Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-25

ObWebetuck Lodge No. 16, l. Q. Q. | F., meets at 807 Main street.
 Trinity Chapter, No. g, R. A. NJ, | stated convocation at Masonic hall
 Judge Timothy Pierce took office in the probate court of the districts of Windham and Scotland in the year 1719 and when in 1919 Judge Otto B. Robinson was appointed to this office the probate court of this district had celebrated it's hundredth anniversary. Judge of Probate Otto B. Robinson recently completed a most useful pamphlet containing a great deal Of | information regarding the jurisdiction of this office, and copies recently were placed in the Wihimantic Public Library, the Durham library at the American Thread Company plant, the Windham Free Public library and the 1 Scotland Public library. Other copies {, can be obtained by personal or writ 1 ten application at the probate office 1 in the town building
 l A part of the booklet is devoted to a treatise on general Jurisdiction as i applied to courts of probate. Follow
 In January, 1898, it was provided, l that in each county at least four of l should be appointed justices of the peace, three of whom, with a judge ap- | pointed by the General Assembly, | should have power to hold the county ] court Shortly afterward, three jus | tices were empowered, in the absence i of the judge, to hold the court. 6 Col. I Rec. 315.) To this court was com- mitaed exclusively the superintend- ence of the persons and estates of l i6i0fS nd lI1nofinC of of Moy 1699.) l each county a distinct forum was established, consisting of the judge of the county court. and two justices, or three justices without the judge, for the probate of wills, the granting of administration, and the appointing of guardians, with full power to act on all matters prop CT form prerogative court. This was the origin of our courts of probate. (Act of October, 1898. Col Rec.
 315.) I May 1716 it was provided
 that probate courts should be held for the year ensuing by one judge
 and a clerk. In May 1720 it was limited to two years and in Octob-
 CT, 1722, 1t was revived. ad mada perpetual. The first probate dis trict less than a county was estab- lished in October, 1719. 6 Col. Rec. 1S1, 183.) when it was enacted by the
 Assembly, that there should be a Court of Probate held at Windham for the towns specified in the bill of 1717, which were Lebanon, Wind ham, Plainfield, Canterbury Kill ;ingly, Pomfret, Coventry and Ash ford, to be held by one judge and clerk, with power and privileges as the other courts Of probate have ir this Colony. This arrangement re-
 lieved the inhabitants of north
 eastern Connecticut of part of theil 2 grievances as to the hardship of long travel to the court t-Ihouses in HartforC : and New London.
 y Probate courts have since tha 0 time been established in seven of tn, n towns above mentioned. Windhan a and Scotland alone remaining. At tha = early date Scotland was a part o Q the town of Windham, having beel e made separate township in Ma, : 1857. Plainfeld was the first to sep
 arate from the mother court by ac n of the May session of the legislatur
 in 1747. Pomfret was the next to g | in May, 1752 and the towns of Ash Il fford and Killingly were given sep | arate probate jurisdiction on tn o same date, June 4. 1880 The other to be separated in turn were Leba non on June 2. 1926, Canterbur
 (from Plain6eld) on May 27, 1885, an
 
 ron, a sub division of the courts c
 Windham, East Haddam and Eas = Windsor.
 The judges of the probate cour a of the Districto of Windham from tn e time of it's inception down to tn
 present incumbent, the dates re - cording the year of their assumptio e of office are as follows: Timoth r. Pierce 1719, Jonathan Trumbu it ,afterward war governor" of Con
 necticut) 1747, Shuball Conant 176 n. William Williams 1775,, Hezekia n Ripley 1909, John Baldwin 1S1, Le Johan Lincoln 1925; Chauncey l
 Cleveland 1929, Calvin Hebbar .+ 1884, Joel w. White 1885. Julius Clar ~ 1886. Calvin Hebbard 1888, Horat
 Webb 1S46, Calvin Hebbard 184
 Edward Clarke 1850, George $. Ca l. tin 1851, Calvin Hebbard (Jan I'd 1852, John A. Perkins (July) 1S5
 Gavin Hebbard 1853. Thomas Ora pr 1855, Calvi Hebbard 1856, Che. al ter Hunt 1857 Thomas Ora
 1858, Justin Swift 1860, Willia -----------------