Thomas Betts Explained

Thomas Betts
Office:Deputy of the
General Assembly
of the
Colony of Connecticut
from Norwalk[1]
Term Start:May 1692
Term End:October 1692
Predecessor:John Belding,
James Olmsted
Alongside:Samuel Hayes
Successor:John Platt,
James Olmsted
Term Start2:October 1694
Term End2:May 1695
Predecessor2:Matthew Marvin, Jr.,
Samuel Hayes
Alongside2:John Platt
Successor2:Samuel Hayes,
Jakin Gregory
Office3:Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk
Term Start3:May 1704
Term End3:May 1705
Predecessor3:Samuel Hayes,
Samuel Keeler
Alongside3:Samuel Keeler
Successor3:John Belding,
Joseph Platt
Term Start4:October 1705
Term End4:May 1706
Predecessor4:Joseph Platt,
John Belding
Alongside4:Samuel Hanford
Successor4:Samuel Keeler,
John Copp
Term Start5:May 1707
Term End5:October 1707
Predecessor5:Joseph Platt
Alongside5:Samuel Hanford
Successor5:Joseph Platt
Birth Date:June 3, 1650[2] [3]
Birth Place:Guilford, Connecticut Colony
Residence:Norwalk, Connecticut Colony
Death Date:between September 5 and December 24, 1717
Spouse:Sarah Marvin, daughter of Matthew Marvin, Jr. (m. January 13, 1680, Norwalk)
Children:John Betts, Thomas Betts, Sarah Betts (m. Joseph St. John, 1695; Samuel Keeler, 1712), Matthew Betts, Mary Betts Bartlett (m. John Bartlett), Elizabeth Betts (m. Captain Thomas Seymour)
Occupation:miller

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 Representatives in the sessions of May and October 1704, October 1705, and May 1707.

Biography

He was born June 3, 1650, in Guilford, Connecticut Colony, the son of Thomas Betts (1615–1688) and Mary Raymond. He was the brother of Samuel Betts. 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.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=YCgBAAAAYAAJ&dq=James+Olmsted&pg=PA77 An Historical Discourse in Commemoration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of Norwalk
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=FulEAAAAYAAJ&dq=thomas+betts+norwalk&pg=PA226 Norwalk vol. 1
  3. "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/MZM2-6KP : accessed 2014-05-02), entry for Thomas BETTS; [JR.].
  4. https://books.google.com/books?id=vwYCAAAAYAAJ&dq=Thomas%20Betts&pg=PA103 The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut