Freeborn G. Jewett
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Freeborn Garrettson Jewett (August 4, 1791 Sharon, Connecticut - January 27, 1858 Skaneateles, Onondaga County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New York and was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals.
He moved to Skaneateles, New York in 1815, and was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1817. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1818 and commenced practice in Skaneateles. From 1824 to 1831 he was Surrogate of Onondaga County, New York. He was as member of the New York State Assembly in 1826. Jewett was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second Congress and served from March 4, 1831 to March 3, 1833. He was inspector of Auburn Prison in 1838 and 1839, and district attorney for Onondaga County in 1839. He was appointed an associate justice of the New York State Supreme Court on March 5, 1845. Jewett was elected one of the first judges of the New York State Court of Appeals on its constitution in 1847. He was reelected in 1849 and served until June 1853, when he resigned on account of ill health. He served as Chief Judge of the court from 1847 to 1850. He was buried at the Lake View Cemetery in Skaneateles.
