# Thomas Betts

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{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name          = Thomas Betts
| office        = Deputy of the<br/>[General Assembly](/source/Connecticut_General_Assembly)<br/>of the<br/>[Colony of Connecticut](/source/Connecticut_Colony)<br/>from [Norwalk](/source/Norwalk%2C_Connecticut)<ref name="histd">[https://books.google.com/books?id=YCgBAAAAYAAJ&dq=James+Olmsted&pg=PA77 An Historical Discourse in Commemoration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of Norwalk]</ref>
| term_start    = May 1692
| term_end      = October 1692
| predecessor   = [John Belding](/source/John_Belding),<br/>[James Olmsted](/source/James_Olmsted)
| alongside     = [Samuel Hayes](/source/Samuel_Hayes_(settler))
| successor     = [John Platt](/source/John_Platt_(settler)),<br/>[James Olmsted](/source/James_Olmsted)
| term_start2   = October 1694
| term_end2     = May 1695
| predecessor2  = [Matthew Marvin, Jr.](/source/Matthew_Marvin%2C_Jr.),<br/>[Samuel Hayes](/source/Samuel_Hayes_(settler))
| alongside2    = [John Platt](/source/John_Platt_(settler))
| successor2    = [Samuel Hayes](/source/Samuel_Hayes_(settler)),<br/>[Jakin Gregory](/source/Jakin_Gregory)
| office3       = Member of the [Connecticut House of Representatives](/source/Connecticut_House_of_Representatives) from [Norwalk](/source/Norwalk%2C_Connecticut)
| term_start3   = May 1704
| term_end3     = May 1705
| predecessor3  = [Samuel Hayes](/source/Samuel_Hayes_(settler)),<br/>[Samuel Keeler](/source/Samuel_Keeler)
| alongside3    = [Samuel Keeler](/source/Samuel_Keeler)
| successor3    = [John Belding](/source/John_Belding),<br/>[Joseph Platt](/source/Joseph_Platt_(politician))
| term_start4   = October 1705
| term_end4     = May 1706
| predecessor4  = [Joseph Platt](/source/Joseph_Platt_(politician)),<br/>[John Belding](/source/John_Belding)
| alongside4    = [Samuel Hanford](/source/Samuel_Hanford)
| successor4    = [Samuel Keeler](/source/Samuel_Keeler),<br/>[John Copp](/source/John_Copp)
| term_start5   = May 1707
| term_end5     = October 1707
| predecessor5  = [Joseph Platt](/source/Joseph_Platt_(politician))
| alongside5    = [Samuel Hanford](/source/Samuel_Hanford)
| successor5    = [Joseph Platt](/source/Joseph_Platt_(politician))
| birth_date    = June 3, 1650<ref name="nv1">[https://books.google.com/books?id=FulEAAAAYAAJ&dq=thomas+betts+norwalk&pg=PA226 Norwalk vol. 1]</ref><ref name="fs-01">"Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/MZM2-6KP : accessed 2014-05-02), entry for Thomas BETTS; [JR.].</ref>
| birth_place   = [Guilford](/source/Guilford%2C_Connecticut), [Connecticut Colony](/source/Connecticut_Colony)<ref name="fs-01"/>
| death_date    = between September 5 and December 24, 1717
| death_place   =
| resting_place = 
| spouse        = Sarah Marvin, daughter of [Matthew Marvin, Jr.](/source/Matthew_Marvin%2C_Jr.) (m. January 13, 1680, Norwalk)<ref name="nv1"/><ref name="fs-01"/>
| children      = John Betts, Thomas Betts, Sarah Betts (m. Joseph St. John, 1695; [Samuel Keeler](/source/Samuel_Keeler), 1712), Matthew Betts, Mary Betts Bartlett (m. [John Bartlett](/source/John_Bartlett_(Connecticut_politician))), Elizabeth Betts (m. Captain [Thomas Seymour](/source/Thomas_Seamer))<ref name="fs-01"/>
| occupation    = miller
| rank          =  
}}

175px|thumb|left|Coat of Arms of Thomas Betts
'''Thomas Betts''' (June 3, 1650 – between September 5 and December 24, 1717) was a deputy of the [General Assembly](/source/Connecticut_General_Assembly) of the [Colony of Connecticut](/source/Connecticut_Colony) from [Norwalk](/source/Norwalk%2C_Connecticut) in the sessions of May 1692, and October 1694, and a member of the [Connecticut House of Representatives](/source/Connecticut_House_of_Representatives) in the sessions of May and October 1704, October 1705, and May 1707.

