Henry Walton (judge)

[1] Educated in England, Walton returned to New York in about 1788 and studied law under Aaron Burr.

In 1815 he built a mansion called Pine Grove on Broadway in Saratoga Springs, New York, across from the present City Center.

In 1816, Walton built the estate he called "Wood Lawn," which he sold to Henry Hilton.

In 1819 he built the Pavilion Hotel on Broadway, on the site of the present City Hall.

Walton's third wife was Mrs. Margaret Kearney (1787–1853), by whom he had Susan, Jared, and Susan K. Henry Walton died in New York City on September 15, 1844, and is buried in the Trinity churchyard.