Robert Treat, Governor of Connecticut

1624 - 1710  (86 years)

• Name	Robert Treat
  Suffix	Governor of Connecticut
  Birth	23 Feb 1624	Pitminster, Somerset, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Jul 1710	Milford, New Haven, Connecticut   [1]
  Siblings	2 siblings
  1. Richard Treat ,   b. Bef 9 Jan 1622   d. Abt 1693, Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut  (Age > 70 years) ▻ Sarah Coleman   2. Robert Treat, Governor of Connecticut ,   b. 23 Feb 1624, Pitminster, Somerset, England d. 12 Jul 1710, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut  (Age 86 years)   3. Honor Treat ,   b. Bef 19 Mar 1616, Pitminster, Somerset, England d. Bef 1693, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut  (Age < 76 years) ▻ John Deming ,  m. Abt 1637
  Person ID	I14497	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2018

  
  

  Father	Richard Trott,   b. Bef 28 Aug 1584, Pitminster, Somerset, England d. Aft Sep 1669, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut (Age > 85 years)
  Mother	Alice Gaylard,   b. Bef 10 May 1594, Pitminster, Somerset, England d. Aft 1670 (Age > 77 years)
  Marriage	27 Apr 1615  [2]
  Family ID	F9030	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  From Wikipedia: When the Connecticut Charter of 1662 forced the New Haven Colony to merge with Connecticut in 1665, Treat led a group of dissidents who left the colony. They moved to New Jersey in 1666 where they were joined by other dissidents from Branford, Connecticut, another part of the former New Haven Colony. The dissidents from Branford were led by Abraham Pierson, Sr. Robert Treat wanted the new community to be named Milford, New Jersey. Pierson, a devout Puritan, preferred the name New Ark, and this place is now known as Newark. Robert himself returned to Milford, Connecticut in 1672 and lived there the rest of his life. Treat headed the colony's militia for several years, principally against the Narragansett Indians. This included participating in King Philip's War in 1676. He served on the Governor's Council continuously from 1676 to 1708. First elected Governor in 1683, Treat was supplanted by Sir Edmund Andros in 1687, making Connecticut part of the Dominion of New England. Treat is credited with having a role in concealing the state's charter in the Charter Oak, and resumed his job as governor when the dominion scheme fell apart in 1689. He was re-elected annually until being defeated by Fitz-John Winthrop in 1698.

  
  

• Sources

  [S160] Wikipedia. [S2292] Benjamin H. Gaylord, "The English Ancestry of Deacon William Gaylord: New Light and Observations." The American Genealogist 58:218, 1982.