1776 in Connecticut

February 2025 1776 1776 This is a list of events in the year 1776 in Connecticut. Incumbents Governor:Jonathan Trumbull (Starting October 10) Lieutenant Governor:Matthew Griswold (Starting October 10) Events April 11th – Jonathan Trumbull is elected the 16th governor.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=218638 Our Campaigns - CT Governor Race - Apr 11, 1776 www.ourcampaigns.com 2020-03-20 July 4th – American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence, in which the United States officially declares independence from the British Empire, is approved by the Continental Congress and signed by its president, John Hancock, together with representatives from Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina and Virginia. August 2nd – American Revolution: A parchment copy of the Declaration of Independence is signed by 56 members of Congress (not all of whom had been present on July 4).U.S. State Department 1911 The Declaration of Independence, 1776 10–11 October 10th – Jonathan Trumbull is sworn in as the 16th governor of the newly formed state. Matthew Griswold becomes the first Lieutenant Governor. Births January 2 – Jeremiah Chaplin, Reformed Baptist theologian (d. 1841) January 21 – Elisha Haley, legislator and politician (d. 1860)https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/H000040 HALEY, Elisha 1776 – 1860 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 2 October 2024 February 2 – John Marvin, politician (b. 1678) February 16 – Nicholas Ware, lawyer, politician and, slave owner (d. 1824)https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/W000148 WARE, Nicholas 1776 – 1824 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 2 October 2024 March 8 – Samuel Tweedy, legislator and politician (d. 1868)https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/T000442 TWEEDY, Samuel 1776 – 1868 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 2 October 2024 March 17 – Joel Abbot, physician and politician (d. 1826)https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/A000003 ABBOT, Joel 1776 – 1826 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 10 March 2024 March 19 – Philemon Beecher, attorney and legislator (d. 1839)The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume 51, page 27https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B000306 BEECHER, Philemon ca. 1775 – 1839 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1 May 2024 May 28 – Joseph Lee Smith, lawyer, military officer and judge (d. 1846) July 4 – Ethan Allen Brown, politician, seventh governor of Ohio (d. 1852)https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B000914 BROWN, Ethan Allen 1776 – 1852 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1 May 2024 August 31 – Seth Perkins Staples, lawyer and politician (d. 1861) September 4 – Stephen Whitney, merchant (d. 1860) September 9 Parmenio Adams, businessman and politician (d. 1832)https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/A000042 ADAMS, Parmenio 1776 – 1832 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1 May 2024 Calvin Pease, lawyer and legislator (d. 1839) https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/courts/judicial-system/supreme-court-of-ohio/justices-1803-to-present/calvin-pease/ The Supreme Court of Ohio & The Ohio Judicial System Calvin Pease 2011-08-29Randall 1912 : 126 September 14 – Calvin Willey, politician (d. 1858)Calvin Willey at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. September 30 – Manasseh Leech, militiaman (d. 1828) December 1 – Isaac Lacey, politician (d. 1844) December 22 – Levi Lovering, drummer and early rudimental drum manual author (d. 1852)http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n92120419/ Lovering, Levi 1776-1857 [WorldCat Identities] Undated James Murdock, biblical scholar (d. 1856) Deaths June 13 – Elizabeth Scott, British-born American poet and hymnwriter (b. 1708) July 19 – Jonathan Parsons, clergyman (b. 1705) September 16 – Thomas Knowlton, patriot (b. 1740)Johnson Henry P. The Battle of Harlem Heights https://archive.org/stream/battleofharlemhe00john#page/76/mode/2up 1897 Columbia University Press 76ff September 22 – Nathan Hale, Patriot, soldier and spy (b. 1755) October 1 – Ebenezer Baldwin, religious leader (b. 1745) See also 1776 in the United States References Category:1770s in Connecticut Category:1776 in the United States Category:Years of the 18th century in Connecticut