James Graham (speaker)
James Graham | |
|---|---|
Speaker of the New York General Assembly | |
| In office March 2, 1699 – May 15, 1699 | |
| Preceded by | Phillip French |
| Succeeded by | Abraham Gouverneur |
| In office June 20, 1695 – April 2, 1698 | |
| Preceded by | Henry Pierson |
| Succeeded by | Phillip French |
| In office April 9, 1691 – November 16, 1693 | |
| Preceded by | Inaugural holder |
| Succeeded by | Henry Pierson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1650 Midlothian, Scotland |
| Died | January 27, 1701 (aged 50–51) Morrisania, Province of New York, British America |
| Relations | Marquess of Montrose (grandfather) Robert Hunter Morris (grandson) |
| Children | 6 |
| Parent(s) | John Graham Isabella Affick Graham |
James Graham (1650 – January 27, 1701) was a Scottish born colonial American politician who served as the
Early life
Graham was born in
Career
In 1678, as a member of the entourage of Governor Edmund Andros (who was appointed by the Duke of York to be the first proprietary governor of the Province of New York in October 1674), Graham sailed to New York aboard the Blossom.[2] Once in British America, he became a merchant and practiced law. He was granted patents to large tracts of land in Ulster County, Staten Island, and New Jersey.[2]
From its inception in 1683, until c. 1689, Graham served as the first
On December 10, 1685, while serving as Recorder, Graham was appointed the Attorney General of the Province of New York to succeed Thomas Rudyard.[4] In 1687, he was appointed to the Governor's Council under Governor Thomas Dongan, 2nd Earl of Limerick.[2] In 1688 when New York was annexed into Dominion of New England, he moved to Boston and became the Attorney General of the Dominion. Following its collapse in April 1689, he was imprisoned along with Governor Andros and was exiled to England.[2]
Return to New York
In 1691, Graham returned to New York after the
In April 1691, Thomas Newton, then the Attorney General of the Province, left New York and George Farewell was appointed to succeed him but the General Assembly considered Farewell incompetent and, in May 1691, Graham was again appointed Attorney General, which he held until January 1701.[2] In 1696, he was appointed Advocate General of the Court of Vice-Admiralty and in May 1699, he was again appointed to the Governor's Council under Governor Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont.[2]
He was appointed to serve as Recorder again in 1693 and served (under mayors
Personal life
Graham was first married to Mary Home. Together, they were the parents of:[1]
- Isabella Graham (1673–1752), who married Gov. Lewis Morris (1671–1746) on November 3, 1691.[10]
- Mary Graham (b. c. 1675), who married John Corbett on December 14, 1703.[11]
- Sarah Graham (b. c. 1677), who married Mr. Chappel, emigrated to England and was the mother of Rev. Graham Chappen, a clergyman in Nottinghamshire.[1]
- Margaret Graham (b. c. 1679)
- John Graham (b. c. 1681)
After Mary's death, Graham was married for a second time to Elizabeth Windebank (1655–1701) on July 18, 1684.[11] Together, they were the parents of:[1]
- Augustine Graham (d. 1718), who married Jane Chiswell on April 8, 1703.Surveyor General (from 1691 to 1719) and was a patentee in the Great and Little Nine Partner grants in Dutchess County.[1][12]
Graham died at his daughters residence, Morrisania, on January 27, 1701.[2]
Descendants
Through his son Augustine, he was the grandfather of James Graham,[13] who married his cousin (and James's granddaughter) Arabella Morris in 1738.[1][14] Through his daughter Isabella, he was the grandfather of twelve, including fellow Speaker Lewis Morris Jr. and New Jersey Chief Justice Robert Hunter Morris.[10]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Huntting, Isaac (1897). History of Little Nine Partners: Of North East Precinct, and Pine Plains, New York, Duchess County. Charles Walsh & Company, printers. pp. 342–350. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ^ Historical Society of the New York Courts. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- The Riverside Press.
- ISBN 9781429022217. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ^ Hutchins, Stephen C. (1884). Civil List and Constitutional History of the Colony and State of New York. Weed, Parsons & Company. p. 305. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ^ Hough, A.M., M.D., Franklin B. (1858). The New York Civil List: Containing The Names And Origin Of The Civil Divisions, And The Names And Dates Of Election Or Appointment Of The Principal State And County Officers From The Revolution To The Present Time. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Murlin, Edgar L. (1908). The New York Red Book. J. B. Lyon Company. pp. 356–365. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ^ Eager, Samuel Watkins (1846). An Outline History of Orange County: Together with Local Tradition and Short Biographical Sketches of Early Settlers, Etc. T. E. Henderson. p. 372. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ Council, New York (N Y. ) Common (1905). Minutes of the Common Council of the City of New York, 1675-1776. Dodd, Mead & Co. p. 119. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ Historical Society of the New York Courts. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ^ a b c Senate, New York (State) Legislature (1901). Documents of the Senate of the State of New York. E. Croswell. p. 22. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- Colonial Dames of the State of New York. p. 315. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- William and Mary College. 1909. p. 304. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ^ Bergen, Tunis Garret (1915). Genealogies of the State of New York: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 220. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
External links
- James Graham at the Historical Society of the New York Courts.