Jonathan Brace
Jonathan Brace | |
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At-large district | |
In office December 3, 1798 – May 1800 | |
Preceded by | William Edmond |
Succeeded by | Elizur Goodrich |
Member of the Connecticut General Assembly | |
In office 1788 1791-1794 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Federalist | November 12, 1754
Spouse | Ann White Brace |
Children | Thomas Kimberly Brace |
Parent(s) | Jonathan Brace and Mary (Messenger) Brace |
Alma mater | Yale College |
Occupation | Lawyer, Politician, Judge |
Jonathan Brace (November 12, 1754 – August 26, 1837) was an eighteenth-century American lawyer, politician and judge. He served as a
Biography
Brace was born in Harwinton in the Connecticut Colony, the son of Jonathan Brace and Mary (Messenger) Brace.[1] He attended the common schools and graduated from Yale College in 1779. He studied law under Founding Father Oliver Ellsworth, future Chief Justice of the United States.[2] Brace was admitted to the bar in Bennington, Vermont, in 1779, and began the practice of law in Pawlet, Vermont.
Brace moved to
Brace was a member of the
He served as an assistant in the council of the State from 1802 to 1818. Brace was appointed prosecuting attorney for Hartford County in December 1807 and served until May 1809, when he resigned. He was appointed judge of the county court and of probate in May 1809 and continued as judge of the county court until 1821 and as judge of probate until 1824.
He was the mayor of Hartford from 1815 to 1824,[9] and was also a member of the state senate in 1819 and 1820.[10] He died in Hartford on August 26, 1837, and was buried in the Old North Cemetery in Hartford.[11]
Personal life
Brace was married to Ann White Brace. Their son
References
- ^ "Jonathan Brace (1754 - 1837)". Ancestry.com. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
- ^ "Jonathan Brace". Connecticut State Library. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
- ^ "VERMONT-L Archives". Ancestry.com. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
- ^ Vermont (1875). Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont: Record of the Governor and Council, 1782-1791. J. & J. M. Poland. pp. 345.
- ^ "Brace, Jonathan (1754-1837)". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
- ^ "Jonathan Brace". Connecticut State Library. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
- ^ "Rep. Jonathan Brace". Govtrack.us. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
- ^ Day, Thomas (1809). Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Errors, of the State of Connecticut, in the years 1805, 1806, and 1807. Vol. 2. p. xii-xiii.
- ^ Trumbull, James Hammond (1896). The memorial history of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884, Volume 1. E. L. Osgood. p. 385.
- ^ "Jonathan Brace". Infoplease. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
- ^ "Old Cemetery Records Town of HarwintonLitchfield County, Connecticut". New Horizons Genealogy. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
- ^ "Thomas Kimberly Brace". Litchfield Historical Societu. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
External links
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: BRACE, Jonathan, (1754 - 1837)
- The Political Graveyard: Brace, Jonathan (1754-1837)
- Jonathan Brace at Find a Grave