John Betts Jr.
OfficeMember of the
House of Representatives
of the
Colony of Connecticut
from Norwalk[1]
Term startOctober 1731
Term endMay 1732
PredecessorJoseph Platt
AlongsideJoseph Platt
Term start 2October 1736
Term end 2May 1737
Predecessor 2Samuel Hanford,
Samuel Fitch
Alongside 2Samuel Hanford
Successor 2Samuel Hanford,
Thomas Benedict
Term start 3May 1739
Term end 3October 1739
Predecessor 3Joseph Platt,
Joseph Comstock
Alongside 3Joseph Platt
Successor 3James Lockwood,
Samuel Cluckston
Term start 4May 1741
Term end 4October 1742
Predecessor 4James Lockwood,
Thomas Benedict
Alongside 4John Belding Jr.,
Samuel Fitch
Successor 4James Lockwood,
Samuel Fitch
Term start 5May 1743
Term end 5October 1743
Predecessor 5James Lockwood,
Samuel Fitch
Alongside 5Samuel Fitch
Birth dateNovember 17, 1692[2]
Birth placeNorwalk, Connecticut Colony[2]
Death dateJune 27, 1767 (aged 74)[2]
Death placeNorwalk, Connecticut Colony[2]
Resting placeMill Hill Burying Ground, Norwalk, Connecticut
SpouseDamaris Lockwood (daughter of daughter of Eliphalet Lockwood) (m. April 17, 1722)[2]

John Betts Jr. (November 17, 1692 – June 27, 1767) was a member of the House of Representatives of the Colony of Connecticut from Norwalk in the sessions of October 1731, October 1736, May 1739, May and October 1741, May 1742, and May 1743

He was the son of John Betts.

He was appointed to be an auditor of the accounts of the treasurer of the Colony of Connecticut on May 10, 1739.[2]

He was a justice of the peace from 1746 to 1748.[2]

References

  1. ^ An Historical Discourse in Commemoration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of Norwalk
  2. ^ The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record