Schuyler family

Schuyler
Schuyler
Current region	United States
Etymology	Possibly derived from [nl], a hamlet near Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands
Place of origin	Netherlands
Connected families	Bayard family; Livingston family; Van Cortlandt family; Van Rensselaer family; Roosevelt Family; Hamilton family
Estate(s)	Schuyler Mansion; Schuyler House; The Grove

The Schuyler family was a prominent Dutch family in New York and New Jersey in the 18th and 19th centuries, whose descendants played a critical role in the formation of the United States (especially New York City and northern New Jersey), in leading government and business in North America and served as leaders in business, military, politics, and society. The other two most influential New York dynasties of the 18th and 19th centuries were the Livingston family and the Clinton family.

History[]

By 1650, Philip Pieterse Schuyler emigrated to New Netherland, settling in Beverwyck. His brother, David Pieterse Schuyler, also emigrated from The Dutch Republic.

The Schuyler family ancestry and ties were factors in several major American families, including the Livingston family, the Oyster Bay branch of the Roosevelt family, the Bayard family, the Bush family and the Kean family, among others. Descendants also exist in some noble families in the United Kingdom through female ancestry (including the Gage family, the Kennedy family, the Bertie family, and the Fitzroy family, among others).^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Family tree[]

Philip Pieterse Schuyler line[]

Pieter Tjercks (patronymic, not a family name)^[5] (c. 1601–1656) m. Geertruyt Philips van Schuylder (1603–1651)
- Philip Pieterse Schuyler^[5] (1628–1683) m. Margarita Van Slichtenhorst (1627–1710)
  - Geertruy Schuyler (b. 1654) m. Stephanus van Cortlandt (1643–1700)
    - Margaretta van Cortlandt m. 1696: Judge Samuel Bayard (b. 1669) , son of Nicholas Bayard, Mayor of New York
      - Gertrude Bayard m. Peter Kemble (1704–1789), a prominent New Jersey businessman and politician
        Margaret Kemble (1734–1824) m. Thomas Gage (1718/19–1787), General of the British Army during the American Revolutionary War. Descendants of this union are found in England, including amongst the Viscounts Gage and the noble Bertie family in England (including those holding the title of Earl of Abingdon).
    - Anne van Cortlandt (1676–1724) m. Stephen DeLancey (1663–1741)
      - James DeLancey (1703–1760), New York Governor
      - Susannah de Lancey (1707–1771) m. Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Warren (1703–1752)
      - Oliver De Lancey Sr. (1718–1785) m. Phila Franks, daughter of Abigail Franks and member of prominent Jewish colonial family.
      - Anne de Lancey (b. 1723) m. John Watts, ancestors of the Marquess of Ailsa in Scotland, the Duke of Grafton and the Viscount Daventry in England.
    - Catherine van Cortlandt m. Andrew Johnston (1694–1762), a New Jersey politician and son of John Johnstone, the 32nd Mayor of New York City.
    - Elizabeth van Cortlandt m. Reverend William Skinner
      - Lt. General William Skinner, a Loyalist
      - Brig. Gen. Cortlandt Skinner (1727–1799), a Loyalist m. Elizabeth Kearney (1731–1810)
    - Philip van Cortlandt (1683–1746) m. Catherine De Peyster
      - Pierre van Cortlandt (1721–1814), the 1st Lieutenant Governor of New York m. Joanna Livingston (granddaughter of Robert Livingston)
        Philip van Cortlandt (1749–1831)
        
