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John Platt (settler)
''For other people named John Platt, see John Platt.'' John Platt (January 11, 1632 – November 6, 1705) was an early settler of Norwalk, Connecticut. He was a member of the General Court of the Colony of Connecticut 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 ... from Norwalk in several sessions between 1678 and 1694. He was the son of Richard Platt and Mary Wood. He moved from Milford to Norwalk, and received grants of land there in 1660, 1663 and 1672. He was a deacon of the church at Norwalk. He was sergeant of the Norwalk Train Band. In 1680 he was one of the three commissioners appointed to lay out the plantation north of Stamford. In 1687, he was appointed one of the three commissioners chosen to lay out Danbury. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Platt, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Platt (other)
John Platt may refer to: * John Platt (settler) (1632–1705), early settler of Norwalk, Connecticut * John Platt (sculptor) (1728–1810), English sculptor * John Platt (MP) (1817–1872), English manufacturer of textile machinery and Liberal politician * John Milton Platt (1840–1919), physician and political figure in Ontario, Canada * John Platt (artist) (1886–1967), English artist * John R. Platt (1918–1992), American physicist and biophysicist * John Talbot Platt (published from 1960s, died 1990), Australian linguist who documented the Kokatha dialect * John Platt (footballer) (born 1954), English goalkeeper * John Platt (computer scientist) John Carlton Platt (born 1963) is an American computer scientist. He is currently a Distinguished Scientist at Google. Formerly he was a Deputy Managing Director at Microsoft Research Redmond Labs. Platt worked for Microsoft from 1997 to 2015. Be ... (born 1963), Google scientist See also * Platt Brothers * John Platts (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Betts (Connecticut Politician)
Samuel Isaac Betts (April 4, 1660 – May 31, 1733) was a deputy of the General Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut from Norwalk in the sessions of May 1693, and a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in the session of May 1710. He was the son of Thomas and Mary Raymond Betts, and the brother of Thomas Betts Thomas Betts (June 3, 1650 – between September 5 and December 24, 1717) was a deputy of the General Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut from Norwalk in the sessions of May 1692, and October 1694, and a member of the Connecticut House of Re .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Betts, Samuel Isaac 1660 births 1733 deaths Deputies of the Connecticut General Assembly (1662–1698) Members of the Connecticut House of Representatives Politicians from Norwalk, Connecticut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trainband
Trainbands or Trained Bands were companies of militia in England or the Americas,The Century Company: ''The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, A Work of General Reference in all Departments of Knowledge'', New York, 1911, Volume X, p. 6422, https://books.google.com/books?id=4U3pAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA6422&lpg=PA6422&dq=%22train%27d+band%22#v=onepage&q=%22train'd%20band%22&f=false, last accessed 27 Oct 2018: "a body of trained men, especially soldiers."Jonathan Worton: Ludlow's Trained Band: A Study of Militiamen in Early Stuart England, ''Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research'', Vol. 91, No. 365 (Spring 2013), pp. 4–23, , last accessed 27 Oct 2018: "Two dozen militiamen—12 equipped as musketeers, 12 as pikemen—who dutifully assembled at Ludlow for the muster on 8 May 1632 constituted the town's Trained Band, a unit maintained at the charge of Ludlow's inhabitants with its ranks filled by local men."Charles J. Hoadly, State Librarian: ''The Public Records of the State o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milford, Connecticut
Milford is a coastal city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, located between New Haven and Bridgeport. The population was 50,558 at the 2020 United States Census. The city includes the village of Devon and the borough of Woodmont. Milford is part of the New York-Newark Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area. History Early history This area was occupied by indigenous peoples for thousands of years. At the time of English encounter, it was territory of the Paugusset (an Algonquian-speaking tribe). English colonists affiliated with the contemporary New Haven Colony purchased land which today comprises Milford, Orange, and West Haven on February 1, 1639 from Ansantawae, chief of the local Paugusset. They knew the area as ''Wepawaug,'' named for the small river which runs through the town. Later the settlers named streets in both Milford and Orange as Wepawaug. The settlers built a grist mill by the Wepawaug River in 1640, to take advantage of it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Settler
