[Excerpt from "History of the Colony of New Haven" by Edward Lambert, 1838] [excerpted 23 Oct 2003] p. 33 Mr. Eaton died on the 7th of January, 1657, and Mr. Goodyear died in London, in 1658.... In 1653, the magistrates present at the court, were William Fowler and John Astwood, of Milford, William Leete, of Guilford, and Joshua Atwater and Francis Newman, of New Haven. In 1661, were elected to the office, Benjamin Fenn and Robert Treat, of Milford, Jasper Crane and John Wakeman, of New Haven, and Andrew Leete, of Guilford.... After the union of the colonies, the "old jurisdiction" of New Haven gave Connecticut three governors, viz., Leete, Treat, and Law.... Some of the magistrates of New Haven, after the union, were, in 1655, William Leete, for Guilford, William Jones and Jasper Crane, for New Haven, Benjamin Fenn and Thomas Clark, for Milford, and Richard Law, for Stamford... It may be said of these illustrious men, that they are fathers of their country. They lived in time of the greatest difficulty and danger, yet always conducted affairs with such integrity and wisdom as to meet the approbation of the public...