Windham, Tolland and New London County legal documents, 1748-1816.

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Windham, Tolland and New London County legal documents, 1748-1816.

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Primarily writs, but also estate records and testimonies issued by Justices of the Peace in numerous towns in eastern Connecticut, namely Windham, Tolland and New London counties, and one issued in Hartford County. Most of the cases were about debts, although a scattering concern more violent crimes. Documents are arranged alphabetically by the name of the town. The towns included are Bozrah, Brooklyn, Colchester, Coventry, Franklin, Griswold, Groton, Hartford, Killingly, Lebanon, Lisbon, Mansfield, Montville, New London, Norwich, North Stonington, Pomfret, Plainfield, Preston, Saybrook, Stafford, Stonington, Windham and Woodstock. The most commonly mentioned Justices were Amos Gere, Silas Hawthorn, Benjamin Huntington, Andrew, George and Hezekiah Perkins, Asa Spalding, and James Stedman.

0.5 linear foot (1 box).

Connecticut Historical Society

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Huntington, Benjamin, 1736-1800

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Benjamin Huntington (April 19, 1736 – October 16, 1800) was an eighteenth-century American lawyer, jurist and politician from Connecticut and served as a delegate to the Second Continental Congress and as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives during the First United States Congress. Born in Norwich in the Connecticut Colony, Huntington pursued academic studies, ultimately graduating from Yale College. Appointed surveyor of lands for Windham County in October 1764, Huntington went on t...

Stedman, James, 1779-1856

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Gere, Amos

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Spalding, Asa, 1757-1811

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Lawyer, of Norwich, Conn. From the description of Asa Spalding receipt to Col. Joshua Huntington, 1800 Dec. 15. (New London County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 183418879 ...

Hawthorn, Silas.

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Perkins, George P.

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Resident of Plainfield, Mass. From the description of Deed, 1793 Aug. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70976422 ...

Perkins, Hezekiah.

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Perkins, Andrew.

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