The act of March 27, 1818, abolished the office of assistant judge and limited the number of judges to five. Under the State government the appointment was at first vested in the Council of Appointment, and the office was held during their pleasure. Later, the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, appointed the county judges, and the term was five years. The Constitution of 1846 made the office elective and the term four years. The amendment of 1869 extended it to six years.

Juiges of the Court of Common Phas a»d Countij Court t^CoUniial).

Name. Appointed.

Caleb Heatlicote 1695.

William Willett 1721.

Frederic k Philipse November 2, 1735.

Samuel Purdy January 22, 1752.

John Thomas Slay 8, 1755.

Slate a^netitutiom of 1777 and 1821.

Name. Appointed.

Lewis Morris i Jlay 8, 1777.

Kobert Graham February 17, 1778.

Stephen Ward May 6, 1784.

Ebenezer Lockwood • ... March 15, 1791.

Jonathan G. Tompkins Februarj- 16, 1793.

Ebenezer Purdy February 23, 1797.

Jonathan G. Tompkins 1798.

Elijah Lee January 20, 1802.

John Watts March 29, 1802.

Caleb Tompkins June 8, 1807.

William Jay June 7, 1820.

Caleb Tompkins February 10, 181i3.

Robert S. Hart March 27, 1846.

Albert Lockwood June, 1847.

1 Appointed by ordinance of Provincial Convention.

Constilution of 1846. Name. Elected.

John W. Mills November, 1851.

William H. Robertson November, 1855.

Kobert Cochran November, 1867.

Silas D. Gifford November, 1871.

Isaac N. Mills 2 November, 1883.

Surrogates. -- The authority to grant probates was vested in the Governor as the representative of the King, and he was the ordinary of the Prerogative Court. All wills relating to estates in New York, Orange, Richmond, Westchester and Kings Counties were to be proved in New York. In the towns under the Duke's Laws the constables, overseers and justices took charge of the estates of intestates.