Samuel Jones (chancellor)

Samuel Jones
Samuel Jones
Chancellor of New York
	In office; 1826–1828
Preceded by	Nathan Sanford
Succeeded by	Reuben H. Walworth
Recorder of New York City
	In office; 1823–1824
Preceded by	Richard Riker
Succeeded by	Richard Riker
Member of the New York State Assembly
	In office; 1812–1814
Personal details
Born	May 26, 1769; New York City, Province of New York, British America
Died	August 9, 1853 (aged 84); Cold Spring Harbor, New York, U.S.
Parents	Samuel Jones; Cornelia Haring Jones
Alma mater	Yale University; Columbia University

Samuel Jones Jr. (May 26, 1769 – August 9, 1853) was an American lawyer and politician.

Early life

Jones was born on May 26, 1769 in New York City, in the Province of New York, in what was then British America.[1] He was the son of Cornelia (née Haring) Jones and Samuel Jones (1734–1819), who served as New York State Comptroller and Recorder of New York City.[2] At his baptism, his sponsors were Cornelius Roosevelt and Elizabeth Haring, his maternal grandmother.[3]

He graduated from Yale University in 1790 and Columbia University in 1793.[4] He then studied law in his father's office, where DeWitt Clinton was also a student, and was admitted to the bar.[1]

Career

Jones was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1812 to 1814. He was Recorder of New York City from 1823 to 1824. Beginning in 1826, he replaced Nathan Sanford as the Chancellor of the State serving until 1828 when he became Chief Justice of the Superior Court of New York City and was replaced as Chancellor by Reuben H. Walworth.[4]

Between 1828 and 1847, he was the Chief Justice of the New York City Superior Court. After the reorganization of the judicial system in the state, following the adoption of the Constitution of 1846, he was elected in 1847 a justice of the New York State Supreme Court in the First Judicial District, and he remained in that office until 1849. Representing the Supreme Court, First Judicial District, he was an ex officio member of the first New York Court of Appeals.[5] Examples of his work may be found in Corning v McCullough (1 NY 47), involving a suit against a stockholder of a corporation, Ruckman v Pitcher (1 NY 392), an action to recover money deposited on an illegal wager, and Brewster v Striker (2 NY 19), concerning the legal interest that could pass by sale under judgment and execution.[4]

Although then 80 years old, he returned to legal practice in 1849. The term "Father of the New York Bar," which first pertained to his father, also applied to him.[6]

Personal life

He was the father of Samuel Jones, who married a sister of Justice Joseph Barnard.[7]

Jones died at the residence of his brother William in Cold Spring Harbor, New York on August 9, 1853.[3]

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References

"Samuel Jones, Jr. | Chancellor of New York, 1826-1828". www.nycourts.gov. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
Jones, Thomas (1879). History of New York During the Revolutionary War: And of the Leading Events in the Other Colonies at that Period. New-York Historical Society. p. 480. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
Robison, Jeannie Floyd Jones; Bartlett, Henrietta Collins (1917). Genealogical Records: Manuscript Entries of Births, Deaths and Marriages Taken from Family Bibles, 1581-1917. Colonial Dames of the State of New York. p. 119. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
"Hon. Samuel Jones | New York Legal History / Antebellum, Civil War, & Reconstruction: 1847-1869". www.nycourts.gov. The Historical Society of the New York Courts. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
"History of the City Superior Court" (PDF). The New York Times. August 13, 1890. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
Rees, Thomas Mardy (1908). Notable Welshmen (1700-1900): ... with Brief Notes, in Chronological Order, and Authorities. Also a Complete Alphabetical Index. Herald Office. pp. 240–241. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
Proceedings of the Scottish Rite (Masonic order) Supreme Council for the Northern Jurisdiction. Printed at the Office of the Freemason's Magazine. 1891. p. 205. Retrieved 15 April 2019.

External links

Samuel Jones at Find a Grave

Legal offices
Preceded by Richard Riker	Recorder of New York City 1823–1824	Succeeded by Richard Riker
Preceded by Nathan Sanford	Chancellor of New York 1826–1828	Succeeded by Reuben H. Walworth

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[SJJrnycourts-1] "Samuel Jones, Jr. | Chancellor of New York, 1826-1828". www.nycourts.gov. Retrieved 15 April 2019.

[Jones1879-2] Jones, Thomas (1879). History of New York During the Revolutionary War: And of the Leading Events in the Other Colonies at that Period. New-York Historical Society. p. 480. Retrieved 15 April 2019.

[Robison1917-3] Robison, Jeannie Floyd Jones; Bartlett, Henrietta Collins (1917). Genealogical Records: Manuscript Entries of Births, Deaths and Marriages Taken from Family Bibles, 1581-1917. Colonial Dames of the State of New York. p. 119. Retrieved 15 April 2019.

[nycourts-4] "Hon. Samuel Jones | New York Legal History / Antebellum, Civil War, & Reconstruction: 1847-1869". www.nycourts.gov. The Historical Society of the New York Courts. Retrieved 15 April 2019.

[History1890-5] "History of the City Superior Court" (PDF). The New York Times. August 13, 1890. Retrieved 15 April 2019.

[Rees1908-6] Rees, Thomas Mardy (1908). Notable Welshmen (1700-1900): ... with Brief Notes, in Chronological Order, and Authorities. Also a Complete Alphabetical Index. Herald Office. pp. 240–241. Retrieved 15 April 2019.

[Scottish1891-7] Proceedings of the Scottish Rite (Masonic order) Supreme Council for the Northern Jurisdiction. Printed at the Office of the Freemason's Magazine. 1891. p. 205. Retrieved 15 April 2019.