the Town of Windsor by their Agents, and of Josiah Allyn and others and of George Griswold and others Inhabitants of said Windsor, Shewing that the Bridge across Windsor Ferry River between the first and fourth Societies was carried away in the Winter Past by the Ice, That it would be of Public Advantage that said Bridge when Built anew, should be so constructed as to leave a free Passage for Vessells, up said River to the Society of Poquonock, and that said Town had by their Vote agreed to Build their Bridges in the following manner to wit the said first and fourth Society to erect and maintain all Bridges within their Limits the Society of Poquonock all within their Limits &c and the said Society of Wintonbury all within their Limitts &c as Per Memorial &c, Whereupon a Committee has been appointed to view &c and said Report being now accepted and approved &c.
Resolved by this Assembly that said Town of Windsor do and shall for the future Build erect and maintain at the Proper Cost and Charge of the sd Town the said Bridge at the Place where it before stood between said first and fourth Societies in such form and manner as may let Vessels to Pass through the Same when Occasion shall require, And also that said Town shall as occasion requires Build and maintain said Bridge at Poquonock where it now Stands and also all other necessary Bridges within said Town all at the proper Cost of said Town.
Upon the Memorial of Elijah Wimpey David Fowler and Samuel Adams in behalf of themselves and their Brethren Indians formerly of this State but lately Refugees from the Vicinity of Onoida Shewing to this Assembly that there is now in the Hands of Doct" Solomon Smith of Hartford the Sum of £16 17 0 Old Continental Currency £ 19 6 11 in Bills of Credit of this State emitted before the first of January 1780 & £12 13 0 in Bills of this State emitted since the first Day of January aforesaid which was Collected by Contribution for the Use of the sd Indians, who are very desirous of returning to their former Habitation near Onoida, that they are under very needy Circumstances and said Paper Money is to them Useless Praying for some Relief &c as Per Memorial on File.
Resolved by this Assembly that upon the aforesaid Bills being paid and delivered into the Treasury of this State the Treasurer be and he is hereby directed to pay out of said Treasury unto the said Doct" Smith the Sum of £33 1 8 LMoney to be by him paid the Revd Samuel Kirk- land Missionary for the Use of said Indians.
Upon the Report of Joseph Spencer William Williams and Nathan- iel Wales Esqrs a Committee appointed by this Assembly in May last to repair to Mohegan and enquire into Sundry Matters of Greivance
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Represented by the Memorial of Zachary Johnson Old Councillor of the Mohegan Tribe of Indians and others and to Report with their Opinion,* which Report is accepted as on File.
Whereupon Resolved by this Assembly that the List of said Tribe of Indians made out by said Committee and referred to in their Report be lodged on the File as the Register of said Tribe, and that the Over- seers of said Indians be directed in future to keep an Account of the Increase or Decrease of said Tribe, and lay before this Assembly as shall be thought proper, That the Overseers in leasing out such of their Lands as may be proper endeavour to Gratify the Indians as far as may be in admitting such Tenants as are acceptable to them, and such as are Honest and faithfull That they lease them to the best advantage, distribute the Rents or Incomes in due proportion having a special regard to their Old & helpless and keep fair Accounts of the Avails or Distributions, that no Stranger or Person not belonging to said Tribe be permitted in future to come into Continue or reside on the Lands of said Tribe without Consent and leave of the Overseers, who are hereby Authorized by Writing under their Hands to warn any such Person or Persons to depart the Same within such Time as they shall limit on the Penalty provided by the Law respecting the Admission of Inhabitants in Towns and to prosecute any disobedience to such Warning in their own Names to final Judgment and Execution, That no Person not belonging to said Tribe be allowed to purchase take Cut or carry away any Wood Timber or other Property of said Indians, without the Consent of said Overseers on Penalty of being deemed and punished as Trespassers, and said Overseers are hereby Authorized to Institute and prosecute any Suit or Suits against any Person or Persons for any of said Offences, or other punishable Offence committed against the Person or Property of said Indians or any of them in manner as aforesaid that the said Overseers be and they are Authorized to Assign to particular Indians their proportion of Fence according to their Improvement and to punish their neglect of Duty in making and maintaining the Same or other Misfeazances by withholding proportions of Rent or other proper Restraints. That any Tenant to any particular Indian be con- fined as to Improvement and Wood to the Occupancy of his Owner unless by Licence and under Penalty as aforesaid,
And it is further Resolved that the said Overseers be and are hereby Authorized if they judge it for the best good of the Tribe and with the Consent of the Major Part of the Male Inhabitants of Lawfull Age to divide the remaining Wood and other unoccupied Lands, as to Use & Improvement for necessary Purposes to and among the Several Familys of Indians, and to make such Alterations and Regulations from Time to Time as their Circumstances and Justice shall require, And Whereas old Councillor Zachary Johnson being of Pure Mohegan Blood and ever a fixed Friend to this Colony and State having no Children and is old and unable to Labour the said Overseers are hereby directed to supply
* See Conn. State Recs., IV, 213.
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him and his Wife out of the Avails of the Lands with all the necessaries and Comforts of Life so long as they shall severally live.
Upon the Memorial of George Munro of the Town of Brookhaven on Long Island in the State of New York Shewing to this Assembly that he was prosecuted and Convicted before the Honble County Court in the County of New Haven for bringing from Long Island a Peice of Cloath and a small Quantity of Salt, and that he was Sentenced to be Imprisoned for eighteen Months six of which he hath already suffered in Hartford Goal, and that his Father and Friends live upon Long Island and are willing to Assist him to Satisfy the Cost of his Prosecu- tion which is about £11 0 0, and that they are desirous that he should return Home Praying to be Liberated as Pr Memorial on File.
