De Peyster, Abraham

  • DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN BIOGRAPHY ARTICLE: Jo-Ann Fellows, “DE PEYSTER, ABRAHAM,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 4, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed June 12, 2025. https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/de_peyster_abraham_4E.html#citations
  • DCB profile notes:
    • Army officer and office-holder; b. 1753 in New York City, son of James (Jacobus) De Peyster and Sarah Reade; m. 1783 in New York City Catherine Livingston, and they had six children; d. 19 Feb. 1798 at Saint John, New Brunswick.
    • 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. He was a member of a wealthy, landed, New York family which had a tradition of office-holding and military service under successive administrations, and which was joined by common interest and marriage to similar families, forming the aristocracy of colonial New York.”
  • United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=2115
  • Find a GRAVE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138184079/abraham-depeyster