Joseph Platt | |
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Member of the House of Representatives of the Colony of Connecticut from Norwalk [1] | |
In office 1705–1748 | |
Personal details | |
Born | [2]
[3] Norwalk, Connecticut Colony [4] | February 17, 1672
Died | June 12, 1748[4] Norwalk, Connecticut Colony [4] | (aged 75)
Resting place |
East 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] |
Children | Elizabeth Platt Cooke (b. 1701), Hannah Platt Sanford (b. 1704), Joseph Platt, Jr. (b. 1706) [3] [5] |
Residence(s) | Norwalk, Connecticut Colony |
Military service | |
Rank | Captain |
Unit | Norwalk 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. He 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, 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 nine years.
On June 3, 1723, he was appointed by a town meeting to be 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 a justice of the 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.