Oliver Ellsworth and Col. Samuel Whiting signed Revolutionary War Pay Order dated 1777 - Connecticut Revolutionary War Bonds, etc.

Oliver Ellsworth (April 29, 1745 – November 26, 1807) was a prominent Founding Father of the United States, recognized for his roles as an attorney, jurist, politician, and diplomat. He played a significant part in the drafting of the United States Constitution, served as a United States senator from Connecticut, and held the position of the third chief justice of the United States. In the 1796 presidential election, he garnered 11 electoral votes.

Ellsworth's contributions were instrumental in securing Connecticut's ratification of the Constitution, and he was elected as one of the first two senators from the state, serving from 1789 to 1796. He was the principal author of the Judiciary Act of 1789, which established the framework for the federal judiciary and affirmed the Supreme Court's authority to invalidate state supreme court rulings that conflicted with the United States Constitution. As a key ally of Alexander Hamilton in the Senate, Ellsworth was affiliated with the Federalist Party and played a pivotal role in the passage of Hamilton's initiatives, including the Funding Act of 1790 and the Bank Bill of 1791. He also supported the United States Bill of Rights and the Jay Treaty.

Col. Samuel Whiting was born on March 15, 1720, in Windham, Connecticut, United States. At the time of his birth, his father, Rev. Samuel Whiting, was 49 years old, and his mother, Elizabeth Adams, was 39. He entered into marriage with Elizabeth Judson on April 18, 1743, in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. Together, they had a family that included at least eight sons and four daughters. Col. Whiting passed away on February 15, 1803, in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 82. He was interred at the Old Congregational Burying Ground in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.