death_date birth_place office birth_date term_start residence article_title term_end name occupation
1807 -lrb- 72 years old -rrb- huntington , new york member the committee of safety new york state senator member of of the congress of the confederation the new york provincial congress member of 1735 1775 1777 1777 1785 plattsburgh , new york zephaniah platt
 1777 1777 1783 1786 zephaniah platt lawyer
zephaniah platt

zephaniah platt -lrb- may 27 , 1735 -- september 12 , 1807 -rrb- was an american politician and lawyer , and founder of the u.s. town of plattsburgh , new york .
platt was born in huntington , new york , and received an english education .
he was a direct descendant of richard platt -lrb- 1603 -- 1684 -rrb- , who was born in ware , hertfordshire , england , and settled in the connecticut colony .