        Pierre van Cortlandt, Jr. (1762–1848)
  - Alida Schuyler (b. 1656) m. (1) 1675: Nicholas van Rensselaer (1636–1678); m. (2) 1679: Robert Livingston the Elder (1654–1728)
    - Johannes Livingston (1680–1720)
    - Margaret Livingston (b. 1681)
    - Joanna Philipina Livingston (1683–1689)
    - Philip Livingston (1686–1749) m. Catherine Van Brugh
      - Robert Livingston (1708–1790) m. (1) 1731: Maria Thong (granddaughter of Gov. Rip Van Dam); m. (2) 1766: Gertrude (née Van Rensselaer) Schuyler.
        Walter Livingston (1740–1797) m. Cornelia Schuyler (1746–1822), his cousin
        Henry Walter Livingston (1768–1810) m. 1796: Mary Allen
      - Peter Van Brugh Livingston (1712–1792) m. Mary Alexander, sister of William Alexander, Lord Stirling
      - Philip Livingston (1717–1778) m. 1740: Christina Ten Broeck
        Sarah Livingston (1752–1814) m. John Henry Livingston (1746–1825), her second cousin
    - Robert Livingston (1688–1775) m. Margaret Howarden (1693–1758)
    - Hubertus ("Gilbert") Livingston (b. 1690) m. Cornelia Beekman, granddaughter of Wilhelmus Beekman
    - William Livingston (1692–1692), died young.
    - Joanna Livingston (b. 1694)
    - Catherine Livingston (1698–1699), died young.
  - Pieter Schuyler (1657–1724), first mayor of Albany
    Pieter Schuyler (1657–1724), first mayor of Albany m. (1) Engeltie Van Schaick (died 1689), m. (2) Maria Van Rensselaer, the daughter of Jeremias Van Rensselaer
    - Margarita Schuyler (b. 1682) m. Robert Livingston (1663–1725), nephew of Robert Livingston the Elder
      - Angelica Livingston (b. 1698) m. Johannes Van Rensselaer (1708–1793), son of Hendrick van Rensselaer
        Catherine Van Rensselaer (1734–1803) m. Philip Schuyler (1733–1804) (see below)
        
        Jeremiah van Rensselaer (1738–1810) m. (1) Judith Bayard (1740–1817), great-granddaughter of Nicholas Bayard; m. (2) Helena Lansing (1743–1795)
        Johannes Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (1762–1828) m. Catharina Glen (1765–1807)
        
        Robert Van Rensselaer (1740–1802) m. Cornelia Rutsen (1747–1790)
        Jacob R. Van Rensselaer (1767–1835), who married Cornelia de Peyster.
        
        Hendrick I. van Rensselaer (1742–1813)
        
        James van Rensselaer (1747–1827)
    - Gertruj Schuyler (b. 1694) m. Johannes Lansing
    - Col. Phillipus Schuyler (b. 1696) m. Margarita Schuyler
    - Pieter Schuyler (b. 1698), a twin of Jeremiah m. Catherine Groesbeck.
      - Pieter P. Schuyler (1723–1753) m. Geertruy "Gertrude" Schuyler (1724–1813), his cousin
        Cornelia Schuyler (1746–1822) m. Walter Livingston (1740–1797)
        
        Pieter P. Schuyler, Jr. (1748–1792) m. Geertruy "Gertrude" Lansing (b. 1748/9)
      - Stephen Schuyler (1732–1798) m. Engeltje Van Vechten (1732–1792)
        John Schuyler (1768–1843) m. Anna Cuyler m. Maria Miller (1784–1832)
        Angelica Schuyler (1820–1896) m. Clarkson Floyd Crosby (1817–1858)
        John Schuyler Crosby (1839–1914) m. Harriet Van Rensselaer (1838–1911)
        
