John H. Paty  John Henry Paty (September 8, 1840 – February 2, 1897) was the Consul to the Netherlands for the Kingdom of Hawaii. He was a businessman who served as an auditor or as a trustee of numerous organizations, and was a founding member of both the Planters’ Labor & Supply Company and the Oahu Railway and Land Company. He was the 5th generation of Paty men to bear the name John, and was born to seafaring trader Captain John Paty (1807–1868) and Mary Ann Jefferson Paty (1813–1891). According to Captain Paty's granddaughter, their family was descended from Richard Warren, one of the passengers on the Mayflower, the English ship that transported the first Puritans to North America in 1620, landing at Plymouth Rock. Captain Paty's brother Henry had preceded him to Hawaii, and convinced him to operate out of Honolulu, where he was subsequently appointed by Kamehameha III as Hawaiian Counsel and Naval Commandant for the Northwest Coast. John Henry was born in,Honolulu on September 8, 1840, followed by sisters Mary Francesca in 1844, and Emma Theodora in 1850. Paty was educated at the Royal School in Honolulu, and became a 1st lieutenant in the first company of the Honolulu Rifles. Paty served as Hawaii's Consul to the Netherlands for several years. He was also a Registrar of Conveyances for Oahu. Paty became employed at Bishop and Company Bank in August 1859, and became a full partner in 1875 The company was the principal owner of Kawailoa Ranch  He was elected a trustee of Queen's Hospital in 1875; the Board of Trustees then elected him as treasurer. He was also treasurer of the Sailor's Home Society, and was vice president of the Board of Realtors. The Kingdom of Hawaii began contracting with steamship manufacturers in 1876 for inner-island services, authorizing Samuel G. Wilder as the kingdom's purchasing agent. By 1883, Wilder had formed the Wilder Steamship Company, with Paty as the company auditor. Paty was later a founder and president of Oahu Railroad Company. On March 20, 1882, Paty joined with six other planters – Edward P. Adams, Samuel T. Alexander , William H. Bailey, William G. Irwin, Alfred S. Hartwell and Z. S. Spalding – to charter the Planters’ Labor & Supply Company as a forum for the Hawaiian sugar industry.