Schuyler Family

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 in the United Kingdom (including the Gage family, the Kennedy family, the Bertie family, and the Fitzroy family, among others).<ref></ref><ref></ref><ref></ref><ref name=sch/>

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.

Family tree

• Pieter Tjercks (patronymic, not a family name)<ref name=sch></ref> (ca. 1601–1656) ∞ Geertruyt Philips van Schuylder (1603–1651)
  • Philip Pieterse Schuyler<ref name=sch/> (1628–1683) ∞ Margarita Van Slichtenhorst (1627–1710)
    • Geertruy Schuyler (b. 1654) ∞ Stephanus van Cortlandt (1643–1700)
      • Margaretta van Cortlandt ∞ Judge Samuel Bayard (b. 1669) in 1696, son of Nicholas Bayard, Mayor of New York
        • Template:Tree list/final branchGertrude Bayard ∞ Peter Kemble (1704–1789), a prominent New Jersey businessman and politician
          • Template:Tree list/final branchMargaret Kemble (1734–1824) ∞ 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 Viscount Gages and the noble Bertie family in England (including those holding the title of Earls of Abingdon).
      • Anne van Cortlandt (1676–1724) ∞ Stephen DeLancey (1663–1741)
        • James DeLancey (1703–1760), New York Governor
        • Susannah de Lancey (1707–1771) ∞ Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Warren (1703–1752)
        • Oliver De Lancey Sr. (1718–1785) ∞ Phila Franks, daughter of Abigail Franks and member of prominent Jewish colonial family.
        • Template:Tree list/final branchAnne de Lancey (b. 1723) ∞ John Watts, ancestors of the Marquess of Ailsa in Scotland, the Duke of Grafton and the Viscount Daventry in England.
      • Catherine van Cortlandt ∞ Andrew Johnston (1694–1762), a New Jersey politician and son of John Johnstone, the 32nd Mayor of New York City.
      • Elizabeth van Cortlandt ∞ Reverend William Skinner
        • Lt. General William Skinner, a Loyalist
        • Template:Tree list/final branchBrig. Gen. Cortlandt Skinner (1727–1799), a Loyalist ∞ Elizabeth Kearney (1731–1810)
      • Template:Tree list/final branchPhilip van Cortlandt (1683–1746) ∞ Catherine De Peyster
        • Template:Tree list/final branchPierre van Cortlandt (1721–1814), the 1st Lieutenant Governor of New York ∞ Joanna Livingston (granddaughter of Robert Livingston)
          • Philip van Cortlandt (1749–1831)
          • Template:Tree list/final branchPierre van Cortlandt, Jr. (1762–1848)
    • Alida Schuyler (b. 1656) ∞ in 1675 (1) Nicholas van Rensselaer (1636–1678), his death; ∞ in 1679 (2) Robert Livingston the Elder (1654–1728)
      • Johannes Livingston (1680–1720)
      • Margaret Livingston (b. 1681)
      • Joanna Philipina Livingston (1683–1689)
      • Philip Livingston (1686–1749) ∞ Catherine Van Brugh
        • Robert Livingston (1708–1790) ∞ (1) Maria Thong in 1731, granddaughter of Gov. Rip Van Dam ∞ (2) Gertrude (nee Van Rensselaer) Schuyler in 1766
          • Template:Tree list/final branchWalter Livingston (1740–1797) ∞ Cornelia Schuyler (1746–1822), his cousin
            • Template:Tree list/final branchHenry Walter Livingston (1768–1810) ∞ Mary Allen in 1796.
        • Peter Van Brugh Livingston (1712–1792) ∞ Mary Alexander, sister of William Alexander, Lord Stirling
        • Template:Tree list/final branchPhilip Livingston (1717–1778) ∞ Christina Ten Broeck in 1740
          • Template:Tree list/final branchSarah Livingston (1752–1814) ∞ John Henry Livingston (1746–1825), her second cousin
      • Robert Livingston (1688–1775) ∞ Margaret Howarden (1693–1758)
      • Hubertus ("Gilbert") Livingston (b. 1690) ∞ Cornelia Beekman, granddaughter of Wilhelmus Beekman
      • William Livingston (1692–1692), died young.
      • Joanna Livingston (b. 1694)
      • Template:Tree list/final branchCatherine Livingston (1698–1699), died young.
