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PETER SCHUYLER'S DESCENDANTS. I 53
61. Abraham, m. Laura Sanders.
62. Angelica, d. January 22, 1848.
38. PHILIP S. SCHUYLER and Rachel Van den Bergh.
63. Gertrude, m. January, 1836, Abraham Ten Eyck, Jr.
64. Rachel, m. Isaac D. F. Lansing.
65. Stephen, b. October 27, 1794, d. s. p. October 4, 1857.
66. Angelica, m. January, 1826, Sanders Lansing.
67. Abraham, b. September 5, I79g, d. s. p. October 21, 1869.
68. Lucas, b. November 20, 1801, d. May 4, 1852.
m. September, 1825, Angelica Lansing.
69. Anna Maria, m. September 24, 1828, (57) John Cuyler Schuyler.
40. JOHN SCHUYLER and Anna Cuyler.
70. Angelica, m. i, Clarkson Crosby.
m. 2, John Taylor Cooper.
41. JEREMIAH SCHUYLER and Jane Cuyler.
71. Angelica, m. Stephen P. Schuyler (48) .
72. Cornelius, b. July i, 1795, d. February, 1878.
m. 1817, Harriet Hillhouse.
73. Ann Jane, b. May 28, 1797, d. y.
43. HARMANUS P. SCHUYLER and Mary Staats.
74, Mary, b. July 8, 1791, d. y.
75. Philip, b. January 26, 1793, d. y.
43. HARMANUS P. SCHUYLER and ^a^' -0^«»-
76. Marianna, b. July 27, 1800.
m. John Vreedenburg.
43. HARMANUS P. SCHUYLER and Sarah Packwood.
77. Philip Pieterse, d. unmarried in Texas.
78. Thomas, m. Angelica Aspin-wall.
79. Richard, d. unmarried in Texas.
80. Catharine Elizabeth, m. Stephen R. Schuyler (58).
46. PETER P. SCHUYLER and Miss Gushing.
81. Ann, m. Dr. Simpson.
82. "William Gushing, d. s. p. m. i87g, Margaret Sickles.
83. Maria, m. John Doane.
84. Philip, d. y.
85. Henry.
86. Frances, m. Samuel Eddy.
48. STEPHEN P. SCHXTYLER and Angelica Schuyler.
87. Philip Lucas, d. s. p. aged 43 years.
88. Jane, d. y.
8g. Anna, d. y.
90. Angelica, d. y.
91. Jeremiah, d. y.
1 54 PETER SCHUYLER'S DESCENDANTS.
92. Charles, d. y.
93. Cornelia.
94. Catalina, m. Frederick Van Valkenberg.
57. JOHN C. SCHUYLER and Aniw. Maria Schuyler.
95. Peter, d. April g, 1865.
m. November, 1853, Elsie A. Jaiincy,
96. Rachel, d. February 13, 1834.
97. Philip, d. November 18, 1833.
98. Catharine, d. June i, 1855.
gg. Rachel, d. June 13, 1851.
100. Philip ; residence, Watervliet, Albany County, N. Y.
loi. Angelica, d. August 31, 1880.
102. Gertrude.
103. Anna Maria.
104. Stephen ; residence, ¦Watervliet, Albany County, N. Y.
58. STEPHEN R. SCHUYLER and Catharine E. Schuyler,
105. Peter, d. ». p. July 3, i860.
106. John, d. y. January 31, 1854.
107. Mary Hook, d. May 16, 1842.
108. Richard Philip, m. September i, 1875, Susan Drake ; resi
dence, Watervliet, N. Y.
61. ABRAHAM SCHUYLER and Laura Sanders.
log. Elizabeth, d. y.
no. Jeanetta.
68. LUCAS V. V. SCHUYLER and Ajigelica Lansing,
in. Rachel, m. George B. Wilson.
112. Alida.
113. Gertrude, m. Rev, Charles D, Cooper.
114. Philip, d. y.
115. Gerrit L., m. Eliza L. Hunt ; resides in ¦Watervliet, N. Y.
116. Philip S. ; resides in "Watervliet, N. Y.
117. Isaac L., m. April 12, 1883, Elsie Cuyler Evertsen ; residence,
Manchester, Vt.
72. CORNELIUS SCHUYLER and Harriet Hillhotise,
118. Harriet, m. Ed-ward C, Delavan, of Albany, the great tem
perance reformer.
ng. Jane Cuyler, m. Robert P, McMaster,
120. Cornelia Louisa, d. y. October 9, 1828.
121. Thomas Hillhouse ; residence, Albany, N. Y.
122. Caroline Tibbetts, m. Ja?nes Davis,
123. Edward Henry, d. y. January 29, 1835.
124. Jeremiah Cuyler, d. y. January 26, 1835.
125. Sarah Hillhouse, m. October 12, 1882, Ira Kingsley Martin,
PETER SCHUYLER'S DESCENDANTS. 1 55
78. THOMAS SCHUYLER and Angelica Aspin-wall.
126. Harmanus, m. Ella Drake ; residence, "West Troy, N. Y.
127. Sarah, m. John Burrouglis.
128. Maria, d. y.
I2g. Clarkson Crosby, m. Catharine Scoville.
130. Frank, m. October 12, 1882, Nellie Kenyan; residence, "West
Troy, N. Y.
131. Marianna.
95. PETER SCHUYLER and Elsie A. Jauncy.
132. "Walter Jauncy, d. y.
108. RICHARD PHILIP SCHUYLER and Susan Drake.
133. Stephen Reuben, b. November 15, 1876, d. y.
134. Jane Drake, b. December 22, i87g.
135. Catharine, b. November 23, 1882.
NOTES ON THE GENEALOGICAL TABLE.
The preceding genealogical table^ shows that the de
scendants of Peter Schuyler are not numerous. The mor
tality of those at an early age is very noticeable. Of the
one hundred and twenty-four names in the list, forty-two
are of children who died before they reached the age of
fifteen years. At least ten, of whom five were rnales, died
unmarried. Several others died in early manhood, leaving
small families. The living male descendants at the pres
ent time number not more than ten, of whom four of
mature years are unmarried.
Very few of his family in the direct line emigrated far
from their old home. I have been able to trace only four :
(46) Peter P., who settled at Natchez ; (60) Stephen, who
resided at Mobile, and the brothers, (77) Philip Pieterse
and (79) Richard, who died in Texas. Most of them lived
and died on the lands acquired by Philip (Pieterse) Schuy
ler, known as the " Flatts," with Winter's plantation and
the farm given to (18) Peter and (19) Jeremiah Schuyler
as their mother's share of the manor of Rensselaerwyck.
When they died they were buried in the private cemetry
near the old house. Besides the forty-four graves in that
old burial-place marked by monuments, there are many
others without a stone or tablet to indicate whose remains
lie below. Here were buried the three sons of Peter
Schuyler — Philip, Peter and Jeremiah ; and his only adult
BURIAL PLACE. 1 57
grandsons — Peter, Stephen, and Philip. Indeed, all his
descendants in the male line, except the four emigrants to
the south, were until quite a recent period buried here.
Although this "place of graves" had been in use
several j^ears, it had not been formally detached from
the farm and set apart for a burial-place ; but when (17)
Philip Schuyler made his will, he gave the ground for that
use and no other.
" It is my will," he said, " that the present Burying
Place be forever kept and appropriated for that use and
no other, and I do hereby devise the said ground contain
ing one acre for the Burying Place for all the descendants
of my father Peter Schuyler dec** and of my father-in-law
John Schuyler dec" and such other persons as my beloved
wife, or my brothers Jeremy and Peter, or their heirs, shall
permit." This burial-place is now included within the limits of
West Troy. Fearing lest it may be disturbed, various
members of the family are depositing their dead in the
Albany Rural Cemetry. From present appearances, this
interesting spot will soon be a thing of the past. Rather
than have the dead with their monuments removed, and
this consecrated ground occupied for other purposes, it
should be surrounded with a solid wall. In its centre
should be placed a block of granite, inscribed, " Here lie
the remains of four generations of Schuylers, the descend
ants of the great Quidor of the Five Nations.''
Peter Schuyler's first wife, Engeltie Van Schaick, was
the daughter of his father's old friend, Goosen Gerritse
Van Schaick, by his second wife, Annatje Lievens. After
her death he married Maria, daughter of Jeremiah Van
Rensselaer, son of the first patroon, who for many years
had charge of the colony of Rensselaerwyck. Her brother
158 PHILIP SCHUYLER.
Killian, in the settlement of his grandfather's estate, ob
tained possession of the manor and of the Claverack tract
for himself, two brothers, and two sisters, of which his
sister Maria's two sons, Peter and Jeremy, eventually ob
tained a farm of three or four hundred acres only as their
mother's share of the vast estate. This was the second in
a long succession of marriages between the Schuylers and
Van Rensselaers continued to the present generation.
Philip Schuyler (17) held a prominent position in the
province many years. He succeeded his father as com
missioner of Indian affairs, but not to his influence among
the Five Nations. They respected him for his high char
acter and integrity, but did not defer implicitly to his
counsel. He was not so much in the confidence of the
governors as his father had been, and hence his influence
was weakened among the Indians . He was not in favor
with Governor Clinton, because in the Assembly he was
independent, and acted rather with the party opposed to
the governor, which was under the leadership of James
de Lancey.
In August, 1747, while Colonel Schuyler was in New
York attending the Assembly, his family was in peril from
scalping parties of the French Indians, who were in the
neighborhood, and had killed a white man and an Indian
on the road between Albany and Schenectady, besides a
large number of cattle on the deserted farms at Canas
tagione. By order of Governor Clinton, the troops which
had been posted north of Albany, except those in Fort
Clinton at Saratoga, were transferred to a camp at Green-
bush, where they were of little service in case of a sudden
attack on the northern suburbs of Albany.
Colonel Schuyler's house at the Flatts, where his family
resided, was stockaded and made defensible. " It could
contain a hundred men at least." When the troops were
PHILIP SCHUYLER. I 59
about to leave the vicinity, Mrs. Schuyler and her friends
made earnest appeals to the commanding officer to leave
some of them at her house, if only for a short time, until
she could remove her effects to the city ; but in vain, the
officer alleging that the orders of the governor were im
perative. When these facts were known in New York, the
Council presented an address to Clinton, urging him to
reconsider his orders and encamp the troops at the Flatts,
being a better site for a camp and a far better position
for the protection of the frontiers. He gave an evasive
reply, but left the troops at Greenbush. Later in the
season he destroyed the fort at Saratoga, leaving the
northern frontiers down to Albany open to the enemy.
The Assembly charged that the governor " was di
rected by the counsels of a man obnoxious to them, who
by low, wicked acts disturbed the peace of the people,"
referring to Cadwallader Colden. It is quite probable
that this gentleman advised the removal of the troops
stationed at the Flatts because of his dislike to Colonel
Peter Schuyler. The historian Smith remarked, " Colonel
Philip Schuyler unwisely joined the opposition to Clin
ton." He could not certainly with self-respect attach
himself to the governor's party, while it was controlled by
Colden. Colonel Schuyler was fortunate in his domestic rela
tions, except that he was not blessed with children. At
the age of twenty-four years he married his cousin, Mar
garita Schuyler, the "American lady" of Mrs. Grant, with
whom he spent thirty-four years of uninterrupted happi
ness. He had a house in town, but lived much of the
time on his farm at the Flatts. He died on February i6,
1758, and was buried in the private cemetery near his
house, where his monument, erected by his widow, still
stands in good preservation.
l60 PHILIP SCHUYLER.
His will is dated June 28, 1748, and was admitted to
probate on August 29, 1766. His large landed estate,
all of which he had received from his father, he dis
tributed among his brothers and sisters, or their heirs.
To his brothers, Peter and Jeremy, he gave his wearing ap
parel. To his sister, Gertrude Lansing, and her son Peter,
he gave each ;^5o ; and to his nephew, Peter Schuy
ler, he gave his "two large silver salt-cellars." "To
my two sisters, Margrita Livingston and Gertruy Lansing,
and my nephew, Barent Staats, Jr.," ' he gave his ninth
share in the patent of Westenhook, each a third. Barent
Staats, Jr., was required to pay from his share, " to his
sister, Anna Van der Poel,^ the sum of fifty pounds."
After making provision for the " Bui-ying Place," he be
queathed to his wife a farm on the Mohawk River oppo
site Canajoharie, all his personal estate after the payment
of his debts and funeral expenses, and the use of the
Flatts farm during life. He gave to his brother Jeremy
the island, and to his brother Peter the remainder of the
farm, both to come into possession after the death of his
widow. To this point all his bequests were confined to
his own family, but before closing he left a token of re
membrance to one bearing his own name, a favorite
nephew of his wife, Philip Schuyler, the future general,
giving him a piece of woodland lying on the west side of
the river north of his farm.
' He was junior to one of the same name, a cousin of his father's.
* Anna Staats married Johannes Van der Poel, May 5, 1743, and was
his second wife. Hon. Aaron Van der Poel, of New York, supposed she
was a daughter of "Dr. Samuel Staats, who married a sister of Aunt
Schuyler." The vnll of Philip Schuyler shows this to be an error. She
was doubtless the daughter of Abraham Staats, who was Dr. Samuel's .
nephew. She was a niece by marriage of Aunt Schuyler (" The American
Lat.lv '"), and a second cousin bv blood.
PEDROM SCHUYLER. l6l
Peter Schuyler, Jr., (i8) in his youth was active and
enterprising. When Governor Burnet made the experi
ment of establishing a fort among the Seneca Indians to
counteract the efforts of the French to bring that nation
more under their influence, he resolved to send ten men
to Irondequoit for a year, and selected Schuyler as their
captain. He was young, but bold and fearless. He ac
cepted the position without hesitation, knowing that it
was one of peril and self-denial, among barbarians, far
away from civilization and the comforts of home. In
after years he suffered from deafness, and was obliged to
confine himself to the superintendence of his farm. He
was much esteemed by his family and friends, who called
him Pedrom ;.he lived to an advanced age, and died in
the midst of the Revolutionary strife. He alone of his
father's sons continued the direct line of that branch of
the family.
Jeremiah Schuyler (19) seems to have led a quiet life,
residing on his farm near the old homestead. He married
a French lady of New York, whose family name is not
known, and had five children. His only sons, Peter and
Thomas, died in childhood. His three daughters married,
but died in early life. He did not long survive them.
Mrs. Grant, in the " American Lady," gives a sad picture
of the lonely widow — confined to her bed with an incurable
illness, bereft of husband and children, with none but ser
vants or distant relatives to administer comfort and conso
lation. Peter Schuyler (20) was the third of the name, and,
being the eldest in the direct line, it was supposed that
he would inherit the bulk of his uncle (17) Philip's landed
-estate. If such were the wishes of friends, they were
doomed to disappointment, as seen by the will, made five
Vol. IL— II
l62 PETER SCHUYLER (33).
years before his death. He married his second cousin,
the favorite niece of his uncle Philip's wife. He died
early in life, at the age of thirty.
Stephen (24) and Philip Schuyler (25) were quiet farm
ers, contenting themselves with the produce of their lands
and seldom appearing in public life. Philip was the colo
nel of a regiment in the Revolutionary War, but I have
been unable to learn any details of his services.
Peter Schuyler {^;i), the fourth of the name, was State
Senator from the western district, which then included Al
bany County, from 1787 to 1791, and was elected for an
other term, but died the day before the house convened.
He was twice on the Council of Appointment, 1787 and
1 79 1. His uncle, the general, was in the Senate and on
the Council at the same time. Being quite young, and
with little experience in public affairs, he was regarded by
his uncle as a sort of pupil, who was bound to look to him
as his guide and instructor in political matters. Peter had
some of his uncle's spirit, and, being of the eldest line, he
was disposed to resent the uncle's patronage and act on
his own convictions. In fine, they did not agre^, although
they were of the same political party.
His grandfather had given him the farm on which he
lived, but he wanted a wider field, and removed to Cana
joharie, taking with him the family papers and relics, the
" heirlooms " of the great Quidor, among which were the
portrait, silver vase, and diamonds presented by Queen
Anne in 1710. After the death of his first wife, he mar
ried a lady "outside the family circle." He was the first
to take up his residence " so far from home," and after
his death, without children, the relics were scattered, and
some of them lost. General Schuyler, almost the only one
of that generation of Schuylers who cared for such things
PETER P. SCHUYLER. 1 63
and had some taste for genealogy, recovered some of the
papers and the silver vase, which are now in the posses
sion of his grandson, George L. Schuyler, of New York
City. The life-size portrait, painted by the court painter
of Queen Anne, was returned to Peter S. Schuyler (35),
then the eldest in descent, and is now in possession of
the family of the late John C. Schuyler (57). The "dia
monds " were retained by the second wife. Nearly a hun
dred years after his death they were sent to a jeweller in
Albany to be reset. Peter Schuyler {2;^) was buried in
the cemetery at the Flatts, and a monument placed over
his grave.
Peter P. Schuyler (46) entered the army of the United
States, as an Ensign of the Second Infantry, in July, 1797.
He was promoted to be Second Lieutenant in the Third
Infantry, July, 1798; First Lieutenant, March 2, 1799;
Regimental Quartermaster, November, 1799; Assistant
Military Agent at Mobile, May, 1802 ; Captain, Second
Infantry, December, 1803 ; Colonel of the Thirteenth In
fantry, March 12, 1812 ; Adjutant-General for Military
District No. i (Massachusetts and New Hampshire), April
28, 1813 ; and resigned, June 15, 1815. He was also Treas
urer of the State of Mississippi, and died at Natchez of
yellow fever. His family returned to Albany.
Several other members of the family held responsible
positions. Jeremiah Schuyler (41) was member of Assem
bly, 1810, and sheriff of Rensselaer County, 1813 to 1815.
Harmanus P. Schuyler (43) was sheriff of Albany County,
1800. John C. Schuyler (57) was member of Assembly,
1836. Cornelius Schuyler (72) was sheriff of Rensselaer
County, 1837 to 1840, and member of Assembly from
Saratoga County, 1855.
III.
BRANDT SCHUYLER.
Nothing is known of his early life. At the age of
twenty-two years he married Cornelia, youngest daughter
of the old burgomaster, Oloff Stevense Van Cortlandt, of
New York City, July 12, 1682, and immediately afterward
we find him in the mercantile business in that city ; and
he soon took a leading position among its business men.
As others of his time, he found leisure to discharge the
duties of some minor offices of the church and city. He
was a thorough Dutchman, and adhered to the " Nether
Dutch Church," in which he soon became an office-bearer.
Two years after his marriage, he was commissioned as
second lieutenant in one of the militia companies, of which
Jacob Leisler was captain. A few years afterward he was
promoted to the captaincy of another company.
In politics lie was active and vigorous. There were two
political parties then as now, but by what names they
were known cannot be determined.
Under the Dutch the province had been governed by a
director-general and Council appointed by the West India
Company, and, when it passed into the hands of the Duke
of York, by a governor and Council of his appointment.
There was no Assembly or Legislature elected by the
people, although in critical times the director-general had
been forced to ask the people to select eight or ten
men to form an advisory board. At first the Duke of
BRANDT SCHUYLER. 165
York, being opposed to popular assemblies, administered
the government by a governor and Council. In after
years he directed Governor Dongan to call an Assembly,
whose bill of rights did not please him, and it was dis
solved. The old method was pursued until, as James II.,
he lost his crov/n. William HI., his successor, authorized
Colonel Sloughter, in his instructions of November, 1689,
to revive the Assembly. Before his arrival Jacob Leisler
assumed control, and first caused a committee of safety,
and subsequently a Council and Assembly, to be chosen
by the people. Leisler's proceedings placed the old Coun
cil and their friends in opposition. Office-holders are not
friendly to changes and revolutions — to measures which
deprive them of their positions. Then, if not before, the
political parties were distinctively known by party names
— Leislerian and anti-Leislerian.
Brandt Schuyler belonged to the latter, and was not an
inactive partisan. Leisler had possession of the fort, and
thus controlled the city. He and his friends were now in
power, and opposed the change ; they sought to hold
their places against all comers. Besides the military arm,
they used the cry of " No popery" with much effect. The
people wei'e mostly ardent Protestants, and their fears
were easily excited. It was known that King James was
a Roman Catholic, who had sought to reinstate tlie old
religion in its old place in the English realm, and, as
Governor Dongan was a Catholic, it was believed that he
had been pursuing the same policy in New York, by ap
pointing adherents of the Catholic faith to office. Al
though the late councillors and their adherents were mem
bers, and some of them officers, of the same Protestant
Church to which Leisler belonged, they were .cried down
as " papists," and persons dangerous to the religion and
liberties of the people. False alarms were raised to excite
l66 BRANDT SCHUYLER ARRESTED.
the populace, and, to procure the arrest of obnoxious indi
viduals, some of whom were thrown into prison.
On one such occasion, in August, 1689, Brandt Schuyler
and several others were arrested in the night, and detained
until morning. This alarm was occasioned by a man on
horseback, who did not stop when hailed. He was sup
posed to be Sir Edmund Andros, late governor, escaped
from his Boston prison. After the capture and examina
tion of a few Harvard College students, who had accom
panied the post-rider on a pleasure trip through New
England to New York, and learning that Sir Edmund was
nowhere to be found, Leisler graciously released the
prisoners. A year later, a commotion was raised by a
proclamation of Leisler, who then assumed to be lieuten
ant-governor, requiring the militia to complete the city
fortifications. Leisler had recently incarcerated some of
his leading opponents in the dungeon of the fort, and he
now imagined that he saw indications of a purpose on the
part of the prisoners' friends to assault the fort for their
rescue. He appeared in the streets armed, and by his
blustering soon collected a crowd around him, composed
of friends and foes. His arrogant manner provoked some
of the crowd to jostle him, and perhaps to strike him ; he
charged that one John Crooke " stroke him with a cooper's
adze, intending to murder him." He defended himself
until the soldiers of the fort came to his rescue, by which
means " his majesty's government was saved from destruc
tion." He immediately issued another proclamation, re
citing that " some of the head leaders were secured in the
fort," but that as others had absconded, he enjoined the
justices of the peace, the sheriff, and military officers to
arrest them. Among the persons named in the proclama
tion was Brandt Schuyler. In the protracted investiga
tion which followed, the only evidence implicating Schuy-
SCHUYLER ALDERMAN. 167
ler was that of Conrad Ten Eyck, who swore that he saw
him and others " running toward the bridge (over Broad
Street), saying they would fetch the prisoners out of the
fort." It does not appear rtiat all of the offenders named
were arrested. If the proclamation was meant in earnest,
they succeeded in concealing themselves ; but if it was in
tended only for effect on the popular mind, they remained
within doors a few days, and then attended to their busi
ness as usual. Poor Bayard and Nicoll, the " head lead
ers," were secure in the dungeon, and were not released
until Governor Sloughter's arrival.
Shortly after Leisler's execution. Bayard, Schuyler, and
other leaders of their party, were appointed a court-mar
tial to try the officers and privates of the militia com
panies who had thrown off all military discipline and
followed I^eislers fortune's. Had their proceedings been
preserved, they would have thrown more light on the
history of the times, at least on the story of individual
actors in that stormy period.
From the time of Leisler's fall until May, 1698, seven
years, the anti-Leislerian party were in power. Schuy
ler was elected an alderman of the city, and held the
office by subsequent elections until 1697. He lost his
election in 1698, but succeeded the next year, in spite of
the governor's opposition. In 1694 he was appointed
justice of the peace, and from 1695 to 1698 he was mem
ber of the Assembly.
When Lord Bellomont assumed the government, there
was a change in majorities. He was a Leislerian, and
threw all his influence on the side of his party friends.
With a powerful advocate in the gubernatorial chair, the
courage of the Leislerians revived, and they pushed their
opponents to the wall. The old Assembly was dissolved.
1 68 NANFAN.
and a new one was elected, in which they had a majority.
Bellomont's administration was so partisan, that he lost
his popularity, and drove sonie of his friends into the op
position ranks. The original anti-Leislerians were not
conciliated, and were unwearied ill their efforts to influence
the home government against him. These efforts were
not without some apparent success, for in about eighteen
months after his arrival, it began to be whispered about
that he would soon be recalled. His death (March 5, 1701)
made a vacancy before his opponents could anticipate it
by removal.
The opposite party were now quite sure that the next
governor, whoever he might be, would favor their faction.
Nor were they mistaken. So sure were they, that before
Bellomont's burial a prominent member of the opposition
wrote to the English ministry, recommending certain of
his friends to the Council, under the firm belief that the
Leislerians would be removed. Among the names was
that of Brandt Schuyler. There is little doubt that had
he lived he would have reached that position sooner or
later. It was the highest in the province to which a native
New Yorker could then aspire.
Lieutenant-Governor Nanfan was a brother-in-law of
Bellomont, and was firmly attached to his party. He was
in the West Indies when the governor died, but on his re
turn succeeded to the government. His short adminis
tration was decidedly partisan, and became notorious by
the trial and conviction of Nicholas Bayard and Alderman
Hutchings for high treason. Nanfan vvas ambitious, and
would have been greatly pleased to be left, for a time at
least, the acting governor of the colony. He was profuse
in pledges to the ministry to be impartial in his adminis
tration, and for a while seemed to regard his promises. He
appointed Thomas Noel, an anti-Leislerian, mayor of the
leisler's BURIAL. 1 69
city, and Abraham Gouverneur, Leislerian, recorder, in
October, 1701. But he soon forgot his pledges, and, under
the manipulation of the Council, became arbitrary and
reckless. It was during his administration, as we have
seen, that Brandt Schuyler had such an exciting contest
to secure his seat in the Common Council. He won the
place, but did not live to enjoy it.
In the fall of 1698, the friends of Leisler made applica
tion to the officers of the church for permission to bury
his remains in the graveyard of the church. Their reply
is worth preserving, as showing how neatly they extricated
themselves from a dilemma. The congregation was di
vided in politics ; the minister and leading members being
anti-Leislerian, while many influential men belonged to
the opposite party. There was great bitterness between
the two factions, and it ¦was difficult to please both, how
ever the officers might decide. They gave the following
reply to the application :
" Because we are pressed by both parties in the congre
gation, and wishing to preserve peace in our church, we
cannot consent thereto, but we shall not hinder it.
" Thomas De Kay.
"Johannes Kip.
"Brandt Schuyler."
The graveyard surrounded the church, and was not diffi
cult of access. "We shall not hinder it " was interpreted
to mean — the remains of Leisler and Milborne may be
buried there, if you take the responsibility. They were
accordingly disinterred at night from the foot of the gal
lows on which they had been executed, and by torchlight
deposited in the cemetery of the Nether Dutch Church of
New York. The proceeding caused an unusual excite
ment, and aroused afresh the old animosities. Even the
I/O BRANDT SCHUYLER'S DEATH.
governor. Lord Bellomont, watched the proceedings, and
made mention of them in a letter to the Lords of Trade.
Brandt Schuyler died in the prime of life, ere he had
reaped the full reward of his business enterprise, or
reached the goal of his political ambition. I have not
been able to learn the exact date of his death. His name
is attached to the petition of the Protestants of New York
to King William III., dated December 30, 1701, and that is
the last time that it appears in the records to which I have
had access. His will is dated January 11, 1700, to which
is attached a codicil, dated " 25th Anno Dom. 1702," the
month being omitted. The will was not offered for pro
bate until April 18, 1723. It is probable that he died soon
after signing the codicil, in the winter or early spring of
1702, as may be inferred from other papers in my pos
session. He left three minor sons to the care of their
widowed mother.
GENEALOGICAL TABLE.
Brandt Schitvler's Descendants.
6. BRANDT SCHUYLER, b. December i8, l6sg.
m. July 12, 1682, Cornelia Van Cortlandt,
bp. November 28, 1655.
136. Philip, bp. November 6, 1683.
m. August 28, 1 7 13, Ann Elizabeth Staats, bp. Decem
ber 21, i6go.
137. Olof, bp. December Ig, 1686, d. a. p.
138. John, bp. January 15, i6go, d. s. p.
136. PHILIP SCHUYLER and Ann Elizabeth Staats.
I3g. Johanna, bp. October 17, 17 14.
. 140. Brandt, bp. July 21, 1717, d. August 15, 1752.
m. April 16, 1741, Margareta Van Wyck.
141. Samuel, bp. June 7, 17 19.
140. BRANDT SCHUYLER and Margareta Van Wyck.
142. Johanna, m. William Lupton.
143. Catharine, m. Comelis Switz.
144. Samuel, m. June 27, 1770, Elizabeth Clapper.
145. Ann Elizabeth, m. March 2g, 1769, John J. Bleecker.
144. SAMUEL SCHUYLER and Elizabeth Clapper.
146. Elizabeth, m. Rev. Gerardus Cuypers.
147. Catharine, m. Comelis Van Alen.
148. Margaret, m. George Harson.
149. Anna, m. John Elting.
150. Peter Clopper, m. Lamb, d, s. p.
151. Samuel, d. a. p. in West Indies.
152. Abraham Lefferts, m. Elizabeth Voris.
152. ABRAHAM LEFFERTS SCHUYLER and Elizabeth Voris.
153. Eliza, m. Ed-uoard Van Olitigen.
154. Samuel, m. Catharine W. V. Boyd.
155. Maria, m. Rev. J. S. Davis.
156. Cornelius V. A., fn. Eliza Shaw.
157. Abraham L., died in infancy.
158. Peter C, m. Hannah C. Kingsland.
I5g. Jane Ann, m. David Miller.
1/2 SAMUEL STAATS.
It is seen by the foregoing table that the descendants
of Brandt Schuyler (6) are very few. The reasons are ob
vious : the families were not large, and for four genera
tions there was only one in each to continue the line of
direct descent.
The wife of Philip Schuyler (136) was the daughter of
Samuel Staats, of New York, who was a prominent man
in the politics of his times. He was a leading adviser of
Jacob Leisler, and a member of his Council. Under the
administrations of Sloughter and Fletcher he was in re
tirement. Bellomont made him a member of his Council,
1698, in which he retained a seat until June, 1702, wlien
he was removed by Lord Cornbury. He was restored to
the Board by Governor Hunter, in 1710, and remained a
member until his death. Staats was undoubtedly a shrewd
politician. Before Leisler's fall he had withdrawn from
his Council, and thereby escaped trial for treason, for
which others less conspicuous were tried and convicted.
It is curious to observe how quickly the political animosi
ties of tliose days were forgotten by families apparently
the most antagonistic. Dr. Staats was one of Leisler's
main supporters when Brandt Schuyler and Stephanus
Van Cortlandt were arrested and prosecuted, and yet with
in a few years their sons married his daughters on the same
day. Professor Pearson, in the "First Settlers of Albany,"
says : " It is said that Samuel Staats learned his profession
in Holland, and on his return settled in New Amsterdam.
When the province surrendered to the English, in 1664, he
went back to Holland, where he remained until 1688, and
then returned to New York."
Gouverneur Kemble said that Dr. Staats' first wife
" was an East Indian Begum, or Princess, whom he married
while holding an appointment in India, obtained for him
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by William of Orange, and with whom and his children he
returned to Holland, and thence to New York.''
He was only seven years old when the English took
possession of New York, and twenty-two when his first
child was baptized in the Dutch Church of that city. Pro
fessor Pearson's authority is not trustworthy, or the doc
tor was precocious. Mr. Kemble was misled, probably by
some family tradition, for Samuel Staats' first wife, and
the mother of his children, was plain Johanna Rynders, of
Albany, whose father was a smith, and not a prince.
Family traditions are oftentimes curious and interesting,
but seldom trustworthy.'
Dr. Samuel Staats died Septeniber 27, 1715, as recorded
by Isaac Gouverneur, his son-in-law, in his Bible, which
adds : " His age was 58 years in the month of May last past."
Brandt Schuyler (140) died at an early age. The fol
lowing notice of his death was contained in the Weekly
Posi Boy, August 17, 1752 :
" Monday last departed this Life, after a very lingering
Illness, Brandt Schuyler Esq. Deputy Mayor, and Alder
man of the South Ward of this City ; in which last Post
lie had been successively chosen for several Years past."
His widow, in the following October, advertised to sell
a farm or plantation of eighty acres, situated near Green
wich on the North River, "with the stock of cattle and
horses ; and a fine young negro fellow used to the farm."
Ann Elizabeth Schuyler (145) was born after her
father's death. At an early age she developed a taste for
literature and a talent for making verses. Colonel Stone,
' Another and probably equally veracious tradition is that the Staats
family are descendants from a certain Rear- Admiral Joachim Ghyse, who
captured a Spanish fleet, and as. a recompense was given the name of
Staats and a coat of arms engraved on a gold gorget.
174 ANN ELIZA BLEECKER.
in his "Life of Joseph Brant," relates the story of her
flight from the Indians in 1777, and in a foot-note says :
" It was taken from Kettell's biographical sketches of
American poets. Her memoirs and her poems were pub
lished many years ago, but I have sought in vain among
the libraries and among the Bleeckers to obtain a copy."
More fortunate than Mr. Stone, I have been able to pro
cure a perfect copy, containing an engraved portrait of
the author by Tiebout. It is a duodecimo volume of xvii.
and 375 pages, the title of which reads : " Posthumous
Works of Ann Eliza Bleecker, in Pirose and Verse. To
which is added, A Collection of Essays, Prose and Poet
ical, by Margaretta V. Faugeres. New York. T. & J.
Swords. 1793."
On the fly-leaf is written, " Jn°. Allan, 1802." Be
sides the publishers' address and a list of subscribers,
among whom was DeWitt Clinton, it contains the me
moirs of Mrs. Bleecker, written by her daughter, Mrs,
Faugeres ; the works of Mrs. Bleecker, consisting of two
prose articles of some length, one the " History of Maria
Kittle," the other the " Story of Henry and Anne," both
narratives of facts in the lives of two of her neighbors at
Tomhanack ; several letters addressed to friends and rel
atives ; and thirty-six poetical pieces, the longest of
which, "Joseph," occupies fourteen pages. Of the 375
pages in the book, the contributions of Mrs. Faugeres
cover 113.
The story of her own life, as gathered from her me
moirs and letters, is quite as interesting and pathetic as
anything she wrote.
Although unborn when her father made his will, Anne
Elizabeth (changed to Ann Eliza) Schuyler shared by that
instrument equally with her brother and sisters in the
estate, which was considerable. She was less than seven-
ANN ELIZA BLEECKER. 175
teen years old when, on March 29, 1769, she married John
J. Bleecker, of New Rochelle, a great-grandson of Jan
Jansen Bleecker, of Albany, the American ancestor of the
numerous families of that name. His grandmother was
Catalyna, daughter of David Schuyler and Catalyna Ver
Planck. Soon after their marriage they removed to Poughkeep
sie, where they remained about two years, when they
removed to Tomhanack, now Schaghticoke, where Mr.
Bleecker possessed some landed property. He built a
house in a pleasant locality, commanding delightful pros
pects and surrounded by forest trees, in which he settled
his little family. He had studied law, but had abandoned
the profession and engaged in agriculture, as more con
genial to his tastes. He was a kind and affectionate hus
band, and encouraged his wife to cultivate her literary
tastes. Their fortune enabled them to live in a style be
coming their education and acquirements, without refer
ence to the economies of ordinary farmers. They were
fond of their friends, and their house was always open for
their entertainment. For a few years their lives flowed on
in uninterrupted enjo)'^ment. But the country was in tlie
throes of revolution, and they could not long escape the
vicissitudes of war. Their retreat lay in the path of ar
mies, and was soon invaded by the enemy.
When Burgoyne, on his march down the Hudson, ap
proached their neighborhood, with swarms of savages on
his wings, Mr. Bleecker hastened to Albany to obtain ac
commodations for his family until the danger was past,
leaving his wife and two young children to the care of his
servants and neighbors. He had hardly been gone a day
when Mrs. Bleecker, while at the breakfast-table, received
intelligence that Burgoyne's Indians were within two
miles, burning the dwellings and killing the people. A
1/6 ANN ELIZA BLEECKER.
mother's instinct to protect her little ones deprived her of
reflection. Without stopping a moment to order a car
riage, or make the slightest preparation for a journey, she
took her youngest child on her arm, and the other, a girl
of four years, by the hand, and fled, accompanied only by
a young servant-girl. She joined a throng of fugitives, all
so intent on their own safety that they did not observe, or
apparently care for, the poor mother and her children.
When worn down with anxiety and fatigue, she procured
a place in a wagon for the little ones, and herself walked
by their side. At last she reached Lansingburgh, where
she had friends and acquaintances, among whom she had
hoped to find a temporary resting-place. Some of them
had enjoyed her hospitality, but they declined to receive
her when she knocked at their doors. At last a rich old
acquaintance admitted her to sleep in his garret, with a
pair of blankets and the floor for her bed. Poor mother !
she could not sleep, but sat and wept through the night.
In view of this dismal night, she afterward exclaimed,
in a letter to a friend, " Curst be the heart that is callous
to the feelings of humanity." Her husband met her in the
morning and conveyed her to Albany. Unable to find
suitable lodgings in the city, they took passage on a ves
sel, hoping to find some place of rest and safety farther
down the river. On their way the youngest child sick
ened and suddenly died. It was buried on the bank of
the river, in a coffin prepared from a dining-table. The
mother's heart was well-nigh broken, but there were other
trials in store for her.
They arrived at Red Hook, and were received in the
house of a relative. Here she met her mother, who had
been spending some weeks with her at Tomhanack, and
had left her just before her flight. She was now wasted
to a shadow by her sorrows and afflictions, which had
ANN ELIZA BLEECKER. i']']
been more than she could bear, and died within a few
days in the arms of her daughter. Not long afterwards
Burgoyne and his army surrendered to the patriots, and
Mr. Bleecker with his family set out on their return to
their desolate and plundered home. They arrived in Al
bany in time to stand by the deathbed of Mrs. Bleecker's
only remaining sister, Mrs. Switz.
They arrived at Tomhanack late in the fall, and passed
the winter in tolerable comfort, although the Indians had
spared little in their house or fields.
The capture of Burgoyne relieved the country from
pressing danger, but did not wholly secure the northern
frontiers. They were yet open to the incursions of small
parties of Indians and tories, who came for plunder and
for prisoners. It was the policy of the British to keep
the northern borders in constant alarm by parties from
Canada, and thus, by detaining the men to guard their
own homes, weaken the armies of the patriots. Such
plundering parties were made up chiefly of tories and dis
affected persons, who had fled to Canada. They knew
the houses where the most plunder could be found, and,
disguising themselves as Indians, they would steal through
the forests, and suddenly swoop down on some unguarded
neighbprhood, committing acts of more savage cruelty
than the savages themselves.
In the winter of 1779, thirty of these miscreants fell
upon some of the inhabitants of Tomhanack, and then
followed a scene of terror impossible to describe. Mr.
Bleecker was much from home on the public service, be
ing an ardent lover of the liberal cause, leaving his fam
ily to the care of servants. On this occasion they fled as
before, but with more method and preparation. They
reached Coeymans in safety, and found asylum with a
distant relative of Mrs. Bleecker's grandmother, Anne
Vol. II.— 12
178 ANN ELIZA BLEECKER.
Elizabeth Staats, wife of Philip Schuyler, for whom slie
was named. They returned to Tomhanack in the spring,
but they lived amid danger and excitement.
In August, 1 78 1, Mr. Bleecker, on returning from the
harvest-field toward the close of the day, was taken by a
few tories and British soldiers within sight of his house.
His captors hurried him into concealment, and then
showed their orders from Colonel St. Leger for his cap
ture. They had been on the watch several days from their
hiding-place overlooking his farm, and had become so im
patient of the delay that they had resolved to take him
from his bed that same night. They securely bound his
arms with cords, and obliged him to accompany them
through the forests, travelling at night and lying con
cealed by day. On the fourth day, when they imagined
themselves secure from pursuit, a party of Vermonters
unexpectedly pounced upon them, and compelled them to
surrender. Meantime, Mrs. Bleecker sat waiting for the
return of her husband from the harvest-field, until becom
ing alarmed she sent out a messenger, who soon returned
with the intelligence that he had found the team tied to a
tree, but could find no trace of Mr. Bleecker. His poor
v(rife, believing that he had been captured, alarmed the
neighbors, who searched in vain. Despairing of ever see
ing him again, she retired to Albany, and was kindly re
ceived by sympathizing friends. On the sixth day after
his capture her husband joined her ; her joy was over
whelming. The reaction brought on a fever, followed by
a long and severe illness, from which she never fully re
covered. They again returned to Tomhanack ; but they were
never safe. In the following summer another attempt
was made to capture Mr. Bleecker. A party of five men,
headed by a notorious tory, lay concealed three days near
ANN ELIZA BLEECKER. 1 79
their house, but were frightened away before they could
accomplish their purpose. With failing health Mrs.
Bleecker assumed an air of cheerfulness, and corre
sponded with her friends as usual. Her kind husband
tried every expedient to counteract the disease which
was slowly wasting her strength and life. She accompa
nied him on journeys of business or pleasure inter Vermont
and western Massachusetts, but all without avail. Con
scious that she had not long to live, she wrote a pathetic
farewell letter to her brother, in May, 1783, in which she
recounted some of her past experiences and sufferings,
and said she had "given her little history, that you may
see I die of a broken heart."
As a last expedient, Mr. Bleecker took her to New York,
peace having been made, although the British troops had
not yet left the city. He had hoped a visit to her old
home might have a favorable influence on her health and
spirits, and perhaps snatch her from the grave. It was a
sad disappointment. A large part of the city had been
devastated by fire early in the war, and still lay in ruins.
The houses of parents, relatives, and friends were gone,
and she with difficulty found the places where they had
stood. Her relatives and old friends had not yet returned
from the various parts of the country in which they had
found refuge when the British army had occupied the
city. Some were dead, while a few had left the country
never to return. There were none to greet her with a
kindly welcome, and she turned away with a heart more
sad and heavy than when she arrived. She returned to
her country home, where after a few months she quietly
closed her eyes in the " sleep that knows no waking." She
died at the early age of thirty-one years.
IV.
* ARENT SCHUYLER.
Arent Schuyler, the. fourth son of Philip Schuyler and
Margarita Van Slichtenhorst, was born in Beverwyck, June
25, 1662. Nothing is known of his boyhood or education.
He received sufficient instruction in the schools to fit him
for a business life, and it is probable that, like the young
men of his time, he completed his education on the lakes
and rivers, among the forests and mountains of the inte
rior, on trading tours with the Indians.
In July, 1684, having fitted himself to pursue the busi
ness of a merchant, and having acquired some capital with
which to commence, he began his preparations for marr
riage and housekeeping. He bought a house on Pearl
Street, " where the eagle hangs out," of his mother, for
two hundred beavers, to be paid in two instalments. He
already occupied the house, and instead of a door-plate he
hung out a live eagle in a cage for his name, Arent mean
ing eagle. He married Jenneke Teller, on November 26,
1684. She was the daughter of William Teller, who had
come from Holland in 1639, and had settled in Albany,
where alter a few years of employment by the West India
Company he engaged in trade, which he followed for fifty
years, and then removed with his sons to New York. A
few months after his marriage, Arent Schuyler and his
wife made a joint will, which, written in Dutch, is pre
served among the original records of Albany. They ap
peared before a notary public, who wrote :
ARENT SCHUYLER. l8l
" The worthy Mr. Arent Schuyler and Jenneke Teller,
lawfully wedded husband and wife, living here in Albany,
both sound in body and mind, able to walk and stand,
memory and speech unimpaired, who together having
meditated on the certainty of death, and the uncertainty
of the hour of it, and moved by their mutual affection and
love, have directed, without being persuaded or influ
enced by anybody, to have their last will and testament
drawn up.
"They first and above all commend their souls to God
Almighty, and their bodies to a Christian burial.
"They desire that the survivor shall remain possessed
of and inherit all the estate and personal property, house,
lot, movables and immovables, jewels, silver and gold,
coined and uncoined, linen, wool, merchandise, furniture,
and all and everything, which they now possess, or may
hereafter possess (may he or she remarry or not), without
being held to pay over to the parents, friends, or anybody
else, even a stiver's worth, much less to deliver an inven
tory, or to give security, for the survivor shall remain ab
solute heir, administrator, and executor of the entire es
tate, even as if they were still both alive."
After making provision for any children that " hereafter
may be born," and prohibiting any interference by the
magistrates or orphan-masters, they declare this to be
their last will and testament, and sign, " Arent Schuyler,
Yenke Teller."
For the next five years Arent Schuyler is supposed to
have been actively engaged in his business, meantime dis
charging some of the public duties of a good citizen. At
one time he served on a committee for providing fuel and
other comforts for the houses occupied by the Indians
on their trading expeditions to Albany. He was one of
the committee to raise funds by subscription to erect
fortifications and prepare defences against expected at
tacks of the enemy. He actively participated in the pro-
1 82 EXPEDITION TO CANADA.
ceedings of the Albany Convention in opposition to the
pretensions of Jacob Leisler.
After the destruction of Schenectady, in 1690, the Al
bany Convention surrendered the fort and city to Leis
ler, but its supporters were none the less active in the de
fence of the province against the encroachments of the
French. Leisler's commissioners sent out a small detach
ment of soldiers to take a position at Crown Point and
watch the motions of the French. Shortly afterward
Captain Abraham Schuyler, with nine whites and some
friendly Indians, was directed to proceed to Otter creek
and remain four weeks, keeping close watch of the lake
and surrounding country. Arent Schuyler joined this
party, and while on duty volunteered to lead a company
of scouts into Canada. The scouting party consisted of
eight Indians, Schuyler being the only white man. They
went through the lake and forests, and down the river
Sorel to Fort Chambly, and under its walls they "killed
two, and took one Frenchman prisoner." He was the
first man of the English or Dutch to lead a hostile party
from this province into Canada. Hitherto the Five Na
tions had fought the French without the aid of their Eng
lish allies. Thenceforward the war w^as conducted mainly
by the English. Arent Schuyler's courage and success
on this occasion gained him credit, and prepared the way
for his advancement. He was commissioned a captain,
and soon acquired considerable reputation in his new pro
fession. In August, 1692, information was received by
the acting governor, Ingoldesby, that a delegation of
southern Indians, who had been at war with the Five
Nations, was on the way to visit their enemies and sue
for peace. They had arrived at the Delaware River, and
were waiting for permission to continue their journey.
