"The Honorable Thomas Addis Emmet served as Attorney General of New York State in 1812. He was an Irish patriot and rebel who came to the United States in 1804 after his brother, fellow Irish rebel Robert Emmet, was hanged in 1803 for his part in the 1798 Rebellion. A Cenotaph and Monument was erected to honor him in the churchyard of Saint Paul's Chapel on Fulton Street." "New York state attorney general, 1812-13, Brother of Robert Emmet (1778-1803; Irish nationalist and rebel leader); married, January 11, 1791, to Jane Patten; father of Robert Emmet (1792-1873); grandfather of William Colville Emmet." Mentioned in 18250521GWS_WHS1: "You have Lawyers, we have Emmets , Hoffmans , Prices , &c &c"