Background
John was born to a large Dutch family at Tappan, New York which was then part of Orange County.
politician member of the New York State Senate
John was born to a large Dutch family at Tappan, New York which was then part of Orange County.
Haring attended school and read law in New York City and was admitted to the Barometer
He was a delegate for New York to the Continental Congress. He was the fourth of eight children. He practiced both in the city and in Orange County.
The couple would have eight children: Maria, Samuel, Elbert, Martyntje, Elisabeth, Margaret, John, and Nicholas.
John took his place in a family that was locally prominent. He served as a county judge.
As the revolution neared he became a member, and then head of Orange County’s Committee of Correspondence. One point in these resolutions was a non-importation agreement which embargoed British goods.
When they sent Haring to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, it adopted a very similar agreement on October 20, 1774.
Haring was elected to the New York Provincial Congress (or revolutionary government) five times from 1775 to 1777. In two of those sessions he was the president pro tem of that body. He served in the state Senate from 1781 to 1789, and was returned to national Continental Congress from 1785 to 1787.
In 1784 the New York state legislature was busy revising vestiages of the various laws and institutions from their colonial form to one befitting a free state.
In 1755 a charter from the crown had established King’s College in New York City. This year it got a new charter, incorporating it as Columbia College.
The charter established a board of regents, and named twenty-four original men, including John Haring. He remained in that post until his resignation in 1787.
In 1788 Haring was a delegate to the New York convention that ratified the United States. Constitution.
His vote, however, was against ratification, since he believed a stronger recognition of state and individual rights was required. About 1804, he returned to Tappan, New York, and was a presidential elector in 1804, voting for Thomas Jefferson and George Clinton.
Member Continental Congress, 1774, 75, 85-88. Member of New York Provincial congresses, 1775-1777, president pro tem, 2d and 3d congresses. Member of New York State Senate, 1781-1782.
Member of New York State Board Regents, 1784.
Member of New York Convention Member of New York Assembly, 1806</td><tr><td class="label_burgverd11px"><b>Death</b></td></tr><tr><td> Died Blauveltville, New York, April