Abraham De Peyster
1657-1734 Justice of the New York Supreme Court of Judicature, 1698-1702 Chief Justice, 1701 Born in 1657 to a French Huguenot family that had … More Abraham De Peyster »
Era Category: Judges of the Era
William Atwood
c. 1652-c. 1709 Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court of Judicature, 1701-1702 William Atwood was born in England around 1652, the son … More William Atwood »
Robert Walters
Unknown-1733 Justice of the New York Supreme Court of Judicature, 1701-1702; 1718-1733 Robert Walters is believed to have been born in Plymouth, England and … More Robert Walters »
John Bridges
Unknown-1704 Justice of the New York Supreme Court of Judicature, 1702-1703 Chief Justice, 1703-1704 John Bridges was educated at Cambridge University in England and … More John Bridges »
Robert Milward
Unknown Justice of the New York Supreme Court of Judicature, 1703-1718 Robert Milward arrived in the Province of New York with Governor Cornbury in … More Robert Milward »
Thomas Wenham
Unknown-1709 Justice of the New York Supreme Court of Judicature, 1703-1709 Thomas Wenham was a merchant in the Province of New York in 1685. … More Thomas Wenham »
Roger Mompesson
1662-1715 Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court of Judicature, 1704-1715 Roger Mompesson was born in 1662 in Dorset, England. He was educated … More Roger Mompesson »
William Tangier Smith
1655-1705 Justice and Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court of Judicature, 1691-1703 [intermittent] Col. William Smith, known as “Tangier” Smith, was born … More William Tangier Smith »