Jonathan Nicoll Havens

Jonathan Nicoll Havens (June 18, 1757 – October 25, 1799) was a politician from New York.

[3] His paternal grandparents were Jonathan Havens and Catherine (née Nicoll) Havens (a sister of Speaker of the New York General Assembly William Nicoll Jr.[3][4] Through his grandmother, he was a direct descendant of English-born politician William Nicoll,[5] who is best remembered for his vehement opposition to the Leisler Rebellion, and his wife, Anna (née Van Rensselaer) Nicoll (widow of the patroon Kiliaen van Rensselaer, and daughter of Jeremias van Rensselaer).

[7] He was Shelter Island town clerk from 1783 to 1787,[8] and was on the New York delegation that in 1788 approved the new Federal Constitution following United States' independence in the American Revolutionary War.

He was elected to the New York State Convention which ratified the Federal Constitution, in 1788 and Justice of the Peace of Suffolk County, in 1795.

[7] Havens was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 4th, 5th and 6th United States Congresses, serving from March 4, 1795, until his death.