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Upon the Memorial of Lieut John Way of New London Shewing to this Assembly that for the Term of three Years he served this State as a Lieut in Fort Griswold under Capt Latham that during said Time
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he was sick and at necessary Expence to Physicians and Nurses to the Amount of £11 2 6 as Per Memorial on File,
Resolved by this Assembly that the Memorialist be allowed the Expence of Doctr & Medicines being three Pounds six shillings & six- pence 1Money and that the Treasurer be directed to pay the Same out of the 12ª Tax.
Upon the Memorial of Seley Gregory of Norwalk Administrator on the Estate of John Gregory Jun" late of Norwalk Decd Shewing to this Assembly that on the 14th Day of May 1778, the said John Gregory Decd received of John Lawrence Esqr Treasurer a State Note for the Sum of £10 0 0 Nº. 1107 on Interest at six Per Cent, and when the Enemy in July 1779 made their Incursion into said Town of Norwalk they burnt the dwelling House where the said John Decd then lived in which said Note together with a number of other Papers was burnt up and destroyed Praying that the Treasurer be directed to make and execute a Note to said Memorialist of the same Tenor and Date with the aforesaid Note as Per Memorial on File-
Resolved by this Assembly that John Lawrence Esq" Treasurer be and he is hereby directed to make and execute a State Note to the Memorialist of the Same Tenor and Date of the before mentioned Note taking security to Indemnify this State against the Payment of the Note said to be lost.
Upon the Memorial of William Baldwin and Margaret Baldwin of Branford in the County of New Haven Shewing to this Assembly that Richard Baldwin late of said Branford Deceasd on the 20th Day of Nov" AD 1761 being indebted to Charles Ward Apthorp of the City of New York in the Sum of £338 18 8 LMoney of the then Province of New York and for security of the Payment of the aforesaid Sum con- veyed unto said Apthorp by a Deed of Bargain and Sale about five Acres of Land in said Branford the Homstead of him the said Richard, and afterwards made unto said Apthorp part Payment of said Debt and said Apthorps Estate has been in due course of Law confiscated and James Hilhouse Esq" of New Haven is Administrator on said confis- cated Estate and is about to take from the Memorialists the above- mentioned Premisses Praying that the Memorialists Sole Heirs of said Richard Decd may have Liberty to pay for the abovementioned Prem- isses unto the said Administrators in State Securities Such a Sum as the same shall be apprized to be worth in lawfull Money by Judicious Men there unto to be appointed, and the said James Hilhouse be directed to Execute unto them a Deed of Quit Claim of said Premisses and to discharge the aforesaid Debt so due unto said confiscated Estate as Per Memorial &c.
Resolved by this Assembly that Colo Edward Russell, John Burgiss Esqr & Colº Noah Fowler be and hereby are appointed to appraize under Oath the aforesaid Premisses and the Buildings thereon according to the
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Just value of the same in lawfull Money and upon the Memorialists Paying unto the said James Hilhouse Esq" such Sum as said Premisses shall be apprized at as aforesaid in State Securities for hard Money now due and Payable, and so to be paid unto him the said James Hil- house Esq" Administrator as aforesaid within the Term of six Months, the said James Hilhouse Esq" be and hereby is Ordered and directed upon said Payment being so made to make and execute unto the said William & Margaret a Deed of Quit Claim or Release of all the Right Title and Interest the said Apthorp at the Time of said confiscation had unto said Premisses or this State now hath unto the Same and to dis- charge the Estate of said Richard from the aforesaid Debts unto the Confiscated Estate of said Apthorp.
Upon the Memorial of Joseph Walker of Stratford Shewing to this Assembly that in the Year 1781, he purchased of Colo John Chandler at Public Auction a Tract of Land in Stratford forfeited to this State and Ordered to be Sold by said Chandler Praying for Liberty to pay for the Same in Securities due from this State for Services done in the Army as Per Memorial on File,
Resolved by this Assembly that the Treasurer of this State be and he is hereby Authorized and directed to make execute and deliver to the said Joseph Walker a Deed of said Tract of Land so purchased by him upon his paying for the Same in Securities due from this State for Services done in the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army and the said Colº Chandler is hereby directed to Certify to the Committee of Pay Table a true Description of said Land and the Price at which the same was bid off by said Walker.
