Schuyler family

The Schuyler family was a prominent 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 (including nobility) in the United Kingdom. Notable family members include:


 * 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 Jannetje Teller
 * 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.
 * John Schuyler Jr., married his first cousin, Cornelia van Cortlandt.
 * Gen. *Philip Schuyler
 * 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
 * Abraham C. Cuyler (b. 1742), royalist mayor of Albany, imprisoned in Fishkill, New York
 * 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
 * Pieter Davidse Schuyler (b. 1659)
 * Margaret
 * Jacobus Schuyler (b. 1675)
 * Catharina (b. 1678), married Johannes Abeel Mayor of Albany
 * Christopher Abeel (b. 1696)
 * Johannes Abeel (b.1722)
 * Cornplanter, Seneca chief
 * Catalina (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 (b. 1723)
 * David Abeel (b. 1705)


 * Livingston family
 * Angelica Schuyler Church
 * Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton
 * James Alexander Hamilton
 * 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