[3] As early as 1752, he settled in Ridgefield, but moved back to Norwalk soon afterwards.
[3] He married Mary Gold on November 8, 1752, but she died 12 days later.
[3] They had one son, William Maltby Betts, who also served in the Connecticut General Assembly, was a judge, and father of Thaddeus Betts, lieutenant governor.
[3] He served in the Connecticut General Assembly representing Norwalk in 1774, 1775, 1776.
[3] He married the widow of a former classmate, Daniel Lyman, on November 8, 1789.