Abraham Ten Broeck (May 13, 1734{Citation needed|date=December 2007} – January 19, 1810) was a New York politician, businessman, and militia Brigadier General of Dutch descent. He was twice…
Richard Montgomery (December 2, 1738 – December 31, 1775) was an Irish-born soldier who first served in the British Army. He later became a Major General in the…
Gouverneur Morris (January 31, 1752 – November 6, 1816) was an American statesman, a Founding Father of the United States, and a native of New York City who…
Lewis Morris (April 8, 1726 – January 22, 1798) was an American landowner and developer from Morrisania, New York. He signed the U.S. Declaration of Independence as a…
Ephraim Paine (August 19, 1730 Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut – August 10, 1785 Amenia, Dutchess County, New York) was an American physician and politician from New York. He…
Zephaniah Platt (May 27, 1735 – September 12, 1807) was an American politician and lawyer, and founder of the U.S. town of Plattsburgh, New York.Platt was born in…
Comfort Sands (1748 in Cow Neck, Long Island – 1834) was an American merchant, banker and politician.==Life==Sands was a member of the New York Provincial Congress, the body…
The Scott family descends from Sir John Scott, Baronet (1648–1712), of Ancrum, Roxburghshire in Scotland, whose second son, Captain John Scott (1678–1740), emigrated to New York City, where…
Melancton Smith (May 7, 1744 – July 29, 1798) was a New York Delegate to the Continental Congress. His first name is sometimes spelled “Melanchthon”; it derives from…