    • Pieter Schuyler (1657–1724), first mayor of Albany ∞ (1) Engeltie Van Schaick (died 1689), ∞ (2) Maria Van Rensselaer, the daughter of Jeremias Van Rensselaer
      • Margarita Schuyler (b. 1682) ∞ Robert Livingston (1663–1725), nephew of Robert Livingston the Elder
        • Template:Tree list/final branchAngelica Livingston (b. 1698) ∞ Johannes van Rensselaer (1708–1793), son of Hendrick van Rensselaer
          • Jeremiah van Rensselaer (1738–1810) ∞ (1) Judith Bayard (1740–1817), great-granddaughter of Nicholas Bayard; ∞ (2) Helena Lansing (1743–1795)
            • Template:Tree list/final branchJohannes Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (1762–1828) ∞ Catharina Glen (1765–1807)
          • Robert Van Rensselaer (1740–1802) ∞ Cornelia Rutsen (1747–1790)
            • Template:Tree list/final branchJacob R. Van Rensselaer (1767–1835), who married Cornelia de Peyster.
          • Hendrick I. van Rensselaer (1742–1813)
          • Template:Tree list/final branchJames van Rensselaer (1747–1827)
      • Gertruj Schuyler (b. 1694) ∞ Johannes Lansing
      • Col. Phillipus Schuyler (b. 1696) ∞ Margarita Schuyler
      • Pieter Schuyler (b. 1698), a twin of Jeremiah ∞ Catherine Groesbeck.
        • Pieter P. Schuyler (1723–1753) ∞ Geertruy "Gertrude" Schuyler (1724–1813), his cousin
          • Cornelia Schuyler (1746–1822) ∞ Walter Livingston (1740–1797)
          • Template:Tree list/final branchPieter P. Schuyler, Jr. (1748–1792) ∞ Geertruy "Gertrude" Lansing (b. 1748/9)
        • Stephen Schuyler (1732–1798) ∞ Engeltje Van Vechten (1732–1792)
          • Template:Tree list/final branchJohn Schuyler (1768–1843) ∞ Anna Cuyler ∞ Maria Miller (1784–1832)
            • Template:Tree list/final branchAngelica Schuyler (1820–1896) ∞ Clarkson Floyd Crosby (1817–1858)
              • Template:Tree list/final branchJohn Schuyler Crosby (1839–1914) ∞ Harriet Van Rensselaer (1838–1911)
        • Template:Tree list/final branchPhilip P. Schuyler (1736–1808) ∞ Anna Wendell (1743–1802)
          • Template:Tree list/final branchCatharina Schuyler (1766–1820) ∞ Abraham Van Vechten (1762–1837)
      • Template:Tree list/final branchJeremias Schuyler (1698–1753), a twin of Pieter ∞ Susanna Bayeux
    • Brandt Schuyler (1659–1752) ∞ Cornelia Van Cortlandt (1659–1722)
    • Arent Schuyler (1662–1730) ∞ (1) Jannetje Teller, ∞ (2) Swantje Van Duyckhuysen (1679–1720), ∞ (3) Maria Walter
      • Margareta Schuyler (b. 1685)
      • Philip Schuyler (b. 1687) ∞ Hester Kingsland
      • Maria Schuyler (b. 1689), died young
      • Olivia Schuyler
      • Judik Schuyler (b. 1692)
      • Casparus Schuyler (1695–1754) ∞ Mary Schuyler
        • Template:Tree list/final branchArent Schuyler ∞ 1748: Jannetje Van Wagenen
      • Wilhemus Schuyler (b. 1700), died young
      • Peter Schuyler (1707–1762) ∞ (1) Hester Walter, ∞ (2) Mary Walter
        • Template:Tree list/final branchKatherine Schuyler (1737–1765) ∞ Archibald Kennedy, 11th Earl of Cassilis (1736–1794)
      • Eva Schuyler (d. 1737) ∞ Peter Bayard
      • Adonijah "Adonis" Schuyler (1708–1763) ∞ Gertrude Van Rensselaer (b. 1714), daughter of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer
      • John Schuyler (1710–1773) ∞ Anne Van Rensselaer (b. 1719), daughter of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer
        • Elsey Schuyler Heminover (1760–1848) ∞ Anthony Heminover (1750/1824), Patriot Soldier From Moravia
        • Mary Schuyler Roosevelt (b.1762) ∞ Johannes Roosevelt (1751/1820), Great uncle to Theodore
      • Template:Tree list/final branchCornelia Schuyler (1715–1785) ∞ Pierre Guillaume DePeyster (1707–1785)
        • Template:Tree list/final branchArent Schuyler DePeyster (1736–1822), British military officer
    • Philipse "Philip" Schuyler (1666–1724) ∞ (1) Elizabeth De Meyer in 1687 ∞ (2) Catherine Schierph in 1719, widow of Ritsert Brouwer
      • Template:Tree list/final branchNicholas Schuyler (1691–1748) ∞ (1) Elsie Wendell (1689–1744) in 1714; (2) Mary Stevenson in 1744.