Resolved by this Assembly that the Memorialist be and he is hereby Liberated from his said Confinement upon his paying the Cost of his Prosecution and any former Prosecution that shall be Taxed and allowed by the County Court in the County of New Haven, And also Pay to the Sheriff of the County of Hartford the Expences that have or may arise in consequence of this Confinement, And the Goal Keeper is hereby Ordered and directed to Liberate the Memorialist on his making payment as aforesaid.
Upon the Memorial of Ebenezer Snow of Mansfield in the County of Windham Shewing that his Son Ebenezer Snow Deceasd had Money due him from this State for Wages for serving in the Continental Army, the Account whereof hath been Liquidated by the Committee appointed to settle the Accounts of the Officers and Soldiers of this State, that said Deceasd left a Widow in Orange County in the State of New York and left no Estate, except what is due for said Services, that he was not in Debt except a few Shillings, which the Memorialist is willing to pay Praying that the Securities for said Wages may be Issued for the Benefit of the said Widow without the Trouble and expence of taking Administration &c As Per Memorial on File.
Resolved by this Assembly that the Committee of Pay Table be directed to Certify to the Treasurer the Sum due for the said Services of the said Deceasd and that the Treasurer Issue a Note or Notes for the Same payable to said Widow and deliver the same to the Memorialist for her Benefit and he shall be accountable for the Debts due from said Deceased Ebenezer not exceeding the Amount of said Wages.
Upon the Memorial of Lemuel Brooks of Middletown Shewing to this Assembly that he stands prosecuted for a Breach of the Law of this State against Illicit Trade which Process is depending before the Superior Court in the County of Hartford, that he was unwarily drawn into the Commission of said Offence and has suffered in his Person and Property and Praying a Pardon &c As Per Memorial on File-
Resolved by this Assembly that on the Memorialists Paying the legal
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Cost arisen on said Information the said Information & Process be discontinued.
Upon the Memorial of Solomon Leet of Guilford in the County of New Haven, Shewing to this Assembly that he lived near the Sea or Sound where his Interest chiefly lay and was continually exposed to the Inroads of the Enemy and that he has frequently been alarmed and had his Stock taken off, And that to compleat his Misfortunes has lost his House, two Barns Cow House and almost the whole of his Hous- hold Furniture consumed by the Enemy, and that he is much reduced in his Circumstances and unable to pay his Public Taxes without dis- tressing his Family Praying for a release of Public Taxes as Per Memorial on File-
Resolved by this Assembly that the Memorialist be and he is hereby discharged from the Payment of all the State Taxes which are now due from him or that may be laid on his Lists for the Years 1781 and 1782.
Whereas this Assembly in January last Resolved that the Person and Estate of Jonathan Wells Esq" of Glastonbury should be protected and exempted, that he might have Opportunity to bring his Petition &c as by Act of Assembly &c* And Whereas he hath now brott forward his said Petition Praying for releif from the Demands of his Creditors, which is now Continued upon the Motion of said Creditors and he Pray- ing that he may in the mean Time be protected as heretofore &c.
Resolved by this Assembly, that the Person and Estate of the said Jonathan be and the Same are hereby protected and exempted from any Attachment or Execution of any of his Creditors untill the rising of the General Assembly in October next and that in the mean Time he shall not Sell or dispose of any of his Estate either real or Personal.
Upon the Memorial of Samuel Fuller and others of Stafford Shewing that the second Society in said Stafford are in a divided State owing principally to the Sentiments of Mr Foster their Pastor Pray- ing for releif &c as Per Memorial &c-
Resolved by this Assembly that Colo Samuel Mott, Hezekiah Bissell & Shubael Abby Esqrs be and they are hereby appointed a Committee to repair to the said Society of Stafford and enquire into the Facts alledged in said Memorial and all other Difficulties subsisting among them hear all Parties, and Report make with their Opinion thereon to the General Assembly in October next.t
Upon the Petition of Mathias Leaming Shewing that being involved in Debt and to gain Time to satisfy his Creditors by the Sale of his out Lands, he made a Deed of his Land in Farmington Where he lived to his
* See above, p. 29.
t See below, p. 308.
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Brother the Revd Mr Leaming of Norwalk without the Privity of his said Brother or ever to this Day receiving one Penny Consideration of him or any security therefor that he on the Day of the Execution of the Deed lodged it with the Register of the Town of Farmington and it was Recorded, accordingly at the Petitioners request, That his said Brother soon after went off to New York and his Estate hath been since confiscated and the Petitioners Estate in Consequence of the Deed aforesaid hath been disposed of for Public Use as Per Petition &c Pray- ing for Relief &c.
Resolved by this Assembly that Stephen M Mitchell Isaac Lee & John Treadwell Esqrs be and they are hereby appointed a Committee with full Power to call all Persons anyways concerned in any of the Transactions mentioned or referred to in said Petition or Memorial before them and enquire into the Facts set forth with all Circumstances relative thereto and their Report with their Opinion to make to the General Assembly at their next Session .*
Upon the Memorial of John Osborn and James Knap belonging to the fourth Brigade of Militia; Shewing that they served six Months in the Years AD 1779 & 1780 in the Continental Army and by reason of the Pay Master appointed for said Brigade not undertaking said Trust they are not paid; which Memorial was referred to a Committee to Report what ought to be done for the Memorialist and others in like Circumstances, which Committee having Reported as Per Memorial and Report on File.
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