Cornelia van Cortlandt

Cornelia Van Cortlandt Schuyler, (July 30, 1698-October 1762) was the wife of Johannes Schuyler, Jr. She was the grandmother of Angelica Schuyler Church, Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, who was married to Founding Father Alexander Hamilton and several influential people in colonial and post-colonial America.

Cornelia Schuyler
Born(1698-07-30)July 30, 1698
New York City, Province of New York
DiedOctober 1762 (aged 64)
Albany, New York
Spouse(s)
Johannes Schuyler, Jr.
(m. 1723, her death)
ChildrenGertrude Schuyler Cochran, General Philip Schuyler
Parent(s)Stephanus van Cortlandt
Geertruy Philipse Van Cortlandt née Schuyler
FamilyVan Cortlandt, Schuyler

Early life

Cornelia was born in 1698 to Stephanus van Cortlandt, the 17th and 10th Mayor of New York City, and Gertruj Schuyler, the daughter of Philip Pieterse Schuyler.[1] She was baptized on July 31, 1698 She had 12 siblings, Johannes Van Cortlandt, Margiete Van Cortlandt, Anna de Lancy, Maria Stephanusz Van Cortlandt, Gertrude Beekman, Col. Philip van Cortlandt, Stephanus van Cortlandt, Elizabeth van Cortlandt, Catherine Johnstone, Geertruyd Bayard, N.N. van Cortlandt, Olof van Cortlandt and Gysbert van Cortlandt.[2] In 1700, when she was nearly 2, her father passed away at the age of 57. Her paternal grandfather was the first van Cortlandt to come to New Netherland, and her maternal grandfather was the first Schuyler to arrive in New Netherland. She grew up in a very wealthy and influential family.

Life

On October 18, 1723, Cornelia van Cortlandt married Johannes Schuyler, Jr.. Her family offered a large dowry to Schuyler and a large inheritance. Together, they were the parents of ten children.

  • 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.
  • Johannes Schuyler (1725–1746), who died unmarried.
  • Stephanus Schuyler (b. 1727), who died young.
  • Stephanus Schuyler (b. 1729), who also died young.
  • Philip Schuyler (b. 1731), who also died young.
  • Philip Schuyler (1733–1804), who married Catherine Van Rensselaer (1734–1803), the daughter of Johannes Van Rensselaer and Engeltie Livingston.[3]
  • Cortlandt Schuyler (1735–1820), who married Barbara.
  • Stephanus Schuyler (b. 1737), who married Helen Ten Eyck (1746–1818).
  • Elizabeth Schuyler (b. 1738), who also died young.
  • Oliver Schuyler (b. 1741), who also died young.

When Schuyler widowed Cornelia, he left her his entire estate and inheritance on the condition that she did not remarry. She never remarried. She died 21 years later at the age of 64.

Descendants

Through her son Philip, she was the grandmother 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),[4] the first United States Secretary of the Treasury,[5] 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),[6][7] 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,[8] Cornelia Schuyler (1776–1808), who married Washington Morton,[9] and Catherine Van Rensselaer Schuyler (1781–1857), who married first, Samuel Malcolm (son of William Malcolm), and then James Cochran, another of her grandchildren.[10]

Through her daughter Gertrude, she was the grandmother of James Cochran (1769–1848) and the great-grandmother of U.S. General and Congressman John Cochran.

References
  1. https://exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/vc/covcortlandt6662.html
  2. https://www.geni.com/people/Cornelia-Schuyler/6000000006603128525?through=6000000002889260616
  3. Annual Report and List of Members of the New-York Historical Society. New-York Historical Society. 1911. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  4. 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.
  5. "Republican Court: Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (1757-1854)". www.librarycompany.org. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  6. Elizabeth was the sister of Stephen Van Rensselaer III who married his sister Peggy.
  7. Schuyler, George W. (1885). Colonial New York: Philip Schuyler and His Family, Volume 2. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 282.
  8. Bielinski, Stefan. "Rensselaer Schuyler". New York State Museum. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  9. "This Day in History: Cornelia Schuyler and Washington Morton are married!". Facebook: Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site. October 7, 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  10. Schuyler, George W. (1885). Colonial New York: Philip Schuyler and His Family, Volume 2. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 283.
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