        • Template:Tree list/final branchAriaantie Schuyler (1720–1763) ∞ Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1717–1781)
          • Template:Tree list/final branchKillian K. Van Rensselaer (1763–1845) ∞ Margaret Sanders (1764–1830) in 1791.
    • Johannes Schuyler (1668–1747) ∞ Elizabeth Staats (d. 1737) in 1695
      • Philip Johannes Schuyler (d. 1745), killed during the French and Indian raid on Saratoga on November 28, 1745.<ref name=Bielinski>Template:Cite web</ref>
      • Johannes Schuyler Jr. (1697–1741) ∞ Cornelia van Cortlandt (1698–1762), (daughter of Stephanus Van Cortlandt his first cousin)
        • Geertruy "Gertrude" Schuyler (1724–1813) ∞ (1) Pieter P. Schuyler (1723–1753), her cousin; ∞ (2) John Cochran (1730–1807)
          • Template:Tree list/final branchJames Cochran (1769–1848) ∞ Catherine Van Rensselaer Schuyler (1781–1857), his first cousin
        • Template:Tree list/final branchGen. Philip Schuyler (1733–1804) ∞ Catherine Van Rensselaer (1734–1803)
          • Angelica Schuyler (1756–1814) ∞ John Barker Church (1748–1818)
            • Template:Tree list/final branchPhilip Schuyler Church ∞ Anna Matilda Stewart, daughter of Walter Stewart
          • Elizabeth Schuyler (1757–1854) ∞ Alexander Hamilton (1755/7–1804), a founding father of the United States
            • Template:Tree list/final branchHamilton family
          • Margarita "Peggy" Schuyler (1758–1801) ∞ Stephen Van Rensselaer III (1764–1839)
            • Template:Tree list/final branchStephen Van Rensselaer IV (1789–1868) ∞ Harriet Elizabeth Bayard (1799–1875)
              • Margaret Schuyler Van Rensselaer (1819–1897) ∞ (1) John de Peyster Douw (1812–1901) ∞ (2) Wilmot Johnson (1820–1899)
              • Cornelia Patterson Van Rensselaer (1823–1897) ∞ Nathaniel Thayer, Jr. (1808–1883)
              • Stephen Van Rensselaer (1824–1861) ∞ Annie Louise Wild
              • Catherine Van Rensselaer (1827–1909) ∞ Nathaniel Berry (1811–1865)
              • Justine Van Rensselaer (1828–1912) ∞ Dr. Howard Townsend (1823–1867)
              • Bayard Van Rensselaer (1833–1859) ∞ Laura Reynolds (1830–1912)
              • Harriet Van Rensselaer (1838–1911) ∞ John Schuyler Crosby (1839–1914)
              • Template:Tree list/final branchEugene Van Rensselaer (1840–1925) ∞ Sarah Boyd Pendleton (1846–1923)
          • John Bradstreet Schuyler (1765–1795) ∞ Elizabeth Van Rensselaer (1768–1841)
          • Philip Jeremiah Schuyler (1768–1835) ∞ (1) Sarah Rutsen (d. 1805) ∞ (2) Mary Anna Sawyer
            • Philip P. Schuyler (1789–1875) ∞ Rosanna Livingston
            • Stephan Van Rensselaer Schuyler (1792–1859) ∞ Catherine Morris
            • Catherine Schuyler (1793–1875) ∞ Samuel Jones (1770–1853)
            • John Rutsen Schuyler (1796–1875)
            • Robert Livingston Schuyler (1798–1855) ∞ Lucinda Waldron "Lucy" Wood (1807–1882)
              • Julia Wood Schuyler ∞ 1850: Rev. William Orne Lamson (1824–1909)
                • George Henry Lamson (1852–1882)
                • Template:Tree list/final branchRobert Schuyler Lamson (1855–1876)
              • Robert Sands Schuyler (1830–1895) ∞ 1864: Caroline E. Acker (1840–1905)
              • Template:Tree list/final branchWilliam Sawyer Schuyler (1840–1864) ∞ 1859: Florence Miriam Barbour (1840–1895) (niece of Reuben H. Walworth)
