Peter Augustus Jay (lawyer)

Peter Augustus Jay
Recorder of New York City
In office
April 6, 1819  March 6, 1821
Preceded byRichard Riker
Succeeded byRichard Riker
Member of the New York State Assembly from New York Co.
In office
July 1, 1815  June 30, 1816
Personal details
Born
Peter Augustus Jay

(1776-01-24)January 24, 1776
Elizabethtown, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedFebruary 20, 1844(1844-02-20) (aged 68)
New York City, U.S.
Political partyFederalist
Spouse
Mary Rutherfurd Clarkson
(m. 1807; died 1838)
Children
Parent(s)John Jay
Sarah Van Brugh Livingston
RelativesWilliam Jay (brother)
William Livingston (grandfather)
Augustus Jay (grandson)
Alma materColumbia College

Peter Augustus Jay (January 24, 1776 – February 20, 1843) was a prominent New York lawyer, politician and the eldest son of Founding Father and first United States Chief Justice John Jay.