Draft:William Hillhouse (judge)
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William Hillhouse (or Hilhouse; August 25, 1728 – January 12, 1816) was an associate justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors (now known as the Connecticut Supreme Court) from 1785 to 1807.[1]
Hillhouse was elected as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1783 and 1785, but did not participate in either session.
Hillhouse was considered to be among the more distinguished members of the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors.[2]
Delegate from Connecticut; born in Montville, Conn., August 25, 1728; received a liberal schooling; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; served in the State house of representatives 1756-1760 and 1763-1785; major in the Second Regiment of the Connecticut Cavalry in the Revolutionary War; elected to the Continental Congress in 1783 and 1785, but did not attend; judge of the court of common pleas 1784-1806; member of the State senate 1785-1808; judge of probate for New London district 1786-1807; died in Montville, Conn., January 12, 1816; interment in Raymond Hill Cemetery.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Day, Thomas (1809). Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of Errors of the state of Connecticut. Hudson and Goodwin. p. vii.
- ^ Leonard M. Daggett, "The Supreme Court of Connecticut", in The Green Bag, Volume 2 (1890), p. 427.
- ^ https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/H/HILLHOUSE,-William-(H000619)/
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