            • William Schuyler (1807–1829)
            • Sybil Schuyler (1809–1813)
            • Template:Tree list/final branchGeorge Lee Schuyler (1811–1890) ∞ (1) Eliza Hamilton (1811–1863) ∞ (2) Mary Morris Hamilton (1815–1877)
          • Rensselaer Schuyler (1773–1847) ∞ Elizabeth Ten Broeck, daughter of Abraham Ten Broeck
          • Template:Tree list/final branchCatherine Van Rensselaer Schuyler (1781–1857) ∞ (1) Samuel Malcolm ∞ (2) James Cochran (1769–1848), her first cousin
      • "Madame" Margaret Schuyler (b. 1701) ∞ Phillipus Schuyler, her first cousin
      • Template:Tree list/final branchCatalentie Schuyler (b. 1704) ∞ Mayor Cornelis Cuyler (1697–1765)
        • Johannes Cuyler (1729–1749)
        • Elizabeth Cuyler (1731–1815) ∞ 1752: Jacobus Van Cortlandt (1726–1781) (grandson of Jacobus Van Cortlandt)
        • Philip Cuyler (b. 1733) ∞ 1757: Sarah Tweedy (1739–1825)
        • Hendrick "Henry" Cuyler (1735–1803), royalist ∞ 1767: Catharina Lydius (1743–1818)
        • Elsje "Elsie" Cuyler (1737–1761) ∞ 1760: Augustus Van Cortlandt (1728–1823) (grandson of Jacobus Van Cortlandt)
        • Margarita Cuyler (1738–1802) ∞ 1760: Isaac Low (1735–1791), a royalist
          • Isaac Low, became a field officer in the British army.
          • Template:Tree list/final branchHelena Low ∞ Dirck Hansen, operator of the Albany-Greenbush ferry
        • Sir Cornelius Cuyler, 1st Baronet (1740–1819) ∞ 1763: Anne Wendell in 1763
        • Template:Tree list/final branchAbraham Cornelius Cuyler (1742–1810), royalist mayor of Albany, imprisoned in Fishkill, New York ∞ 1764: Janet (Jannetje) Glen
          • Template:Tree list/final branchJacob Glen Cuyler (1773–1854) ∞ Maria Elizabeth Hartman in 1808
    • Template:Tree list/final branchMargareta Schuyler (1672–1748) ∞ Jacobus Verplanck (1671–1771)
  • Template:Tree list/final branchDavid Pieterse Schuyler (1636–1690) ∞ Catharina Verplanck (1639–1690), both died during the Schenectady massacre of 1690
    • Myndert Schuyler (1672–1755) ∞ Rachel Cuyler (1674–1747)
      • Template:Tree list/final branchAnna Schuyler (1697–1750) ∞ Johannes De Peyster III (1694–1789), Mayor of Albany and son of Johannes de Peyster
    • Pieter Davidse Schuyler (b. 1659) ∞ Alida Van Slictenhorst
      • Template:Tree list/final branchDavid Pieterse Schuyler (1688–1764) ∞ Anna Bradt
        • Template:Tree list/final branchPeter David Schuyler (1723–1763) ∞ Elizabeth Barbara Herkimer<ref></ref>
          • Template:Tree list/final branchJohannes Justus "Hon Yost" Schuyler (1744–1810), militia member and spy during the American Revolution
        • Template:Tree list/final branchPhilip David Schuyler (1730–1777), killed at Oriskany ∞ Anna<ref></ref>
    • Maria Schuyler (1666–1742) ∞ Dr. Hendrick van Dyck (1665–1707)
      • David Hendrick Van Dyke (1693–1763) ∞ Christina Ten Broeck (1694–1750), sister of Dirck Wesselse Ten Broeck (1638–1717)
      • Arent Van Dyck (1700–?) ∞ Heyetie Van Dyck
      • Template:Tree list/final branchLydia Van Dyck (1704–1785) ∞ Cornelius Van Schaack (1705–1776)
        • Template:Tree list/final branchCornelius Van Schaack Jr. (1734–1797) ∞ Angeltie (Angelica) Yates; brother of Peter van Schaack
          • Template:Tree list/final branchMaria Helen Van Schaack (1773–1845) ∞ James Jacobus Roosevelt (1759–1840)
