Biography of Hon. Jonathan Brace of Pawlet, VT Pawlet (VT) One Hundred Years Hiel Hollister  1867  J. Munsell, Albany BRACE, Hon. JONATHAN, from Glastenbury, Conn., 1780. He was probably the first attorney in town, a man of commanding talents and contributed largely to set the machinery of society in order.  He settled near the present residence of James Leach, the contemplated site at that day of the county buildings.  He was a member of the council of censors in 1785.  In a few years he returned to Connecticut, where he became distinguished in his profession and in public life.