Samuel Hanford
Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
About Samuel Hanford
Lived 1674 – 1751 (aged 76). Samuel Hanford was an American politician and justice of the peace.
Samuel Hanford (April 22, 1674 – February 2, 1751) was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk in the sessions of October 1705, May 1707, May 1708, May 1711, May 1714, October 1717, October 1719, May 1720, October 1722, October 1733, May and October 1735, May and October 1736, and May and October 1737. He also served as Norwalk town clerk from 1707 to 1708. He served as a justice of the peace for Norwalk in 1711, 1723, 1724, and from 1735 until his death in 1751. He served as a selectman for seven years.
He was the son of Reverend Thomas Hanford and Mary Miles.
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Who was Samuel Hanford?
member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1674-1751)
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Samuel Hanford was born on 22 April 1674 in Norwalk.
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Samuel Hanford died on 2 February 1751 in Norwalk.
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Samuel Hanford was a politician and justice of the peace.
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Samuel Hanford was American.
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