Schuyler family

Schuyler
Schuyler
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
        James Alexander Hamilton
        
        Angelica Schuyler, married John Barker Church
        
        Margarita "Peggy" Schuyler Van Rensselaer, married Stephen Van Rensselaer
        Stephen Van Rensselaer
        
        Philip Jeremiah 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
        Jacob Glen Cuyler
      - 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
  - 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
    - Catalina Abeel (b. 1698), married Vincent Matthews
      - David Mathews, Loyalist Mayor of New York during the American Revolution
        Murray Dodd, Member of Canadian House of Commons
        Lewis Wilkieson Johnstone, Member of Canadian House of Commons
        
        Fletcher Mathews Haight, United States federal judge
        Henry Huntly Haight, tenth Governor of California
      - 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)

Notes

^ Bielinski, Stefan. "Philip J. Schuyler", New York State Museum
^ Cowen, Phoebe Strong. "The Herkimers and the Schuylers", Albany New York, 1903

Johannes de Peyster Sr. (c. 1600–c. 1685)
- Abraham de Peyster (1657–1728), Mayor of New York City
  - Catherine de Peyster, married Philip Van Cortlandt, son of Stephanus Van Cortlandt
    - Pierre Van Cortlandt (1721–1814)
  - Abraham de Peyster (1696–1767), Treasurer of the Province of New York, married Margaret Van Cortlandt, daughter of Jacobus Van Cortlandt
    - James Abraham de Peyster (1726–1799)
      - Capt. Abraham de Peyster (1753–1798), married Catherine Livingston, granddaughter of Philip Livingston
      - Frederick de Peyster (1758–1834)
        James Ferguson de Peyster (1794–1874), married (1) Susan Maria Clarkson (1800–1823), daughter of Matthew Clarkson; married (2) Frances Goodhue Ashton (1805–1871)
        Susan Maria de Peyster (1823–1910), married Robert Edward Livingston (1820–1889)
        Goodhue Livingston (1867–1951), an architect, married Louisa Robb (1877–1960), daughter of James Hampden Robb
        
        Frederic James de Peyster (1839–1905), lawyer, married Augusta McEvers Morris (1851–1911)
        
        Frederic de Peyster (1796–1882), lawyer
        John Watts de Peyster (1821–1907), military officer, married Estelle Livingston
        John Watts de Peyster Jr. (1841–1873), Union Army officer
        
        Johnston de Peyster (1846–1903), New York State Assembly member
  - Pierre Guillaume de Peyster (b. 1707), married Cornelia Schuyler
    - Arent DePeyster (1736–1822), British military officer
    - Pierre Guillaume de Peyster (1745–1807)
      - William Sheriff de Peyster, married Mary Roosevelt, niece of Nicholas Roosevelt
      - Cornelia de Peyster, married Jacob R. Van Rensselaer
- Johannes de Peyster (1666–1719), Mayor of New York City, married Anna Bancker, sister of Albany mayor Evert Bancker
  - Johannes de Peyster III (1694–1783), married Anna Schuyler, daughter of Albany mayor Myndert Schuyler
    - Anna de Peyster (1723–1794), who married Albany mayor Volkert P. Douw
  - Maria de Peyster, married Gerard Bancker
    - Gerard Bancker (1740–1799), surveyor and politician
  - William de Peyster, married Margaret Roosevelt
    - William de Peyster
      - Elizabeth de Peyster, married Charles Willson Peale (1741–1827), painter
        Franklin Peale (1795–1870), Philadelphia Mint officer
        
        Titian Peale (1799–1885), naturalist
  - Catharina de Peyster, married Hendrick Rutgers (1712–1779)
    - Henry Rutgers (1745–1830), Revolutionary War hero, namesake of Rutgers University
- Elizabeth de Peyster, married New Jersey provincial Governor John Hamilton
- Maria de Peyster, married New York City Mayor David Provost

[Bielinski-1] Bielinski, Stefan. "Philip J. Schuyler", New York State Museum

[2] Cowen, Phoebe Strong. "The Herkimers and the Schuylers", Albany New York, 1903

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