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Thaddeus Betts

1724 – 1807

Physician and Connecticut politician

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About Thaddeus Betts

Lived 1724 – 1807 (aged 82). Thaddeus Betts was an American politician.

Thaddeus Betts (May 3, 1724 – March 22, 1807) was a physician and member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk in the sessions of October 1774, October 1775, May and October 1776, May 1784, October 1785, and May 1786.

He was the son of John Betts, Jr. and Demaris Lockwood. He graduated from Yale University prior to 1752, and upon graduation, won a Berkeley Scholarship. As early as 1752, he settled in Ridgefield, but moved back to Norwalk soon afterwards. He married Mary Gold on November 8, 1752, but she died 12 days later. He married Elizabeth Maltby on May 15, 1754. They had one son, William Maltby Betts, who also served in the Connecticut General Assembly, was a judge, and father of Thaddeus Betts, lieutenant governor.

He served in the Connecticut General Assembly representing Norwalk in 1774, 1775, 1776.

An M.D. degree was conferred on him by the Connecticut Medical Society in 1797. His wife Elizabeth died on February 8, 1789. He married the widow of a former classmate, Daniel Lyman, on November 8, 1789.

He died in Norwalk on March 22, 1807.

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Yale University
Positions held
Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
Also known as
Dr. Thaddeus Betts

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Who was Thaddeus Betts?

physician and Connecticut politician (1724–1807)

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Thaddeus Betts was born on 3 May 1724 in Norwalk.

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Thaddeus Betts died on 22 March 1807 in Norwalk.

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Thaddeus Betts was a politician.

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Thaddeus Betts was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Thaddeus Betts

· Wikidata: Q7708966

· DBpedia: Thaddeus Betts (physician)

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