De Peyster (surname)
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De Peyster (also spelled DePuyster and dePeyster) is a surname of Dutch origin. It is also a town, De Peyster, New York.
People
[edit]Surname
[edit]- Abraham de Peyster (1657–1728), the 20th Mayor of New York City from 1691 to 1694
- Abraham de Peyster (captain) (1753–1798), American Loyalist officer and Treasurer of New Brunswick
- Abraham de Peyster (treasurer) (1696–1767), treasurer of the province of New York
- Anna dePeyster (née Torv, formerly Murdoch and Mann; born 1944), Scottish journalist and author
- Ashton dePeyster, her husband
- Arent de Peyster (1736–1822; also spelt DePeyster), an American-born British loyalist military officer, commandant of the British controlled Fort Michilimackinac and Fort Detroit during the American Revolution
- Elizabeth dePeyster, wife of Charles Willson Peale (1741–1827), American painter, soldier, scientist, inventor, politician, and naturalist
- Frederic de Peyster (1796–1882), New York City lawyer
- Frederic James de Peyster (1839–1905), prominent American soldier, lawyer, and member of New York Society during the Gilded Age
- Johannes de Peyster Sr. (1600–1685), a Dutch merchant who emigrated to New Amsterdam.
- Johannes de Peyster (1666–1719), the 23rd Mayor of New York City between 1698 and 1699
- Johannes de Peyster III (1694–1783), the Mayor of Albany who served three times between 1729 and 1742
- John Watts de Peyster (1821–1907), author on the art of war, philanthropist, and early Adjutant General of the New York National Guard
- John Watts de Peyster Jr. (1841–1873), soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War
- Johnston de Peyster (1846–1903), soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War, member of the New York State Assembly
Given name
[edit]- De Peyster Brown DFC (1915–1991), American fighter pilot who volunteered to fly for the British Royal Air Force in World War II
- James de Peyster Ogden (1790–1870), American merchant and businessman
Fictional characters
[edit]- Mr and Mrs DePeyster, characters in the 1955 short film Bedlam in Paradise starring the Three Stooges
See also
[edit]- Watts De Peyster Fireman's Hall, located on Broadway in the village of Tivoli, New York, United States
- All pages with titles beginning with De Peyster
- All pages with titles containing De Peyster
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