Upon the Memorial of Hannah Rowley of Hebron in the County of Hartford Shewing to this Assembly that her late Husband Capt Abijah Rowley late of said Hebron Deceasd had the Command of a Company at the Northward in the Year 1776 where he sickened and died and there being no Hospital Stores in that Department at that Time the said Capt Rowley did procure sundry necessary Articles for the Sick to the amount of £4 8 21/4 LMoney and payed his own Money therefor and also procured a Drum for the Company under his command for which he paid thirty five shillings LMoney as Per Memorial on File
Resolved by this Assembly that the Committee of Pay Table be directed and they are hereby directed to adjust said Account and draw an Order on the Treasurer of this State for the Ballance they shall find due to said Memorialist and Charge this State for the Same.
Upon the Memorial of Thomas Sheldon and Samuel Sheldon both of Litchfield Shewing to this Assembly that there is due from the Estate of the Honble Elisha Sheldon late of Litchfield Deceasd to the con- fiscated Estate of Charles MeEvers the Sum of £167 11 6 LMoney and that there is due from this State in Public Securities to the Heirs of
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said Elisha Sheldon Esq' a larger Sum than the Sum abovementioned Praying for Liberty to pay said Debt due to said Confiscated Estate in any Public Securities against this State &c as Per Memorial on File,
Resolved by this Assembly that the Administr" on said MeEvers confiscated Estate be and he is hereby directed to receive of the Memo- rialists the aforesaid Sum of £167 11 6 in any public Securitys against this State for lawfull Money Payable at any Time at or before the first Day of June AD 1783 And that upon the payment thereof in manner aforesaid the Memorialist be discharged from said Debts.
Upon the Memorial of Abraham Fuller of Kent in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut Shewing to this Assembly that he is Overseer and Conservator of Indian Natives in Scatacook in said Kent And Whereas there is a Peice of Land in said Scatacook adjoining Warsops Farm on the Southwardly Corner of Scaticook lying con- tiguous to New York Line and remote from the Improvement in said Scatacook and at present unimproved, and lying so far out of the way of Your Memorialist that great Encroachments are almost continually made upon it, and the Timber almost all cut off by People living in the State of New York whereby Your Memorialist is put to great difficulty and inconvenience and the Memorialist is put to considerable Expence in Times of Sickness among said Natives Praying for Liberty to Sell thirty or forty Acres of said Land and the Money arising from said Sale to be put to Interest for the releif of those of said Natives as from Time to Time shall be in want and Distress as Per Memorial on File-
Resolved by this Assembly that the said Abraham Fuller be Impowered and he is hereby Impowered to Sell forty Acres of the abovesaid Land at the Apprizal of Indifferent Men And to execute a Deed or Deeds to the Person or Persons purchasing the Same and to let out the Moneys arising on the Sale of said Lands on Interest taking good Security for the Same and the Annual Interest arising on the Same to be applied for the purpose abovesaid.
Upon the Memorial of Abraham Gregory of Norwalk Shewing to this Assembly that he was in the Year 1781 a Serjeant in Capt Samuel Keelers Company of Coast Guards stationed in said Norwalk, and in the Month of August of said Year he was taken Prisoner by the Enemy from Long Island and carryed into New York there confined in Provost till some Time in the Month of Decembr following in which Time he had the small Pox and was likewise Sick with other kind of Disorders such as the Dropsy &c with which he returned to Norwalk and continued so Sick for some Months by reason whereof he was put to great Cost and Expence and likewise a Doctors Bill amounting to two Pounds fifteen shillings and sixpence LMoney and being Poor and unable to pay the Same Prays this Assembly to Order and direct the Committee of Pay Table to draw on the Treasurer of this State for said Sum of £2 15 6 as Per Memorial on File,
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Resolved by this Assembly that the Committee of Pay Table be and they are hereby directed to draw an Order on the Treasurer for said Sum of £2 15 6 to pay said Doctrs Bill.
Upon the Memorial of Daniel Humphry Conservator of the Person and Estate of Hannah Mills Shewing to this Assembly that there is due to him in said Capacity of Conservator from the Estate of said Hannah for his disbursements and expenditures in Supporting and providing for her the Year past the Sum of £14 6 3 LMoney as adjusted and allowed by the Honble County Court held at Hartford on the first Tuesday of April last for which said Sum the said Hannah has no Moneys or Moveable Estate to pay and Satisfy said Debts, Praying for Liberty to Sell so much of the real Estate of the said Hannah as may be Sufficient to Pay said Debt with the incident Charges arising on said Sale,
Resolved by this Assembly that the said Daniel Humphry have Liberty and Liberty and Authority is hereby Given him to Sell so much of the real Estate of the said Hannah as may Suffice to pay and Satisfy said Sum of £14 6 3 LMoney with the incident Charges arising on said Sale taking the direction of the Court of Probate for the District of Symsbury within.
