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April April 15 Asenath Atwater baptized barn bequeath bit purchase born at Milford Boston bounded North brother Buckingham descent Capt charter Children Clark Coley Colony Records Conn Connecticut Colony County court Daniell Cole Danville daughter deceased December deeded deputies descendants died Donlon Dupuy East Eastham Elizabeth England executors Farmington father February February 9 Friend Garnsey Garnsey Garnseys land Genealogical History George Tracy Buckingham give unto Governor Hannah Hartford Haven Colony heirs History of Connecticut Illinois Indian ingham Item John Tillottson John Woodruff Joseph Guernsey Buckingham June King lott March March 14 married Mary Platt Matthew Norton Mayo meadow October Philena Washington Guernsey Pitminster Plymouth Plymouth Colony Potomac Probate Prudden Richard Treat Robert Treat rods Samuel Buckingham Sarah Baldwin Sarah Treat September September 23 settlers sons South Tamsen Tapp testament Thomas Bucking Thomas Buckingham Thomas Buckingham 349 town Tracy Wilson Buckingham Watertown Wethersfield wife William Woodruff
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Page 149 - I the said Robert Treat being aged in years and not knowing how suddenly the Lord may by death call me home from out of this life, but being at present of sound understanding and memory, do make this my last will and testament as followeth, hereby making null and void all former wills whatsoever made by me. Imprimis. I commit my soul to God through the alone merits of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and my body to a decent burial as my executors shall see meet.
Page 30 - That the ancient Form of Civil Government, contained in the Charter from Charles the Second, King of England, and adopted by the People of this State, shall be and remain the Civil Constitution of this State, under the sole authority of the People thereof, independent of any King or Prince whatever. And that this Republic is, and shall forever be and remain, a free, sovereign and independent State, by the Name of the STATE OF CONNECTICUT.
Page 30 - Great was that day," said the loyal June address of Connecticut to King William, "when the Lord, who sitteth upon the floods, did divide his and your adversaries like the waters of Jordan, and did begin to magnify you like Joshua, by the deliverance of the English dominions from Popery and slavery.
Page 148 - I am of opinion, that such submission, as is put, in this case, doth not invalidate the charter, or any of the powers therein, which were granted under the great seal ; and that the charter not being surrendered under the common seal, and that surrender duly enrolled of record, nor any judgment of record entered against it, the same remains good and valid in law ; and the said corporation may lawfully execute the powers and prIvileges thereby granted, notwithstanding such submission, and appointment...
Page 157 - Indisposition of body yet being of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding through the mercy of God do make and ordain this my last will and Testament in manner and form following. First and Principally I Resign my soul with the utmost humility into the hands of almighty god my creator humbly hoping for a Blessed immortality through the merits and mediation of my Blessed...
Page 147 - Charter, there being no surrender upon record, only when it was proposed to them by the late King James, that they should take their choice, whether they would be under the Governour of New York or of Boston, they humbly prayed that they might still enjoy the priviledge of choosing their own Governour according to their Charter.
Page 143 - Treat, after my decease, all the lands of what kind soever I stand possessed of, within the Bounds of Wethersfield, viz five acres of land lying in the dry Swamp, which I have improved and prepared for use, lyeing next to my Sonn James his land.
Page 29 - II., King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, the 31st of October, 1687, took into his hands the government of the Colony of Connecticut, it being by his Majesty, annexed to Massachusetts and other Colonies under his Excellency's government. Finis.
Page 8 - Name of the Council Established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, Ruling, Ordering and Governing of New England in America...
Page 147 - Edmund Andross did by a Commission from the late King James, invade the liberty of the people in that Colony, and exercise a Government over them, contrary to their Charter, which they most unwillingly submitted unto ; but since the late happy Revolution in England, the people of...