Thomas Hooker was the man that originally brought about the idea of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut. Thomas Hooker delivered a sermon on the 31st May 1638, which provided a framework for the Connecticut government to work with; that was between 1639 to 1662. Before the fundamental orders of Connecticut was fully adopted, Hartford, Wethersfield, and Windsor operated under a simple kind of government which constitutes of the representatives and magistrates from each town.
There was a man from Windsor, who happened to be the only lawyer in the colony. He was the one that drafted the fundamental orders, though he was assisted by John Haynes (a resident of Hartford who was once a governor), John Steel, and Edward Hopkins. The ideas of the people contained in the fundamental orders of Connecticut can be said to be the idea of these earlier mentioned names, in agreement or accordance with the representatives and magistrates from the towns of Windsor, Hartford, and Wethersfield.