Francis Perkins Van Pelt (1861 – July 20, 1942) was a 19th-century Sandy Hook Pilot.

[1][2] His father was Augustus Van Pelt a Sandy Hook pilot.

Van Pelt was on board the pilot boat Joseph F. Loubat, No.

He and his brother John Van Pelt were among seven men taken off the pilot-boat by the Santiago before it sank.

[5] Frank Van Pelt died on July 20, 1942, at age 81, in Staten Island, New York City.