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Zephaniah Platt

The New Netherland Ancestors of

ZEPHANIAH PLATT



Continental Congress Delegate, Provincial Congress Delegate, State Constitutional Convention Delegate, State Senate, Town Founder



		 __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



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Biography of ZEPHANIAH PLATT

 
PLATT, Zephaniah, a Delegate from New York; born in Huntington, Long Island, Suffolk County, N.Y., May 27, 1735; received an English education; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; Member of the Provincial Congress 1775-1777; member of the council of safety in 1777; served in the State senate 1777-1783; Member of the Continental Congress in 1785 and 1786; member of the council of appointment in 1778 and 1781; county judge of Dutchess County 1781-1795; founded the town of Plattsburg in 1784; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1788; moved to Plattsburg, N.Y., in 1798 and continued the practice of law; regent of the State university from 1791 until his death; one of the projectors of the Erie Canal; died in Plattsburg, N.Y., September 12, 1807; interment in Riverside Cemetery.
 

 


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.

 

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