• Father: ¤TRUMBULL, Jonathan, Governor

He was the first commissary-general of the Continental army, was born in Lebanon, Conn., March 11, 1737; the eldest son of Governor ¤Jonathan and Faith (Robinson) Trumbull, and brother of the younger Governor ¤Jonathan Trumbull and the artist ¤John Trumbull.

He was graduated from Harvard, A.B., 1756, A.M., 1759, and became associated with his father in business and in Revolutionary service. He was married in March, 1777, to Amelia, daughter of Eliphalet Dyer of Windham, Conn.

He was appointed an alternate delegate from Connecticut to the Continental congress, 1774, but ¤Roger Sherman, also an alternate delegate filled the vacancy. He joined the Continental army as commissary-general with the rank of colonel, July 19, 1775, and served in that capacity till Aug. 2, 1777, and was commissioner of the board of war, 1777-78, resigning his seat in April, 1778, on account of ill health. He died in the home of his father at Lebanon, Conn., July 23. 1778.

He was born in Lebanon, Conn., Dec. 7, 1782; son of David and Sarah (Backus) Trumbull; and grandson of ¤Jonathan and Faith (Robinson) Trumbull. His uncles were ¤John the artist, Governor ¤Jonathan the younger, ¤Joseph the legislator, and (by marriage) ¤William Williams, signer. Professor ¤Benjamin Silliman was his brother-in-law.

He was graduated from Yale in 1801; admitted to the bar at Windham, Conn., in 1803, and practised in Hartford, Conn., 1804-28. He was president of the Hartford bank; a representative in the state legislature in 1832; was elected a Whig representative in the 23d congress to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of William W. Ellsworth, serving, 1834-35, and was reelected to the 26th and 27th congresses, 1839-43. He was returned to the state legislature in 1848, and again in 1851, and was governor of Connecticut, 1849-50. The honorary degree of LL.D. was conferred on him by Yale in 1849. He died in Hartford, Conn., Aug. 4, 1861. BDNA