A settler is a person who has migrated to an area and established a permanent residence there, often to colonize the area. A settler who migrates to an area previously uninhabited or sparsely inhabited may be described as a pioneer. Settlers are generally from a sedentary culture, as opposed to nomadic peoples who may move settlements seasonally, within traditional territories. Settlement sometimes relies on dispossession of already established populations within the contested area, and can be a very violent process. Sometimes settlers are backed by governments or large countries. Settlements can prevent native people from continuing their work. Historical usage One can witness how settlers very often occupied land previously residents to long-established peoples, designated as Indigenous (also called "natives", "Aborigines" or, in the Americas, "Indians"). The process by which Indigenous territories are settled by foreign peoples is usually called settler colonial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwalk Trainband
Norwalk is the name of several places in the United States of America: *Norwalk, California, a suburb of Los Angeles, and the largest and most populous city named Norwalk *Norwalk, Connecticut, a city in southwestern Connecticut that contains several neighborhoods including Central Norwalk, East Norwalk, South Norwalk, and West Norwalk ** The Norwalk River running through southwestern Connecticut ** The Norwalk Harbor at the mouth of the river in southwestern Connecticut ** The Norwalk Islands in Long Island Sound off the coast of Connecticut *Norwalk, Iowa, near Des Moines * Norwalk, Michigan, in Brown Township *Norwalk, Ohio *Norwalk, Wisconsin Norwalk may also refer to: * Norwalk Community College in southwestern Connecticut * Norwalk Hospital in southwestern Connecticut * Norwalk Hydraulic Press, a juice-making machine invented by Norman W. Walker *Norwalk virus, the type species of the Norovirus genus * Norwalk Agreement Norwalk Agreement refers to a Memorandum of Understanding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Kellogg
Samuel Kellogg (February 19, 1673 – October 13, 1757) was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk in the May 1714 session. He was the son of Daniel Kellogg, the Norwalk settler and Bridget Bouton. Samuel owned land in what is now New Canaan 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 bounde ..., including property on Marvin's Ridge, and Clapboard Hill. In 1703, he was the collector of Norwalk. In 1705 and 1714, he was a selectman. On June 3, 1723, he was appointed to a committee to seat the new meeting house. He was eighty-two years old when he married Sarah Lockwood, and she was seventy-seven. The wedding was a notable event. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kellogg, Samuel 1673 births 1757 deaths Burials in Pine Island Cemetery Connecticut city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Marvin
Samuel Marvin (1664–1754) was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk, Connecticut Colony in the May 1718 session. He served as a townsman in 1702, 1707, 1710, 1712, 1714, 1717, 1724, and 1727. He was the son of Matthew Marvin, Jr., one of the founding settlers of Norwalk and Mary Brush Marvin. On June 3, 1723 he was appointed by a town meeting to a committee to seat the new meeting-house, of which his brother-in-law, Joseph Platt, was chairman. From February 1732, until his death, he lived in Wilton parish The Parish of Wilton is a Parish (country subdivision), parish of the Camden County, New South Wales, County of Camden in New South Wales, Australia. It is located in the area around where Picton Road, New South Wales, Picton Road crosses the H ..., which, at the time was part of Norwalk. His house in Norwalk was still standing in 1902. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Marvin, Samuel 1664 births 1754 deaths Connecticut city council mem ... [...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] |
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] |
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic period, but takes its name from the Angles, a Germanic tribe deriving its name from the Anglia peninsula, who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in the 10th century and has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century. The English language, the Anglican Church, and Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is one of the home counties in southern England. It borders Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to the north, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south, and Buckinghamshire to the west. For government statistical purposes, it forms part of the East of England region. Hertfordshire covers . It derives its name – via the name of the county town of Hertford – from a Hart (deer), hart (stag) and a Ford (crossing), ford, as represented on the county's coat of arms and on the Flag of Hertfordshire, flag. Hertfordshire County Council is based in Hertford, once the main market town and the current county town. The largest settlement is Watford. Since 1903 Letchworth has served as the prototype Garden city movement, garden city; Stevenage became the first town to expand under post-war Britain's New Towns Act 1946, New Towns Act of 1946. In 2013 Hertfordshire had a population of about 1,140,700, with Hemel Hempstead, Stevenage, Watford ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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