Thomas Fitch, best known for his service as a colonial governor of Connecticut, is rightfully respected for his work in revising the Yale College charter and the laws of Connecticut. Born in Norwalk, Connecticut, the son of Thomas and Sarah Fitch, the future governor was graduated from Yale College in 1721. He married Hannah Hall of New Haven on 4 September 1724. Of their ten children, eight lived to adulthood. Having continued his religious studies after his graduation from Yale, Fitch occasionally served as a substitute preacher in Norwalk in 1726, but at the same time he was embarking on the political career to which he would devote himself. He was elected as one of his town's representatives to the sessions of the General Assembly for May 1726, May 1727, May 1729, and May 1730, and he was appointed a justice of the peace annually from 1727 to 1732 and in 1736. In 1754 Fitch succeeded Roger Wolcott as governor...