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 Jonathan Trumbull - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, the son of Joseph Trumbull (1678-1755) and his wife née Hannah Higley.
He graduated from Harvard College with a B.A. in 1727; three years after graduation (during which time he studied theology under the Rev. Solomon Williams at Lebanon, and was licensed to preach at Colchester, Connecticut), this became a Master of Arts degree.
He received an honorary LL.D. from Yale University in 1775 and from the University of Edinburgh in 1787; Trumbull College at Yale is named for him as well as the town of Trumbull, Connecticut, just north of Bridgeport.
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 Connecticut's Heritage Gateway
Trumbull, a dismal failure as a merchant but highly esteemed as a governor, was a life-long resident of Lebanon.
After Joseph was lost at sea, Jonathan became a full-time merchant on his own.
In 1766 Trumbull was elected deputy governor and in 1769, governor.
www.ctheritage.org /encyclopedia/ct1763_1818/trumbull_j.htm   (473 words)

  
 Governor Jonathan Trumbull House Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Jonathan Trumbull was born in Lebanon in 1710.
Trumbull actively opposed Parliament’s moves to tax the colonies at the end of the French and Indian War in 1763.
As the birthplace of John Trumbull, patriot-artist of the Revolution, it is a National Historic Landmark.
www.jtrumbulljr.org /museums/governor.shtml   (761 words)

  
 The Scarlet Standard #7 - Lebanon: center of Connecticut's rebellion
Joseph Trumbull became Captain of the Troop for Windham County in 1728 and later, Quartermaster.
Colonel Trumbull exclaimed "It is in violation of your Provincial Oath".
Trumbull would clearly define the Constitutional position of Connecticut in response to Gen. Gage demanding to quarter troops in the Colony, and he was at his finest when defining the nature of Writs of Assistance.
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 Jonathan Trumbull   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Trumbull encountered many and great difficulties; desertions from the army were many, as were also the calls of Washington for additional troops.
Governor Trumbull married, in 1735, Faith, daughter of the Rev. John Robinson, and a descendant of the John Alden immortalized in Longfellow's "Courtship of Miles Standish." She was a woman of strong character and sturdy patriotism.
Joseph was a member of the Continental Congress, and the first commissary-general of the army; Jonathan is to be further mentioned in this narrative; David was commissary of the Connecticut, and assistant to his brother Joseph in the army; John served as an aide to Washington, and after the war became a historical painter.
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 Connecticut's Heritage Gateway
Joseph Trumbull (1736/37-1778), eldest son of the governor, was chosen commissary general, with nine commissaries to assist him, and was sent to Cambridge to oversee supplying Connecticut troops.
After chronic mismanagement by Joseph Trumbull's successor, Congress in 1778 appointed Jeremiah Wadsworth commissary general of purchases, a position he held with distinction until resigning in December 1779.
Although General Washington, Governor Trumbull, and other patriot leaders were infuriated by it and severe laws prohibiting it were enacted, such trade persisted until the end of the war.
www.ctheritage.org /encyclopedia/ct1763_1818/provisionsstate.htm   (493 words)

  
 Johnathan Trumbull
was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, the son of Joseph Trumbull, October 12, 1710 and died August 17, 1785.
Jonathan Trumbull's notoriety in Lebanon as a successful businessman grew and he was elected to the General Assembly.
Jonathan Trumbull was the only colonial governor to hold his job for the periods of time before and after the Revolutionary War.
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 Declaration of Independence
Trumbull himself pointed out the difficulties which confronted him and what he did was to use the original act as the "general guide" but preserved for posterity whatever likenesses he could obtain of those engaged in this momentous event, which proved to be no mean feat.
Trumbull himself alludes to the change in the architecture of the room in which the scene is laid.
Trumbull's painting of these bold men, who initiated the movement which procured freedom for us, should be ranked next to the engrossed resolution in the National Archives which is the object of such sentimental reverence.
www.americanrevolution.org /decsm.html   (1367 words)

  
 Jonathan Trumbull   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Born in Lebanon, Connecticut, the son of Joseph and Hannah (Higley) Trumble, Jonathan Trumbull (who changed the spelling of his surname in 1765) was the first Connecticut governor to be born in the eighteenth century.
Trumbull's ability to negotiate and mediate his way through difficult issues was also evidenced in his remaining on good terms with both the "New Lights" and "Old Lights" during the religious revival known as the Great Awakening.
Jonathan Trumbull is buried in a tomb in Lebanon's Trumbull Cemetery.
www.cslib.org /gov/trumbullj.htm   (2136 words)

