Pelatiah Perit

Pelatiah Webster Perit (June 23, 1785 – March 8, 1864) was a New York merchant and banker.

Perit was born on June 23, 1785, in Norwich, Connecticut and named after his maternal grandfather, Pelatiah Webster.

[2][3] He served as president of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York from 1853 to 1863,[4] and was a commissioner of police in 1857.

[8] In 1860, Perit had architect Sidney Mason Stone design him a Renaissance Revival style Italian villa in New Haven.

[9] Perit died at his residence in New Haven, Connecticut in March 1864.