Schermerhorn, Peter, 1749-1826

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Peter Schermerhorn was a New York merchant.

Samuel Jones was a lawyer, Chancellor of New York 1826-1828, and Chief Justice of the New York City Superior Court 1828-1847.

From the description of Peter Schermerhorn autograph letters signed. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 780372450

Peter Schermerhorn (1749-1826), like his father and grandfather, was commander and owner of shipping vessels trading between New York City and Charleston, S.C. He married Elizabeth Bussing on September 11, 1771. From 1776 to 1783, Schermerhorn and his family lived in Hyde Park, N.Y. to protect his vessels from British seizure. Upon his return to New York City, Schermerhorn advertised himself as a shipchandler. In 1808, he and sons Abraham (1783-1850) and Peter (1781-1852) opened a shipping business under the name Peter Schermerhorn and Sons at 243 Water Street in New York City. The Schermerhorn family resided at 68 Broadway in lower Manhattan.

In 1795, Peter and his brother, Simon Schermerhorn, purchased over 150 acres of land near the Gowanus Bay in Brooklyn for use as a family summer home. Upon his father's death, Abraham Schermerhorn inherited this property, which included a farm and house hailed as the oldest house in Brooklyn, built in 1690. Abraham sold the land in 1835; it now makes up a large portion of Green-Wood Cemetery. The modern-day Schermerhorn Street in downtown Brooklyn is located near the site of Abraham and Peter Schermerhorn's ropewalk, used for their shipping business until 1841, when it was destroyed by a fire.

Sources Benardo, Leonard, and Jennifer Weiss. "Schermerhorn Street." In Brooklyn by Name: How the Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks, Bridges, and More Got Their Names, 51. New York: New York University Press, 2006. Schermerhorn, Richard, Jr. Schermerhorn Genealogy and Family Chronicles. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1914.

From the guide to the Peter Schermerhorn papers, Bulk, 1822-1877, 1799-1891, (Brooklyn Historical Society)
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creatorOf Unknown. Account of building the Ship America, circa 1780s. Peabody Essex Museum
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referencedIn Smith, Edwin, surveyor. Map filed Registers Office in 1842 of lands belonging to Peter Schermerhorn [decd] / [copied from] E.S. [Smith]. New-York Historical Society
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