==Biography==

He was born June 3, 1650, in [Guilford](/source/Guilford%2C_Connecticut), [Connecticut Colony](/source/Connecticut_Colony), the son of Thomas Betts (1615–1688) and Mary Raymond. He was the brother of [Samuel Betts](/source/Samuel_Betts_(Connecticut_politician)). He moved to Norwalk with his parents in 1664.

On December 15, 1709, the town granted, by majority vote, to Joseph Birchard, Thomas Betts, John Betts, and John Gregory, Jr., permission to build a dam for the purpose of a powering a grist mill.<ref name="ahr">[https://books.google.com/books?id=vwYCAAAAYAAJ&dq=Thomas%20Betts&pg=PA103 The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut]</ref>

== References ==
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{{s-start}}
{{succession box|title=Deputy of the<br/>[General Assembly](/source/Connecticut_General_Assembly)<br/>of the<br/>[Colony of Connecticut](/source/Connecticut_Colony)<br/>from [Norwalk](/source/Norwalk%2C_Connecticut)
|before=[John Belding](/source/John_Belding)
|before2=[James Olmsted](/source/James_Olmsted)
|with=[Samuel Hayes](/source/Samuel_Hayes_(settler))
|after=[John Platt](/source/John_Platt_(settler))
|after2=[James Olmsted](/source/James_Olmsted)
|years=May 1692–October 1692
}}
{{succession box|title=Deputy of the<br/>[General Assembly](/source/Connecticut_General_Assembly)<br/>of the<br/>[Colony of Connecticut](/source/Connecticut_Colony)<br/>from [Norwalk](/source/Norwalk%2C_Connecticut)
|before=[Matthew Marvin, Jr.](/source/Matthew_Marvin%2C_Jr.)
|before2=[Samuel Hayes](/source/Samuel_Hayes_(settler))
|with=[John Platt](/source/John_Platt_(settler))
|after=[Samuel Hayes](/source/Samuel_Hayes_(settler))
|after2=[Jakin Gregory](/source/Jakin_Gregory)
|years=October 1694–May 1695
}}
{{succession box|title=Member of the<br/>[House of Representatives](/source/Connecticut_House_of_Representatives)<br/>of the<br/>[Colony of Connecticut](/source/Connecticut_Colony)<br/>from [Norwalk](/source/Norwalk%2C_Connecticut)
|before=[Samuel Hayes](/source/Samuel_Hayes_(settler))
|before2=[Samuel Keeler](/source/Samuel_Keeler)
|with=[Samuel Keeler](/source/Samuel_Keeler)
|after=[John Belding](/source/John_Belding)
|after2=[Joseph Platt](/source/Joseph_Platt_(politician))
|years=May 1704–May 1705
}}
{{succession box|title=Member of the<br/>[House of Representatives](/source/Connecticut_House_of_Representatives)<br/>of the<br/>[Colony of Connecticut](/source/Connecticut_Colony)<br/>from [Norwalk](/source/Norwalk%2C_Connecticut)
|before=[Joseph Platt](/source/Joseph_Platt_(politician))
|before2=[John Belding](/source/John_Belding)
|with=[Samuel Hanford](/source/Samuel_Hanford)
|after=[Samuel Keeler](/source/Samuel_Keeler)
|after2=[John Copp](/source/John_Copp)
|years=October 1705–May 1706
}}
{{succession box|title=Member of the<br/>[House of Representatives](/source/Connecticut_House_of_Representatives)<br/>of the<br/>[Colony of Connecticut](/source/Connecticut_Colony)<br/>from [Norwalk](/source/Norwalk%2C_Connecticut)
|before=[Joseph Platt](/source/Joseph_Platt_(politician))
|before2=
|with=[Samuel Hanford](/source/Samuel_Hanford)
|after=[Joseph Platt](/source/Joseph_Platt_(politician))
|after2=
|years=May 1707–October 1707
}}
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Category:1650 births
Category:1717 deaths
Category:Deputies of the Connecticut General Assembly (1662–1698)
Category:Members of the Connecticut House of Representatives
Category:Millers
Category:Politicians from Norwalk, Connecticut
Category:People from Guilford, Connecticut

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