Thomas Wetmore was a lawyer and political figure in New Brunswick

New Brunswick

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He was born in Rye, New York, the son of Timothy Wetmore and Jane Haviland. He came to New Brunswick after the American Revolution

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 in 1783, first settling at Carleton (later Saint John

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) and then Gagetown

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. Wetmore studied law with Ward Chipman

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 and was admitted to the bar in 1790. He was named clerk for the Inferior Court of Common Pleas and registrar of deeds for Carleton County

Carleton County, New Brunswick

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. In 1793, he married Sarah Peters. He served as lieutenant-colonel in the militia. In 1809, Wetmore was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

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 for St. John County; he did not run for reelection in 1816. In the same year, he was named Attorney General

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 for the province and served in the post until his death on his estate near Fredericton

Fredericton, New Brunswick

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 at the age of 60. Wetmore was named to the province's ruling Council in 1817. He also served as justice of the peace for York County

York County, New Brunswick

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His son George Ludlow Wetmore predeceased his father, dying in a duel in 1821.