Abraham De Peyster (1657–1728)

American colonial jurist, son of Johannes de Peyster; born on the 8th of July 1657, in New York City; died there on the 10th of August 1728. Like his father, he early in life became a merchant and accumulated wealth. From 1691 to 1695 he was mayor of New York; then chief justice and president of the provincial council, acting for a time as governor. The bell which now hangs in the Fifth Avenue Collegiate Church was presented by him to the Nassau Street Middle Dutch Church. He was at one time treasurer of the provinces of New York and New Jersey.