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Daniel Hoyt
Daniel Hoyt (also Daniel Hoit) (January 1, 1681 – August 13, 1764) was a member of the House of Representatives of the Colony of Connecticut from Norwalk in the session of October 1734. He was the son of Zerrubabel Hoyt and Hannah Knapp. He was the grandson of Walter Hoyt Walter Hoyt (also seen as Haite, Hayte, Hoit, Haight) (September 6, 1618 – 1698) was a founding settler of Norwalk, Connecticut. He served as a deputy of the General Court of the Connecticut Colony from Norwalk between 1658 and 1662, and, when ..., the Norwalk settler. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoyt, Daniel 1681 births 1764 deaths Deacons Members of the Connecticut House of Representatives Politicians from Norwalk, Connecticut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connecticut House Of Representatives
The Connecticut State House of Representatives is the lower house in the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The house is composed of 151 members representing an equal number of districts, with each constituency containing nearly 22,600 residents. Representatives are elected to two-year terms with no term limits. The House convenes within the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford. History The House of Representatives has its basis in the earliest incarnation of the General Assembly, the "General Corte" established in 1636 whose membership was divided between six generally elected magistrates (the predecessor of the Connecticut Senate) and three-member "committees" representing each of the three towns of the Connecticut Colony (Hartford, Wethersfield, and Windsor). The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, adopted in 1639, replaced the committees with deputies; each town would elect three or four deputies for six-month terms. Although ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connecticut Colony
The ''Connecticut Colony'' or ''Colony of Connecticut'', originally known as the Connecticut River Colony or simply the River Colony, was an English colony in New England which later became Connecticut. It was organized on March 3, 1636 as a settlement for a Puritan congregation, and the English permanently gained control of the region in 1637 after struggles with the Dutch. The colony was later the scene of a bloody war between the colonists and Pequot people, Pequot Indians known as the Pequot War. Connecticut Colony played a significant role in the establishment of self-government in the New World with its refusal to surrender local authority to the Dominion of New England, an event known as the Charter Oak incident which occurred at Jeremy Adams' inn and tavern. Two other English settlements in the State of Connecticut were merged into the Colony of Connecticut: Saybrook Colony in 1644 and New Haven Colony in 1662. Leaders Thomas Hooker delivered a sermon to his congregatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwalk, Connecticut
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Joseph Birchard
Joseph Birchard (February 1673 – March 9, 1755) was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk, Connecticut Colony The ''Connecticut Colony'' or ''Colony of Connecticut'', originally known as the Connecticut River Colony or simply the River Colony, was an English colony in New England which later became Connecticut. It was organized on March 3, 1636 as a settl ... in the sessions of May 1730 and May 1734. He was the son of John Birchard, a founding settler and town clerk of Norwich and Christian Andrews. On December 15, 1709, he, along with Thomas Betts, John Betts, and John Gregory, Jr., was authorized by a town meeting to dam a creek for the purposes of building a grist mill. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Birchard, Joseph 1673 births 1755 deaths Members of the Connecticut House of Representatives Politicians from Norwalk, Connecticut Politicians from Norwich, Connecticut People from Wilton, Connecticut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Marvin (Connecticut Politician)
John Marvin (September 2, 1678–February 2, 1776) was a member of the House of Representatives of the Colony of Connecticut from Norwalk in the sessions of May 1734, and May 1738. Biography John Marvin was the son of Matthew Marvin, Jr. and Mary Brush. In 1708, he was appointed town collector of the town of Norwalk. On December 14, 1711, he was chosen surveyor of highways. On December 18, 1712, he was on a committee to obtain a teacher for the school. He was chosen as a selectman in 1706, 1713 and 1719. He served as a constable in 1717. He served as fence viewer in 1721 and 1729. He served as a "lyster," in 1724. In 1734 and 1738 he represented Norwalk in the General Assembly. In 1718, he, along with others was chosen to lay before "a wise and judicious committee" the "surcomstances of ye town in their present differences respecting the meeting-house." In 1734, along with Joseph Platt, he was appointed to lay out the land granted by the town "in ye plain before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Platt (politician)
Joseph Platt (February 17, 1672 – June 12, 1748) was a member of the House of Representatives of the Colony of Connecticut from Norwalk. He was the longest serving representative from Norwalk. He served as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives between 1705 and 1748 representing Norwalk in 38 sessions. He was born on February 17, 1672, in Norwalk, the youngest son of John Platt, and Hannah Clark. He received a grant of 10 acres of land from the town of Norwalk for his services in the "swamp fight", on February 21, 1698. Joseph was a town selectman for nine years. On June 3, 1723, he was appointed by a town meeting to be chairman of committee to seat the new meeting-house. On February 18, 1725-6, he was appointed at town meeting to a committee to obtain, and set stones for the entrance to the meeting house. At the same meeting, he was appointed to a committee to regulate the difficulties arising from minister Buckingham. He was a justice of the peace for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Hanford