The governor and Council considered this an important
SENT TO SOUTHERN INDIANS. 1 83
business, which required wisdom in its management, on
account of the sensitiveness of the Five Nations to out
side interference in their affairs. They finally concluded
that Captain Arent Schuyler, who was then in New York,
should be despatched to meet them, and conduct them
to the governor and Council. He was provided with in
structions, and with the usual belts of wampum, as well as
with letters of credit to the governor of Pennsylvania to
cover extraordinary expenses. Only six days afterward
he returned with the "far Indians, called Shawanoes, and
some Senecas, who had been travelling together for nine
years." He had been expeditious, considering the state
of the countr)' and the absence of roads. His itinerary
and expense account give some interesting information
as to the country and his route. On August 13th, he
charges an item for ferriage at Elizabethtown ; on the
14th, lodging and horse-hire ; on the isth, for horse-hire
to the Falls (Trenton) and a guide to the Indians ; on
the i6th, for two Holland shirts to be given to the In
dian chiefs, expenses for self and Indians at Raritan, and
expenses at Woodbridge ; on the 17th, for horse-hire from
Benjamin Cluet's to Elizabetlitown, when he settled with
Mr. Whitehead, who had been his guide to the Falls and
back ; on the i8th, his expenses at Elizabethtown, and
ferriage from Davitt's. At New York he charges for
"butcher's meat, crackers, and peas,'' furnished the In
dians by direction of the governor. After his arrival he
was charged with the duty of providing for the wants
I and comforts of the Indians, and purchased for their use
"fourteen gallons single beer, fish, bread, and oysters."
When they were ready to leave, he furnished them with
provisions for their journey to the Minisink country, and
a belt of wampum to be sent to the Five Nations to an
nounce their coming to Albany. The most singular feat-
1 84 THE SOUTHERN INDIANS.
ure of the account was its small amount — only ;^i2'. 5. 11.
currency. The report of his first interview with these Indians, on
the Delaware River, is an interesting document to the an
tiquarian. Space forbids its insertion at length. I only
indicate a few points. The same formalities were observed
as in negotiations with the Five Nations. He addressed
them as brethren, and presented a belt at the end of each
proposition. In turn, they addressed him as Corlaer, as
though they were speaking to the governor of New York.
" Brethren,
" The Governor was pleased to hear that you were
come to make peace with the Indians under his govern
ment. He has sent me to conduct you to him, when he
will send you to the Five Nations at Albany. [A belt.]
" Brethren,
" The Governor promises to protect you on your journey
from all harm, and will use his best efforts to procure
for you a lasting peace." [A belt.]
Matiset, supposed to be a Minisink sachem, replied :
" Father Corlaer,
"For three years I have been wandering, and at last
came to the head of the lakes, where the French have a
small fort commanded by Mons. Tonti. He inquired of
me, whatT was doing there ; and whither I was going? I
told him I was going to my country, and to my Father
Corlaer. Do you not know, said he, your father Corlaer
is dead ? I have killed him, and burnt his country.'
Therefore, Sachem Matiset, tarry with me ; and as a token
of my friendship, I give you my coat with silver lace. I
answered, the coat will not make me a sachem here. I
will rather go to my land, and see for myself, whether my
' Probably meaning the Seneca country, which Tonti assisted Denon-
ville to invade in 1687.
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father Corlaer and my brethren are dead. There will I
again make my fire. Mons. Tonti again said, you have
queer notions in your head. Certainly you have some
new design. But let me tell you this, you and all the Shaw
anoes you take with you will be killed. Then said I, I
fear you not, for to-morrow I will leave for New York.
Then spoke the sachem of the Shawanoes : T will stop
Mons. Tonti's ears. I will go with you ; and where you
lead I will follow. To him I answered ; That is good.
My land shall be your land. The Shawanoes replied ; but
I fear the Mohawks. Why fear ? said I. Corlaer is my
father, and the Dutch are my friends. But said he, where
is your land ? I have been everywhere, and have found
no good land. Minisink, I replied, is my land. There
shall we live. My brethren, the Dutch, live in New York,'
and they are good. When you see them, you will know
they are good. He answered, if they are good, as you
say, then surely we will go with you, and live in your
land." When these Indians arrived in New York, they had an
interview with Ingoldesby and the Council. They re
hearsed the story told to Captain Schuyler, Matiset being
the chief speaker, the Shawanoes only saying, that they
had come to see the country, and, if they liked it, to open
the way for their nation. They were satisfied, and now
desired that some Christians should be appointed to go
back with them to their country, and conduct their whole
nation hither with all their possessions. The next day In
goldesby gave them another reception, and a cordial invi
tation to return ¦w'ith all their tribe, and settle permanently
in the province, promising them a hearty welcome, and
all the protection that they might require. After dis
tributing suitable presents, they were dismissed, appar
ently pleased with Matiset's Dutch friends. A few days
later it was determined in Council, that their request to
1 86 THE SHA-WANOES.
have some Christians accompany them home should be
granted, and Captain Arent Schuyler was commissioned
to raise a company of thirty men for this purpose.
Governor Benjamin Fletcher arrived on August 28th,
and continued the negotiations with the stranger Indians.
Their arrival and reception was soon made known to the
Five Nations, who were suspicious of the object. Major
Peter Schuyler wrote to the governor acquainting him
with the suspicions of "our ancient allies," and warning
him to proceed cautiously. A letter was immediately de
spatched, assuring the Five Nations that it was not intend
ed to make any treaty, much less a peace, without their
consent. Not long afterward some Indians, who had for
merly lived on the Hudson River, probably at Esopus,
called to see the governor. They had been long absent
from their native country, living among the Shawanoes.
They now announced their intentions of settling at the
Minisink, where the fires of their relatives yet burned, and
they asked tlie like privilege for the far Indians, whom
they had brought with them, for they had been adopted
by the Minisinks, their friends and relatives. The gov
ernor replied, that if they first made peace with the Five
Nations, he would extend his protection over them. He
therefore advised them to go, without delay, and arrange
terms with the Five Nations, when all would be well.
With the Minisinks there was already a chain of friend
ship, which he would firmly maintain.
The governor went to Albany, in the latter part of Sep
tember, to confer with the Five Nations. On his return
to New York, he informed the Council that the Iroquois
and the Shawanoes had buried the hatchet.
Captain Schuyler organized a company of Dutchmen to
accompany the Shawanoes back to their home far in the
southwest, and placed it under the command of Arnout
ARENT SCHUYLER. lg7
Cornelise Viele, a brave man, and one acquainted with the
Indian language. We shall learn something of this expe
dition hereafter.
Arent Schuyler commanded a company of militia in the
campaign, February, 1693, when the French and Indians
werb driven from the Mohawk country by Major Peter
Schuyler. In the pursuit. Captains Arent Schuyler and
Mathews led the advance, and, having overtaken the
enemy, would have attacked him, had they not been pre
vented by the Mohawk warriors, who feared that their
women and children, then prisoners to the French, might
be sacrificed. At the close of this campaign Arent Schuy
ler had been engaged in military affairs over three years,
during which time his business had been neglected, and
probably ruined. The war continued, and Albany, as a
frontier town, was still exposed to the raids of the enemy,
requiring the utmost vigilance of its citizens to protect
themselves from impending danger. The old factions,
quieted for a time, broke out afresh. Trade was de
stroyed, and the bonds of society were loosed. All things
considered, his native city was no longer a desirable resi
dence for an enterprising young man with a growing
family, and he accordingly sought a more desirable lo
cality. His brother Brandt and his sister Gertrude were
married and settled in New York, as were also several
members of his wife's family. He resolved to join them,
and to begin life anew. He removed to New York before
February, 1694, and resumed his business as a merchant.
Arent Schuyler was well acquainted with the Indian
languages as spoken by the Five Nations, and other tribes
along the Hudson, with whom the Dutch and English had
frequent intercourse. He knew their habits and customs,
and in other respects was well adapted to negotiations with
them. These qualities commended him to the lieutenant-
1 88 ARENT SCHUYLER.
governor and Council as a fit person to meet the Shawa
noes on the Delaware River and conduct them to New
York. He had accomplished the whole business relating
to these Indians so well and satisfactorily to the authori
ties, that his services were again called into requisition in
a similar capacity. The French, ever active and solicitous
to extend their influence among the various native tribes,
and thus gain positions at different points, declined no
undertaking however hazardous to secure their objects.
Wherever there was an apparent opening for a priest or
fort, they sent their emissaries to explore the ground.
Whenever the opportunity was presented, in war or peace,
to damage their hereditary enemies, the English, they im
proved it.
At a Council held on February 3, 1694, Governor
Fletcher presented a communication from Governor Ham
ilton, of New Jersey, announcing that there were one hun
dred Frenchmen and fifty French Indians in the Mini-
sink country t(j debauch the Minisink Indians. The re
port did not seem credible, as the country of the Mini-
sinks, lying on the Delaware and Minisink Rivers, was
remote from Canada, with that of the Five Nations lying
between. It was considered prudent, however, to send a
trusty messenger for more certain intelligence, as there
was no knowing what the Canadians might undertake.
Arent Schuyler was selected for this delicate and some
what hazardous mission.
He was instructed to proceed forthwith to the Minisink
country, and learn whether there were any French or
French Indians there ; if any, how many, and what their
business. If he found any considerable numbers, he was
to return, with all possible despatch, and report to the gov
ernor ; if only a few, then he was to induce the Minisink
Indians to take them prisoners, and send them to New
ARENT SCHUYLER. 1 89
York. He started on his journey at once, although it was
late in the afternoon, stopping over night at Bergentown,
where he hired two men and a guide. Thence to his desti
nation the country was wild, and occupied by the native
population. The next day he reached an Indian village,
eight miles beyond the Hackensack. The third day he
travelled northwest thirty-two miles through snow and
sleet, and the next day crossed the Neversink, camping at
night within half a day's journey of the Minisink village.
He arrived at his destination on the fifth day in the morn
ing, and learned that there were no French there, nor had
there been. " But should any come," said the Indians,
"we will report to the governor.'' He left on his return
the same day, and arrived in New York on the loth, hav
ing been absent about six days.
While at Minisink he learned some news of a gratify
ing character. A few days before his visit, three white
men and two Shawanoes Indians had stopped there, on
their way to Albany, to procure ammunition for Arnout
Viele, who was on his return with seven hundred Shawa
noes laden with beaver and peltries. Viele had been absent
about fifteen months, and was not expected home until
the next June. This was the first news from him since he
left with the Sha'wanoes delegation. He did not arrive as
soon as he was expected by the report of his messengers.
It was not until August that he reached the Minisink
village, and thence proceeded to Kingston, where Fletcher
met him and gave audience to the Indians. The story
they told was a sad one. They had been pursued by their
enemies, who had interfered with their hunting, despoiled
them of their furs, and killed some of them, as well as
same of Viele's men. They had now arrived, not laden
with the riches they had promised, but poor, unable even
to purchase ammunition, much less to pay the money ad-
190 ARENT SCHUYLER.
vanced to their sachems two years before. The governor
answered them kindly, and encouraged them to hope for
better times. Three months later he received them un
der the protection of the government, and supplied them
with means to pursue their hunting. The Five Nations
gave them lands on the Susquehanna River, on which
they settled and remained until their lands were sold out
to Pennsylvania. They then removed to the Ohio. A cen
tury later, their great warrior-chief, Tecumseh, repaid the
debt of his ancestors to the Dutch of Albany by waging a
barbarous war against their countrymen of the west. He
finally fell in battle by the hand of a future vice-president
of the United States.
Arent Schuyler's public career closed with his mission
to the Minisinks, except that in 1709 he was requested
by the governor of New Jersey to summon the Minisink
sachems to a conference at Perth Amboy. He continued
his residence in New York until 1701-2, when he removed
to Pompton Plains, N. J. Like other prosperous men of
the period, he gave attention to real estate as an invest
ment of surplus capital. In 1685 he procured a license
to purchase a tract of land not far from Kingston. In
1691, with his brother-in-law, Caspar Teller, and Samuel
Bayard, he obtained leave to buy of the Indians fifteen
hundred acres on the west side of Hudson River, at a
place called Dan's Chamber (Danskamer, or Dance Cham
ber). Three years afterward, Caspar Teller being dead,
he and Bayard petitioned to have the land surveyed, wish
ing to build saw-mills and prepare timber. In 1695 he,
with Samuel Bayard and Anthony Brockholls, procured
a patent for 5,500 acres of land at Pequannock (Pompton
Plains). One can easily imagine, that on his journey to
the Minisinks, the year before, he had seen the beautiful
plains, surrounded by high hills and traversed in various
POMPTON. 191
directions by small rivers, and had then formed the plan
of making a portion of them his own. He doubtless
believed it one of the most desirable localities in the
neighborhood of New York, and induced his friends Bay
ard and Brockholls to join him in founding a new set
tlement. In 1696 an Indian sachem deeded to him a
thousand acres of land on the Minisink River, for which
Governor Fletcher granted him a patent in 1697.
The precise date of Schuyler's removal from New
York to Pompton is not known. His son William was
baptized in New York, on June 2, 1700, and, as a resident
of New York, signed a petition of the Protestants to
the king in December, 1701. He was living at Pompton
when he made his second will, on October 18, 1706.
Brockholls, one of his partners in the Pompton lands,
ma}' have preceded him a few years. Party politics were
exceedingly bitter. Under the administration of Bello
mont, the Leislerians made matters warm for their oppo
nents, among whom were classed the adherents of the
Roman Catholic faith. There were then only ten persons
of that religion residents of New York, of whom Brock
holls was one. They found their position so uncomfort
able that several of them removed from the province,
Brockholls seeking refuge in the wilds of New Jersey.
Schuyler's wife, Jenneke Teller, died in 1700, and in 1703
he married Swantie Dyckhuyse (marriage-license dated
December 12, 1702). After the birth of their first son,
John, he made his second will, in which he devised a
house on Broadway, New York, to his wife Swantie for
life, and after her death to his son John. To his eldest
son, Philip, he gave ^^50. The remainder of his estate
he divided equally among all his children — Philip, Mar
garet, Casparus, Johannes, "and such others as might be
born to him." He continued his residence at Pompton
192 TIIE COPPER MINE.
until 1 710, when he moved to a large farm which he had
purchased from Isaac Kingsland on New Barbadoes Neck,
on the east side of the Passaic River, three miles above
Newark. On this property a copper-mine was discovered
by a negro slave, vs^ho, being offered as a reward anything
lie might ask, requested that he might have all the tobacco
he could smoke, and nothing else, except "to live with
massa till I die." The mine proved a source of much
¦wealth. The ore was shipped to England for smelting, as
there were no reduction works in this country.
Schuyler hitherto had been prosperous and independ
ent, but now he was rich, and not unwilling that his friends
and neighbors should know it by his outward display. He
built a house, which for those days was palatial, situated
on an elevation not far from the river. He purchased
more lands, and surrounded his residence with drives and
parks, in which were kept large numbers of deer. When
he removed from Pompton, he gave his farm, and his un
divided share of the lands lie held with Bayard and Brock
holls, to his eldest son, Philip. He now bought lands near
Bordentown, on which he settled his second son, Casparus ;
lands on the Rahway at Elizabethtown, which he gave to
his son Peter ; lands at Elizabethtown Point, which he
gave to his son Adoniah ; houses and lots in New York
City, gifts to his daughters Eve and Cornelia. He made
loans on mortgages, which became the dowries of his
widow and daughters. The homestead, with its lands and
parks, he reserved for his favorite son, John.
His prosperity could not close his doors to sickness and
death. The wife of his youth had died. Three of her six
children had followed her, or gone before. And now his
second wife, the mother of his five younger children, died
at the age of thirty-eight years. After a time he soothed
his grief, forgot his former political animosities, and mar-
ARENT SCUHYLER. I93
ried his third wife, Maria, daughter of Robert Walter and
granddaughter of Jacob Leisler. The date of this mar
riage is not known, but is supposed to have been not long
before the date of his third will, December, 1724.
When he made his third and last will, he had a much
larger estate than twenty years before, when the second
was executed. In this he leaves to his son Philip one-
third of twelve hundred acres of land at Pompton and Pe
quannock, held in common with Samuel Bayard and the
heirs of Anthony Brockholls, with twenty-five pounds in
cash ; to his son Casparus, to whom he had made a deed
of gift of five hundred acres of land at Wingworth Point,
on the Delaware River within the township of Borden
town, five shillings ; to his son John, the homestead farm,
with all the personal therebn and in the house ; to his son
Peter, his large house and grounds in Elizabethtown, with
seven hundred and eighty-seven acres of land near the
Rahway River ; to his son Adoniah, his " large house and
tract and pieces of land, and the house and small pieces
of land at Elizabethtown Point ; " to his daughters Eve
and Cornelia, the house and two lots on Broadway, New
York, with an Indian slave woman to each ; to each of the
four children of his eldest daughter, Margaret Oliver, de
ceased, ^^250 ; to each of my sons " who may be born of
my present wife, the same in amount as to each of my
sons John, Peter, and Adoniah ; and to daughters that
may be born, the same as to my daughters Eve and Cor
nelia ," to his wife Mary, besides what was given her
in the marriage-contract, the use of his carriages and
horses, house and farm-slaves, until the marriage of John,
when, if she wished to live apart, his executors were di
rected to provide for her " suitably and sufficiently ; "
lastly, to his sons John, Peter, and Adoniah, the profits of
the mine, share and share alike.
Vol. IL— 13
194 ARENT SCHUYLER.
His accumulations during the next six years were large,
and on October 30, 1730, he made a codicil to his last will,
in which there are some changes and other bequests. He
gave to Casparus, in addition, ^50 yearly for life ; to his
wife, .£2,50°, besides the ^1,500 in the marriage contract ; '/
to Eve and Cornelia, each _;^3,ooo and one-half of the
house and lot in Smith's Fly, New York ; to his grand
son Arent, son of Philip Schuyler, ^1,000, payable at his
majorit)'. He revoked the item devising to John all
the slaves and other personal property on the home
stead farm, and divided them equally between John,
Peter, Adoniah, Eve, and Cornelia. The will and codicil
were proved in New York on November 22, 1730, and in
New Jersey on June 14, 1732.
He left no legacies outside of his family. Benevolent
societies had no existence, the Church being the medi
um through which eleemosynary contributions were dis
pensed. Its benevolence was chiefly confined to the poor
of its individual congregations. Whatever Arent Schuyler
did in this direction w-as done while living. He was an
officer in the Reformed Dutch Church, which, soon after
his settlement on the Passaic, he had assisted in organiz
ing at Belleville. To this church, in 1729, he gave ^150
as the commencement of a fund for the pastor's salary, to
which he added soon after another gift of ;i^3oo. After his
death, his widow and five children, in respect to his
memory, each contributed to the fund ;:/^So. In 1739 John
added ;^i5o, raising tlie total amount of the fund to ^^850.
At the time of this last gift, an arrangement was made be-
' Maria, or Mary, ¦Walter, widow of Arent Schuyler, married secondly, in
December, 1736, Archibald Kennedy, the receiver-general and collector of
customs of New York. She made her will on April g, 1764, which was
proved May 23, 1764. Kennedy was a connection by marriage of Governor
Burnet, whose father, the Bishop, hiid married a daughter of the Earl of
Cassillis.
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tween the church and the donor, by which the right to
vote on calling a minister, as also the right to sign the
call, was given to Colonel John Schuyler and his succes
sors forever. The consistory bound themselves and their
successors not to invite a clergyman of another denomina
tion to occupy the pulpit without his or their consent,
provided always that they were members of the Dutch
Church. In subsequent years differences arose about these
arrangements, which resulted in Colonel Schuyler's with
drawal from the church, leaving the fund, however, as it
was. He united with the Episcopalians, for whom he
erected a house of worship in the same village.
It has been often said that Arent Schuyler was the an
cestor of the New Jersey Schuylers. This is not true in
fact. He was indeed the ancestor of many of them, but
not of all. Dirck Schuyler, a son of Captain Abraham
Schuyler, of Albany, was living in New Brunswick, N. J.,
in 1738, engaged in business as a merchant. Quite recent
ly his father's Dutch Bible was discovered in possession
of a descendant in the female line. It contained interest
ing records, which were published in the New York Genea
logical and Biographical Record. Schuyler families are now
living in New Jersey, others in Montgomery County and
elsewhere in the State of New York, whose fathers or
grandfathers emigrated from New Jersey, none of whom
are Arent Schuyler's descendants. He had five sons, who
, married and settled in their father's adopted State. Their
descendants are numerous, some living in their native
State, others widely scattered through the United States,
England, and Australia.
GENEALOGICAL TABLE.
Arent Schuyler's Descendants.
7. ARENT SCHUYLER, b. June 25, 1662, d. November, 1730. "^
m. November 26, 1684, Jenneke Teller.
i6o. Margareta, bp. September 27, 1685.
m. Charles Oliver, m. 1. dated November 7, 1704.
161. Philip, bp. September 11, 1687.
m. Hester Kingsland.
162. Maria, bp. October 6, 1689, d. y.
163. JUDIK, bp. March 11, i6g2, d. y.
164. Casparus, bp. May 5, i6g5, d. April 13, 1754.
m. I, Jane .
m. 2, Mary , d. December, 1773.
165. ¦William, bp. June 2, 1700, d. y.
7. ARENT SCHUYLER, m. January, 1703, Swantie Dyckhuyse.
165. John, m. Anne Van Rensselaer.^
166. Peter, m. i, Hester Walter.
m. 2, Mary .
167. Adoniah, m. Gertrude Van Rensselaer.^
168. Eve, m. Peter Bayard.
i6g. Cornelia, m. Pierre de Peyster.
161. PHILIP SCHUYLER and Hester Kingsland.
170. Johanna, b. September 2, 1713.
m. Isaac Kingsland.
171. Arent, b. February 23, 1715. '
m. I, Helen Wagenen.
m. 2, Rachael .
172. Isaac, b. April 26, 1716, d. y.
173. Philip, b. December 23, 1717.
174. Isaac, b. September 8, 1719.
m. .
^ Daughters of Patroon Killian Van Rensselaer, of Albany.
ARENT SCHUYLER'S DESCENDANTS. 197
175. Elizabeth, b. February 22, 1721. ^
m. Rev. Benjamin Van der Linde,
176. Peter, b. June 7, 1723.
m. Mary Ogden, d. s. p.
177. Hester, b. April 12, 1725.
m. Tcunis Dey.
178. Maria, b. September 11, 1727.
I7g. Jenneke, b. October 6, 1728.
m. Board.
180. Johannes, b. June 4, 1730, d. y.
181. Casparus, b. December lo, 1735.
m. Brocas,
164. CASPARUS SCHUYLER and Jane .
182. Arent, m. i, Jennette .
m. 2, Jatie Praiil.
165. JOHN SCHUYLER and Anne Van Rensselaer.
183. Arent, b. October, 1746.
m. November 2, 1772, Swan Schuyler (188).
184. Mary.
166. PETER SCHUYLER and Hester Walter.
185. Catharine, m. Archibald Kennedy,^ she d. s. p.
167. ADONIAH SCHUYLER and Gertrude Van Rensselaer.
186. Rensselaer, lieutenant in the English army, d. s. p. before
1768.
187. Mary, m. Captain Henry St. John,"^ of the British navy, d. 1780.
188. Swan, m. Aretit Schuyler (183). 1
189. John, m. February 16, 1769, Mary Hunter.
190. Peter.
igi. Adoniah, m. Susan Shields, of England.
ig2. Philip, d. s. p.
171. ARENT SCHUYLER and Helen Van Wagenen.
ig3. Philip, m. .
ig4. Adoniah, m. Bogart.
173. PHILIP SCHUYLER and .
Ig5. Philip, m. i, Berry.
m. 2, Eve .
ig6. Garrit.
ig7. Sally, m. Mandeville,
ig8. Polly.
174. ISAAC SCHUYLER and .
igg. Philip, m. Duryea.
^ Son of the receiver-general and collector of the port of New York.
2 Third son of John, tenth Baron St. John of Bletsho.
198 ARENT SCHUYLER'S DESCENDANTS.
181. CASPARUS SCHUYLER and Brocas.
zcxi. Hetty, m. William Colfax.'^
182. ARENT SCHUYLER and Jennette .
201. Aaron, ^ m. i, Ann Wright.
m. 2, Esther Dey.
202. John, d. a. p. i7g6.
203. Ann.
204. Peter.
205. Abraham, buried September 29, 1767.
206. Charles, d. y.
182. ARENT SCHUYLER and Jane Praul.
207. Mary, b. October 3, 1768, d. November 20, 1768.
208. Charles, b. May 19, 1770.
209. Abraham, b. December 12, J772.
183. ARENT SCHUYLER and Swan Schuyler.
210. Ann, d. July 20, 1783, aged seven years.
211. John A., b. April, 1779.
m. I, Eliza Kip.
m. 2, Catherine Van Rensselaer. '
189. JOHN SCHUYLER and Mary Hunter.
212. Adoniah, b. December, i, 1769.
213. Mary, b. November 7, 1770.
214. Anthony Hunter, b. September 3, 1772.
215. John Rensselaer, b. March 7, 1774.
216. Arent, b. February 10, 1776.
m. Ann Miller.
217. Philip Henry, b. September 21, 1777.
218. Peter, b. March 12, 1780.
2ig. Rensselaer, b. September 2g, 1782.
220. Gertrude, b. March 24, 1784.
221. S^WANTlE, b. December 17, 1786.
222. James, b. February 12, I78g.
ig3. PHILIP SCHUYLER and .
223. Peter, m. and settled at Booneville, N. Y., where he died.
224. Arent, m. Garrison.
225. Leonora, m. Post.
' Captain of Washington's Life Guards and grandfather of Schuyler Colfax, late vice-
president of the United States.
2 Here we find Arent erroneously translated into English by Aaron. It really corre
sponds to Arnold.
3 Daughter of General Robert Van Rensselaer, of Claverack, N. Y.
ARENT SCHUYLER'S DESCENDANTS. I99
194. ADONIAH SCHUYLER and Bogart.
226. Cornelius, m. Mersalis.
227. Leona, m. Quackenbiish,
228. Arent, d. y.
229. Elizabeth, m. Boyd.
195. PHILIP SCHUYLER and l, Berry,
2, Eve .
230. Jacob.
231. Gerrit.
232. Sally.
233. Samuel, d. May 11, 1867.
m. I, Anna Schuyler,
m. 2, Lydia Hilts,
234. Philip.
235. Betsy.
236. Ann.
237. Polly.
238. Peggy.
igg. PHILIP SCHUYLER and Duryea,
239. Isaac.
240. John.
201. AARON SCHUYLER and Ann Wright.
241. Ann, b. August 20, 1774.
242. Jennet, b. June 20, 1776.
m. Thomas Machin.
243. Sarah, b. July 3, 1778.
m. John Sutton.
244. Aaron, b. January 19, 1780.
245. John, b. March 13, 1783.
201. AARON SCHUYLER and Esther Dey.
246. Anthony Dey, b. October 18, 1785.
m. October 25, 1810, Susan Ridge,
247. Peter, b. August 2g, 1788.
m. Caroline Brother,
211. JOHN A. SCHUYLER and Eliza Kip.
248. Arent Schuyler, b, November 25, 1801.
m. April 24, 1828, Mary Caroline Kingsland.
24g. Harriet Ann, bp. February 17, 1803.
m. Smith W. Anderson.
211. JOHN A. SCHUYLER and Catherine Van Rensselaer,
250. John A., d. November 21, 1855, '" '^'^ 44'!^ year.
m. Frances Elizabeth Bleecker,
200 ARENT SCHUYLER S DESCENDANTS.
251. Robert V. R., d. February ig, 1855.
m. September g, i^it^i, Kate Manchini.
252. Jacob R. , m. November 18, 1847, Susanna Edwards.
253. Catherine Gertrude, m. October 4, 1838, Henry S. Craig,
216. ARENT SCHUYLER and Ann Miller.
254. Mary M., m. Crowningshield, of Massachusetts.
255. Letitia C, bp. October 7, 1804.
m. George Powis.
256. John Rensselaer, m. .
218. PETER SCHUYLER and .
257. Peter, b. in New York, January 27, 1809.
258. Eliza, b. New York, September 9, 1810.
259. James, b. New York, May 31, 1812.
260. Robert H., b. New York, June 3, 1814, d. y.
261. Robert, b. New York, August g, 1816.
262. Mary Gertrude, b. in New York, August 1, 1817.
263. Rensselaer, b. New York, March 4, 1821.
264. Amos S. M., b. New York, December 5, 1824.
223. PETER SCHUYLER and .
265. Philip, m. in Booneville, N. Y. He had one son and three
daughters. Parents and children, except one
daughter, Mrs. Louisa Bamba, of Lynn, Mass.,
were deceased, before P'ebruary, l87g.
224. ARENT SCHUYLER and Garrison.
266. Arent.
267. Peter.
Names of three daughters not given.
226. CORNELIUS SCHUYLER and Mersalis,
268. Mary, m. Voorhis.
26g. Elizabeth, m. Dr. Williams.
270. Harriet.
233. SAMUEL SCHUYLER and Anna Schuyler.
2"]!. John, b. May 5, i8o5 ; residence, Ames, Montgomery County,
N. Y.
272. Philip, b. June 15, 1808, d. August 12, 1848.
233. SAMUEL SCHUYLER and Lydia Hilts.
273. Samuel, b. July 25, 1814.
274. Anna, b. October 4, 1816.
275. Mary, b. November 3, 1818.
276. Eliza, b. November 2, 1820.
277. Harriet, b. May 5, 1822.
278. Harman, b. June 31, 1824 ; residence, Sharon Springs, N. Y.
ARENT SCHUYLER'S DESCENDANTS. 201
27g. Norman, b. October 25, 1826 ; residence. Orange, Schuyler
County, N. Y.
280. Effy, b. March 24, i87g.
281. DoRMAN, b. September i8, 1831 ; residence Orange, Schuyler
County, N. Y.
282. Daniel, b. February 6, 1834.
283. Peter, b. June 11, 1836.
23g. ISAAC SCHUYLER and .
284. Philip.
285. Nicholas.
244, AARON SCHUYLER and .
286. Aaron.
287. Randall, residence, Michigan.
245. JOHN SCHUYLER and .
289. Josephus.
2go. Marcus, residence, Ohio.
2gi. Mary, m. William Hoyt.
2g2. Jane, m. Jared D. Turret,
2g3. Eliza, m. David Searles,
2g4. Sarah, m. Abel Vannatta,
2g5. John.
2g6. Susan, m. Thompson.
zgy. Aaron, president of Baldwin University, Ohio.
2g8. Peter.
246. ANTHONY DEY SCHUYLER and Susan Ridge.
2gg. William Ridg, b. July 22, 181 1, d. February 18, 1882.
m. May 30, 1844, Clara Easttnan.
300. Montgomery, b. January g, 18 14.
m. I, September 7, 1836, Sarah Sand ford, d.
September 18, 1841.
m. 2, October 10, 1843, I-yiici. Eliza Roosevelt,
d. October 10, 1852.
m. 3, May 2g, 1854, Sophia Elizabeth Norton,
247. PETER SCHUYLER and Caroline Brother,
301. Anthony, b. July 8, 1816.
m. I, December 23, l83g, Eleanor Johnson, d. l84g.
m. 2, January 5, i860, Mary Hall Allen.
¦ifyi. Mary, d. i86o.
m. Edgar H. Hurd.
303. Margareta, m. Edgar H. Hurd.
304. Catherine.
305. Peter, m. Harriet Bostwick.
306. Caroline, m. Rev. Duncan C. Mann,
202 ARENT SCHUYLER'S DESCENDANTS.
248. ARENT HENRY SCHUYLER and Mary C. Kingsland,
307. Henry K., hj March 5, i82g.
m. Ellen Valentine.
308. John Arent, b. February ig, 1831, d. June 15, 1870.
m. January 14, 1863, Kate Manchini, widow of
Robert V. R. Schuyler (251).
3og. Smith A., b. November 18, 1832, d. June 26, 1870.
m. Bessie Kneeland,
310. Edwin N., d. y.
311. Harriet A., b. August 2g, 1836.
m. Sidney E. Schiejfelin,
312. Sarah K., b. August 8, 1838.
m. S. V, C. Van Rensselaer.
313. Arent H., b. August 8, 1840, d. September 20, 1863.
314. Richard K., b. June 24, 1842.
315. MaryC, d. y.
316. Catherine Gertrude, b. August 17, 1846, d. December 16,
1866.
251. ROBERT V. R. SCHUYLER and ^'^^^ Ara«f/«'««.
317. Van Rensselaer, b. July 27, 1852.
252. JACOB R. SCHUYLER and Susanna Edwards.
318. Sarah E.
3lg. Rutsen ¦y. R., m. February 4, 1873, Harriet A. Millick.
320. Catherine V. R.
321. Susanna E.
322. Edwards O.
323. Angelica V. R.
256. JOHN RENSSELAER SCHUYLER and , Canoga, N. Y.
324. James Munroe, d. July 12, 1873, aged 33 years.
325. Ann a., b. 1844.
326. John Rensselaer, b. 1846.
327. Josephine, b. 1849.
259. JAMES SCHUYLER and , California.
328. James Wesley, b. March 25, 1840, in New York.
329. Charles Rensselaer, b. July 10, 1842, in New York.
330. William Henry Harrison, b. June 10, 1845, ^" New York.
331. Mary Elizabeth, b. October 22. 1847, i" New York.
332. Maria, b. June 10, 1850, in New York.
263. RENSSELAER SCHUYLER and -, Seneca Falls, N. Y.
333. Robert Arent, b. November 3, 1848.
334. Mary Elizabeth, b. December 19, 1852.
335. Judith Gertrude, b. July 18, 1856.
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2g7. AARON SCHUYLER and — ¦- .
336. Clara, m. J. T. Rowes.
337. Mary, m. E. E. Phillips.
'338. Lelia, professor in Baldwin University, Ohio.
299. WILLIAM RIDG SCHUYLER and Clara Eastman.
339. William Henry, b. August 27, 1845, Marshall, Michigan.
340. Sandford Eastman, b, August 14, 1850.
340a. Anthony Dey, b. June 22, 1853, d. August 24, 1871.
300. MONTGOMERY SCHUYLER and Sarah Sandford.
341. Mary Louisa, b. September 15, 1837, d. March 25, 1840.
341a. Sarah, b. October 10, 1838, d. August 17, i83g.
341^. Anthony Dey, b. March 20, 1841, d. July 31, 1841.
300. MONTGOMERY SCHUYLER and Lydia Eliza Roosevelt.
342. Montgomery Roosevelt, b. February 18, 1845.
m. February 21, 1870, Lelia Roose
velt.
343. Frank Hamilton, b. September 16, i84g, d. March 4, 1851.
344. Louis Sandford, b. March 2, 1852, d. September 17, 1878.
300. MONTGOMERY SCHUYLER and Sophia Elizabeth Norton.
345. William Ridg, b. May 4, 1855.
m. December 24, 1881, Sarah Ann Remington,
346. Ellen Glasgow, b. July 2g, 1857.
347. Walter Norton, b. February g, iS'Sg.
348. Philip, b. September 4, 1861.
348a. Mary Bertha, b. October 15, 1864.
348*. Gertrude Lindell, b. March 10, 1868.
3481:. Eugene Paschal, b. February ig, 1870.
348a'. Sophia Norton, b. October 3, 1 872.
301. ANTHONY SCHUYLER and Eleanor Johnson.
34g. Charles B., b. May 6, 1841.
350. Elenor, d. y.
351. Montgomery, m. September 16, 1876, Katherine Be'eckman
Livingston.
352. Ben, d. y.
301. ANTHONY %ZYL\Pil.-ER^nA Mary Hall Allen.
353. Margareta, b. January 24, 1861.
354. Hamilton, b. April 3, 1862.
355. Anthony, b. May 20, 1868.
307. HENRY K. SCHUYLER and Ellen Valentine.
356. Arent, b. September, 25. i860.
357. Campbell V., b. July 2, 1864.
204 A.RENT SCHUYLER'S DESCENDANTS.
345. WILLIAM RIDG SCHUYLER and Sarah Ann Remington.
3453. Montgomery, b. January 25, 1883.
3453. Remington, b. July 8, 1884.
351. MONTGOMERY SCHUYLER s.nA Katherine Beeckman Livingston.
351a. Montgomery, b. September 2, 1877.
35ii5. Philip Livingston, b. February 24, 1880, d. June 2g, 1880.
35iir. Robert Livingston, b. February 26, 1883.
NOTES ON ARENT SCHUYLER'S DESCENDANTS.
Swantie Dyckhuyse, the second wife of Arent Schuyler,
must appear on these pages as an orphan. I have been
unable to find any trace of her family, and only one of
the name, among the records of New York or Albany.
Among the marriage-licenses granted by Lord Cornbury,
and bound up with other records in New York City, is one
of date December 12, 1702, "Arent Schuyler and Swantie
Dyckhuyse." I imagine that her family lived on Broad
way, New York, and that she inherited the house on that
street which her husband left to her for life, and then to
their son John, in his will of 1706.'
Philip, Arent's eldest son, married Hester Kingsland,
daughter of Isaac Kingsland, of New Barbadoes Neck, of
whom his father bought the farm at Belleville. He occu
pied the homestead at Pompton, and cultivated the soil of
his "native acres." He had considerable influence among
his neighbors, and was their representative in the Legisla
ture several terms. He had twelve children, three of whom
died in infancy or childhood. Five sons and four daugh
ters survived him, and had families. His descendants are
very numerous, a few only of whom, a family of sisters,
remain on the old place. Others are so widely scattered
that it is difficult to find them, or to identify them when
' John Tunisse "Van Dyckhuyse, a magistrate of Flatbush, was com
plained of by Gerardus Beeckraan for abuse and defamation, March 27,
l6g3. Doc. Hist., ii., 414.
206 CASPARUS SCHUYLER.
found. They were mostly farmers, and, when their own
locality was occupied, they emigrated to other parts of the
country as they were opened to settlement. Some re
turned to New York after the Revolution and settled in
the Mohawk Valley, from which the Indians had removed
to Canada, and others elsewhere in the State, while others
followed the tide of emigration farther west. A grand
daughter of Philip Schuyler, Hetty, the only child of Cas
parus (i8i), acquired some reputation as the wife of Will
iam Colfax, Captain of Washington's Life Guard, and the
grandmother of a future vice-president of the United
States. Casparus Schuyler (164) had his home on the Delaware
River, remote at the time from his father's family and
relatives, and for a hundred years or more his descendants
were little known by others of the name. In the church
yard of St. Mary's, Burlington, N. J., stands a simple stone,
inscribed, " In memory of Gasperus Schuyler who De
parted this life April 13, 1754 aged 59 years" ; and in the
parish register is entered, "Buried 1773 Decmr 30 Mary
widow of Casparus Schuyler.''
He appears to have had only one child, a son, named
(182) Arent after his grandfather. Arent in his will, dated
May 7, 1774, mentions five sons and one daughter, among
them Aaron, the eldest, one of whose sons emigrated to
Ohio and two to western New York. The descendants of
these three brothers have vindicated their blood, and made
their name respected in theology and literature. Two
hold high positions in the Church, one is president of a
college and author of several educational works, and an
other is editor of a metropolitan journal.
John Schuyler (165) occupied the homestead at Belle
ville, and with his brothers Peter and Adoniah worked the
copper-mine which his father's negro had discovered.
PETER SCHUYLER. 20/
The produce of his large plantation and the output of the
mine gave him a splendid income. The superintendence
of his business gave him full employment congenial to his
tastes. Itwas sought to engage him in public life by ap
pointing him to the governor's Council, but this failed of
its object, for after a brief term of service he resigned.
Peter Schuyler (i66) was the best known of the family.
The fine estate inherited from his father was largely in
creased by his marriage to Hester Walter, the daughter of
a rich New York merchant residing on Hanover Square.
His elder brother, John, superintended the mine, and he
was left at leisure to turn his attention to other objects.
Unlike many men in similar circumstances, he did not sur
render his life to dissipation or genteel idleness, but im
proved his estate, and took upon himself a share of the
public burdens. He was interested in military affairs, and
qualified himself to assume command of troops, should
the necessity occur. While the French were seated on
the continent, no permanent peace could be expected, and
it became the duty of every good citizen to be prepared to
defend his country from their encroachments. New Jer
sey's geographical position rendered her comparatively
secure, but in time of war she was required to render as
sistance to her sister colonies, especially to New York, on
whom the chief burden of defence always rested.
When the European war of 1744-48 began, it was seen
that the colonies could not escape its influence, and that
they must be prepared to share in its fortunes. The sub
jugation of Canada was believed, as in former times, to
be the only way to secure a permanent peace. Measures
were accordingly concerted between the English Govern
ment and her provinces for another effort to conquer their
troublesome neighbors. Canada was to be invaded by sea
and land. Five hundred men were to be furnished by
2C8 PETER SCHUYLER.
New Jersey as her quota to the army. Peter Schuyler
was authorized to recruit the men, and was then commis
sioned, on September 7, 1746, as their colonel commandant.
He left Amboy on September 3d, and arrived at Albany
on the 9th. England failed to keep her engagements, and
the expedition was abandoned. Governor Clinton, how
ever, declined to disband the forces which had been as
sembled, until he had received instructions from the king ;
neither did he pay them, nor furnish them with supplies.
His reasons for this unfair treatment were frivolous — " if "
said he, "they receive their pay they will desert." Colo
nel Schuyler's regiment suffered greatly for the want of a
surgeon and medicines, as well as for clothing and rations.
He wrote to the governor of New Jersey, that unless they
were paid their dues and better provided for they would
desert with arms and baggage. Governor Hamilton hast
ened to assure him that he had that day ordered "two
speckled shirts and one pair of shoes for each man."
Nothing was said about other necessary clothing, provi
sions, medical attendance, or pay. The men were not com
forted, and arranged for an indignation meeting. The
time had come when something more effectual had to be
done for the honor of the service and for humanity.
Colonel Schuyler could not be an indifferent spectator
while his fellow-soldiers were suffering for want of means
for their own support and that of their poor families at
home — he paid his men in full out of his own resources.
This drew from Governor Clinton a sharp rebuke, " for,"
so he wrote to Schuyler, "it was not proper, since, in the
opinion of his majesty's Council of this province, the re
taining the greatest part of the arrears due till his ma
jesty's pleasure be known is the most effectual method to
prevent desertion." Later Clinton wrote to his govern
ment, complaining that Schuyler, having paid his men in
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full, had caused dissatisfaction and almost mutiny among
the other "levies," so that he had been forced to pay them
each forty shillings, and promise them twenty shillings a,
month thereafter.
Subsequently Schuyler was assigned with his regiment
to Fort Clinton, at Saratoga, which he occupied until he
was forced to abandon it for vs^ant of provisions in the fall
of 1747. The peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, in 1748, terminated
the war, when Schuyler returned to his home and to more
congenial duties.
The peace was of short duration, and in 1754 the war
was renewed. Schuyler at the head of his regiment again
took the field, and was stationed at Oswego. After the
defeat of Braddock, the western frontiers of New Jersey
were exposed to Indian raids. Schuyler was recalled witli
half his men to occupy the block-houses erected along the
Delaware River for the protection of his own province.
In the following spring he returned to Oswego ; and when
that fort was captured by Montcalm, in 1756, he and half
his regiment were surrendered prisoners to the French. He
was taken to Montreal, and thence to Quebec, where he
remained until October, 1757, when he was released on
parole. With a Frenchman and two Indians he traversed
the wilderness to Fort Edward, whence he proceeded to
New York, arriving on November igth. There was great
joy expressed, and the city was illuminated in his honor.
On his arrival home a salute of thirteen guns was fired ;
and the next evening, at Newark, the houses were illumi
nated, cannon were fired, and bonfires kindled. These
unusual festivities terminated with a supper, toasts, and
wine. A month later, when on his way to Trenton, the
good people of Princeton tendered him a hearty welcome,
and sang his praises in an original poem. Wherever he
went he was greeted more as a conqueror than a prisoner
14
210 PETER SCHUVLER.
on parole. Why this general joy ? As a soldier he had
done his duty, but had gained no laurels in battle. He
had been unfortunate in the only contest in which he had
been engaged, not from any fault of his own, it is true,
but from the fortune of war. He was beloved by those
who knew him, and his assured safety was cause of rejoic
ing on the part of his friends. But this was not all. While
in Canada he had shown himself to be a true philanthro
pist. He was surrounded by hundreds of poor prisoners,
some taken, like himself, after a contest at arms, others
torn from their New England homes by cruel savages ; all,
or nearly all, without money or means to procure the neces
saries of life, while some were toiling in an ignoble bond
age. His captors knew him to be rich, and did not hesi
tate to supply him on his drafts with all the funds that he
required ; the money thus procured lie unselfishly dis
tributed among his more unfortunate countrymen without
regard to their places of birth. He knew no difference be
tween Jerseymen and those from other provinces ; they
were all alike his countrymen and entitled to his sympa
thy. He befriended the New England mother and her
helpless children, once in possession of a happy home, now
the slaves of heartless savages, and bought their liberty.
The soldier in rags he clothed in comfortable garments ;,
he fed the hungry, some of them at his own table. His
sympathizing nature and his unselfish charity gave him
renown and a place in the hearts of his countrymen. It
was for this, and not for martial prowess, that he was
feasted and entertained.
