Jesse Woodhull (February 10, 1735 – February 3, 1795) was an American politician from

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He was born on February 10, 1734/5, in

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, Suffolk County,

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, the son of Nathaniel Woodhull (1691–1760) and Sarah (Smith) Woodhull (born 1701). In 1753, he married Hester Du Bois (1734–1808), of

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, and they had seven children. They settled in "Blagg's Cove", then located in the Goshen Precinct in

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. The area became part of the Town of Cornwall in 1764, and of the Town of Blooming Grove in 1799. He fought in the

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and became colonel of the 1st Regiment of the Orange County State Militia. Woodhull was a member of the

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(Middle D.) from 1777 to 1781, sitting in the 1st,

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and

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s. He was a member of the

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in 1777–78. He was a delegate to the New York State Convention to Ratify the U.S. Constitution in 1788, and voted for the adoption of the constitution. He was a

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1792 Events January–March * January 9 – The Treaty of Jassy ends the Russian Empire's war with the Ottoman Empire over Crimea. * February 18 – Thomas Holcroft produces the comedy '' The Road to Ruin'' in London. * February ...

, voting for

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and George Clinton. He died on February 3, 1795, at his home in New-Blooming Grove;"''DIED''; On Tuesday night, the 3rd inst., ..."
death notice clipped from ''Greanleaf's New York Journal'' on February 7, 1795, at Woodhull Genealogy and was buried at a private burial ground there. Later he was re-interred at the Cemetery of the Highlands, in Highland Mills. Gen.

Nathaniel Woodhull General Nathaniel Woodhull (December 30, 1722 – September 20, 1776) was a leader of the New York Provincial Congress and a brigadier general of the New York Militia during the American Revolution. Biography Woodhull was born on December 30, 17 ...

(1722–1776) was his brother and State Senator William Smith (1720–1799) was his brother-in-law.

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