Peter Schermerhorn

[1] Among his siblings was brother Simon Schermerhorn (1748–1818), who married Jane Bussing (1750–1826), the older sister of Peter's wife Elizabeth.

[4] Schermerhorn, like his father and grandfather, was a commander and owner of shipping vessels trading between New York City and Charleston, South Carolina.

[9] From 1776 to 1783, during the American Revolutionary War, Schermerhorn and his family lived in Hyde Park, New York to protect their vessels from British seizure.

"[3] In 1811, Schemerhorn built six Federal style urban counting houses on Fulton Street in Manhattan,[12] today known as the Schermerhorn Row Block.

Increase Sumner;[7] and Caroline Webster Schermerhorn (1830–1908), who married William Backhouse Astor Jr.,[22] the middle son of William Backhouse Astor Sr.[7] In 1795, Schermerhorn and his brother Simon purchased over 150 acres in Gowanus, Brooklyn, including a home built in 1690, that they used as a family summer home.