  
 Jonathan Trumbull -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
He was born in (additional info and facts about Lebanon, Connecticut) Lebanon, Connecticut, the son of Joseph Trumbull (1678-1755) and his wife née Hannah Higley.
Joseph Trumbull (1737-1778), first commissary general of the (The American army during the American Revolution) Continental Army
Mary Trumbull (1745-1831), who married (additional info and facts about William Williams) William Williams, signer of the (The document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the colonies from Great Britain) Declaration of Independence
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/jo/jonathan_trumbull.htm   (347 words)

  
 Jonathan Trumbull Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Therein lies the confusion as to which Jonathan Trumbull the new town was named after, since records do not specify how the name was determined, or after which Trumbull family member the town was actually named.
Although not related to the Trumbull family of Lebanon, it is interesting to note that Connecticut had a fourth "Governor Trumbull."  John H. Trumbull, born on March 4, 1873, in Ashford, Connecticut, the son of Irish immigrants, served as governor from 1925 to 1931.
Trumbull Connecticut should be proud to bear the name of a family that contributed so much to the revolutionary war effort and history of this young country.
www.trumbullhistory.org /written/jtrumbull.shtml   (1601 words)

  
 Story of Joseph Gledhill of Ohio
Joseph Gledhill, of Jefferson township, Crawford County, Ohio, a plain unassuming man and a wealthy and progressive farmer, whose neighbors say that his farm is in many respects the best in that township, was born near Little Beaver, Trumbull county, Ohio, a son of Joseph and Mary(Mitchell) Gledhill, April 2, 1832.
Joseph Gledhill was born September 11, 1799, at Browbridge, Othersfield Yorkshire, England: married at Leicester, England, in the year 1824, Mary Mitchell: moved to America in 1826, and located in Trumbull county, Ohio.
Joseph is a prominent citizen of Jefferson township.
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 Notable Backuses
Jonathan Trumbull, friend and confidant of George Washington and Governor of Connecticut during the Revolution, was not a Backus descendant.
Trumbull County, Ohio originally comprised the whole of the "Western Reserve", which Connecticut thought was a part of Connecticut.
On the death of his elder brother, Col. Joseph Trumbull, July 23, 1778, he resigned his office and devoted himself to the settlement of Joseph's public and private affairs.
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 Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., Isaac Fitch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Trumbull family had a shipyard in East Haddam in the colonial years, where ships were built and repaired for the lucrative transatlantic and Caribbean trade, and records show that Fitch worked on the building of a merchant ship at East Haddam called Neptune.
Jonathan Trumbull Senior was deeply in debt in 1764/65 to English merchants, and he formed a partnership with Windham's Eleazer Fitch to build a ship of 160 tons, the Neptune, to help pay off his debts.
David Trumbull was the supplier for Rochembeau's French Army when they landed at Newport, Rhode Island in 1780, and he also supplied all the provisions, barracks and housing for officers for the Duke de Lauzun's cavalry legion at Lebanon in 1780/81.
www.jtrumbulljr.org /articles/fitch.shtml   (1069 words)

  
 Joseph Trumbull - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Joseph Trumbull may refer to one of two notable men:
Joseph Trumbull (1737-1778), U.S. Continental Congresman for Connecticut
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joseph_Trumbull   (81 words)

  
 Lebanon, Connecticut and the Trumbull Cemetery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Trumbull's store became the War Office, where met nearly 1200 sessions of the Council of Safety.
The Trumbull family guided Lebanon folk in gathering supplies for the Continental Army, mkaing Connecticut the "Provision State." Lebanon is the birthplace of William Beaumont, pioneer researcher in gastric digestion, and of these governors of Connecticut:
The Trumbull cemetery, just outside Lebanon, where the Newcombs (and many other, old families) are buried.
www.geocities.com /Heartland/Valley/3266/trumcem.htm   (696 words)

  
 Underwood Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Joseph Cox made the first land entry in Center Township on Jan 13, 1831 (east half of the southeast quarter of Section 28) which he sold in April of 1835 to Joseph Russell.
Joseph Russell's parents from PA were among the earliest settlers of Mahoning County OH (formed in 1846 out of Trumbull Co.).
It is probably her death record in the Wood county court house that states she was born in Trumbull county and died in 1873 at age 72.
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 Descendants - pafg142.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Joseph F. was born on 12 Nov 1792 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA.
Joseph TRUMBULL (Faith ROBINSON, Hannah WISWALL, Priscilla PABODIE, Elizabeth ALDEN, John) was born on 11 Mar 1736/1737 in Lebanon, New London Co., CT.
Mary TRUMBULL was born on 27 Dec 1777 in Lebanon, New London Co., CT. She died in infancy.
www.alden.org /aldengen/pafg142.htm   (1732 words)

