Editing Jonathan Trumbull (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:Madame Faith Trumbull Contributing her Cloak for the Soldiers (page 318 crop).jpg|thumb|Faith Robinson Trumbull, depicted donating her cloak for the revolutionary war effort]]
In 1736, one year prior to his marriage, Jonathan Trumbull Sr. purchased Flora, a 'mulato girl and slave for life', from Eliphalet Adams of New London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.yaleslavery.org/WhoYaleHonors/trumbull.html|title=Trumbull College}}</ref>

On December 9, 1735, he married Faith Robinson (1718–1780), daughter of Reverend John Robinson. They were the parents of six children, including:
*[[Joseph Trumbull (delegate)|Joseph Trumbull]] (1737–1778), first commissary general of the [[Continental Army]] and an early member of the Board of War.
*[[Jonathan Trumbull Jr.]] (1740–1809), aide-de-camp to General [[George Washington]] from 1781 to the end of the war, Speaker of the House from 1791 to 1793, and Governor of Connecticut from 1798 to 1809.
*[[Faith Trumbull]] (1743–1775), who married General [[Jedidiah Huntington]].
*Mary Trumbull (1745–1831), who married [[William Williams (signer)|William Williams]], signer of the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]].
*David Trumbull (1751–1822), commissary of the Colony of Connecticut and father of [[Joseph Trumbull (governor)|Joseph Trumbull]], the 35th Governor of Connecticut.
*[[John Trumbull]] (1756–1843), "Painter of the American Revolution" and aide-de-camp to General Washington for 19 days in 1775.

Trumbull died in [[Lebanon, Connecticut]], and is buried at the Old Cemetery there. His home in Lebanon, the [[Jonathan Trumbull House]], was declared a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1965.