He studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced in New York.
He engaged in surveying and farming near Burnt Hills in Saratoga County, and in 1774 moved to Ballston Spa.
He served in the Twelfth Regiment of the New York militia during the Revolutionary War.
He was moderator of the first board of supervisors of Saratoga County in 1791, and was appointed judge of the Court of Common Pleas in 1791.
He was surrogate of Saratoga County from 1808 to 1812 and in the latter year died in Ballston Spa and was interred in the Village Cemetery.