            • Template:Tree list/final branchCornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt (1794–1871) ∞ Margaret Barnhill (1799–1861)
              • Template:Tree list/final branchRoosevelt family (Oyster Bay)
    • Margaret Schuyler
    • Jacobus Schuyler (b. 1675)
    • Template:Tree list/final branchCatharina Schuyler (b. 1678) ∞ Johannes Abeel (1667–1711), Mayor of Albany
      • Christoffel Abeel (b. 1696) ∞ Margueritta Breese
        • Template:Tree list/final branchJohannes Abeel (1722–1794) ∞ Gah-hon-no-neh
          • Template:Tree list/final branchGaiänt'wakê (Cornplanter) John Abeel (1751–1836), Seneca chief
      • Catalina Abeel (b. 1698) ∞ Vincent Matthews
        • David Mathews (1739–1800), Loyalist Mayor of New York during the American Revolution ∞ Sarah Seymour
          • Catalina Mathews (b. 1759) ∞ James Lamb, Jr. (b. 1755), a British Lt.
            • Template:Tree list/final branchSarah Lamb (b. 1777) ∞ Vice-Admiral James Noble (b. 1779)
              • Template:Tree list/final branchEdith Elizabeth Noble (1811–1875) ∞ Rev. William Wollaston Pym (1792–1852), son of Francis Pym
                • Template:Tree list/final branchHoratio Noble Pym (1844–1896), British solicitor, book collector and editor
          • Harriet Mathews (1763–1847) ∞ Francis Green (1742–1809)
            • Template:Tree list/final branchAnna Winslow Green ∞ Samuel Webber (1759–1810), president of Harvard
          • Template:Tree list/final branchAmelia Mathews (d. 1816) ∞ John Corbett Ritchie (1775–1860) in 1807<ref></ref>
            • Template:Tree list/final branchCaroline Maria Ritchie (b. 1808) ∞ Edmund Murray Dodd (1797–1876) in 1830
              • Murray Dodd (1843–1905), Member of House of Commons of Canada ∞ Laura Isabel in 1879
              • Rosina Uniacke Dodd (d. 1899) ∞ Henry Arthur Keith-Murray (b. 1846) in 1872, son of Sir William Keith-Murray, 7th Baronet
              • Template:Tree list/final branchDodd ∞ Johnstone
                • Template:Tree list/final branchLewis Wilkieson Johnstone (1862–1936), Member of House of Commons of Canada ∞ Annie Brown
        • Template:Tree list/final branchJames Mathews (b. 1742) ∞ Hannah Strong (b. 1742)
          • Juliana Strong Mathews (1775–1830) ∞ Lazarus Hammond (1777–1848), founder of Hammondsport
            • Template:Tree list/final branchSamuel Haight Hammond (1809–1878) ∞ Emeline Anne Humphrey (1808–1873), granddaughter of Congressman Reuben Humphrey
          • Template:Tree list/final branchSarah Mathews (1778–1830) ∞ General Samuel S. Haight (1778–1863)
            • Template:Tree list/final branchFletcher Mathews Haight (1799–1866), United States federal judge ∞ Elizabeth Stuart McLachlan (1799–1827)
              • Template:Tree list/final branchHenry Huntly Haight (1825–1878), tenth Governor of California ∞ Anna E. Bissell (1834–1898)
      • Cornelia Abeel (b. 1701) ∞ Goose Van Schaick
        • Template:Tree list/final branchAnthony Van Schaick, Jr. (b. 1721)
          • Template:Tree list/final branchAnna Van Schaick (b. 1754)
      • Template:Tree list/final branchDavid Abeel (b. 1705)
        • Template:Tree list/final branchCatharina Abeel (b. 1723)

See also

• Van Rensselaer family
• Van Cortlandt family
• Temple Bowdoin