Samuel Hitchcock
Samuel Hitchcock | |
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Attorney General of Vermont | |
In office October 1790 – September 3, 1793 | |
Governor | Thomas Chittenden |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Daniel Buck |
Personal details | |
Born | Brimfield, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America | March 23, 1755
Died | November 30, 1813 Burlington, Vermont | (aged 58)
Resting place | Elmwood Cemetery Burlington, Vermont |
Political party | Federalist[1] |
Spouse | Lucy Caroline Allen (m. 1789-1813, his death) |
Relations | Ethan Allen (father-in-law) |
Children | 6 (including Henry Hitchcock and Ethan A. Hitchcock) |
Education | Harvard University |
Occupation | Attorney |
Samuel Hitchcock (March 23, 1755 – November 30, 1813) was the 1st
Education and career
Born on March 23, 1755, in
Hitchcock continued private practice in
In 1791, Hitchcock was a delegate to the Vermont convention which ratified the
Federal judicial service
Hitchcock received a recess appointment from President George Washington on September 3, 1793, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Vermont vacated by Judge Nathaniel Chipman.[2] He was nominated to the same position by President Washington on December 27, 1793.[2] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 30, 1793, and received his commission on January 28, 1794.[2] His service terminated on February 20, 1801, due to his elevation to the Second Circuit.[2]
Hitchcock was nominated by President John Adams on February 18, 1801, to the United States Circuit Court for the Second Circuit, to a new seat authorized by 2 Stat. 89.[2] He was confirmed by the Senate on February 20, 1801, and received his commission the same day.[2] His service terminated on July 1, 1802, due to abolition of the court.[2]
Later career and death
Following his departure from the federal bench, Hitchcock resumed private practice in Vergennes and Burlington, Vermont from 1802 to 1813.[2] He died in Burlington on November 30, 1813.[a][2][9][10] He was buried in Burlington's Elmwood Cemetery.[11]
Family
Hitchcock was the son of Noah and Mary Hitchcock.[3] He was married to Lucy Caroline Allen (1768–1842), the daughter of Ethan Allen.[3] Their children who lived to adulthood included Lorraine Allen Hitchcock, Henry Hitchcock, Mary Anne Hitchcock, Ethan A. Hitchcock, Caroline P. Hitchcock, and Samuel Hitchcock.[3]
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Henry Hitchcock
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Ethan Allan hitchcock
Note
- ^ Many sources indicate November 20. November 30 is verified by the Burlington death and burial record for Samuel Hitchcock, as well as contemporary newspaper death notices, none of which appeared before December 1, 1813.
References
- ^ Ragsdale, Bruce A. (2005). "The Sedition Act Trials" (PDF). Federal Judicial Center. Washington, DC: Federal Judicial History Office. p. 35. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Samuel Hitchcock at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ a b c d "The Genealogy of the Hitchcock Family: Who are Descended from Matthias Hitchcock of East Haven, Conn., and Luke Hitchcock of Wethersfield, Conn". Press of Carpenter & Morehouse. July 7, 1894. pp. 248–251 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Aldrich, Lewis Cass (1889). History of Bennington County, Vt. Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co. p. 200 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Rann, William S. (July 7, 1886). History of Chittenden County, Vermont: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. D. Mason & Company. p. 414 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Lawson, John Davison (July 7, 1916). "American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting Criminal Trials which Have Taken Place in the United States, from the Beginning of Our Government to the Present Day: with Notes and Annotations (Volume 6)". Thomas Law Books. p. 689 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University". Yale University. July 7, 1910. p. 135 – via Google Books.
- ^ Rand, Avery of (July 7, 1902). "Vermont Legislative Directory". Vermont Office of Secretary of State. p. 198 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Death notice, Samuel Hitchcock". Boston Commercial Gazette. Boston, MA. December 16, 1813. p. 2 – via GenealogyBank.com.
At Burlington, Ver on the 30th ult., Hon. Samuel Hitchcock, age 59.
- ^ "The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the Men and Women who are Doing the Work and Moulding the Thought of the Present Time (Volume 11)". J. T. White Company. July 7, 1901. pp. 195–196 – via Google Books.
- ^ Corley, Edward B. (November 2, 1921). "Death and Burial Record for Samuel Hitchcock in the Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908 (Copy of original)". Ancestry.com. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com LLC. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
Sources
- Samuel Hitchcock at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.