His leave of absence on parole expired before he was
able to make arrangements for his exchange. " The
king," so wrote Secretary Pitt, "has a true sense of the
active zeal of Colonel Schuyler, and saw with concern his
disagreeable situation from the difficulties which have
PETER SCHUYLER. 2X1
arisen with regard to his exchange." The governor of
Canada demanded his return, and he again surrendered
himself to his captors. Colonel Bradstreet, in the August
preceding, by a rapid march from Albany to Oswego,
which the French had destroyed and abandoned, and
thence by boats across the lake, had surprised and capt
ured Fort Frontenac, taking over a hundred prisoners,
who ¦were released on parole. There was now a fair pros
pect of securing Schuyler's release, and he accordingly re
ceived from the English General Abercromby full au
thority to negotiate an exchange of prisoners, officer for
officer, and man for man. He was successful, and effect
ed the exchange of a number equal to Bradstreet's pris
oners, — of himself for the commandant of Fort Frontenac.
He immediately left for home, and arrived at Fort Ed
ward on November ii, 1758, ¦with eighty-nine men, women,
and children, some of whom had been ransomed from
captivity by himself at a "high price." Two years before,
when first a prisoner in Canada, he had procured the
liberty of several captives, among whom were Mrs. Jemima
Howe and three of her children, of Hinsdale, N. H., for
whom he paid twenty-seven hundred francs. The Indians
who captured Mrs. Howe had sold her to a Frenchman.
She was separated from her children, and held as a ser
vant. Her position soon became exceedingly trying and
uncomfortable, for both her master and his son were per
sistent in dishonorable proposals. When her situation
came to the knowledge of Schuyler, he called on the gov
ernor, and through his intervention released her from
servitude, and rescued her from her would-be lovers by
the payment to the Frenchman of a handsome profit on
his original investment.
Now again, while busy in his negotiations, he had an
other opportunity to exercise his benevolence. In a skir-
212 PUTNAM EXCHANGED.
mish with the enemy north of Fort Edward, Major Put
nam, the future Revolutionary general, was captured by'
the Indians, stripped of his clothing, and otherwise in
humanly treated, and in this sorry plight compelled to
follow his captors to Montreal. There Schuyler met him,
and saw his forlorn condition. He procured him cloth
ing, and furnished him with means to make him comfort
able. In time he procured his exchange and sent him
home. It is only just to say that the English Government re
paid him in part for his expens'es in behalf of the cap
tives, and that the province of New Jersey refunded a por
tion of his advances for the pay of his regiment.
In the campaign of 1759, Schuyler and his "Jersey
Blues " were again in the field. Toward the close of the
year he returned to his home, and spent the winter with
his family. In the spring he rejoined the army under
General Amherst, and participated in the events which
closed with the complete conquest of Canada. He en
tered the city of Montreal with the victorious armies, and
appeared on the streets where he had so recently walked
a prisoner in the martial bearing of a conqueror.
At the close of the war he returned to his belo^ved
Peterboro', on the banks of the Passaic, but did not live
long to enjoy the blessings of the peace which he had
helped to secure. In less than two years he died,, at the
early age of fifty-two years.
Peter Schuyler's family was small. His daughter Cath
erine was his only child, to whom, by his will, he gave
the bulk of his large estate. Her mother, Hester Walter,
seems also to have been an only child, for Catherine was
sole heiress of her grandfather, John Walter, a man of
large property. She was also the heiress of Richard.
Jones, another relative, who left her, besides personal
CATHERINE SCHUYLER. 213
property, some farms on the Raritan River. Her father,
grandfather and Mr. Jones all died within a short time
of each other, and she suddenly became possessed of an
estate equalled by few in either province. Possessed of a
comely person, with an education and accomplishments
as good as the schools could give, she was considered a
prize of no mean order among the marrying men of her
acquaintance. Captain Archibald Kennedy, of the royal
navy, commanding the ship Coventry, lying in the harbor
of New York, was the successful suitor, and married her
before June, 1765.
Her grandfather, John Walter, was a grandson of Jacob
Leisler, portions of whose estate came finally into her pos
session. Her real estate at the time of her marriage with
¦ Kennedy consisted of a large house and lot on Hanover
Square, lately occupied by John Walter, deceased ; two
other houses on H^anover Square ; a dwelling-house and
warehouse on a lot bounded on one side by Wall Street,
and on another side by the East River ; a lot 30 feet front
on Crown (Liberty) Street ; four houses and lots on Water
Street; a lot 40 by 80 feet on Coenties Slip; three other
dwellings and lots on Water Street ; a dwelling and lot
corner of Wall and Burnet Streets ; a dwelling and lot on
the east side of Broadway ; thirty-three lots on Chatham,
Frankfort, and other streets, "distinguished on a map of
lots made by Jacob Leisler." All these houses and lots
were in the city of New York. In New Jersey she owned
the homestead farm, called Peterboro', now East Newark,
containing over nine hundred acres ; all the right and title
of her late father "in two cedar swamps and meadows
lying near the Island Succocus ;" as also her father's share
in the commons of Bergen Township ; four hundred acres
of farming land on the south side of the Raritan River ;
also a share in six hundred and forty acres adjoining the
214 CATHERINE SCHUYLER.
last-mentioned land ; her father's share in a tract of land
called the Ash Swamp ; several dwellings and lots in
Elizabethtown ; and, lastly, her father's third share in the
copper mine at Belleville. The amount of her personal
estate is not known, but it must have been considerable.
It will be seen that Catherine Schuyler was rich.
After her marriage with Kennedy, she made a trust
deed to James Duane, June 13, 1765, of all the above enu
merated property, conditioned, that when called on he
should convey it to Archibald Kennedy and Catherine
Schuyler Kennedy, with a provision that the survivor of
the two should possess the whole. Two days later James
Duane made a deed of the property to Kennedy and his
wife, containing the clause that it should belong to the
longest liver, whether husband or wife. Before January
21, 1768, Catherine had died, leaving no children, and her
husband was in possession of an estate which had been
accumulating in different hands for several generations.
Lieutenant-Governor Colden said, in 1765, that '¦' Archi
bald Kennedy possessed more houses in New York than
any other man." He o-vvned the greater part of them
by right of his wife.
A few years after the death of Catherine Schuyler,
Kennedy married her cousin, Anne Watts, on April 27,
1769. He was in command of the ship Coventry, lying in
New York Harbor, when the " stamps " were received
from England, and was requested by Lieutenant-Governor
Colden and the Council to take them on board his vessel
for safety, until the excitement in the city subsided. He
declined to receive them. For this, and other acts not
considered strictly loyal, he was removed from command.
After losing his ship, he retired to Peterboro,' resolved not
to lose his estate, if it could be avoided. After the Revo
lution fairly began, the Committee of Safety, having reason
ARCHIBALD KENNEDY.^ 2X5
to suspect that he was inimical to the patriot cause, ordered
him to retire to the county of Sussex and remain within
a mile of the court-house. He obeyed without a mur
mur, and bore his banishment like a philosopher. He
was quiet and ¦well behaved, and after a few months was
permitted to return to his home. Later he went to Eng
land, and succeeded his kinsman in the earldom of Cas-
silis. He saved his American property and transmitted
it to his sons, who in 1803 appointed Robert Watts their
agent to sell it.
In the colonial documents (X., 776) there is a foot-note
by the editor, giving a short biographical sketch of Col
onel Peter Schuyler, which is erroneous as regards his
daughter Catherine. She is said to have married Archi
bald Kennedy, receiver-general and collector of customs.
The latter gentleman came to New York in 17 14, with
letters from the Earl of Stair to Governor Hunter. He
was soon after appointed to office, and held from that
time to his death some of the most lucrative positions in
the province. In 1761 he applied to Governor Monckton
to be relieved from the Council, of which he was a mem
ber, on account of his age. Less than two years later
Governor Colden announced his death as having occurred
on June 14, 1763. It was Mary Walter, the widow of
Arent Schuyler, whom this gentleman married. Their
marriage-license is dated June 14, 1736. She survived
him many years, and in her will she mentions the fact
that when she married him she was the widov(r of Arent
Schuyler. Colonel Peter Schuyler was twice married — first to
Hestei- Walter, second to Mary . In his will he
made pi-ovision for his "wife Mary," but far froni liberal
considering his wealth. He left her " furniture for one
room, tvpo slaves, and fifteen hundred pounds in cash."
2l6 THE ENGLISH SCHUYLERS.
His daughter Catherine, in her deed to James Duane,
mentioned " Hester Schuyler, her late mother."
Adoniah Schuyler (167) left the copper mine to be
managed by his brother, and established himself as a mer
chant in the city of New York. He soon became a man
of large wealth, and enjoyed a high social position. He did
not confine himself to merchandise, but was engaged in
other enterprises. He added to the value of his large
landed estate at Elizabethtown Point by the establishment
of a ferry to Staten Island, the charter of which is a curi
ous document, containing a tariff of charges carefully
catalogued. He died before May, 1762, leaving seven children. Two
of his sons, Rensselaer (i86) and Adoniah (191), entered
the British service ; the first as lieutenant in the army, the
latter as midshipman in the navy. Rensselaer died young
and unmarried ; Adoniah was taken to England by his
brother-in-law, the Honorable Captain Henry St. John
(son of John, tenth Baron St. John of Bletsho), and put into
the navy, where he rose to the rank of captain. He mar
ried Miss Susan Shields, of Plymouth. His descendants
settled in Cornwall, and the tombs of many of them are to
be seen at Falmouth. Several of them were captains of
the once famous line of packets sailing between Falmouth
and Lisbon. One of the daughters of Adoniah married
into the Graham family, of Scotland, and one branch of
the male descendants emigrated to Australia, where they
are said to be still living. The only ones of the male line
now living in England are Adoniah Graham Schuyler,
captain in the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex)
Regiment ; and his brother Edward E. S. Schuyler, cap
tain in the Prince of Wales' Own (West Yorkshire) Regi
ment, in the British army.
The American descendants of Adoniah Schuyler (167)
ARENT SCHUYLER. 2x7
are numerous. His widow married Robert Livingston,
the third proprietor of Livingston manor.
Arent Schuyler (183) succeeded his father to the home
stead at Belleville shortly before the Revolutionary War.
I have a manuscript copy of parts of a journal kept by
Isaac Bangs, a graduate of Harvard College and an offi
cer in a Massachusetts regiment stationed in New York in
1776. He and two other officers were detailed, with eighty
men, to go into New Jersey and cut timber with which to
obstruct the harbor against the enemy's vessels. Work
was begun in a cedar swamp a short distance west of the
Hackensack River, belonging to Mr. Schuyler. The offi
cers made him a visit on the day of their arrival, and found
him friendly and courteous. On their way the guide con
ducted them to the celebrated copper mine, the works of
which were in ruins, having been burned by a discharged
workman four years before. They spent the night with
him, and a day or two afterward dined with him by ap
pointment. Schuyler returned their visits, spending some
time on each occasion at their camp. As they were all
young fellows and college graduates, they forgot the criti
cal situation of the country, and gave themselves up to
the enjoyment of the hour. One day Schuyler came di
rectly after breakfast, and made " a day of it," not leaving
until night ; " during which time," says the journalist,
" many decanters of wine suffered shipwreck, many bowles
of grog were poured down our thirsty bellies, nor was
eggpop forgot among our dainties. Spent the whole day
very agreeably." The next morning Mr. Bangs enters on
his journal, "Slept very ill."
On June 28th Lieutenant Bangs finished his business,
and prepared to return to his regiment, but as it was after
"sunset" he accepted Mr. Schuyler's invitation to spend
the night with him. The next morning Schuyler lent him
2X8 bangs' JOURNAL.
a horse, and accompanied him in his chaise to New York,
where they parted with expressions of mutual regard.
The journal then proceeds :
" Since I liave had occasion to speak frequently of Mr.
Schu)der I must give a small Detail of his family, which
consisted of Himself, Wife, one small Daughter, a Mother
and Miss Polly, his Sister, about 13 or 14 years old, be
sides a Brother of his Wife and his Family, who fled from
New York ; What can be said of one may be justly appli
cable to all viz : considering all Circumstances they are as
agreeable People as ever I had the Pleasure of being ac
quainted with. Mr. Schuyler (though a Gentleman of
Liberal Education not more than 27 years of age, and one
of the first Estates in the Province) yet he inspects every
nook on his Farm which is vastly extensive. Mrs. Schuy
ler (his Wife) tho not beautiful in her outward Form, is
possessed of such a beauteous Mind as must make her
agreeable to every one that hath the pleasure of being
acquainted with her. She as doth her Husband, taketh
Pleasure in regulating the Affairs of their Family, which
by her Diligence and Care, is kept in the neatest order ;
and the greatest Harmony and Decorum may be observed
in every Department of the whole. Besides the Persons
before mentioned which compose the Family are about
50 or 60 Blacks all of whom except those who are neces
sary for Domestic Service live in a large convenient House
built for that Purpose without the Gate ; in the House
every servant hath their particular sphere to act in, I
never saw more than 2 in the House otherwise than in the
Kitchen, and those were waiters. Those who live in the
Out House each have their particular Departments and
regular hours to work in, their victuals is cooked at cer
tain Hours by their own cookes, to which they are regu
larly called by a Bell ¦which Rings in the Morning for the
Servants to turn out to their work and for Breakfast — for
Dinner at the proper Time for them to leave their Work
and again at 8 in the evening for each to repair to their
bangs' JOURNAL. 2x9
House after which no Noise is heaird. Notwithstanding
they have so large a Family to regulate Mrs. Schuyler
also seeth to the Manufacturing of suitable clothing for all
the Servants, all of which is the Produce of their own
plantation, in which she is helped by her mamma and Miss
Polly, the whole is done with less combustion and Noise
than many Families who have not more than 4 or 5 Per
sons in the whole Family ; this whole Family seems ever
to be still and quiet and serene, notwithstanding its mag
nitude and the m.ultiplicity of Business which they have
to transact. What added to my surprise after observing
the regulations of this wonderful Family was to under
stand that Mrs. Schuyler was born of and brought up in a
Rich and genteel Family in the City of York where her
Education must have been so vastly different and- noways
connected with the Life she now leads nor does she cast
off the Mien and Behaviour of the genteel bred woman —
but the whole family live and dress in a very genteel man
ner so far as gentility is consistent with Reason. Mr. and
Mrs. Schuyler seem always to be at leisure and never dis
turb company with being busied and hurried more than
if they had nothing to do. It is not from any Parsimonius
Views that Mr. Schuyler and his Wife employ themselves
in many Matters which is uncommon in People of their
Fortune, but they often told me when I expressed my sur
prise at it, that this was their greatest pleasure, and they
would both in passionate Terms lament and pity the Fate
of those People of Fortune who were blinded by their
Education as not to discover some such Expedient to em
ploy those many leisure Hours which they are daily rack
ing their Inventions to kill and which nevertheless hang
heavy on their Hands. Nor do either of them wholly
slight the diversions of the Town, but frequently were
they wont while the Town was in Peace, to spend a few
days at a time in the City and sometimes they make small
Excursions in the Country.
"Mr. Schuyler's Mansion House is a large, grand and
magnificent building, built partly of stone and the rest
220 ARENT SCHUYLER.
brick most beautifully situate upon an eminence on the east
Bank of what is called Passaic River ; on the west side of
the River by the Water is the Road which leads to Hack
ensack, Albany etc. by which are a considerable number
of Buildings and two Churches, the one a Dutch and the
other an English Church built by Mr. Schuyler's Father.
These together with the Buildings standing by a straight
and level road and the beautiful Groves on the Eminences
on the West afford a most delightful Prospect from the
Groves of Mr. Schuyler's House. On the back part of
the House is a large neat Garden built partly for Orna
ment and partly for Convenience. At the back of the
Garden is a prodigious high Hill covered with Woods^ — the
House has a sufficiency of out Houses on the South and
on the North, at a little distance are his Barns sufficient
to accommodate his Farm which by accounts is three
miles across, in fine the situation of this Gentleman's
Dwelling both for Convenience and Please is the best I
ever beheld. On the East of his House at the Distance
of about f of a Mile he hath two Parks in which are about
150 or 160 Deer but I could not get a sight of them
as they never come out of the Woods except in the
Night. " Mr. Schuyler was descended from the Family of
Schuylers which rendered so much good Service to N.
England as mentioned in Hutchinson's History, there are
many of the same Family at Albany now and at New
York. . This Gentleman's Grandfather in but tolerable
Circumstances moved from Albany to the place above
described. (The Township is called New Barbadoes) and
here he accidentally discovered the Copper Mines now
possessed by his Grandchild out of which he got great
Wealth and the family carrying on the Works have made
daily additions to the Estate till they have all the lands
contiguous and are now immensely Rich. The whole
Family have been noted for their Liberality to the Pub-
lick, but especially to the Poor and Indigent, and it is re
markable that of the great Number I daily while there
ARENT SCHUYLER. 221
heard speak of the Family, none spoke otherwise than
with respect and Love.
" What could hinder this Man from being happy, unless
he had a most discontented mind ? A Man that in Mr.
Schuyler's Scituation could not be happy deserves no
longer to continue on the Earth. I remember once to
have asked him if he thought himself Happy, he replied
'Yes.' I then asked him if he thought any Man more
happy than himself? he calmly answered that possibly
some might be, for he had his gloomy Hours, but that
the Man that was more Happy than himself was Happy
indeed, but that he imagined and made no doubt that
many were, as happy. This last part I doubt of, for tho'
some have to outward appearance sufficient to make them
happy, yet few have that Temper and- disposition and
Temper of Mind which is the chief Blessing enjoyed by
this Gentleman. Without making any more Remarks
(for I cant do justice to what I have endeavoured) I must
declare the few Days spent in this Family to be the most
happy of any that I was ever sensible of enjoying in my
Life. While I was with him we contracted a most inti
mate Friendship, and he on parting desired me to visit
him as often as possible, and on his part engaged to do
the same — he also made me a very generous offer with re
gard to being innoculated with the Small Pox which I
believe I shall accept when I have served my Country
through this Campaign. As I returned to New York I
saw. the Signals for the arrival of more than 20 Ships
hoisted on Staten Island. July 29, 1776."
Arent ScHtrvLER (171) was arrested, on July 11, 1777,
and locked up in the Morristown jail, as a disaffected
person. After a month's detention he took the oath of
loyalty to the patriot cause, and was released. He is the
only one of Philip Schuyler's descendants bearing the
name, so far as I have discovered at the present writing,
who seemed to halt in loyalty to his country.
Aaron Schuyler, LL.D. (297), is the author of several
222 LOUIS SCHUYLER.
educational works on logic and mathematics, which have
a deserved popularity in the Western States.
Rev. Montgomery Schuyler, D.D. (300), is rector of a
Protestant Episcopal Church in St. Louis, Mo.
Rev. Anthony Schuyler, D.D. (301), is rector of the
Protestant Episcopal Church of Orange, N. J.
Rev. Louis Sandford Schuyler (344), was born on
March 2, 1852. He graduated at Hobart College in 1871,
was ordained a Deacon of the Protestant Episcopal Church,
in St. Louis, Mo., on September 21, 1873, and a Priest on
March 5, 1876. Earnestly and sincerely pious, he devoted
himself to the service of his Church, for a time as an as
sistant to Bishop. Doane at Albany, but chiefly in mission
work at St. Louis. His piety was of the fervent and as
cetic type, and in the autumn of 1877, he went to England
for the purpose of joining the Brotherhood of St. John
Evangelist at Cowley. His health proved too delicate to
permit of his carrying out his purpose, and he soon re
turned. For a time he had charge of a parish in Newark,
N. J., but on September 4, 1878, learning that there was a
call for a clergyman at Memphis, where the yellow fever
was then raging, he hastened to that city. He arrived on
the evening of September 8th, threw himself at once into
the work, and was soon attacked by the fever, of which he
died on September 17th. Of such are the saints.
Montgomery Schuyler (351) is a journalist well known
by his contributions to monthly periodicals, and by his
connection with the New York World and the New York
Times. He is now managing editor of Harper's Weekly,
V.
JOHANNES SCHUYLER.
Johannes Schuyler, the sixth and youngest son of Philip
Schuyler and Margarita Van Slichtenhorst,' was born on
April 5, 1668, and was fifteen years old when his father
died. He began at an early age to take an interest, in
public affairs. In 1689 he joined the convention which
assumed the government of Albany and its dependencies
in opposition to Leisler. In the next year he was a vol
unteer in the army of General Winthrop for the invasion
of Canada. It was seen, when it was decided to abandon
the enterprise, that the confidence of the Five Nations in
the English to assist them in their long war with the
French was shaken. To give them courage and to retain
their alliance, some means had to be devised to prove
that their English friends were not devoid of valor and
were willing to join them in a raid against their enemies.
Hitherto the Indians had fought their battles alone and
unaided by the active co-operation of white men. Now
it had to be made apparent that their English allies could
fight as well as talk.
Johannes Schuyler, although young, was brave and en-
' Philip Schuyler, the fifth son of Philip Schuyler and Margarita ^Van
Slichtenhorst, is the ancestor of my branch of the family, and is next in
order for consideration ; but, as it is my purpose to speak also of his fe
male descendants to a limited extent, I shall conclude what I have to say
in reference to the other branches, and leave Philip's history and genealogy
for the last, giving to their descendants a new series of numbers.
224 JOHANNES SCHUYLER.
ter prising. He was acquainted with the Indian character,
and knew their mode of fighting. When others of more
age and experience held back, he volunteered to lead a
company into the enemy's country and do all the damage
possible. His service was accepted by the general, who
conferred upon him the temporary commission of cap
tain. Twenty-nine whites and one hundred and twenty
Indians volunteered under his command. Winthrop, from
his limited stores, supplied him with canoes, arms, and
provisions. From his journal of the expedition, we learn
that he left camp on August 13, 1690, and on his way
down Wood Creek met Captain Glen returning from
a scout, of whose men thirteen whites and five Indians
joined his company. Two days afterward he was within
three miles of Crown Point, and fast approaching that
part of the lake supposed to be occupied by the enemy.
As their success depended measurably on the secrecy of
their movements, they now resolved to remain in camp
during the day and march only by night. The point of
attack was not yet settled, whether Fort Chambly, or La
Prairie, or the farming settlements on the south bank of
the St. Lawrence not far from Montreal. It was a ques
tion of some importance as to which of these places should
be made the objective point. A council was called of the
officers and chiefs, who determined by a majority to at
tack La Prairie. Belts were then passed between the In
dians of different tribes to ratify the decision and to stand
by each other, followed by a hand-shaking all around
among Christians and Indians.
When they arrived at the River Chambly, their scouts
reported that they had discovered on the west shore
traces of the enemy, and the place where fourteen pris
oners captured in New England had recently been bound
to stakes, but had not seen anything more to indicate the
ATTACK ON LA PRAIRIE. 225
presence of enemies. They now concealed their canoes
and some provisions, began their march across the country
in the direction of La Prairie, and toward evening ar
rived in the vicinity of the fort. They camped in the
forest, and early the next morning their scouts reported
the people to be leaving the fort for their work in the
fields. Captain Schuyler wished to capture this working
party, and directed his forces to take up a position be
tween the fort and fields before beginning the attack. He
was disappointed, for his Indian allies no sooner saw the
French at work than raising the war-whoop they rushed
upon them. Instead of capturing the whole party, as was
intended, he took prisoners only nineteen, after killing
six, the others escaping into the fort. His loss was only
one man, an Indian.
After the fight was over and the prisoners secured,
everything outside the fort, including dwellings, barns, cat
tle, grain, and hay, was destroyed. The fort fired alarm-
guns, which were answered from Montreal and Chambly.
The prisoners informed him, that while an invasion was
expected the French had eight hundred men in the fort,
but, learning that Winthrop had retired, and their scouts
reporting no enemy approaching, they had been with
drawn the day before.
Schuyler, unable to persuade his Indians to join in
an attack on the fort, ordered a retreat. With no enemy
in sight, and safe from immediate pursuit, on reaching
the woods he halted, and the men sat down to rest.
While eating their lunch they were amused with the
music of the great guns fired from the several forts. They
reached their canoes without being molested, and arrived
at Albany on August 30th. He saved the first expe
dition again.st Canada from utter contempt. Leisler, in
his report to the English Government, refers to Schuy-
VoL. IL— 15
226 SCHUYLER IN CANADA.
ler's exploits with some satisfaction, but suppresses his
name. In the spring of 1691, Captain Schuyler and a party of
Indians, with some whites, made another invasion into
Canada. They were within a short distance of Montreal,
when some Indian deserters gave notice of their approach,
which enabled the farmers to take refuge in the forts.
The French troops had been withdrawn to Quebec, and
the country around Montreal was stripped of its defend
ers. Outside of the walls of the fort the invaders found
no opposition, and destroyed everything within their r^ach.
These raiding parties continued their depredations until
midsummer, inflicting an immense amount of damage and
reducing Canada to a state of famine.
Johannes Schuyler, having been appointed a lieutenant
of a cavalry company, actively participated in the cam
paign against the French, ¦wiho invaded the Mohawk coun
try in January, 1693, and rendered, with his company,
material assistance in driving them across the Hudson.
By his marriage, in 1695, with a sister of Dr. Samuel
Staats, a prominent member of the Leislerian party, he
won the confidence of that faction, and lost, for a time,
that of their opponents, with whom he had hitherto affili
ated. Soon after his marriage he was elected an alder
man, and by successive elections held the office several
years. The Earl of Bellomont took him into favor, and
employed him on several occasions for delicate and im
portant business. When the Five Nations were agitated
over the question of their countrymen still held as pris
oners in Canada, notwithstanding the peace of 1697,
Bellomont saw the necessity of making some demonstra
tion in their favor. He ordered Major Wessels to attend
their conference'at Onondaga, and despatched Schuyler
with letters to Count de Frontenac. Schuyler was in-
SCHUYLER IN CANADA. 22/
Structed to urge upon the count a surrender of the Indian
prisoners, in accordance with the terms of the treaty ; and
also to learn, if possible, the. intentions of the French as
to their threatened invasion of the Indian country, as well
as their strength and the state of their preparations. Im
mediately on his arrival at Quebec he called and delivered
his despatches to the governor, who on reading them
" seemed much displeased," but said, " I am not afraid."
A day or two afterward they had another interview, when
Frontenac asked him about the strength of Bellomont's
government. Schuyler's reply, that he could raise a hun
dred thousand men, at first may seem grossly exaggerated.
But as all New England, New Jersey, and New York were
under Bellomont's control for military purposes, and as he
had declared that he would arm every man, if need be, it
seems less unreasonable. In all their subsequent discus
sions, Schuyler maintained his positions with dignity and
ability. The count treated him with politeness, and gave
him a dinner, at which were present the chief officers and
dignitaries of Canada.
On his return Schuyler made his report to the governor
and Council, on October 6th, and was warmly congratulated
on his success. At the suggestion of Bellomont a gratuity
was voted to him, " in consideration of his extraordinary
diligence and his wise observations while in Canada."
Frontenac, however, was not diverted from his previous
views and measures as to his treatment of the Iroquois.
He sent a courteous letter to Bellomont, but said that he
was determined to pursue unflinchingly the course he had
marked out for himself, and that all attempts to thwart
him would prove useless. He was then seventy-eight
years old, and did not live to carry out his policy. The
shadow of deatii was then upon him, and three months
afterward he died.
228 FALSE REPORTS.
In the following winter, 1699, the eloquent Dekanissora
and another sachem came to Albany on business of import
ance. They informed the commissioners for Indian affairs
that they had resolved to send a deputation to Canada
to procure the release of their countrymen from their long
imprisonment, despairing of anything effectual being done
in this regard by the English. More than this, they had
been informed by M. Maricour that Johannes Schuyler
on his late visit in Canada had secured them faster than
ever ; yea, he had "clinched them with silver nails," and
had insulted their whole nation by comparing them to
negro slaves. This report of what Schuyler had said and
done in his official capacity created excitement. A special
meeting of the commissioners was held, at Schuyler's re
quest, which vvas attended by six French gentlemen then
in Albany. Schuyler appeared before them, and most
emphatically denied the words and acts attributed to him.
He pronounced the story a most malicious falsehood. If
Maricour was the author of it, he was neither a gentleman
nor an honest man. The French gentlemen admitted that
the story was false, and said that M. Maricour was not its
author, but that it was rather the invention of the Indians.
There were some French Indians at the meeting, who ex
pressed the opinion that the scandal had been put into
circulation by the Iroquois themselves for their own sin
ister purposes. Confronted by such testimony, Dekanis
sora said that he was satisfied that the story was false,
and that Schuyler should be exonerated from all blame.
Bellomont's visit to New England made him acquainted
with the Indian question as affecting that portion of his
master's dominions. The powerful Indian nations occu
pying Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island had
been annihilated, or brought into subjection, but the Abe
nakis, or eastern Indians, under the influence of the
THE SCHAGHTICOKES. 229
French, still kept up a desolating war on the settlements
of Maine and New Hampshire. Bellomont conceived the
project of detaching them from French influence, and
thus giving peace to the borders. In a letter to the Lords
of Trade, September 30, 1698, he says :
" I have in view to make a peace with the Eastern Ind
ians, who during all the late war, have been such a
scourge to the New England colonies, and that by means
of one Schuyler, a Dutchman, a man very popular with
the Schaghticoke Indians, who were driven out of New
England some years since, and being related to the East
ern Indians, are held in much esteem by them. This
Schuyler will soon visit the East, and take with him some
Schaghticoke sachems, by whose means he is confident he
can prevail on those Eastern hostiles to make a perpetual
peace. And further he hopes to induce them to come and
make a settlement in this province among their kindred."
The Schaghticokes were the remnant of a New England
tribe who, in the war of 1675, made their way west, and
procured a small territory from their kindred, the Mohe-
gans, or River Indians, situate on the east side of the
Hudson above Albany. They were never numerous ; so
few, indeed, that they had more land than they needed, and
had sold portions of it to the city of Albany, to Hendrick
Van Rensselaer, and others. They professed to be sub
ject to the English, and had often met them in council,
professedly to " brighten the covenant-chain," but really
to receive the presents distributed on such occasions.
They were never considered efficient or trustworthy allies.
From time to time some of them would emigrate to Can
ada, until in 1754 the few remaining were carried off by a
war-party of their friends. Had Bellomont succeeded in
removing any considerable number of the Abenakis to
Schaghticoke, it is doubtful whether they would have
230 THE EASTERN INDIANS.
proved a -source of strength — more likely of weakness.
They were thoroughly under French influence, many of
them being proselytes of the Jesuits having a settlement
in Canada. It is more than probable that they would
have proved a scourge rather than a blessing.
It is not known whether Schuyler visited the eastern
Indians, as he proposed, but it is fair to infer that nego
tiations had been opened with them, and some influence
had been used to induce them to consider the subject ;
for in August, 1700, ten or twelve of their sachems, one
of whom spoke good English, were in Albany at a con
ference with the Five Nations, whence they proceeded to
the Mohawk country and made their submission, wishing
to be received as allies, and pledging themselves to aban
don the French and be at peace with the English. Bello
mont assumed much credit to himself for this apparent
success in his plans. He wrote to the Board of Trade :
" This submission proceeds from my management. It
is a lucky thing ; and the people of New England have
reason to bless God that they are forever hereafter secure
from Savages who have been a cruel thorn in their sides."
How mistaken in liis forecast of the future ! for a little
later they renewed the barbarous war, which lasted, with
short intervals of peace, more than forty years.
In October following news was brought to Albany that
the French, notwithstanding the peace, had treacherously'
attacked a hunting party of the Five Nations, and killed
or captured the whole number. Johannes Schuyler was
despatched to New York to report the news of the out
rage to the governor. On this visit the Abenaki business
was again discussed, and some definite plan of operation
was agreed on. The governor wrote to him on November
7, 1700 :
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" I promised you when we parted, I would send you my
instructions, as to what you were to do in relation to our
Indians, and as to the Eastern Indians, and also as to the
French Bushlopers. But I consider a letter from me is
to the full as good as any instructions I can send you."
In January, 1701, Bellomont again wrote to the Lords of
Trade :
" I design to invite the Eastern Indians to settle at
Schaghticoke, and make a perpetual league between them
and our Five Nations. For this purpose I make use of
Colonel Schuyler's brother,"
The governor now proposed to employ him as his confi
dential agent, in his negotiations with the eastern Indians
and in other affairs, but did not wish his correspondence
to go on the records of the Council, that publicity might
be avoided. His letter, before referred to, continues :
"Try by all means by your messengers chosen from the
Schaghticoke Indians to bring the Eastern Indians, and
settle them at Schaghticoke. Try to have some of their
sachems visit me in New York and meet some of the Five
Nations. Ail your expenses shall be repaid with thanks.
Should you succeed, I shall not consider the best service
I can do you misbestowed. I desire you will encourage
the Frenchmen who come to us from Canada. It will be
a great service to the King and country. Assure the
Eastern Indians, I will give them good presents, when they
come to see me."
Schuyler replied on January 7th :
" Since the receipt of your Lordship's letter, I have been
trying to procure the Indian messengers, but could not till
now, as they were off hunting. On the 17. December last,
I learned some had returned home, when I visited them,
and arranged for a meeting at my house in Albany. They
232 SCHUYLER'S NEGOTIATIONS.
met me according to appointment. When I made known
to them your Lordship's wishes, they were delighted that
your Excellency took so much interest in them. With
your patronage they expect to become a great nation.
Instead of three, they propose to send four messengers,
but desire a few days time in order to select the proper
men." A month later he wrote :
" The messengers were selected according to promise,
and being supplied with every thing requisite for the jour
ney, they left on the 12. January last, bearing your belt
and message to the Eastern Indians. The deep snow pre
vented my journey to Canada, as I had intended. That
business waits for a more favorable opportunity."
Bellomont replied on February 29th.
" I am mightily satisfied with your proceedings in the
Eastern question. If you succeed, you will do the King a
valuable service, for which I will take care that you are
suitably rewarded. Take good care of Louis Goselyn, the
Frenchman, and pay him twenty pieces of f , all in one sum
on my account."
Schuyler answered on March 14th :
" Nothing has been heard from the Indian messengers
since they left. I trust on their return, they will bring
satisfactory information. As for Louis Goselyn, I find
him to be a civil young man. He intends to visit your
Excellency soon, and for that reason have given him no
money, only some clothing."
Nine days before this letter was written Bellomont had
died. The intercourse between Albany and New York in
the ¦winter season was infrequent and uncertain, Indian
couriers being chiefly employed as mail-carriers. The
death of the governor interrupted, if it did not terminate,
the negotiations with the eastern Indians. When Schuy-
HUTCHINSON'S OPINION. 233
ler received the intelligence of Bellomont's death, he ad
dressed a letter to the Council, with whicli he enclosed
the correspondence and other papers relating to that busi
ness. After due consideration, the Council directed him
to proceed in accordance with the instructions which he
had received.
The Indian messengers returned after a prolonged ab
sence, and reported to Schuyler : That at the end of sixty-
three days from the time they left Albany they reached
the first castle of the eastern Indians, and found only one
sachem at home, the others being absent hunting ; that
they delivered their message with the belt to him, and it
was kindly received, but he could give no definite answer
until the absent sachems returned from the woods ; that
he engaged to forward the belt and message to the other
villages of his nation, and assured the delegates they
might expect an answer by the next new moon. What that
answer was, if ever sent, is not known. Domestic affairs
occupied the attention of the acting governor, Nanfan, to
the exclusion of other business, and negotiations with the
eastern Indians were suffered to sleep and be forgotten.
They had been undertaken to secure quiet and safety to
the border settlements of New England, and although
they were apparently fruitless, Schuyler did not lose his
interest in behalf of the people he had sought to protect.
Hutchinson, the historian of Massachusetts, while accus
ing the Albanians of trading on the sufferings inflicted by
the French and Indian scalping parties, also said :
" Some of the best people of Albany detested the infa
mous traffic, particularly Col. John Schuyler, who, by
means of Indians in the English interests, informed himself
of the intended expeditions, and gave frequent notice to
our people on the frontiers. But many inroads he had it
not in his power to discover."
234 EFFORTS TO PROTECT NEW ENGLAND.
He gave timely notice of the intended attack on Deer-
field by a party of 300 French and Indians ; but the peo
ple neglected their watch, and were destroyed to the
number of 47 killed and 147 taken prisoners. Two years
later he warned the people of New England that 270 men
had left Canada for some unknown destination. They ap
peared at Dunstable, on the Merrimack, where they burned
a fort in which were twenty soldiers ; and at Reading,
only eighteen miles from Boston, where they surprised a
woman and eight children, killing the woman and three
children and carrying off the others. These efforts to
shield the settlers of New England from the tomahawk
and scalping-knife were not limited to a few years, but
vsrere continued until age and infirmities compelled him to
desist. In 1724 the governor of Massachusetts proposed
to hold a conference at Albany with the sachems of the
Mohawk proselytes residing in Canada, deputies of the
Five Nations being present and assisting, for the purpose
of conciliating them and cementing a friendship with the
English. This conference could be held only b}' the con
sent of the governor of New York, which was readily given
by Governor Burnet. Massachusetts appointed as com
missioners to manage the negotiations John Stoddard, of
Boston, member of the Council, and Colonel John Schuy
ler, of Albany. His services must have been appreciated,
and his ability recognized, to have obtained for him this
honorable and responsible position.
The negotiations were managed by the deputies of Mas
sachusetts assisted by the commissioners of New York,
and were in some respects successful. The Canada Ind
ians promised " not to make war on Boston any longer,"
and the Five Nations undertook to restrain the eastern
Indians from further hostilities. It was a time of peace
between the English and French crowns, but the Cana-
NEW ENGLAND COMMISSIONERS. 23 S
dians, regardless alike of the peace and of humanity, stimu
lated the Abenakis to war, and furnished them with sup
plies and volunteers. Jealous lest the English should ap
proach too near their frontiers, they hoped by means of
these savages to expel them from the country east of the
Kennebeck River. In this they had the approval of their
king and government.
In the following September Commissioner Stoddard
again came to Albany, to receive the report of the sachems
of the Five Nations who had been on a mission to a sec
tion of the Abenakis domiciled in Canada. They reported
that they had had an interview with the Abenaki sachems
at Montreal in presence of Vaudreuil, the governor, and
that they flatly refused to cease their war on New Eng
land, until the English abandoned all claim to their lands
and restored to liberty their countrymen, who they al
leged were unjustly detained as prisoners ; nor would
they come to treat with them, either at Boston or Albany,
but if they wanted peace they must come to Montreal,
and treat in presence of " Father Onontio " (the French
governor). These forest warriors, under the eyes of On
ontio, assumed a lofty carriage, but, like all the native
races, after years of bloodshed they were at last obliged
to submit.
After the sachems had delivered their report. Governor
Burnet and Mr. Stoddard urged the Five Nations to make
war on these haughty and unrelenting Indians, and oblige
them to accept terms of peace. But no argument, no per
suasions could induce them to take up the hatchet. They
said that England and France were at peace ; that there
was now an open path from Canada to Albany on the one
hand, and to the Five Nations on the other. Should they
strike the Abenakis, they would be embroiled in war with
the Canadians. They did not,want war with the French,
236 NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA.
for, said they, "We know what whipping and scourging is
from the governor of Canada. We have tried three times
to have them make peace with you, and have failed. We
would have you try it now yourselves, and see what you
can do."
Massachusetts acted on their advice, and did " try it.''
The next spring, in March, 1725, Mr. Dudley, son of the
governor, and two other deputies from Massachusetts,
arrived in Montreal. On their journey they had been
joined at Albany by Colonel John Schuyler, whose pres
ence in Canada with the deputies was considered of great
importance. Many of the Schaghticoke Indians had emi
grated to Canada, and were living in the Abenaki villages
on the St. Lawrence. They still retained a great affection
for their old friend and patron. It was supposed that
through them he might exert a good influence over their
hostile relatives. The deputies, in their interviews with
Vaudreuil, demanded that he should deliver up the pris
oners taken by the Indians from New England ; and that
he should render no further assistance to those savages,
but compel them to stop the war.
Vaudreuil hypocritically replied that the war was not
his ; nor did he hold the prisoners, except such as had
been purchased from their captors by the French ; that
they themselves must treat with the Abenakis. For this
purpose he sent for their sachems, that the negotiations
might be conducted in his presence. The sachems were
proud and defiant as usual, and would not listen to any
terms, except those proposed by themselves. Schuyler
had visited them privately the night before, but had been
unable to impress them favorably toward a peace. They
were too near the person of Onontio to be open to argu
ment or conviction.
In 1709, when a second expedition for the invasion of
SCHUYLER S POLITICAL CAREER. 237
Canada was being arranged, Schuyler was sent to Onon
daga to enlist the Five Nations in the project. He found
there some Frenchmen, who became nervous about their
own safety and fled in various directions. A Jesuit priest
put himself under his protection, and with his servant ac
companied him to Albany. His mission was successful,
and the Indians participated in the operations of the cam
paign, such as it was. Subsequently Schuyler had com
mand of some forces which were sent down on the east side
of Lake Champlain to observe the enemy, and intercept
a war-party supposed to be on its march toward the Con
necticut River. His command did not come into contact
with the French, but did efficient service in deterring them
from a march on the headquarters of the E^nglish at Fort
Ann, where they might have inflicted serious damage by
superior numbers. Toward the close of operations. Lieu
tenant Barent Staats, a nephew of Schuyler's wife, was
taken prisoner by an Indian scout and carried to Mon
treal. The Jesuit and his servant being yet in Albany,
Schuyler proposed to go to Canada and exchange them
for Staats. The arrangement was consummated, and
Staats after a short captivity returned to his friends.
Johannes Schuyler, whatever may have been his politics,
was held in much estimation by his fello^w-citizens. He
was elected to the Common Council for several successive
years, and was mayor of the city from 1703 to 1706. He
was elected to the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Assemblies,
serving from September i, 1710, to March 3, 1713. While
mayor and alderman he was ex-officio member of the
Board for Indian Affairs, and at other times held the posi
tion by appointment, serving in such capacity altogether
eighteen years.
The land transactions of Johannes Schuyler were con
siderable, but not as extensive as those of his brother
238 HIS LAND TRANSACTIONS.
Peter, and were small compared to those of his brothers-
in-law, Stephanus Van Cortlandt and Robert Livingston.
He purchased about two thousand acres on the south side
of the Mohawk River east of Schenectady, which was
named Rosendale. He was one of the company which
procured a patent for land in the Schoharie Valley, named
Huntersfield for the governor, Robert Hunter. He also
owned the half of a tract of land of two thousand acres on
the east side of the Hudson River, " on both sides of a
brook called Tomlinack," and was interested more or less
in some minor tracts. His most important purchase was
made in 1702 of Abraham Wendel, to whom it had been
devised by his father — a seventh share in the historical
Saratoga Patent.
The outlet of Saratoga Lake, the northern boundary of
this purchase, afforded a fine water-power, which Schuy
ler improved by the erection of mills. The hills near by
were covered with forests of pine, and the rich soil of the
intervals along the river was well adapted to agricultural
purposes. Lying remote from the settlements in the vi
cinity of Albany, the mill operatives and their families re
quired supplies at a price only to be afforded by produc
tion in their neighborhood. Hence, with the artisan came
the farmer, and a little village soon sprang up on the bluff
near the Hudson and south of Fish Creek, or outlet of
Saratoga Lake. It was protected against the attacks of
enemies by a small fort built of earth and wood, but large
and strong enough for the safety of the inhabitants when
threatened by an enemy armed with bows and arrows or
shot-guns. The settlement had been begun and the fort
built before Schuyler became the owner of the land ; he
only pushed the work more vigorously and successfully.
On the bluff a short distance south of Fish Creek he
erected a strong brick house, with loop-holes, to supple-
HIS DEATH. 239
ment the fort for the protection of his superintendents
and laborers. When age unfitted him for active employ
ments, he gave the improved property to his sons, except
ing the grist-mill, which he reserved to himself. Here
Philip, his eldest son, took up his residence, and person
ally superintended the farm and mills ; he remained at
his post in the fall of 1745 after many of his neighbors
had retired to Albany for the winter. Here he was killed,
while bravely defending his little garrison from the as
saults of the French, and his body consumed in the fire of
his own dwelling. His fate and the manner of his death
were unknown to his friends, until the discovery of the
French officer's journal, before quoted, revealed them.'
Johannes Schuyler had four children, two sons and two
daughters. He buried his wife in the church at Albany,
June, 1737. Four years later his youngest son, John, Jr.,
was buried at the Flatts, where his grave, covered with
a sandstone slab, is yet seen. It once contained a metal
tablet, which has disappeared long since, leaving to stran
gers no evidence as to whose remains are buried beneath.
His eldest son, Philip, as we have seen, was killed at
Saratoga, Noverhber, 1745. His eldest daughter, Marga
rita, married her cousin Philip, eldest son of Colonel
Peter Schuyler. She is known as the "American Lady."
She lived until the close of the American Revolution, and
was buried beside her husband, but no stone marks her
grave. His youngest daughter, Catalyntje, married Cor
nells Cuyler, a prominent citizen of Albany.
Johannes Schuyler survived all his brothers and his own
sons. He died in 1747, and was buried in the church on
March 2d. His will was dated February 25, 1742, in which
he gave to his son Philip the grist-mill at Saratoga for his
' See pages H4-Iig.
240 HIS WILL.
right of primogeniture, reserving to the children of his
son Jolin the right to grind, for their own use only, " toll
free." He also gave to Philip the farm at Saratoga, then
in his possession, one-half of the saw-mill, and all the " ne
groes and wenches on the farm, except my negro boy
Mink." He also to gave to Philip the dwelling-house in
Albany he then occupied, and half of his undivided
seventh part of the lands in the Saratoga Patent, out of
which legacies he must pay to his two sisters ^^50 each.
He had given to his son John one hundred and sixty acres
of the Saratoga Patent, to which he adds ten acres of wood
land. To his daughter Margarita, wife of Colonel Philip
Schuyler, he gave a picture of himself and wife in one
frame ; and to his daughter Catalyntje, wife of Cornells
Cuyler, a large linen-press, for " keepsakes." The remain
der of his household effects he directed to be divided into
five parts, one each for his four children and one for his
stepdaughter, Sara Wendel, wife of Jacob Glen. To his
daughters he gave each ;^475 in cash. The remainder of
his estate was to be equally divided between his four chil
dren. His son Philip having died at the hands of the French,
without children, his gifts to him reverted to his estate.
