Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society #263709

Capt. Wm. Coit was born in New London Nov. 26, 1742 graduated at in the class Of 1761 studied law, and was admitted to the bar, his certificate bearing the sig nature Of Gov. Saltonstall. He was a selectman in 1771, and in December, 1774, was added to the local committee of cor respondence raised the previous June. Early in 1775 he organized and drilled a military company at New London, contributing generously from his own resources toward its equipment.