Stephen Van Cortlandt
1643-1700 Justice of the New York Supreme Court of Judicature, 1691-1700 Chief Justice, 1700 Stephen Van Cortlandt was born in Brouwer Street, New Amsterdam … More Stephen Van Cortlandt »
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Chidley Brooke
Unknown Justice of the New York Supreme Court of Judicature, 1693-1698 Related to the Bellomont family, and perhaps brought up on their estates in … More Chidley Brooke »
John Lawrence
1618-1699 Justice of the New York Supreme Court of Judicature, 1693-1698 John Lawrence was born in Hertfordshire, England in 1618 and came to America … More John Lawrence »
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 »
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 »
Ambrose Spencer
1765-1848 Associate Justice of the New York Supreme Court of Judicature, 1804-1819 Chief Justice, 1819-1823 Justice Ambrose Spencer was born in Salisbury, Connecticut on … More Ambrose Spencer »
Samuel Beardsley
1790-1860 Associate Justice of the New York Supreme Court, 1844-1847 Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court, 1847 Samuel Beardsley was born in … More Samuel Beardsley »