He must have become satisfied of his fate, for three
months after his death, February 25, 1746, he added a
codicil to the will, giving his daughter Margarita a life
interest in his dwelling-house, and after her death to his
daughter Catalyntje in fee. He makes no other changes,
and his seventh of the Saratoga Patent remained intact,
except the small farms he had given to Philip and John, Jr.
The estate of Johannes Schuyler was large for the times.
He had been a prosperous merchant, and besides his real
estate had accumulated much personal property. He
owned a seventh of the Saratoga Patent, estimated to
JOHANNES SCHUYLER. 241
contain about 18,000 acres, as Mr. Bullard says, " of the
fairest land on the continent," less the farms he had given
to his sons ; a tract of land of nearly two thousand acres
on the Mohawk River below Schenectady, less a small
farm that he had sold ; twenty-five hundred acres in the
Schoharie Valley ; two thousand acres in the Mohawk
Valley, not far from Amsterdam ; and one thousand acres
on the east side of the Hudson, not far from the Van
Rensselaer manor, besides his dwelling and other real es
tate in the city.
His residence was on the south side of State Street,
opposite North Pearl Street, Albany ; and adjoining to
the east was the residence of his son Johr(. When South
Pearl Street was opened his own house was removed, but
the other is still standing, situate on the southeast corner
of State and South Pearl Streets. It is one of the few old
structures left in the city ; the most have fallen before
the march of improvements. It is a fact worth noting,
that the house where General Philip Schuyler was born
and lived in his youth, and the house where he spent his
married life and in which he died, are still well preserved ;
the former occupied for business purposes, the latter as a
dwelling. Vol. II.— 16.
GENEALOGICAL TABLE.
Descendants of Johannes Schuyler.
10. JOHANNES SCHUYLER and Elizabeth Staats.
35S. Philip, bp. December 25, i6g5, d. s. p. November 17, 1745, O. S.
35g. Johannes, bp. October 31, i6g7.
m. Cornelia Van Cortlandt.
360. Margarita, bp. January 12, 1701.
m. Philip Schuyler (17).
361. Catalyntje, bp. March 5, 1704.
m. Cornelius Cuyler.
35g. JOHANNES SCHUYLER and Cornelia Van Cortlandt.
362. Gertrude, b. August 18, 1724.
m. I, Peter Schuyler (20).
m. 2, December 4, 1760, Dr. John Cochran.
363. Johannes, b. December 30, 1725, d. s. p. November, 1746.
364. Stephanus, b. September 30, 1727, d. y.
365. CATHERINE, bp. July 14, 1728, d. y.
366. Stephanus, b. December 20, I72g, d. y.
367. Philip, bp. October 17, 1731, d. y.
368. Philip, bp. November 11, 1733.
m. Catherine Van Rensselaer,
369. Cortlandt, bp. July g, 1735.
m. Barbara .
370. Stephanus, bp. August 14, 1737.
in. Lena Ten Eyck.
371. Elizabeth, bp. October 8, 1738, d. y.
372. Oliver, bp. February 22, 1741, d. y.
368. PHILIP SCHUYLER and Catherine Van Rensselaer.
373. Angelica, bp. February 22, 1756.
m. John Barker Church.
374. Elizabeth, b. August 7, 1757.
m. Alexander Hamilton.
375. Margarita, bp. September 24, 1758.
111. Stephen Van Rensselaer,
DESCENDANTS OF JOHANNES SCHUYLER. 243
376. Cornelia, bp. August i, 1761, d. y.
377. John Bradstreet, bp. October 8, 1763, d. y.
378. John Bradstreet, bp. at home, July 23, 1765.
m. Elizabeth Van Rensselaer.
37g. Philip Jeremiah, b. January 20, 1768.
m. I, Sarah Rutsen.
m. 2,,, Mary A. Sawyer, of Newburyport,
Mass.
380. Rensselaer, b. Januai-y 2g, 1773.
m. Eliza Ten Broeck.
381. Cornelia, b. December 22, 1776.
m. Washington Morton.
382. Cortlandt, b. May 15, 1778, d. y.
383. Catherine "Van Rensselaer, b. February 20, 1781.
m. I, Samuel Malcolm.
m. 2, James Cochran.
36g. CORTLANDT SCHUYLER and Barbara .
384. John Cortlandt, d. s. p. last of December, I7g3.
m. Angelica Van Rensselaer.
Other children who returned to Ireland with their mother.
370. STEPHANUS SCHUYLER and Lerw. Ten Eyck.
385. Johannes, b. January 5, 1764.
m. Catharine Cuyler, d. 1853, atWhitesboro', N. Y.,
aged 81.
386. Tobias, b. November 27, 1766, d. y.
387. Philip, b. January 24, 1768, d. y.
388. Tobias, b. May 20, 1770, d. s. p. July 2, 1804.
38g. Henry Ten Eyck, b. December 30, 1772.
m. Sarah Visscher.
390. Philip Van Cortlandt, b. July 30, 1775.
m. Cynthia Carpenter.
3gi. Cornelia, b. November 30, 1777, d. y.
3g2. Barent, b. April 12, 1780, d. s. jj. February 11, 1833.
393. Stephen Van Rensselaer, b. October 3, 1784.
3g4. Cortlandt, d. s. p. July 31, 1858. He was buried from his
residence in Tivoli Hollow.
378. JOHN BRADSTREET SCHUYLER and Elizabeth Van Rensselaer.
395. Philip, b. October 26, 1788.
m. Grace Hunter.
396. Stephen Van Rensselaer, b. May 4, 1790, d. y.
379. PHILIP JEREMIAH SQHUYLER and Sara Rutsen.
397. Philip P., m. Rosanna Livingston.
\^ 398. Catherine, m. Samuel Jones.
244 DESCENDANTS OF JOHANNES SCHUYLER.
39g. John R., d. y.
400. Robert, m. Lucinda Wood.
401. Stephen V. R., m. Catherine Morris.
37g. PHILIP JEREMIAH SCHUYLER and Anne Sawyer.
402. William, d. aged 22 years, unmarried.
403. Sybill, d. y.
404. George L., b. June g, 181 r.
m. I, Eliza Hamilton.
m. 2, Mary Morris Hamilton.
385. JOHN S. SCHUYLER and Catharine Cuyler.
405. Stephen, d. y.
406. Stephen, d. a. p. at Schenectady, N. Y.
407. Abraham, d. s. p. at Whitesboro', N. Y.
408. Cuyler Nicholas, d. s. p. at Whitesboro', N. Y.
4og. Helen.
410. Barent, m. Mercy Kurney.
411. Margaret, m. William Palmer.
412. John, m. Elizabeth Edick.
413. Henry, d. s. p. at New Hartford, N. Y.
414. Cornelia Van Rensselaer ; resides at Whitestown, N. Y.
389. HENRY TEN EYCK SCHUYLER and Sarah Visscher.
415. Cornelia, d. y.
416. Agnes, d. y.
417. Sarah, d. y.
418. John, d. January i, 1816, aged 12 years.
419. Stephen ; resides near Montreal in Canada.
420. Helen, d. y.
390. PHILIP VAN CORTLANDT SCHUYLER and Cynthia Carpenter.
421. John C, m. .
422. Helen, m. Ransom Stone, Oneida, N. Y.
423. Ann, ni. Smith ; resides in Wisconsin.
424. Stephen V. R. ; resides in Oneida, N. Y.
425. Philip Cortlandt ; resides in Rice County, Minn.
426. Abigail, m. Ira Hitchcock.
393. STEPHEN V. R. SCHUYLER and .
427. Cortlandt, d. ». p.
428. Helen, d. y.
429. Adela.
395. PHILIP SCHUYLFTR and Grace Hunter.
430. Ruth, m. T. W. Ogden.
431. Elizabeth, m. R. H. Ogden.
432. Grace,
433. Catherine, m. Rev. John Bolton.
DESCENDANTS OF JOHANNES SCHUYLER. 245
434. Harriet.
435. Letitia, m. C. H. de Luze,
436. Fanny.
437. John.
438. Mary.
400. ROBERT SCHUYLER and Lucinda Wood.
439- Julia W., m. Rev. IV. O. Lamson.
440. Robert, m. .
441. Louisa F., m. Mars.
442. Katharine, m. Grosvenor,
443. George W., m. Magdalitia Coster.
444. William S. ; killed in the civil war, at Cold Spring, Va.
401. STEPHEN V. R. SCHUYLER and Catherine Morris.
445. Stephen, d. y.
446. Sarah R., d. y.
447. Georgiana, d. y.
404. GEORGE L. SCHUYLER and Eliza Hamilton.
448. Philip, m. Harriet Lowndes, wid. of Eugene Langdon,
449. Louisa Lee.
450. Georgina.
410. BARENT SCHUYLER and Mercy Kurney.
451. Joseph, m. and resides at Hamilton, N. Y.
452. Nancy ; resides in Utica, N. Y.
412. JOHN SCHUYLER and Elizabeth Edick.
453. Robert ; killed in the civil war, at the battle of the Wilderness.
454. John ; resides in Geauga County, Ohio.
455. Henry ; resides in Geauga County, Ohio.
421. JOHN C. SCHUYLER and ; removed to Wisconsin.
456. Philip ; resides in Rice County, Minn.
457. John, m. .
457. JOHN SCHUYLER and ; resides in Rice County, Minn.
458. Philip.
459. Adela.
NOTES ON JOHANNES SCHUYLER'S DESCEND
ANTS.
Johannes Schuyler's wife, Elizabeth Staats, was the
daughter of Doctor Abraham Staats, who came to Bever
wyck, in 1642, with Dominie Megapolensis, sent out by
Killian Van Rensselaer to his colony. Besides practising
at his profession. Dr. Staats engaged in the Indian trade,
and shipped large quantities of furs to Holland. He took
up a tract of land on the east side of the Fludson River,
lying along the Kinderhook Creek, which was long known
as Captain Abrahamse's (Staats) Kill. He also engaged in
the transportation business, commanding his own sloop
plying between Beverwyck and Manhattan, and in this
way was better known as captain than as doctor. He had
four sons and one daughter. Two of his sons were physi
cians, one of whom was the well-known Doctor Samuel
Staats, of New York. Elizabeth Staats, when Schuyler
married her, was the widow of Captain Johannes Wendell
and the mother of eleven children. Her youngest son,
Jacob, by her first husband, removed to Boston, and sur
prised the Yankees that a Dutchman could become a lead
ing merchant and politician in that town.
John Schuyler, Jr. (359), died too early in life for the
full development of his abilities, just as he had begun a
career which gave promise of great usefulness, wealth,
and high social and political position. He succeeded his
JOHN SCHUYLER, JR. 247
father, with whom he had been in partnership, in the mer
cantile business about 1733, and the same year was ap
pointed, with J. De Peyster, a commissioner to furnish
supplies to the forts at Oswego, -which position he held
several successive years. He was elected an alderman of
the first ward in September, 1738, and again in 1739. He
took a seat at the Board for Indian Affairs in December
of the latter year. President Clarke appointed him mayor
of Albany, and he "took the oaths appointed bylaw " on
October 31, 1740. He died a year later, and was buried at
the Flatts on November 6, 1741.
Schuyler began to make investments in lands as soon as
he acquired surplus capital. In December, 1722, he
bought of Philip Livingston, trustee, a portion of the Sara
toga Patent, lying on the east' side of the Hudson and
bounded north by the Batten Kill. On August 10, 1738,
the land commissioners issued to him, Jacob Glen, and
Arent Bratt a certificate of survey of a tract of land which
they had purchased by license of the Indians, situated on
the north side of the Mohawk River, beginning below the
Little Falls, extending west to Canada Creek, and thence
north along the creek thirty miles, thence east twelve
miles, and thence south to the place of beginning. It was
a large tract, too large for three men, for it exceeded the
limits prescribed by law. When the patent was issued, a
year later, two thousand acres were granted to each of the
parties. In 1740 Schuyler and five others procured a title
from the province for twelve thousand acres, lying on the
east side of the Hudson above the Saratoga Patent, of
which he had an equal share.
If John Schuyler, Jr., left a will, I have been unable to
find it. Although he died before his father, and could not,
therefore, add his paternal patrimony to his own property,
he left a very respectable estate to his own family.
248 MARGARITA SCHUYLER.
Cornelia Van Cortlandt, the wife of John Schuyler, Jr.,
was the youngest daughter of Stephanus Van Cortlandt
and Gertrude Schuyler (3). By the terms of her father's
will, she shared equally with her ten brothers and sisters
in his large estate. One of the brothers dying unmarried,
he devised by will his share to the other ten heirs. Van
Cortlandt was one of the richest men in the province ;
besides his manor, which was found by accurate survey to
contain over 86,000 acres, he possessed lands on the Wap
pinger Creek, lands in New Jersey, lands and houses in
New York City, and much personal property. Cornelia
Schuyler, after her husband's death, procured a patent, on
July 16, 1742, for thirteen hundred acres of land on the
east side of the Hudson, near Fort Miller. Thus it will
be seen that in her own right she possessed a considerable
estate. She made her will on November 29, 1758, to which
she added a codicil on August 26, 1760, giving to her son
Philip ;^30 in satisfaction of his birthright as eldest son ;
to her sons Philip and Stephen, a farm on the east side of
the Hudson, next to Philip Verplanck's, to be equally di
vided between them ; to her daughter Gertrude, widow of
Peter Schuyler, two houses and lots on Queen (Pearl)
Street, New York, to which she added in the codicil ;^7oo
for her use during life, and therewith ^1,000 additional to
be divided between her two children, Peter and Cornelia ;
and to her son Cortlandt, then an officer in the army, sta
tioned at Cork, Ireland, ^1,800, which she considered
equivalent to each of the farms devised to the other sons.
The residue of the estate was to be divided equally be
tween the four children. The will was proved on Novem
ber 24, 1762.
Margarita Schuyler (360), like her grandmother,
Margarita Van Slichtenhorst, for whom she was named,
was a very remarkable^ woman. She had no children,
THE AMERICAN LADY. 249
and her well-trained servants relieved her from the cares
of the household. She was fond of reading, and had
leisure to indulge her taste •,_ as there were few novels and
no popular magazines, her studies were confined to history,
religion, and politics, in which she made great proficiency.
She had numerous relatives residing in New York, and, as her
husband was a member of the Assembly for several years,
she frequently accompanied him to the capital, where she
enjoyed the best society of the province. At home she en
tertained often and liberally. The best citizens of Albany,
and English officers stationed on the frontier, considered
it a privilege to attend her receptions. Many of the offi
cers sought her society for the knowledge she could impart
on the situation of the country past and present, and be
cause of her general information. She was on intimate
terms with Lord Howe, who fell at Lake George in Aber-
cromby's campaign, and with other officers of a like char
acter, who were often at her table. In her early years she
possessed a graceful form and figure, but after middle life
she became large — unusually so ; her conversation, however,
lost none of its charm and vivacity. When, in the summer
of 1763, Colonel Bradstreet announced to her that her
house was on fire, she did not lose her self-possession, but
ordered her servants to remove her in her chair to the
lawn, where she sat with perfect composure while direct
ing the removal of the furniture.
Having no children of her own, she took an unusual
interest in those of her relatives. Her husband's brothers,.
Peter and Jeremiah, lived not far from her residence at
the Flatts, and their children she regarded as her own, as
she did those of her brother and sister. The future gen
eral was one of her favorite nephews, and her frequent
guest. Her interest in the young people was unfailing,
assuming the tenderness of a mother ; but when she came
2SO CATALYNTJE SCHUYLER.
to make her will she showed that there was a difference
in her love for the one and the other. She directed her
estate to be divided into ten parts, one each for the four
children of her brother and the six children of her sister,
Mrs. Cuyler. Not one of her husband's nephews or nieces
received anything by which to bear her in remembrance.
She had associated so much with English officers, civil
and military, that when the revolutionary agitations be
gan her sympathies were found to be with the crown, but
she was not a Tory in the broad sense of' the word. She
took middle ground, and hoped that a way might be found
for reconciliation. She loved her country and her rela
tives, and did not wish to see them involved in civil war.
She lived long enough, however, to know that the Ameri
can cause had been successful, and that the war was virtu
ally at an end.
She died, on August 22, 1782, in the eighty-second year
of her age, and was buried in the private cemetery at the
Flatts between the graves of her long-loved husband and
her brother John. No stone or other memorial marks her
resting-place. But Mrs. Grant, of Laggan, a Scotch lady,
has erected a monument to her memory more enduring
than brass or marble, in "The Memoirs of an American
Lady." '
Catalyntje Schuyler (361) married Cornelius Cuyler.
The Cuyler family was of German origin. Hendrick
Cuyler, a tailor, came to Albany about 1664. His son
Johannes was a merchant, and a man of much prominence
in business and political circles ; he was an alderman, com
missioner of Indian affairs, and mayor of the city. His
wife was a daughter of Dirck Wesselse Ten Broeck. His
' When this book is reprinted its errors of genealogy should be corrected
in foot-notes. It could be done quite easily.
SIR CORNELIUS CUYLER. 251-
son Cornelius was also a merchant, and for man)^ years
held a leading position in the city of his birth. He was
mayor for four years by successive appointments, and a
member of the Board of Indian Affairs for fourteen years.
His children intermarried with the Van Cortlandts and
other highly respectable families.
One son of Cornelius Cuyler and Catalyntje Schuyler,
also Cornelius, born at Albany in 1741, became a general
officer in the British army, colonel of the Sixty-ninth
Foot, and governor of Kinsale. He distinguished himself
by the capture of Tobago, and on October 29, 1814, was
created a baronet. His eldest son, Charles, the second
baronet, was also in the Sixty-ninth Foot and a major-gen
eral. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Charles Henry
Johnes, who had served in important colonial offices in
Trinidad and Honduras. Another son is a clergyman ;
and another, George Augustus, a colonel of the Bengal
Staff Corps.
Gertrude Schuyler (362) married, first, Peter (20) the
eldest son of Peter Schuyler, Jr., [Pedrom] (18), and sub
sequently Dr. John Cochran.
The remote ancestors of Dr. John Cochran were Scotch.
The branch from which he derived descent removed to
the north of Ireland in 1570. His father, James, and two
brothers emigrated, and settled in Chester, Pa. He stud
ied medicine at Lancaster, and, after being admitted to
practice, volunteered as surgeon's mate in the northern
army in the last French and Indian war, and accompanied
Colonel Bradstreet on his march against Fort Frontenac
in 1758. In this expedition he became acquainted with
Philip Schuyler (368), and on his return to Albany
with his sister Gertrude (362), then a young widow. After
his marriage, on December 4, 1760, he removed to New
Brunswick, N. J., and engaged in the practice of his pro-
252 DR. JOHN COCHRAN.
fession. In the winter of 1776 he offered his services to
Congress in the hospital department. In April, 1777, on
the recommendation of General Washington, he was
appointed surgeon-general, and assigned to duty in the
northern department. In June, 1781, he was promoted to
the position of director-general of the hospitals of the
United Colonies. After the war he resided at Albany, and
some years before his death removed to Palatine, N. Y,
where, in April, 1807, he died. He was buried at Albany,
but in 1875 his remains, with those of his wife, were re
moved to the Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica.
GENERAL PHILIP SCHUYLER.
Philip Schuyler (368) married Catherine, daughter of
John Van Rensselaer, of Claverack, who was a son of Hen
drick, himself a grandson of Killian, the first patroon of
Rensselaerwyck. Philip Schuyler's family group is one which will at
tract the attention of every intelligent reader. It in
cludes one of the first four major-generals appointed by
the Congress of the confederated colonies when the War of
Independence began ; a member of the British Parliament ;
the first Secretary of the Treasury of the United States ; the
first major-general commanding the Union armies on the
northern frontiers in the War of 181 2, who was also the
last patroon of Rensselaerwyck ; one of the first men who
received the name of Washington at the baptismal font ;
a son of a Revolutionary general ; the son of one of the
first surgeon-generals appointed by Congress ; and a mem
ber of the Fifteenth Congress.
Philip Schuyler's biography has been written by a promi
nent historian, and has been often sketched in essays and
public addresses. His eminent services to his country are
well known ; his fame is established, and becomes brighter
as years roll by. It is not my purpose, therefore, to give
an extended account of his life, which would be superflu
ous. I shall only indicate some points which will serve to
clear up several matters of doubt, and perhaps be of ser
vice to future writers. From my earliest recollections, I
have heard him referred to, by one who knew him well, as
254 GENERAL SCHUYLER.
a man of wonderful executive ability, of broad philan
thropy, of ardent patriotism, and of great confidence in
the future greatness of his country. Since the time when
I have been able to form an estimate of my own in the
light of history, my early impressions have been confirmed
and strengthened.
The genealogical table will clear away the confusion
which has existed as to his family. He was neither a son
nor a brother of the celebrated Colonel Peter Schuyler,
the Quidor of the Indians, as some writers have stated,
but his nephew in the second degree. Hereafter, writers
like Chancellor Kent and Mr. Lossing need have no doubt
as to his American parentage.
As to his fortune, and how it was acquired, there seems
to be still less knowledge, although in certain quarters
there is some importance attached to the question. Mr.
Lossing, in his " Life of General Philip Schuyler," says that
" he inherited his fine estate at Saratoga " from his uncle
Philip, killed by the French in 1745.'
Judge Jones, in his " History of New York during the
' In this connection he makes other mistakes, which it may be well to cor
rect. Referring to the destruction of Saratoga and the death of General
Schuyler's uncle, 1745, he says that "his brother. Colonel Peter Schuyler,
who had been Indian commissioner for many years, importuned Governor
Clinton for three hundred men to defend the frontier, and also to have
the fort rebuilt and garrisoned." Colonel Peter Schuyler, long an Indian
commissioner, had been dead more than twenty years, and was not his
brother, as seen by the table. Colonel Peter Schuyler, of New Jersey, had
occupied the old tort with his Jersey Blues, and had abandoned it as un
tenable. He was not an Indian commissioner, nor a brother of Philip
Schuyler. Perhaps he meant Colonel Philip Schuyler of the Flatts. But
he was not a brother, only a cousin. In a toot-note, Mr. Lossing says that
"Fort Saratoga stood upon a hill upon the east side of the Hudson oppo
site Schuylerville.'' Not so ; the fort which the French destroyed stood
on the west side of the Hudson, south of Schuylerville. The new fort,
which Governor Clinton caused to be built in 1746, stood on the east side
of the river, and was destroyed by Clinton's orders in the next year, 1747.
SCHUYLER AND BRADSTREET. 255
Revolutionary War," says that " Colonel Bradstreet, then
quartermaster and commissary in that part of the province,
appointed Schuyler his deputy, and as such he was con
stantly employed. By this means, from moderate circum
stances, he became rich. His father, having little personal
estate, sold provisions.'' Now, Judge Jones is not good
authority, but, as the New York Historical Society has
given his history a quasi endorsement by its publication,
his insinuations as to Schuyler's integrity in the use of
public money should be shown to be false. It is true that
he was appointed commissary under Bradstreet to supply
the garrison at Oswego, on the recommendation of the
general commanding, but he resigned the next year. A
)'ear later he^gain entered the army, and accepted the
position of deputy commissary. He continued in the ser
vice to the end of the campaign, which resulted in the
conquest of Canada. Colonel Bradstreet had been quar
termaster and commissary for several years. It was now
necessary to settle with the government and account for
the large sums of money which had passed through his
hands. This accounting could be done better in England
than in the colony, but as his own health was broken he
delegated Schuyler to transact the business. He reposed
implicit confidence in his ability and integrity, having
known " his zeal, punctuality, and strict honesty in his
majesty's service." He sailed from New York on this
business in the spring of 1761, and accomplished his task
to the satisfaction of his principal and of the government.
It appears tliat he was in the commissary department only
about three years — too short a time to have made much
money from the position, even had he been disposed to
abuse his trust. The testimony of Bradstreet as to his in
tegrity, and the satisfactory adjustment of the accounts,
effectually dispose of Judge Jones' insinuations. His fort-
256 GENERAL SCHUYLER'S PROPERTY.
une was acquired by legitimate means, as I shall now
proceed to show.
When Philip Schuyler reached his majority, he re
nounced his right of primogeniture, and decided to have
the landed estate to which he was entitled by law, as well
as the personal estate of his parents, divided equally be
tween himself, his brothers, and his sister. Nevertheless,
his share of the estate, when it was divided, constituted a
respectable property, as must appear from the history of
his family for three generations. He belonged to an in
dustrious and saving race, who, by their business abilities
and economy in expenditures, had laid the foundations of
large estates. Philip Schuyler inherited the wisdom and
the ability to increase his patrimony without resorting to
questionable methods.
His uncle Philip (358), from whom Mr. Lossing says he
inherited the fine estate at Saratoga, possessed only a mod
est property, which he devised by will to his .sister Marga
rita (360) and to four nephews — John (363) and Philip
(368) Schuyler, John and Philip Cuyler. The estate of
his father, after 1747, included a one-third share of his
grandfather's property, and remained undivided more than
twenty years. On July 20, 1762, his brother Cortlandt,
residing in Cork, Ireland, gave a power of attorney to
some friends in Albany for the purpose of making a par
tition among the heirs ; and also authorized them, in case
of his mother's death, to make a like division of her estate.
This paper was proved in Albany, on February 8, 1763, by
"Archibald McElroy, peruke-maker, late of Coleraine, Ire
land." His mother meantime had died, and her will had
been proved. The attorne3^s, therefore, made division of
both estates, and the heirs, Philip (368), Cortlandt (369),
Stephen (370), and Gertrude (362), came into possession
of their respective shares. In what property these shares
GENERAL SCHUYLER'S PROPERTY. 257
were constituted, I have been unable to learn. From the
fact that Philip Schuyler about this time controlled the
Saratoga lands, I infer they were assigned to him as his
portion in part.
A few years later, in 1768, the heirs of Robert Livingston,
Jr^ whose wife was the eldest daughter of Colonel Peter
Schuyler, to whom her father had given his three-four
teenths of the Saratoga Patent, made division of their
lands. Philip Schuyler, by right of purchase, came in for
nearly four thousand acres, and in July of the same year
bought another share of nearly four thousand acres. A
little later the heirs of Jacob Glen transferred to him an
other lot lying within the bounds of the patent. Philip
Schuyler (17), his uncle by marriage, left him by his will
(proved in 1766) a part of the old Schuyler homestead,
near the present village of West Troy ; and his aunt, Mar
garita (360), Philip Schuyler's widow, by will made him
one of her ten legatees in 1782. By his wife, Catherine
Van Rensselaer, he came into possession of a part of the
large estate of her father — how much I do not know. Thus
far I have been able to trace a large amount of property
which came into his hands by inheritance, and some by
purchase. There may have been more, but I have failed
to discover it. Enough has been shown to prove that he
was by no means a poor man, when, in 1763, having retired
from all other employments, he began to develop his Sara
toga lands. These were the most valuable of his posses
sions. On the premises was an unfailing water-power
of capacity sufficient for the operation of various kinds of
mills. The country abounded in pine and hard-woods of
the best quality, and the soil of the intervales along the river
and water-courses was rich. There was a ready market
at New York and in the West Indies for all his productions
at highly remunerative prices. He now increased his
Vol. IL— 17
2SG HIS EDUCATION.
facilities for the manufacture of flour and lumber, and
brought a larger acreage under cultivation. He built a'
flax-mill, the first of the kind in America, for which he re
ceived a medal from the Society for Promoting Arts, and
put up a summer mansion near the site of the one de
stroyed in 1745, on the bluff overlooking the valley of the
Hudson. So large were the productions from his mills
and plantations, that to send them to market economically
he established a transportation line between Albany and
New York, consisting of a schooner and three sloops. The
freight was brought from Saratoga to Albany in boats and
rafts, and then shipped in the larger vessels. He lived
more than half the year on his estate, giving his personal
attention to his extensive and lucrative business. Such
were the means and methods by which he acquired his
fortune. Philip Schuyler occupies a position so prominent in the
history of his country, that any sketch of his life, however
brief, would be imperfect, did it not trace tiie steps by
which he reached his eminence. The history of his family
is contained in the preceding pages, as well as that of the
means by which he acquired his estate. It remains to
outline his public career.
His education was obtained in the schools of his native
city, supplemented by an attendance of not more than two
years at a select school at New Rochelle, taught by a Hu
guenot minister, where he studied French and the higher
mathematics. Although interrupted by a prolonged at
tack of an hereditary disease, the gout, he acquired a fair
amount of book-learning, comparing favorably with that
procured in tlie colleges of tlie time. After leaving school
he spent a few years in the acquisition of that kind of
knowledge which best fitted him for a business life, partly
in a mercantile establishment, and partly on trading ex-
AT OSWEGO. 259
cursions into the interior among the Indians. His personal
appearance was striking, and his manners pleasant and
attractive. His family position and his own accomplish
ments gave him access to the best society of the province,
while the entire absence of affected superiority made him
popular with all classes of men.
At the beginning of the last French and Indian war,
when he was twenty-two years old, he was authorized by
Lieutenant-Governor De Lancey to recruit a company of
men for the army. The ranks were soon filled, and Schuy
ler was commissioned their captain. He joined the army
of Sir William Johnson, destined to operate against Crown
Point ; and was in the battle of Lake George, September
8, 175s, in which the French were defeated and their
wounded general made a prisoner. A few days after the
battle he returned to Albany to get married. . The next
winter he was in Fort Edward, where his fidelity and effi
ciency commended him to the notice of the commanding
general. In the following spring he accompanied Colonel
Bradstreet with supplies to Oswego. On their return they
were attacked by a superior force, which they repulsed
with loss. On this occasion he showed unusual courage
and humanity in rescuing a wounded Frenchman from
abandonment and consequent starvation. He and Brad
street, with eight men, reached an island in the Oswego
River, from which they drove thirty of the enemy. They
held their position until they were about to be cut off,
when they retreated to their boats. The wounded French
man begged to be taken with them, but the boat being too
small to accommodate him, Schuyler took him on his back,
swam across the stream to the shore, and placed him in
the hands of the surgeon. The wounded man recovered,
and was allowed to return home. More than twenty years
afterward, when General Schuyler was in command of the
260 COLONIAL RESISTANCE.
Northern Department, the Frenchman managed to procure
an interview, and thanked him as the preserver of his life.
The military operations of the year were not favorable
to the English, owing chiefly to the incapacity and slow
ness of their generals, and Schuyler, becoming dissatis
fied, resigned from the army. In the spring of 1758 he
again accepted service under Colonel Bradstreet, to whom
he was warmly attached, as deputy commissary, with the
rank of major ; but at the close of the war he again re
signed, and for a few years gave his undivided attention
to his private business. His affairs frequently called him
to New York, where he met the governor and other pro
vincial officials on business or in society.
The French and Indian wars had taught the colonists
the use of arms, and inspired them with courage to defend
their rights by whomsoever assailed. They had learned
that English officers were frequently incompetent, and
English soldiers not invincible. The wars, until the last,
had been maintained largely at their own expense in men
and money ; and whatever successes had attended the
English arms had been mainly achieved by themselves.
The last war, culminating in the fall of the French power
on the continent, had been sustained in a great measure
by the British crown. The English Government had fur
nished troops and money to prosecute it to a successful is
sue, and now resolved to replenish its treasury by taxing
the colonies. The colonists claimed the rights of English
men, and resisted the execution of laws which they had
had no voice in framing. These views and the measures
of resistance had the hearty sympathies of Major Schuyler.
In 1767, a new regiment of militia was organized in the
territory lying north of Albany, of which Philip Schuyler
was appointed the colonel, not on account of his "social
position," but on account of his fitness. He was on inti-
IN THE ASSEMBLY. 26x
mate terms with Sir Henry Moore, the governor, who knew
quite well Colonel Schuyler's political sentiments, and by
this appointment may have sought to detach him from the
patriots then fast rising into prominence. Were this the
motive of the appointment, the governor soon saw its fu
tility. Early the next year the Assembly was dissolved,
because it would not legislate according to the wishes and
recommendations of the governor, and writs were issued
for a new election. At the solicitation of friends. Colonel
Schuyler consented to be one of the candidates of the city
and county of Albany. Of the twenty-seven members com
posing the Assembly, Albany was entitled to two, chosen
by the freeholders. The election resulted in favor of his
ticket; and, with Jacob H. Ten Eyck, the other member,
he took his seat at the first session, in October, 1768.
The country was now on the verge of revolution. Eng
land insisted on taxing the colonies in various forms for
the purposes of revenue, and the colonists persisted in
their determination to resist the Jaws made by a parlia
ment in which they were not represented. The govern
ing classes readily submitted to the unjust enactments so
long as their salaries were paid, but a large majority of the
people was opposed to their enforcement. Notwithstand
ing Colonel Schuyler's social position with the former,
being connected by blood with several of them, his politi
cal convictions and sympathies were with the latter. In
the Legislature he joined the opposition, and steadily acted
with the people's representatives. One of his earliest acts,
outside of politics, was the introduction of a bill for the
preservation and translation of the Dutch records of the
city and county of Albany. It passed both houses, and
was signed by the governor on December 31, 1768.'
' The law was never enforced as to the translation. A century later,
many of the records were translated by Professor Pearson, of Union Col-
262 CONTINENTAL CONGRESS.
The Assembly did not meet the expectations of the royal
governor, and he dissolved it on January 2, 1769. A new
election was ordered, when Colonel Schuyler and his col
league were again returned, but the new house contained
some new men, who strengthened the party of the admin
istration. Two or three years later, two new counties
were organized, whose members adhered to the royal
cause and swelled the loyalist majority. The opposition,
however, under the leadership of Colonel Schuyler and
George Clinton, the future governor of the State, undis
mayed by the number of their opponents, assumed a firmer
stand in favor of human rights, and by thus doing inspired
courage and hope among their constituents. Agitation
against the acts of Parliament gathered strength, until it
was proposed to hold a Congress, composed of delegates
from all the colonies, for consultation on the state of the
country. Colonel Schuyler was solicited to represent the
city and county of Albany, but his health was such that
he could not attend. Twelve colonies sent deputies, and
their proceedings, though careful and conservative, were
satisfactory to the friends of liberty.
The next year it was proposed to hold another Conti
nental Congress, and since the New York Assembly refused
to appoint delegates, as had been done by other colonies,
the people, determined to have a representation, called a
provincial convention to take this and other matters relat
ing to their welfare into consideration. The convention
met in New York on April 20th, and was attended by
forty-two delegates chosen from the several counties of
the province. Colonel Schuyler was one of the depu
ties from Albany. The session lasted only three days.
lege, and published by Joel Munsell, as a private enterprise. Nearly three
thousand pages are yet in the original. It seems a pity that the city of
Albany cannot spend a few hundred dollars to complete the work.
MAJOR-GENERAL SCHUYLER. 263
Twelve delegates, among them Colonel Schuyler, were
appointed to the Congress, any five of whom could rep
resent the colony. Meanwhile the country was rapidly
drifting toward war. The convention had adjourned, and
the country members v\rere on their way home, when the
news of the skirmish at Lexington was received in New
York. It was quickly sent to all parts of the province, and
created intense excitement. The Legislature being sub
servient to the royal cause, the patriots could not look to
them for leadership in this alarming crisis, nor could they
trust them for future legislation. They resorted to the
revolutionary measure of calling a Provincial Congress,
which should assume the functions of government. After
its meeting in New York, on May 23, 1775, the Colonial
Legislature did not hold another session.
Colonel Schuyler took his seat in the Continental Con
gress on May 15th. That body proceeded cautiously, but
effectively, in its measures of preparation for the impend
ing conflict. They saw the need of an army, and resolved
to call twenty thousand men to the field. They appointed
Colonel George Washington commander-in-chief, four
major-generals, and several brigadiers. The major-gener
als were Artemas Ward, of Massachusetts ; Charles Lee, an
Englishman and a soldier of fortune ; Philip Schuyler, of
New York ; and Israel Putnam, of Connecticut. With the
exception of Lee, none of these generals had any experi
ence in what may be termed civilized warfare. They were
militia officers, and whatever they knew of military science
they had learned in the French and Indian wars, under in
competent English generals. But they were the best that
the country could produce. They possessed bravery and
discretion — qualities which, judging by the past, did not
exist to any considerable extent in the English command
ers to whom they would be opposed. In time they would
264 THE NORTHERN DEPARTMENT.
learn the art of war, when they would become more than
a match for their opponents.
Major-General Schuyler was put in command of the Nor
thern Department, or rather of the province of New York.
Owing to the fact that New York had always been a royal
province, whose governor and other civil officers were ap
pointed by the crown, it contained more loyalists, or Tories,
in proportion to its population, than any of the other colo
nies. The bulk of the inhabitants were on Long Island
and in the immediate vicinity of the capital, where the in
fluence of the crown officers was strongest and the Tories
most numerous. They enjoyed the highest social position,
and, with the exception of the four powerful families, the
Van Cortlandts, the Livingstons, the Van Rensselaers, and
the Schuylers, they possessed the largest amount of wealth.
The Six Nations of Indians lived within the borders of New
York, in war a power to be dreaded. For thirty years or
more Sir William Johnson had been their superintendent.
He was a loyalist of the most pronounced type. With large
amounts of money placed at his disposal, he had secured
their steady attachment to the English interests. He was
now dead, but his son and nephew had succeeded to his
place in the affections of those wild warriors. The John
sons also had a large tenantry of Scotch and Irish, who
were more subservient than the Indians. The position of
the province in reference to Canada was the same as in the
wars with the French. It might be invaded by the enemy
from two directions — from the north through Lake Cham
plain to the valley of the Hudson, from the northwest
through the country of the Six Nations to the Mohawk
River. On both routes the country was sparsely settled,
and between them intervened a savage wilderness. Al
bany, as a century before, ¦was the base of supplies, and
the forts, which were relied upon to obstruct the march of
SCHUYLER'S APPOINTMENT. 265
an enemy, were each ovfer a hundred miles distant. Sup
plies and ammunition were conveyed in small boats up
the rivers, and in wagons around the falls and rapids. It
will be seen that the work of supplying the garrisons was
one of great labor and expense. The army before Boston,
under General Ward, was adopted by Congress, and Wash
ington, the commander-in-chief, was directed to assume
the command. General Schuyler was left to his own re
sources. It has been said by an eminent historian, that
" Schuyler owed his place to his social position, not to his
military talents." It might be asked, which of the gener
als appointed by Congress, except Lee, owed his place to
.military talents ? Were they not all appointed rather for
their fitness than for any other reason ? If social positions
controlled the appointments, why was not a Jay, or a Van
Cortlandt, a Livingston, or a Van Rensselaer, named in
stead of Schuyler ? Those families had social position
equal to the Schuylers, and greater wealth. No ; Mr. Ban
croft is mistaken. Schuyler was chosen because of his
eminent fitness. True, he had little experience as a sol
dier, but he had unquestioned capacity as an organizer,
much experience in business requiring executive ability
of the highest order, the unquestioned confidence of the
public, and ardent love of his country. There was a great
work to do, more important than fighting— the preparation
for fighting. Congress was wiser than Bancroft, and ap
pointed almost the only man in New York, or New Eng
land, who could successfully perform the work assigned
to him. There was no army in the Northern Department ;
Schuyler had to raise one. There were no military sup
plies ; he had to provide them. Little money was given
him ; he had to procure what was lacking. Forts Ticon
deroga and Crown Point had been seized by Ethan Allen
and his Green Mountain Boys ; he had to garrison and de-
266 ATTACK ON CANADA.
fend them. Fort Stanwix was small and inadequate ; he
had to enlarge and rebuild it. The Five Nations were in
alliance with the English ; he had to conciliate them with
presents, and oblige them to remain neutral. Sir John
Johnson and his bands of Tories, unless watched and .dis
persed, would prove a serious embarrassment; he had to
watch and disperse them. Who other than General Schuy
ler could have performed this great amount of work as
well as he ? None other. Congress knew their man, and
" social position " had little or nothing to do with his ap
pointment. The invasion and conquest of Canada had been a favor
ite project with New England and New York for seventy
years before it was finally subdued. The project was now
revived. It was thought to be a favorable opportunity,
because the Canadian French were restive under English
rule, and were supposed to be ready to throw off the yoke
of their conquerors. The English forces were not strong,
and were poorly prepared to defend their extensive fron
tiers. It was believed that an American army could march
on Montreal with little opposition, and, after taking that
city, capture Quebec, before re-enforcements could arrive
from England. To make sure of this stronghold, another
army could march through the wilderness of Maine and
co-operate with the first. The project commended itself
to Congress, and they determined to make the effort. It
devolved on General Schuyler to organize the army of in
vasion by way of Lake Champlain, and on the commander-
in-chief that by way of Maine. The first was placed under
the command of General Montgomery, and the latter
under that of General Arnold. Montgomery, laboring
under much embarrassment for want of men and from
bad discipline among the troops, captured the outlying
forts, and entered Montreal in triumph. He appeared be-
SCHUYLER'S ENEMIES. 267
fore Quebec early in December, some three weeks after
Arnold, emerging from the wilderness, had taken posses
sion of the " Plains of Abraham,'' where General Wolfe,
sixteen years before, had fought and fallen. The two
wings, when united, formed an army much too small and
too poorly equipped for the capture of the strongly forti
fied city. If taken, it must be taken by assault ; the at
tempt was made, but failed. Montgomery was killed and
Arnold wounded. The next spring the Americans re
treated, and were slowly driven out of Canada, notwith
standing the extraordinary efforts made by' Schuyler to
re-enforce them ; they had to recede before superior num
bers. He was seriously embarrassed for the want of hard
money, which Congress did not supply, and without which
it was impossible to subsist an army in an enemy's country.
When it was seen that Canada must be evacuated, Schuy
ler undertook to keep possession of Lake Champlain, and
thus prevent an invasion of New York. During the spring
and summer of 1776, he employed a large force of work
men in building batteaux at Lake George, and at White
hall in the construction of sloops and gondolas, which
were armed and equipped as vessels of war. The fleet
was put under the command of General Arnold. In a
battle on the lake he was outnumbered and beaten, with
the loss of his fleet — taken by the enemy or destroyed by
himself. Forts Ticonderoga and Crown Point were now
the only obstacles in the way of the victors ; but the Eng
lish retired into Canada, and gave the Americans time to
strengthen these defences.
General Schuyler had enemies and rivals. He was a
man of pronounced convictions, and tenacious of military
order and discipline ; he had offended the officers and
men of the New England contingents by insisting on these
cardinal virtues of a well-regulated army. Others were
268 SCHUYLER AND GATES.
envious of his reputation, and some aspired to his position.
They made their influence felt in Congress, which became
dissatisfied with his conduct of the war, and virtually su
perseded him by the appointment of General Gates to the
command of the army in Canada, in March, 1777. There
was no army in Canada, but Gates and his friends assumed
that he was in command of the northern army, now in the
forts on Lake Champlain. General Schuyler was in Kings
ton, whither he had gone to consult the provincial con
vention on matters relating to his department, when the
news of Gates' appointment was received. The conven
tion, resenting the indignity, immediately appointed him
a delegate to Congress, in which he took his seat shortly
afterward. At his request, a court of inquiry into his con
duct was appointed. While they were preparing to inves
tigate, he assumed command of the Pennsylvania militia,
and performed much useful work.
The committee made their investigations, and their re
port was so favorable that Congress was satisfied that it
had made a mistake. It defined the Northern Department
to include within its limits the forts on Lake Champlain,
of which General Schuyler was in command. On his re
turn to Albany he found that Gates had lingered in Al
bany, and that nothing had been done to render the de
fences more secure. Valuable time had been lost. It was
known that the English were preparing for the invasion
of New York on both the routes heretofore indicated, and
Schuyler set to work to render the attempt abortive.
Meanwhile a State constitution had been adopted, and a
State government organized. Schuyler was put in nomi
nation for governor, but, believing that the office would
interfere with his military duties, he declined to be a can
didate. He devoted his time and energies, as well as much
of his personal estate and resources, to protecting the
SCHUYLER'S POSITION. 26tj.
newly organized State from a successful invasion. As
Fort Ticonderoga was believed to be the key to the situa
tion, he sought to make it impregnable. His efforts were
useless. It was evacuated by General St. Clair on July 6th,
greatly to the surprise of Congress and of the country.
But Schuyler did not despair. With only fifteen hundred
men at Fort Edward, and with a small supply of warlike
material, he believed that he could effectually prevent the
enemy from reaching his objective point, provided he
were furnished with re-enforcements and supplies. He
removed the cannon from the fort on Lake George, broke
up the roads, obstructed Wood Creek with fallen trees,
compelling Burgoyne to move so slowly that the Ameri
cans had time to recover from the depression consequent
upon the loss of Ticonderoga. He earnestly entreated
Congress, the commander-in-chief, and the New England
colonies to hasten forward detachments of regular troops
and militia. With these on the ground, he predicted that
Burgoyne would not see Albany in this campaign. Con
gress was slow to act. Washington could not weaken his
own army by detachments, and New England was dissatis
fied. Re-enforcements in sufficient numbers did not ar
rive, and Schuyler was obliged to retire before the advanc
ing foe. Fort Edward, owing to its situation, could not
be defended, nor was there another point short of Still
water where he could make a stand and maintain his posi
tion. For want of men that position could not be re
tained, and he retired to the mouth of the Mohawk River,
where a small army could hold a much larger one in check. "
Schuyler's choice of the place where to make a final stand
was a wise one, showing him to be a skilful strategist.
Nearly a century later. General Winfield Scott, reviewing
the ground, said that it was " the true strategic point for
the defence of Albany and the lower Hudson."
