Johannes de Peyster III

Johannes de Peyster or Johannes de Peyster III (1694 – February 27, 1783) was the Mayor of Albany, New York three times between 1729 and 1742.[1]

Johannes de Peyster
Portrait de Peyster by Nehemiah Partridge
Mayor of Albany, New York
In office 1741–1742
Preceded by	Johannes Schuyler, Jr.
Succeeded by	Cornelis Cuyler
In office 1732–1732
Preceded by	Johannes Hansen
Succeeded by	Edward Holland
In office 1729–1731
Preceded by	Rutger Bleecker
Succeeded by	Johannes Hansen
Personal details
Born	Johannes de Peyster III 1694 New York City, New York
Died	February 27, 1783 (aged 89) Albany, New York, U.S.
Spouse(s)	Anna Schuyler ​ ( m. 1715; died 1750)
Parents	Johannes De Peyster Jr. Anna Bancker
Relatives	Abraham de Peyster (uncle) Evert Bancker (uncle) David Provost (uncle) Johannes de Peyster, Sr. (grandfather)

Early life

De Peyster was born in 1694. He was the son of Johannes De Peyster Jr. and Anna Bancker (1670–1740).[2][3][4] His father was the 23rd Mayor of New York City,[5][6][7] and served as a Captain with the 2nd Battalion, Company of Foot, New York.[8] His parents had 12 children, several who died young. His siblings that survived to adulthood included: Elizabeth de Peyster (1692–1760), who married James Beekman (1687–1730), Cornelia de Peyster (1695–1753), who was married to Matthew Clarkson (1699–1739) and Gilbert Tennent (1703–1764),[9] Gerardus de Peyster (b. 1697), who married Eva van Nuys Ouke,[10] Anna de Peyster (1700–1735), Maria de Peyster (b. 1706), who married Gerard Bancker in 1731,[11] William de Peyster (1709–1784), who married Margareta Roosevelt (1709–1776), daughter of Johannes Roosevelt,[12] and Catharina de Peyster (b. 1711), who married Hendrick Rutgers (1712–1779).[11]

His paternal grandparents were Johannes de Peyster, Sr. and Cornelia Lubberts. His uncle was Abraham de Peyster, who also served as mayor from 1691 to 1694, and his aunt was Maria De Peyster, who was married to David Provost. His maternal grandparents were Gerrit Bancker, a pioneer fur trader, and Elizabeth Van Epps. His uncle was Evert Bancker, the 3rd and 12th Mayor of Albany, New York.[13] His nephews included Gerard Bancker (1740–1799), New York State Treasurer from 1778 to 1798, and Henry Rutgers (1745–1830), namesake of Rutgers College.[11]

Career

From 1717 to the 1740s, he was Lieutenant of Foot County Troops in the militia and Captain of a Troop in 1744.[1]

In 1726, De Peyster became the Recorder of Albany. Shortly thereafter, he served as Mayor of Albany for a total of three times. The first term began in 1729 and he was in office until 1731 when he was succeeded by Johannes "Hans" Hansen, who served from 1831 to 1732.[14] De Peyster succeeded him and was only in office that year, having been succeeded by Edward Holland who served until 1740 when Johannes Schuyler, Jr. became mayor. Schuyler, the son of Mayor Johannes Schuyler and father of Revolutionary War General Philip Schuyler, served from 1740 until 1741 when De Peyster again served. His third and final term ended in 1742 when he was succeeded by Cornelius Cuyler. Cuyler was the son of Mayor Johannes Cuyler, grandson of Mayor Dirck Wesselse Ten Broeck, and father of Mayor Abraham Cuyler.[14]

For eleven years, he served as Commissioner of Indian Affairs for the Province of New York, appointed in 1734, 1738, 1739, and 1746.[15] He was also a member of Provincial Assembly

From 1756 to 1766, he was the Surrogate of Albany County. He held the position again from 1778 to 1782, when the Province became New York State. In 1782, he was replaced in the role by his grandson, John De Peyster Douw.[1] During The Seven Years War, he served as Paymaster of Troops from 1755 to 1756.[14][16]

