DeWitt, Charles, 1727-1787

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<li>12/31/1783 NY Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>06/01/1777 NY State Senate - Middle Lost 7.77% (-9.55%)</li>
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DE WITT, Charles, (Grandfather of Charles Gerrit De Witt), a Delegate from New York; born in Kingston, Ulster County, N.Y., in 1727; pursued classical studies; colonel of militia; member of the colonel assembly, 1768-1776; delegate to the provisional convention, 1775; member of the Provisional Congress which approved the Declaration of Independence, 1775-1777; served on the constitutional committee in 1776, and on the committee of safety, 1777; Member of the Continental Congress, February 1784-October 1784; editor of the Ulster Sentinel for several years; member of the State assembly, 1781, 1785, and 1786; member of the committee to draft the State constitution; died in Kingston, N.Y., August 27, 1787; interment in Dutch Reformed Cemetery, Hurley, N.Y.

<p>Charles DeWitt (April 27, 1727 – August 27, 1787) was an American statesman and miller from the U.S. state of New York. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress.</p>

<p>DeWitt was born in Kingston, New York, the eldest son of Johannes DeWitt and Mary (née Brodhead) DeWitt. Among his siblings was brother Andries J. DeWitt, who married Blandina Elmendorf Ten Eyck (parents of Jenneke (née DeWitt) Bruyn and grandparents of U.S. Representative Andrew DeWitt Bruyn). He was a first cousin once removed of Charles Clinton, DeWitt Clinton, George Clinton, Jr. and Jacob Hasbrouck DeWitt.</p>

<p>DeWitt attended school in Kingston and pursued classical studies. He helped his family operate a flour mill in Greenkill (in what is now Rosendale, New York). The first mill at the site was built by Mattys Mattysen Van Keuren in 1677. Van Keuren had no children and when he died the mill was passed on to his nephew, who was a DeWitt.</p>