Caleb Heathcote

Caleb Heathcote
31st Mayor of New York City
In office 1711–1713
Preceded by	Jacobus Van Cortlandt
Succeeded by	John Johnstone
Personal details
Born	March 6, 1665
Died	February 28, 1721

Caleb Heathcote (March 6, 1665 – February 28, 1721) was the 31st Mayor of New York City from 1711 to 1713. His estate in Westchester County, New York is the site the present-day town of Scarsdale and was granted on March 21, 1701 or 1702 by Lieutenant Governor of New York John Nanfan. A neighborhood and an elementary school in present-day Scarsdale are named after Heathcote. A bronze statue of Heathcote stands atop the Surrogate's Courthouse (former Hall of Records) at 31 Chambers Street in Manhattan.

Family

Caleb was one of the nine children of Gilbert Heathcote Jr. and Ann Dickons. He is connected to the Heathcote baronets through two brothers: his eldest brother was Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 1st Baronet Heathcote of London; another brother, Samuel, was the father of Sir William Heathcote, 1st Baronet Heathcote of Hursley.

Caleb married Martha Smith, daughter of Colonel William "Tangier" Smith, Chief Justice of New York. They had six children, four of which died young. Daughter Anne married James DeLancey, while daughter Martha married Lewis Johnston of New Jersey.

See also

• Heathcote (surname)

Further reading

• Fox, Dixon Ryan, Caleb Heathcote, Gentleman Colonist, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926.

External links

• Stirnet: 'Heathcote01' (Caleb is near the bottom of the page)

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Persondata
Name	Heathcote, Caleb
Alternative names
Short description	American mayor
Date of birth	March 6, 1665
Place of birth
Date of death	February 28, 1721
Place of death