- John Hathorn
John Hathorn (
January 9 ,1749 Wilmington,New Castle County, Delaware –February 19 ,1825 Warwick,Orange County, New York ) was an American politician who was a member of theUnited States House of Representatives from New York.Life
He completed preparatory studies and became a surveyor and a school teacher. He moved to
Warwick, New York , then a part of the precinct of Goshen and married Elizabeth Welling. He was a captain in the local colonial militia, and became a colonel of the Fourth Orange County (N.Y.) RegimentFebruary 7 ,1776 , and served throughout the Revolutionary War. He served on the committee appointed to determine an effective location for the Great Chain across the Hudson which prevented the British from advancing up the river, and himself wrote the report. He was one of the commanders of theBattle of Minisink . After the war, onSeptember 26 ,1786 , Hathorn became a brigadier general of the Orange County militia, and onOctober 8 ,1793 , a major general of state militia.Hathorn was a member from Orange County of the
New York State Assembly in 1778, 1780, from 1782 to 1785, in 1795 and 1805, and served as Speaker in 1784.He was a member of theNew York State Senate from 1786 to 1790 and from 1799 to 1803, and was a member of theCouncil of Appointment in 1787 and 1789. He was elected to theConfederation Congress in December 1788 but did not attend because it soon become defunct. He was elected to theFirst United States Congress , and served fromMarch 4 ,1789 , toMarch 3 ,1791 . He was elected as a Democratic-Republican to theFourth United States Congress , and served fromMarch 4 ,1795 toMarch 3 ,1797 .Hathorn engaged in mercantile pursuits until the time of his death.
He was buried in Warwick Cemetery. His stone house still stands on Hathorn Rd., with his and his wife's initials worked in red brick on the south gable of the house.
References
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* [http://www.albertwisnerlibrary.org/~wisner/Factsandhistory/History/Hathorn&Welling.htm John Hathorn and Elizabeth Welling]
* [http://www.albertwisnerlibrary.org/~wisner/Factsandhistory/History/Minisink.htm John Hathorn's report on the Battle of Minisink]External links
* [http://mumm.hautetfort.com/archive/2006/05/10/ce-que-dira-l-imprecateur.html A poem in French]
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