He is a Democrat in the broadest sense of the term, but not a partisan, and a consistent member of the Episcopal Church.

The following is a list of the surrogates, as given in the New York civil list. Most, if not all, are mentioned biographically in our sketches of the bar, which ibllow, --

17.30, Gilbert Willet. 1754. Jolin Bartow. 17G1. Caleb Fowler. 176(5. David Daton. 1778. Rieliard Hatfield. 1787. Philip Pell, Jr. 1800. Samuel Youngs. 1802. Edward Tboin.os. 1808. Ezra Lockwood.

1810. Samuel Youngs.

1811. Ezra Lockwood. 1813. Samuel Youngs,

Samuel Clowes was the first lawyer, of whom any record can be obtained, who practiced in Westchester County. He was a Queens County man and filled the office of clerk of that county from April 30, 1701, to July, 1710. Having moved to Westchester County, he soon rose to prominence, and from 1717 to 1744 j he was one of the two leading attorneys of the West- |

1815, Henry White. 1819, Samuel Youngs. 1821, Ebenezer Whfte, .Jr. 1828. Jonathan Ward. 1840. Alexander H. Wells. 1844. Frederick J. Coffin. 1847. Lewis C, Piatt. 1855, Robert H, Coles. 18G2, Silas D. Gifford. 1862, John W, Mills. 1870, Owen T, Coffin.

Chester bar, and doubtless the first prosecuting attorney of Westchester County, December 9, 1722, occurs the following entry in the court records of White Plains: "The Court of Gen'l Sessions appoints Mr. Samuel Clowes counsel for the King in all cases where he is not already concerned for the subject." After 1744, owing to his advanced age, he gave up the active practice of a profession in which he had risen to eminence, commanding the respect and admiration of his brother lawyers and of the people. Mr. Clowes died, full of years, in Jamaica, Long Island, in 1760. In his will, which bears date of July 24, 1759, but was not offered for probate until August 28, 1760, he put down his age at eighty-five years and five months.' He was, therefore, over eighty-six years of age at the time of his death, the exact date of which we have failed to discover.