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law, and was admitted to the Philadelphia bar in August, 1771. It is not known if he continued in the profession. He was among the
earliest and most earnest of the Whigs of Chester county, who led the opposition to the measures of Great Britain, which resulted in
the War for Independence. When the master spirits of that day assembled to organize resistance to tyranny, we almost invariably
find the name of Francis Johnston in some official capacity. On January 2, 1776, the Committee of Safety recommended Francis
Johnston for lieutenant colonel of the Fourth Pennsylvania Battalion, then to be raised, and he was accordingly appointed by the
Continental Congress January 4, 1776. September 27, 1776, he was commissioned colonel of the Fifth Regiment of the
Pennsylvania Line. He had previously served in the Canada Campaign of that year. He participated in the battles of Brandywine,
Germantown, Monmouth and Stony Point, and continued in active service until January 1,1781, when he retired, the Fifth and Ninth
Pennsylvania Regiments being consolidated.
Colonel Johnston was one of the original members of the State Society of the Cincinnati, in 1783 was its assistant treasurer, and in
1785 treasurer. In 1784 he was appointed by the general government one of the commissioners to treat with the Indians when the
treaty of Fort Stanwix was executed. Under the Constitution of 1790 he was appointed Receiver General of the Land Office and held
that office during the administration of Governor Mifflin. During the Whiskey insurrection of 1794 he offered his services to the
Government.
In 1810 he was chosen to the office of sheriff for the city and county of Philadelphia—elected by those who differed with him in
political opinion, thereby showing, however true the charge of ingratitude may be against republics generally, that the people of
Republican America had not then forgotten the services of those to whose exertions they were indebted for the liberty they enjoyed.
He died at Philadelphia February 22, 1815. Colonel Johnston was a member of the First City Troop, of the "State in Schuylkill," and
of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. His services in the war of the Revolution were ably and zealously rendered, and highly
appreciated. He ventured his life and spent his fortune for liberty.
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Captain William Judd, sixth child of William Judd and Ruth Lee, was born in Farmington, 20 Jul 1743; graduated from Yale College
with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, in 1763; and two years later was admitted to the legal bar of Hartford county. As an attorney he
gained prominence. Establishing his law office in the town of his nativity, he eventually became justice of the peace there, and
otherwise took active part in local administrative affairs. Ultimately he became a State legislator, and during the Revolution took rank
as captain under Colonel Willis in the Connecticut regiment. He was a leader of the Whig party in Connecticut, and a charter
member of the Connecticut branch of the Society of the Cincinnati, incorporated in 1786, General George Washington having
signed his certificate of membership. His death occurred at Farmington on 13 Nov 1804. On 8 Dec 1765, he married Elizabeth Mix,
daughter of Ebenezer Mix and Mercy Sedgwick, and widow of Caleb Merrill.
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William Judd (Jr.) was born at Farmington, CT, 20 Jul 1743, the third son and sixth child of William Judd, Sr., and his wife Ruth,
youngest child of John and Elizabeth (Loomis) Lee of Farmington. William Judd. Sr., was the only son and eldest child of John Judd
of Farmington. who was a descendant in the fourth generation of Thomas Judd who came from England in 1633 or '34 and settled
at Cambridge, MA; removing to Hart lord, CT, in 1636, and about 1644 becoming one of the proprietors of Farmington, where he
died 12 Nov 1688. He was a Deacon of the Farmington Church. William Judd, Sr., was a well-to-do man. He died in 1751, and upon
his monument the following inscription was carved: "Liberality of sentiment, singular veracity, integrity and charity marked his
character." His widow was married in 1760 to Jacob Kellogg.
William Judd, Jr., was graduated A. B. at Yale College in 1763, in the same class with Ebenezer Gray mentioned on page 292, Vol.
I) and Vine Elderkin (mentioned on page 463, Vol. I), and in Sep 1778, the degree of A.. M. was conferred on him by his Alma
Mater—he being present, in person, to receive it. Having studied law he was admitted to the Bar of Hartford County, Connecticut, in
1765, and immediately began to practise his profession in his native town. In 1773 he became a proprietor in The Susquehanna
Company, and in March 1774, was (as noted on page 798. ante) appointed a member of the Standing Committee of the Company.
At a town-meeting of the inhabitants of Farmington held 15 Jun 1774, it was voted: "That the Act of Parliament for blocking up the
port of Boston is an invasion of the rights and privileges of every American, and as such we are determined to oppose the same—
with all other such arbitrary and tyrannical acts—in every suitable way and manner that may be adopted in General Congress; to the
intent that we may be instrumental in securing and transmitting our rights and privileges inviolate to the latest posterity. * * * That
William Judd, Fisher Gay [and nine others named] be, and they are hereby, appointed a committee to keep up a correspondence
with the towns of this and the neighboring Colonies."
In May, 1775, William Judd was still living in Farmington, but shortly afterwards—leaving his family there—he removed to Wilkes-
Barre\ Here he was the proprietor of Town Lot No. 32 (see page 655). which he continued to own until 15 Jun 1792, when he sold it
to Putnam Catlin for £30. In August and September, 1775, Major Judd was at Wilkes-Barre, where he was exercising the duties of
his office of Justice of the Peace.
After his release from custody by the Pennsylvania authorities (see page 843) he returned to Wilkes Barre:, where, in the Summer
or early Autumn of 1776, he enlisted a number of men for the Continental army. At the session of the Connecticut Assembly held at
New Haven in Oct 1776—Col. Zebulon Butler and Col. Nathan Denison being in attendance as Representatives from
Westmoreland—Major Judd was appointed a Justice of the Peace in and for Westmoreland for the ensuing year, and was also
appointed a Captain in the 3rd Regiment, Connecticut Line, in the Continental service. (See page 637.) Under the date of 18 Dec
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