Schuyler family
Appearance
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Current region | United States |
Etymology | "scholar" |
Place of origin | Netherlands |
Members | Philip Schuyler |
Connected families | Livingston family Van Cortlandt family Van Rensselaer family |
Estate(s) | Schuyler Mansion |
The Schuyler family was a prominent Dutch family in New York and New Jersey in the 17th and 18th centuries, whose descendants played a critical role in the formation of the United States, in leading government and business in North America, and served as leaders in business, politics and society in the United Kingdom. Notable family members include:
- Pieter Schuyler
- Philip Pieterse Schuyler (1628-1683), married Margarita Van Slichtenhorst
- Geertruy (b. 4 February 1654), married Stephanus van Cortlandt
- Alida (b. February 28, 1656), married Nicholas van Rensselaer
- Pieter Schuyler (1657 1724), first mayor of Albany
- Margareta (b. 1682), married Robert Livingston the Younger
- Col. Phillipus Schuyler (b. 1696)
- Brandt Schuyler (b. 1659), married Cornelia Van Cortlandt. He died of smallpox in 1702.
- Arent Schuyler (1662-1730), married 1st Jannetje Teller, married 2nd Swantje Van Duyckhuysen
- Peter Schuyler (1710–1762), landowner, militia colonel
- Cornelia Schuyler, married Pierre Guillaume DePeyster
- Arent Schuyler DePeyster (1736–1822), British military officer
- Philip Philipse (b. 1668)
- Col. Johannes, led an attack on La Prairie, Quebec in 1690
- Philip Johanes, killed during the French and Indian raid on Saratoga on November 28, 1745.[1]
- John Schuyler Jr., married his first cousin, Cornelia van Cortlandt.
- Gen. Philip Schuyler
- Elizabeth Schuyler, married Alexander Hamilton, a founding father of the United States
- Angelica Schuyler, married John Barker Church
- Margarita "Peggy" Schuyler Van Rensselaer, married Stephen Van Rensselaer
- Philip Jeremiah Schuyler
- Gen. Philip Schuyler
- "Madame" Margaret (b. 1701), married her first cousin, Phillipus Schuyler
- Catalentie (b. 1704), married Cornelis Cuyler
- Hendrick C. Cuyler (b. 1735), royalist
- Margarita Cuyler Low (b. 1738) married royalist Isaac Low
- Isaac Low, became a field officer in the British army.
- Helena Low, married Dirck Hansen, who operated the Albany-Greenbush ferry
- Sir Cornelius Cuyler, 1st Baronet (b. 1740)
- Abraham Cuyler (b. 1742), royalist mayor of Albany, imprisoned in Fishkill, New York, married Janet (Jannetje) Glen
- Elizabeth
- Peter
- Margritta (b. January 2, 1672), married Jacobus Verplanck
- David Pieterse Schuyler married Catharina Verplanck, died as a result of the Schenectady massacre of 1690
- Myndert Schuyler married Rachel Cuyler
- Anna Schuyler married Johannes De Peyster, Mayor of Albany
- Pieter Davidse Schuyler (b. 1659) married Alida Van Slictenhorst
- David Pieterse Schuyler (b. 1688) married Anna Bradt
- Peter David Schuyler (b.1723) married Elizabeth Barbara Herkimer[2]
- Hon Yost Schuyler, militia member and spy during the American Revolution
- Peter David Schuyler (b.1723) married Elizabeth Barbara Herkimer[2]
- David Pieterse Schuyler (b. 1688) married Anna Bradt
- Margaret
- Jacobus Schuyler (b. 1675)
- Catharina Schuyler (b. 1678), married Johannes Abeel Mayor of Albany
- Christopher Abeel (b. 1696)
- Johannes Abeel (b.1722)
- Cornplanter, Seneca chief
- Johannes Abeel (b.1722)
- Catalina Abeel (b. 1698), married Vincent Matthews
- David Mathews, Loyalist Mayor of New York during the American Revolution
- Horace Pym (1844-1896), British solicitor, book collector and editor
- Cornelia (b. 1701), married Goose Van Schaick
- Anthony Van Schaick, Jr. (b. 1721)
- Anna Van Schaick (b. 1754)
- Catharina Abeel (b. 1723)
- David Abeel (b. 1705)
- Anthony Van Schaick, Jr. (b. 1721)
- Christopher Abeel (b. 1696)
- Myndert Schuyler married Rachel Cuyler
- Philip Pieterse Schuyler (1628-1683), married Margarita Van Slichtenhorst
See also
- Livingston family
- Van Rensselaer family
- Van Cortlandt family
- Angelica Schuyler Church
- Temple Bowdoin
- Peter Schuyler (New Jersey)
- Schuyler Colfax
- Schuyler Hamilton
- William S. Hamilton
- Anna Hall Roosevelt
- Eleanor Roosevelt
- Hamilton Fish Kean
- Thomas Kean
- Thomas Kean Jr.
- George H. W. Bush
- George W. Bush
- Schuyler Copper Mine
- Schuyler Island
Notes
- ^ Bielinski, Stefan. "Philip J. Schuyler", New York State Museum
- ^ Cowen, Phoebe Strong. "The Herkimers and the Schuylers", Albany New York, 1903
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