270 COURT-MARTIAL.
Here troops began to arrive, and Schuyler soon found
himself strong enough to advance to his former position
at Stillwater. Meantime the tongue of slander and de
traction was doing its work. The New England delegates
in Congress took up the voice, and insisted on a change of
generals for the Northern Department. They were the
friends of Gates, and had been instrumental in securing
his former appointment to the army in Canada. They
now declared that the New England militia would not
serve under Schuyler, thus betraying their want of patriot
ism. They finally accomplished their purpose, and Schuy
ler was superseded by Gates, not, however, before the bat
tle of Bennington had been fought, and the siege of Fort
Stanwix had been abandoned. These two affairs had a
marked influence on Burgoyne, and were decisive of his
campaign. Had Schuyler been left in command, the result
would have been the same. Burgoyne would have sur
rendered, but probably not on the easy terms he obtained
from Gates. General Schuyler did not retire in disgust,
but believed it to be his duty to render all the assistance
in his power to his successor; by his influence among the
Indians of the Six Nations, and by the pledge of his per
sonal responsibility for supplies, he made it the more easy
for Gates to win the great victory.
Meantime he solicited an inquiry into his conduct, and
would not entertain a thought of resignation until he had
had an opportunity to vindicate his reputation before a
court-martial. He was well assured in his own mind that
such a tribunal would acquit him of any blame for the
evacuation of Ticonderoga and his conduct of the cam
paign. He felt sure that he had prepared the way for vic
tory, while another had gathered the laurels. After much
solicitation, Congress was induced to order a court-martial,
composed chiefly of New England officers and only one
BANCROFT'S CHARGES. 27 1
from his own State. He conducted his own defence, pass
ing in review the whole history of his operations during
the campaign. After a session of three days, the court
unanimously found that he was not guilty of any neglect
of duty, and. therefore acquitted him with the highest
honor. The verdict was subsequently confirmed by Con
gress. He then resigned from the army, and retired to
private life. He did not, however, forget his duty to his
country, but while the war continued rendered many im
portant services. The finding of the court-martial was
accepted as final, and Schuyler's detractors were silenced.
During the thirty remaining years of his life, in the midst
of fierce political strife and excitement, there were no in
sinuations, not even a whisper, to his prejudice. Writers
like Chancellor Kent, Chief-Justice Marshall, Jared Sparks,
Washington Irving, and Mr. Lossing have praised his gen
eralship and done justice to his memory.
It remained for Mr. Bancroft, sixty years after Schuyler's
death, to'discover that he was a coward. What, the friend
and correspondent of George Washington a coward ! Im
possible ! Washington never lost confidence in his friend,
and did not believe him a coward. In 1781, General and
Mrs. Washington were sponsors at the baptism of Schuy
ler's youngest child ; with him, two years later, he visited
the battle-fields of Saratoga ; with him he retained the
most friendly relations to the day of his death. Did Mr.
Bancroft suspect that his charge was a reflection on the
character of the man whom he seeks to exalt above all
others ? Washington was too pure a patriot, and too self-
respecting a man to associate with one whose cowardice
might have proved the ruin of his country. If there be
anything in blood, Schuyler's descent from a brave nation
and a. brave race disproves the charge. " His patriotism
so sincere," other words of Mr. Bancroft, " that he willingly
272 BANCROFT'S CHARGES.
used his credit, influence, and connections to bring out the
resources of his native province," — " His humanity so great,
he brooked no delay in adopting measures for the relief of
the sick," — "Always on the alert to send help where itwas
wanted," — " He loved his country more than his own rank
or fortune," — these truthful utterances of Mr. Bancroft
prove him to have been no coward. Of what coward can
such things be said in truth ? His moral heroism in the
Legislature, when contending for the rights of the people
against the tyrannical edicts of the government, prove that
he was no coward. His determination not to resign when
superseded, until a court-martial had investigated his con
duct, shows his nerve in the presence of enemies. His
whole life brands the charge of cowardice ¦with falsehood.
Perhaps Mr. Bancroft's New England education, and his
New England prejudices against the Dutch, had an in
fluence upon his pen. Perhaps his great devotion to
Washington, as the hero of his history, impelled him to
cast aspersions upon every man, however pure and noble,
who might share in the glory of liberating his country. .
Whatever the motive, he uttered the slander without due
reflection, and on insufficient authority. When challenged
to produce his proof, he presented extracts from letters
and documents, which, when read in their connection,
utterly fail to sustain the accusation.'
General Schuyler retired from the army, but did not
leave the service of his country. In various capacities
and in various ways he contributed to the final success of
the patriot cause. He had the satisfaction- of knowing'
that his services were appreciated and acknowledged.
He retained his position on the Board for Indian Affairs ;
' I refer the reader to Correspondence and Remarks, upon Bancroft's
History of the Northern Campaign of 1777, and the Character of Major- '
General Philip Schuyler. By George L. Schuyler. New York, 1867.
SENATOR. 273
like his ancestors, he was a friend of the Indians, by
whom he was much esteemed. He served three terms in
the State Senate, and in 1789 he and Rufus King were
elected the first United States Senators from New York
under the Constitutio;n of 1787, the adoption of which by
his Stale he was largely instrumental in securing. He
was surveyor-general of the State from 1781 to 1784, and
a member of the commission to adjust the boundaries
between New York and Massachusetts. The final report
defining the boundaries is in his handwriting. In the
spring of 1797 he was again chosen to the United States
Senate ; but ill health compelled him to resign soon after
taking his seat. He was a warm friend of internal im
provements, and as early as 1776 had estimated the cost
of a canal connecting the Hudson with Lake Champlain.
The death of his son-in-law, Alexander Hamilton, was a
severe shock to his system, and he did not long survive
him. He died on November 18, 1804. It was left for a
granddaughter, Mrs. Miller, a daughter of Cornelia Schuy
ler and Washington Morton, to erect his monument, in.
187 1, in the Albany Rural Cemetery, where his remains re
pose. It is of granite, thirty-six feet high, bearing the
simple inscription, Major-General
PHILIP SCHUYLER.
Born at Albany,
Nov. 22, 1733.
Died Nov. 18, 1804.
As to General Schuyler's land transactions, I have been
unable to learn that they were large outside the Saratoga
Patent, much of which he obtained. I find only one pat
ent issued to him personally. . There may have been others
Vol. II.— 18
274 SCHUYLER'S WILL.
granted to companies in which he was interested.' On Sep
tember 2 2, 1789, he procured a patent for forty-five acres of
land in two parcels on tlie outlet of Lake George, which
afforded him a valuable water-power. General Schuyler
in his business enterprises was careful to secure such val
uable property. Besides the outlet of Saratoga Lake, he
owned two mill-privileges on Batten Kill, which he gave
to his son Philip Jeremiah, and now he possessed the
power of which another lake was the reservoir.
General Schuyler's will, written, as he says, "by my own
hand," bears date June 20, 1803, and was proved March
2, 1827. It covers several folio pages of the records.
He devises to his grandson Philip, son of John Brad
street Schuyler, a portion of his Saratoga estate on Fish
Creek within certain bounds ; to his sons Philip Jeremiah
and Rensselaer, other portions of his Saratoga property ;
the residue of said estate, he divides equally between his
five daughters, or their heirs ; to his daughter Cornelia he
also gives $2,000, and to Catherine $5,000, cash. All the
rest and residue of his estate was to be equally divided
among his children and his grandsons Philip Schuyler and
Stephen Van Rensselaer.
If doubts or differences should arise among the heirs,
in order to avoid lawsuits, he recommends that reference
should be made to his friends, Hon. James Kent, Hon.
Jacob Radclift, Egbert Bensen, Esq., Abraham Van Vech
ten, Esq., and John V. Henry, Esq., or any three of them.
The executors were his sons Philip Jeremiah and Rens
selaer,- and sons-in-law John Barker Church, Alexander
Hamilton, and Stephen Van Rensselaer.
It has been remarked that General Schuyler did not
cease his efforts in behalf of the patriot cause after he re-
' At the time of his death he owned 6,697 acres of land in seven differ
ent land companies, which were appraised by his executors at $52,445.
SECRET AGENTS. 275
signed his commission and left the army, but continued
his efforts to- make that cause a success. In this work he
was ably supported by other prominent citizens of Albany
and vicinity. They employed secret agents to observe the
movements of the enemy, to procure intelligence of organ
ized expeditions against the northern frontier, and to make
regular reports to their principals. They were so successful
in learning the designs of the English, and in concerting
measures to render them abortive, that the British officers
commanding in Canada at last determined to gain posse.s-
sion of their persons and to hold them as prisoners, believ
ing that thus they could better accomplish their purposes of
murder and pillage. Colonel St. Leger, who had fled from
before the walls of Fort Schuyler, scared away by the
strangely significant gestures of one man supposed to be
demented, seems to have been detailed to take charge of
this peculiar warfare, and organize the parties for the cap
ture of these marked individuals. We have seen that one
such party carried off Mr. Bleecker from his home at
Tomhanack ; and he was not the only one thus kidnapped.
The party sent against General Schuyler was not so
successful. The story has been told so often, that it has
become familiar to the readers of the history of those times ;
but I now repeat it, that it may be compared with the ver
sion as given by one of the actors in the drama. I give
it in the words of a recent writer : '
" The General had been warned of attempts that would
be made to capture him, and he had several guards about
the place. A band of Tories and Indians organized them
selves under Waltermeyer at the Whitehall farm, and
burst in upon the general's premises while the guards
were asleep. Their arms had been removed to the cellar
by Mrs. Church through a mistake, General Schuyler
' Magazine of American History for July, 1884.
276" ATTACK ON "SCHU-^-LER'S 'HOUSE.
retreated to an upper room, and fired a pistol to alarm the.
garrison, half a mile distant. The family were all gathered
in the room with the General, when their babe, Catherine,
was missed. Mrs. Schuyler attempted to go after her, but
was detained by her husband. The daughter Margaret
slipped by, and felt her way through the darkness to the
cradle on the first floor. Although the enemy had en
tered the house, no one saw her till she had reached the
stairs on her return. An Indian then threw a tomahawk,
which cut the dress of the girl and buried itself in the rail
ing of the stairway, where the mark is still visible. The
girl fled to the upper room, having told the raiders that
the General had gone to alarm the town. The raiders
continued to plunder, until the sound of the General's
voice above appeared to be giving orders to some of his
followers outside. They then fled with what they had se
cured, and with three of the General's guard, and they did
not stop short of Canada. None of the stolen plate was
ever returned, but some of it was afterward used in Can
ada, with the comment, ' This came from General Schuy
ler's house.' "
All the versions of this affair I have seen are by Ameri
can writers. I now give another, as told to me by Mr.
Alexander Murdoch, of Ithaca, a Scotchman by birth and
education :
" In 1829-30, while I was an apprentice in Scotland, I
became acquainted with John McDonald, who was a pen
sioner and blind, having lost his sight in Egypt. He had
spent most of his life in the army, and had fought in the
four quarters of the globe. He was an intelligent man,
and fond of relating his experiences when he could find
ready listeners. He lived only two doors from our shop,
and was a frequent visitor. In moments of leisure we
encouraged him to tell his stories of army life. He had
served all through the American Revolution, and had a
large fiind of anecdotes relating to that stormy period.
As I had resolved to make the United States my future
MURDOCH S ACCOUNT. 277.
home, I listened with more than usual interest to eveiry-
thing relating to the country and people.
" One of his many stories of adventure referred to an
attempt to capture General Schuyler, of Albany. The
party organized for this purpose was composed of picked
men from his own Highland regiment, and he was selected
as one of them. It was known that the Schuyler mansion
was situated outside the city, surrounded with trees and
a garden attached filled with shrubbery. The party was
guided by an Indian, who had often visited the General,
and had been treated with great kindness by himself and
family. He was familiar with the grounds and all the ap
proaches to the house. For his treachery to his friends,
he received the bribe of a gun, a keg of rum, and a roll of
tobacco. When the party had arrived within a few miles
of the house, they concealed themselves, and waited till
they were assured the General was at home. After learn
ing this fact, they left their hiding-place late in the after
noon, and silently stole their way through the woods, ar
riving near the mansion unobserved not long after dark.
McDonald and five others were detailed to enter the
house, and others posted near the doors and windows.
The leader of the band, with arms concealed under his coat,
took position not far from the front entrance. The squad
of six men gained access through the rear entrance on the
ground floor in perfect silence, but, as they approached the
stairway leading to the rooms above, a bayonet became
detached and fell to the floor with a ringing noise. Imme
diately a young woman with a light in her hand was seen
on the landing, and, discovering the strange visitors, she
gave an alarm. The General flew to the attic, from which
he fired his heavy pistols, apparently a preconcerted signal
of danger, for by the trampling of feet and mingled voices
it was quickly learned a crowd of armed men was rapidly
approaching. The invading party hastily retreated into
the darkness, and finally reached Canada in safety. The
Indian guide, however, fell into the hands of the Ameri
cans, and was promptly executed."
278 CORTLANDT SCHUYLER.
Cortlandt Schuyler (369) at an early age entered a
regiment of the English army then stationed in this
province. Not long afterward his regiment was ordered
to Ireland, where Schuyler caused some sensation, both
because he ¦was more than ordinarily fine looking and be
cause it was something new to see a man from the back
woods of America in the royal uniform. From his nativ
ity, and his personal appearance, 'he was called by his ac
quaintances the " Handsome Savage." His good looks and
shoulder-straps soon made an impression on the ladies, one
of whom — Miss Barbara , of Cork — accepted his offer
of marriage. He remained abroad several years, but re
turned with his family before July, 1764. He had won his
promotion to a captaincy, but apparently resigned about
the time he came back to America, or soon after. All his
family, except his aunt, "The American Lady," were in
sympathy with the republicans then demanding better
laws or independence. Without doubt his correspondence
with friends at home, especially with his brother Philip,
had led him to suspect that the agitation -would end in
war, and, rather than be in a position where he might be
required to fight against his land and kindred, he left the
army, and resigned his flattering prospects in the future.
Not thus acted his cousin, Cornelius Cuyler, whose father
had bought him into the army about the time that Schuyler
had entered " without money and without price." Cuyler
retained his place, and in a few years after Schuyler left
rose to the rank of major-general.
In July, 1764, Captain Cortlandt Schuyler bought from
the city of Albany eleven acres of land, "and one rod for
broken land," on " Gallows Hill," for jQzoo and an annual
rent of fifty shillings. Four years later he took on lease,
from Patroon Van Rensselaer, a farm of six hundred acres
on the west side of the Hudson River, bounded north
STEPHANUS SCHUYLER. 279
by Normand's Creek, and afterward known as Crystal
Hill. He resided on this farm on October 2, 1773, and
soon after lost his life by a fall from his horse while
hunting. Had he lived he would in all probability
have occupied a prominent position in the army of the
Revolution. He was a trained soldier, and just the kind
of man much wanted to organize the troops and conduct a
campaign. His widow and several children (how many I
have not been able to learn) returned to Ireland, where,
it is said, some bearing the name still reside.
His eldest son, John Cortlandt (385), married Angelica,
daughter of Henry J. Van Rensselaer, and resided in
Watervliet, where he died the latter part of December,
1793. In his will, dated December 27, 1793, and proved
January 11, 1794, he gives to his wife ^1,400 for her right
of dower ; to his mother, Barbara, ;!^5oo in lieu of dower
for lands received from his father ; to brothers and sisters
(without naming them) the residue of his estate. The
executors were " Mother Barbara " for real estate in Eu
rope ; " Father-in-law Henry J. Van Rensselaer " and
" Uncle Stephen J. Schuyler " for real estate in America.
The Crystal Hill farm was bought of the executors, on
February 10, 1794, by Major James Van Rensselaer for
_^3oo. Since the latter's death the. farm has been divided,
and the old mansion turned to strange uses.
Very little is known of Stephanus Schuyler (370). He
was assistant alderman for a year or two, and then appar
ently removed from the city in 1765, for his name no
longer appears in the records. To what place he went,
or where he resided the remainder of his life, I do not
know. It is probable that he took up his residence on
one of the many tracts of land belonging to his family in
the neighborhood of Albany. He was a member of Assem
bly for that county from 1777 to 1779, and a colonel of a
280; JOHN BARKER CHURCH..
regiment attached to General Ten Broeck's brigade in the
Revolutionary War. These were the only public positions
he held. He seems to have led a quiet life, without aspi
rations for a large fortune or political preferment, con
tented with the estate received by inheritance and the
position of a private citizen. He was executor of the will
of his aunt, "The American Lady," and of that of his
nephew, John Cortlandt Schuyler, showing that he was
esteemed by his friends for his probity and business ca
pacity. His descendants are widely scattered, some resid
ing in Oneida County, N. Y., others in Ohio and Minne
sota, while some are in Canada. None, however, linger
about the home of their ancestor. One of his sons, Bar
ent, was an officer in the United States Army, War of 1812-
'15. Several of his grandsons were soldiers and officers
in the late civil war, of whom three brothers enlisted in an
Ohio regiment, and were on the field when Lee surrendered.
Stephanus Schuyler died on December 24, 1820, at the
age of eighty-four years, having survived his illustrious
brother, the General, about sixteen years. His wife, Lena
Ten Eyck, was of an old Dutch family, whose ancestor,
Counraad Ten Eyck, resided in New Amsterdam, and fol
lowed the trade of tanner and shoemaker. Her father,
Barent Ten Eyck, was a merchant of Albany.
Angelica Schuyler (373) married John Barker Church,'
an English gentleman, who before and after marriage re-
' In the Life of General Schuyler and elsewhere this name is written
John Carter Cliurch, but his secretary called him John Barker Church, and
it was so written by his father-in-law in his will. Mr. Lossing, referring to
the fact that he came to this country under an assumed name, says, ' ' why
he dropped his family name is not known." It may notbe amiss to tell
the story as told me. He had been engaged in a duel, or some youthful
escapade, and, wishing to avoid arrest, he left his hat and broken sword in
the street, and fled by a ship ready to sail to America. Some time after
his marriage he was recognized in New York by an English otticcr, when,
concealment being no lohge'r necessary; he assumed his proper name.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON. 28 1
sided many years in this country, and was engaged in bus
iness operations requiring a large capital and superior
abilities to manage. My father was for a time his private
secretary, and resided in his family. His only duty was
to copy the letters Mr. Church had written before break
fast, and mail them. After this was done, he was free to
employ his time as he chose. He spent an hour or two
each day in the saddle, his employer keeping a horse for
his individual use. He led an easy and pleasant life, one
to which he frequently recurred in after years. Mr.
Church made several voyages to England, but never with
his family in company. They sailed in another ship. He
assigned as a reason for such arrangement, that in case
one vessel suffered shipwreck a part of the family would
be safe in the other. Mr. Church finally returned to his
English home, and became a member of Parliament. His-
eldest son, Philip, inherited a large tract of land in Alle
ghany County, N. Y., to which at an early day he removed
with a young wife, cutting his own road from Bath to the
Genesee River, where he located a village, and named it
for his mother, Angelica.
Elizabeth Schuyler (374) married Alexander Hamilton,
whose life, like that of the " Father of his Country," " is
written in the hearts of his countrymen." When a boy he
camg from the West India Island of Nevis to complete his
education. While a student in Columbia College he be
came interested in the questions of English taxation and
American independence. He embraced the popular cause,
and in the press and on the platform he rendered impor
tant service. When it came to blows he volunteered in the
ranks of the patriots. He raised a company of artillery,
and was made its captain. In the campaigns of Long Isl
and and of New York he showed more than ordinary abil
ity. He attracted the observation of Washington, who
282 ALEXANDER HAMILTON.
was so much pleased with his character and acquirements
that he made him one of his aids, and employed his pen
in his extensive correspondence. When he resigned this
position he again sought service in the army. At York-
town he led tlie assault on one of the two redoubts which
formed the key to the enemy's position, and captured it
with little loss. With a few months' study of the law he
¦was admitted to the bar, and soon acquired an extensive
practice. As a statesman he had no superior, and as a
financier few were his equal. The first Secretary of the
Treasury of the United States, he adopted a system of
finance which lifted the country from insolvency and re
stored its credit at home and abroad. As a lawyer Aaron
Burr was his only rival, who, despairing of becoming his
superior, resolved to kill him. For this purpose he prac
tised with the pistol, and when an expert he seized on
some flimsy pretext to challenge him to the " field of
honor." Hamilton, with his undoubted courage, was not
brave enough to decline. At Weehawken, on the Jersey
shore, he offered his body as a target to the murderer's
weapon. He fell at the first fire with a mortal wound,
and died the next day, in the forty-eighth year of his age.
Burr became a fugitive and vagabond, living to old age.
The husband of Margarita Schuyler (375) was Stephen
Van Rensselaer, the last patroon of Rensselaerwyck ; and
the wife of her brother, John Bradstreet Schuyler (378),
was Elizabeth Van Rensselaer, his sister.
Philip Jeremiah Schuyler (379) married Sarah Rutsen,
of an old Kingston, N. Y, family, intermarried also with
the Van Rensselaers. She was probably a daughter of
Colonel Jacob Rutsen.
Eliza Ten Broeck, wife of Rensselaer Schuyler (380), was
a daughter of General Abraham Ten Broeck and Elizabeth
Van Rensselaer.
OTHER DESCENDANTS. 283
Catherina Schuyler (383) married, first, Samuel Mal
colm, son of General Malcolm of the Revolution ; and
subsequently James Cochran, son of John Cochran, sur
geon-general, mentioned above as the husband of Gertrude
Scluiyler (362).
John Cortlandt Schuyler (384) married Angelica Van
Rensselaer, of the Claverack family, niece of General
Schuyler's wife and a descendant of Colonel Peter Schuy
ler. Henry Ten Eyck Schuyler (389) married Sarah, daugh
ter of Nanning Visscher and Agnes Van Buren. Harman
Visscher, the American ancestor of the family, was a car
penter in New Amsterdam in 1649, whence he came to
Beverwyck, and was made the village surveyor in 1666.
Cynthia Carpenter, the wife of Philip V. C. Schuyler
(390), is a new name in the Schuyler nomenclature. I know
nothing of her family, but imagine that they may have
lived at Catskill. Among the papers on file in the office
of the Court of Appeals is an inventory, made by John
Schuyler, of the effects of Mr. Carpenter, a former resident
of that place. The estate was large, and consisted mostly
of notes and other obligations, many of which were inven
toried as " bad."
George L. Schuyler (404) married two daughters of
James A. Hamilton, a son of Alexander Hamilton. They
were great-granddaughters of General Philip Schuyler.
VI.
PHILIP SCHUYLER, SECOND.
" Philip was lost in the woods after he had sustained a se
vere conflict with the French and Indians, and was never
heard of. " — Mrs. Chancellor Livingston, I7g5.
"Philip left no descendants." — Rev. G. C. Schenck.
"Philip lost in the woods, and never heard from." — Ma-
turin L. Delajield.
"Philip, d. s. ^.''—Winjield.
"Philip was lost in the woods." — Lossing.
"Philip had no children, and -was murdered at Saratoga,
1745." — 5. Alofsen.
"Philip was killed in battle."— yi/^-j. Booth.
"Philip settled in Albany." — Mrs. Lamb.
Philip Schuyler (9) accomplished so little in his life
that it is no marvel he should soon have been forgotten,
or confounded with other Philips after the lapse of a few
years. It will appear, nevertheless, that he had no con
flict with the Indians, was not lost in the woods, was not
killed in battle, and did not die without posterity.
His name appears so seldom in the records that my
sketch of him must necessarily be very brief. He alone
of the five brothers has no history. Pie left Albany before
1686, and probably took a position in some mercantile es
tablishment in New York. In 1687 he married the daugh
ter of Nicholas De Meyer, and soon after removed to Kings
ton, where he engaged in trade and milling. His father-
in-law had a large property at Kingston, and he doubtless
occupied a portion of it for his residence and business
PHILIP SCHUYLER. 285
purposes. After the death of De Meyer he sold his build
ings, including the "bolten mill," to Louis Du Bois for
"nineteen hundred scheppels of wheat." He returned to
New York, and in March, 1693, he and his wife united
with the Dutch Church by letter from the church at Kings
ton. Before April, 1699, he was a resident of Albany, on
Yonkers (State) Street. In 1703 he appears in Schenec
tady as commandant of the fort, with the rank of lieuten
ant. He was afterward termed " captain " by courtesy.
He served in the fort only about three years, but con
tinued to reside in Schenectady the remainder of his life.
In politics I have been unable to determine his position.
He seems to have passed through the troublesome times
of Leisler unmolested and unknown. His only acts which
have the appearance of any political significance, were
certifying to the Assembly, in April, 1699, that he had
served their citation on Dominie Dellius and Evert Banck
er to appear at their bar to answer to the charge of
fraudulently procuring a deed of the greater part of the
Mohawk land, and of signing the address of certain Al
banians to the Earl of Bellomont, August, 1700. Some
might infer from this that he had a leaning to the Leis
lerians ; but how, then, shall we interpret the fact that in
the next year, 1701, he signed the address to the king, for
the circulation of which Nicholas Bayard was tried and
convicted of treason ?
In lands he took very little interest. While his brothers
and other friends were buying and selling the public lands,
he seemed to hold himself aloof, and made no ventures in
that direction. He did, indeed, before he had reached his
majority, in 1685, a year after Robert Livingston received
his first patent for two thousand acres of land on Roelof
Jansen's Kil, petition the governor for leave to buy " a
certain piece of woodland commonly known by the name
286 PHILIP SCHUYLER.
of Roelof Jansen's Kill." His petition was granted, pro
vided he took out a patent before the last day of the en
suing August. Nothing came of it, and no patent was
issued. It is probable that Robert Livingston did not
wish any interference with his plans and intentions.
Apparently he made no farther efforts to become a
landed proprietor until July, 171 1, when the Mohawk
chiefs gave him a deed for about t^wo thousand acres of
land adjoining the Schenectady Patent on the east, bound
ed south by Van Rensselaer's manor. I have a traced
copy of this deed, made from the original in the secretary's
office, signed by the celebrated " King Hendrick," Gideon,
and others, with the totems of their clans. He applied to
Governor Hunter for a patent, but for some reason now
unknown it was not granted. In 17 14 he again petitioned,
but with no better success than before. A year later the
tract was surveyed by his son Nicholas, " D. C. Surveyor
at Schonaghtaday," and its bounds described, " east by
Schonahtady, south by lands of Killiaan Van Rensselaer,
west by lands of Cornells Switz." He then wrote to his
friend, Mr. Wildman, of New York, that every objection
had been answered, and every obstacle removed, urging
him to press the matter before the governor and Council.
Pie did not succeed. The business then rested until 1722,
when he made a last effort, with a like result. Meantime
his brother Johannes secured a patent for nearly two
thousand acres lying northeast and adjoining this for
which Philip applied in vain. It was reserved for the
Dutch Church in Schenectady, for whom it was obtained
by patent, August, 1738. If the Indians had a right to
dispose of their lands to whom they chose, Philip Schuy
ler and his heirs were the rightful owners in equity and
fairness, the governor's patent to the church to the con
trary notwithstanding.
PHILIP SCHUYLER. , 287
It seems singular that, while Philip's brothers and
brothers-in-law found little difficulty in procuring patents
for lands whenever they asked for them, he alone should
be unsuccessful, and not be able to own an acre. The
reasons cannot now be satisfactorily explained. Philip
Schuyler died on May 24, 1724, at Schenectady. He left
no will ; his estate, whatever it was, going to his only son
and to his widow, who had a house and lot on Front Street,
which she occupied in February, 1726.
Philip Schuyler was twice married. His first marriage
is recorded in the Dutch Church of New York as follows,
translated from the Dutch :
"July 25. 1687, Philip Schuyler, young man, of New
Albany, to Elizabeth De Meyer, young maid, of New
York, the first residing at New Albany, the second here."
His second marriage is recorded in the Dutch Church
of Albany :
" 19. May 17 19. Capt. Philip Schuyler, widower of Eliza
beth De Meyer, and Mrs. Catharine Schierph, widow of
Ritsiert Brower, after having been proclaimed three times,
were united in matrimony in presence of J. Staats, J. Rose-
boom and J. Schuyler, elders, at the bride's residence."
The record of Philip Schuyler's marriage in New York
is in conflict with my sketch of his life in one particular.
The record states that he resided at Albany at the time of
his marriage, 1687, and I say that he had left Albany be
fore 1686, and lived in New York and Kingston for sev
eral subsequent years. My authority is contained in the
Albany city records. On June 27, 1699, a committee re
ported the names of such persons who were then residents
of Albany, but who " were not actually inhabitants of the
city when the charter was obtained," 1686. Among the
names so, reported was that of Philip Schuyler, and he
288 NICHOLAS DE MEYER.
was not yet "possessed of his freedom." He may not
have been in New York any considerable time before his
marriage, and still considered Albany his residence.
As this is my own branch of the Schuyler family, it is
my purpose to .give brief sketches of my maternal ances
tors, however far back I may find them. This line of in
quiry will lead me into many of the Dutch families of the
" Olden Time," and serve to make the reader acquainted
with some names almost forgotten, as well as to refresh his
memory with those of some celebrities. The first in order
is the father of Philip Schuyler's first wife,
Nicholas De Meyer.
De Meyer was not a Dutchman. In the records of his
marriage he is called Nicholas Meyer Van Hamborg. In
the tax-list of the same year he appears as Nicholas Van
Holstein, and in various legal papers and other records
he is named Nicholas de Meyer Van Holstein. He signed
himself N. D Meijer. When he came to New Netherland is
not known, but probably not long after 1650. He was a
taxable inhabitant of New Amsterdam in 1655, and was
then rated among the well-to-do citizens.
June 6, 1655, he married Lydia, daughter of Hendrick
Van Dyck, a former military and civil officer of the West
India Company. According to tradition, as recorded in
the Valentine Manuals, the wedding ceremonies were en
livened by a scene not usual on such occasions. A former
suitor of the bride intruded himself among the guests, and
forced a quarrel on the bridegroom, with whom he came
to blows. He was thrust out from the house, but the fes
tivities, so rudely interrupted, came to an end, and the
company dispersed.
De Meyer had come to New Netherland to improve his
NICHOLAS DE MEYER. 289
fortunes, and did not suffer the unfortunate occurrence at
his wedding, or the excitement of the military preparations
for the subjugation of the Swedes on the Delaware, or the
Indian invasion and its calamities, to divert him from his
purpose. He prosecuted his business with energy and
success. In 1658 he added the manufacture of flour to
his merchandise, and bought of Jacob Van Couwenhoven
a "stone house, mill, and lot," situate on what is now
known as South William Street, propelled not by water or
steam, but by the only power known in fatherland, the
winds. His business transactions required the assistance
of notaries and lawyers, who sometimes charged him more
than legal fees — a practice not unknown to the profession
in these days. He was not disposed to submit to such
" extortions," as he termed them, and complained to the
director-general and Council. On one occasion he made
an exhibit, which is curious and instructive and is as fol
lows : The legal fees were
For a petition 3 guilders, charged by the Notary 14 guilders.
For a written conclusion 3 " " " " 12 "
For a replication 2 " " " " 12 "
For a deduction 6 " " " " 12
For inventory of documents . 3 " " " "12 "
His operations were extended over the province, and in
1 66 1 he owned real estate taken for debts in Albany, and
claims secured by mortgages against several persons of that
city and Schenectady. The next year he bought some land
at Haerlem, and began farming, employing an overseer,
who was unfaithful and absconded in his debt. In Decem
ber, 1663, he was at Wiltwyck (Esopus) buying grain for
his mill. The Indian war in that locality had obliged the
authorities to make some stringent regulations for the se
curity of the lives and property of the people, among them
an order forbidding any one to go to the redoubt on the
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290 NICHOLAS DE MEYER.
river without an escort. On December 2d the lieutenant
commanding reported, " that Jeronimus Ebbing, Nicholas
De Meyer, and Frederick (Philipse), the Hon*"'' Com
pany's late carpenter, went down unescorted to the Re
doubt with six wagon loads of grain." Nicasius de Sille,
the fiscal, immediately lodged a complaint against them,
and demanded that a fine of twenty guilders each should
be imposed. After hearing their defence the court de
ferred sentence until the lieutenant had made a farther
report. The records are silent as to any other action.
In 1664 he was one of the schepens (aldermen) of the
city. When the English ships appeared in the harbor,
and Colonel Nicoll summoned New Amsterdam to surren
der, he took an active part in bringing about the transfer
of all New Netherland to the English crown. The pro
ceedings by the West India Company in Holland on the
loss of their possessions gave De Meyer and his wife some
notoriety. The Company complained to the States-Gen
eral of their director-general, whom they had so long sus
tained against the charges brought against him by Van
der Donck and the best citizens of the colony, alleging
that he had betrayed his trust, and had lost the province
without a proper defence. In his justification Stuyvesant
produced several good and weighty reasons for his action,
and among them, that the citizens were in danger of being
plundered by the soldiers, who were supposed to be their
defenders. For the truth of this allegation it was proved
that the soldiers had said ; " We know well where booty
is to be got, and where the young women reside who wear
cliains of gold ; " " and on one occasion a troop of soldiers
had collected in front of De Meyer's house in order to
plunder it, but were prevented by the burghers." On the
other hand, the Company proved that the " wife of De
Meyer, on her way out of the fort, said she wished to be
NICHOLAS DE MEYER. 29 1
on her guard whenever she saw soldiers ; now, the rascals
will fight as they have nothing to lose, while we must lose
all our property in case of a collision."
De Meyer took the oath of allegiance to the English in
the following October, and prosecuted his business as
usual with uniform success. He visited Holland in 1668,
and with other New Yorkers freighted a ship with mer
chandise for New York, but, \vhen she was about ready to
sail, there came an order in Council of the English Gov
ernment prohibiting farther traffic between Holland and
her former colony. The charterers petitioned for relief,
and were so far successful that the order was modified in
favor of their ship for that voyage only. The extent and
prosperity of De Meyer's business may be inferred from
his presenting for record, two years later, to the court of
sessions at the little village of Gravesend, sixteen mort
gages and deeds, amounting to '' nineteen thousand guild
ers, seven hundred schepels of wheat, two hundred and
forty blades of tobacco, and three farms."
After the Dutch had regained possession of New York,
in 1673, they saw the importance of placing it in a com
plete state of defence against any assault of the English.
For this purpose a large amount of moifey was required,
which could only be furnished by the citizens. To raise
it by tax would be oppressive, to borrow it on the faith of
the government impossible ; and the governor and Coun
cil resorted to the expedient of a forced loan by the most
affluent inhabitants. A commission was appointed to
compile a list of the "best and most affluent persons,"
with a valuation of their estates, and their report is among
the records of the State. There are sixty-two names on
the list, with the valuation of their estates in Holland cur
rency. Frederick Philipse is assessed at 80,000 guilders ;
De Meyer and Cornelis Steenwyck at 50,000 each ; Jeroni-
292 NICHOLAS DE MEYER.
mus Ebbing, 30,000 ; Olof Stevense Van Cortlandt, 45,000 ;
Jacob Leisler, 15,000 ; and Nicholas Bayard, 10,000. The
majority were placed at less than 5,000, while some were
as low as 1,200. Nearly all were Dutch, very few English
names appearing on the roll.
Two years later, when the province had been returned
to the English, a tax was levied to pay the city debts and
for other purposes. There were now three hundred names
on the list, several of them were English and assessed for
considerable amounts. Cornelis SteenvYyck now leads in
valuation, being assessed at ^4,000 ; while Philipse falls
into the second class, being rated the same as Leisler, Van
Cortlandt, and two others, at ;^3,ooo ; Nicholas Bayard
pays on only ;^i,5oo, and Ebbing on ^1,000. De
Meyer's name is not on the list. As mayor he signed the
warrant of the collector, but escaped taxation. Did the
assessors omit him out of respect to his office ? or did
his official position enable him to avoid the tax ?
De Meyer was appointed mayor by Governor Andros,
and served one year, 1676, having previously been an al
derman for three years. He was nominated to the Coun
cil by Governor Dongan in 1687, and appointed by the
king in January,* 1689, but did not take the oath of office,
for he died before the arrival of Governor Sloughter, in
March, 1691. In politics he was opposed to Leisler, but,
like his friend, Philipse, he was too rich to be active and
pronounced. Already old, he did not wish to endanger
his estate. In the riots of 1690 Leisler's soldiers were dis
posed to make him a visit, but were resisted by one Palm
er, who stood within the door, with sword and pistol in his
hands, and bid them be off. De Meyer was an officer in
the militia, and rose to the rank of major. He and his
family were members of the Dutch Church in regular
standing.
HENDRICK VAN DYCK. 293
He was twice married ; first to Lydia Van Dyck, and sec
ondly to Sarah, widow of John Wickleson. He had three
sons and three daughters baptized in the church, but in
his will he mentions only five children. His will is dated
May 4, 1689, and was proved on March 31, 1692. He be
queaths to his " wife Sarah, widow of John Wickleson," all
whatsoever he had agreed to in the marriage-contract. The.
remainder of hisfcstate, "whether here, in England, Hol
land, or elsewhere," he divides equally between his chil
dren — William, Henricus, Anna Catrina, Deborah, and
Elizabeth. William De Meyer resided at Kingston, and Henry was
a prosperous merchant of New York. Their descendants
are said to be quite numerous.
Lydia Van Dyck, the mother of Nicholas De Meyer's
children, carries me back another generation, to relate
some incidents in the life of her father, Hendrick Van
Dyck, who is an historical character of no enviable repu
tation. I hope to make it appear, however, that he was
not so black as historians have painted him.
Hendrick Van Dyck
Came to New Netherland, in 1639 or 1640, in the ser
vice of the West India Company as ensign commandant
of their troops. Under the unwise administration of
Kieft, the Indians became very troublesome and hostile.
Early in the year 1642, Kieft determined to chastise them,
and for that purpose organized an expedition to penetrate
their country and destroy their villages. Van Dyck was
placed in command of eighty men, and with a guide
marched into what is now Westchester County, where
he was assured that he should find the enemy. Before
he reached the Indian village, a dark and stormy night
294 HENDRICK VAN DYCK.
closed around him. The guide lost his way, and Van
Dyck his temper ; a halt was ordered, arid finally a re
treat. He returned to New Amsterdam without having
seen an Indian, and apparently without result. Not so,
however, for the Indians soon discovered how narrowly
they had escaped destruction, and made overtures for
peace. Kieft was not satisfied with his abprtive attempt to
chastise the savages for their alleged perfidy and atroci
ties. The next year these same Indians, and others liv
ing farther north, were driven from their villages by a
raid of the Mohawks. They fled to the Dutch for safety,
and encamped at Corlaer's Hook and at Pavonia. Kieft,
believing that his time had come for vengeance, without
giving any notice to the farmers and outlying settlements,
and against the advice of the best men in New Amster
dam, directed two detachments of citizens and soldiers to
fall on the unsuspecting Indians in the night and butcher
them in their sleep. A large number of savages — men,
¦women, and children — were killed at both encampments.
This perfidy against a people who in time of peace had
sought protection and safety, aroused the anger of the
neighboring tribes, and they combined to exterminate the
Dutch. In a brief time the farms and plantations were
burned, and the people who were not killed or captured
fled for safety under the guns of Fort Amsterdam. The
Indians were bold and watchful, keeping their enemies
shut up in narrow limits. Van Dyck, while stationing
the guard not far from the fort, was shot and wounded in
in the arm, narrowly escaping death, the bullet having
grazed his breast.
The next year, 1644, was made memorable by the
slaughter of large numbers of the savages on Long Isl
and and on the eastern borders of Westchester County.
HENDRICK VAN DYCK. 295
After a raid against the Indians on Long Island, in which
over a hundred of them were killed, one hundred and
thirty troops were put under the command of Captain
Underbill, of New England, now in the Dutch service, as
he had been years before in Holland, and of Ensign Van
Dyck, with orders to penetrate into the country on the bor
ders of this province and Connecticut, and to destroy a
large Indian village said to be situated a few miles north of
the sound. They landed at Greenwich, and the next day
took up their line of march to the interior. Their guide
was faithful, and conducted them straight to the Indian
camp. They cautiously approached it on a bright, moon
light night, but, being discovered, they rushed forward and .
completely surrounded it before the Indians had time to
fly. The savages fought wdth desperation, and in a brief
time one hundred and eighty of their warriors lay dead
upon the snow outside their cabins. The torch was then
applied, and the village, with its living occupants — men,
women, and children — was burned to the ground. Five
hundred Indians were killed — some writers place the num
ber at seven hundred ; only eight escaped. The loss of
the Dutch was slight, fifteen being wounded.
This severe chastisement lowered the pride of the sav
ages, and they sued for peace. Kieft lent a willing ear to
their solicitations, and in the following year concluded
with all the Indian tribes a peace which continued until
1655. Meantime Van Dyck returned to Holland, and on
June 28, 1645, was appointed fiscal of New Netherland.
Kieft had proved himself incompetent, and the Company
resolved to recall him. Petrus Stuyvesant was appointed
to his place. But there were various delays, and the new
officials did not sail from Holland until the close of the
year 1646. On the voyage, for some unknown reason,
Stuyvesant treated Van Dyck rudely and impolitely. At
296 HENDRICK VAN DYCK.
one time, when Van Dyck proposed to take his seat with
the Council on shipboard, Stuyvesant repulsed him with
the remark, " Get out ! When I want you I'll call you."
At Curacjoa he confined him on board the ship for threu
weeks, while others, even the meanest soldiers, were al
lowed to land. Van Dyck believed that this was done,
lest he, by virtue of his office and according to his instruc
tions, should interfere in some business which Stuyves
ant preferred to do alone. On their arrival at Manhattan
the director-general pursued the same course of treat
ment. He did not consult him as member of Council, ex
cept when it suited his pleasure or convenience. He in
terfered with the higher duties of his office, and assigned
him work which a slave could perform, and in various
other ways made his official life a burden.
When Adrian Van der Donck was in Holland, as repre
sentative of the people of New Netherland, to solicit a bet
ter government, he sharply assailed the acts and characters
of the colonial officials — none more than those of Stuyve
sant and his secretary. Van Tienhoven, and said of Van
Dyck, in July, 1649 :
"Director Stuyvesant excluded him twenty-nine months
from the Council board, for the reason among others, as
his Honor stated, that he could not keep a secret. He
also declared that he was a villain, a scoundrel, a thief.
All this is well known to the Fiscal, but he dare not adopt
the right course in the matter ; and in our opinion, 'tis not
advisable for him to do so ; for he is a man wholly intol
erable alike in words and deeds. His head is a trouble to
him, and his Screw is loose, especially when surrounded
by a little sap in the wood."
Stuyvesant, apparently to justify his treatment of Van
Dyck, accused him of drunkenness and inattention to the
duties of his office, which called out a rebuke from the
HENDRICK VAN DYCK. 297
Company, in which they allude to his " respectable friends."
Van Dyck, forbearing as he was, and, above all things, de
siring peace and harmony in the official family, at last be
gan to feel that he was being pushed to the wall by his
enemies witho"ut cause. He had held aloof from the op
position against the director-general, and had not united
with Van der Donck and other leading men in their cele
brated remonstrance on the condition and misgovern
ment of New Netherland. But now, in 1650, he joined
the vice-director, Van Dincklage, in an energetic protest
against the " excesses of Director Stuyvesant." For this,
although other reasons are assigned, he was arbitrarily
dismissed from his office on March 29, 1692.
The long-suffering fiscal was now fairly aroused. In
his Defence, a very able paper, addressed to the States-
General, he assails the administration of Stuyvesant as
autocratic and arbitrary to the last degree. With bitter
sarcasm he exposes Stuyvesant's pretensions of having dis
missed him "for the good of^is Lords Superiors," and then
having appointed such a man as his secretarj', Van Tien
hoven, in his place.' He denies that he was the author of
the lampoon which was made the excuse for his dismissal,
and asserts that it was concocted in the office of Van Tien
hoven by himself and clerk for this very purpose. He
denies the testimony of certain witnesses against him, and
charges, as can be proven, that they were the creatures of
' Van Dyck sent with his Defence sworn statements as to the immo
rality and general bad character of Van Tienhoven, which must have made
a profound impression on the Lords Superiors. They directed Stuyvesant
to dismiss him from office, and when at a later period they found that he
was still retained, they wrote to Stuyvesant : "We are greatly surprised
you can plead his cause so earnestly. This has displeased us ; and our
displeasure must increase, if, contrary to our instructions and orders, you
continue to employ him for any purpose whatever." Van Tienhoven soon
after disappeared. It is supposed that he drowfled himself.
298 HENDRICK VAN DYCK.
the director-general and his secretary, and unworthy of
belief. As Stuyvesant had reported that he was disrnissed
on account of misbehavior, by the advice and consent of the
select-men whose names were signed to the paper notify
ing him of his dismissal, he asserted that the select-men
had held a meeting in August, at which they declared by
resolution that " no complaints were ever made to them
by the commonalty of misbehavior, and they themselves
had nothing to say against him or his conversation." They
also said that they refused their consent to his dismissal,
and did not sign the paper.
He closes his defence with a letter from the Company
to him, written before their knowledge of Stuyvesant's
action in his case, in which they give him some sharp re
bukes for his alleged delinquencies ; and his reply. In
this letter he gives conclusive evidence that his " screw "
was not loose, or surrounded by "sappy wood." It is
keen, incisive, ironical. His Defence is long and able. It
shows him to have been a man of more than ordinary abil
ity and of good education. He does not deny that he has
faults, but exonerates himself from the charges preferred
against him, and places Stuyvesant and his friend. Van
Tienhoven, on their defence. The proofs against the latter
were so full and convincing that the Company ordered
him to be dismissed from his employments. Stuyvesant
was retained, and Van Dyck was not restored. Hence
forth he did not " trouble himself with the cares of office,"
but lived many years in private life as an " honorable
gentleman." The Indian invasion of New Amsterdam in 1655 was
the occasion of bringing Van Dyck's name again into
prominence. Historians, from O'Callighan and Brodhead
to Mrs. Booth and Mrs. Lamb, in their narratives of that
disastrous war, have made him the responsible cause.
HENDRICK VAN DYCK. 299
While Stuyvesant was on his expedition against the
Swedes of Delaware, the Indians living on the river to the
north formed an encampment on Manhattan Island, and
early in the morning of September 15, 1655, five hundred
warriors landed from sixty-four canoes near the fort, with
in the city limits, and began a search for " Indians from
the North." (More likely they were searching for rum.)
