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23-647: Colden may refer to: People [ edit ] Alexander Colden , first recorded Postmaster of New York City Cadwallader Colden (1688–1776), physician, farmer, surveyor, botanist, and lieutenant governor of the Province of New York Cadwallader D. Colden (1769–1834), Colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812, member of New York State Assembly, mayor of New York City, U.S. Representative, and member of New York State Senate Cadwallader Colden Washburn (1818–1882),

46-552: A dominant political force, with many relying on his support for their continued time in office and salary. In the same year, he was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society . In 1746 a dispute arose between Governor Clinton and the New York Assembly regarding the governor's salary. Chief Justice De Lancey supported the legislature's position in the controversy and thus incurred

69-674: A founder of General Mills and a representative from Wisconsin to the United States Congress Charles J. Colden (1870–1938), a representative from California to the Seventy-third United States Congress Charles S. Colden (1885–1960), American lawyer and politician Jane Colden (1724–1766), U.S. botanist Trevor Colden (b. 1994), a U.S. skateboarder Colden Earles (b. 2003) Places [ edit ] England [ edit ] Colden, West Yorkshire ,

92-538: A son of merchant Stephen DeLancey and brother of Gov. James DeLancey ); Cadwallader Colden Jr.; Jane Colden , the first female botanist working in America; Alice Colden (wife of Col. Isaac Willet); and David Colden (who married Ann Alice Willett). His father was the 31st, 33rd, and 35th Colonial Governor of New York . His paternal grandparents were the Rev. Alexander Colden and Janet (née Hughes) Colden. In 1737, he

115-811: A village in Calderdale Colden Common , a village and civil parish in Hampshire Isle of Man [ edit ] Colden, a peak on the Isle of Man United States [ edit ] Colden, New York , a town in Erie County Mount Colden , Adirondack Mountains, New York Lake Colden a lake in the Adirondack High Peaks, New York Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

138-472: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Alexander Colden Colden was born on August 13, 1716, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in what was then a part of British America . He was the eldest son of Dr. Cadwallader Colden (1688–1776) and Alice ( née Chrystie) Colden. Among his siblings were Elizabeth Alice Colden (wife of Peter DeLancey,

161-663: The Province of New York . De Lancey was born in New York City on November 27, 1703, the first son of Étienne de Lancy and Anne, a daughter of Stephanus Van Cortlandt . His brother, Oliver De Lancey , became a senior Loyalist officer in the American War of Independence , joining General Howe on Staten Island in 1776, and raising and equipping De Lancey's Brigade , three battalions of 1,500 Loyalist volunteers from New York State. His sister Susannah Delancey became

184-489: The Attorney General filed an information and Justices Philipse and De Lancey issued a bench warrant. In response to a writ of habeas corpus , De Lancey set bail far beyond Zenger's means, and Zenger was committed to await trial. Zenger was represented by James Alexander , a former attorney general of the colony, and William Smith , both of whom had written anonymous articles for Zenger's paper that were critical of

207-946: The City Medal. Also in 1730, De Lancey was appointed to the Governor's Council . When Royal Governor of New York and New Jersey John Montgomerie died in July 1731, Council President Rip Van Dam was elected acting governor in New York, and Lewis Morris , President of the New Jersey Provincial Council took over the duties temporarily in New Jersey. William Cosby was appointed Captain General & Governor on January 13, 1732, and arrived in New York thirteen months later. Cosby demanded that Van Dam turn over

230-523: The Cosby. Both challenged the make up of the court by arguing that Chief Justice Morris' summary removal was illegal and therefore so was De Lancey's appointment to replace him. The court then struck their names from the list of attorneys admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Judicature. The court appointed the relatively-inexperienced John Chambers, who nonetheless successfully challenged

253-574: The French. In September 1755, Sir Charles Hardy arrived from London, assumed the functions of Governor of New York, and thus returned Lieutenant Governor De Lancey to his role as Chief Justice. Hardy's tenure as governor came to an end in July 1757, when Hardy took command of a military expedition to Louisbourg , Nova Scotia , and once again left De Lancey the de facto ruler of the province, which he remained until his death. In 1729, James De Lancey married Anne Heathcote, daughter of Caleb Heathcote ,