Upon the Memorial of the Select Men of the Town of Ridgfield Shewing to this Assembly that Philip Burr Bradley Esq" supposing himself to be duely Qualified by taking the Oath of Fidelity to the United States to execute the Office of a Justice of the Peace for the County of Fairfield, instead of taking the Oath of Fidelity to this State hath executed that Office from about the 1st Day of Decembr 1781 untill the Session of Assembly in January 1783 without taking the last men- tioned Oath and that there is dang of Contention and Litigation unless prevented by the Interposition of this Assembly Praying for Releif &c.
Resolved by this Assembly for preventing Disputes and Contentions that the Acts and Doings of said Justice during said Term be and they are hereby declared to be good and valid in Law to all Intents and purposes as though the said Justice before entering on the Execution of his said Office had taken the Oath of Fidelity to this State.
Upon the Memorial of Frederick Phelps of Harwington Shewing to this Assembly that the Town has of late been greatly infested by Wolves, that some Time in January last he fortunately killed a Wolf large and full grown and Praying for such Bounty or Premium as the Honble Assembly shall Judge proper,
Resolved by this Assembly that a Bounty or Premium of forty shil- lings lawfull Money be granted to the Memorialist in consideration of his having destroyed the said Animal and the Treasurer of this State is ordered to pay the same accordingly.
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Upon the Memorial of Eleazer Stent one of the Select Men of the Town of Branford in behalf of himself and the rest of the Select Men of the said Town of Branford, Shewing to this Assembly that William Guy of said Branford by reason of Epileptic Fits to which he has been subject almost from a Child has for a number of Years past been wholly unable to support himself or afford any Assistance therefore by reason thereof the Select Men of the said Town of Bran- ford ever since the Death of his the Wms Mother which happened the beginning of the Year 1782, have supported him the said William at the expence of the Town aforesaid, at the Rate of about eight Shillings Per Week and have already advanced more than twenty Pounds lawfull Money out of the Treasury of the said Town for that purpose, and the Same expence still going on and must continue during the Life of the said William there being 110 Person subject by Law to support him, And that the said William hath no Estate except two small Peices of Land, one containing about Seven Acres of rough Land the other two and half Acres under Improvement and one ninth part of an old dwelling House the whole supposed to be worth about thirty pound Praying that one or more of the Select Men of the said Town of Branford may be impowered to Sell the whole of the real Estate of the said William Guy &c as Per Memorial on File.
Resolved by this Assembly that the said Eleazer Stent be and he is hereby Impowered to Sell the whole of the real Estate of the said William Guy and give a Deed or Deeds of said Estate which Deed or Deeds shall be good and effectual in Law, and the Avails of such Sales to be applied by the Select Men of the Town of Branford toward the past & future Support of the said William Guy.
Upon the Memorial of Samuel H Parsons of Midletown Shewing to this Assembly That he gave his Note for £172 0 0 to Jabez Perkins Esq" Agent of this State payable the first of August 1782 for Provisions received by him on the Tax of 28/6ª on the Pound and that he then had due a much larger Sum on the Tax of 9ª on the Pound Payable in March 1782 which he expected to have received to have paid said Note but has been able to receive nothing therefrom And that said Agent has commenced a Suit thereon &c Praying that on his delivering to sª Agent Orders on the Taxes of 9d on the Pound payable in March 1782 & 1783 to the amount of sd Note and Cost he may be discharged of said Debt as Per Memorial on File.
Resolved by this Assembly that on the Memorialists delivering to said Agent Orders on sd 9ª Taxes to the Amount of said Note and the Cost arisen on said Suit that he be discharge of said Debt.
