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

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in official position, having removed in early life to Now York City, and later residing on Staten Island, the memory of Governor Tompkins is held in peculiar affection and honor in the county of his birth. The site of his birthplace is marked by a historical tablet, placed there by the generosity of the late Charles Butler. Daniel D. Tompkins was born June 21, 1771, on the Fox Meadows estate in Scarsdale. He was the seventh son of Jonathan (J. Tompkins. He was graduated from Columbia College with the first honors of his class, was admitted to the bar in 1707, and in 1801 entered upon his public career by serving as a delegate from New York City to the convention called to revise the constitution of the State. In 1802 he was elected to the assembly, and in 1S04 he was chosen a member of congress, but resigned that office to accept an appointment as justice of the Supreme Court of the State. He resigned the justiceship when elected governor. His career as chief magistrate was distinguished especially by his great services to the country during the War of 1812-15. lie was elected to the vice-presidency, as the colleague of President Monroe, in 1816. His last public office was that of president of the State constitutional convention of 1821.