Life

He lived in Stanford

Stanford, New York

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, Dutchess County, New York

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He married Tamma Thompson (1764–1790) who died shortly after the birth of their daughter Tamma (1790-1793).

He was a member of the New York State Assembly

New York State Assembly

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 (Dutchess Co.) in 1796

19th New York State Legislature

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; and of the New York State Senate

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 (Middle D.) from 1800 until his death in 1802.

His son Jacob Sutherland (ca. 1787–1845) was a justice of the New York Supreme Court

New York Supreme Court

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from 1823 to 1836.

Sources

• The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 117f, 146 and 169; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)