De Peyster (surname)
De Peyster is a surname of Dutch origin. It is also a town, De Peyster, New York.
People
Surname
- Abraham de Peyster, the 20th Mayor of New York City from 1691 to 1694
- Abraham de Peyster , American Loyalist officer and Treasurer of New Brunswick
- Abraham de Peyster , treasurer of the province of New York
- Anna dePeyster, Scottish journalist and author
- *Ashton dePeyster, her husband
- Arent de Peyster, 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, American painter, soldier, scientist, inventor, politician, and naturalist
- Frederic de Peyster, New York City lawyer
- Frederic James de Peyster, prominent American soldier, lawyer, and member of New York Society during the Gilded Age
- Johannes de Peyster Sr., a Dutch merchant who emigrated to New Amsterdam.
- Johannes de Peyster, the 23rd Mayor of New York City between 1698 and 1699
- Johannes de Peyster III, the Mayor of Albany who served three times between 1729 and 1742
- John Watts de Peyster, author on the art of war, philanthropist, and early Adjutant General of the New York National Guard
- John Watts de Peyster Jr., soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War
- Johnston de Peyster, soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War, member of the New York State Assembly
Given name
- De Peyster Brown DFC, American fighter pilot who volunteered to fly for the British Royal Air Force in World War II
- James de Peyster Ogden, American merchant and businessman
Fictional characters
- Mr and Mrs DePeyster, characters in the 1955 short film Bedlam in Paradise starring the Three Stooges