http://www.footguard.org/chapter13.html TWO HUNDRED YEARS http://www.footguard.org/book.html THE SECOND COMPANY GOVERNOR'S FOOT GUARD 1775 - 1975 Chapter 1 Beginnings of the Foot Guard Samuel Wyllys was the first Captain of the First Company and the Company's first parade was an escort to Governor's Trumbull and the General Assembly at Hartford on the second Thursday of May, 1772. Meantime, with Governor Trumbull's approval, a movement was put on foot to establish a Second Company of the Governor's Guard at New Haven, by James Hillhouse, Jesse Leavenworth and Benedict Arnold.