The Schuyler family (Help:IPA/English, /ˈskaɪlər/; Dutch pronunciation: Help:IPA/Dutch, [sxœylər]) 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 George Clinton (vice president), 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, New York, 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 (including the Viscount Gage, Gage family, the Marquess of Ailsa, Kennedy family, the Earl of Abingdon, Bertie family, and the Duke of Grafton, Fitzroy family, among others).

Family tree

Philip Pieterse Schuyler line

* Pieter Tjercks (patronymic, not a family name) (–1656) m. Geertruyt Philips van Schuylder (1603–1651) ** Philip Pieterse Schuyler (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 Viscount Gage, 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. Peter Warren (Royal Navy officer), Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Warren (1703–1752) ***** Oliver De Lancey (American loyalist), 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 (New Jersey), Andrew Johnston (1694–1762), a New Jersey politician and son of John Johnstone (mayor), John Johnstone, the 32nd Mayor of New York City. **** Elizabeth van Cortlandt m. Reverend William Skinner ***** Lt. General William Skinner, a Loyalist (American Revolution), Loyalist ***** Brigadier general, Brig. Gen. Cortlandt Skinner (1727–1799), a Loyalist (American Revolution), Loyalist m. Elizabeth Kearney (1731–1810) **** Philip van Cortlandt (1683–1746) m. Catherine De Peyster ***** Pierre Van Cortlandt, Pierre van Cortlandt (1721–1814), the 1st Lieutenant Governor of New York m. Joanna Livingston (granddaughter of Robert Livingston the Elder, Robert Livingston) ****** Philip Van Cortlandt, Philip van Cortlandt (1749–1831) ****** Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr., Pierre van Cortlandt, Jr. (1762–1848) *** Alida Schuyler (b. 1656) m. (1) 1675: Nicholas van Rensselaer (minister), 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), Philip Livingston (1686–1749) m. Catherine Van Brugh *****Robert Livingston (1708–1790), Robert Livingston (1708–1790) m. (1) 1731: Maria Thong (granddaughter of Gov. Rip Van Dam); m. (2) 1766: Gertrude ( 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), 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 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 the Younger, 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 **** Schuyler Flatts, 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 F. Crosby, 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 (New Jersey soldier), 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 (fifth patroon), Kiliaen Van Rensselaer **** John Schuyler (1710–1773) m. Anne Van Rensselaer (b. 1719), daughter of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer (fifth patroon), 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 DePeyster, 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. **** Johannes Schuyler Jr. (1697–1741) m. Cornelia van Cortlandt (1698–1762), (daughter of Stephanus Van Cortlandt cousin marriage, his first cousin) ***** Geertruy "Gertrude" Schuyler (1724–1813) m. (1) Pieter P. Schuyler (1723–1753), her cousin; m. (2) John Cochran (military physician), John Cochran (1730–1807) ****** James Cochran (New York), James Cochran (1769–1848) m. Catherine Van Rensselaer Schuyler (1781–1857), cousin marriage, 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 Church, Angelica Schuyler (1756–1814) m. John Barker Church (1748–1818) ******* Philip Schuyler Church m. Anna Matilda Stewart, daughter of Walter Stewart (general), Walter Stewart ****** Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, 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. William Bayard Jr., 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 Schuyler, 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) James Alexander Hamilton, Eliza Hamilton (1811–1863) m. (2) James Alexander Hamilton, 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 (New York), James Cochran (1769–1848), cousin marriage, 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 Cuyler, 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 (–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 ****** Hon Yost Schuyler, Johan Joseph "Hon Yost" Schuyler (1743–1810), militia member and spy during the American Revolution ***** Philip David Schuyler (1730–1777) m. Anna *** 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 Roosevelt, Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt (1794–1871) m. Margaret Barnhill (1799–1861) ******** Roosevelt family#Oyster Bay Roosevelts, 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 **** 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 (1756–1833), Francis Pym ********* Horace 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) ******* 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 Murray baronets, 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, New York, Hammondsport ******* Samuel H. Hammond, 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

On 25 March 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''..

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