Colden, Cadwallader, 1722-1797

Cadwallader Colden II, son of Lieutenant Governor Cadwallader Colden of New York from 1762-1776, lived in the precinct of Hanover, Ulster County, New York. In addition to farming, surveying and mercantile interests, he held a number of positions including: major during the French and Indian War; judge with the Ulster County Court of Common Pleas, 1769-1775; and justice of the peace, 1769-1775. His life changed dramatically with the coming of the American Revolution. In early 1776 he was arrested for his Loyalist sympathies, confined in the Kingston jail and on a prison ship, and later held as a parolee at homes and country inns, before being banished behind the British lines in New York City in August 1778. In 1780, he was appointed, Commissary to the British Prisoners in the Possession of the Enemy and continued in this capacity until the British evacuation in 1782. In 1784, the New York authorities finally allowed him to return home to Hanover, now called Montgomery, where he died on 18 February 1797.

From the description of The Journal of Cadwallader Colden, Esq. 1776-1779. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 754848975

American loyalist, Orange County (formerly part of Ulster County), New York.

From the description of Daybook, 1767 Aug. 11-1768 Nov. 2. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58661953