  
 Supply system failed [Valley Forge Frequently Asked Questions]
Joseph Trumbull was appointed as Commissary General of Stores and Purchases on June 19th, 1775.
Trumbull was all for the split, requesting only that he and his subordinates be removed from a fixed salary.
The assistants in the department, and even Trumbull, were experiencing low morale...criticism from all fronts and lack of direction from Congress were the norm for the department.
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Benjamin Trumbull was born in Hebron, Conn. December 19, 1735.
He was the son of Benjamin Trumbull of Hebron (1712-), grandson of Benoni Trumbull of Hebron (1684-1770), great-grandson of Joseph Trumbull of Suffield, Conn. (1647-84), and great-great-grandson of John Trumbull, who appears on record at Roxbury, Mass.
His excellency governor Trumbull, than whom no man had a more thorough ac-quaintance with the history of the colony, employed his influence and friendship for his assistance, and furnished him with many important papers.
www.quinnipiac.edu /other/abl/etext/trumbull/intro.html   (4101 words)

  
 Trumbull, Connecticut - links to government resources and information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In early 1997, Speaks moved to Trumbull, Connecticut, to work in the accounting operations at CUC's largest division, the Comp-U-Card division, and, in June...
Trumbull, son of Connecticut governor Jonathan Trumbull, served as an aide to General George Washington during the Revolution, and rose to the rank of colonel.
TRUMBULL, Jonathan, Jr., (brother of Joseph Trumbull), a Representative and a Senator from Connecticut; born in Lebanon, Conn., March 26, 1740; graduated from...
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 St. Joseph High School, Trumbull CT.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Joseph offers a wide variety of sports for boys and girls for all three seasons.
Joseph is a member of the FCIAC athletic conference.
Joseph High School is one of the few schools in the area that maintains an athletic trainer on staff.
www.sjhs.pvt.k12.ct.us /HTML/athletics/athletics.html   (104 words)

  
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Of special interest are notes Trumbull took on sermons, most of which were delivered at the church in Lebanon, Connecticut over the course of sixty years, from 1724 until his death in 1785.
Series consists of correspondence written by and to Jonathan Trumbull, along with some legal documents concerning Joseph Trumble (sic), a folder of autograph clippings, and a copy of Lion Gardiner's Relation of the Pequot Wars.
Correspondence from Jonathan Trumbull to such men as Shiebael Griswold, Nathaniel Buell, Jabez Huntington, and David Trumbull, as well as a proclamation from Jonathan Trumbull, serving as Governor of Connecticut.
www.chs.org /library/ead/htm_faids/trumj1785.htm   (1590 words)

  
 Jonathan Trumbull   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
From 1733-1740 he was a delegate the general assembly and in 1739-40 was of the House.
He received an honorary LL.D. from Yale in 1775 and from the University of Edinburgh in 1787; Trumbull College at Yale is named for him.
He married on December 9 1735 Faith Robinson (1718-1780) daughter of Rev. Robinson.
www.freeglossary.com /Jonathan_Trumbull   (546 words)

  
 Connecticut Revolutionary War Units
Trumbull sent his son David to inform Massachusetts that a special session of the Connecticut assembly would meet as soon as possible.
It assigned supply responsibilities to Joseph Trumbull, another of the governor's sons, by appointing him commissary general.
News of the battle of Bunker Hill led Governor Trumbull to place the men in Massachusetts temporarily under the command of General Ward.
www.myrevolutionarywar.com /states/ct/index.htm   (808 words)

  
 Definition of index.php?search=Joseph&limit=20&offset=160   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
1: '''Joseph Kirkland''' ([[1830]] - [[1894]]), novelist, born...
4:...[[1888]], he was succeeded by his son-in-law, and Joseph was to live in Frankfurt until the [[1930s]].
3: The son of Rear Admiral [[Edward D. Taussig]], Joseph Taussig was born in [[Dresden]], [[Germany]], and...
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Of particular interest is a passport, or permit of ingress, issued to David Trumbull by his father Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., Governor of Connecticut.
David Trumbull was born in Lebanon, Connecticut on February 5, 1751, the third son of Jonathan Trumbull, Sr.
It was during the hostilities, on December 6, 1778, that David Trumbull married Sarah Backus, daughter of Ebenezerand Eunice Dyer Backus of Norwich, Connecticut.
www.chs.org /library/ead/htm_faids/trumd1822.htm   (1133 words)

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