Johannes De Peyster II (de Peijster), Mayor 1698-1699: De Peyster (1666 – 1711) was a merchant who engaged in the sugar and tobacco trade.[1] He served in the Dutch government when they retook the colony from 1673 to 1674, as burgomaster (similar to mayor with two men holding the office) in 1673. 

In the c.1703 census, he had five enslaved people in his household in New York City. The last name is listed as “D’payster” in the East Ward where his brother lived.[2]

[1] Merchants & Empire, p.28

[2] Enumerations of Population in North America Prior to 1790, U.S. Census, p.24; Northeast Slavery Records Index

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