        Jeremiah Schuyler (1768–1843) m. 1793: Jane Cuyler (1770–1832)
        Cornelius Schuyler (1795–1876) m. 1817: Harriett L. Hillhouse (1798–1857)
      - Philip P. Schuyler (1736–1808) m. Anna Wendell (1743–1802)
        Catharina Schuyler (1766–1820) m. Abraham Van Vechten (1762–1837)
    - Jeremias Schuyler (1698–1753), a twin of Pieter m. Susanna Bayeux
  - Brandt Schuyler (1659–1752) m. Cornelia Van Cortlandt (1659–1722)
  - Arent Schuyler (1662–1730) m. (1) Jannetje Teller, m. (2) Swantje Van Duyckhuysen (1679–1720), m. (3) Maria Walter
    - Margareta Schuyler (b. 1685)
    - Philip Schuyler (b. 1687) m. Hester Kingsland
    - Maria Schuyler (b. 1689), died young
    - Olivia Schuyler
    - Judik Schuyler (b. 1692)
    - Casparus Schuyler (1695–1754) m. Mary Schuyler
      - Arent Schuyler m. 1748: Jannetje Van Wagenen
    - Wilhemus Schuyler (b. 1700), died young
    - Peter Schuyler (1707–1762) m. (1) Hester Walter, m. (2) Mary Walter
      - Katherine Schuyler (1737–1765) m. Archibald Kennedy, 11th Earl of Cassilis (1736–1794)
    - Eva Schuyler (d. 1737) m. Peter Bayard
    - Adonijah "Adonis" Schuyler (1708–1763) m. Gertrude Van Rensselaer (b. 1714), daughter of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer
    - John Schuyler (1710–1773) m. Anne Van Rensselaer (b. 1719), daughter of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer
      - Elsey Schuyler Heminover (1760–1848) m. Anthony Heminover (1750/1824), Patriot Soldier From Moravia
      - Mary Schuyler Roosevelt (b.1762) m. Johannes Roosevelt (1751/1820), Great uncle to Theodore
    - Cornelia Schuyler (1715–1785) m. Pierre Guillaume DePeyster (1707–1785)
      - Arent Schuyler DePeyster (1736–1822), British military officer
  - Philipse "Philip" Schuyler (1666–1724) m. (1) 1687: Elizabeth De Meyer; m. (2) 1719: Catherine Schierph (widow of Ritsert Brouwer)
    - Nicholas Schuyler (1691–1748) m. (1) 1714: Elsie Wendell (1689–1744); m. (2) 1744: Mary Stevenson
      - Ariaantie Schuyler (1720–1763) m. Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1717–1781)
        Killian K. Van Rensselaer (1763–1845) m. 1791: Margaret Sanders (1764–1830)
      - Harmanus Schuyler (1727–1796) m. Christina ten Broeck
        John Harmanus Schuyler (1763–1846) m. Annatje Schuyler (1770-1851)
        George W. Schuyler (1810–1888) m. Matilda Scribner
        Eugene Schuyler (1840–1890)
        
        Walter S. Schuyler (1850–1932)
  - Johannes Schuyler (1668–1747) m. 1695: Elizabeth Staats (d. 1737)
    - Philip Johannes Schuyler (d. 1745), killed during the French and Indian raid on Saratoga on November 28, 1745.^[6]
    - Johannes Schuyler Jr. (1697–1741) m. Cornelia van Cortlandt (1698–1762), (daughter of Stephanus Van Cortlandt his first cousin)
      - Geertruy "Gertrude" Schuyler (1724–1813) m. (1) Pieter P. Schuyler (1723–1753), her cousin; m. (2) John Cochran (1730–1807)
        James Cochran (1769–1848) m. Catherine Van Rensselaer Schuyler (1781–1857), his first cousin
      - Cortlandt Schuyler (1735-1773) m. (1) Francis Fox
      - Stephanus Schuyler (1737-1820) m. (1) Lena Ten Eyck (1745-1818)
        Stephen Van Rensselaer m. Mary De Bright
        Cortlandt Van Rensselaer (1820-1879) m. Salina Sarah Smith
        Cortlandt Ten Eyck (1856-1909) m. Anne Fanning Carroll
      - Gen. Philip Schuyler (1733–1804) m. Catherine Van Rensselaer (1734–1803) (see above)
        Angelica Schuyler (1756–1814) m. John Barker Church (1748–1818)
        Philip Schuyler Church m. Anna Matilda Stewart, daughter of Walter Stewart
        
        Elizabeth Schuyler (1757–1854) m. Alexander Hamilton (1755/7–1804), the first Secretary of the United States Treasury, and the Senior Officer of the United States Army from 1799-1800.
        Hamilton family
        
        Margarita "Peggy" Schuyler (1758–1801) m. Stephen Van Rensselaer III (1764–1839)
        Stephen Van Rensselaer IV (1789–1868) m. Harriet Elizabeth Bayard (1799–1875)
        Margaret Schuyler Van Rensselaer (1819–1897) m. (1) John de Peyster Douw (1812–1901) m. (2) Wilmot Johnson (1820–1899)
        
        Cornelia Patterson Van Rensselaer (1823–1897) m. Nathaniel Thayer, Jr. (1808–1883)
        
