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Abraham de Peyster (July 8, 1657 – August 3, 1728) was the 20th mayor of New York City from 1691 to 1694, and served as Governor of New York, 1700–1701.
Captain Abraham de Peyster (18 February 1753 – 19 February 1798) was an American-born military officer who was a Loyalist during the American Revolutionary War. He is best known for leading a Loyalist force during the Battle of Kings Mountain and for helping to settle Loyalists after the war in New Brunswick .
Born in 1657 to a French Huguenot family that had settled in New Amsterdam, Abraham De Peyster was a wealthy merchant and ship owner. In 1685, he became an alderman of New York and the following year became a captain in the New York militia.
Abraham De Peyster is the loyalist’s loyalist. He fits exactly the popular stereotype, although that image is actually true only of a small minority.
Colonel de Heer Abraham de Peyster. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 774. In 1893 John Watts de Peyster commissioned Bissell to execute a seated bronze portrait of his great-great-great grandfather, Colonel de Heer Abraham de Peyster (1657–1728).
About. Show more. The 20th mayor of New York City from 1691 to 1694, and served as Governor of New York, 1700–1701.The de Puysters were a wealthy merchant family which had also moved into politics. In October 1691, Abraham was appointed mayor by Governor Henry Sloughter.
Second in command of Loyalist forces at the Battle of Kings Mountain, South Carolina, on 7 October 1780, De Peyster succeeded Patrick Ferguson as commander after the latter's death and was forced by the hopelessness of the situation to surrender his force.
