Brandt Arent Van Schlichtenhorst

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Brandt Arent Van Schlichtenhorst died Yes, date unknown.

    Notes:

    Some Colonial Mansions and those who lived in them. page 470

    The other brother, whose name we will anglicize to Philip
    Peter, was born in 1628, married Margaretta, the daughter
    of Herr Brandt Arent Van Schlectenhorst, manager of the
    Patroonship of Rensselaerswyck, who was from Nieuwkirk
    in Gelderland.

    Brandt married . Unknown [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Margarita Van Schlichtenhorst  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1628, Netherlands; died 1710, Rensselaerswyck, New York Colony, British America .


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Margarita Van Schlichtenhorst Descendancy chart to this point (1.Brandt1) was born Abt 1628, Netherlands; died 1710, Rensselaerswyck, New York Colony, British America .

    Notes:

    Some Colonial Mansions and those who lived in them.
    page 407-408

    " Margaret Van Schlectenhorst was two-and-twenty years
    of age when she married young Schuyler, and ten children
    were the fruitful results of this union." She lived sixty years
    after her nuptials, and survived her husband more than a
    quarter of a century. She possessed great energy of character
    and independence of spirit, like her father, and after
    her husband's death her wealth and position enabled her to
    exercise a controlling influence in public affairs at Albany.

    In 1689 she advanced funds to pay troops at Albany, and it
    is asserted that toward the close of that year she made
    a personal assault upon Milbourne, the son-in-law of Jacob
    Leisler (the usurper, as he was called, of political power at
    New York) when he came to Albany to assume command
    of the fort, then under charge of her second son, Peter, the
    first Mayor of that city and commander of the militia in the
    northern department of the Province of New York.

    Margarita Van Slichtenhorst
    by
    Stefan Bielinski



    Margarita Van Slichtenhorst was born at Nykerk in the Netherlands in 1628 - the daughter of Brant Van Slichtenhorst and Aeltje Van Wenkum. She came to New Netherland with her parents in 1647 and came of age in Rensselaerswyck where her father served as director of the colony.

    In December 1650, she married Philip Pieterse Schuyler - an immigrant carpenter who, following the marriage, became one of the leading traders of Beverwyck/Albany. The marriage produced twelve children between 1652 and 1672. Eight of those offspring went on to establish the Schuyler family in Albany and beyond.

    By the 1660s, these Schuylers were established in a new house on upper State Street. Before his death in 1683, Philip Pieterse had stretched the Schuyler family holdings by acquiring property around Albany and beyond.

    A widow at age 55, by virtue of their joint will filed in 1683, Margarita Schuyler assumed control of her husband's extensive estate. From her Albany house and at the farm known as "the Flats," Margarita continued her husband's business and sat as the matriarch of early Albany's foremost family. Her children included Pieter Schuyler - first mayor of the city; Alida, the wife of Robert Livingston; and future mayor - Johannes Schuyler. Her other offspring established themselves in favored locations throughout the region.
    Margarita Van Slichenhorst Schuyler lived until 1711. For much of that time, she was one of colonial Albany's most prominent residents. This active widow participated in business, landholding, and was an active member of theDutch Church. Surrounded by family and supported by a number of slaves, this able women's life was full and advantaged.

    Her will, filed in 1707, identified her as a "sometime...Albany merchant" and mentioned the real and personal estate she had acquired since the death of her husband. This seventy-nine-year-old widow had the presence of mind to circumvent English inheritance laws when she divided the Schuyler estate equally among her eight surviving children and their heirs. She died at age eighty-two on January 11, 1711.

    http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/vs/mvslicht.html

    Will of Margaret Schuyler - c. 1707



    In the name of God, Amen. I, Margaret Schuyler, widow of Phillip Schuyler, sometime of Albany, merchant, being of sound mind, and considering that there having been some unhappy differences among my children; the youngest of them being apprehensive that by the strict rules of the common law, the will made by my said husband and myself on May 1st, 1683, might not be authentick enough to make such equal division among our eight children. But that Peter Schuyler, eldest son of my deceased husband, Peter Schuyler [probabaly meant Philip P.], might be entitled to all of the real estate. Yet, not thinking that my son, Peter Schuyler, would himself endeavor to take any such advantage, he being present at the making of said will. I give to each of our 8 children an equal part of all real and personal estate. And I being further willing to dispose of the real and personal estate, which, by of my husband.

