Jeremiah La Touche Cuyler

Jeremiah La Touche Cuyler (June 4, 1768 – May 7, 1839) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Georgia. Early life Cuyler was born on June 4, 1768, in New York City, Province of New York, British America. He was the sixth child of Jeanne ( Latouche) Cuyler and Telamon Cuyler (1732–1772), a prominent merchant and trader. When he was just five months old, his family moved to Savannah, Georgia, where his father died of dropsy in September 1772. When his mother, a friend of the Marquis de Lafayette, returned to New York (where she died in 1799), he remained in Savannah. His paternal grandparents were prominent merchant Henry Cuyler (son of Hendrick Cuyler) and Maria ( Jacobs) Cuyler (daughter of Hendrick Jacobson). His maternal grandparents were Jeanne ( Soumain) Latouche (a daughter of goldsmith Simeon Soumaine) and Jérémie Latouche, who was born in Bristol, England and moved to New York with his parents. Career Cuyler read law in 1789, studying under John Stirk. He entered private practice in Savannah from 1789 to 1821. He was a member of the Georgia State Senate.