Personal life

In 1715, De Peyster married Anna Schuyler (1697–1750),[17] the only child of Albany Mayor Myndert Schuyler (1672–1755)[18] and Rachel Cuyler (1674–1747).[1][19] Her paternal grandparents were David Pieterse Schuyler (1636–1690), brother of Philip Pieterse Schuyler, and Catharina Verplanck (1639–1690) who both died during the Schenectady massacre of 1690.[18] Together, they had eight children, but only two of the last four born after 1722 survived to adulthood:[11]

• Anna de Peyster (1723–1794), who married Volkert Petrus Douw (1720–1801), a New York State Senator and Mayor of Albany from 1761 to 1770 who was the grandson of Hendrick van Rensselaer.[20]
• Rachel de Peyster (1728–1794), who married Tobias Coenraedt Ten Eyck (1717–1785).[1]
• Myndert Schuyler de Peyster (1736–1745), who died young.[1]

Descendants

He was the grandfather of nine children born to his daughter Anna, including John De Peyster Douw (1756–1835), who took part in the Clinton-Sullivan Expedition and also served as Surrogate of Albany County, replacing de Peyster in 1782.[1]

Through his daughter Rachel, he was the grandfather of Johannes De Peyster Ten Eyck (d. 1798), Myndert Schuyler Ten Eyck (1753–1805), Henry Ten Eyck (b. 1755), and Tobias Ten Eyck (b. 1764).[21]

References

1. Bielinski, Stefan. "Johannes De Peyster". exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
2. Caliendo, Ralph J. (May 1, 2010). New York City Mayors. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 9781450088145. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
3. Lamb, Martha Joanna; Harrison, Mrs Burton (1896). History of the City of New York: Its Origin, Rise, and Progress. A. S. Barnes. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
4. Garrett, Erwin Clarkson (1916). Army Ballads and Other Verses. John C. Winston Company. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
5. Wilson, James Grant (1892). The Memorial History of the City of New-York: From Its First Settlement to the Year 1892. New York History Company. p. 54. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
6. Allaben, Frank. John Watts de Peyster, Volume 1, p. 18-19 (1908)
7. Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York. 1853. pp. 395–396. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
8. General Register of the Society of Colonial Wars. New York: authority of the General Assembly. January 1894. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
9. Sprague (1858), "Gilbert Tennent. 1725-1764," in Annals, pp. 35-43.
10. Wardell, Pat. "Early Bergen County Families" (PDF). njgsbc.org. The Genealogical Society of Bergen County, NJ. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
11. Reynolds, Cuyler (1911). Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: A Record of Achievements of the People of the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys in New York State, Included Within the Present Counties of Albany, Rensselaer, Washington, Saratoga, Montgomery, Fulton, Schenectady, Columbia and Greene. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
12. Whittelsey, Charles Barney (1902). The Roosevelt Genealogy, 1649-1902. Hartford, Connecticut: Press of J.B. Burr & Company. p. 36. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
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14. York, National Society of the Colonial Dames in the State of New (1913). Register of the Colonial Dames of the State of New York. Colonial Dames of the State of New York. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
15. Rhoden, Nancy L. (2014). English Atlantics Revisited: Essays Honouring Ian K. Steele. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. pp. 240–243. ISBN 9780773560406. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
16. "Johannes DePeyster III (1694-1789)". www.nyhistory.org. New-York Historical Society. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
17. Bielinski, Stefan. "Anna Schuyler De Peyster". exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
18. Bielinski, Stefan. "Myndert Schuyler". exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
19. Bielinski, Stefan. "Rachel Cuyler Schuyler". exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
20. Bielinski, Stefan. "Volkert P. Douw". exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
21. Reynolds, Cuyler (1911). Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: A Record of Achievements of the People of the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys in New York State, Included Within the Present Counties of Albany, Rensselaer, Washington, Saratoga, Montgomery, Fulton, Schenectady, Columbia and Greene. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 390. Retrieved 8 September 2017.

External links

• Portrait of Johannes de Peyster III by Nehemiah Partridge at the New-York Historical Society

Political offices
Preceded by Johannes Schuyler, Jr.	Mayor of Albany, New York 1741–1742	Succeeded by Cornelis Cuyler
Preceded by Johannes Hansen	Mayor of Albany, New York 1732–1732	Succeeded by Edward Holland
Preceded by Rutger Bleecker	Mayor of Albany, New York 1729–1731	Succeeded by Johannes Hansen