John Morin Scott
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Early life
Scott was born in Manhattan, Province of New York in 1730.<ref name="JMSbioguide"/> He was the only child of John Scott (1702–1733), a Manhattan merchant, and Marian (née Morin) Scott (1703–1755). His father died when he was only three years old, and his mother never remarried.<ref name="Simpson1859"/>
His father was the eldest of nine children born to Captain John Scott (1678–1740), who emigrated to New York City, where he received the rights of citizenship in 1702.<ref name="Scott1990"/> His paternal grandfather was the second son of Sir John Scott, 1st Baronet of Ancrum, Roxburghshire in Scotland. His maternal grandfather was Huguenot settler, Pierre Morin.<ref name="Jordan1911"/>
He attended public school in New York before attending Yale College in New Haven, graduating in 1746 at the age of 16.<ref name="Jordan1911"/>
Career
After graduation from Yale and further study, he was admitted to the New York bar association in 1752 and practiced law in Manhattan, where he also served as an alderman from 1756 to 1761. In 1752, along with William Livingston and William Smith, he founded a weekly journal, the Independent Reflector.<ref name="Dillon1949">Dillon, Dorothy R. The New York Triumvirate: A Study of the Legal and Political Careers of William Livingston, John Morin Scott, William Smith, Jr.. New York: Columbia University Press, 1949. Reprint: 1968. Template:ISBN</ref> From 1756 to 1761, he served as a New York alderman.<ref name="JMSbioguide"/> In 1768, he was elected to membership in the American Philosophical Society.<ref>Bell, Whitfield J., and Charles Greifenstein, Jr. Patriot-Improvers: Biographical Sketches of Members of the American Philosophical Society. 3 vols. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1997, 3:481–487.</ref>
American Revolution
Scott was a founding member of the Sons of Liberty, and in 1775, he was a member of the New York General Committee.<ref name="JMSbioguide"/> During the Revolutionary War, John Scott was a member of the New York Provincial Congress (from 1775 to 1777), while also serving as a brigadier general under George Washington in the New York and New Jersey campaign. He commanded the 1st New York (Independent) Battalion, the 2nd New York (County) Battalion, and several New York Militia Regiments. He fought with Putnam's division at the Battle of Brooklyn on August 27, 1776, and was the last of Washington's generals to argue against surrendering Manhattan to the British—possibly due to his large landholdings there, including what is now Times Square and New York City's Theater District.<ref name="Jordan1911"/>
Twenty days later, on September 16, 1776, Scott led the same battalions and regiments at the Battle of Harlem Heights, an American victory. On October 28, 1776, his forces participated in the Battle of White Plains.<ref name="Jordan1911"/>
Post War life
In 1776, Scott was a member of the State of New York committee to author a state constitution. After the war, Scott regained his Manhattan estate and, in 1777, was a candidate for the first governorship of New York State, losing to George Clinton. Scott was elected Associate Justice of the State Supreme Court of New York in 1777, but declined.<ref name="Simpson1859">Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:NIE</ref>
Instead, he became the first Secretary of State of New York, a State Senator (representing the Southern District from 1777 to 1782), and served as an active delegate to the Continental Congress in 1780 and 1782.<ref name="JMSbioguide"/>
Personal life
Scott was married to Helena Rutgers (1730–1798),<ref name="Scott1990">Template:Cite book</ref> a daughter of Petrus Rutgers and Helena (née Hooglant) Rutgers.<ref name="CSoP1908">Template:Cite book</ref> Together, they were the parents of:<ref name="Jordan1911">Template:Cite book</ref>
- Mary Morin Scott (1753–1796), who married John Litchfield in 1770. After his death in 1775, she married Charles McKnight (1750–1791) in 1778.<ref name="Jordan1911"/>
- Lewis Allaire Scott (1759–1798), who married Juliana Sitgreaves (1765–1842). Lewis was one of the two Deputy Secretaries of State during his father's tenure, and in 1784 was appointed to succeed him, dying in office in 1798.<ref name="Jordan1911"/>
Scott died in New York City on September 14, 1784, and his body was interred at the north entrance of Trinity Church, New York.<ref name="JMSbioguide">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His inscribed slab is visible from the corner of Wall Street and Broadway. An equestrian statue is erected in his honor in Upper Manhattan.
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