Treadwell, Thomas
lawyer, jurist, state senator, congressman, was born Feb. 6, 1743, in Smithtown, N. Y. He was a member of the provincial congress of the colony of New York in 1775 and 1776; and was also a member of the convention of representatives of the state of New York in 1776 and 1777, by which the first constitution of the state of New York was adopted. From 1777 to 1783 he was a member of the New York assembly; and from 1786 to 1789 of the state senate from the same county. He was the first judge of the court of probate of the state, serving from 1778 to 1787; and was subse quently surrogate of Suffolk county from 1787 to 1791. He was a member of congress from his native district from 1791 to 1795; and was one of the original proprietors of Plattsburg, N. Y. He was again elected to the state senate, and served from 1803 to 1807. He was appointed surrogate of Clinton county in 1807, and held that office until 1831, making an almost continuous term of public service of fifty-six years. He died Jan. 30, 1832, in Plattsburg, N. Y.