Tolland, Tolland Co., CT - Justices of the Peace, 1727-1861
Extracted from The Early History of Tolland
An Address Delivered Before the
Tolland County Historical Society
At Tolland, Conn.,
On the 22d day of August & 27 day of September, 1861
By Loren P. WALDO
p. 142
By the provisions of the act of the General Assembly, passed in 1711, justices of the peace were to be appointed by the General Assembly, annually, and commissioned by the Governor for the time being, under the seal of the Stte. This provision was adopted in the constitution in 1818, but was changed by an amendment adopted in 1850, by wihch the justices of the peace are to be appointed by the electors of the several towns. The statue of 1851 provides that they shall be appointed for two years.
The following is a list of the justices of the peace in the town of Tolland from the first settlement to 1861:
Name Office held Josiah GOODRICH 1727 to 1733 John HUNTINGTON 1733 to 1737 Samuel CHAPMAN 1737 to 1745 Zebulon WEST 1745 to 1770 John LATHROP 1752 to 1753 Elisha STEEL 1761 to 1766 Samuel COBB 1768 to 1780 Samuel CHAPMAN 1772 to 1797 Solomon WILLS 1781 to 1785 Jeremiah WEST 1786 to 1794 Samuel WHITTLESEY 1793 to 1805 Daniel EDGERTON 1798 to 1799 Jonathan BARNES 1798 to 1811 Jonathan BARNES 1813 to 1829 Jabez KINGSBURY 1806 to 1817 Elisha STERNS 1806 to 1819 Elisha STERNS 1828 to 1833 Elisha STERNS 1834 to 1845 Daniel KELLOGG 1811 to 1813 John BLISS 1811 to 1818 Judah BLISS 1812 to 1814 Solomon L. FULLER 1813 to 1817 Calvin WILLEY 1818 to 1845 Ashbel CHAPMAN 1818 to 1823 Eliphalet YOUNG 1820 to 1836 Jeremiah PARISH 1821 to 1845 George M. HYDE 1824 to 1841 Loren P. WALDO 1830 to 1833 John WARREN 1830 to 1836 John WARREN 1842 to 1844 John WARREN 1851 to 1854 Carlos CHAPMAN 1830 to 1833 Ezra CHAPMAN 1833 to 1837 Ezra CHAPMAN 1841 to 1846 Oliver LORD 1837 to 1842 Novatus CHAPMAN 1836 to 1840 Talmon CROSS 1836 to 1840 Talmon CROSS 1842 to 1850 Ariel LADD 1838 to 1843 Seth D. GRIGGS 1838 to 1841 Stephen LADD 1841 to 1843 Ebenezer WEST 1840 to 1849 Jedut'n GLEASON 1840 to 1841 Zalmon A. STORRS 1841 to 1853 Ashbel CHAPMAN 1842 to 1847 Ashbel CHAPMAN 1851 to 1857 Sherm'n CHAPMAN 1842 to 1847 Sherm'n CHAPMAN 1856 Obadiah P. WALDO 1842 to 1844 Obadiah P. WALDO 1849 to 1851 Obadiah P. WALDO 1852 to 1854 Wyllys GILBERT 1844 to 1845 Daniel GROVER 1844 to 1846 Jonathan R. FLYNT 1845 to 1846 Luth. C. ANDERSON 1846 to 1856 Asa WILLEY 1846 to 1847 Gurdon ISHAM 1846 to 1847 Ralph R. GRIGGS 1846 to 1847 Ralph R. GRIGGS 1854 to 1858 John S. LYON 1846 to 1847 John W. GAGER 1847 to1850 Chauncey GRIGGS 1847 Sidney STANLEY 1847 to 1851 William W. EATON 1848 to 1850 Sam'l D. MERRICK 1848 to 1851 Calvin WHITON 1848 to 1850 John LYON 1848 to 1850 Hen'y UNDERWOOD 1849 to 1850 Alfred YOUNG 1849 to 1853 Alvan P. HYDE 1850 Benjamin FULLER 1850 to 1851 Myron L. MASON 1851 to 1852 George EATON 1852 to 1858 Joseph BISHOP 1854 Wm. L. EDGERTON 1854 to 1858 Geo. H. KINGSBURY 1854 Jere. S. PARISH 1854 to 1855 William SUMNER 1854 to 1856 Geo. D. HASTINGS 1856 Henry W. WEST 1856 Edwin E. MARVIN 1858 to 1860 Nathan PIERSON 1858 Orrin WARD 1858 James A. BROWN 1860 Elij'h S. CHAPMAN 1860 Porter WALBRIDGE 1860