Joseph Platt (politician)

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Joseph Platt
Member of the
House of Representatives
of the
Colony of Connecticut
from Norwalk[1]
In office
1705–1748
Personal details
Born(1672-02-17)February 17, 1672[2][3]
Norwalk, Connecticut Colony[4]
DiedJune 12, 1748(1748-06-12) (aged 75)[4]
Norwalk, Connecticut Colony[4]
Resting placeEast Norwalk Historical Cemetery,
Norwalk, Connecticut
Spouse(s)Elizabeth Marvin (daughter of Matthew Marvin, Jr., m. November 6, 1700, d. 1703), Hannah Hanford (daughter of Reverend Thomas Hanford, m. January 26, 1704)[3][4]
ChildrenElizabeth Platt Cooke (b. 1701), Hannah Platt Sanford (b. 1704), Joseph Platt, Jr. (b. 1706)[3][5]
Residence(s)Norwalk, Connecticut Colony
Military service
RankCaptain
UnitNorwalk Trainband

Joseph Platt (February 17, 1672 – June 12, 1748) was a member of the House of Representatives of the Colony of Connecticut from Norwalk.

He was the longest serving representative from Norwalk and served as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives between 1705 and 1748, representing Norwalk in 38 sessions.[6]

He was born on February 17, 1672, in Norwalk and is the youngest son of John Platt and Hannah Clark.[3]

He received a grant of 10 acres of land from the town of Norwalk for his services in the "swamp fight," on February 21, 1698.[2] Joseph was a town selectman for a period of nine years.

On June 3, 1723, he was appointed by a town meeting as chairman of committee to seat the new meeting-house.

On February 18, 1725-6, he was appointed at town meeting to a committee to obtain, and set stones for the entrance to the meeting house. At the same meeting, he was appointed to a committee to regulate the difficulties arising from minister Buckingham.[6]

He was the justice of peace for 30 years.

He also served as a commissioner to draw the boundary line between Connecticut and New York, in 1720.

Joseph was Captain of the North Company, of the Norwalk Trainband.

Notable descendants

References

  1. ^ An Historical Discourse in Commemoration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of Norwalk
  2. ^ a b The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut
  3. ^ a b c d Norwalk vol. 1[usurped]
  4. ^ a b c d "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/9Q3D-L75 : accessed 2014-05-08), entry for Joseph Platt, submitted by msaperstein2730284.
  5. ^ "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/M7VG-SVH : accessed 2014-05-08), entry for Joseph PLATT.
  6. ^ a b An Historical Discourse in Commemoration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of Norwalk