[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] He was also judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and a member of the convention that revised the Con-stitution of the State of New York in 1821. Judge Joel Frost had died poor in fortune, but rich in honor, and his son John W. started out to make his own way in the world. Though quiet and re-served in manner, he possessed great tenderness and delicacy of character. He was earnest and energetic in business affairs, and had a remarkable memory. For many years he carried on a mercantile business at Croton, in the town of Cortlandt, and was also a pioneer in the manufacture of bricks on the Hudson. He was ingenious in contrivances for facilitating the process, and the success of that business on the Hud-son owes much to his skill and judgment. He was in the War of 1812, for a long time a director in the Westchester County National Bank, and supervisor of the town of Cortlandt for twelve years. In 1 S3 1 he was elected, as his father had been before him, Assemblyman in the State Legislature from Westchester County. He was a member of the Whig party until its dissolution, and after that, the stanchest of Republicans. More than thirty years ago he retired to the home that he bad built near Croton, upon the spot where he had long before desired to live. After retiring thither from active life, he devoted himself to his favorite agricultural and horticultural pursuits. Mr. Frost was the last of the old settlers of this region.