Removed to Vermont
1780 - Supreme Justice
1781-87 - Chief Justice
1782 - Speaker of the House
1785 - President of the Council of Censors of Vermont

He bought a right to the North Purchase of Woodbury, 4 Apr 1739 paying 200 (pounds?) and soon removed there, for 24 Jan 1739/40 Increase Mosely of woodbury bought 96 acres in the southwest part of Litchfield for 240 (pounds?). He was one of the petitioners for the establishment of the judea Society in Woodbury October 1741 and one of the first deacons chosen in the new church 1 Sep 1742.

He was commissioned Lieutenant by the General Assembly, Oct 1741 and Captain of the 5th Co. of the Woodbury Trainband Oct 1743; Justice of the Peace 1749-55; and of the Quorum 1755-80; elected to represent Woodbury in the General Assembly in 1751 and thereafter for thirty sessions until 1779 when he was the first representative from the newly organized town of Washington. From the beginning of the Revolution he was a leader of the patriots of Woodbury; chairman of the Committee of correspondence 24 Sep 1774, member of the Committee of safety 17 Nov 1774, and of the Committee of Inspection over tories 19 Sep 1775. In 1779 he removed to Clarendon and represented that town in the Vermont Legislature in 1782, and in 1783 was Speaker of the House; Judge of the Supreme Court of Vermont in 1783 and Chief Judge of the Rutland County Court 1781-1787 and president of the Council of Censors, 1785. His will was proved at Clarendon 19 may 1792. 148

Served in the Revolutionary War as Public Service from Connecticut; in DAR Patriot Index.

Member of the Committee of Relief of Boston, 1774
Member of the Committee of Correspondence, 1774
Member of the Committee of Inspection, 1775
Representative in the Connecticut General Assembly for eight sessions
Organized the Rutland, Vermont County Court where he was the chief judge for six years