    And my son Peter, at my request, being agreed with the seven other children, by deed, dated August 16, 1707, by which all further differences among them are prevented, I do give to my eight children, Gertruy, Alida, Peter, Arent, Phillip, Johanes, and Margaret, and to the three children of my son Brant Schuyler, namely: Phillip, Oliver, and Johanes, all my estate, real and personal. Provided always, that my son Phillip shall have the farm called the Flatts, with the utensils, he paying therefor, the sum of 600, to the rest. And they are all to pay an equal part of 9 bushels of good merchantable wheat yearly, to the Patroon or Lord of the Manor of Rensselaerwyck. Mentions "Cornelia Schuyler, widow of my son Brant Schuyler."

    I make my sons, Peter and Johanes, and my son in law, Robert Livingston, husband of my daughter Allida, executors.

    Signed and sealed in Albany in my dwelling house.

    Witnesses, Iona Rumney, Anthony Caster, John Dunbar.

    Proved in Albany, June 27, 1711, before William Van Rensselaer, Esq., and of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas.

    http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/wills/willmgtvslicht.html

    Margarita married Colonel Philip Pieterse Schuyler. Philip was born 1628, Amsterdam, Holland; died 9 Mar 1684, Albany, Albany, New York, British America ; was buried 11 Mar 1684, Albany, Albany, New York, British America . [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 3. Captain Arent Schuyler  Descendancy chart to this point was born 25 Jun 1662, Albany; died 26 Nov 1730, Belleville, Bergen, New Jersey, British America .


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Captain Arent Schuyler Descendancy chart to this point (2.Margarita2, 1.Brandt1) was born 25 Jun 1662, Albany; died 26 Nov 1730, Belleville, Bergen, New Jersey, British America .

    Other Events:

    • Misc: 1696 OR 7; Purchased land known as Pompton Plains, Morris Coounty, New Jersey and settled there win company with his brother-in-law, Major Anthony Brokholst.
    • Residence: 1694, New York
    • Misc: 28 Feb 1694, New York; Joined the Dutch Church.
    • Residence: Apr 1710, New Barbadoes Neck, Bergen, New Jersey, British America

    Notes:

    Arent Schuyler

    by

    Stefan Bielinski



    Arent Schuyler was born in June 1662. He was a middle child in the very large family of New Netherland pioneers Philip Pieterse and Margarita Van Slichtenhorst Schuyler. His prominent and wealthy father died just before Arent reached his twenty-first birthday.

    Arent Schuyler married three times. In November 1684, he wed Jannetje Teller (daughter of Willlem Teller) at the Albany Dutch church. By 1700, six children were christened in Albany and New York. But the marriage ended with Jannetie's death following the birth of her last child. In December 1702, he married Swantje Van Duyckhuysen of New Jersey. She died after bearing five children. In 1724, he was in his sixties when he wed Maria Walters. He appears to have fathered twelve children within the first two marriages.

    In March 1685, he filed a joint will with his then new wife, Jannetie Teller. It stated that children were expected and mentioned real and personal property. The survivor would become executor.

    At that time, he was known in Albany as an Indian trader. In 1687, he was elected alderman for the third ward. In 1689, he was listed among the householders living in the second ward in Albany. He is said to have participated in military actions against the French in Canada during the 1690s.

    By 1695, he had removed to New York City, was known as a merchant, and became a freeman of the city.

    About 1707, he was named by his widowed mother to share equally in his parents' estate.

    Following the death of his first wife, he re-married and moved to Pompton Plains, New Jersey. He maintained his house on Broadway in New York. In 1710, he acquired a large farm at New Barbadoes Neck, New Jersey. His family became wealthy when they started to mine the copper deposits on their land.

    Arent Schuyler died at home in New Barbadoes in November 1730. The father of eleven and the patriarch of the New Jersey branch of the Schuyler family, he had lived almost sixty-eight years.

    http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/s/arschuyler97.html

    Biographical Note:

    These papers originate from the Arent Schuyler line of the Schuyler family. Arent Schuyler was born in Rensselaerswyck (Albany), New York on June 25, 1662 and died in Belleville, New Jersey on November 26, 1730. Although he was a merchant by trade, Schuyler participated in the military actions against the French and American Indians in Canada in the 1690s. He moved from New York to Pompton Plains, New Jersey, where he lived until 1710 when he bought a large farm in New Barbadoes Neck, New Jersey. His land had a significant deposit of copper, and the family became wealthy as they started to mine the metal. Arent Schuyler married three times: to Jenneke Teller, to Swantje Van Duyckhuysen, and to Maria Walter(s), the daughter of Robert Walter(s) and Catharine Leisler. He had eleven children, among them were Adonijah, John, and Peter.