Samuel Hanford (April 22, 1674 – February 2, 1751) was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk in the sessions of October 1705, May 1707, May 1708, May 1711, May 1714, October 1717, October 1719, May 1720, October 1722, October 1733, May and October 1735, May and October 1736, and May and October 1737. He also served as Norwalk town clerk from 1707 to 1708. He served as a justice of the peace for Norwalk in 1711, 1723, 1724, and from 1735 until his death in 1751. He served as a selectman for seven years. He was the son of Reverend Thomas Hanford Thomas Hanford (July 22, 1621 – 1693) was a founding settler of Norwalk, Connecticut. He was the first minister in Norwalk, and continued in charge of the settlement's church for forty-one years, until his death in 1693. In addition to his spir ... and Mary Miles. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hanford, Samuel 1674 births 1751 deaths Burials in East Norwalk Historical Cemetery Connect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Lockwood (Connecticut Politician)
James Lockwood (April 21, 1683 – May 5, 1769) was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk, Connecticut Colony The ''Connecticut Colony'' or ''Colony of Connecticut'', originally known as the Connecticut River Colony or simply the River Colony, was an English colony in New England which later became Connecticut. It was organized on March 3, 1636 as a settl .... He was the youngest son of Ephraim Lockwood and Mercy St. John and the brother of Eliphalet Lockwood. Lockwood served in the following sessions of the House: * May 1721 * May 1722 * October 1723 * October 1724 * May 1726 * May 1727 * May 1729 * May and October 1732 * May 1733 * May and October 1735 * May 1738 * October 1739 * May and October 1740 * October 1742 * May 1746 * October 1748 * October 1749 * October 1751 He was appointed a justice of the peace by the General Assembly from 1744 to 1756. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Lockwood, James 1683 births 1769 death ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Canaan, Connecticut
New Canaan () is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 20,622 according to the 2020 census. About an hour from Manhattan by train, the town is considered part of Connecticut's Gold Coast. The town is bounded on the south by Darien, on west by Stamford, on the east by Wilton, on the southeast by Norwalk, and on the north by Lewisboro and Pound Ridge in Westchester County, New York. New Canaan is known for its architecture and public parks such as Waveny Park, and a town center with boutiques. Residents sing carols on God's Acre every Christmas Eve, a town tradition since 1916. Additionally, New Canaan is one of the wealthiest towns in the country, appearing in multiple rankings of the nation’s richest zip codes. It is also known for its public school system, which in 2018 was ranked as the top public school system in Connecticut, and in 2008 the third-best in the country. History In 1731, Connecticut's colonial legislature establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connecticut
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its capital is Hartford and its most populous city is Bridgeport. Historically the state is part of New England as well as the tri-state area with New York and New Jersey. The state is named for the Connecticut River which approximately bisects the state. The word "Connecticut" is derived from various anglicized spellings of "Quinnetuket”, a Mohegan-Pequot word for "long tidal river". Connecticut's first European settlers were Dutchmen who established a small, short-lived settlement called House of Hope in Hartford at the confluence of the Park and Connecticut Rivers. Half of Connecticut was initially claimed by the Dutch colony New Netherland, which included much of the land between the Connecticut and Delaware Rivers, although the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Keeler
John Keeler (February 9, 1654 – May 19, 1717) was a member of the General Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut from Norwalk in the October 1698 session. He was the son of Ralph Keeler and Sarah Howes and the brother of Samuel Keeler Samuel Keeler (1656 – May 19, 1713) was a member of the House of Representatives of the Colony of Connecticut from Norwalk in the sessions of October 1701, October 1703, May 1704, May 1706, May 1709 and October 1709. He is listed as a foundin .... The Norwalk town meeting of February 20, 1679 named him among four "masters or overseers of those pounds by five mile river side." His name appears in a 1694 list of "persons who are members of town meetings, who have a vote and suffrage in town affairs." The question of whether to repair and enlarge the meeting house or to build a new one "on the place where John Keeler's barn stands" was considered at a town meeting January 9, 1719. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Keeler, John 1654 births 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Hoyt
Walter Hoyt (also seen as Haite, Hayte, Hoit, Haight) (September 6, 1618 – 1698) was a founding settler of Norwalk, Connecticut. He served as a deputy of the General Court of the Connecticut Colony from Norwalk between 1658 and 1662, and, when it was renamed, as a deputy of the Connecticut General Assembly between 1662 and 1681. He was a Norwalk selectman in 1672. Early life He was the son of Simon Haite (1595–1657) and Deborah Stowers. He came to America in 1628, with his father and brother, Nicholas Hoyt (b. 1620), at the age of ten. Career In 1640, he was known to own about 64 acres of land in Windsor, Connecticut Colony. In 1653, Walter came to Norwalk, among the first settlers. He served in the General Court of the Connecticut Colony in the sessions of October 1658, May and October 1661, May and October 1667, October 1668, May 1670, May 1671, May 1672, October 1673, October 1674, May 1676, May 1678, and October 1681. In May 1672, Walter Hoyte was among those whose n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