They broke into houses before the occupants were out of
their beds, and in some instances abused the people by
words and blows. La Montagne and Van Tienhoven, to
whom Stuyvesant had committed the government in his
absence, sent for the chiefs to meet them in the fort.
During the conference, which does not seem to have been
unfriendly or exciting, the Indians promised to withdraw
to Nutten Island, that collisions with the citizens might
be avoided. But, being joined by another detachment of
two hundred, they did not keep their promise, but lin
gered in the streets and on the river-shore until evening.
It is quite certain that they did not remain a whole day, in
a town where rum was kept in every house and place of
business, without getting more or less intoxicated. Be
t-ween eight and nine o'clock they made a rush up Broad-
vpay, and passing the house of Paulus Leendertsen Van der
Grist, who was standing with his wife before the door,
threatened to kill him, but passing on they wounded Van
Dyck with an arrow, as he was standing in his garden-
gate. They were evidently on a drunken frolic, caring
little for consequences. Their assault on Van Dyck and
his neighbor caused an alarm, and the cry was raised,
" The savages are murdering the Dutch ! " when the citi
zens, seizing their arms, hastily assembled at the fort.
The Indians, after their rush through the streets, returned
to their landing-place. The armed citizens were then
permitted to leave the fort and assault them, and in the
300 HENDRICK VAN DYCK.
conflict which ensued two Dutchmen and three Indians
were killed. The savages took to their canoes, and, smart
ing under their loss, they passed over the river and at
tacked the Dutch, whom they now looked upon as ene
mies. They laid waste the farms on the New Jersey
shore and on Staten Island, killing fifty of the inhabi
tants and making more than an hundred prisoners. The
loss in property of the Dutch was estimated at more than
200,000 guilders.
Several historians, in their narratives of these events,
apparently without consulting the original records, attrib
ute the invasion to Hendrick Van Dyck as the cause, but
cite no authority." They say that he killed a squaw whom
he caught stealing peaches from his garden, and that he shot
her as he would a dog. The story is embellished with inci
dents according to the imaginations of the several writers.
Some relate that the Indians, to the number of nineteen
hundred or two thousand, landed from sixty-four canoes,"
for the purpose of taking vengeance on Van Dyck for the
murder of the Indian woman. Most confine themselves
to the fact of wounding him with an arrow, but one, more
daring than the rest, says that they killed him.
The accounts given by the actors and their contempo
raries are doubtless more trustworthy than those of writ
ers two hundred years afterwards. La Montagne and Van
Tienhoven, members of the Council, were on the spot,
and active participants in all that occurred before the In
dians passed to the west shore of the river. The latter
' Not one of the numerous authors telling the story, whose books I have
read, give their authority ; not one refers to the records. The charge
against Van Dyck may be true, but I have failed to find the proof.
' These canoes must have been much larger than the average to hold
thirty persons each. Few would accommodate more than ten individuals
each ; the more usual size would not hold as many. "Two thousand war
riors in sixty-four canoes" discredits the story.
HENDRICK VAN DYCK. 3OX
was a bitter enemy of Van Dyck's, and had no reason to
shield him from blame or responsibility. In their letter
to the director-general, written the day after the affair,
they say that many Indians from the upper and lower
Hudson had made an assault on the Dutch, and had
" ¦wounded Hendrick Van Dyck, standing in his garden-
gate, with an arrow, but not mortally, and came very near
cleaving Paulus Leendertsen's head with an axe as he stood
by his wife." No reason is assigned for the sudden out
break or for the assault. If they were seeking Van Dyck
to kill him, why did they try to kill his innocent neighbor,
and only slightly wound him, the offender ? If it were
Van Dyck they were after, why did they not seek him out
during the day, and after killing him depart? He did
not seem conscious of their hate or of his own danger, or
he w^as brave thus to expose his person at his garden-gate.
Perhaps he was watching his peaches !
On receipt of this disastrous intelligence, Stuyvesant
hastened his return from the Delaware to console and en
courage the poor people, " his subjects." After he had
had abundant time to investigate all the circumstances re
lating to the invasion on October 31st, he and his Council
wrote to the States-General and the Company, giving a
detailed statememt of the irruption, in which they say :
" On September 15 th, at a very early hour, sixty-four ca
noes full of savages arrived in the neighborhood of the
city," and then go on to re'late the occurrences of the day,
including the wounding of Van Dyck and the 'threatening
of Leendertsen, but do not refer to the number of the In
dians or the cause of the sudden outbreak, except that it
was " in keeping with their insolence and treachery ever
since the peace of 1645, having killed ten persons and de
stroyed much property."
A few days later the director-general submitted to the
302 HENDRICK VAN DYCK.
Council, for their vpritten opinions, the question of imme
diate war against the Indians, the community being di
vided on the subject — some urging a war of extermination
to begin at once, while others were in favor of delay for
thorough preparation. Stuyvesant, as was his custom,
gave his own views and conclusions on the questions sub
mitted, in which he says : " We agree with the general
opinion, that the Indians upon their first arrival had no
other intentions than to fight the Indians on the east end
of Long Island, and that careless watching and all too
hasty inconsiderateness of some hot-headed indi^^iduals
diverted them and gave them a cause for their subsequent
actions." La Montagne thought that there was sufficient cause for
war, " by the unseasonable gathering here of nineteen
hundred savages, of whom eight hundred were already
here, to attack fifty or sixty," but they had "given more
than sufficient cause heretofore by murdering ten of our
people." Van Tienhoven believed there was cause for war for sev
eral reasons, but more especially " because that on Sep
tember iSth, early in the morning, five hundred of them,
all in arms, landed from sixty-four canoes within the city
limits, and, being joined during the day by two hundred
more, they ran through the streets in crowds, searching
houses, beating the people, wounding Van Dyck, and
threatening to kill Paulus Leendertsen."
De Sille was absent with the Delaware expedition, and
had little to say except to agree with the director-general
in his opinion. All agree, however, that it was not a fit
ting time to begin hostilities, as there should be time given
in which to make preparations and receive an answer
to their appeal to the States-General and the Company.
There is not an intimation by any one, that the Indians
HENDRICK VAN DYCK. 303
came to wreak their vengeance on Van Dyck, or that he
vvas the cause of a visitation which proved so disastrous.
Considering his relations with Stuyvesant and Van Tien
hoven, it is remarkably strange that, had he been the re
sponsible cause, they should not have arraigned him in
their letters, or in their own confidential communications
with each other. That Stuyvesant did not hold him cul- ¦
pable further appears from a letter of the Company in re
ply to one of his, under date of December 19, 1656. Re
ferring to Van Tienhoven, they say : " Any one who will
reflect upon his late transactions as to the savages will
confess that, being very drunk, he was the chief cause of
that doleful massacre. It is quite clear he might have pre
vented it." How should the Company have spoken so
emphatically, unless they had received reliable informa
tion from Stuyvesant or some one else ? Such must have
been the sentiment of the community at the time.
In a postscript to the same letter, they write : " We un
derstand, from letters and oral reports brought to us by
private persons, that the late Attorney-General (Fiscal)
Van Dyck was the first cause of this deplorable massacre,
by murdering a squaw who stole some peaches or other
fruits from his garden. If this is the truth, then we are
greatly surprised it was not mentioned in your letters, not
even with a single word — much more so, that he was not
punished as a murderer. To this we call your prompt at
tention, and recommend his execution." It will be noticed
that the Company say, if these reports are true, Van Dyck
should be punished, but they do not recall or modify their
charge against Van Tienhoven as the responsible party.
In the light thrown upon the subject by these letters
and records, there can be little doubt that the Indians did
not visit New Amsterdam with hostile intentions, but
merely stopped on the war-path against their enemies on
304 HENDRICK VAN DYCK.
Long Island for refreshments or other purposes. Van
Dyck may have killed a squaw, as charged, for Indian
life, from the beginning, in New England and elsewhere
on the continent, until now, has been considered cheap ;
nor could the Indians have seriously blamed him, judging
him by their own law of retaliation. They would have
been likely to have thought the woman's death was some
compensation for the ten lives of Dutch men and women
they had wantonly taken since the peace. I cannot but
think that the accusation against Van Dyck was an after
thought of the real culprit to shift the responsibility from
his own shoulders.
As to the number of the invaders, it is clear that the
authors who have placed them at nineteen hundred or two
thousand are in error, and particularly those who term
them warriors all armed. It is true. La Montagne says
" nineteen hundred gathered here, of whom nearly eight
hundred were already here." This sentence can only be
explained or understood by supposing the "here" first
used to mean Manhattan Island, and the second " here " to
mean New Amsterdam. This interpretation is sustained
by Van Tienhoven, who expressly declared " there landed
from sixty-four canoes about five hundred men," and
adds, " in the evening they were joined by two hundred
more," making the whole number "nearly eight hundred,"
as estimated by La Montagne. The conclusion is, that they
formed an encampment on the island of Manhattan be
longing to the Dutch, " without previous notice," of nine
teen hundred men, women, and children, whence their
warriors, in detachments of five hundred and two hundred,
started on an expedition against the Long Island Indians.
It is surprising that anyone should have put the number
of the invaders at " about two thousand armed warriors in
sixty-four canoes ; " equally marvellous that, in the face of
HENDRICK VAN DYCK. 305
the records and all other authors, it should be said that they
" killed Van Dyck." One cannot but wonder that, if there
were nineteen hundred, coming with hostile intent, they
should have been driven off by " fifty or sixty " citizens ;
for these were all, capable of bearing arms, who had been
left by Stuyvesant to defend the city.
Van Dyck was living at least thirty years afterward,
having survived his great opponent, Stuyvesant, many
years, and nearly all the associates of his early life. After
the death of his wife, Deivertje, he married, in May, 1675,
the widow of Jacob Van Couwenhoven. In 1680 he made
a deed of a part of his Broadway property to his son Cor
nelis. He was not idle when out of politics, but wag
known as a thrifty man, dealing in real estate and loaning
money. If he had loved the bottle, as Stuyvesant charged,
he reformed and became a good citizen, living to a good
old age. In his will, dated August 13, 1685, and proved
March 20, 1688, he mentioned one son and three daugh
ters. His son Cornelis was a physician, and settled in
Albany. He died at an earlj' age, leaving two sons, both
of whom adopted the profession of their father. Their
descendants are numerous, and it is now difficult to dis
tinguish them from those of the same name, whose ances
tors settled, one in Delaware, and another on Long Island.
Vol. IL — 20
GENEALOGICAL TABLE.
Descendants of Philip Schuyler (Second).
[Direct line.'\
I. PHILIP SCHUYLER and Margarita Van Slichtenhorst, m. in Bever
wyck (Albany), December I2, 1650 ; had ten
children, of whom Philip was the eighth, and
the fifth son, who was born February 8, 1666,
and died May 24, 1724. He married,
1st, Elizabeth De Meyer, in New
York, July 25, 1687.
2d, Mrs. Catharine Schierph,
widow of Ritsiert Brouwer,
in Albany, May ig, I7ig.
2. PHILIP SCHUYLER and Elizabeth De Meyer.
3. Nicholas, b. in New York, September 11, i6gi, d. July 3, 1748.
m. I, December 2, 1 7 14, Elsie Wendel,
m. 2, Mary Stephenson, His first wife d. April 8,
1744 ; his second survived him.
3. NICHOLAS SCHUYLER and Elsie Wendel,
4. Elizabeth, b. September 4, 1715, d. December 5, I7gs.
m. Jochim Staats.
5. Philip, b. October 17, 1717, d. a. p. April 2g, I73g, at Oswego.
6. Ariantia, b. March 6, 1720, d. October 17, 1763.
m. Killiarh Van Rensselaer.
7. Harmanus, b. January 27, 1722, d. September 27, 1722.
8. Catharine, b. August 11, 1723, d. at an advanced age.
m. John Jacob Lansing.
g. A daughter, b. August 18, 1725, d. next day.
10. Harmanus, b. April 2, 1727, d. September i, I7g6.
m. September 24, 1754, Christina Ten Broeck,
II. Johannes, b. January 3, 1733, d. s. p. October 28, 1755.
DESCENDANTS OF PHILIP SCHUYLER (SECOND). 307
10. HARMANUS SCHUYLER and Christina Ten Broeck,
12. Nicholas, b. June 13, 1755, d. s. p. November, 1824.
m. August 13, 1782, Shinah Simons, at Lancaster,
Pa.
13. Samuel, b. November 17, 1757, d. s. p. January, 1832.
14. Elsie, b. February 5, 1760, d. 183S.
I m. I, June 15, 1783, Dr. Nicholas N, Bogart, of New
York.
m. 2, June 24, I78g, James Van Rensselaer,
15. Dirck, b. November 2g, 1761, d. s. p. June, 181 1.
16. John H., b. July 30, 1763, d. August 18, 1846.
m. I, June 6, 1786, Hendrika Fort.
m. 2, June 10, 1800, Annatje Fort, d. January, 1851.
17. Maria, b. February i, 1766, d. October 18, 1767.
18. Philip, b. December 12, 1767, d. August 25, I76g.
19. Maria, b. April 25, I76g, d. March 25, 1812.
m. I, November 22, I7g3, David Van Rensselaer.
m. 2, January I, 1800, Nicholas Ten Broeck.
20. Philip, b. August 21, 1771.
m. Mary Palmer,
16. JOHN H. SCHUYLER and Hendrika Fort,
21. Harmanus, b. March 7, 1787, d. May 14, 1853.
m. August, 1813, Eleanor Speer,
22. Jacob Fort, bp. June 3, i78g.
m. , went to New Orleans, and not heard
from after 1822.
23. Nicholas, bp. February 27, I7gi, d. a. p. December, 1812.
24. Alexander Hamilton, b. September 12, I7g2, d. March 4, 1853.
m. November 7, 1813, Eleanor Giltner,
25. John Bradstreet, b. July, I7g4, d. i83g.
m. September, 1818, Esther Mandeville,
26. Henrietta Ann, b. August 2, i7g5, d. Nov. 21, 1875.
m. Philip S, Van Rensselaer, d. May, 1862.
16. JOHN H. SCHUYLER and Annatje Fort.
27. Peter Quidor, b. April 21, 1801, d. i860.
m. September 10, 1829, Maria Ten Broeck,
28. James Van Rensselaer, b. June 27, 1802.
m. February 13, i82g, Mrs, Julia
Mc Chain Ketcham,
29. Henry Ten Broeck, b. April 12, 1804.
m. January 8, 185 1, Sarah White, d. 1875.
30. Philip Church, b. October 13, 1805, d. July 16, 1872.
m. I, January 13, 1832, Lucy M. Dix, d. 1855.
m. 2, May, l86o, Louisa Bigelow.
308 DESCENDANTS OF PHILIP SCHUYLER (SECOND).
31. Abraham Fort, b. August 20, 1807, d. y.
32. George Washington, b. February 2, 1810.
m. April 18, i83g, Matilda Scribner,
33. Catherine Angelica, b. December 17, 1812.
m. October 18, 1848, Nicholas Bleecker,
34. Rebecca Sarah Margaret, b. March 2, 1815.
20. PHILIP SCHUYLER and Mary Palmer, '
35. Christina, b. May 28, 1803, d. 1822, unmarried.
36. Beriah Philip, b. February 24, 1806, d. April, 1822.
37. Deborah Palmer, b. April 8, 1808.
m. Dr, Ira Dimmick.
21. HARMANUS SCHUYLER and Eleanor Speer.
38. Nicholas, b. August 5, 1815, d. s. p. 1833.
39. Mary, b. March 15, 1817.
m. November 3, i83g, Abraham Van Home.
40. John, b. January 8, i8ig.
m. October 6, 1841, Caroline Vanatta,
41. Teunis Speer, d.
42. Alexander Hamilton, b. September 14, 1822, d. a prisoner of
war in Andersonville prison.
m. 1853, Abby Clapp.
43. Henry Ten Broeck, b. May 3, 1824, killed in Grant's cam
paign in Virginia.
m, 1856, Amino Monroe,
44. A daughter, d. y.
45. A daughter, d. y.
46. Speer, b. July 11, 1831.
47. Cheery Ann, b. February 26, 1833.
m. October 27, 1851, Edwin E, Southwell,
48. Rachel, b. April 14, 1835.
49. Ariantia, b. June 23, 1837.
22. JACOB FORT SCHUYLER and .
50. A daughter, d. y.
24. ALEXANDER HAMILTON SCHUYLER and Eleanor Gittner.
51. Henrietta, b. August i, 1814.
m. December 2, 1832, Abel Burritt,
52. Cornelia, b. May 15, 1817.
m. September 9, 1835, Schuyler Van Rensselaer,
53. Jane, b. January 25, 1819.
m. February ig, 1851, Robert Schackelton.
54. Susan, b. May 2, 1821.
m. January i, 1845, Grant Wheeler.
55. Philip Church, b. August 6, 1823.
m. June 28, 1854, Ann Kispauw.
DESCENDANTS OF PHILIP SCHUYLER (SECOND). 309
56. James Fort, b. May 29, 1828.
m. March I, 185 1, Catherine Smith.
S7. Julia, b. May 30, 1831.
m. July 4, 1851, Earl Lucas.
25. JOHN BRADSTREET SCHUYLER and Esther Mandeville.
58. Rensselaer, b. July 4, 1819.
59. Charles W., b. July 7, 1820.
m. Rundle.
60. Catherine, b. 1825.
m. J. W. Marcellus,
61. Amos, b. 1831, d. s. p. 1843.
62. George W., b. 1834.
m. C, E, McDowell,
27. PETER QUIDOR SCHUYLER and Maria Ten Broeck,
63. John Edwin, b. September 16, 1831.
m. April 27, 1871, Ann E. Stevenson.
64. Nicholas Ten Broeck, b. December 4, 1833.
m. September 24, 1871, Martha A,
Griffin,
65. Anne H., b. October 18, 1835.
m. May 27, 1868, George W. Bodle,
28. JAMES V. R. SCHUYLER and Mrs. Julia McChain Ketcham.
66. Ann Eliza, b. November 24, i82g.
m. June I, 1847, F^dward Stoddard.
67. E^VELINE Fort, b. September 22, 1831, d. y.
68. John James, b. July 12, 1833, d. s. p.
69. Lucy Anne, b. January, 1835, d. y.
29. HENRY TEN BROECK SCHUYLER and Sarah White,
70. Sage White, b. July 15, 1854.
71. Kate White, b. July 4, 1856.
m. October 17, 1877, William A, Church,
30. PHILIP C. SCHUYLER and Lucy M. Dix.
72. Sophia Angelica, b. November 15, 1832, d. March 28, 1837.
73. Susan Mann, b. May 6, 1834.
m. September 17, 1855, Marcus Lyon,
74. Philip Church, b. December 4, 1835.
m. June 5, 1867, Lucy Sophia Hurd.
75. Gerrit Smith, b. April 24, 1837, d. August i, 1S38.
76. Lucy Matilda, b. December 6, 1838.
m. Sept. 26, i860, Dr. Edwin P. Sheldon, d.
May 3, 1862.
310 DESCENDANTS OF PHILIP SCHUYLER (SECOND).
77. Frederick, b. June i, 1841, d. in Dakota, June 16, 1884.
m. May 3, 1865, Nellie M, Farmon.
78. Sarah, b. December 31, 1842.
m. December 25, 1862, Warren W, H. Lawrence.
79. Howard, b. December 11, 1844, d. December 3, 1883.
m. February 5, 1875, Fanny Kemble Brannan.
80. James Dix, b. May 11, 1848.
32. GEORGE W. SCHUYLER and Matilda Scribner.
81. Eugene, b. February 26, 1840.
m. July 13, 1877, Gertrude Wallace King.
82. Martha, b. August 3, 1842.
m. December 2g, 1864, Chauncey L. Grant, Jr.
83. EvALYN, b. October 6, 1846.
m. March 30, 1871, Charles Ashmead Schaeffer.
84. Walter Scribner, b. April 26, 1850.
m. December 20, 1883, Mary Miller Gar
diner.
85. Kate Bleecker, b. June 10, 1853, d. April 1, 1859.
40. JOHN SCHUYLER and Caroline Vanatta.
86. Harmon, b. January 22, 1843.
87. George Edward, b. August 6, 1844, d. 1865.
88. Mary Elizabeth, b. June 25, 1846.
8g. Sarah, b. April i, 1848.
90. Oren A., b. September 22, 1856.
91. Adeleert, b. May 14, 1864.
42. ALEXANDER H. SCHUYLER and Abby Clapp.
93. William, b. 1854.
94. Samuel, b. 1857.
95. Charles, b. i860.
96. Harmon, b. 1863.
43. HENRY T. B. SCHUYLER and Amina Monroe.
97. Alaric, b. November 8, 1857.
98. Lionel V., b. November 28, 1863.
55. PHILIP CHURCH SCHUYLER and Ann M. Kispauw.
99. Henrietta, b. March 25, 1855.
m. December 20, 1872, George Besimer,
100. Fort A., b. September 25, 1856.
loi. Ermina, b. April 26, 1859, d. y.
102. Philip Norman, b. January 17, 1863.
103. Allan A., b. August i, 1865.
104. Frederick J., b. September 29, i86g.
DESCENDANTS OF PHILIP SCHUYLER (SECOND). 311
56. JAMES FORT SCHUYLER and Catharine Smith.
105. Ella, b. December 27, 1851.
106. Ada, b. May, 1857.
107. Minnie, b. 1863.
58. RENSSELAER SCHUYLER and .
108. John, b. i86r.
109. Emma, b. 1862.
no. Frederick, b. 1864.
III. Frank, b. 1866.
59. CHARLES W. SCHUYLER and Sarah Rundle.
112. Ann Jenette, b. 1852.
113. George W., b. 1856, d. y.
114. Caroline A,, b. 1862.
62. GEORGE W. SCHUYLER and C. E. McDowell.
115. Mary L., b. April 25, 1865.
116. Eugene L., b. October 16, 1871.
64. NICHOLAS T. B. SCHUYLER and Martha A. Griffin.
117. Benjamin G., b. June 27, 1872.
118. Lucy A., b. October 20, 1875.
ug. Martha E., b. May 6, 1877.
74. PHILIP CHURCH SCHUYLER and Lucy Sophia Hurd.
120. Genevieve, b. November 7, 1868. ,
121. Lucy Corbett, b. March ig, 1871.
122. Emily Failing, b. November i, 1872.
77. FREDERICK SCHU\'LER and Nellie M. Farmon.
123. Florence, b. September 2, 1866, d. December 21, 1877.
124. Philip Church, b. January 31, i86g, d. March 27, 1869.
125. Frederick, b. June 16, 1870.
126. Walter, b. July 3, 1874.
127. A SON, b. June, 1877.
79. HOWARD SCHUYLER and Fanny Kemble Brannan.
128. Adele Andree, d. y.
129. Philip Church.
NOTES ON THE PRECEDING TABLE.
Nicholas Schuyler (3) was a surveyor, and apparently
confined himself strictly to the business of his profession.
Lands under the old titles were not definitely bounded,
and after a while every landholder found it necessary to
have his limits accurately defined by a competent surveyor.
Schuyler was among the first on the upper Hudson who ac
quired sufficient knowledge of civil engineering to qualify
him to run the lines and determine the boundaries as laid
down in the deeds. For a time after his marriage he re
sided in Albany, but soon removed to Schenectady, a more
central point for his business ; yet his sei-vices were in fre
quent request by the Albanians. The city itself, whose
lands at Schaghticoke were sold or leased in small parcels,
after a time found it necessary, in order to quiet conflict
ing claims, to have the farms accurately surveyed, and fre
quently called upon him for his services. He was the first
named to run the lines in the division of the famous Sara
toga Patent.
Before he had reached his majority he accompanied his
uncle. Colonel Peter Schuyler, in April, 17 11, to Onondaga,
and assisted in the demolition of the block-house which the
French had recently erected. It was an exciting experi
ence, and gave him a foretaste of Indian life, without, how
ever, drawing him away from the profession he had chos
en. In 1727 he was elected to represent Schenectady in
NICHOLAS SCHUYLER. 313
the Assembly of the province. This Assembly, the nine
teenth, held only one short session, and was dissolved.
Governor Burnet was not pleased, because in a series of
resolutions it had presumed to attack the Court of Chan
cery, in which, as its presiding judge, the governor, al
though no lawyer, delighted to show his varied learning.
He summaril}' dismissed the members to their homes, and
called an election for a new house, which he was not per
mitted to meet. He was sent to govern New England.
Schuyler had not lost his taste for adventure, and in his
intervals of leisure from his professional duties, like other
young men of his times, used to go on trading expeditions
among the Indians. On such journeys, in almost unknown
regions and among the free traders of the forests, his
tastes were gratified. More than this, he was successful
in his ventures.
Governor Burnet's law prohibiting trade in Indian goods
with Canada was very obnoxious to New York importers
and Albany merchants. They had no compunctions of
conscience in evading its provisions when opportunities
offered. Harmanus Wendell, one of Schuyler's brothers-
in-law, although classed as a shoemaker, was also a trader.
At one time he had in store a large stock of goods such
as were required for the Indian trade by Canadian mer
chants, and wished to dispose of them, law or no law. The
Indian proselytes living near Montreal, in time of peace,
were the camels of the desert, the freighters between Al
bany and Canada, and, like camels, they required drivers
or conductors. The Montreal merchant, when he wanted
goods from Albany, hired some Indians, with their chief,
and sent them to his correspondent in the latter city, who
packed the goods on their backs, or in their canoes, and
despatched them home under conductors of his own selec
tion. A guard-house had been established near the great
314 NICHOLAS SCHUYLER.
carrying place, on the route usually taken by the caravans,
to intercept the forbidden trade, to arrest the carriers, and
to seize the goods.
On October 8, 1724, the governor, in New York, received
a letter from the officer of the guard, stating that he had
seized fifty-eight pieces of strouds, on the way to Canada, in
charge of Nicholas Schuyler, Jacob Wendell, " and another
whose face he could not see," with thirty Indians. After
taking possession of the goods, and stamping on each
piece the " broad arrow," they were forcibly taken from
their custody by Schuyler and his company and carried
off. The letter was accompanied with an affidavit of the
sergeant of the guard, to the effect that, on first arresting
them, he said to Wendell that he was sorry to see him
there, who replied that " he had not been there but for his
father." Harmanus Wendell was examined, so wrote the
Commissioners of Indian Affairs, and admitted that he had
sold to Schuyler and his son Jacob a parcel of strouds, and
thought that perhaps they were for Canada. On being
made acquainted with the facts, the Council ordered all
the culpable parties to be prosecuted and punished accord
ing to the law.
Nothing more relating to the business appears in the
Council minutes until three years later. Meantime the
offensive law had been modified or repealed. The Assem
bly, of which Nicholas Schuyler was a member, was then
in session. The governor, in his message, had called upon
them to provide means to liquidate the debt which he had
incurred in the establishment of a fortified trading-house
at Oswego, the cost of which, ^6,682, had far exceeded
the estimates and the money provided by a former Legis
lature. He was in a dilemma, for, contrary to law, he had
proceeded with the work when the appropriation was ex
hausted, and had created a debt which he said that he
NICHOLAS SCHUYLER. 315
had paid out of his ovirn pocket. He now appealed to the
Legislature to reimburse him. The Committee of Ways
and Means, Robert Livingston, chairman, took a favorable
view of the case, and reported a bill for his relief. The
province was in debt, and it would not be prudent to raise
the money by tax. Other means must be devised. Ap
propriations to encourage the Indian trade, for securing
the Indians to the British interests, for maintaining proper
persons in the Indian country — each contributed a few
hundred pounds ; the remainder on hand of fines and for
feitures for trading with the French contrary to law, and
the money yet to be collected for fines and forfeitures,
helped ; and, lastly, Nicholas Schuyler and Jacob Wendell
offered to pay_;^2oo for their transgression of the prohibi
tory law, provided that their bonds were cancelled and
the Legislature relieved them from all further costs and
litigation. The bill was enacted into a law. Governor
Burnet was relieved from his embarrassment, the trading-
house in due time became a fort, Schuyler and Wendell
were discharged from their bonds, and Harmanus Wen
dell and his correspondent, Adolph Philipse, of New York,
paid the bills.
Nicholas Schuyler, as an engineer, was employed in
building Fort Clinton, at Saratoga, in 1746, but his bill for
services was not fully paid until after his death. His pro
fession did not often bring him before the public, and his
name only occasionally appears in the records. None of
his letters and private papers are known to be in existence.
Consequently there are no materials for an extended no
tice. He died on July 3, 1758, and his will is filed in the
clerk's office of the Court of Appeals. He disposed of his
estate impartially among his children, having first pro
vided liberally for his widow.
His old Dutch Bible came to my hands a few years
3X6 NICHOLAS SCHUYLER.
since. One cover and the entire book of Genesis were
gone. Of course whatever records were on the first fly
leaves — and there is reason to suppose they were full —
were lost beyond recovery. In other parts of the book I
found his own family records, and those of his son Har
manus.' It was originally bound in boards covered with
leather, " elaborately tooled," and finished with brass cor
ner pieces and clasps. It must have been when new a very
handsome book. It has been repaired, and is now in con
dition to last two centuries longer.
The title-page of the New Testament is so different
from that of our English versions that a translation of it
may be interesting :
" The New Testament, or the Books of the New Cove
nant of Our Lord, Jesus Christ. Published by authority
of the High-Mighty Lords, the States General of the
United Netherlands, and in conformity with the Decrees
of the National Synod, held at Dordrecht, in the years
1618 and 1619. Faithfully translated out of the original
Greek into the Netherland language. To which is added
a commentary on the obscure passages, explaining them
with corresponding texts ; and also a New Register. By
the general orders of the Netherland Church corrected
from errors in printing. Amsterdam. Aart Dirksz Oos-
saan. Bookseller, on the Dam, 1687."
On this title-page is an engraving representing the four
Evangelists with their emblems, and the Apostle Paul,
grouped around a table on which are books and writing
materials. There are no other engravings or maps in the
book. Elsie Wendel was the daughter of Jeronimus, son of
Evert Janse Wendel, an emigrant from Emden. He re
sided for a time in New Amsterdam, and there married in
' See Appendix.
EVERT JANSE WENDEL. 317
July, 1644, Susanna du Trieux. He removed to Albany
about 1658, where he engaged in the business of a cooper.
Wills and other legal papers of the early days make known
the trades, professions, and business pursuits of the first
settlers. It is no disparagement to families of the present
day to have it known that their first American ancestors
were artisans, tradesmen, or farmers, and it is a false pride
to conceal the fact. It was not the rich and noble who
for the most part sought homes in the New World. Some
there were who were forced to flee from persecution, and
found a home in the wilds of America. Some few endeav
ored to become the founders of colonies, and were gener
ally disappointed. The less ambitious farmers and trades
men prospered in their new homes, and many of them
laid the foundations of eminence and wealth for their
descendants. They were the founders of families.
Albany for more than a hundred years was the centre
of the Indian trade, and the base of military operations.
Hence several trades, which were a necessity, were the
sourpes of large profits. Coopers were required to supply
the large demand for the small portable kegs for rum car
ried by the traders into the interior, or by the Indians on
their- return home from Albany. Blacksmiths drove a
flourishing trade in the manufacture of Indian axes or
tomahawks, or as gunsmiths in repairing Indian guns.
Shoemakers were indispensable to provide the citizens
and soldiers with shoes, and bakers to supply them with
bread. Many persons with capital embarked in these
various kinds of business as the surest road to wealth.
But although men of position they were always designated
in their title deeds and contracts by the business they fol
lowed, and they did not hesitate to term themselves such
in their wills. It was only in the third or fourth genera
tion that the word " gentleman " began to be used.
3X8 EVERT JANSE WENDEL.
Evert Wendel, the emigrant, had six sons, three of
whom added anotlier / to their names. After a time some
of the family changed to Wandel. Two of Evert's sons
were merchants, and two others wrote themselves "shoe
makers." The father of Elsie Wendel was a shoemaker
and tanner. His bark mill and tan vats were on Fox's
Creek. His baptismal name was Jeronimus, which he
changed to its equivalent, Hieronimus, which in the next
generation became Harmanus.
Captain Johannes Wendell, a merchant, was the most
prominent of the six brothers. Having married a daugh
ter of Dr. Abraham Staats, he was connected with some of
the leading men of the province, and in politics was a
Leislerian. He was twice married, and by his second
wife:, Elizabeth Staats, he had eleven children. He died
in middle life, and his widow married Johannes Schuyler,
the grandfather of General Philip Schuyler. Jacob, his
youngest son, at an early age was placed with John Mico,
of Boston, where he made his permanent home. He mar
ried Sarah, daughter of Dr. James Oliver, and became a
leading merchant in that city of tradesmen. He rose to
eminence in a commonwealth of eminent men. He was
made a colonel of the Boston regiment of militia, no mean
position at the time, a member of the King's Council for
the province of Massachusetts, and was often employed in
other public business, more especially in affairs relating to
the Indians.'
' Sir Jonah Barrington says : ' ' Dress has a moral effect on mankind.
Let any gentleman find himself .with dirty boots, old surtout, soiled neck
cloth, and a general negligence of dress, he will in all probability find a
corresponding disposition, by negligence of address." We should prob
ably feel the force of this could we but see one of the "solid men of Bos
ton" of olden time, as he came down State Street at the hour of high
change, then 12 o'clock. His appearance would cause as much or more
excitement than that of the Turkish ambassador who recently made us a
HARMANUS SCHUYLER. 319
Elizabeth, daughter of Abraham Wendell, brother of
Jacob, married Edmund Quincy of Boston. Both uncle
and niece had large families, and their descendants are
among the best citizens of New England. Among them
are the great orator and anti-slavery agitator, Wendell
PhilHps, and Oliver Wendell Holmes, the "Autocrat of the
Breakfast Table."
One of Elizabeth Wendell Quincy's daughters married
Jonathan Sewall, Chief-Justice of Lower Canada. Her
youngest daughter, Sarah, married John Hancock, presi
dent of Congress and first signer of the Declaration of
Independence.' Harmanus Schuyler (10).
Harmanus was the youngest but one of his father's
eight children, and the only one of the four sons who
married and had a family. He was born at Schenectady,
where he spent his boyhood. His education, whatever it
was, was acquired in the school of his native town. When
of sufficient age he was placed with a jeweller in Albany,
and after serving his apprenticeship, he established him-
visit. Colonel Jacob Wendell, merchant, who died in 1761, is thus de
scribed : "His dress was rich, being a scarlet embroidered coat, gold
laced cocked hat, embroidered long waistcoat, small clothes, with gold
knee-buckles, silk stockings with gold clocks, shoes with large gold or
silver buckles, as the importance of the occasion or business demanded,
full ruffles at the bosom and wrists, and walking with a gold-headed cane.
Now we have a portrait of one of the old school gentlemen of a century
ago." — Boston Newspaper.
' "Resolved, that Colonel Hughs, Deputy, is hereby licensed and per
mitted to export out of this State twenty barrels of flour for the use of the
HonM John Hancock and his family." — Minutes of the Council of Safety
of New York, 1778.
A Mr. Hewes married Sarah, second daughter of Jacob Wendell, and
is probably the Colonel Hughs mentioned in the permit. It is evident
there was a scarcity of breadstuffs in Massachusetts, and that. John Han
cock was indebted to his relationship to the Wendells for his bread.
320 HARMANUS SCHUYLER.
self in business on the corner of State Street and North
Market Street, now Broadway.
He was elected constable of the first ward in September,
1752, and assistant alderman in 1759. Philip Schuyler (the
general) represented another ward of the city about the
same time in a like capacity. Neither of them rose to
the dignity of an alderman. In colonial times the sheriffs
were appointed annually by the governors. It was an office
of influence and responsibility. Albany County occupied
a large territory — all the settled parts of the colony north
and west of Ulster and Dutchess, including the present
State of Vermont. Then, as now, there were many aspi
rants for the position. In the spring of 1761, the sheriff
of Albany was seized with a mortal sickness, and some
weeks before his death tlie politicians were canvassing for
his successor. The Assembly was in session at the capi
tal, and before the adjournment the members from Albany
got a pledge from Lieutenant-Governor Colden that, on
the death of the sheriff, he would appoint Guisbert Mer-
selius, who was also endorsed by the mayor of the city
and the judges of the courts. Colden's friend. Sir Wil
liam Johnson, had a candidate, and felt sure of his ap
pointment as soon as he named him. He waited, however,
until death had made a vacancy before he urged his candi
date. Before his letter was received. General Monckton
called on Mr. Colden, and informed him that the sheriff
was dead, and that General Amherst desired the appoint
ment of Harmanus Schuyler to fill the vacancy. The
name of the candidate and his endorsers must have pro
duced a cold chill, and caused some degree of perplexity,
as the venerable governor called to mind what he had said
and written about another Schuyler only two years before,
and what he_ had so recently promised the members of
Assembly.
HARMANUS. SCHUYLER. 32 1
With trembling hand he irnttiediately wrote to General
Amherst that he was already committed, assuring him at-
the same time that "although Schuyler's character might
be as little known to the one as to the other, if he con
tinued to desire it, he would appoint him, not-withstand-^
ing inconveniences might arise." To Sir William John
son he wrote that however much he wished .to oblige'. him,
"after Generals Amherst and Monckton had expressed a
wish for Schuyler's appointment, he had no. choice left."
Schuyler's appointment was made in Council on June
17, 1761. He must have bowed with unusual grace to the
mayor, when on June 23d following, at a meeting of the
Common Council of which he was a member, he produced
his commission, and took the oaths of office. His ap
pointment was all the more gratifying, inasmuch as he
had not been a candidate, and had not solicited the office.
It is in vain to inquire what had induced the generals to
make a personal recommendation of Schuyler. Both oc
cupied a high position ; the one had recently received the
surrender of the French territories in America, the other
was soon to be commissioned governor of the province.
They may have known him and liked him ; or they may
have been acting on the suggestions of the lady of the
Flatts, Colonel Philip Schuyler's widow, ¦who at that time
was in high favor with the English generals, on account of
her many estimable qualities of mind and heart. A letter
from Van Schaick to Johnson speaks of the influence of
Colonel Bradstreet.
The new sheriff acquitted himself to the acceptance of
the people, and no particular " inconviences arose," except
perhaps to the governor from the Assembly. Schuyler
was reappointed from year to year until 1770, when he re
moved to Stillwater. He had the courage to face the most
trying occasions in the discharge of his duties. It may be
Vol. II.— 21
322 HARMANUS SCHUYLER.
interesting to his descendants to give two or three instances
of his coolness and pluck,
The territory now forming the State of Vermont was
claimed both by New York and New Hampshire. The
one issued patents for large tracts of the lands to specu
lators with few or no tenants ; the other, for small farms to
actual settlers. It was long an unsettled question to
which of the two provinces the prize would finally fall.
It was only solved in the time of the Revolution, when the
inhabitants organized an independent government and
demanded admission to the sisterhood of States. For
many years, however, the contest was waged by letters
between the governors, by proclamations and counter-
proclamations, and by appeals to the crown. Persons
were arrested by both parties as trespassers, carried far
from home, and lodged in jail. The strife increased in
violence and culminated in riots and the use of arms.
The Vermonters, not contented with the territory claimed
by New Hampshire, invaded that which had been long
held as a part of this province and occupied for years.
They took forcible possession of farmer's houses, and
turned the occupants out of doors. On one occasion the
sheriff of Albany was notified that a farmer at Hoosac
had been dispossessed, and that others were threatened
with a like treatment. Acting by authority of the gov
ernor, he went to Hoosac, taking with him a justice of the
peace. The day after he arrived was Sunday, and its
quiet was not disturbed. Early the next morning the
New Hampshire officers began operations by putting two
farmers and their families, with tlieir effects, out of their
houses, and then hastily retired, before the sheriff, stop
ping a short distance off, was notified. But he found
their trail, pursued and captured four of their leaders, and
triumphantly bore them off to the Albany jail.
HARMANUS SCHUYLER. 323
Two years later there were riots on the Livingston
manor, occasioned by men from Massachusetts who claimed
the land. A warrant was placed in the sheriff's hands for
the arrest of the chief rioter. Knowing the desperate
character of the men with whom he had to deal, he called
for the assistance of a posse. On approaching the house
of the rioter, he found him and his friends to the number
of thirty behind a barricade, all armed -with clubs, and
defiant. When ordered to surrender he refused, and
threatened death to any one w^ho should attempt to cross
his intrenchment. The sheriff did not parley, but imme
diately leaped over the barricade. "Yhe posse followed him,
and for a time the strife was fierce and bloody. Clubs
and pistols were freely used, resulting in the death of one
man on each side. The rioters took refuge in the house,
and, barring the doors, deliberately fired on their oppo
nents, wounding seven of them. The sheriff was foiled.
He had no means to storm the fort, and was obliged to
leave the field without his man.
In an affray in the neighborhood of Albany a man was
killed. It was supposed that the crime was committed by
a negro of desperate character, who remained on the farm
where he worked. A warrant for his arrest was placed in
the hands of a deputy, who reported that the negro, a
large, powerful fellow, threatened death to any one vi'ho
attempted to take him, and that he could not arrest him
except at the risk of his life. Another deputy was alike
unsuccessful. The sheriff himself then took the warrant.
He found the culprit on the barn floor thrashing, who
rushed toward him with his heavy flail uplifted, as if to
strike. The sheriff withdrew his hand from behind him
and showed a pistol. The flail fell to the floor, and the
desperado quietly submitted his hands to the shackles.
In 1770 Harmanus Schuyler disposed of his business
324 HARMANUS SCHUYLER.
in Albany and removed to Stillwater, where he bought a
farm with water-power on the river. He erected mills, and
until his death transacted an extensive business. I visited
the place some twenty-five years ago, but there was noth
ing left to mark the spot, except the dug-way from the
road high up on the bank down to the water.
In February, 1776, Harmanus was appointed by General
Schuyler Assistant Deputy Commissary-General of the
Northern Department, and was stationed at Lake George
in charge of the men engaged in building boats for the
use of the army. His letters thence to General Schuyler
give us a vivid conception of the poverty of the country,
and how poorly it was prepared to enter upon the war for
independence with a rich and powerful kingdom ; and of
its entire dependence on the commanding general for all
the materials required in the work of preparation. His
letters from Lake George are from February 8 to April
24, 1776. His first letter begs for two or three kegs of
nails absolutely required to complete the workshop. He
then asks for some good axes, those on hand having " no
steel in them," for grindstones, for camp-kettles, a black
smith, a stick of sealing-wax, some pitch and oakum, and
various other articles, all of which should have been fur
nished by the commissary-general. That officer, however,
had not the money to procure them, and hence he wrote
to the general, who alone had the money or credit for the
occasion. Nails were ordered from Canada, and the first
three sleigh-loads received proved to be useless — they
were too small or too large. Finally, he wrote : " The men
plague my heart out for their pay. Do send me at least
ten pounds, with which to make them easy for the time."
He was at Skenesborough (Whitehall) from June to
September, building a larger class of boats, called gondo
las and galleys. Here his want of supplies was greater
HARMANUS SCHUYLER. 32S
than before. Every letter (there are fourteen in all) begs
for something — now for some fresh meat and a little salt ;
then for pease and rum, for pitch, oakum, nails, tools, pro
visions. Again, he urgently asks for nails, iron, steel,
oakum, cordage, pitch, and tar ; and a few days later he
writes : " This is the third time I have written for supplies,
and have received none : " " We have now twenty-five
blacksmiths, but tools for only four fires." At another
time he writes : "We have now fifty-five blacksmiths, but
the most of them are sick, as are also a great many car
penters. Out of fifty men under Captain Titcum only ten
are able to work." He wrote to Colonel Wynkoop at Ti
conderoga for men to work on the vessels, and received
^the reply : "I have not men enough to keep the guard."
We learn that General Arnold was at Skenesborough su
pervising the work, and directing as to the size and num
ber of vessels. We also catch a glimpse of other officers
of the army, all busied in preparations to meet the English
fleet on the lake. It was all in vain. The little fleet built
under so many difficulties, and at so much expense, was
destroyed by the British in the following October.
His last letter from Skenesborough is dated September
2, 1786. His robust health was broken at last. He and
his son Dirck were sick with the fever which had proved
so disastrous to the workmen all through the month of
August. He was unable to resume his duties for several
weeks, but toward the last of October we find him at Still
water superintending the transportation of supplies to
Fort Edward and Lake George. There was a depot for
provisions at Stillwater. From thence they were forward
ed by boats to Fort Edward while the river was open, and
by wagons and sleighs when it was closed. Here he found
the transportation facilities entirely inadequate, and ap
pealed to the general for more boats and wagons. It was
326 HARMANUS SCHUYLER.
not in vain, for a few days later he reports, " Forwarding
goes on briskly." But now comes a letter from Captain
Varick at Fort Edward, asking for at least forty wagons
for use at his station. " They are difficult to get," he re
plied, " but I will try." He then hastened over to Schaght
icoke to borrow or hire them from the farmers, but with
indifferent success. On November 23d he wrote : "A drove
of fat oxen is passing for Fort Edward. I want one for
my family, and would be pleased to have it on account of
my rations ; but if not so, I will pay the cash."
On December 7th the river was closing, and there were
still three hundred barrels of flour in store, which had to
be sent forward by land. There was the rub. The roads
were bad, and wagons could not be procured. Later there
was a call for one hundred tons of hay. He scoured the
country, and could find only thirty-six tons, of which
twenty-three tons were sent by sleighs to Lake George,
and thirteen tons to Ticonderoga. The balance of the or
der could not be had short of Bennington.
Harmanus Schuyler retired from the service when his
friend the General was superseded by Gates. However,
he encouraged his sons of sufficient age to offer their ser
vices to their country. The eldest was studying medicine
when the war began, and was attached for a time to the
medical staff of Dr. Stringer, and afterward was the sur
geon of Colonel Hazen's regiment. Samuel, the second
son, on account of his imperfect vision, could not serve in
the ranks, but was a clerk in the Commissary Department.
The third son, Derick, less than fourteen years old at the
beginning of the war, was made a second lieutenant in one
of the companies of the New York line, as soon as his age
-would permit it. The other sons were too young to render
any service.
