From 1802 to 1807 the distinguished John Watts, Jr., occupied the position of kk first judge" of our county court, lie was the son of The John Watts, Sr., and Ann, daughter of Stephen de Lancey. father was a member of the king's council and a stanch adherent of the 3*&! crown; his magnificent estate on Manhattan Island was confiscated, and lie died, an impoverished exile, in Wales. The son was the last royal recorder of New York City (1771-77). After the organization of the federal government he was speaker of the New York assembly for three years, and served one term in congress. His last public office was that of judge of Westchester County. His city house was at No. 3 Broadway, New York, and he had a tine country residence near New Uochelle, on a slope overlooking Hunter's Island. Like his father, la- married into the de Lancey family of our county: his wife was Jane, daughter of Peter de Lancey, of JOHN WATTS, JR. " the Mills." He was a man of consummate abilities. Possessed of great wealth, he diverted a million dollars of a fortune which would have been his by inheritance to the endowment of the Leake and Watts Orphan House, lie died September 3, 1836, at the age of eightyseven. A notable statue of Judge Watts stands in Trinity Churchyard, New York, erected by his grandson, General J. Watts de Peyster. In 1807 Daniel I). Tompkins, a native of our county, son of the eminent patriot, Jonathan Griffon Tompkins, was elected governor of the State of New York, an office in which he continued to serve until 1817, when he resigned it to become vice-president of the United States. Although he never represented Westchester County