See also:

• JONATHAN
• JONATHAN (Heb. " Yah [weh] gives ")

JONATHAN See also:

• TRUMBULL, JAMES HAMMOND (1821-1897)
• TRUMBULL, JOHN (1750-1831)
• TRUMBULL, JOHN (1756-1843)
• JONATHAN TRUMBULL (1710-1785)
• TRUMBULL, LYMAN (1813-1896)

TRUMBULL (1710-1785)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• LEBANON
• LEBANON (from Semitic laban, " to be white," or " whitish," probably referring not to snow, but to the bare white walls ofchalk or limestone which form the characteristic feature of the whole range)

Lebanon, See also:

• CONNECTICUT

Connecticut, on the 12th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1710 . He graduated at Harvard in 1727, and began the study of See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology, but in 1731 engaged in business with his See also:

• FATHER

father . He next studied See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, was elected to the See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

Assembly in 1773, and held public See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office almost continuously afterward . He served for seven years in the Assembly, being See also:

• SPEAKER

Speaker for three years, for seventeen years as See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge of See also:

• WINDHAM, WILLIAM (1750-1810)

Windham county, for twenty-two years (after 1740) as See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor's assistant, for two years as See also:

• DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy-governor (1767-1769), and for three years (1766-1769) as See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice of the See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony . In 1769 he was elected governor and continued in office until his voluntary retirement in 1784 . During the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

Independence he was a valued counsellor of See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington . The See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story that the See also:

• TERM

term " See also:

• BROTHER

Brother See also:

• JONATHAN
• JONATHAN (Heb. " Yah [weh] gives ")

Jonathan," a See also:

• SOBRIQUET

sobriquet for the See also:

• UNITED

United States, originated in Washington's See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of addressing him seems to be without any See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation . After the war See also:

• TRUMBULL, JAMES HAMMOND (1821-1897)
• TRUMBULL, JOHN (1750-1831)
• TRUMBULL, JOHN (1756-1843)
• TRUMBULL, JONATHAN (1710-1785)
• TRUMBULL, LYMAN (1813-1896)

Trumbull was a strong Federalist . He died in Lebanon on the 17th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1785 His public papers have been printed in the See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical Society's Collections, 5th See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series, vols. ix.-x . (See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston, 1885-1888), and 7th series, vols. ii.-iii . (1902) . See I.W .

See also:

• STUART, ARABELLA (1575-1615)
• STUART, GILBERT (1755-x828)
• STUART, JAMES EWELL BROWN (1833-1864)
• STUART, JOHN
• STUART, MOSES (1780-1852)
• STUART, SIR JOHN, COUNT

Stuart, See also:

• LIFE

Life of Jonathan Trumbull, sen . (Boston, 1859) . His son JONATHAN (1740-1809) graduated at Harvard in 1759, served in the War of Independence as paymaster-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general of the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department in 1775-1778 and as a military secretary of Washington in 1778-1783, and was a member of the See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of Representatives in 1789-1795, serving as Speaker in 1791-1793, and of the United States See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

Senate in 1795-1796; he was See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-governor of Connecticut in 1796-1798, and governor in 1798-1809 . Another son, See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

JosEPH (1737-1778), was a member of the first See also:

• CONTINENTAL

Continental See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress (1774-1775), became See also:

• COMMISSARY (from Med. Lat. commissaries, one to whom a charge or trust is committed)

commissary-general of stores of the Continental See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army in See also:

• JULY

July 1775 and commissary-general of purchases in See also:

• JUNE

June 1777, resigned in August 1777, and from See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1777 to See also:

• APRIL

April 1778 was See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner for the See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board of war . A See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson of the first Jonathan, JOSEPH (1782-1861), was a Whig representative in Congress in 1834-1835 and in 1839-1843, and was governor of Connecticut in 1849-1850 .