Harmanus Schuyler died at Stillwater, on September i.
CHRISTINA TEN BROECK. 327
1796, in the seventieth year of his age, leaving a widow
and seven children. His will is dated August 10, 1796.
In some respects it is singular. He released his eldest
son from the payment of the considerable sums of money
advanced to him, and now gave him his silver tankard.
To his wife he gave the income of his whole estate, real
and personal, " during her natural life." After her death,
his daughters, Elsie and Maria, were to receive each ^^250
which he had invested in United States bonds ; and to his
son John he gave his "negro boy Peet." The residue of
his estate, real and personal, he gave to his youngest son,
Philip, subject to the payment of ^300 to his son John,
and ^250 to Samuel, and to an annuity of ^7 to Derick
for life. He did not follow the old Dutch custom of
dividing his estate equally among his children, nor the
English usage of giving the real estate to the eldest son,
but gave to one of his children, the youngest, much the
largest share. Doubtless he had reasons for such a dispo
sition of his property, but they are not known at the
present day.
Christina Ten Broeck, my grandmother, the wife of
Harmanus Schuyler, carries me back to the early days of
the colony on different lines, through the Ten Broecks to
the Van Rensselaers and Van Burens, and through the
Van Rensselaers to the noted Anneke Jans. Her father,
Samuel Ten Broeck, was the second son of Dirk Wesselse
Ten Broeck and Christina Van Buren. Her mother was
Maria, daughter of Hendrick Van Rensselaer and his
wife, Catharine Van Brugh, who was a granddaughter of
Anneke Jans. Of her father Httle is known, but her
grandfather Ten Broeck was a prominent man, and from
the time he was appointed Recorder of Albany to his
death, his name is of frequent recurrence in the annals of
the city and province. I have already told the story of
328 DIRK WESSELSE TEN BROECK.
Hendrick Van Rensselaer, but the history of his wife's
grandmother is interesting chiefly because her " heirs " so
persistently for more than" a hundred years sought to re
claim a portion of the property belonging to the rich cor
poration of Trinity Church, New York.
Dirk' Wesselse Ten Broeck.''
Ten Broeck is a name wliich gives occasion for specu
lation. Was it the true surname of a family, or was it as
sumed by a section of a family known by another name ?
It has been claimed that Wessel Ten Broeck, merchant of
Munster, Westphalia, came with Director Peter Minuit in
1626, and settled as a merchant at Fort Orange (Albany).
I have been unable to verify it. The earliest date at
which the name appears in the records was June 21, 1663,
signed to a contract. Dirk Wesselse ten Broeck. Ten
Broeck first appears in the records of the Dutch Church
of New York, October i, 167 1, when Wessel Wesselsen
ten Broeck was recorded as a godfather. A year later
Hendrick Wesselsen ten Broeck acted in the same capac
ity. In 1674, the latter had a child baptized by name
Wessel, and Dirk Wesselse ten Broeck was its godfather.
In October, 1673, Wessel Ten Broeck was appointed by
Governor Colve a schepen at Kingston. In all proba
bility this was the Wessel Wesselse ten Broeck who was
in New York in 167 1, for we do not meet with him again
in the latter city, and he had now taken up his permanent
residence in Kingston. These three. Dirk Wesselse, Hen
drick Wesselse, and Wessel Wesselse ten Broeck, were
probably brothers, and the only ones, so far as I have been
able to learn, by the name Ten Broeck then in the country.
^ Vessell then broke. Jacob Leisler to the Governor of Boston, October,
'I689. Dirk Ten Breeches. — Washington Irving.
TEN BROECK. 329
Whether they were emigrants, or whether they assumed
the name to distinguish them from others of the same
family, is an unsolved question. There were several Wes
sels and Wesselses in New York, and some in Albany,
who were among the early settlers. One Wessel Wesselse
of Oyster Bay, L. I., October 4, 1677, mortgaged a house
and lot on Broadway, New York, "late in possession of
Dirk Wesselse," and all the estate due him by virtue of
the last will of Wessel Wesselse, "my father," for thirty-
six pounds, which when paid would be in full settlement
for all claims, "from the beginning of the world to the
presenttime." January 17, 1700, one Hendrick Ten Broeck
" son and heir of Hendrick Wesselse Ten Broeck, quit
claimed a fifth share in a piece of land, known as the
' shoemaker's land,' " to one Lodwick. The Hendrick Wes
selse ten Broeck first named had no son by name Hen
drick, but his- contemporary, Hendrick Wesselse, had a
son by that name. These references indicate a proba
bility that the Wessels, or Wesselses, and Ten Broecks were
originally the same family. Yet it is possible that Ten.'
Broeck was a Dutch name known in Holland, and that the
three brothers were immigrants.
Dirk Wesselse Ten Broeck, as commissary, justice, re
corder, mayor, member of Assembly, anibassador, wrote
his name Dirk Wesselse. When mayor he was known and
addressed as Dirk Wessels, while his son, an alderman,
and sitting at the Council Board with his father, was
written Wessel Ten Broeck. To land contracts, deeds,
and to ills will, he wrote his name in full, Dirk Wesselse
ten Broeck, the ten always with a small /. In his will he
wrote the full names of his children, the ten the same as
in his own signature. In history and politics he is only
known as Dirk Wessels. Most readers of the city and pro
vincial records often meet the name Dirk Wessels, and do
330 TEN BROECK.
not dream that he was the ancestor of General Abraham
Ten Broeck of Revolutionary fame, or of that other Ten
Broeck who made himself famous on both sides the Atlan
tic as the breeder and, owner of race-horses.
When Pieter Van Alen, tailor and trader in Beverwyck,
was about to sail for the fatherland in August, 1662, he
gave a power of attorney to his servant. Dirk Wessels, to
transact all his business in his absence. He was then only
twenty years old, but competent for the duties of the trust.
The next year he bought a house, married, and commenced
business as a "free merchant.'' He bought the house situ
ated on the north side of Yonker's Street, now the site of
the Mechanics and Farmers' Bank, of the " heirs " of An
neke Jans for four hundred dollars, payable in beavers,
and signed the contract Dirk Wesselse ten Broeck. His
name for the next twenty years seldom appears in the rec
ords. He wisely devoted himself to his business, which he
managed with tact and judgment, and succeeded in plac
ing himself among the foremost merchants of Albany. It
is said, but without sufficient proof, that he exported in
one year five thousand beaver skins, an unusually large
number for one man to handle.'
His education was equal to that of his contemporaries,
and included a knowledge of the Indian languages, with
out which a man could not transact his business, as then
conducted, with ease and facility. After he had gained a
solid position in his community, and was in possession of
a respectable estate, he began to attract the attention of
the colonial governors as one fitted for public office. In
' There is a paper on file among the city archives without an original
date, showing the number of beavers shipped by different parties, in which
Derik Wessils appears to have been the shipper of five thousand. It was
written by Johannes Dyckman, who on account of insanity was removed
from office in 1655, when Dirk Wesselse Ten Broeck was only thirteen
years old. Derik Wessils must have been another man.
TEN BROECK. 33 X
1676, Governor Andros made him a commissary, the duties
of which were not onerous, and did not interfere with his
regular business. Eight years later Governor Dongan
appointed him a justice of the peace. From this time
until a few years before his death, he was much employed
in the public service. He was named in the charter of
July 22, 1686, one of the first aldermen of the city, and in
October following he was appointed recorder in place of
Isaac Swinton. He held this office until 1696, when he
was chosen mayor, being the fourth since the organization
of the city government. Besides these municipal offices,
he was elected member of the first Assembly in 169 1, and
re-elected to the second, third, fourth, and fifth. He was
again elected to the eighth, but was refused his seat by
the Leislerian majority, for non-residence, as was alleged.
He had bought a farm in the Livingston manor, on which
he lived a part of the year, but kept up his residence and
business in Albany as formerly. The parties were so evenly
divided in the Assembly, eleven to ten, that the majority
were unwilling to run the risk of falling into the minority
by sickness or death, and hence seized upon a flimsy ex
cuse to exclude Wessels and Nicol?, and to seat their own
partisans in their place. Dirk Wessels was also a member
of the Indian Board for several years, was four times ap
pointed political agent to Canada, and was frequently sent
among the Indians of the Five Nations on important pub
lic business. His influence with the Indian allies was sec
ond only to that of Peter Schuyler. In all these various
offices of trust and dignity he served without reproach,
showing himself to be a man of rare ability and ready
resources for all contingencies. The only thing alleged
against him during his public career with any semblance
of truth, was his association with Peter Schuyler and
others in the patent for the Mohawk lands, as a wrong to
332 TEN BROECK.
a nation v/hich had always been the firm ally of the English.
Although there can be little doubt that the transaction on
the part of all engaged in the affair, except Pinhorne, was
not for personal gain, but was in the interest of the Indians
themselves, it was a mistake so far as they were concerned ;
and Wessels, like Peter Schuyler, as soon as he understood
by the public clamor that his motives were not appreciated,
renounced all connection ¦with it.
In politics Wessels was anti-Leislerian, but was never a
bitter partisan, nor an uncompromising opponent. When
the interests of the province required it, he could over
come his prejudices, and act in concert with his political
foes. He was a member of the Dutch Church, and for
many years an officer. But an exemplary Christian life
did not shield him from Jacob Leisler's vituperative tongue
and pen. His opposition to usurped authority was enough
to condemn him in the estimation of the usurper. Leisler
said of him, " He is a person who formerly professed popery,
and recanted a Protestant, and been employed by our late
papist governor dongan for ambassador to Canada, and
understood not one word of french."
Ten Broeck in common with his well-to-do friends and
neighbors, bought lands from the Indians for investment
and on speculation. His first purchase was made in 1680,
of four flats or plains lying on Kinderhook Creek, " one
Dutch mile from Jan Tysen Goes, (which name -was after
ward changed to Hoes) with the woodland extending to
the high hills." He was one of the seven partners in the
Saratoga Patent, and one of the seven partners in the
great Westenhook patent, lying east of Kinderhook and
along the sources of the Housatonic River. In 1694 he
bought of Robert Livingston two tracts of land within the
bounds of Livingston manor — one of six hundred acres' on
the Hudson, the other of twelve hundred acres' on the
TEN BROECK, 333
Roelof Jansen Kil, about six miles inland. On the latter
he built a dwelling house and barns, and called it his
" Bouwery." He did not at first make it his permanent
residence, but lived in Albany, arid there prosecuted his
business and various employments as formerly. Toward
the close of life, he transferred his business to others, and
retired to his Bouwery to spend his last, years in superin
tending the improvements on his farms.
In his domestic relations he seems to have been fortu
nate and happy. He had a family of thirteen children — ¦
six sons and. seven daughters. Two of the sons, Manasseh
and Ephraim, twins, died in infancy ; the others survived
him, and are named in his will. They were all married,
and most of them were settled in Albany and its vicinity.
Two years before his^death, he calmly inventoried the re
sults of his business life; and recorded them in his will.
In an old Dutch Bible, possessed by one of his descend
ants, we read, " September 13, 17 17, my father, Dirk Wes
selse, fell asleep, in the Lord, at his Bouwery on Roelof
Jansen's Kil. The Lord give him a blessed resurection."
His will, written by himself in the Dutch language, is
dated February 4, 1715, and was proved on February 6,
1718. He divided his large estate equally among his
eleven children, according to the valuation made by him
self of its several parts. Two-thirds of his seventh share
in the Saratoga Patent he gave to his eldest son, Wessel^
the other third to his daughter, Gertrude, wife of Abra
ham Schuyler ; to his sons Samuel and Tobias, his farms
in the Livingston manor ; and to his son Johannes, the
homestead in Albany and the lands in Kinderhook ; all to
be reckoned as part of his estate at the value he placed
upon them. He directed his other lands and property of
whatever kind to be sold, and, when all this was done, an
equal distribution to be made among his children, after
334 TEN BROECK.
the death of his widow, who while she lived was to have
entire control of the estate. In conclusion, he enjoined
upon his heirs " that none of his real estate should be sold
to strangers, but should remain in his family for all time."
This injunction was observed by the next two generations,
but thereafter the lands gradually passed into the hands
of strangers, until very little is now in his family. John,
the son and heir of Tobias, sold his half of the manor farm
to his cousin. Dirk Wesselse, son of Samuel, and removed
to New Jersey. He is the ancestor of the horse-loving
and horse-racing Ten Broecks of Kentucky. Dirk, the
eldest son of 'VVessel, was mayor of Albany in 1746-7, and
his son Abraham was the Revolutionary general, and also
mayor of Albany in 1796-7. The latter married a daugh
ter of Patroon Van Rensselaer, and had charge of the vast
estate during the minority of the last patroon.
There are few among my various ancestors whose his
tory I have studied with more interest than that of Dirk
Wesselse Ten Broeck. I learned that his grave was still
to be seen on his old bouwery, now in the town of Cler
mont, Columbia County, and I resolved to visit it, if for
nothing else, that I might say I had stood by the grave
of the grandfather of my grandmother. The early Schuy
lers and their families had been buried beneath the floors
of city churches, or in the grounds surrounding them,
which had been removed and obliterated by the march of
improvements ; even that of my grandfather had suffered
a like fate. I could not visit them.
With a relative as mentor and guide, I left Nassau on
a bright summer morning. Our route was by quiet roads,
far from the hum of cities and the screech of locomotives,
through a charming country, full of interest to one whose
forefathers had purchased it from the Indian proprietors
two hundred years ago. It led along the- shore of the
TEN BROECK. 335
pretty Kinderhook Lake, through the thriving villages of
Valatie and Kinderhook, by the modest brick house built
by a Van Buren, where Martin the Fox, was born ;' by
the famous Lindenwald (so named, although there is not
a linden tree on the place), where ex-president Van Buren
found a pleasant retreat from his political contests and
successes ; over the old race-course of the Livingstons
and Ten Broecks ; past country seats surrounded by an
cient trees ; to Claverack, the summer family seat of the
younger branch of the Van Rensselaers ; thence through
splendid farms to Clermont, and the grave of the grand
old man of two centuries ago.
The private cemetery, in which repose the remains of
Dirk Wesselse Ten Broeck and his wife, Christina Van
Buren, surrounded by the graves of several generations,
is situated on the second terrace or bluff above the little
river, known as Roelof Jansen's Kil,'' in the midst of forest
trees, enclosed with a permanent fence, and tenderly
cared for by a descendant in the sixth generation, Mrs.
Harold Wilson. It is the only portion of the old Bouwery
in possession of the " family." Its location, for a prospect
of picturesque beauty, is unsurpassed, and there is no ap
parent reason why it should be disturbed for centuries.
On the terrace below is the fine old brick mansion built
by Ten Broeck, beyond which is the valley oi Roelof Jan
sen's Kil, and over the river the hills rise in terraces,
dotted with groves of native trees and pretty villas. Up
and down the valley for long distances you catch glimpses
of sparkling water through the shrubs and trees on the
banks of the river. The house is isolated, far from any
• In politics Martin Van Buren was called "The Fox,"
" It is said the river was named for the first husband of Anneke Jans,
who in the early days on his small vessel, was ice-bound, and forced to
spend the winter among the Indians of that neighborhood.
336 THE V-\N BURENS.
road, and unseen, except from the opposite hills, until by
a private lane you reach the terrace of the cemetery.
Cornelis Maesen Van Buren, the father of Ten
Broeck's wife Christina, came to Rensselaerwyck in 163 1,
and settled on a farm belonging to the manor. He and
his wife died in 1648, and were buried on the same day.
He left four children, the eldest of whom, Martin, bought
of Ten Broeck a farm at Kinderhook, for which a deed
was given to him after the latter's death, on August 10, 1703.
The farm-house is situated on a slight elevation near the
creek and the village of Kinderhook. Here one of the most
noted presidents of the nation was born and brought up.
He acquired his academic and legal education in his
native village, and never lost his affection for the place of
his birth. Toward the close of his life he returned to its
neighborhood to spend his last years, and die among the
friends of his youth.
Ten Broeck had great confidence in his wife. She must
have been a woman of more than ordinary ability. Al
though she was about his own age when he wrote his will,
he appointed her sole executrix of his entire estate, and
placed the entire income at her disposal. She could not
sell the lands, and in case " she should marry again " (he
must have smiled at the thought) then she must surrender
the trust to his sons.
The Van Burens probably came from Buren in Gelder-
land. On a map of that province, published in 1654,
Buren is represented as a fortified town, near which is the
castle of the Counts Buren — a title at that time belonging
to the house of Nassau. There was, another emigrant
from Holland by the name of Van Beuren, whose descend
ants have dropped the first e, and now write their name
like that of the former family. The two families can trace
no kinship one with the other.
ANNEKE JANS. 337
ANNEKE JANS,
Or ANNA L\NS, as she wrote her name in small Roman
capitals, on June 21, 1642, to an obligation to provide for
the children of her first husband, is an ancestor whose
history is interesting, not only to her descendants, but to
others who know something of the persistent efforts of
her " heirs " to recover possession of a valuable property
in the city of New York, now, and for nearly two hun
dred years, held by Trinity Church. Roelof Jansen, her
husband, came to Rensselaerwyck with his family in 1630,
among the first emigrants sent out by the Patroon Van
Rensselapr. He was employed as a farmer on a salary of
180 guilders a year. When his term of service expired,
in 1636, he removed to New Amsterdam, and secured a
ground-brief, or title, for sixty-two acres of land, bounded
west by the Hudson River, north by " old Jans' land"
and the swamp, east by the present Broadway, and south
by the Company's farm. He immediately commenced im
proving the farm by clearing the land for tillage, and the
erection of a building, but did not live to prosecute the
work. He died within a year, leaving Anneke a widow
with five young children.
Soon after March, 1638, Anneke Jans married the Rev.
Everardus Bogardus, minister of the Dutch Church in New
Amsterdam, the first settled pastor in the colony. She
now entered a sphere of more activity and usefulness.
From the house of a tenant-farmer she entered the home
of an educated man, who, as pastor of the church, was
equal in position and influence to any in the colony. Her
marriage with the dominie, encumbered as she was with
a family, and with no earthly possessions except a few
acres of wild land, which was so abundant and cheap that
it might be had for the asking, leads one to the conclusion
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338 ANNEKE JANS.
that she must have been more than an ordinary woman ;
and our curiosity is excited to learn something of her
family and previous history. But there is little to learn.
We only know that she was the daughter of Tryntje Jansen,
or Tryn Jonas as she was called, a professional midwife,
employed by the West India Company for their colony of
New Netherland on a moderate salaty, and that she had a
sister Maritje." Within a brief period these sisters and
their families were connected by marriage with all the
leading families of the province.
We do not know who was the husband of Tryntje Jan
sen ; nor do we know the date of her arrival in New Am
sterdam. She was probably a widow. In February, 1644,
she received a patent for a lot of ground on Pearl Street,
south of the fort, on which she built a house. From this
time until her death, in 1648, we frequently meet her name
in the records of the period. Her daughter Anneke ¦w-as
married, as we have seen, when she came to Rensselaer
wyck, and must have preceded her mother by several
years. Maritje may have immigrated wich her first hus
band, Tymen Jansen, a ship carpenter, in 1633. Her daugh
ter, Elsie Tymens, was first married in January, 1652.
Anneke Jans by her first husband, Roelof Jansen, had five
children — Sara, Tryntje, Sytje (or F)'tje), Jan, and Annatje
— on whom, before her marriage with Bogardus, in 1638,
she settled two hundred silver guilders each, out of their
paternal estate. The record of the transaction having
been lost, she again appeared before the secretary of the
colony, on June 21, 1642, and executed a duplicate, in
which she also agreed to give the children " a decent edu-
' After the death of Tryntje Jansen, her daughters, Anneke and Maritje,
gave a power of attorney to a friend in Holland to collect from the Com
pany the balance of salary due their mother, amounting to "249 guilders,
2 stivers, and 8 pennies."
ANNEKE JANS. 339
cation and respectable trades," By her second husband,
Dominie Bogardus, she had four sons — Willem, Cornelis,
Jonas, and Pieter.
Sara Roelofs married, first. Dr. Hans Kierstede ; secondly,
Cornelis Van Borsum ; and, thirdly, Elbert Elbertsen. The
eldest of Dr. Kierstede's ten children, Hans, Jr., married a
daughter of Govert Lookernians, whose sister, Anneke
Lookermans, was the wife of Olof Stevense Van Cortlandt,
the ancestor of the Van Cortlandts. Blandina Kierstede,
a daughter of Dr. Hans, married Petrus Bayard, a nephew
of the old Director-General Stuyvesant. Petrus Bayard
became a sort of heretic in his religious belief, and fol
lowed his co-religionists, the Labadists, to their settlement
in Delaware. He is the ancestor of the Delaware and
Pennsylvania Bayards, several of whom have risen to emi
nence. Two of Dr. Kierstede's children married Kips, a
name well known in the church. Another married Wil
lem Teller, whose father was a prominent merchant of Al
bany. Tryntje Roelofs married, first, Lucas Rodenburgh, vice-
director of Curagoa ; and, secondly, Johannes Van Brugh,'
a merchant and m.agistrate of New York. One of Van
Brugh's daughters married Teunis de Key, a name for
merly well known in the business circles of the metropolis.
Catherine Van Brugh married Hendrick Van Rensselaer,
grandson of the first patroon ; and her brother Peter mar
ried Sara Cuyler, of Albany. Hendrick Van Rensselaer's
eldest son, Johannes, married Engeltie Livingston, a grand
daughter of Colonel Peter Schuyler. Another son, Kil
lian, married Ariantia, daughter of Nicholas Schuyler.
' ' A wedding present — " Septeniber ]2, 1658, sent from Cura9oa by ship
Deimen, Captain Priens, to the newly married couple, Johannes Van Brugh
and Mrs. Rodenburgh : I keg salt, I keg preserved lemons, I keg lemon-
juice, a parrot, and 12 paroquets, all marked "vff."
340 ANNEKE JANS.
One of his daughters, Maria, was the wife of Samuel Ten
Broeck, second son of Dirck Wesselse Ten Broeck. Jo
hannes Van Rensselaer was the father of Catherine, wife
of General Philip Schuyler. Peter, son of Johannes Van
Brugh and Tryntje Roelofs, had an only daughter, Cathe
rine, who married Philip Livingston, second proprietor of
the Livingston manor.
Sytje Roelofs married Peter Hartgers, and had two
daughters. She died before her mother. Jan Roelofs
was killed by the French at Schenectady, in February,
1690, and left no posterity. ^Annatje Roelofs, youngest
child of Anneke Jans by her first husband, probably died
young, as nothing is known of her after 1642, and she was
not named in her mother's will.
William Bogardus was twice married, and had nine chil
dren. His second wife was Walbugh, daughter of Nicasius
de Sille, attorney-general of New Netherland, 1656-1664;
he was portmaster of the province in 1687. Cornelis Bo
gardus married Helena Teller, whose sister Yenke was
the first wife of Arent Schuyler, of New Jersey, and whose
brother married a daughter of Olof Stevense Van Cort
landt. Cornelis died in 1666, leaving one son, Cornelis.
Jonas Bogardus died unmarried. Peter Bbgardus married
Wyntia Bosch, and had eight children ; he was a trader
and magistrate of Albany. Cornelis, son of Cornelis Bo
gardus, married Rachel De Witt, of Kingston ; and An
thony, son of Peter, married a Knickerbocker.
Maritje Jans, sister of Anneke, married, first, Tymen
Jansen ; second, Dirck Cornelisse Van Wenveen ; third,
Govert Lookermans, in his day the most active and enter
prising merchant of New Amsterdam, and supposed to be
the richest man in the province. By her first husband she
had one daughter, named Elsie, known in after years as
Elsie Tymens ; by her second husband she had one son,
ANNEKE JANS. 34I
Cornelis Dirckse, and by Govert Lookermans a son,
Jacob. Elsie Tymens married, first, Peter Cornelisse Van der
Veen, a trader of New Amsterdam, who is said to have
built the first brick house in the city and the first ship of
any considerable size in New Netherland. She married,
secondly, Jacob Leisler, on April 11, 1663. Only three
years before this marriage, Leisler had left Holland as a
common soldier in the service of the West India Company.
He must have possessed some personal attractions, that on
leaving the ranks he was able to win the affections of a
woman who, as heir of her late husband's fortune and
business, and related to the more prosperous classes,
could have looked higher. He must also have possessed
more than ordinary ability and aptitude to business, to
have become within a few years one of the most prosper
ous merchants in the colony.
Jacob Leisler and Elsie Tymens had seven children, two
sons and four daughters. The sons died- unmarried. Their
eldest daughter, Susanna, married Michael Vaughton, a
friend of Governor Dongan and half brother of John
Spragg, secretary of the province. Catherine was the
wife of Robert Walter, mayor of New York and member
of the King's Council. Their eldest daughter, Elizabeth
Walter, married Captain John Wendell, of Albany, brother
of Jacob Wendell, an eminent merchant of Boston. Maria
Walter was the third wife of Arent Schuyler, and, after his
death, she married Archibald Kennedy, the receiver-gen
eral and collector of customs. John Walter, son of Rob
ert, had an only daughter, Hester, who became the wife of
Colonel Peter Schuyler, of New Jersey, and their only
daughter, Catherine, married Archibald Kennedy, Jr., who
in time succeeded to the earldom of Cassillis. Mary, third
daughter of Jacob Leisler, married, first, Jacob Milborne,
342 ANNEKE JANS.
her father's secretary ; and, secondly, Abraham Gouver
neur, whose family, in time, became intimately related to
the Morris family, of Westchester. Hester, the fourth
daughter of Leisler, married Barent Reynders, a mer
chant of New York and brother-in-law of Dr. Samuel
Staats. One of their daughters married, first, Nicholas
Gouverneur, and second, William Provoost. Another
daughter was the wife of Nicholas Bayard, grandson of
the Nicholas Bayard whom Jacob Leisler had so long
held a prisoner in irons.
Maritje Jansen's son by her second husband is little
known. Her son, Jacob Lookermans, was a physician,
and settled in Maryland, where he became a planter. It
is said that his direct line has died out.
Govert Lookermans was a widower, with two daughters,
when he married the sister of Anneke Jans. His first wife
was Ariantje Jans, probably a relative of his second. His
eldest daughter, Maritje, married Balthazar Bayard, an
other nephew of Petrus Stuyvesant, and had seven chil
dren. His second daughter, Jenetje, married Dr. Hans
Kierstede, Jr.
Subsequently the De Lanceys, the De Peysters, the Jays,
and others married into the families already named, so
that the blood of Anneke Jans and her sister is mingled
with almost all the old families of this State, New Jersey,
and Delaware. Many a proud scion of these old houses,
when tracing back his pedigree, hoping to find in the
dark ages some knight or nobleman with whom to con
nect his name, is confronted halfway by the midwife of
New Netherland.
Tymen Jansen, first husband of Maritje Jans, procured
a patent for a piece of land containing 646 square rods,
lying on the northerly side of Pearl Street, then fronting
on the East River, including Hanover Square^ a point of
ANNEKE JANS. 343
land projecting into the river. He erected a dwelling-
house, which he occupied until his death. It was the resi
dence of his widow when she married her second hus
band, and there she continued to live until again a widow.
She married, thirdly, Govert Lookermans, who now as
sumed control of the property. He sold some of the
ground to other parties, and in 1667 procured a patent in
his own name for the remainder. Meantime Elsie Ty
mens had married, had lost her husband, and had finally
married Jacob Leisler. While Lookermans lived, the
family connection — the Bayards, the Kierstedes, the Van
Cortlandts, and the Leislers — were on friendly terms, serv
ing each other as sponsors on baptismal occasions, and
performing other acts of neighborly kindnesses. After
his death which occurred in 1670, there were disagree
ments and contentions in reference to the property, which
resulted in acrimonious suits before the courts. Looker
mans died without a will, and, as his own estate was
mixed up with that which justly belonged to his wife
and her daughter, Elsie Tymens, it was difficult to deter
mine the rights of either. His own children claimed the
whole, to the exclusion of Elsie Tymens, to whom the
most valuable portion of the estate really belonged, as
only heir of Tymen Jansen, although the title stood in the
name of Lookermans. This controversy about property
undoubtedly had its influence in the political troubles of
subsequent years, when Leisler and the Bayards were ar
rayed against each other. The suits at law terminated
only with Leisler's political fall and death. It was one of
the notable cases of those early times, arraying one-half
of the community against the other half, and was kept in
the courts for over twenty years.
Rev. Everardus Bogardus, the second husband of An
neke Jans, was a man of fair ability, and fearless in the
344 ANNEKE JANS.
discharge of his duties, as he understood them. He was
no respecter of persons, not sparing the highest officials
when their delinquencies deserved rebuke. By his direct
methods and plainness of speech he incurred the displeas
ure of Director Van Twiller and his Council, who called
him rude and unmannerly. He esteemed Director Kieft,
and treated him courteously, until he had caused the In
dians, who had fled from their enemies to Manhattan for
safety, to be slain at night in their encampments. Bogar
dus called it murder, and pronounced the anathemas of
the divine law against the cowardly offender. Kieft was
highly indignant, and had the minister summoned before
himself and Council, to be tried for speaking ill of those
in authority. Bogardus declined to appear before a court
composed of his accusers, but was willing to be tried by
a tribunal of disinterested persons, either here or in Hol
land. It did not suit Kieft to send him home for trial.
It was more likely that he himself would be tried, and
not the minister. He kept up the dispute, and pelted the
poor dominie from time to time with paper missiles from
the Council, Olof Stevense Van Cortlandt, one of the
Council, felt aggrieved at something the minister had said,
and sued him for slander. Both trials proceeded side by
side for years, until the latter case was referred to Dominie
Megapolensis, of Rensselaerwyck, who found, on investi
gation, that there had been a misunderstanding of some
particular points, which were explained and the parties
were reconciled. Kieft was glad to let the more impor
tant matter drop, and himself be reconciled to the fearless
preacher. But Bogardus was weary of so much strife,
and resigned his pastorship ; he wanted change, and re
solved to take an ocean voyage to soothe his nerves and
regain his usual health. From that time to the present a
voyage to Europe has been the great remedy for over-
ANNEKE JANS. 345
worked clergymen. About the same time Director Kieft
was recalled, and they sailed on the same vessel, The
Princess. There were on board other persons whom Kieft
had injured, and whom Stuyvesant had banished for speak
ing evil of dignitaries. They were on their way to the
fatherland to present their grievances to the Lords Supa-
rior and procure redress. The voyage was prosperous
across the Atlantic, but, when all were rejoicing on their
near approach to their old home, the pilot erred in his
reckoning, and the ship was wrecked on the English coast,
in September, 1647. Bogardus and Kieft, with seventy-
nine others, perished in the sea. The two men who had
been banished were rescued, and bore the news of the
shipwreck to Holland.
Anneke Jans remained in New Amsterdam until the
summer of 165 1, when she removed to Beverwyck, and in
the following year bought a lot on the north side of Yon
ker's Street, now the site of the Mechanics' and Farmers'
Bank, on which she built a comfortable house, which she
occupied until her death. Her will, written in Dutch, and
dated January 29, 1663, is among the notarial papers in
the clerk's office of Albany. She was suffering from a
mortal illness, but her mind was unclouded. She remem
bered the stipulation with reference to her eldest children,
into which she had entered before she married Dominie
Bogardus, and now, first of all, she directed that they
should be paid the one thousand guilders then prom
ised them ; that all of her unmarried children should
receive portions equal to those of the marrried ones ;
that five silver mugs should be provided for five of her
grandchildren ; and that the residue of her estate should
be divided equally among her seven living children and
the heirs of her deceased daughter, Sytje Hartgers. She
appointed no executors, but left her heirs to manage and
346 ANNEKE JANS' ESTATE.
distribute the property according to the terms of the
will. As there was no inventory, we do not know in what the
estate consisted, aside from three parcels of land, the house
hold furniture, and the apparel and jewelry of the testa
trix. The realty consisted of the house and lot on Yon
ker's Street, Albany ; a farm of one hundred and thirty
acres on Long Island, near Hell Gate, known as the Domi
nie's Hoeck ; and a farm of sixty-two acres on Manhattan
Island, known as the Dominie's Bouwery.
Within a few months after the death of their mother,
the heirs named in the will commenced their duties as
administrators of the property. They sold the house on
Yonker's Street to Dirck Wesselse Ten -Broeck, for one
thousand guilders in beavers, payable in three instalments.
Before the deed was given, in July, 1667, Cornelis Bogar
dus had died. His brothers, Peter and Jonas, signed the
instrument for themselves and as attorneys for the others.
There never has been any question about the validity of
the sale, although the property has become- very valuable.
The heirs were now in possession of sufficient means to
pay the minor legacies, as well as to the four children of
Roelof Jansen the one thousand guilders to which they
were entitled. They were in no haste to dispose of the
other lands belonging to the estate, but waited for an ad
vance in values. Not so, it appears, with others ; for in the
Council minutes of 1670 we have an account of a transac
tion so curious that I am tempted to relate it. The heirs
of Anna (Jans) Bogardus lodged a complaint before the
governor and Council, to the effect that a Mr. Sharp had
sold their farm on Long Island, the Dominie's Hoeck, at
public auction, for which he had no authority ; and they
now besought the Council for redress. Mr. Sharp was
accordingly summoned before the board to make his de-
ANNEKE JANS ESTATE. 347
fence. He could only say that he was drunk, and did not
know what he vvas doing. The court was not long in an
nouncing its decision — that Sharp must pay back to Nicho
las Bayard all the pluck money, the costs incurred, and two
hundred guilders damages ; while the heirs were to be at
liberty " to do with their own as they please." The farm
was eventually sold to Captain Thomas Lawrence, to whom
a patent was issued in December, 1677.
The farm of sixty-two acres on Manhattan Island pos
sesses unusual interest on account of its present great
value, and of the efforts made from time to time for nearly
two hundred years to wrest it from the possession of its
legitimate owners.' Without its history no biography of
Anneke Jans would be complete. After her marriage
with Dominie Bogardus, he assumed its management. In
May, 1639, he let it to Richard Brudnell for a tobacco
plantation, at a yearly rental of three hundred and fifty
' In the patent of Governor Nicolls (March 27, 1667) the farm is thus
described : ' ' The limits whereof did then begin from the fence of the
house by the strand side so running north east to the fence of old Jan's
land it's in length 210 rods, then going along the fence of the said Old Jan's
land south east it reacheth to a certain swamp and is in breadth 100 rod,
and striking along the swamp southwest it's in length 160 rod. And from
the swamp to the strand going west it's in breadth 50 rod the land lying
on the south side of the house to the fence belonging to the Company and
so to the east side begins at the fence and goes south to the posts and rails
of the Conipany's land without any hindrance of the path it's in breadth
60 rod in length on the south side along the posts & rails 160 rod on the
east side to the entrance of the Chalke Hook in breadth 30 rod and along
the said Chalke Hook on the north side to the fence of the land before
mentioned going west is in length 100 rod amounting in all to about 62
acres." The plan of this farm on the map of New York, in "Valentine's Man
ual " for 1853, is incorrect. A satisfactory idea of it can be gained from
the plan in the interesting article of Mr. J. W. Gerard, on " Anneke Jans
Bogardus and her Farm," in Harper's Monthly for May, 1885. It may be
proper to state that what I have said on this subject was written at least a
year before the publication of Mr. Gerard's article.
348 ANNEKE JANS' ESTATE.
pounds of tobacco. Included in the lease was a stipula
tion that he should furnish the tenant with a gun and
water-hound, and receive therefor one-third of the game
taken. Brudnell was not successful in raising tobacco,
or in killing ducks, for three years afterward Bogardus
let the farm to Rufus Barton for a term of five years, at
the nominal rent of two capons per annum. Before 165 1
there had been another change of tenants, and Egbert
Wouterson had planted corn and pumpkins in its fields
and shot game in its swamps and woods.
In November, 165 1, Govert Lookermans, Hans Kier
stede, and Peter Hartgers, "all relatives of Anneke Jans,"
acting as her attorneys, leased the farm for six years from
the following May to Evert Pels, at two hundred and
twenty-five guilders and thirty pounds of butter a year.
There was then an old house on the place, sadly ^iilapidated,
which the tenant was required to repair at the expense of
the landlord, but he might build a new one if he chose.
After the English came, in 1664, the governors, for the
sa'Ke of the fees, required the owners of lots and lands to
surrender their old titles and procure new ones under the
new seal of the province. In compliance with this rule,
the heirs procured a patent from Governor Richard Nic
olls, in March, 1667. Four years afterward (March 9,
1670-71) they sold the farm "for avaluable consideration"
to Governor Francis Lovelace, Nicolls' successor. This
deed was signed, either personally or by attorney, by all
the heirs except one. Cornelis Bogardus had died in 1666,
and neither his wife (Helena Teller) nor his son (Cornelis)
joined in the conveyance.'
' Philip Pieterse Schuyler was the administrator of the estate of Cornelis
Bogardus, and as such sold his "household stuff" at public auction on
September 14, 1666. It brought, altogether, 2,014 guilders, IJ stivers, sea-
want currency.
LEASE TO TRINITY CHURCH. 349"
The West India Company, after the purchase of Man
hattan Island, set apart a small tract of land, situated north
of the present Fulton Street, between Broadway and the
Hudson River, for the use of their directors-general, which
was called the Company's Bouwery. As this was public
property, it was confiscated by the English, but reserved
as before for the use of the governors, and called the
Duke's Farm. When the Duke of York became king, it
formed part of the royal domain, and was called the King's
Farm. When Queen Anne was on the throne, it was the
Queer's Farm. As the Dominie's Bouwery was next ad
joining on the north. Governor Lovelace occupied both
places as one. When he retired, and was succeeded by
Governor Andros, it was found that he had misappropri
ated the revenues of his royal master, and was a defaulter
for a large amount. The bouwery was taken in part pay
ment of the debt, and added to the original farm reserved
for the governors, and the whole was then called the
Duke's Farm. Its use and rentals inured to the benefit
of the governors for the time being, and were a part of
their perquisites. They were not large,' but, such as they
were, they were by no m.eans despised by the impecunious
governors. In 1697, a short time before Governor Fletcher retired,
and after he knew that his'successor had been appointed,
he gave a seven years' lease of the King's Farm to Trinity
Church, at a rental of £\2 a year. He did this on the
plea that, as a lover of the church, he wished to aid the
only English church in the province, which had been re
cently established and was struggling for existence amid
poverty and a population attached to other organizations.
' Governor Andros leased the farm in 1677 for a term of twenty years,
at a yearly rental of sixty bushels of wheat.
350 LEASE TO TRINITY CHURCH.
Governor Bellomont was not pleased with this disposi
tion of his perquisites, and, as Fletcher had made some ex
travagant grants of land, he recommended that both the
lease and the grants should be vacated. His recommenda
tions were approved by the home government, and he was
directed to have the Legislature act in the premises. This
was done, and a vacating act passed in March, 1699, which
¦was sent to the king for approval. The great landed pro
prietors and the church made a vigorous opposition, and
by their agents, assisted by Fletcher, then in England, pre
sented specious arguments against the act, and induced
delay. So strong was the opposition, that the act was not
finally approved until nine years later, on June 26, 1708.
Meantime Bellomont had died, and Lord Cornbury had
been appointed governor. The noble lord was a staunch
churchman, and sought to promote the interests of his
church by all the means he could employ, some of which
were questionable as to their Christian character. By his
inspiration the Legislature of 1702 repealed the vacating
act, by a law which was operative in the colony until ve
toed by the crown. Although Bellomont had prohibited
the use of the farm to the church after the vacating act,
Cornbury restored its possession by a new lease, in May,
1702, to run during his term of office. The farm was not
then a source of large income, having been sublet by the
church for onlv ;^2o a year, but it was steadily advancing
in value, even for farming purposes, and in 1704 it was
sublet to George Ryers for ;^3o annually.
The vacating and repealing acts were sleeping quietly
in the pigeon-holes of the ministers, and it began to ap
pear that they would sleep forever. The friends of the
church were stimulated to take another step much more
important to their future than a seven years' lease, or a
lease for any definite time — they applied for a patent.
PATENT TO TRINITY CHURCPL 351
Their petition was favorably considered, and on July 5,
1705, the attorney-general was directed to prepare a pat
ent to the "Rector and Inhabitants in Communion with
the Church of England for the Queen's farm and the lot
of ground near the church known as the Queen's garden,"
which pa.ssed the seals on November 23, 1705. It reserved
to the queen a quit-rent of three shillings a year. The
grant was subsequently confirmed by the Legislature. All
questions as to the farm now seemed to be settled in favor
of the church. But there were other trials in store for
her. The English ministers at last resolved to act, and the
bills sent over for approval were dragged from their hid
ing-places and laid upon their table. The repealing act
was vetoed, and the vacating act approved. Here was a
new dilemma, and for a time, at least, it was believed that
the church had lost her hold on the farm. Lord Love
lace, who succeeded Cornbury, and, after his death, Lieu
tenant-Governor Ingoldesby, seem to have had possession.
When Governor Robert Hunter arrived, in 1710, the
church again petitioned to him for the farm, and he gave
them the use of it for his term of office only. In Novem
ber, 1 7 15, the rector wrote to a friend in London, urging
him to appeal to the bishop to have the affair of the farm
adjusted before a new governor came. He said that the
property at present was of small account, yielding only
^30 per annum, but that in a few years it would be much
more considerable ; " it deserves the utmost efforts to se
cure it for the church, which may be easily effected at
present, but hereafter not." Through the representations
of the bishop and other friends, the government withdrew
its opposition, and Trinity was allowed to remain in quiet
possession. She did not even pay the quit-rent of three
shillings a year, for when an attempt was made to collect
352 LAWSUITS AGAINST TRINITY.
it, as from other parties, she sent a petition to the queen
praying that the proceedings might be stopped, and this
was granted in 17 14. Subsequently, however, though at
long intervals (1738, 1750, 1768, 1786), the rent was paid in
full, and in 1786 the quit-rents were commuted by the pay
ment of a fixed sum to the State.
Trinity remained in undisturbed possession of the farm
until about 1746, when Jacob Brower, a descendant of the
Cornelius Bogardus who had not joined in the deed to
Lovelace, took forcible possession of a portion, it then
having been leased to Adam Vandenburgh. Brower was
evicted, and Vandenburgh was put again into possession.
In 1749 Cornelius Brower began an action of ejectment
against Trinity Church for the recovery of the farm, but
after two years he was nonsuited. His attorney was Will
iam Smith, the father of the historian, and there is some
reason to believe that Brower was incited to his actions by
parties who had no interest in the matter, except jealousy
of the growing wealth and power of the Episcopal Church.'
At all events, Brower, with Smith's help, began another
action for ejectment in 1757, which was tried before the
Supreme Court of the province, on October 24, 1760, by a
struck jury, and on a view ; and a general verdict was
found for the church. The case was tried before Judge
David Jones, all the other judges being members of the
church corporation, and therefore interested in the event.
In 1767, Cornelius Bogardus, a great-grandson of the
Cornelius whose share in his mother's estate had not been
extinguished by the Lovelace deed, sold one-sixth of his
eighth share in the dominie's farm to Isaac Teller, a rela-
' Judge Thomas Jones, in his History of New York, vol. i., pp. i-io,
charges William Livingston, William Smith, Jr., and John Morin Scott,
all Presbyterians, who were Brower's counsel, with getting up this suit for
their own purposes.
LAWSUITS. 353
five, who agreed to prosecute for the recovery of the whole
eighth, bearing his o'wn expenses.' What came of this
suit I have been unable to learn.
The church was burned in the great fire that devastated
New York soon after it was occupied by the British, in
1776. At the close of the Revolution, in January, 1784,
the Committee of Safety of New York removed the old
civil wardens and vestry of the church, on the plea that
they were inimical to the liberties of the State, and vested
the real and personal estate of the corporation in James
Duane and eight other persons until further legal provi
sion should be made. Such provision was made by an
act passed by the Legislature in April, 1784. Taking ad
vantage of the general confusion, the relaxation of civil
authority, and the popular enmity against the church,
Cornelius Bogardus (probably the same who sold a sixth of
his patent to Teller) effected a lodgment upon a portion
of the farm which was at the moment neither city nor
country, where lands were waste and where the enclosures
had been partly destroyed during the war. He took pos
session of a small house on the farm (which was taken by
the city in 1790 for the purpose of widening Chambers
Street), which had just been vacated by a t'enant of the,
church. He also similarly put his son John and his
brother Lewis into possession of small wooden houses on
the outskirts of the farm, one of which, situated on what
was afterward St. John Square, was known as \he possession
house, and was enclosed with a substantial fence. The
church, on the advice of two of the best lawyers in the city
— Morgan Lewis and Aaron Burr — caused the fence to be
destroyed in the night, when Bogardus was off his guard.
Bogardus retaliated on the fence built by the- church, and
' This deed is dated January 28, 1767, and is recorded in the Book of
Deeds, No, 18, p. 133, in the office of the Secretary of State, Albany.
Vol. II.— 23
354 LAWSUITS.
there were quarrels and fights, which did not always termi
nate without bloodshed. Cornelius Bogardus was duly
evicted by the courts, and left New York in 1786. It is
alleged that he was bought off by the church for ^700.
The various intrusions of his son John after that date did
not have even a color or claim of right. He gained an
entry by taking leases from persons who held under the
church. The example, however, was contagious, and other per
sons squatted onihe farm, under the pretence of being
heirs. A Mrs. Broad settled on a piece of ground near
North Moore Street, called 77;,? Fort, which was surround
ed by a breastwork and trench, and drove away the people
who came to take earth from the banks of the fort by throw
ing boiling water on them. A certain William Malcolm,
who also claimed to be an heir, was evicted in 1786. One
of his descendants subsequently began a suit by writ of
right for some land near Chambers Street. This was tried,
in 1807, before Justice Tompkins, and decided in favor of
the church.'
