Hi Ann, An interesting post. Let us know if you find anything further. I wonder what the University of Connecticut means by "elected" in the first line of their reply. Does it mean he was democratically elected or elected by the Crown. It strikes me that he couldn't be both democratically elected and appointed by the Crown, that would be a contridiction in terms. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: <JMJJF@aol.com> To: <AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 2:46 PM Subject: [A-REV] Fwd: Jonathan Trumbull > > --part1_d.283639e7.2a3a4286_boundary > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > The response from my U Conn source re Gov Trumbull is in part as follows: > > << Because > Jonathan Trumbull was elected governor in the year 1769, he was the only > incumbent colonial governor to serve throughout the war. Whether or not he > was the only royal governor to turn patriot, I can not say for sure. >> > > Obviously, this is not conclusive, but for the sake of moving on I yield the > point. It's possible that a colonial governor was "Royal" whether elected by > the voters of appointed by the Crown. > I will say Trumbull did not turn patriot, or go over to the Patriot side; he > was a Whig, holding the same beliefs before the war as he did throughout. > Because most of my notes are in Michigan and I am in Ohio, I'm checking over > my computer for anything further. Have already run across the titles of some > noteworthy books (not on this subject), which I'll copy into another e-mail. > Anne > > > --part1_d.283639e7.2a3a4286_boundary > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > Content-Disposition: inline > > Return-Path: <David.Avery@uconn.edu> > Received: from rly-xc04.mx.aol.com (rly-xc04.mail.aol.com [172.20.105.137]) by air-xc01.mail.aol.com (v86_r1.13) with ESMTP id MAILINXC12-0613091906; Thu, 13 Jun 2002 09:19:06 -0400 > Received: from lib-exchange.lib.uconn.edu (exchange.lib.uconn.edu [137.99.181.92]) by rly-xc04.mx.aol.com (v86_r1.13) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINXC43-0613091851; Thu, 13 Jun 2002 09:18:51 -0400 > Received: by exchange.lib.uconn.edu with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) > id <MBDVXRTS>; Thu, 13 Jun 2002 09:18:59 -0400 > Message-ID: <5D5ED9DBE60FD4118EA600D0B74450D6017A591F@exchange.lib.uconn.edu> > From: Dave Avery <David.Avery@uconn.edu> > To: "'JMJJF@aol.com'" <JMJJF@aol.com> > Subject: RE: Jonathan Trumbull > Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 09:18:58 -0400 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > > Dear Anne, > > Jonathan Trumbull was the governor of Connecticut from 1769-1784. Yes, he > was the Connecticut's governor during the American Revolution. Because > Jonathan Trumbull was elected governor in the year 1769, he was the only > incumbent colonial governor to serve throughout the war. Whether or not he > was the only royal governor to turn patriot, I can not say for sure. > > Sincerely, > > David F. Avery > > Connecticut State Documents Collection Supervisor, > Reference Collection Supervisor, > Coordinator for Services for Patrons with Disabilities > > > Research and Information Services > Homer Babbidge Library > 369 Fairfield Road, Unit 1005-RI > University of Connecticut > Storrs, CT 06269-1005 > > Tel: (860) 486-1252 > Fax: (860) 486-6100 > Email: david.avery@uconn.edu <mailto:david.avery@uconn.edu> > Web: http://www.lib.uconn.edu/~davery > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: JMJJF@aol.com [mailto:JMJJF@aol.com] > Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 9:39 PM > To: David.Avery@uconn.edu > Subject: Jonathan Trumbull > > > Dave: You sent me the Colonial Connecticut Records last year. Now I have a > query. I had written on the American Revolution List online that Jonathan > Trumbull was not a royal governor, and got back the following reply: > > Subj: Re: [A-REV] Connecticut and its charter > Date: 6/12/2002 4:15:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time > From: Patriot1@americanrevolution.org (Ed St.Germain) > Reply-to: Patriot1@americanrevolution.org > To: AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com > > Anne: > > I hate to burst your bubble, but "Brother Jonathan" Trumbull *was* a > Royal Governor. It fact, one of the things he is remembered for is > because he was the *only* Royal Governor to go over to the Patriot side > when war came. > > Dave: assuming you know the answer and don't have to research it, can you > tell me whether I'm right or wrong? Was Trumbull, CT's governor during the > American Revolution, a royal governor or not? (If you like, I can send you > the message in which I said he was not.) > > Thanks, Anne Sennish, Farmington, MI and Kelleys Island, OH > > --part1_d.283639e7.2a3a4286_boundary-- > > > ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >