New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . Holland, held ahistorical position. The first of the family to arrive in thiscountry was Tjerck Claessen l)e Witt, who settled in NewAmsterdam in 1656, and next year moved to Wiltwyck, nowKingston, New York. Since then this State and City of NewYqrk have never been without members of the familyfiguring prominently in social or political life. From thefounder of the American branch of the family Mr. GeorgeGosman I)e Witt is lineally descended in the seventh genera-tion. His grandfather, Peter l)e Witt was in his time apromine
New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . Holland, held ahistorical position. The first of the family to arrive in thiscountry was Tjerck Claessen l)e Witt, who settled in NewAmsterdam in 1656, and next year moved to Wiltwyck, nowKingston, New York. Since then this State and City of NewYqrk have never been without members of the familyfiguring prominently in social or political life. From thefounder of the American branch of the family Mr. GeorgeGosman I)e Witt is lineally descended in the seventh genera-tion. His grandfather, Peter l)e Witt was in his time aprominent lawyer, and founder of the well-known legalfirm of which the subject of this sketch is a member. Hepractised law in New York from 1804 to 1851, and intro-duced the practice of giving his clients an Abstract ofTitle, now so generally followed. Mr. l)e Witt was prepared for college in Columbia Gram-mar School, graduated from Columbia College in the classof 1867 with the degree of , taking the degree of 1870, and of frmi the Law School in 1869. He. GEO. G. De WITT. was called to the bar in 1H69, and entered the office of hisuncles, C. J. & E. De Witt, who succeeded their father whenhe died in 1851. Edward DeWitt died in 1872, and thefirm was reorganized under the title of De W itt, LockmanKip, the members being Cornelius J. De Witt, George Witt, Jacob K. Lockman, John T. Lockman and GeorgeGoelet Kij). In 1878 Cornelius J. De Witt died, and in1874 Mr. Kip retired from practice, whereu|)on anotherreorganization took place, the new firm becoming GeorgeG. De Witt, Jacob K. Lockman, John T. Lockman andWilliam (i. l)e Witt, brother of George. Mr. De Witts])ractice is confined to equity cases, trusts, real estate andthe administration of estates and wills. He has beencounsel in many important legal contests of this nature,and among others the Hammersley, Strecker, Roosevelt,Welton and Marx cases. Apart from his law j)ra< tice Mr. De \\itt takes an activeintere
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