        Stephen Van Rensselaer (1824–1861) m. Annie Louise Wild
        
        Catherine Van Rensselaer (1827–1909) m. Nathaniel Berry (1811–1865)
        
        Justine Van Rensselaer (1828–1912) m. Dr. Howard Townsend (1823–1867)
        
        Bayard Van Rensselaer (1833–1859) m. Laura Reynolds (1830–1912)
        
        Harriet Van Rensselaer (1838–1911) m. John Schuyler Crosby (1839–1914)
        
        Eugene Van Rensselaer (1840–1925) m. Sarah Boyd Pendleton (1846–1923)
        
        John Bradstreet Schuyler (1765–1795) m. Elizabeth Van Rensselaer (1768–1841)
        
        Philip Jeremiah Schuyler (1768–1835) m. (1) Sarah Rutsen (d. 1805) m. (2) Mary Anna Sawyer
        Philip P. Schuyler (1789–1875) m. Rosanna Livingston
        
        Stephan Van Rensselaer Schuyler (1792–1859) m. Catherine Morris
        
        Catherine Schuyler (1793–1875) m. Samuel Jones (1770–1853)
        
        John Rutsen Schuyler (1796–1875)
        
        Robert Livingston Schuyler (1798–1855) m. Lucinda Waldron "Lucy" Wood (1807–1882)
        Julia Wood Schuyler m. 1850: Rev. William Orne Lamson (1824–1909)
        George Henry Lamson (1852–1882)
        
        Robert Schuyler Lamson (1855–1876)
        
        Robert Sands Schuyler (1830–1895) m. 1864: Caroline E. Acker (1840–1905)
        
        William Sawyer Schuyler (1840–1864) m. 1859: Florence Miriam Barbour (1840–1895) (niece of Reuben H. Walworth)
        
        William Schuyler (1807–1829)
        
        Sybil Schuyler (1809–1813)
        
        George Lee Schuyler (1811–1890) m. (1) Eliza Hamilton (1811–1863) m. (2) Mary Morris Hamilton (1815–1877)
        
        Rensselaer Schuyler (1773–1847) m. Elizabeth Ten Broeck, daughter of Abraham Ten Broeck
        
        Catherine Van Rensselaer Schuyler (1781–1857) m. (1) Samuel Malcolm m. (2) James Cochran (1769–1848), her first cousin
    - "Madame" Margarita Schuyler (b. 1701) m. Phillipus Schuyler, her first cousin
    - Catalentie Schuyler (b. 1704) m. Mayor Cornelis Cuyler (1697–1765)
      - Johannes Cuyler (1729–1749)
      - Elizabeth Cuyler (1731–1815) m. 1752: Jacobus Van Cortlandt (1726–1781) (grandson of Jacobus Van Cortlandt)
      - Philip Cuyler (b. 1733) m. 1757: Sarah Tweedy (1739–1825)
      - Hendrick "Henry" Cuyler (1735–1803), royalist m. 1767: Catharina Lydius (1743–1818)
      - Elsje "Elsie" Cuyler (1737–1761) m. 1760: Augustus Van Cortlandt (1728–1823) (grandson of Jacobus Van Cortlandt)
      - Margarita Cuyler (1738–1802) m. 1760: Isaac Low (1735–1791), a royalist
        Isaac Low, became a field officer in the British army.
        
        Helena Low m. Dirck Hansen, operator of the Albany-Greenbush ferry
      - Sir Cornelius Cuyler, 1st Baronet (1740–1819) m. 1763: Anne Wendell
      - Abraham Cornelius Cuyler (1742–1810) m. 1764: Jannetje "Janet" Glen
        Jacob Glen Cuyler (1773–1854) m. 1808: Maria Elizabeth Hartman
  - Margareta Schuyler (1672–1748) m. Jacobus Verplanck (1671–1771)

David Pieterse Schuyler line[]

