''For other people named John Platt, see John Platt.'' John Platt (January 11, 1632 – November 6, 1705) was an early

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of Norwalk,

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. He was a member of the General Court of the

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from Norwalk in several sessions between 1678 and 1694. He was the son of Richard Platt and Mary Wood. He moved from

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to Norwalk, and received grants of land there in 1660, 1663 and 1672. He was a deacon of the church at Norwalk. He was sergeant of the Norwalk Train Band. In 1680 he was one of the three commissioners appointed to lay out the plantation north of Stamford. In 1687, he was appointed one of the three commissioners chosen to lay out

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Platt, John 1632 births 1705 deaths Deacons Deputies of the Connecticut General Assembly (1662–1698) Politicians from Norwalk, Connecticut People from Milford, Connecticut People from Ware, Hertfordshire English emigrants Settlers of Connecticut