Peter Lavien, Esq.

Biography

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Michael_Lavien Retrieved 8 May 2019

Peter Lavien, born in 1746, was the only child of Johann Lavien and Rachel Faucette, and the half-brother of Alexander Hamilton. Peter moved to South Carolina in 1764, where he became a prominent shipping merchant. He briefly returned to St. Croix in November 1769 to take possession of his inheritance from his mother's estate.

Peter served as an Anglican church warden at St. Helena's Parish in Beaufort, South Carolina, and was baptized at St. John's Church in Christiansted as an adult.

During the American Revolutionary War, Peter was a Tory and a smuggler. He moved in 1777 to Savannah, Georgia, where he died in 1781.

References

• “Alexander Hamilton: The West Indian “Founding Father”. William F. Cissel Historian, Christiansted National Historic Site, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. July, 2004. PDF