Andrew Messenger

Andrew Messenger (1650 – October 1730) was a deputy of the General Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut from Norwalk in the sessions of May 1691, and October 1696, and a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in the sessions of October 1700, October 1701, and May 1702.

Andrew Messenger
Deputy of the
General Assembly
of the
Colony of Connecticut
from Norwalk[1]
In office
May 1691 – October 1691
Serving with John Platt, Samuel Smith
Succeeded byJohn Belding, James Olmsted
Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk
In office
October 1696 – May 1697
Preceded bySamuel Hayes
Succeeded bySamuel Hayes,
Matthew Marvin, Jr.
In office
October 1700 – May 1701
Preceded bySamuel Hayes
Succeeded bySamuel Hayes
In office
October 1701 – October 1702
Serving with Samuel Keeler
Preceded bySamuel Hayes
Succeeded bySamuel Hayes
Personal details
Born1650[2]
Jamaica, Long Island, New York[2]
DiedOctober 1730[2]
Jamaica, Long Island, New York[2]
Spouse(s)Rebecca Pickett (m. 1685, widow of James St. John), Rachel Hayes[2][3](daughter of Nathaniel Haies)
ChildrenMary Messenger Benedict
Residence(s)Norwalk, Connecticut Colony
Occupationsurveyor
Military service
Ranksergeant

He was the son of Andrew Messenger[3] and Rachel Manning.

On June 28, 1686, he bought the land of Walter Hoyt.[4]

On December 5, 1694, Messenger was elected by the town of Norwalk, to serve as collector of each townsman's proportion (tax) to pay the minister for his services.[4]

In 1698, it was the special duty of Messenger and John Keeler, as deputies to bring the enforcement of the Game Law to the attention of the native people of the Norwalk area, who had been assigned to the portion of Chestnut Hill called Indian Field.[5]

References
  1. An Historical Discourse in Commemoration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of Norwalk
  2. "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/MZSV-BNK : accessed 2014-05-05), entry for Andrew MESSENGER ;[SGT.].
  3. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield
  4. The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut
  5. Norwalk vol.1
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