Jonathan Nicoll Havens


Jonathan Nicoll Havens was a politician from New York.

Early life

Havens was born on Shelter Island, New York. He was the only son born to Nicoll Floyd Havens and Sarah Havens. After the death of his mother in 1767, his father remarried to Desire Brown. Among his siblings was Esther Sarah Havens and Mary Catherine Havens. Among his younger half siblings were Catherine Mary Havens and New York banker Rensselaer Havens.
His paternal grandparents were Jonathan Havens and Catherine Havens Nicoll.
He graduated from Yale College in 1777.

Career

He was Shelter Island town clerk from 1783 to 1787, and was on the New York delegation that in 1788 approved the new Federal Constitution following United States' independence in the American Revolutionary War. He served in the state assembly from 1786 until 1795. He was elected to the New York State Convention which ratified the Federal Constitution, in 1788 and Justice of the Peace of Suffolk County, in 1795.
Havens was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 4th, 5th and 6th United States Congresses, serving from March 4, 1795, until his death.

Personal life

Havens died on Shelter Island on October 25, 1799. He was buried at the Presbyterian Church on Shelter Island, where a memorial stone was placed in his memory.