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Jonas Platt

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JONAS PLATT



High Ranking Military (General), House of Representatives, State Assembly, State Constitutional Convention Delegate, State Senate, State Supreme Court Justice




		      __Epenetus Platt1
		     |
		 __Jonas Platt2
		|    |
		|    |          __Edmund Wood8,9
		|    |         |
		|    |     __Jonas Wood7,8,9
		|    |    |    |
		|    |    |    |__Martha Lome9
		|    |    |
		|    |__Phoebe Wood1,7
		|         |
		|         |     __John Strickland8,9
		|         |    |
		|         |__Elizabeth Strickland7,8,9
		|              |
		|              |__(__)8
		|
	    __Zephaniah Platt3
	   |    |
	   |    |     __Richard Smith6
	   |    |    |
	   |    |__Sarah Smith2,6
	   |         |
	   |         |__(__)6
	   |
       __ZEPHANIAH PLATT4
      |    |
      |    |__Hannah Saxton3
      |
JONAS PLATT4
      |
      |               __Cornelis Barentszen Van Wyck10
      |              |
      |          __Theodorus Van Wyck10,11
      |         |    |
      |         |    |     __Dr. Johannes Theodorus Polhemus10
      |         |    |    |
      |         |    |__Anna Polhemius10
      |         |         |
      |         |         |__Cathrina vander Werven10
      |         |
      |     __Theodorus Van Wyck12,16
      |    |    |
      |    |    |          __Joris Dirckszen Brinckerhoff20
      |    |    |         |
      |    |    |     __Abraham Joriszen Brinckerhoff11,19,20
      |    |    |    |    |
      |    |    |    |    |__Susanna Dubbels20
      |    |    |    |
      |    |    |__Margrietje Brinckerhoff10,11,20
      |    |         |
      |    |         |     __Jan Gerritszen Strycker19,20
      |    |         |    |
      |    |         |__Aeltje Strycker11,19,20
      |    |              |
      |    |              |     __Roelof Seubering19
      |    |              |    |
      |    |              |__Lambertje Roelofse Seubering19
      |    |                   |
      |    |                   |__(__)19
      |    |
      |__Mary Van Wyck13
	   |
	   |          __William Creed17,18
	   |         |
	   |     __William Creed12,17,18
	   |    |    |
	   |    |    |     __Thomas Wiggins17,18
	   |    |    |    |
	   |    |    |__Sarah Wiggins17,18
	   |    |         |
	   |    |         |__(__)17
	   |    |
	   |__Elizabeth Creed12,16
		|
		|          __Richard Cornell14
		|         |
		|     __Richard Cornell15,18
		|    |    |
		|    |    |__Rebecca (__)14
		|    |
		|__Mary Cornell16,18
		     |
		     |__Elizabeth Jessup15



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Biography of JONAS PLATT

 
PLATT, Jonas, a Representative from New York; born in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., June 30, 1769; attended a French academy at Montreal, Canada; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1790 and practiced in Poughkeepsie; county clerk of Herkimer County 1791-1798 and of Oneida County 1798-1802; member of the State assembly in 1796; elected as a Federalist to the Sixth Congress (March 4, 1799-March 3, 1801); chairman, Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business (Sixth Congress); resumed the practice of law; general of Cavalry in the State militia; was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1810; member of the State senate 1810-1813; member of the council of appointment in 1813; served as associate justice of the supreme court of New York 1814-1821; delegate to the New York Constitutional Convention in 1821; resumed the practice of law; died in Peru, Clinton County, N.Y., February 22, 1834; interment in Riverside Cemetery, Plattsburg, N.Y.
 

 


Notes and Sources


   1.  Platt, Charles, Jr.  Platt Genealogy.  New Hope:  privately published,
       1963.  74.
   2.  Ibid., p. 73.
   3.  Ibid., p. 78.
   4.  Ibid., p. 83.
   5.  Ibid., p. 224.
   6.  Ibid., p. 227.
   7.  Ibid., p. 235.
   8.  Riker, David M., Genealogical and Biographical Directory to Persons
       in New Netherland from 1613 to 1674.  CD-ROM. Cambridge: The
       Learning Company, 1999.  1349.  Riker consistently renders John and
       Elizabeth's name as "Stickland."
   9.  Ibid., p. 1802.
  10.  Peck, I. Heyward, "The Rev. Johannes Theodorus Polhemius and Some of His
       Descendants," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 90
       (1959):  65-80, 171-175, 225-239; 91 <1960):  29-39, 90-98, 174-179,
       204-221; 92 (1961):  50-53, 105-118, 161-174.
  11.  Van Wyck, Anne.  Descendants of Cornelius Barentse Van Wyck and Anna
       Polhemus.  New York:  Tobias A. Wright, 1912.  39-44.
  12.  Ibid., p. 59-65.
  13.  Ibid., p. 98-100.
  14.  Cornell, Rev. John, M.A., Genealogy of the Cornell Family.  New York:
       T.A. Wright, 1902.  17-24.
  15.  Ibid., p. 143-148.
  16.  Ibid., p. 157-158.
  17.  Riker, David M., op. cit., p. 1778.
  18.  Ibid., p. 356.
  19.  Ibid., p. 1370.
  20.  Ibid., p. 190.

 

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