    http://www.jerseyhistory.org/findingaid.php?aid=0651

    Birth:
    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=history%20of%20essex%20and%20hudson%20counties%20new%20jersey%2C%20volume%2011&f=false (page 1277)

    Misc:
    They located themselves, according to Mr. Schenck's statement, near to each other, on the east side of the river, just below the steel-works; Brockholst on the spot where Major William Colfax now resides (1871) and Schuyler, as near as can be ascertained, on the site of the residence of Dr. William Colfax. They were thus, in all probability, the pioneers in the settlement of this region, and the first to open up what was then a wilderness, "unless the tradition that Joost Beam settled at Wynockie as early as 1660 is true." How long he remained here is not known.

    Died:
    His will is dated December 17, 1724, with codicil October 30, 1730; proven February 27, 1730(1?)

    Arent married Maria Walters. Maria died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

    Arent married Jannetie (Johanna/Joanna) Teller 26 Nov 1684, Albany, Albany, New York, British America . Jannetie (daughter of William Teller) died 22 Jun 1700, New York. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 4. Margareta Schuyler  Descendancy chart to this point died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 5. Maria Schuyler  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 6. Judik Schuyler  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 7. Casparus Schuyler  Descendancy chart to this point died 13 Apr 1754.
    5. 8. John Schuyler  Descendancy chart to this point died 1773.
    6. 9. Philip Arentse Schuyler  Descendancy chart to this point was christened 1687; died 1764.
    7. 10. Wilhelmus Schuyler  Descendancy chart to this point was born 2 Jun 1700.

    Arent married Swantie Dyckhuyse\Van Duykhuisen 12 Dec 1702. Swantie died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 11. Olivia Schuyler  Descendancy chart to this point died Bef 1730.
    2. 12. Eva Schuyler  Descendancy chart to this point died 1737.
    3. 13. Cornelia Schuyler  Descendancy chart to this point died Yes, date unknown.
    4. 14. John Schuyler  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1705; died 12 Jan 1773, New Jersey, British America .
    5. 15. Colonel Peter Schuyler  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1710; died 7 Mar 1762.
    6. 16. Adonijah Schuyler  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1717; died 1762.


Generation: 4

  1. 4.  Margareta Schuyler Descendancy chart to this point (3.Arent3, 2.Margarita2, 1.Brandt1) died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 27 Sep 1685, Albany, Albany, New York, British America

    Margareta married . Unknown [Group Sheet]

    Margareta married Charles Oliver 26 Nov 1684. Charles died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Maria Schuyler Descendancy chart to this point (3.Arent3, 2.Margarita2, 1.Brandt1)

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 6 Oct 1689, Albany


  3. 6.  Judik Schuyler Descendancy chart to this point (3.Arent3, 2.Margarita2, 1.Brandt1)

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 13 Mar 1692, Albany, Albany, New York, British America

    Notes:

    Baptism:
    Baptism was 13 Mar 1692 according to the Early Settlements Plains, page 49.


  4. 7.  Casparus Schuyler Descendancy chart to this point (3.Arent3, 2.Margarita2, 1.Brandt1) died 13 Apr 1754.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: Burlington, Atlantic, New Jersey, British America
    • Baptism: 5 May 1695, New York

    Notes:

    "He received from his father a deed for land in Burlington, N. J., at Lossa Point or Wingwortlrs Point. His family continued to reside there for many years. Among his ch. was Arent, who m. Jane _____ , and whose will, dated at Burlington, May 7, 1774, was proved Jan. 10, 1780. In it are the names of his ch., viz. :Aaron, John, Ann, Peter, Charles and Abraham (History of Hudson County, New Jersey, 1871, by Charles H. Winfield, pg. 536).

    Residence:
    He probably settled near Burlington as his father in his lifetime gave him a tract of 500 acres of land within the bounds of that town called _____ Point.

    Casparus married Jane. Jane died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 17. Arent Schuyler  Descendancy chart to this point

    Casparus married Mary. Mary died Dec 1773. [Group Sheet]


  5. 8.  John Schuyler Descendancy chart to this point (3.Arent3, 2.Margarita2, 1.Brandt1) died 1773.

  6. 9.  Philip Arentse Schuyler Descendancy chart to this point (3.Arent3, 2.Margarita2, 1.Brandt1) was christened 1687; died 1764.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 11 Sep 1687, Albany, Albany, New York, British America

    Notes:

    Film 102851 Early Settlements Pompton Plains page 51

    The Family of Philip Schuyler Son of Arent.

