Johannes Schuyler Jr.

Johannes Schuyler Jr.
Mayor of
Albany, New York
In office
1740–1741
Preceded by Edward Holland
Succeeded by Johannes de Peyster III
Personal details
Born (1697-10-01)October 1, 1697
Albany, Province of New York
Died November 5, 1741(1741-11-05) (aged 44)
Albany, Province of New York
Spouse(s)
Cornelia van Cortlandt
(m. 1723; his death 1741)
Children 10, including Philip Schuyler
Relatives See Schuyler family

Johannes Schuyler Jr. (October 1697 – November 5, 1741) was a prominent American of Dutch ancestry who served as the Mayor of Albany, New York from 1740 to 1741, and was a merchant, alderman, and Indian commissioner. He was the father of U.S. Senator Philip Schuyler.

Early life and family

Schuyler was born in 1697 in Albany, New York in the then Province of New York. He was one of four children born to Johannes Schuyler (1668–1747) and Elizabeth (née Staats) Wendell (1647–1737).[1] His father was appointed the 10th Mayor of Albany and served from 1703 to 1706,[2] and later as a member of the provincial assembly.[3][4] His mother was a widow when she married his father and had already had 11 children with her first husband, Johannes Wendell (1649–1692),[5] His older brother was Philip Johannes Schuyler (1695–1745), who was killed during the French and Indian raid on Saratoga in 1745.[6] His younger sisters were Margarita Schuyler (1701–1782) and Catalyntie "Catharina" Schuyler (1704–1758).

Schuyler's maternal grandfather was Maj. Abraham Staats (1620–ca. 1694).[2] His paternal grandparents were Philip Pieterse Schuyler (1628-1683), a Dutch born landowner, and Margarita Van Slichtenhorst (1628–1711).[7] His father was the youngest of six sons and one of 10 children born to his parents, Gertruj Schuyler (b. 1654), who married Stephanus van Cortlandt (1643–1700) (the patroon of Van Cortlandt Manor and a Mayor of New York City), Alida Schuyler (b. 1656), who first married Nicholas van Rensselaer (1636-1678) and then second, Robert Livingston the Elder (1654–1728), Brant Schuyler (1659-1702), who married Cornelia Van Cortlandt, Arent Schuyler (1662-1730).[8] Through his sister Catharina, he was the uncle of Abraham Cuyler (1742–1810), the last mayor of colonial Albany and the third generation in a row to serve in that office.[9]

Career

In 1733, he was Commissary at Oswego.[10] In 1739, while a prominent merchant, his father gave him the family farm at the Flats,[11] and he became seen as the head of the Albany Schuyler family. He was elected Alderman of the First Ward in 1738 and 1739.[12] and Commissioners of Indian Affairs for 8 years, having been appointed in 1734 and 1739.[13]

In September 1740, Schuyler was appointed and served as the Mayor of Albany, succeeding Edward Holland. He served from 1740 to 1741 when was re-nominated, but did not take the oath of allegiance required of officeholders. Therefore, Johannes de Peyster III was appointed Mayor after Schuyler.[14]

Personal life

On October 18, 1723, Schuyler was married to Cornelia Van Cortlandt (1698–1762), the daughter of Stephanus Van Cortlandt.[2] With this marriage, he gained a large dowry and a substantial inheritance from one of the wealthiest families in the Province of New York.[2] Together, they were the parents of ten children, only five who lived after his death, including:[7]

  • Geertruy "Gertrude" Schuyler (1724–1813), who married Pieter P. Schuyler (1723–1753). After his death, she married Dr. John Cochran (1730–1807), the Director General of the Military Hospitals of the Continental Army.[7]
  • Johannes Schuyler (1725–1746), who died unmarried.[7]
  • Stephanus Schuyler (b. 1727), who died young.[7]
  • Stephanus Schuyler (b. 1729), who also died young.[7]
  • Philip Schuyler (b. 1731), who also died young.[7]
  • Philip Schuyler (1733–1804), who married Catherine Van Rensselaer (1734–1803), the daughter of Johannes Van Rensselaer and Engeltie Livingston.[15]
  • Cortlandt Schuyler (1735–1820), who married Barbara.[7]
  • Stephanus Schuyler (b. 1737), who married Helen Ten Eyck (1746–1818).[7]
  • Elizabeth Schuyler (b. 1738), who also died young.[7]
  • Oliver Schuyler (b. 1741), who also died young.[7]

