John Watts (New York politician)
In 1779, his properties, including his "Rose Hill" estate (which is now occupied by Fordham University), were seized by the New York State Legislature.The real estate was escheated to the State because of technical problems of the "will", however, the personal property passed to Watts who used it to found the Orphan Asylum.His grandson would later write that "Watts was a monument of affliction, in that he had seen his wife, six handsome, gifted, and gallant sons, and four daughters precede him to the grave.[1] In 1839, his family's Rose Hill estate and manor house were purchased by the Catholic Church to establish St. John's College.Through his daughter Mary, he was the grandfather of John Watts de Peyster (1821–1907),[13] a New York City author and philanthropist who married Estelle Livingston (1819–1898) in 1841.
U.S. House of RepresentativesNew York's 2nd districtJohn LauranceEdward LivingstonSpeaker of the New York State AssemblyGulian VerplanckJames WatsonNew York State AssemblyRecorder of New York CityRobert R. LivingstonRichard VarickNew York CityProvince of New YorkBritish AmericaPro-AdministrationJohn de PeysterMarquess of AilsaPhilip KearnyJohn WattsAlma materKing's CollegeNew YorkStatue of John WattsTrinity Church CemeterySchuyler familyVan Cortlandt familyLord StirlingArchibald Kennedy, 11th Earl of CassilisArchibald Kennedy, 1st Marquess of AilsaSir John Johnson, 2nd BaronetEtienne de LancyGertrude SchuylerStephanus van CortlandtChief JusticeDavid MathewsLoyalistRevolutionary WarFordham UniversityNew York State LegislatureattainderSpeaker of the AssemblyPro-Administration Party3rd United States CongressNew York's 2nd congressional districtWestchester County, New YorkLeake and Watts Orphan AsylumRising GroundescheatedThomas Henry BarclayNew York Provincial AssemblyCadwallader ColdenStephen Delanceyaide-de-campWinfield Scott41st InfantryFrederic de PeysterTrinity ChurchyardSt. John's CollegeUnited States ArmyMexican–American WarAmerican Civil WarBattle of ChantillyArlington National CemeteryJohn Watts de PeysterBiographical Directory of the United States CongressWilson, J. G.Fiske, J.Appletons' Cyclopædia of American BiographyTrinity ChurchThe New York TimesFree PressNew York City Department of Parks & RecreationU.S. House of RepresentativesSpeakers of the New York State AssemblyW. LivingstonBanckerHathornGelstonLansingVarickVerplanckWatsonTen BroeckOsgoodSheldonMcCordWilkinSanfordVan RensselaerCrugerGermanSpencerP. SharpeRomaineP. LivingstonGoodellCroliusP. RobinsonC. LivingstonHumphreyE. LivingstonBradishG. PattersonPorterChatfieldLitchfieldSeymourHasbrouckHadleyElderkinDininnyRaymondVarnumHearttLudlowLittlejohnO RobinsonAlvordCallicotHoskinsTremainHitchmanYoungloveH SmithCornellHusted