    When Arent Schuyler removed from Pompton to New Barbadoes his son Philip remained on the farm at Pompton and is the immediate forefather of the branches of the family that settled in this vicinity. He was born at Albany and baptized there Sep 11, 1687 and died at Pompton about 1760. He and his children must have had a large __________ estate. He married about 1712 Hesther Kingsland, daughter of Isaac Kingsland of New Barbadoes who was a member of the Council under several of the deputy Governors of New Jersey. They had 12 children.

    *********************************

    Philip Schuyler, a son of Arent, we are to presume, had patriotic impulses towards self-government long before the tea was thrown overboard at Boston or Patrick Henry made his famous speech, for we are told that Philip was expelled from the New Jersey Assembly in colonial days for drinking a health "to the damnation of the government and justices of the peace." He was subsequently restored to his seat.

    History of Essex and Hudson Counties, New Jersey, Volume 2, p 1245

    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

    Philip married Hester Kingsland 8 Oct 1727, Second River Dutch Reformed Church, Belleville, New Jersey, British America . Hester (daughter of Isaac Kingsland and Elizabeth) died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 18. Johanna Schuyler  Descendancy chart to this point was born 2 Sep 1713, New Barbadoes Neck, Bergen, New Jersey, British America ; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 19. Arent Schuyler  Descendancy chart to this point was born 23 Feb 1715, New Barbadoes Neck, Bergen, New Jersey, British America ; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. 20. Isaac Schuyler  Descendancy chart to this point was born 26 Apr 1716, New Barbadoes Neck, Bergen, New Jersey, British America ; died 1716 OR 17, New Barbadoes Neck, Bergen, New Jersey, British America .
    4. 21. Philip Schuyler  Descendancy chart to this point was born 23 Dec 1717, New Barbadoes Neck, Bergen, New Jersey, British America ; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. 22. Isaac Schuyler  Descendancy chart to this point was born 8 Sep 1719, New Barbadoes Neck, Bergen, New Jersey, British America ; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. 23. Elizabeth Schuyler  Descendancy chart to this point was born 22 Feb 1721, New Barbadoes Neck, Bergen, New Jersey, British America ; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. 24. Peter Schuyler  Descendancy chart to this point was born 7 Jun 1723, New Barbadoes Neck, Bergen, New Jersey, British America ; died 17 Oct 1808, Pompton Lakes, Passaic, New Jersey, USA.
    8. 25. Hester Schuyler  Descendancy chart to this point was born 12 Apr 1725, New Barbadoes Neck, Bergen, New Jersey, British America ; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. 26. Maria Schuyler  Descendancy chart to this point was born 11 Sep 1727, New Barbadoes Neck, Bergen, New Jersey, British America ; died Yes, date unknown.
    10. 27. Jenneke Schuyler  Descendancy chart to this point was born 26 Oct 1728, New Barbadoes Neck, Bergen, New Jersey, British America ; died Yes, date unknown.
    11. 28. Johannis Schuyler  Descendancy chart to this point was born 4 Jun 1730, New Barbadoes Neck, Bergen, New Jersey, British America ; died 1730 OR 1731, New Barbadoes Neck, Bergen, New Jersey, British America .
    12. 29. Casparus Schuyler  Descendancy chart to this point was born 16 Dec 1735, New Barbadoes Neck, Bergen, New Jersey, British America ; died Yes, date unknown.

  7. 10.  Wilhelmus Schuyler Descendancy chart to this point (3.Arent3, 2.Margarita2, 1.Brandt1) was born 2 Jun 1700.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 2 Jun 1700, Albany


  8. 11.  Olivia Schuyler Descendancy chart to this point (3.Arent3, 2.Margarita2, 1.Brandt1) died Bef 1730.

    Notes:

    Mentioned in her father's will but dead at that time, leaving issue.


  9. 12.  Eva Schuyler Descendancy chart to this point (3.Arent3, 2.Margarita2, 1.Brandt1) died 1737.

    Notes:

    Film 1028561 Early Settlements Pompton Plains page 50

    Eva and Cornelia had devised to them a house and two lots on Broadway in the city of New York together with 4000 pounds apiece, a large sum in those days. Whom they married or who are their descendents we have no information.

    Eva married Peter Bayard. Peter died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  10. 13.  Cornelia Schuyler Descendancy chart to this point (3.Arent3, 2.Margarita2, 1.Brandt1) died Yes, date unknown.

    Notes:

    Film 1028561 Early Settlements Pompton Plains page 50

    Eva and Cornelia had devised to them a house and two lots on Broadway in the city of New York together with 4000 pounds apiece, a large sum in those days. Whom they married or who are their descendents we have no information.

