Arent Schuyler
Arent Schuyler | |
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| Born | Arent Philipse Schuyler June 25, 1662 |
| Died | November 26, 1730 (aged 68) Near Newark, New Jersey |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Spouses | Janneke Teller
(m. 1684; died 1703)Swantje Van Duyckhuysen
(m. 1703; died 1724)Maria Walter (m. 1724) |
| Children | 12, including Pieter Schuyler |
| Parent(s) | Philip Pieterse Schuyler Margarita Van Slichtenhorst |
| Relatives | See Schuyler family |
Arent Philipse Schuyler (June 25, 1662 – November 26, 1730) was a member of the influential
Early life
Arent Philipse Schuyler was born on June 25, 1662, in
He was one of 10 children born to his parents, including Gysbert Schuyler (1652-1664/5), Gertruj Schuyler (b. 1654), who married
The many Schuyler children established the family name and homes, including the
Career
Schuyler participated in the military actions of an early
In 1710, he bought a large tract on New Barbadoes Neck. The new purchase (present-day Kearny, North Arlington, and Lyndhurst and Kingsland) had a significant deposit of copper, and the family became wealthy as they started to mine the metal at the Schuyler Copper Mine.
Personal life
Arent Schuyler married three times, first to Jenneke Teller (1662–1703) on November 26, 1684. Together, they had:
- Margareta Schuyler (b. 1685)
- Philip Schuyler (b. 1687), who married Hester Kingsland
- Maria Schuyler (b. 1689), who died young
- Olivia Schuyler
- Judik Schuyler (b. 1692)
- Casparus Schuyler (1695–1754)
- Wilhemus Schuyler (b. 1700), who died young
After her death in 1703, he married Swantje Van Duyckhuysen (1679–1724). With his second wife, he had:[1][2]
- Pieter Schuyler (1707–1762), who first married Hester Walter, and then second, Mary Walter[4]
- Eva Schuyler (d. 1737), who married Peter Bayard
- Adonijah "Adonis" Schuyler (1708–1763), who married Gertrude Van Rensselaer (b. 1714), daughter of Maria Van Cortlandt and Rensselaerwyck
- John Schuyler (1710–1773), who married Anne Van Rensselaer, sister of Gertrude Van Rensselaer
- Cornelia Schuyler (1715–1785), who married Pierre Guillaume DePeyster (1707–1785)
In 1724, after Swantje's death, he married for the third time, to Maria Walter (1689–1764), the daughter of Robert Walter and Catharine Leisler.[4] They did not have any children.
Schuyler died in Belleville, New Jersey, on November 26, 1730.[2] After his death, his widow, Maria Walter, married Archibald Kennedy (1685–1763), with whom she had five children, including Archibald Kennedy (1736–1794), who would eventually marry Schuyler's granddaughter, Katherine.[5]
Descendants
Schuyler's son,
His grandson, Arent Schuyler DePeyster (1736–1822), was a British military officer. His granddaughter, Katherine Schuyler (1737–1765), married Archibald Kennedy, Earl of Casselis, a Scottish peer who lived in the United States, and was the son of his widow, Maria Walter.[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b Pearson, Jonathan (1872). "Arent Philipse Schuyler". Contributions for the Genealogies of the First Settlers of the Ancient County of Albany, from 1630 to 1800. Retrieved 2014-12-30.
trader, was admitted freeman of New York city in 1695; before 1725, he was probably settled on the Second or Passaic river, at Belleville, N.J. He married 1st, Janneke Teller, Nov. 26, 1684: 2d, Swantje Janse van Duykhuysen about January 1703. Children: baptized in Albany, Margareta, Sept, 27, 1685; Phillipus, September 11, 1687; Maria, October 6, 1689; Judik, March 13, 1692; Casparus in N.Y., May 5, 1695; Wilhelmus, June 2, 1700.
- ^ a b c "Manuscript group 651: Schuyler Family". New Jersey Historical Society. Archived from the original on December 2, 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-18.
Arent Schuyler was born in Rensselaerswyck (Albany), New York on June 25, 1662, and died in Belleville, New Jersey, on November 26, 1730. ...
- ^ William Nelson (1876). Biographical Sketch of William Colfax, Captain of Washington's Body Guard.
- ^ a b Stevens, Walter Barlow (1921). Centennial History of Missouri, Vol. 2, 1921. Chicago : S.J. Clarke Pub. Co. p. 76.
- ^ "Early New Netherlands Settlers". ancestry.com. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- ^ Library, Robert G. Sullivan, Schenectady County Public. "Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: Schuyler". www.schenectadyhistory.org. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
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