Joseph Platt (February 17, 1672 – June 12, 1748) was a member of the House of Representatives of the Colony of Connecticut from Norwalk.
[6] He was born on February 17, 1672, in Norwalk and is the youngest son of John Platt and Hannah Clark.
[3] He received a grant of 10 acres of land from the town of Norwalk for his services in the "swamp fight," on February 21, 1698.
On June 3, 1723, he was appointed by a town meeting as chairman of committee to seat the new meeting-house.
At the same meeting, he was appointed to a committee to regulate the difficulties arising from minister Buckingham.