    Cornelia married Pierre de Peyster. Pierre died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  11. 14.  John Schuyler Descendancy chart to this point (3.Arent3, 2.Margarita2, 1.Brandt1) was born Abt 1705; died 12 Jan 1773, New Jersey, British America .

    Notes:

    From Early Settlements Pompton Plains - page 50 (handwritten history)

    John. When he married and who were his children we have no information but on the death of his father he was left the homestead farm near Bellville and a right in the proceeds of the mine. He attained the office of Col. and was highly respected in life. In his day he was a leading man in the Reformed Church at Bellville but having become offended with his Pastor the Rev. ___Haeghourt. He declared himself an Episcopalian and was himself at the expense(?) of procuring a Dutch and English __________ of the Common Prayer book for the use of the congregation.



    Arent Schuyler, during his lifetime, did not work the [copper] mine with such energy and profit as his son John afterward did...

    History of Essex and Hudson Counties, New Jersey, Volume 2, p 1245

    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


    Governor Cosby recommended him to a seat in the New Jersey Council, Sept. 5, 1735 (His commission was dated Sept. 7, 1746), to which he was appointed, but resigned in 1746 (History of Hudson County, New Jersey, 1871, by Charles H. Winfield, pg. 536).


    Adonijah Schuyler (1717-1762) received two tracts of land from his father in Elizabethtown Point, New Jersey. John Schuyler (1708-1773) inherited the homestead and the very valuable copper mines situated at New Barbados Neck. He was a colonel of the local militia and horse regiment in Bergen County, and in 1735-1746, served as a member of the New Jersey Council. He died on January 12, 1773. Peter Schuyler (1710-1762) inherited a tract of land on the Rahway River near Elizabethtown, New Jersey. He was a commander of the New Jersey contingent in the French and Indian Wars. Peter Schuyler had one child, Catherine, who married Archibald Kennedy.

    http://www.jerseyhistory.org/findingaid.php?aid=0651

    John married Sarah Waters. Sarah died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

    John married Ann Van Rensselaer 1 Jan 1739. Ann died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 30. Mary Schuyler  Descendancy chart to this point died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 31. Arent J Schuyler  Descendancy chart to this point was born Oct 1746; died 28 Oct 1803.

  12. 15.  Colonel Peter Schuyler Descendancy chart to this point (3.Arent3, 2.Margarita2, 1.Brandt1) was born 1710; died 7 Mar 1762.

    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




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    Died:
    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.

    Peter married Mary Walter. Mary (daughter of John Walter) died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 32. Catharine Schuyler  Descendancy chart to this point died Yes, date unknown.

    Peter married Hester Walter. Hester died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  13. 16.  Adonijah Schuyler Descendancy chart to this point (3.Arent3, 2.Margarita2, 1.Brandt1) was born 1717; died 1762.

    Notes:

    Film 1028561 Early Settlements Pompton Plains page 50

    Adonijah. All we can say respecting him is that he was lefty by his Father a large house with tracts and pieces of land at Elizabethtown Point and with John and Peter a right in the proceeds of the mine.

    Adonijah Schuyler (1717-1762) received two tracts of land from his father in Elizabethtown Point, New Jersey. John Schuyler (1708-1773) inherited the homestead and the very valuable copper mines situated at New Barbados Neck. He was a colonel of the local militia and horse regiment in Bergen County, and in 1735-1746, served as a member of the New Jersey Council. He died on January 12, 1773. Peter Schuyler (1710-1762) inherited a tract of land on the Rahway River near Elizabethtown, New Jersey. He was a commander of the New Jersey contingent in the French and Indian Wars. Peter Schuyler had one child, Catherine, who married Archibald Kennedy.

    http://www.jerseyhistory.org/findingaid.php?aid=0651

    Adonijah married Gertrude Van Rensselaer.. Gertrude died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 33. Van Rensselaer Schuyler  Descendancy chart to this point died Bef 1768.
    2. 34. Mary Schuyler  Descendancy chart to this point died 1780.
    3. 35. Peter Schuyler  Descendancy chart to this point died Yes, date unknown.
    4. 36. Lieutenant Adonijah Schuyler  Descendancy chart to this point died Yes, date unknown.
    5. 37. Philip A Schuyler  Descendancy chart to this point died 1795.
    6. 38. Swan Schuyler  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1741; died 20 May 1801.
    7. 39. John Schuyler  Descendancy chart to this point was born 15 May 1745; died 1806.