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Gov. Robert Treat[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]

Male Abt 1625 - 1710  (~ 85 years)


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  • Name Robert Treat 
    Prefix Gov. 
    Birth Abt 1624/5  [1, 2, 10] 
    • Goodwin has 1621.
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 25 Feb 1624/5  Pitminster, Somersetshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11] 
    Founded 1665  Newark, Essex, New Jersey, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13] 
    Event 9 Dec 1675  Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [15, 16, 17, 18, 19] 
    forces were gathered
    joining the Narragansett Campaign
    during King Philip's War 
    • This force consisted of six companies of foot, numbering four hundred and sixty-five, besides Capt. Prentice's troop of seventy-five. The full quota was five hundred and seventy-seven soldiers, but there were probably many more serving in various roles.
    • Role: Commander
    Occupation From 1683 to 1698  Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13] 
    Governor
    Death 12 Jul 1710  Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 20, 21] 
    Burial Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Cemetery:
    Milford Cemetery
    Person ID I13890  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 5 Mar 2017 

    Father Richard Treat, Esq.,   b. 1584, Pitminster, Somersetshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 3 Mar 1669/70, Wethersfield Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 86 years) 
    Mother Alice Gaylord,   b. 1594   d. Aft 1670 (Age > 77 years) 
    Marriage 27 Apr 1615  Pitminster, Somersetshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 5, 7, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27] 
    Church:
    St. Andrew and St. Mary Church
    Family ID F4890  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Jane Tapp,   b. Abt 1628   d. 31 Oct 1703, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 75 years)  [12, 21, 28, 29] 
    Marriage 25 Dec 1647  [3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 20, 21] 
    Children 
     1. Hannah Treat,   b. 1 Jan 1659, Milford, New Haven, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Mar 1707/8, Windsor Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)
    +2. Capt. Joseph Treat,   b. 14 Sep 1662, Milford, New Haven, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Aug 1721, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
    Family ID F5239  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

    Family 2 Elizabeth Powell,   b. 16 Jun 1641, Dedham, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jan 1706, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)  [11, 12, 21] 
    Marriage 24 Oct 1705  [3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 30, 31] 
    Family ID F5240  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 25 Feb 1624/5 - Pitminster, Somersetshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFounded - 1665 - Newark, Essex, New Jersey, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEvent - forces were gathered,joining the Narragansett Campaign
    during King Philip's War  - 9 Dec 1675 - Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Governor - From 1683 to 1698 - Connecticut, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 12 Jul 1710 - Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Cemetery:
    Milford Cemetery - - Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States    		 Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 


    • From "Biographies of American & Colonial Governors" by Meckler

      TREAT, Robert, Governor of Connecticut 1683-1687, 1689-1698
      Born circa 1622 in Pitminster, Somerset, England, the second son of Richard and Alice (Gaylard) Treat (or Trott). A Congregationalist. Brother of Richard, James, Honor, Joanna, Sarah, Susanna and Catherine. Married circa 1647 to Jane Tapp, by whom he was the father of Samuel, John, Mary, Robert, Sarah, Hannah, Joseph and Abigail; after his first wife's death in 1703, remarried on October 24, 1705 to Elizabeth (Powell) Hollingsworth Bryan; no children by his second wife.

      Immigrated with his parents to America, probably late in the 1630's; later became one of the early settlers of the town of Milford in New Haven Colony. Was serving as a Deputy in the New Haven General Court by 1653, representing Milford; also named Lieutenant and Chief Military Officer of Milford in 1654. Selected as a Magistrate of New Haven Colony in 1659, a position which he held until he declined to serve in May 1664. Following the formal merger of New Haven with Connecticut in 1665, acted briefly as a member of the Connecticut General Assembly, but soon moved to Newark in East Jersey; served as a Deputy in the East Jersey Assembly from 1667 to 1672; also held office as Magistrate and Recorder of Newark. Returned to Connecticut early in the 1670's, and became an Assistant of that colony in 1673. From 1675 to 1676 played a major military role during King Philip's War, serving as Commander-in-Chief of the Connecticut forces deployed against the Indians. Elected Deputy Governor of Connecticut in May 1676, a position he retained until he succeeded the deceased Governor William Leete in April 1683.

      Except for the period between November 1687 and the spring of 1689, when Sir Edmund Andros governed the colony as part of the Dominion of New England, Treat served as chief executive of Connecticut from 1683 to 1698. A political moderate, Treat agreed to serve as a member of Andros' Council during the eighteen months of Dominion rule, but he also wished to avoid unnecessary encroachment by Crown officials. Consequently, after the demise of Andros, Treat advocated resumption of government under Connecticut's old charter, a charter which had never been legally invalidated. The impressive victory by Treat in the gubernatorial election of May 1689 was a major triumph over both the conservative Gershom Bulkeley, who claimed that the overthrow of Andros had been illegitimate, and the popular James Fitch, who attacked Treat's complicity with the Dominion government.
      Following his tenure as chief executive, the aged Treat continued to serve as deputy governor until 1708. He died on July 12, 1710.

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