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Cadwallader Colden (
February 7,
1688 –
September 20,
1776 ) was a
physician,
farmer,
surveyor,
botanist, and a
lieutenant governor for the
Province of New York.
He was born in
Ireland, of
Scottish parents, while his mother Janet Hughes (d. 1731) was visiting there. His father, Rev. Alexander Colden A.B.(1664-1738) of
Dunse (Dunsie), Berwickshire, Scotland, sent him to the
Royal High School and
Edinburgh University to become a minister. When he graduated, he continued his studies in physics, anatomy, chemistry and botany. In
1710, his aunt invited him to
Philadelphia where he started his practice in medicine. He returned to
Scotland to marry Alice Chryste in
1715, and returned with her to Philadelphia that same year.
On November 1, 1765 Cadwallader was confronted by a huge crowd carrying an effigy of him in a parade to protest the
Stamp Act. He seemed to enjoy confrontation and had gone out of his way to defend royal prerogative. Members of the throng had appropriated his coach and added it to the parade; at the end of the route the coach was smashed to kindling and used as part of a great celebratory bonfire on Bowling Green.
He was acting governor of New York from
1760 to
1762 (replaced by
Robert Monckton in
1762) and again from
1763 to
1765 and finally as Governor (
1769 to
1771) after
Henry Moore's death. He was likely one of the oldest British governors in New York. He was replaced by
John Murray after his last term.
His son was
Cadwallader David Colden (1769-1834)
He served as the first colonial representative to the Iroquois Confederacy, an experience that resulted in his writing
The History of the Five Indian Nations, the first book on the subject.
He died in Spring Hill near
Flushing in
Queens County on
Long Island in
New York. He was buried on
September 28,
1776 in a private cemetery, in Spring Hill.
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