Peter Silvester (1734%E2%80%931808)

Peter Silvester was an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York, and a prominent Federalist attorney in Kinderhook. He was a mentor to Martin Van Buren, the 8th President of the United States and was the grandfather of New York Representative Peter Henry Silvester.

Peter Silvester was born at Shelter Island, New York on Long Island in 1734. Silvester is probably descended from Nathaniel Sylvester , an AngloDutch sugar merchant and the first European settler of Shelter Island.

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