. The history and genealogies of ancient Windsor, Connecticut:. He was a legi-slator and an able he was a judge, he held the balance of with a steady, unwaveringhand; and, being far superior to venality, or the intiuence of personal, family, orparty connections, he pronounced the law impartially on all the causes brought be-fore him. As a governor, he appeared to advantage; this was his proper element,for he seemed originallj formed to govern.* His pastor (in a funeral discourse of 28 pages, 4to, entitled The Character «f^f( illustrated and imjiroved | In a
. The history and genealogies of ancient Windsor, Connecticut:. He was a legi-slator and an able he was a judge, he held the balance of with a steady, unwaveringhand; and, being far superior to venality, or the intiuence of personal, family, orparty connections, he pronounced the law impartially on all the causes brought be-fore him. As a governor, he appeared to advantage; this was his proper element,for he seemed originallj formed to govern.* His pastor (in a funeral discourse of 28 pages, 4to, entitled The Character «f^f( illustrated and imjiroved | In a | Discourse | occasioned by the Death of theHonorable | 1{(»iek , E-mj., of Windsor, who for several years was |Governor of the Colony of Connecticut. | and died May 17, 1767, | in the 89 Yearof his Age. | Preached the tirst Opportuinty after his Funeral. | By .loseph Perry,, Pastor of the Second Church of Christ in |—Isaiah Ivii, 1, 3; • Quotations froin an obit, elictch in Conn. Couranl of July 27, of llie year of liis S Here lyetKtIieBody ^ ^v ,,; it: , ofW/fic/sor, , ;;,/Who for feveral Tears was .Qy \ GoVERNOUR of the Colone>*. of ConnectIcutl; And , [•. r £tatis 89 ? j. t JaluLis ijbj ., , ,| Eartllsh^heji Station endun Herehejie^And dw/tloDuflconcluJe! hernohleJtSapf. in Memory ofSahahBrAHB ,imife of Hon-^ Roger Woicorri] Born iC 1684- Died/01747 THE WOLCOTT FAMILY. 807 Psalm cxii, 6; Iviii, 11; Text, Deutcronomj- xxxiv, o, Hartford, Printed byThomas Green), describes him as a kind husband, a good fallier, and a compas-sionate master. He was a member of this church for a great many years; a steadyprofessor of the Christian name, a constant and devout attendant on public worshipand holy ordinances. He was one of your praying rulers; had the grace as well asthe gift of prayer. He made the Bible bis test, and had a particular affection forthe peculiar doctrines of grace, rightly understood; and with a catholick spirit, embraced the
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