Abraham de Peyster (August 26, 1696 – September 17, 1767), was a Dutch-American who served as the treasurer of the Province of New York.
Among his siblings were Catherine de Peyster (who married Philip Van Cortlandt, son of Stephanus Van Cortlandt),[1] Elizabeth de Peyster (who married John Hamilton, the Governor of New Jersey),[1] and Pierre Guillaume de Peyster (who married Cornelia Schuyler).
[5] On July 1, 1722, de Peyster married Margaret Van Cortlandt at the New York Dutch Church.
[7] Through his son James, he was a grandfather to Abraham de Peyster, who briefly led the Loyalists in the Battle of Kings Mountain.
Evacuating to British North America after the American Revolution, the younger Abraham became the Treasurer of the new royal colony of New Brunswick.