Upon the Memorial of Christopher Leffingwell, Joseph Hunt, Isaac Huntington, John Crary and Thomas Mumford Select Men of the Town of Norwich Shewing to this Assembly that Daniel Armstrong of said Norwich was some Years past the Owner and possessed of a consider- able Patrimonial Estate in Lands but by reason of a natural Deficiency
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of Judgment always made a very bad Use of his said Estate untill his Children came to be of Age and were likewise unfit to manage any Busi- ness without an Overseer, that said Daniel for most of the Time was under the direction of an Overseer untill some Time about fourteen or fifteen Years pasd the said Daniel was suffered to manage his own Business without Controul and in that Time conveyed his Land to his Sons Ebenezer and Daniel Armstrong who were as bad Husbands as the said Daniel, that said Ebenezer is Dead and left an only Son and Heir who is now under Age, that the said Daniel at the Time of Con- veying his Lands to his Sons took a Lease of the same to himself during Life by which means he has only the Improvement of said Lands and is now in Old Age and become Chargeable far exceeding the Rents of said Land, That the said Son of said Ebenezer Decd is an Impotent Child, and large Sums have been incurred in Expence for the support of said Daniel and his Family and for supporting said Impotent Child, and other Branches of sd Daniels helpless Family, That the said Daniel Armstrong Jun" who is also under an Overseer hath Advanced Some Money for said Daniel Armstrongs Family which is now due to him, That the whole Affairs of said Daniel Armstrong and his Family and of said Daniel Jun" and the said Impotent Child, are so complicated and perplexed that they cannot be settled in the Mode directed by Law with- out great Expence, Praying this Assembly to appoint and Authorize the Judge of Probate for the District of Norwich or some other meet Person to Liquidate and Settle the Debts dues and Demands due from said Daniel Armstrong and his Family &c As Per Memorial on File ---
Resolved by this Assembly that the Judge of Probate for the District of Norwich for the Time being and he is hereby Authorized and Impowered to Liquidate and Settle all the Just Debts dues and demands due from said Daniel Armstrong or Daniel Armstrong Jun' or either of them for the support of themselves and Family as also from the Estate of said Impotent Child and to give Orders for the Sale of Lands or other Estate belonging to said Daniel or that hath been conveyed by him to his said Sons as aforesaid for the Payment of such Debts and for the Support of said Daniel and his Family and Daniel Armstrong Jun" and his Family and of said Impotent Child in such manner as to Save the Town of Norwich harmless from the Expence of supporting said Daniel & Daniel Jun" and their Families and said Impotent Child as long as said Estate shall be sufficient to pay the same and every Deed of Land so Sold for the Purpose aforesaid made and executed in due form of Law by the Select Men of said Norwich for the Time being or by any Person so appointed by such Judge, and in pursuance of Orders Given for that purpose by such Judge shall be received in the Courts of Law in this State as sufficient Evidence of Title in the Purchaser.
Upon the Memorial of John Deshon Shewing to this Assembly that he did on the sixth Day of Septemb" 1781 at the request of Colo Wm
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Ledyard supply the Garison of Fort Griswold with a Quantity of Gun Powder as Per Memorial on File,
Resolved by this Assembly that the commanding Officer at Groton be and the same is hereby Ordered & directed to deliver unto the said John Deshon nine hundred weight of good Gun Powder out of the Stock belonging to this State now at Fort Griswold in satisfaction for the Powder supplyed as abovesaid.
Upon the Memorial of Christopher Leffingwell, John M Breed and Elihu Marvin all of Norwich and in behalf of said Town Shewing to this Assembly that said Town is at great expence for Bridges in said Town and that there is need of a good Bridge across the River Shetucket near the mouth thereof below the Ferry Place in said River. Praying for a Lottery to raise the Sum of £450 0 0 LMoney to be applied for that purpose as Per Memorial on File -
Resolved by this Assembly that the Town of Norwich have Liberty and Authority and the same is hereby granted to the said Town to set up and cause to be drawn a Lottery for the Purpose aforesaid in such manner as to raise the said Sum of £450 0 0 LMoney neet Proceeds of such Lottery, and to appoint proper Managers to direct and manage the Same which said Managers shall become bound with good and sufficient Surety in the Sum of £2000 LMoney to the Treasurer of said Town for their faithfull performance of their Trust in all respects as Managers of said Lottery, which said Managers shall cause said Lot- tery to be drawn and Compleated within One Year from the rising of this Assembly and shall be accountable to the Treasurer of said Town of Norwich for the whole Avails of said Lottery, And all Moneys raised on the Lottery aforesaid shall by Order of said Town of Norwich be applied to the Building a good Bridge across the said River at the Place aforesaid and if any of such Money shall remain on Hand after the Building such Bridge the same shall be expended in making a good Highway to said Bridge on the East Side of said River and the said Town of Norwich shall be accountable for the Doings of all Persons by them employed in said Lottery and See that the Monies so raised be duely expended for the purposes aforesaid.
