Josiah Ogden Hoffman
1766-1837 Attorney General of New York, 1798-1801 Josiah Ogden Hoffman was born on April 14, 1766, in Newark, New Jersey. He received his legal … More Josiah Ogden Hoffman »
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Matthias B. Hildreth
1774-1812 Attorney General of New York, 1808-1810; 1811-1812 Matthias Bernard Hildreth was born in 1774 in Southampton, Long Island. His family moved to Johnstown … More Matthias B. Hildreth »
Thomas Addis Emmet
1764-1827 Attorney General of New York, 1812 Thomas Addis Emmet was born in Ireland on April 24, 1764, the son of Robert Emmet, physician … More Thomas Addis Emmet »
Abraham Van Vechten
1762-1837 Attorney General of New York, 1810; 1813-1815 Abraham Van Vechten was born in Catskill, New York on December 5, 1762. Educated at the … More Abraham Van Vechten »
John Tuder
c. 1649-1708 John Tuder (also spelled Tudor) was born in England around 1649 and appears to have emigrated to Barbados around 1670, moved to … More John Tuder »
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 »
Thomas Weaver
c. 1641-1705 Thomas Weaver, born in England around 1641, was a graduate of Oxford University and studied law at the Inner Temple, where he … More Thomas Weaver »
James, Duke of York
James II, King of England 1633-1701 James, younger son of King Charles I of England, held the title of Duke of York. He was … More James, Duke of York »
Richard Ingoldsby
Unknown-1719 Richard Ingoldsby served William of Orange as a field officer in the campaign in Ireland and was appointed captain of the military company … More Richard Ingoldsby »
Francis Lovelace
c. 1621-1675 Second Governor of New York, 1668-1673 Francis Lovelace, son of Sir William Lovelace of Bethersden in Kent, England, was born around 1621. … More Francis Lovelace »