James Duane - Duanesburg, NY
Posted by: 
YoSam.
N 42° 46.124 W 074° 09.294
18T E 569140 N 4735479
Town was named after this man of early history. He also gave 80 acres of his land for this church to be built.
Waymark Code: WM180XN
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 05/06/2023
Views: 0
County of Marker: Schenectady County
Location of Marker: Western Tpke. (US-20) & Duanesburg Churches Rd., Episcopal Church lawn, Duanesburg
Erected: 1932
Erected by: State Education Department
Marker Text:
JAMES DUANE
Born 1732 Buried here 1737
In Continental Congress
Provincial Convention
Mayor of New York,
State Senator, Federal Judge.
"DUANE, James, a Delegate from New York; born in New York City February 6, 1733; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar August 3, 1754; clerk of the chancery court in 1762; attorney general of New York in 1767; boundary commissioner in 1768 and 1784; State Indian commissioner in 1774; delegate to the provincial convention in 1775; member of the Revolutionary Committee of One Hundred in 1775; Member of the Continental Congress 1774-1783; member of the Provincial Congress in 1776 and 1777; served in the State senate 1782-1785 and 1788-1790; chosen a member of the Annapolis Commercial Convention in 1786, but did not attend; first mayor of New York City 1784-1789; delegate to the State convention which ratified the Federal Constitution in 1788; United States district judge for the district of New York 1789-1794; believed to have died in either New York City or in Duanesburg, Schenectady County, N.Y., February 1, 1797; interment under Christ Church in Duanesburg." ~ US House of Representatives