Upon the Memorial of Richard Deshon of New London Shewing to this Assembly that he was appointed to the command of a Company in the Year 1776 in the Public Service, and having received a Sum of Money for the Purpose of raising said Company, distributed the Same among the Subaltern Officers of said Company for the purpose afore- said, and particularly to John Comstock Lieutent £130 LMoney who Inlisted eleven Soldiers and paid their Bounty amounting to £30 0 0 LMoney and the remaining Part of said Sum viz £100 being in his Possession for the purpose aforesaid, the said Comstock was unfortu- nately Slain in Battle with the Enemy on NYork Island, and his said Moneys and Papers all taken and destroyed by the Enemy in said Year,
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and Your Memorialist has been obliged to Account and pay the whole of said Money at the Pay Table as Per Memorial on File-
Resolved by this Assembly that the Pay Table be directed to Account with the Memorialist for value of £81 5 9 Currency due the 22ª Day of October 1777 by the Scale and the Pay Table Committee are directed to adiust the Account and draw on the Treasurer who shall execute a Note for the Sum due Payable in three Years from the 1st Day of June next with Interest till paid.
Upon the Memorial of Anne Clark of Plainfield in the County of Windham Shewing to this Assembly that she was on the first Day of January 1782 possessed in her own Right of six Pounds ten shillings in Bills emitted by this State of June and July 1780 Date and that she by accident lost said Money out of her Pocket on the said first Day of Jan- uary and that the same was torn to Pieces and destroyed Praying for Releif as Per Memorial on File.
Whereupon Resolved by this Assembly that the Treasurer of this State be and he is hereby directed to pay unto said Anne Clark five Pounds eighteen shillings in Bills of Credit of this State emitted the first Day of July 1780 exclusive of the Interest rising thereon.
Upon the Memorial of Lieut Colº Samuel Canfield late Commandt on the Western Frontiers of this State, Shewing to this Assembly that at the General Assembly held at Hartford in October now last pasd he was directed to call on the Select Men in the Several Towns in this State for the Arrearages of their sixpenny, onepenny halfpenny and fourpenny Beef Taxes to be received by said Memorialist for the pur- pose of procuring Provision Wood Forage &c for the Use of the Gar- rison under his command* And that upon Application to said Select Men he was Assured of a Supply for Said Garrison upon which he purchased Flour Teams Forage &c and obliged himself to make Pay- ment therefor, but the General Assembly in Feby last being pleased to Order that the abovementioned Taxes might be paid in Pay Table Order &c he was prevented collecting his expenditures aforesaid for which he became Personally obligated on the Credit of said Taxes to the amount of about £100 LMoney over and above what he hath received of said Select Men, and that he hath received of the Avails of the Sale of the Garrison at Stamford £31 1 7 LMoney the property of this State Praying that the the Committee of Pay Table may be Ordered to Liquidate Adjust and allow his Account and to allow him said £31 1 7 in part pay toward said Expenditures and that said Committee be also directed to draw an Order in his favour on the Treasurer of this State for the Sum of thirty Pounds LMoney out of the unappropriated Avails of confiscated Estates to enable him to pay up said obligations so by him given as aforesaid as Per Memorial on File,
* See Conn. State Recs., IV, 293-294.
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Resolved by this Assembly That the Committee of Pay Table be and they are hereby directed to Liquidate and Adjust the Memorialist Accounts, and that said Committee also allow to the Memorialist said £ 31 1 7 so by him already received of the Avails of said Garrison and also that said Committee draw an Order in favour of the Memorialist on the Treasurer for the Sum of £30 0 0 LMoney to be paid out of the unappropriated Avails of Confiscated Estates that he may be so far enabled to discharge said Obligations.
Upon the Report of a Committee appointed by the General Assembly at their Sessions in October 1782 on the Memorial of Stephen St John 2ª and others Inhabitants of the Town of Norwalk to estimate the Losses and Damages of said Memorialists in being Plundered and Captivated by the Enemy and to make such Abatements on their State Taxes in stich manner and to such Amount as they should think Just and reason- able. Shewing to this Assembly that on the 14th Day of Novemb 1782 said Committee repaired to said Town of Norwalk, agreeable to their said appointment, the Memorialist appeared and exhibited their Accounts of their said Losses and Damages, and after examining said Memorialist on Oath and other Evidence that was Produced, did estimate their several Losses & Damages as is hereafter set down in the Column of Losses and Damages affixed to their respective Names And that they be abated on their State Taxes on the List 1781, the Sums set against their Names respectively in the Column of the Sums abated as Per Report and Memo- rial on File-
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