Background
Wyllys, George was born on April 24, 1710 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Hezekiah and Elizabeth (Hobart) Wyllys.
Wyllys, George was born on April 24, 1710 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Hezekiah and Elizabeth (Hobart) Wyllys.
Graduated from Yale, 1729.
Secretary pro tem Colony of Connecticut, 1730-1734, secretary, 1734-1796. Town clerk Hartford, 1732-1796. Commissioned captain Connecticut Militia, 1738, served as lieutenant colonel in French and Indian War, 1757.
Unsympathetic with policy of separation from England, 1775-1776.
Married Mary Woodbridge, 6 children.