Abraham Bockee

Born in Shekomeko, New York, Bockee attended the public schools and graduated from Union College in 1803.

He studied law in Poughkeepsie, was admitted to the bar in 1806, and practiced in Poughkeepsie until 1815, when he returned to Shekomeko to engage in agricultural pursuits.

He married Martha Oakley and they had six children, Catharine Jerusha, Mary, Jesse Oakley, Alexander Phoenix, Isaac Smith, and Phoenix.

Bockee was a Federalist member of the New York State Assembly (Dutchess Co.) in 1820.

[1] Bockee died on June 1, 1865, in Shekomeko, New York; and was buried on his estate there.