Colonel Peter Schuyler

1710 - 1762  (52 years)

• Name	Peter Schuyler
  Prefix	Colonel
  Born	1710
  Gender	Male
  Died	7 Mar 1762
  	Col. Peter Schuyler was one of the prominent men of New Jersey in his day, and a brave soldier who did honor to his country. A sketch of his life and military services will be found in Winfield's History of Hudson Co, NJ, pp 536-541 - in the Schuyler Genealogy - to which we are indebted and the reader is referred.
  Person ID	I1233	My Family Tree | Raynor-Armstrong
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2014

  
  

  Father	Captain Arent Schuyler,   b. 25 Jun 1662, Albany ,   d. 26 Nov 1730, Belleville, Bergen, New Jersey, British America  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Swantie Dyckhuyse\Van Duykhuisen,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	12 Dec 1702  [1]
  Family ID	F330	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Walter,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Catharine Schuyler,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F350	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Hester Walter,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F417	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  From Film 1028561 Early Settlements Pompton Plains, page 50 Peter. Of his marriage and children we have no particular information. He died near Neward on the banks of the Papaic Nov. 17, 1762. He was left by his Father a large house at Elizabethtown and 760 acres of land at Rahway and a right in the mines. He was a Col in the time of the French and Indian war in 1745, 1754 and 1758. He was in active service on the frontier for a longtime part of this time. He was Chief Commander of the New Jersey forces and at one time had command of the ____ as Celvego and was then taken prisoner. He thus became a leading man and among the most respected in the country. *********************************** Grandson of the first Schuyler, of Albany, and second son of Arent Schuyler, who settled in New Jersey. When an incursion into Canada was projected in 1746, he was put in command of a New Jersey regiment, and was at Oswego for two years, when he returned to private life. He went with his regiment to the same fort in 1755. He was made a prisoner of parole in 1756, but was ordered to Canada in 1758, where he was soon exchanged and returned home. He was soon in the north again with his regiment and in September 1760, he entered Montreal as a victor. He died in 1762, near Newark, New Jersey. http://books.google.com/books?id=ZTxCAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA23&dq=captain+peter+schuyler&hl=en&sa=X&ei=UXiqUrrnDoHFoATu84HwCQ&ved=0CEMQ6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q=captain%20peter%20schuyler&f=false page 69 The Schuyler family ranked at the most prominent residents of New Jersey during pre-Revolutionary days, and Col. Peter Schuyler takes the lead in importance. Peter was one of the sons of Arent, the original copper-mine settler. Peter took an active part in the invasion of Canada in 1746, but by the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748, returned to his home on the Passaic. Hostilities began again in 1754, and the New Jersey forces were again placed under control of Col. Peter Schuyler. After seeing to the safety of New Jersey from Indian and other depredations, he was called by Governor Shirley, of New York, to the defense of Fort Ontario, in that State. Gen. Montcalm, with overpowering numbers, invested and captured the fort, notwithstanding the brave defense of Col. Schuyler and his Jersey Blues, who were taken prisoners and sent to Montreal and Quebeck. Our soldiers received the title of Jersey Blues in 1747, on account of the blue color of the uniform. Col. Schuyler was released on parole in 1757, and returned to his New Jersey home in East Newark. He was so popular that he was the occasion of the wildest demonstration all through New York and New Jersey. Bonfires, bands, processions, speeches, and delegations from cities and boroughs were wild with joy, and eagerly manifested their love and esteem for "the brave old Peter Schuyler, of New Jersey," the plucky soldier and Christian gentleman. But the period of his parole having expired without being satisfied, he was compelled, Regulus-like, to go back to captivity. His stay this time was, however, brief, as the war having ceased, an exchange of eminent prisoners was duly executed. In 1759 he a third time led his Jersey Blues to Canada, and entered Montreal a victor in 1760. He died at his home in East Newark in 1762, full of years and honors and through much of his life was spent on the tented field, his heart was never hardened to the cry of distress and poverty, as he left a reputation full of kindness, generosity and humanity. History of Essex and Hudson Counties, New Jersey, Volume 2, p 1245-46 http://books.google.com/books?id=3NQ4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PR7&dq=history+of+essex+and+hudson+counties+new+jersey,+volume+11&hl=en&sa=X&ei=2SuiUtb9AYbXoATUgIGQBQ&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=schuyler&f=false

  
  

• Sources

  [S20] New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 158.