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276-639: The enmity of Governor Clinton, who subsequently refused to acknowledge a commission from King George II (dated October 27, 1747) which appointed De Lancey as Lieutenant Governor of New York . Clinton withheld De Lancey's commission as lieutenant governor until October 1753. With the advent of the French and Indian War , Lieutenant Governor De Lancey convened and presided over a congress of colonial delegates held in Albany, New York , in June 1754 ( Albany Congress ), for

299-464: The jury which shortly returned a verdict of not guilty inan early instance of jury nullification in the United States . The Zenger trial is recognized as a landmark colonial case that eventually led to the establishment of a free press in America. In 1744, one year into George Clinton 's position as Governor of New York, De Lancey was granted a commission as New York's chief justice and became

322-431: The list of jurors to ensure a non-biased panel. Meanwhile, supporters of Zenger contacted noted the lawyer Andrew Hamilton , who volunteered to take the case pro bono . As Hamilton was from Philadelphia, he was outside the reach of influence of the New York judges. De Lancey instructed the jury that it needed only to decide if Zenger printed the articles, which appeared clearly libelous. Hamilton argued his case directly to

345-461: The purpose of establishing an alliance with the Indians for the common defense against the French. In October 1754, Lieutenant Governor De Lancey granted a charter for the creation of King's College (now Columbia University ). In July 1755, Lt. Gov. De Lancey attended a council of governors of the colonies, held at Alexandria, Virginia , to coordinate defense matters with General Braddock against

368-411: The salary he had received as interim Acting Governor. Confident that Justices Frederick Philipse and De Lancey, who together constituted a majority of the Supreme Court of Judicature, would rule in his favor, he brought suit as a bill in equity in order to avoid a jury trial. Lewis Morris had served as Chief Justice of New York since 1715. Although Cosby won the case, Lewis wrote a minority dissent, which

391-410: The title Colden . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colden&oldid=1055974671 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

414-633: The wife of Admiral Sir Peter Warren , and another sister, Anne DeLancey, became the wife of John Watts , member of the New York General Assembly . James went to England for his schooling, and to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge , where he was tutored by future Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Herring , before studying law at the Inner Temple , London. Having been admitted to the bar in 1725, he returned to New York to practice law and enter politics. Also in 1729, De Lancey

437-497: Was a grandfather of Alexander Colden and Cadwallader R. Colden, editor of the U.S. Sporting Magazine from 1835 to 1836. Through his daughter Alice, he was the grandfather of Mary Elizabeth Jane Douglas Hamilton, wife of Francis Napier (grandson of Francis Napier, 6th Lord Napier ) and mother of historian Mark Napier . James DeLancey James De Lancey (November 27, 1703 – July 30, 1760) served as chief justice, lieutenant governor, and acting colonial governor of

460-426: Was appointed Ranger of Ulster County , which included Coldenham , where he ran a country store that sold general merchandise. In 1751, he was appointed Joint Surveyor General of the Province of New York with his father, and succeeded him in that office in 1761 to 1762, at which point he moved from Newburgh, New York , to New York City, where he served as Postmaster of New York City for a number of years. Colden

483-641: Was made a member of the New York Assembly, and in 1731 was appointed as second justice of the Supreme Court of New York . In 1730, De Lancey was chosen to lead a commission to frame a new charter for the City of New York. Passed into law in 1732 by the New York Assembly, "the Montgomerie Charter," was principally the work of James De Lancey, who, for his services, was presented with the Freedom of

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506-576: Was one of the founders and an original member of the Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York , serving as president from 1764 to 1766. Colden was married to Elizabeth Nicolls (1720–1774), the second daughter of Richard Nicholls and Margaret Tudor. Together, Alexander and Elizabeth were the parents of: Colden died in 1774, at Spring Hill in Flushing, New York . Through his son Richard, he

529-572: Was printed for public distribution. Cosby retaliated by removing Morris from office. (The Lords of the Board of Trade in London later ruled that Morris's removal had been illegal.) In 1733, on the removal of chief justice Lewis Morris , De Lancey was appointed in his stead, and served as chief justice of New York for the remainder of his life. When two grand juries failed to return an indictment for seditious libel against journalist John Peter Zenger ,

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