Pieter Tjercks (c. 1601–1656) m. Geertruyt Philips van Schuylder (1603–1651)
- David Pieterse Schuyler (1636–1690) m. Catharina Verplanck (1639–1690), both died during the Schenectady massacre of 1690
  - Myndert Schuyler (1672–1755) m. Rachel Cuyler (1674–1747)
    - Anna Schuyler (1697–1750) m. Johannes De Peyster III (1694–1789), Mayor of Albany and son of Johannes de Peyster
  - Pieter Davidse Schuyler (b. 1659) m. Alida Van Slictenhorst
    - David Pieterse Schuyler (1688–1764) m. Anna Bradt
      - Peter David Schuyler (1723–1763) m. Elizabeth Barbara Herkimer^[7]
        Johan Joseph "Hon Yost" Schuyler (1743–1810), militia member and spy during the American Revolution
      - Philip David Schuyler (1730–1777) m. Anna^[8]
  - Maria Schuyler (1666–1742) m. Dr. Hendrick van Dyck (1665–1707)
    - David Hendrick Van Dyke (1693–1763) m. Christina Ten Broeck (1694–1750), sister of Dirck Wesselse Ten Broeck (1638–1717)
    - Arent Van Dyck (1700–?) m. Heyetie Van Dyck
    - Lydia Van Dyck (1704–1785) m. Cornelius Van Schaack (1705–1776)
      - Cornelius Van Schaack Jr. (1734–1797) m. Angeltie (Angelica) Yates; brother of Peter van Schaack
        Maria Helen Van Schaack (1773–1845) m. James Jacobus Roosevelt (1759–1840)
        Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt (1794–1871) m. Margaret Barnhill (1799–1861)
        Roosevelt family (Oyster Bay)
  - Margaret Schuyler
  - Jacobus Schuyler (b. 1675)
  - Catharina Schuyler (b. 1678) m. Johannes Abeel (1667–1711), Mayor of Albany
    - Christoffel Abeel (b. 1696) m. Margueritta Breese
      - Johannes Abeel (1722–1794) m. Gah-hon-no-neh
        Gaiänt'wakê (Cornplanter) John Abeel (1751–1836), Seneca leader
    - Catalina Abeel (b. 1698) m. Vincent Matthews
      - David Mathews (1739–1800), Loyalist Mayor of New York during the American Revolution m. Sarah Seymour
        Catalina Mathews (b. 1759) m. James Lamb, Jr. (b. 1755), a British Lt.
        Sarah Lamb (b. 1777) m. Vice-Admiral James Noble (b. 1779)
        Edith Elizabeth Noble (1811–1875) m. Rev. William Wollaston Pym (1792–1852), son of Francis Pym
        Horatio Noble Pym (1844–1896), British solicitor, book collector and editor
        
        Harriet Mathews (1763–1847) m. Francis Green (1742–1809)
        Anna Winslow Green m. Samuel Webber (1759–1810), president of Harvard
        
        Amelia Mathews (d. 1816) m. 1807: John Corbett Ritchie (1775–1860)^[9]
        Caroline Maria Ritchie (b. 1808) m. 1830: Edmund Murray Dodd (1797–1876)
        Murray Dodd (1843–1905) m. 1879: Laura Isabel
        
        Rosina Uniacke Dodd (d. 1899) m. 1872: Henry Arthur Keith-Murray (b. 1846) (son of Sir William Keith-Murray, 7th Baronet)
        Lewis Wilkieson Johnstone (1862–1936), Member of House of Commons of Canada m. Annie Brown
      - James Mathews (b. 1742) m. Hannah Strong (b. 1742)
        Juliana Strong Mathews (1775–1830) m. Lazarus Hammond (1777–1848), founder of Hammondsport
        Samuel Haight Hammond (1809–1878) m. Emeline Anne Humphrey (1808–1873), granddaughter of Congressman Reuben Humphrey
        
        Sarah Mathews (1778–1830) m. General Samuel S. Haight (1778–1863)
        Fletcher Mathews Haight (1799–1866), United States federal judge m. Elizabeth Stuart McLachlan (1799–1827)
        Henry Huntly Haight (1825–1878), tenth Governor of California m. Anna E. Bissell (1834–1898)
    - Cornelia Abeel (b. 1701) m. Goose Van Schaick
      - Anthony Van Schaick, Jr. (b. 1721)
        Anna Van Schaick (b. 1754)
    - David Abeel (b. 1705)
      - Catharina Abeel (b. 1723)

