Commemorative biographical record of Tolland and Windham counties, Connecticut : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and of many of the early settled families . he wealthiest man and had the best house in thetown. He was a captain in the Indian wars, andwas selectman of the town in 1766. His Lithgow, was of Irish descent, and came tothis country when ten years old. He died , 1776. Of the nine children of Adam and Mary Hun-ter, the second, being the eldest son. James, wasborn April 15, 1735—the first white man born inthe town. He was selectm
Commemorative biographical record of Tolland and Windham counties, Connecticut : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and of many of the early settled families . he wealthiest man and had the best house in thetown. He was a captain in the Indian wars, andwas selectman of the town in 1766. His Lithgow, was of Irish descent, and came tothis country when ten years old. He died , 1776. Of the nine children of Adam and Mary Hun-ter, the second, being the eldest son. James, wasborn April 15, 1735—the first white man born inthe town. He was selectman in 1767-8, 1773 and1779. He was re-elected in 1780, but refused toserve. He was one of the committee appointed in1781 to procure seven men to serve for the town inthe Revolutionary army. He held the rank ofMajor in the army, and was promoted to Colonelnear the close of the struggle. He died in Febru-ary, 1809, near the end of his seventy-fourth year,and a monument in Topsham testifies to the honorin which he was held. His wife. Abigail, was adaughter of Thomas Williams, who left EnglaivlFeb. 18, 1717, when gooseberries were in arrived at Boston, April 17th, following, wi (.11.
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