Frederic de Peyster
Frederic de Peyster II | |
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9th President of the Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York | |
In office 1854–1855 | |
Preceded by | Ogden Hoffman |
Succeeded by | James de Peyster Ogden |
Personal details | |
Born | New York City, US | November 11, 1796
Died | August 17, 1882 Tivoli, New York, US | (aged 85)
Spouses | Mary Justina Watts
(m. 1820; died 1821)Maria Antoinette Kane Hone
(m. 1839; died 1869) |
Relations | John Watts de Peyster Jr. (grandson) Johnston de Peyster (grandson) |
Children | John Watts de Peyster |
Parent(s) | Frederic de Peyster Helen Livingston Hake |
Alma mater | Columbia College |
Frederic de Peyster II (November 11, 1796, in New York City – August 17, 1882, in Tivoli, New York) was a New York City lawyer and prominent member of the De Peyster family.
Early life
De Peyster was born in
His paternal grandfather was Col. James Abraham de Peyster, the brother of
De Peyster attended
Career
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De Peyster studied law with
In 1820, he was appointed master in chancery, holding the office until 1837, when his judicious investments had so increased his inherited fortune that he was compelled to resign his office and devote himself to the management of his estate.[6]
He was at various periods a trustee of the
Several of de Peyster's addresses were published in pamphlet form, for example The Life and Administration of Richard, Earl of Bellomont, Governor of the Provinces of New York, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, from 1697 to 1701, which was an address delivered before the
Personal life
In May 1820, de Peyster was married to Mary Justina Watts (1801–1821),
De Peyster died on August 17, 1882, in Tivoli, New York.[2] His funeral was held at St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church in Tivoli.[16]
Descendants
Through his son John, he was the grandfather of three grandsons who all served in the conflict in the Union Army, including John Watts de Peyster Jr. (1841–1873), an aide-de-camp and artillery commander with the Army of the Potomac who mustered out as a brevet brigadier general, Frederic de Peyster III (1842–1874), a Colonel and surgeon, and Johnston Livingston de Peyster (1846–1903), a second lieutenant in charge of a battery of artillery credited with hoisting the first Union flag over the Confederate capitol of Richmond, Virginia, after its fall.[17][18][19]
Legacy
According to Harper's Weekly:[20] "The venerable Mr. Frederic De Peyster... was a man of singular uprightness and purity of character, a broad philanthropist, and an ardent lover of art and literature."[20]
Frederic de Peyster is the namesake of De Peyster, New York.[21]
Published works
- The Culture Demanded by the Age
- William the Third as a Reformer
- Prominent Men of the English Revolution
- Address on the Life and Administration of Richard, Earl of Bellomont
- Early Political History of New York
References
Notes
- ^ McKito, Valerie H. From Loyalists to Loyal Citizens: The DePeyster Family of New York. (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2015). xii, 248 pp
- ^ a b c d e f "Frederic De Peyster Dead.; the End of a Useful and Honorable Career". The New York Times. 19 August 1882. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York (1905). Genealogical Record. The Society. p. 47. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ Reynolds, Cuyler (1914). Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 1151. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- ^ Livingston, Edwin Brockholst (1910). The Livingstons of Livingston Manor: Being the History of that Branch of the Scottish House of Callendar which Settled in the English Province of New York During the Reign of Charles the Second; and Also Including an Account of Robert Livingston of Albany, "The Nephew," a Settler in the Same Province and His Principal Descendants. Knickerbocker Press. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ a b c The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the Men and Women who are Doing the Work and Moulding the Thought of the Present Time. J.T. White & Co. 1899. p. 44. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ Kennedy, James W. (1964). The Unknown Worshipper. New York: Morehouse-Barlow Co. pp. 164, 168.
- ^ "The Late Frederic De Peyster.; an Appreciative Tribute from the St. Nicholas Society". The New York Times. 10 October 1882. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ Peyster, Frederic De; Society, New-York Historical (1879). The Life and Administration of Richard, Earl of Bellomont, Governor of the Provinces of New York, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, from 1697 to 1701: an Address Delivered Before the New York Historical Society, at the Celebration of Its Seventy-fifth Anniversary, Tuesday, November 18th, 1879. The Society. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ Magazine of Western History, Vol 19. 1894. p. 512. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ISBN 9780788426605. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ISBN 9781490744841. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ "DIED. DE PEYSTER". The New York Times. 6 May 1907. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ "MRS. JOHN W. DE PEYSTER DEAD; She Was a Daughter of John Smith Livingston -- Passed Away at Tivoli, N.Y." The New York Times. 3 August 1898. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ ""PAT" KEENAN DIES; VICTIM OF PARALYSIS; City Chamberlain, Known As the Trainer of Politicians, Had Been III for Weeks. JUDGES AT HIS BEDSIDE Politicians from Every Walk of Life Were With the Old Tammany Leader When He Died". The New York Times. 6 May 1907. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
- ^ "Mr. De Peyster's Burial; Funeral Services at the Little Church in Tivoli". The New York Times. 22 August 1882. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ Shepley, George. Incidents in the Capture of Richmond. Atlantic Monthly, July 1880.
- ^ Lamb, 1904
- ^ "FORTUNE WENT TO LAWYERS.; So Gen. De Peyster Said in Will -- Left $2,000,000". The New York Times. 11 May 1907. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Frederic De Peyster". americanart.si.edu. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 104.
Sources
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
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