Schuyler Family Association[]

Schuyler Mansion in Albany, built 1761–65 for Philip Schuyler

On March 25, 2020, members of the Schuyler family formed the Schuyler Family Association, with a founding governing board including Charles Neuhauser (chair) and Katherine Rosman. The association periodically publishes items of interest to the family in a newsletter called Kindred.^[10]

Notes[]

^ Schuyler, George Washington (1885). Colonial New York: Philip Schuyler and His Family. Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 100. There is a hamlet called Schuiler [sic], in the district of Valkenburg and province of Limburg... from which it is possible that the family name may be derived.
^ The Heraldic Journal, Volume III. Boston: Wiggin & Lunt. 1867. pp. 148–151.
^ Journals of Stephen Kemble. Collections of the New York History Society. 1884. pp. xvii–xviii.
^ Bolton, Robert (1881). The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester: From Its First Settlement to the Present Time, Volume 2. p. 662.
^ ^a ^b ^c Christoph, Florence A. (1992). Schuyler Genealogy: A Compendium of Sources Pertaining to the Schuyler Families in America Prior to 1800. Friends of Schuyler Mansion. The name Schuyler is from the maternal line. [Pieter Tjercks (son of Tjerck)], like most Dutchmen of the time, had no family name. It was unusual but not unique for sons to adopt their mother's name. In the colonial records of the seventeenth century, the name of Schuyler is used irregularly; references to Philip Pieterse [Pieter's son] being as common as those to Philip Schuyler.
^ Bielinski, Stefan (April 30, 2005). "Philip J. Schuyler". New York State Museum. Colonial Albany Project (CAP) Biography #1747. Archived from the original on 2017-02-16.
^ Cowen, Phoebe Strong (1903). The Herkimers and the Schuylers. Albany, New York.
^ Barker, William V. H. (1986). Early Families of Herkimer County, New York. Baltimore, Maryland.
^ Calnek, William Arthur (1897). History of the County of Annapolis: Including Old Port Royal and Acadia : with Memoirs of Its Representatives in the Provincial Parliament, and Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of Its Early English Settlers and Their Families. Annapolis: William Briggs. p. 575. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
^ Schuyler Family Association on Facebook.

[Schuyler1885-1] Schuyler, George Washington (1885). Colonial New York: Philip Schuyler and His Family. Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 100. There is a hamlet called Schuiler [sic], in the district of Valkenburg and province of Limburg... from which it is possible that the family name may be derived.

[2] The Heraldic Journal, Volume III. Boston: Wiggin & Lunt. 1867. pp. 148–151.

[3] Journals of Stephen Kemble. Collections of the New York History Society. 1884. pp. xvii–xviii.

[4] Bolton, Robert (1881). The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester: From Its First Settlement to the Present Time, Volume 2. p. 662.

[sch-5] Christoph, Florence A. (1992). Schuyler Genealogy: A Compendium of Sources Pertaining to the Schuyler Families in America Prior to 1800. Friends of Schuyler Mansion. The name Schuyler is from the maternal line. [Pieter Tjercks (son of Tjerck)], like most Dutchmen of the time, had no family name. It was unusual but not unique for sons to adopt their mother's name. In the colonial records of the seventeenth century, the name of Schuyler is used irregularly; references to Philip Pieterse [Pieter's son] being as common as those to Philip Schuyler.

[Bielinski-6] Bielinski, Stefan (April 30, 2005). "Philip J. Schuyler". New York State Museum. Colonial Albany Project (CAP) Biography #1747. Archived from the original on 2017-02-16.

[7] Cowen, Phoebe Strong (1903). The Herkimers and the Schuylers. Albany, New York.

[8] Barker, William V. H. (1986). Early Families of Herkimer County, New York. Baltimore, Maryland.

[9] Calnek, William Arthur (1897). History of the County of Annapolis: Including Old Port Royal and Acadia : with Memoirs of Its Representatives in the Provincial Parliament, and Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of Its Early English Settlers and Their Families. Annapolis: William Briggs. p. 575. Retrieved 2016-09-06.

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