Background
He was born Oct. 12, 1710, at Lebanon, Connecticut, United States.
He was born Oct. 12, 1710, at Lebanon, Connecticut, United States.
He graduated from Harvard College in 1727. He studied theology under the Rev. Solomon Williams at Lebanon.
He was preparing to enter the ministry when family difficulties obliged him to enter his father's mercantile business. He then studied law, and in 1733 was sent to the General Assembly; in 1740 he was chosen assistant to the governor, serving until 1750. In 1766 he was made both deputy governor of Connecticut and chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court, and in October 1769 he was elected by the Assembly to the governorship, a position he held until 1784.
When the Revolutionary War began, Trumbull was the only colonial governor to side with the colonies. He was a frequent correspondent with General George Washington and helped supply materials to the Continental Army.
Governor Trumbull was elected as an honorary member of the Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati in 1784. In 1782, he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
On December 9, 1735, he married Faith Robinson (1718–1780), daughter of Rev. John Robinson. They were the parents of six children.
famous as a painter
first commissary general of the Continental Army
became governor of Connecticut
commissary of the Colony of Connecticut
