William Pitkin

William Pitkin (April 30, 1694 – October 1, 1769) was a colonial governor of the Connecticut Colony. Biography Pitkin was born to a politically prominent family in Hartford (Now East Hartford) in 1694. His grandfather was William Pitkin IV, attorney general of Connecticut. and negotiating commissioner to Gov. Benjamin Fletcher of New York. Through his grandaunt Martha, he was a cousin of deputy governor Roger Wolcott, Founding Father Oliver Wolcott, and Gov. Oliver Wolcott Jr., who succeeded Hamilton as Secretary of the Treasury. He married Mary Woodbridge on May 7, 1724, and had five children, William, Timothy, George, Epraphas, and Ashebel; one of whom, William IV, was elected a member of the US Congress. Career