Abraham de Peyster (grandfather) Arent Schuyler (grandfather) Peter Schuyler (uncle)
Parent(s)
Pierre Guillaume DePeyster Cornelia Schuyler
Military service
Allegiance
British America
Branch/service
50th Foot, 51st Foot, 8th Foot
Years of service
1755–1794
Rank
Colonel
Battles/wars
Seven Years' War American Revolution
Arent Schuyler DePeyster (27 June 1736 – 26 November 1822) was an American-born military officer best known for his term as commandant of the British controlled Fort Michilimackinac and Fort Detroit during the American Revolution. Following the capture of Lieutenant-Governor General Henry Hamilton, DePeyster is often credited as being the military leader of British and Indian forces in the Western American and Canadian frontiers.[1]
^Armour, David A. "DePEYSTER, ARENT SCHUYLER". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
Arent Schuyler DePeyster (27 June 1736 – 26 November 1822) was an American-born military officer best known for his term as commandant of the British controlled...
James dePeyster). His paternal grandfather was Col. James Abraham dePeyster, the brother of ArentDePeyster, both of whom were descended from Arent Schuyler...
September 2018. "DePeyster Girl, with a Lamb". www.nyhistory.org/. New-York Historical Society. Retrieved 12 September 2018. "DePEYSTER, ARENT SCHUYLER – Volume...
named for Peter in honor of the early settlers. His grandson, Arent Schuyler DePeyster (1736–1822), was a British military officer. His granddaughter...
Abraham dePeyster, an early Mayor of New York City, whose brother was Johannes dePeyster, also Mayor. His grandfather was a nephew of ArentDePeyster. He...
Johannes dePeyster or Johannes dePeyster II (September 21, 1666 – September 25, 1711) was the 23rd Mayor of New York City between 1698 and 1699. Johannes...
DePeyster (1707–1785) Arent Schuyler DePeyster (1736–1822), British military officer Philipse "Philip" Schuyler (1666–1724) m. (1) 1687: Elizabeth De...
Frederic dePeyster who fought for the British crown during the American Revolution and was descended from Arent Schuyler and Abraham dePeyster (the 20th...
century. In a footnote to a poem titled Speech to the Western Indians, ArentDePeyster, British commandant from 1774 to 1779 at Fort Michilimackinac (a former...
(née DePeyster) Rutgers. His maternal grandparents were Johannes dePeyster, the 23rd Mayor of New York City, and Anna (née Bancker) dePeyster, the sister...
Peter's Episcopal Church in Philadelphia alongside his wife Elizabeth DePeyster. A Renaissance man, Peale had expertise not only in painting but also...
never occurred because the British aid never came. British commander ArentDePeyster singled out Pacanne's loyalty, saying they shared the same mind regarding...
City from 1677 to 1678 and 1686 to 1688), and Catherine dePeyster (daughter of Abraham dePeyster, Mayor of New York City from 1691 to 1694 and Governor...
British commander, Captain ArentDePeyster, sent him recruiting among the Menominee and Winnebago tribes near Green Bay. DePeyster also sent out Joseph Ainsse...
youngest son of the polymath Charles Willson Peale and his wife Elizabeth dePeyster, Peale was named after his dead half-brother, also named Titian Ramsay...
and nineteenth century. In 1819, an American-born, British captain, ArentDePeyster first used Ellice Island as a reference for Funafuti, but Charles Wilkes...
Johnston Livingston dePeyster (June 14, 1846 – May 27, 1903) was a soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War and later a member of the New...
Chillicothe and Piqua. In the Illinois territory, French officer Augustin de La Balme assembled a militia force of French residents in an effort to take...
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