Schuyler died on November 5, 1741 in Albany,[7] leaving his entire estate to his widow as long as she did not remarry.[14]

Descendants

Through his son Philip, he was the grandfather of Angelica Schuyler (1756–1814), who married John Barker Church (1748–1818), a British MP, Elizabeth Schuyler (1757–1854), who married Alexander Hamilton (1755/7–1804),[16] the first United States Secretary of the Treasury,[17] Margarita "Peggy" Schuyler (1758–1801), who married Stephen Van Rensselaer III (1764–1839), the 8th Patroon of Rensselaerwyck, John Bradstreet Schuyler (1765–1795), who married Elizabeth Van Rensselaer (1768–1841),[18][19] Philip Jeremiah Schuyler (1768–1835), who served in the United States House of Representatives, Rensselaer Schuyler (1773–1847), who married Elizabeth Ten Broeck, daughter of General Abraham Ten Broeck,[20] Cornelia Schuyler (1776–1808), who married Washington Morton,[21] and Catherine Van Rensselaer Schuyler (1781–1857), who married first, Samuel Malcolm (son of William Malcolm), and then James Cochran, another of his grandchildren.[22]

Through his daughter Gertrude, he was the grandfather of James Cochran (1769–1848) and the great-grandfather of U.S. General and Congressman John Cochran.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Captain and Mrs. Johannes Schuyler". www.nyhistory.org. New-York Historical Society. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Roberts, Warren (2010). A Place in History: Albany in the Age of Revolution, 1775-1825. SUNY Press. ISBN 9781438433318. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  3. ↑ Bielinski, Stefan. "Johannes Schuyler". exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  4. ↑ Carver, Wees, Beth; Higgins, Harvey, Medill (2013). Early American Silver in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 9781588394910. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  5. ↑ Bielinski, Stefan. "Johannes Wendell". exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "Colonel Philip Schuyler (1695-1745)". www.nyhistory.org. New-York Historical Society. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Reynolds, Cuyler (1911). Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: A Record of Achievements of the People of the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys in New York State, Included Within the Present Counties of Albany, Rensselaer, Washington, Saratoga, Montgomery, Fulton, Schenectady, Columbia and Greene. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  8. ↑ Morgan, John Hill (1921). The John Divine Jones Fund Series of Histories and Memoirs. New-York Historical Society. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  9. ↑ Bielinski, Stefan (31 December 1999). "Abraham C. Cuyler". New York State Museum. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  10. ↑ (U.S.), General Society of Colonial Wars (1922). An Index of Ancestors and Roll of Members of the Society of Colonial Wars: The Honor Roll, Services of Members of the Society During the World War, 1917-1918. By authority of the General Assembly. p. 418. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  11. ↑ Phillips, Maureen K. (2003). General Philip Schuyler House Historic Structure Report: Saratoga National Historical Park, Schuylerville, New York. Historic Architecture Program, Northeast Region, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. p. 35. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  12. ↑ "Johannes Schuyler, Jr. (1697-1741)". www.nyhistory.org. New-York Historical Society. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  13. ↑ Rhoden, Nancy L. (2014). English Atlantics Revisited: Essays Honouring Ian K. Steele. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. pp. 240–243. ISBN 9780773560406. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  14. 1 2 Bielinski, Stefan. "Johannes Schuyler, Jr". exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  15. ↑ Annual Report and List of Members of the New-York Historical Society. New-York Historical Society. 1911. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  16. ↑ Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York (1905). The Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York: History, Customs, Record of Events, Constitution, Certain Genealogies, and Other Matters of Interest. V. 1-. p. 23. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  17. ↑ "Republican Court: Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (1757-1854)". www.librarycompany.org. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  18. ↑ Elizabeth was the sister of Stephen Van Rensselaer III who married his sister Peggy.
  19. ↑ Schuyler, George W. (1885). Colonial New York: Philip Schuyler and His Family, Volume 2. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 282.
  20. ↑ Bielinski, Stefan. "Rensselaer Schuyler". New York State Museum. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  21. ↑ "This Day in History: Cornelia Schuyler and Washington Morton are married!". Facebook: Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site. October 7, 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  22. ↑ Schuyler, George W. (1885). Colonial New York: Philip Schuyler and His Family, Volume 2. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 283.
Political offices
Preceded by
Edward Holland		 Mayor of
Albany, New York
1740–1741		 Succeeded by
Johannes de Peyster III
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.