Johannes de Peyster or Johannes de Peyster III (1694 – February 27, 1789) was the

Mayor of Albany, New York From its formal chartering on 22 July 1686 until 1779, the mayors of Albany, New York, were appointed by the royal governor of New York, per the provisions of the original city charter, issued by Governor Thomas Dongan. From 1779 until 1839, may ...

three times between 1729 and 1742.

Early life

De Peyster was born in 1694. He was the son of Johannes De Peyster Jr. and Anna Bancker (1670–1740). His father was the 23rd

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,Allaben, Frank
John Watts de Peyster, Volume 1
p. 18-19 (1908) and served as a

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with the 2nd Battalion, Company of Foot, New York. 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

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(1703–1764),Sprague (1858), "Gilbert Tennent. 1725-1764," in ''Annals,'' pp. 35-43. Gerardus de Peyster (b. 1697), who married Eva van Nuys Ouke, Anna de Peyster (1700–1735), Maria de Peyster (b. 1706), who married Gerard Bancker in 1731, William de Peyster (1709–1784), who married Margareta Roosevelt (1709–1776), daughter of Johannes Roosevelt, and Catharina de Peyster (b. 1711), who married Hendrick Rutgers (1712–1779). His paternal grandparents were Johannes de Peyster, Sr. and Cornelia Lubberts. His uncle was

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, who also served as mayor from 1691 to 1694, and his aunt was Maria De Peyster, who was married to

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. 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. His nephews included Gerard Bancker (1740–1799),

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from 1778 to 1798, and

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(1745–1830), namesake of

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Career

From 1717 to the 1740s, he was Lieutenant of Foot County Troops in the militia and Captain of a Troop in 1744. In 1726, De Peyster became the Recorder of Albany. Shortly thereafter, he served as

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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. 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

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and father of Revolutionary War General

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, 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

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, and father of Mayor

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. For eleven years, he served as

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for the

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, appointed in 1734, 1738, 1739, and 1746. He was also a member of

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From 1756 to 1766, he was the Surrogate of Albany County. He held the position again from 1778 to 1782, when the Province became

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. In 1782, he was replaced in the role by his grandson,

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. During The Seven Years War, he served as Paymaster of Troops from 1755 to 1756.

Personal life

In 1715, De Peyster married Anna Schuyler (1697–1750), the only child of Albany Mayor

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(1672–1755) and Rachel Cuyler (1674–1747). Her paternal grandparents were

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(1636–1690), brother of

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, and Catharina Verplanck (1639–1690) who both died during the

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of 1690. Together, Johannes de Peyster and his wife Anna had eight children, but only two of the last four born after 1722 survived to adulthood: * Anna de Peyster (1723–1794), who married Volkert Petrus Douw (1720–1801), a

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and Mayor of Albany from 1761 to 1770 who was the grandson of

Hendrick van Rensselaer Hendrick van Rensselaer (October 23, 1667 – July 4, 1740) was director of the Eastern patent of the Rensselaerswyck manor. The estate was composed of land in Columbia County, New York, and land opposite Albany, New York, on the Hudson River, ...

. * Rachel de Peyster (1728–1794), who married Tobias Coenraedt Ten Eyck (1717–1785). * Myndert Schuyler de Peyster (1736–1745), who died young.

Descendants

He was the grandfather of nine children born to his daughter Anna, including

(1756–1835), who took part in the Clinton-Sullivan Expedition and also served as Surrogate of Albany County, replacing de Peyster in 1782. 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).

References

External links

Portrait of Johannes de Peyster III
by

Nehemiah Partridge Nehemiah Partridge (March 9, 1683 – between 1729 and 1737) was an American painter. He is believed to be the same artist as those identified as the Schuyler Limner and the ''Aetatis Suae'' Limner, though this identification has been called into ...

at the

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