Peter Jaquett (1755 – 1834) was a United States officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War.

Peter Jaquett joined the 1st Delaware Regiment of the Continental Army on January 4, 1776, and served until April, 1780.

He fought in every military engagement under Washington which took place in Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and the Eastern States.

[2] After his career as a soldier, Jaquett returned to Delaware in 1782 and married Elizabeth (Eliza) Price of Chester, Pennsylvania in 1794.

[1] He spent his remaining years as a farmer on his parental estate, Long Hook Farm, just south of Wilmington, Delaware.