Stuyvesant family

Stuyvesant
Current regionNew York City
Place of originNetherlands
MembersPeter Stuyvesant
Connected familiesBayard family
Fish family
Astor family
Estate(s)Stuyvesant Square
Stuyvesant–Fish House
2 East 79th Street

The Stuyvesant family is a family of American politicians and landowners in New York City. The family is of Dutch origin and is descended from Peter Stuyvesant (1610–1672), who was born in Peperga, Friesland, Netherlands and served as the last Dutch Director-General of New Netherland.[1][2]

  1. ^ Reynolds, Cuyler (1914). Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. pp. 1011–1015. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
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