People of Schenectady County, New York: P

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Biographical information about people who were born in, lived in, worked in or had some connection with Schenectady County.

Packard, David (1912 — 1996)
- [Electrical engineer, cofounder of Hewlett-Packard Co., worked at General Electric in Schenectady]
- David Packard (Edison Steinmetz Center)
- Print Resource:
  - Dreyfuss, John Henry. "David Packard, 1912-" in Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists, v. 3, pp. 1523-1525 and 1998 supplement, pp. 345-347 (New York: Gale Research, 1995) [R 925 Not v. 3 at SCPL].
Payne, John Howard (1791 — 1852)
- [playwright, actor, composer of "Home Sweet Home"]
- John Howard Payne (Our Hall of Fame)
- Print Resource:
  - Grimsted, David. "John Howard Payne" in American National Biography, v. 17, pp. 172-173 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999) [R 920 ANB at SCPL].
Peeck, Jacobus (1656 — ?)
- [early freeholder of Schenectady]
- Adult Freeholders (History of the Schenectady Patent)
Philipse, Jan
- [early freeholder of Schenectady]
- Adult Freeholders (History of the Schenectady Patent)
Philipse, Philip
- [early freeholder of Schenectady]
- Adult Freeholders (History of the Schenectady Patent)
Pikkert, Bartholomew
- [early freeholder of Schenectady]
- Adult Freeholders (History of the Schenectady Patent)
Pillsbury, W. Howard (1880 — ?)
- [Schenectady school superintendent]
- Pillsbury Faces Depression; World War II (The History of Education in Schenectady)
Poling, Rev. Clark Vandersall (1910 — 1943)
- [pastor of First Reformed Church, one of the "Four Chaplains"]
- The Story (Four Chaplains Memorial Foundation)
- Reverend Clark V. Poling and the Four Immortal Chaplains (First Congregational Church, New London, CT)
- Print Resources:
  - Kurzman, Dan. No Greater Glory: The Four Immortal Chaplains and the Sinking of the Dorchester in World War II (New York: Random House, 2004). [940.54 Kur at SCPL.]
  - Thornton, Francis. Sea of glory: the magnificent story of the four chaplains (New York: Prentice-Hall, 1953).
  - Wales, Ken and David Poling. Sea of glory: a novel based on the true WW II story of the four chaplains and the U.S.A.T. Dorchester (Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman, 2001). [In the fiction section of the Fort Plain Free Library and the Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library.]
Pootman, Jan [Putman] (? — 1690)
- [early freeholder of Schenectady]
- Adult Freeholders (History of the Schenectady Patent)
Potter, Edward Tuckerman (1831 — 1904)
- [architect]
- Print Resources:
  - Landau, Sarah Bradford. Edward T. and William A. Potter: American Victorian Architects (New York: Garland, 1979) (R 720.973 P86 at SCPL].
  - Wodehouse, Lawrence. "Edward Tuckerman Potter" in American National Biography, v. 17, pp. 744-745 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999) [R 920 ANB at SCPL].
Potter, Eliphalet Nott (1836 — 1901)
- [president of Union College]
- Print Resource:
  - Leslie, W. Bruce. "Eliphalet Nott Potter" in American National Biography, v. 17, p. 745 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999) [R 920 ANB at SCPL].
Potter, Henry Codman (1835 — 1908)
- [Episcopal bishop]
- Print Resource:
  - Armentrout, Donald S. "Henry Codman Potter" in American National Biography, v. 17, pp. 746-748 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999) [R 920 ANB at SCPL].
Potter, Platt (1800 — 1891)
- [judge]
- Potter (Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs)
Potter, Robert Brown (1827 — 1887)
- [lawyer and Union general]
- Print Resource:
  - Marvel, William. "Robert Brown Potter" in American National Biography, v. 17, pp. 752-753 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999) [R 920 ANB at SCPL].
Potter, William Appleton (1842 — 1909)
- [architect]
- Print Resources:
  - Landau, Sarah Bradford. Edward T. and William A. Potter: American Victorian Architects (New York: Garland, 1979) (R 720.973 P86 at SCPL].
  - Wodehouse, Lawrence. "William Appleton Potter" in American National Biography, v. 17, pp. 753-754 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999) [R 920 ANB at SCPL].