
Thomas Betts (June 3, 1650 – between September 5 and December 24, 1717) was a deputy of the
General Assembly
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of the
Colony of Connecticut
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from
Norwalk in the sessions of May 1692, and October 1694, and a member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
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in the sessions of May and October 1704, October 1705, and May 1707.
Biography
He was born June 3, 1650, in
Guilford,
Connecticut Colony
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, the son of Thomas Betts (1615–1688) and Mary Raymond. He was the brother of
Samuel Betts
Samuel Rossiter Betts (June 8, 1786 – November 3, 1868) was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as a United States Representative, United States representative from New York and a United States federal judge, United States ...
. He moved to Norwalk with his parents in 1664.
On December 15, 1709, the town granted, by majority vote, to Joseph Birchard, Thomas Betts, John Betts, and John Gregory, Jr., permission to build a dam for the purpose of a powering a grist mill.
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1650 births
1717 deaths
Deputies of the Connecticut General Assembly (1662–1698)
Members of the Connecticut House of Representatives
Millers
Politicians from Norwalk, Connecticut
People from Guilford, Connecticut
People from colonial Connecticut