Biography
Mattocks was born in Hartford, Connecticut on March 4, 1777; moved with his parents to Tinmouth, Vermont, in 1778; pursued an academic course, and studied law in Middlebury and Fairfield, then was admitted to the bar in 1797. He married Esther Newell and they had five children; three sons, George, John, and William; and two daughters named Esther who died in their first years.
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