The church had now another interval of peaceful pos
session, but in 1830 John Bogardus, just mentioned, then
an old man, brought suit in chancery for the recovery of
one-thirtieth of the farm, together with his proportionate
share of all back rents and profits. He died in 1833, and
Nathaniel Bogardus was substituted as complainant. The
theory of Bogardus contradicted itself. On the strength
of the signature of Cornelius Bogardus being wanting to
the deed to Governor Lovelace, it was claimed that the
church was a tenant in common with him and his heirs.
There being five heirs of Cornelius Bogardus, the com
plainant might on this principle have asked for one-for-
' James Jackson, ex dem. Richard M. Malcolm and others, against Martin
Bromeling.
LAWSUITS. 355
tieth, or one-fifth of one-eighth share ; but he claimed to
be also one of the heirs of Jans Roelof and Jonas Bogar
dus, two sons of Anneke Jans, who had died intestate and
without issue, although they had joined in the deed to
Lovelace. John Bogardus had able lawyers, but little money, with
out which not much could be accomplished against a cor
poration controlling millions. Money must be had by
some means, so his lawyers said, and some device must be
resorted to for its procurement. Concealing the fact that
the suit had been commenced for the recovery of only a
part of the property, which, if successful, would inure to
the benefit of only a few of Anneke's descendants, they
sent out agents and issued circulars calling upon all her
heirs to contribute toward the expense of the suit, as
though all were equally interested. According to their
representations, there could be little or no question but
that the trial would result in their favor, and there would
be millions to divide, making them all rich. The stratagem
was successful — pockets were opened. One lady even sold
her grandmother's silver teaspoons in order to contribute
to the fund. Money was procured sufficient to satisfy the
lawyers, and the suit went on from year to year, from
court to court, " dragging its slow length along.'' When
the money was short the suit stopped for a time, and it
¦was not until 1847 that judgment was finally given for the
church. Many old documents had been produced, and the
evidence had been heard of many old and well-known
residents, whose recollections went to times before the
Revolution. Vice-Chancellor Sandford, in delivering his
decision, said : -
"Now that I have been enabled to examine it carefully,
and with due reflection, I feel bound to say that a plainer
case has never been presented to me as a judge. Were it
356 OPINION OF VICE-CHANCELLOR SANDFORD.
not for the uncommon magnitude of the claim, the appar
ent sincerity and zeal of the counsel who support it, and,
in fact (of which 1 have been oftentimes! admonished, by
personal applications on their behalf), that! the descendants
of Anneke Jans, at this day, are hundreds, if not thousands,
in number, I should not have deemed it necessary to de
liver a written judgment on deciding the cause.
" A hearty dislike to clothing any eleemosynary institu
tion with either great power or extensive patronage, and a
settled conviction that the possession by a single religious
corporation of such overgrown estates as the one in con
troversy, and the analogous instance of the Collegiate
Dutch Church, is pernicious to the cause- of Christianity,
have disposed me to give an earnest scrutiny to the de
fence in this case ; as, in the instance of the Dutch Church,
they prompted me, in my capacity of counsel, to more
zealous efforts to overthrow their title to the lands devised
by Jan Haberdinck. But the law on these claims is well
settled, and it must be sustained in favor of religious cor
porations as well as private individuals. Indeed, it ¦would
be monstrous, if, after a possession, such as has been
proved in this case, for a period of nearly a century and a
half, open, notorious, and within sight of the temple of
justice, the successive claimants, save one, bei'iig meiTof
full age, and the courts open to them all the time (except
for seven years of war and revolution), the title to lands
were to be litigated successfully upon a claim which has
been suspended for five generations. Few titles in this
country would be secure under such an administration of
the law ; and its adoption would lead to scenes of fraud,
corruption, foul justice, and legal rapine far worse in their
consequences upon the peace, good order, and happiness
of society than external war or domestic insurrection.
"The bill must be dismissed with costs." '
• ,
' Sandford's Chancery Reports, vol. iv., pp. 633-672. The report of
this case gives a very good history of the various preceding attacks on the
title. See also 4 Paige, 178, and 15 Wendell, III, and the note of Bishop
De Lancey in Thomas Jones' History of New York, vol. i., pp. 402-4I3.-'
NEW LAWSUITS. 357
While the preceding suit was going on, one Jonas Hum
bert, claiming to be an heir of old Anneke, began, in 1834, a
suit in chancery, maintaining that the Dominie's Bouwery,
i.e., the farm of sixty-two acres left by Anneke Jans, had
never properly formed part of the Queen's Farm, and had
therefore never been included in the grant to the church,
and that the sole real basis of any claim of the church was
the alleged purchase, in 1785, of the rights of Cornelius
Bogardus for ^700, by which it had come to be tenant in
common with the heirs. This case, after being decided in
favor of the church, was appealed to the chancellor, and
subsequently to the Court of Errors, where the judgment
was finally affirmed in 1840.'
Nine other suits were begun in 1847, in the Supreme
Court, by another Cornelius Brower, ah " heir," in which
the plaintiff was nonsuited. ^
One Kiersted brought an action for the same purpose, in
185 1, in the Court of Common Pleas, and another, in 1852,
in the Supreme Court. The former suit was abandoned ;
the latter was decided, in 1856, against the plaintiff.
The heirs, full of Dutch blood and Dutch obstinacy,
were not yet satisfied. Legal technicalities might defeat
their attempts to get " their own " again, but, at all events,
the church had no right to it. The grant of Lord Corn
bury being, in their belief, void, all that had then belonged
to the crown now belonged to the State, and those pleas
which had been so effectual against them could not hold
against the People. Once the title of Trinity disproved,
there would be time enough to settle the boundaries be
tween the Queen's Farm, which would remain to the State,
and the Dominie's Bouwery, which would come to them.
' See Paige's Reports, vol. vii., pp. 195-198, and Wendell's Reports,
vol. xxiv., pp. 587-640.
358 MORE LAWSUITS.
This was not the first time that such an attempt had
been made. When Trinity Church was reorganized by
the Legislature, in 1784, numerous petitions were present
ed on the subject, and among them one from the descend
ants of Anneke Jans. On November 22, 1784, a commit
tee was appointed by the House to examine the laws and
records, and to report on the crown lands — the King's Farm
and Garden, and all other lands conceived to belong to
the State. On February 17, 1785, the committee reported
in favor of a bill authorizing the attorney-general to pro
ceed, without delay, to recover the King's Farm and Gar
den and establish the People's claim. A petition was re
ceived from Trinity remonstrating against this action, and,
although the bill was passed by the House, it never be
came a law.
The question apparently arose again in 1836, for the
commissioners of the land office in that year signed an
opinion and a statement of facts that Trinity had "a valid,
subsisting, and absolute title to the lands referred to."
In 1854, however, the "heirs" began again, and Mr.
Rutger B. Miller, in behalf of himself and his associates,
succeeded in making an arrangement with the commis
sioners of the land office, by which the attorney-general
was directed to bring a suit against the church, provided
that the State should be indemnified against any expense,
and that evidence should be first presented showing the
title of the State. Miller's offer was to carry on the suit
at his own expense, on condition that one-quarter of the
estate recovered should be given to him. After some hesi
tations the suit was begun, but the bargain had to be aban
doned, as it was shown to be contrary to the constitution,
which appropriates all escheated estates to the Common
School Fund. It took the form of an action of ejectment
to recover a lot of land on Murray Street ; and, as this did
MORE LAWSUITS. 359
not form part of the Anneke Jans farm, there was no em
barrassment of the decision of the point of law by outside
matters. The case was tried in 1859, and the people were
nonsuited. This judgment was affirmed at the General
Term, and again, in i860, by the Court of Appeals, the
court of highest resort.'
Perhaps the most amusing attempt to get possession of
the Trinity Church property, though not connected di
rectly with the heirs, was the suit brought in 1871, in the
Superior Court of New York, by Rev. David Groesbeeck,
against Mr. William E. Dunscomb and the Rev. Morgan
Dix. Mr. Groesbeeck demanded that a receiver should be
appointed to take charge of the property of the church, on
the grounds th^t he is a successor of the original corpora
tors (how he does not show) ; that the " trust estate " has
been diverted from the purposes of the founders, which
were " to prevent the increase of vice and immorality in
the city of New. York, and not merely to support the para
sites of any sect ; " " that the Jewish rabbi and his congre
gation contributed funds to build the original parish church
of Trinity ; " that " he is of the same faith, baptism, and
communion as the wardens and vestrymen of Trinity on
February 4, 1714 ; " that " he is a Protestant, a Trinitarian,
and a believer in the doctrines of the Christian commu
nion, as established by the synod or ecumenical council (!)
of Dort ; " " that he has taken the sacrament in a chapel
of Trinity ; " that " he is, and long has been, ready, will
ing, and anxious, being a Protestant minister of the gos
pel, and without a church edifice, to preach in said parish
church ; " that the property of the church is being wasted
"in seeking to acquire and establish 'a political weight,'
and boasting thereof, in having threatened the Legislature
' Smith's Reports of the Court of Appeals, vol. viii., pp. 44-67.
360 FINAL SUIT.
of the State with contempt, in having neglected to provide
for the poor of the parish, while pampering the pride of
the worldly-minded and laying up treasures on earth in
bonds and mortgages," and in preaching blasphemies and
heresies ; that stipends and salaries are paid for preaching
such blasphemies ; that the communion of Roman Catho
lics and Protestants is denied, and the services of the Greek
Church admitted; that the establishment of "houses of
able-bodied young women " is advocated ; that vice and
immorality have been allowed to increase ; and that the
defendants refuse to return the farm to the heirs of Anneke
Jans. The defendants demurred to this complaint, on the
ground that there was a defect of parties in the omission
of Trinity Church, and that there were no facts stated suf
ficient to constitute a cause of action. The demurrer was
very naturally allowed, and as the judge was " satisfied
that the plaintiff's notions as to his rights and remedies
were wild, visionary, and absurd," he thought he did " an
act of great kindness to him" in dismissing the complaint
altogether, and not allowing him to amend it. He thought
too that the costs and allowances should be made large
enough to deter men from that kind of litigation.'
It might naturally be supposed that all legal remedies
had been exhausted. But no. In 1877 a certain Rynear
Van Giessen, claiming to be a descendant (of the seventh
generation) of Anneke Jans, presented to the surrogate of
Albany County a family Bible and a pair of gold earrings,
which it was asserted had belonged to Anneke Jans, and
applied for the appointment of administrators of her
estate. This application was refused by the surrogate.
The question was argued on appeal before the General
' Howard's Practice Reports, vol. xli., pp. 302-345.
THE CASE "of THE HEIRS. 361
Term of the Supreme Court, in 1879, and finally before
the Court of Appeals, in 1881, when the decision of the
surrogate was fully sustained.^
In colonial times the Legislature enacted laws to quiet
titles to lands. It may come to pass that our State
Legislature will have to act in this case, and make it a
misdemeanor for anyone to attempt to disturb the
church in her possession of Anneke's farm or any part
thereof. Suppose that the heirs should gain possession, of what
particular advantage would it be to them ? Suppose that
the heirs had increased in the same ratio as in the first two
generations, and that the sixty -two acres of land, with their
buildings, were worth sixty million dollars — a liberal esti
mate, after deducting for streets — they would have about
two hundred dollars each ! The heirs, in their excitement
(1830-1847), did not sit down and figure out this problem,
but rushed up and down through the State, searching
church and municipal records for a pedigree, and ready
to sell their grandmothers' spoons to obtain the where
withal to contribute to the funds, lest they should be left
out when the grand division should be made !
In view of the repeated decisions of the highest judicial
tribunals, and of their publicity, any lawyer who can now
advise or encourage the descendants of Anneke Jans to
waste their money in any proceedings to recover this
property must be considered as playing on the ignorance
of simple people, and as guilty of conscious fraud, and of
an attempt to obtain money under false pretences.
As one of the heirs, I rejoice that the property is in the
possession of a church, which has used and will use its in-
' See New York Reports, vol. Ixxxiii. (Court of Appeals, Sickels), pp.
348-358, Rynear Van Giessen vs. Samuel Bridgford. Also, 18 Hun, 80.
362 NICHOLAS SCPIUYLER.
come to build churches and colleges ' for Christian and edu
cational purposes, and not in the hands of a corporation,
which would use it to swell individual and private fortunes.
It is to be hoppd that it will remain in the hands of the
present owners so long as they use it wisely. I am the
more free to express such a wish, a^s I, personally do not
belong to the Episcopal Church.
Nicholas Schuyler (12) vvas educated a physician, and
in the first year of the Revolutionary War was on the staff
of the medical director of the Northern Department, Dr.
Stringer. He was afterward appointed surgeon of Colo
nel Moses Hazen's regiment, with which he served to the
close of the war.
After his marriage to Shinah Simons, member of a
prominent Jewish family of Philadelphia, on August 13,
1782, he returned to his home at Stillwater, and engaged
in the "practice of his profession. When the county of
Rensselaer was organized, he was appointed its first clerk,
on February 18, 1791. He then removed to Troy, the
county-seat, and entered upon the duties of his office, al
though he did not wholly give up the practice of medi
cine ; he was clerk of the county fifteen consecutive
years. Having no children, he was indifferent to the ac
quisition of an estate, and cared only to accumulate suffi
cient to carry himself safely through the journey of life.
For his services in the war, the State assigned to him
four lots of land of five hundred acres each, three of which
were located in Onondaga County and one in Cayuga.
One of the lots was reclaimed by the State as part of the
saline district, but was not replaced by another. He was
' Columbia College was founded on the avails of a lottery, but her great
wealth is derived from a liberal slice of the King's Farm, bestowed by Trin
ity Church, by a deed dated May 15, 1755.
SAMUEL SCHUYLER. 363
not worried, and made no claim. It was evident to the
most short-sighted, that lands situated as were his military
lots would soon become valuable for farming purposes,
as emigration from the Eastern States to the unoccupied
lands of New York was very large ; but he did not see it,
or, if he did, it made little impression on him, for he sold
his lands for a nominal consideration.
His wife inherited a large tract of land lying in one of
the Southern States, which in a few years would have been
a fortune to him, but he never troubled himself about it,
and it passed out of his possession. Toward the close of
life, having lost his wife and being lonely, he removed,
with his adopted daughter (Henrietta Schuyler (26)), to the
residence of his brother-in-law, Major James Van Rensse
laer, at Crystal Hill, three miles south of Albany on the
river. There, in congenial society, he passed the last few
years of his life happy and contented.
Samuel Schuyler (13), because he had been a clerk ia
the Commissary Department, was called captain by cour
tesy. He never married, and lived for the most part with
his relatives, now with one,, and now with another. For
a few years he was the guest of my father, when I was a
boy. He was very short-sighted, and quite irascible in
temper. . His young nephews soon found out his weak
nesses, and would often provoke him with their practical
jokes and harmless tricks, for which, when caught, their
backs were made to smart ; but as soon as he had vindi
cated himself the tempest subsided, and he was all kind'
ness and generosity. Politically he was a Democrat, the
only one in his family ; he held to the faith so firmly,
that no amount of argument or ridicule could shake his
hold. Although tiis sight was very defective, his chief en
joyment was in reading. The Bible and Edwards' "His
tory of Redemption " were his favorite books. On bright,
364 ELSIE SCHUYLER.
sunny days of winter he ¦\vould sit by the hour near a
window, with one of those books before his face and the
other by his side. He had a long nose, which appeared
the longer by the loss of teeth, and, when the light began
to fade, it was used as a pointer to trace the printed lines.
Poor Uncle Sammy ! Often in these latter years I think
of thee ! Thy years, though many, were not fortunate.
Thy life was one of faith, and when thou wast summoned
thou wast ready ! Thou hast gone to thy rest, and art no
longer troubled by wicked boys !
Elsie Schuyler (14) was married to her first husband.
Dr. Bogart, in June, 1783. After a brief pleasure trip, she
returned to her father's at Stillwater, to make her final
preparations for a permanent residence with her husband
in New York. Her mot'ner embraced the opportunity to
visit, with her younger children, some relatives living at a
distance, and she was left alone with the servants to care
for the house. While so employed she received a call
from some distinguished visitors, who sought entertain
ment for the night. General Washington, in company
with Governor Clinton, left the encampment of the army
at Newburgh about the middle of July, for the purpose of
inspecting the battle-fields of Saratoga and the Mohawk
Valley. At Albany he was joined by General Schuyler,
and on horseback the company proceeded on the journey.
On their arrival at Stillwater, General Schuyler conducted
them to the residence of Harmanus Schuyler to spend the
night. Their visit was unexpected, but Elsie was self-pos
sessed, and did not allow herself to be disconcerted, and
received them with graceful courtesy ; she was dignified
in manner, and possessed more than ordinary beauty of
person. She appreciated the honor of having Washington
for her guest, but made no effort at display ; she gave
him the simple and substantial fare of her father's house.
DIRCK SCHUYLER. 365
and lodged him in a clean and comfortable room. After
breakfast the next morning, as her guests were about to
leave, Washington, in his habitually grave and courteous
manner, took her hand and raised it to his lips. It was a
kiss never to be forgotten. Nearly fifty years afterward,
when languishing in her last illness, her youngest nephew,
wjio had never before seen her, called to pay his respects.
When taking leave, he approached her bedside, and was
about to kiss her on her lips, she held up her hand, and,
said, " Not my lips, George, but my hand, once kissed by
Washington." '
Dirck Schuyler (15) was named for his great-grand
father, Dirck Ten Broeck. In time the name was changed
to Derick. In the allotment of lands to the Revolutionary
soldiers by the State of New York, he drew two lots of
five hundred acres each, both lying in the present town of
Ithaca. One was sold at a low price ; the other, after April,
181 1, was the homestead of my father. Derick did not
marr)"-, but died a bachelor in the forty-ninth year of his age.
John H. Schuyler (16), the H. standing for Harmanus,
to distinguish him from other Johns, received a fair edu
cation in the best English schools of Albany, and was
prepared with reference to the mercantile business. On
leaving school, instead of entering a counting-house, as
was intended, he became the private secretary of John
Barker Church, with whom he spent several years. As a
relative of Mrs. Church, he was received into the family,
and accorded more privileges than were usually granted
to young men of that position. Mr. Church resided in
New York, but his business frequently called him to
Philadelphia and Boston, usually accompanied by his
' Some years since this anecdote appeared in the Magazine of American
History, over the signature of a well-known author, without credit to the
original source. I now reclaim my own.
366 JOHH H. SCHUYLER.
secretary. Schuyler soon became accustomed to the best
English society in the country, and to its usages. Unlike
most young men of Dutch descent in his time, he spoke
English without an accent, and easily passed, when occa
sion offered, for a genuine Yankee.
After some years of such employment, he returned to
Stillwater, and, without experience or training, engaged
in mercantile pursuits. For a time he prospered, but his
want of commercial knowledge was a serious hindrance
to his ultimate success. He finally gave up the shop,
and engaged in farming. Fortune was not propitious,
and in the spring of 1811 he removed, 'with all his fam
ily, to the present town of Ithaca, N. Y. He settled on
Lot No. 57, containing five hundred acres, and situated
two and a half miles west from the village. It was one
of the military lots assigned to his brother Derick. The
country was new and sparsely settled ; it was almost a
wilderness. For the want of good roads, and the facili
ties of travel, it was farther removed from the old set
tlements on the Hudson than are Dakota and Wyoming
at the present time. The family, so far removed from
their old friends, died out of their remembrance, except of
those nearly related. We have seen how Philip, the great
grandfather of John H. Schuyler, was supposed to have
left no posterity. So now, the line was again believed to
have become extinct. Mrs. Cochrane, the youngest daugh
ter of General Schuyler, writing to a friend from Oswego,
on November 12, 1845, said : "I remember Mr. Harmanus
Schuyler, a distant relative, who had been sheriff of Al
bany County many years before I saw him, and that is
fifty years ago ; not one of his children, and he had many
survive." She was mistaken, poor lady, for John, the
fourth son, was still living, surrounded by eight living
sons and three daughters, with numerous grandchildren.
THE FORT FAMILY. 367
As Harmanus Schuyler (10) was the only one of his
brothers to continue the direct line, so was John the only
one of his six sons to hand down the name and pedigree
of his branch of the Schuyler family. There seems little
danger now that it will be reduced to such extremities.
As a farmer John was a failure. He had been accustomed
all his life, up to liis removal to Ithaca, to the unpaid labor
of slaves ; he never afterward could adapt himself to cir
cumstances, and earn his bread by the sweat of his brow.
In a few years the title to his farm was questioned by a
land speculator, who had bought the soldier's right from
an agent whose power of attorney had been revoked, with
a full knowledge of the fact. But he got his fraudulent
title on record first, and by this means succeeded in his
suit of ejectment. Several years afterward the case was
again taken into the courts by Schuyler's son Philip (30),
and the former verdict reversed. The farm came back
into the family, and its original occupant spent his last
years on the homestead. John H. Schuyler married suc
cessively Hendrika and Annatje Fort.
The Fort Family.
The first trustworthy information relating to the ances
tor of the Forts is found in a deed for a farm at Canasta
gione, situated on the north bank of the Mohawk in the
southeast corner of the present town of Clifton Park,
Saratoga County. It is dated June 10, 1684, and was given
by the administrators of Teunis Wielemse Boots, deceased,
to Jean Forte, alias Liberte, " for all the land and real es
tate which the said Boots possessed in his lifetime at that
place, together with house, barn, stacks, orchard, and lots,
which said land has now been inhabited by the said Lib
erte for three years, being satisfied with it, as if he owned
368 JEAN FORT.
it hitherto.'" Why the alias I am unable to explain. He
was a Frenchman, and may have fled from the military
despotism of Canada, and, having gained his liberty, he
may have adopted the word as one of his names. It was
one of the royal ordinances for the government of Canada,
that Protestants should not be permitted to live on its soil.
When any, in their ignorance of the law, found their way
thither, they were required to conform to the established
Catholic religion, or leave the country. Some did con
form for the time being, to avoid greater evils, but em
braced a favorable opportunity to remove to other parts.
Before 1700 there were several such men in Albany and its
vicinity. Usually they married in the families of the com
munity, and became prosperous citizens.
There may have been other reasons why Jean Fort
adopted the alias. It was not uncommon in those days to
have two surnames, or for members of the same family to
take different names. He may have come to this country
through Holland, as did many of his countrymen and men
of other nationalities. His name is variously written in
the documents, not by himself, as Le Fort, La Fort, de
Fort, but never without the alias Liberte. He or his fam-
' A singular, and in some respects an amusing, mistake has been made as
to the first American ancestor of the Forts. Professor Pearson, in his
Genealogy of the First Settlers of Albany, introduces Jan Fort Orangien,
who married Marie Grande, in New Amsterdam, November 24, 1641, as
the first of the family, of whom Jan Fort, alias Liberte, is supposed to
be a son. A gentleman of New York, whose family had intermarried with
the Forts, prepared a genealogical chart, on which Jan Fort Orangien ap
pears as the first ancestor of that kindred family. Had these authors been
better acquainted with the provincial records, Jan Fort Orangien would
not have occupied the position assigned him. He was a native African,
and after serving the West India Company faithfully for nineteen years,
was manumitted, with others, on February 25, 1644, by Director Kieft. He
probably had served the Company at Fort Orange (Albany) long enough to
get his name. The Forts are not a mixed race ; they have a very fair com
plexion.
JEAN FORT. 369
ily may have been in the province prior to the date named
in the deed for the farm. Jean de Frote (Forte ?) joined
the Dutch Church in New York, on October 7, 1663, after
which the name does not again appear in the church rec
ords or elsewhere. Jacob (one of the most usual names
in the Fort family) Le Fort was one of the creditors of
Joshua Green, in New Amsterdam, in August, 1668. Noth
ing more is known of him. Marcus Lafort applied for
letters of naturalization in May, 1693. It is not known
whether they were granted, or what became of him. Bar
tholomew La Fourt, an alien, had his goods seized by the
collector of customs, in 1701. Whether he procured the
release of his property, and remained in the country, or
returned to the place whence he came, is not known.
The wife of Jean Fort was Margriet Rinckhout, but the
date and place of their marriage are unknown. The
brothers Daniel and Jan Rinckhout were in Albany about
1653. . Daniel died in 1662, at the age of thirty-two years,
and in his will left his house and all other property to his
brother Jan, except twenty-five guilders to a brother in
Pomeren, Holland. He could not have had a family, or
he would have mentioned them in the will. Jan Rinck
hout, a baker by trade, had a family of two children at
least — a daughter Gertrude, married to Simon Groot, of
Schenectady ; and a son Juriaen, residing in New York in
1703. Jan Rinckhout bought a farm at Schenectady, and
in 1670 his wife let his bakery in Albany to Antony Lespi
nard, the ancestor of the New York Lispenards. Rinck
hout became a recluse, living and dying alone in a hut on
his farm. Jean Fort's wife may have been Jan Rinckhout's
daughter, and yet, by comparing the dates, she was quite
as likely to have been his sister, and married to Fort in
Holland. Jean Fort, alias Libert^, made his will -on November 3,
Vol. IL— 24
370 JEAN FORT.
1706, in which he names his children — Anna, Johannes,
Abraham, Nicolas, Jacob, Mary, Daniel, and Isak. The
last was baptized in the church at Albany on September 3,
1699. The will was proved on Octobler 3, 1707.
The settlement at Canastagione, on the north bank of the
Mohawk River, was somewhat distant from another of the
same name on the south side, now Niskayuna. It was
made by seven farmers — Jean Fort, Jean Rosie, another
Frenchman, often employed as an interpreter on the mis
sions to Canada ; Dirck Arentse Bratt, two brothers Jan
and Reynier Quackenboss, and the brothers Gerrit Ryckse
and Maas Ryckse Van Vranken. The farms were located
on the interval along the river, each having about the
same frontage ; behind was an unbroken forest. The near
est neighbors were across the river, some three miles dis
tant, and at Half Moon, on the same side, about five miles
below. The settlers chose the wilderness, where they
could hold their lands in fee, rather than settle on the
manor of Rensselaerwyck under long or perpetual leases.
In 1703 Jean Fort sent a petition to the governor for
some of the wild land back of his farm, but was not suc
cessful. Three years later the seven farmers joined in an
arrangement to procure what Fort had individually sought
in vain. They entered into an agreement with Colonel
Peter Schuyler to procure for them a patent from the gov
ernment for a tract of land one mile in depth lying back
of their farms, for which they stipulated to pay him
£50 on delivery of the patent. The instrument was
signed by the several parties except Fort, whose wife
signed her own name, " Margret ye wife of Jan Fort Lib
ert^." The paper is still preserved uncancelled by one of
the descendants of Schuyler. The patent was granted on
April 20, 1708, and the next year the parties released to
each other one-seventh of the whole.
THE FORT GENEALOGY. 371
The settlement, being on the borders of civilization, was
not safe from the incursions of unfriendly Indians, and of
their savage allies, the Canadian French. Gradually the
Rosies, the Bratts, and the Quackenbosses withdrew to
safer localities. The Forts and Van Vrankens tenaciously
retained possession of their paternal acres. It is shown
by a map of Albany and vicinity, published in 1851, that
these families still maintained their ground, and were nu
merous in the country for miles around. The Forts early
established a ferry across the river and opened a road di
rect to Albany. The ferry is known to-day as Fort's Ferry.
The homestead was not large enough to accommodate
the six sons of the original proprietor. Two of them,
Abraham and Isak, bought farms in Schaghticoke, and
Jacob settled in Half Moon, on the borders of Stillwater.
He paid for his farm ;,^8o, and a yearly quit-rent to An
thony "Van Schaick of a "half skippel of wheat and six
pence currency."
GENEALOGICAL TABLE OF THE FORT FAMILY.
I. JEAN FORT, alias Liberte, and Margriet Rinckhout.
2. Annatje.
3. Johannes, m. Rebecca Van Antwerpen.
4, Abraham, m. Anna Barber Clute.
5. Nicholas, m. Maritje Van Aiitwerpen.
6. Jacob, d. May 17, 1760.
m. I, January 14, 1726, Sara de Wandelier.
m. 2, Maritje Oosterhout.
7. Mary, m. Johannes Vedder.
8. Daniel, m. Cerritje Van den Bergh.
9. Isak, m. i, Jacomyna (Joan) Viele.
m. 2, Sara Viele.
6. JACOB FORT and Sara de Wandelier,
10. Elizabeth, b. March 5, 1727.
m. Jacob J. Van Woert.
II. Johannes, b, October 22, 1728, d. ». p.
372 THE FORT GENEALOGY.
12. Abraham, bp. February 3, 1 73 1.
m. I, November l8, 1752, Sara Van Woert, d. No
vember 22, 1754.
m. 2, July I, 1758, Eva Bennewe, d. September 4,
1799.
13. Margaret, bp. March 24, 1734.
14. Harman, bp. January 8, 1737.
m. September 6, 1760, Rebecca Van Woert.
15. Leendert, bp. July 6, 1744, d. ». p.
12. ABRAHAM FORT and Sara Van Woert.
16. Margaret, b. November 16, 1753, d. July 2, 1757.
17. A Daughter, b. November 18, 1754, obt.
12. ABRAHAM FORT and Eva Bennewe.
18. Saartje (Sara), b. December 18, 1759.
m. Wynant Van der Bergh.
19. Jacob, b. May 22, 1763, d. October 20, 1839.
m, September 7, 1783, Antia Vrooman.
20. Annatje, b. June 30, 1767.
m. June 4, 1787, Peter Van Ness.
19. JACOB FORT and Anna Vrooman.
21. JeNny, b. December 21, 1784, obt.
22. Jane, b. January 18, 1797.
m. Henry P. Van Rensselaer, of Claverack.
23. Abraham, b. January 2, 1799.
m. Abby Rogers, d. s. p. in Virginia.
24. Eveline, b. April 22, 1801.
m. Douw Van J^echten.
14. HARMAN FORT and Rebecca Van Woert.
25. Hendrika, b. June 6, 1761.
m. June 6, 1786, John H. Schuyler,
26. Sara, b. January 11, 1763.
m. Dr. Reuben Schuyler, of the Flatts.
27. Jacob, b. July 22, 1764, d. s. p. October 14, 1804.
28. Maritje, b. May 3, 1766, obt.
29. Margreta, b. June 24, 1768, d. y.
30. Annatje, b. March 29, 1770.
m. June 10, 1800, John H. Schuyler.
31. Maritje, b. December 18, 1771, obt.
An old Dutch Bible in good preservation, originally be
longing to Jacob Fort (6) and now in possession of John
Van Rensselaer, of Cambridge, N. Y., one of his descend-
THE FORT FAMILY. 373
ants, contains many valuable records, on which I have
freely drawn in the preceding pedigree. It also contains
a paper written in 1835, by Mrs. Abby Rogers Fort, giv
ing the genealogy of the Fort family. It states that " the
family was originally French, and the true name Le Forte.
They emigrated to Holland at the time of the persecution
of the Huguenots, and Jacob Le Forte emigrated from
thence to this country about the beginning of the eigh
teenth century. He had six sons, John, Nicholas, Daniel,
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob." The writer had taken some
pains, by correspondence and personal interviews with
members of the family, to get at facts. She did not suc
ceed in getting the true name of the first American ances
tor, but she gave the names of his sons correctly. An
natje Fort (30), when speaking of her family, always said
that the name was Le Fort, of French origin, and that the
family came through Holland to this country.
The Dutch Bible of Harman Fort (14), printed in 1736,
bv Pieter and Jacob Kuer, Dordrecht, is now in my pos
session. It is a thick folio volume bound in boards cov
ered with tooled leather, and finished with eight brass
corner-pieces and two clasps. Besides the text in two
columns to the page, there are marginal references and
voluminous foot-notes. It contains maps of Asia Minor,
of Egypt, of the countries traversed by the children of
Israel in their forty years' wanderings, of the Holy Land,
of the countries visited by the Apostles in their missionary
tours, and a plan of Jerusalem with the front elevation of
Solomon's Temple. There were originally at least twenty-
two pages of plates, each containing six illustrations, three
by three and a half inches, engraved by D. Jonkman ;
but having passed through many hands, and amused sev
eral generations of children, it now contains only eleven
plates, or sixty-six distinct pictures, which are quaint and
374 THE FORT FAMILY.
amusing. The family records once within the covers are
sadly mutilated, and many of them lost. When it came to
my hands, a few years since, more than half the leaves were
loose and misplaced, and the title-page to the Old Testa
ment missing. I put it in the hands of a careful binder,
who restored it to its original condition, preserving all the
old binding. With careful usage it may go down the ages.
From the records in these two old Bibles I have mainly
prepared the Fort pedigree.
It will be noticed that the direct line of Jean Fort's
fourth son, Jacob, is extinct. The last of the name died
in Virginia during the civil war. He was engaged in a
large 'and profitable business when the war commenced.
Not wishing to lose his all, he remained, but did not join
the rebel ranks. Jacob (27), the only son of Harman
Fort, was the first sheriff of Saratoga County, 1791-93.
(The name is erroneously printed Ford in the civil list.)
He died at the age of forty years, and was never married.
In the old French and Indian war of 1744-48, the people
on the borders were exposed to great dangers and hard
ships. The almost uninterrupted peace of fifty years, since
1697, had made them careless and indifferent as to their
defences. The old fort at Canastagione had rotted down
and disappeared. The French had erected Fort St. Fred
erick at Crown Point, which gave them command of the
Lakes Champlain and George and of the upper Hudson.
The English, in consequence of the chronic quarrels be
tween the governors and the Legislature, neglected to
fortify any point on the borders to hold the French in
check, but left the settlements north of Albany undefend
ed and open to the incursions of the enemy. Suddenly
the peace of Europe was broken, and all North America
became involved in the horrors of a savage war. Scalping
parties from Canada swooped down upon the defenceless
THE FORT FAMILY. 375
settlements of New York and New England, killing and
capturing the terror-stricken inhabitants. The farmers of
Canastagione were especially unfortunate.
In the year that Saratoga was destroyed, 1745, several
persons were killed, and others carried to Canada to suffer
a long imprisonment. Three of Jean Fort's sons and two
grandsons were among the unfortunates. Johannes (3)
died in prison at Quebec, on December 7, 1746, and his
brother Abraham (4) died in the same prison a year later.
Jacob (6) fared better ; he succeeded in regaining his lib
erty, and returned to his family, but nothing was heard of
his son, whose fate was unknown. Simon, a son of Nicho
las (5), was a mere boy when carried off. He was adopted
by an Indian woman, one of the Mohawk proselytes, in
place of her own son, killed on an expedition. After the
war, in June, 1750, Governor Clinton sent commissioners
into Canada to effect an exchange of prisoners. They
could not procure Simon's release, although Captain Van
Schaick offered the Indian mother six hundred francs for
his ransom. She said that she was much attached to him,
and regarded him as one of her own children, but if she
were obliged, by the commands of the French governor,
to give him up, her friends would follow them and cause
them to feel her resentment. On appealing to him to
leave the Indians and return to his family, he replied that
he was attached to his new friends, and, having become a
Catholic, he preferred to remain with them. In the fol
lowing autumn his father was more successful, and pro
cured his release at an expense of ^^50. Simon returned
hom.e, and twelve years later married a daughter of his
neighbor. Van Vranken.
Harman Fort (14) was a merchant in Waterford, N. Y.,
in the full tide of a successful business when he died, at a
comparatively early age. His wife had died a few years
376 PHILIP SCHUYLER.
before. Their children were left to the care of relatives.
Only one of them, Annatje, lived to old age ; she died in
Ithaca, N. Y., January 12, 185 1, nearly eighty-one years old.
Maria Schuyler (19), " Aunt Polly," as she was famil
iarly called, lost her first husband within a few years after
marriage. Her second marriage was happy. Her hus
band had a pleasant place south of the city of Hudson, the
land running down to the river. She lived to enjoy her
surroundings only a few years, and died in giving life to
another. Philip Schuyler (20), the youngest of the family, suc
ceeded to his father's property and business. He married,
on May 22, 1797, Mary, daughter of Beriah Palmer, who
came with a church colony from Canaan, Conn., 1762, and
made a settlement at Stillwater. For more than a hun
dred years the people of Connecticut had made repeated
efforts to gain a foothold in the beautiful valley of the
Hudson. At last it was effected. Were the members of
this colony the descendants of those who, a hundred years
before, negotiated with the Mohawks for the purchase of
Half Moon, and failed because Philip Pieterse Schuyler and
Goosen Gerritse Van Schaick were too quick for them ?
I have been able to procure but little information re
lating to this member of the Schuyler family. His mar
riage and death are not recorded in the family Bible.
These dates were furnished by a correspondent, who knew
more about him than any living Schuyler. His death oc
curred in 1807, at the early age of thirtj'^-six years. His
wife did not long survive him. Their orphan children
found a home with their mother's relatives. Two of them
died at an early age. The youngest, Deborah, married
and had two children, of whom I have been unable to
gain any information.
GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHUYLER. 377
Harmanus Schuyler (21) and Jacob Fort Schuyler
(22) both served in the War of 1812.
Philip Church Schuyler (30) was a devoted adherent of
the anti-slavery cause, removed to Kansas in 1855, and threw
himself warmly into the struggle for making it a free State.
George Washington Schuyler (32) graduated at the
University of the City of New York in 1837. He studied
theology, but subsequently, in order to extricate a brother
from difficulties, engaged in business at Ithaca, N. Y. He
was elected treasurer of the State of New York on No
vember 3, 1863, and served for two years. He was ap
pointed superintendent of the Banking Department of the
State of New York on January 3, 1866, and served until
February 14, 1870. He was a member of the Assembly of
1875, and chairman of its Committee on Banks and Bank
ing, when he obtained the passage of the General Savings
Bank Law, and of a law for the protection of railway
employees. He was subsequently, from January i, 1876,
to May, 1880, Auditor of the Canal Department, and was
the first to propose making the canals free waterways by
the abolition of tolls — a recommendation which was subse
quently effected by a constitutional amendment. As au
ditor he was at the same time one of the New Capitol
Commissioners. He has been a trustee of Cornell Uni
versity from its foundation, and was its treasurer (without
salary) from 1868 to October, 1874, when he resigned.
He married, in 1839, Matilda Scribner. The genealogy
of the Scribner family is inserted in the Appendix.
Nicholas Bleecker, Jr.
The husband of Catherine Angelica Schuyler (33) was
descended from Jan Jansen Bleecker, the ancestor of the
Bleecker families in America, who, in 1658, at the age of
^yS- NICHOLAS BLEECKER, JR.
seventeen, emigrated to Albany from Meppel, in the Neth
erlands. According to the custom of his native country,
he had been taught a trade, which he abandoned soon
after his arrival for the more profitable business of a mer
chant. He married Margarita, daughter of Rutger Jacob-
sen Van Schoenderwoert. In his business he was more
than ordinarily successful, and soon became a leading
man in his community. He made large purchases of
lands, usually in company with others, which laid the
foundations of considerable estates for the enjoyment of
his posterity. He was one of the seven partners in the
famous Saratoga Patent, some portions of which are yet
in the possession of his descendants. He was named one
of the first aldermen, and also " chamberlain," or treasurer,
in the charter of Albany of 1686. In 1690 he was a mem
ber of Leisler's Assembly, and also represented his county
in the Sixth and Seventh Assemblies, 1698-1700. He was
recorder in 1696, and mayor in 1700. He died on No
vember 21, 1732, in his ninety-second year, leaving a family
of four sons and four daughters. Two of the sons, Nicho
las and Henry, died unmarried. The other two and sev
eral of their descendants have held prominent positions in
the professional and political circles of the province and
State. Johannes, the eldest sort of Jan Jansen Bleecker, suc
ceeded his father as mayor of Albany in 1701, having pre
viously served one year as recorder. When eighteen years
old he was on a trading expedition, in company with others,
among the Indians of the Northwest, and was taken pris
oner by the French. He was carried into Canada, but
was released and returned to his home in the following
year, 1687. He was acquainted with the Iroquois lan
guage, and was often employed in negotiations with the
Five Nations. His son Nicholas married Margarita Rose-
THE BLEECKER FAMILY. 379
boom, on April 10, 1728, and had several children, one of
whom, Johannes, married Margarita Van Deusen. The
latter had a family of two sons and three daughters. Mar
garet, the eldest daughter, married John Van Schaick.
Harriet married Rev. John B. Romeyn, D.D., a prominent
Presbyterian clergyman, of New York City. Elizabeth,
the third daughter, married Rev. Jacob Brodhead, D.D., a
distinguished minister in the Reformed (Dutch) Church,
and father of the late J. Romeyn Brodhead, the historian,
of New York. His son Henry married Mary Storm, and-
died in his thirtieth year, leaving one daughter. Nicholas
Bleecker, Jr., the youngest of the family, married, first,
Catharine Staats, daughter of an old Albany merchant ;
and, secondly, Catharine A. Schuyler. By his first wife he
had one daughter, Margaret, who married Anson Bangs,
lately deceased. She and her two sons, Bleecker and An
son, reside in Brooklyn, N. Y. Nicholas Bleecker, Jr., as
he always wrote his name, was long connected with the
old Bank of Albany, as one of its most faithful and trusted
officers. He was deputy State treasurer from 1864 to
1867. As a man he 'was modest and unobtrusive ; he had
a high sense of honor, and in all the relations of life he
bore himself without reproach. He died at an advanced
age, like many of his family in preceding generations.
Rutger, youngest son of Jan Jansen Bleecker, was also
the recorder of Albany, and mayor 1726-28. He married
Catalina, daughter of David Schuyler and his wife, Cata-
lyn Verplanck, and then the widow of Johannes Abeel,
by whom he had four children. His only daughter, Mar
garita, married Edward Collins, only son of John Col
lins and his wife, Margarita Schuyler. His eldest son,
John, married Elizabeth Staats. Their son Rutger mar
ried Catharine Elmendorf, and had Elizabeth, who married
Peter Brinckerhoff, of New York ; Maria, who married
380 THE BLEECKER FAMILY.
Morris S. Miller, of Utica ; Blandina, who married Hon.
Charles E.. Dudley ; John R., who married, first, Eliza
Bridgen, secondly, Mrs. Hetty Linn. Mr. Dudley was a
State senator, mayor of Albany, and United States senator.
Mrs. Dudley, in memory of her husband, founded the
Dudley Observatory at Albany. John R. Bleecker had six
children, the youngest of whom, Mary, married the Hon.
Horatio Seymour, late governor of the State of New York.
Jacobus, or James, second son of Rutger Bleecker, the
elder, married Abigail Lispenard, of New York, and had
several children, one of whom, John J., married Ann Eliza
Schuyler, the poetess, daughter of Brandt Schuyler, of New
York. Alexander Hamilton Schuyler (42) entered the army
early in 1863, as did also his brother Henry (43). Their
regiment was sent to the front when General Grant en
tered on his Virginia campaign. Alexander was taken
prisoner by the Confederates, and sent to the military
prison at Andersonville, where he was attacked by fever,
and died from want of proper medical treatment and ordi
nary care. His sufferings, as related to me by a compan
ion, were terrible. I never think of them without a feeling
of horror and indignation, that men claiming to be Chris
tians should have permitted them. Henry was never heard
of after the campaign began. It is supposed that he
was killed in battle, but how and where he died is un
known. He lies among the unrecorded dead.
John Edwin Schuyler (63) was with the army under
General Banks before Port Hudson and on the Red River.
He had read for a physician, and was ¦well qualified for
an assistant in the hospital department. He remained
with his regiment through the war, and at its close he was
honorably discharged. He was frequently under fire, but
escaped without a wound.
NICHOLAS TEN BROECK SCHUYLER. 38 1
Nicholas Ten Broeck Schuyler (64) was born in Hud
son, N. Y., but emigrated to Kansas in 1859, where he was
engaged in farming when the civil war began. He en
listed in the Second Kansas Infantry Regiment, which
shortly afterward participated in the battle of Wilson's
Creek. He was wounded, but was enabled to leave the
field with his regiment. After his discharge, in Septem
ber, 1861, he enlisted, the following October, in the Second
Kansas Cavalry, and was appointed orderly sergeant in
Company H, in which position he remained until January,
1864. He was then appointed a captain in the Second In
fantry Regiment of Arkansas Volunteers. A few months
previously the commissioned officers of his regiment had
united in a petition to have him appointed to a vacant
captaincy in the Second United States Cavalry, but, hav
ing no friends at headquarters to push his claims, the ap
pointment was given to another. He served through the
war, and was honorably discharged, on August 8, 1865, at
Clarksville, Ark.
One of his exploits is worthy of record. I give it in his
own words, as contained in a letter 3'ears afterward, in an
swer to one of mine asking for information :
" I caa only speak from memory, as all my papers relat
ing to my campaigning were lost in the battle of Saline
River, on the retreat of General Steele from Camden to
Little Rock. General Blount was in command of the
Union Army when the battle of Fort Wayne, Ind. Ten,
was fought. He had five regiments of infantry, three of
cavalry, and two batteries. It was his intention to sur
prise the enemy, and for this purpose we made a night
march. At daybreak the general at the head of the cav
alry, with Captain Rab's battery, advanced rapidly, and
when near Fort Wayne formed the line of battle. Four
companies of the Kansas cavalry, dismounted, Captain
382 NICHOLAS TEN BROECK SCHUYLER.
Crawford commanding, were on the right, myself acting
as left guide. We charged on the run, when a battery of
four large guns opened on us. Without wavering we
rushed on through brush and undergrowth, which par
tially concealed us. After traversing about four hundred
yards, we reached tlie battery, and, mounting one of the
guns, I called for assistance to run them to the rear.
This was quickly rendered, and we secured the four guns
with one caisson. It was hot work, the enemy's bullets
flying thick around us, but it was finished before our
officers comprehended the situation. The loss of the bat
tery was a serious blow to the rebels, who, whites and In
dians, were in large force under command of General
Cooper. They soon retreated from their position, and
left the field to the Union boys. In less than an hour
after the command was given to charge, the battle was
over, and the enemy flying in all directions. I had com
mand of the captured guns while the officers of my regi
ment were trying to secure my promotion. They failed,
and I surrendered them to another."
Frederick Schuyler (77) was one of the Kansas boys
who volunteered at the commencement of the war. In
the battle of Wilson's Creek he was shot in the ghest, and
left on the field by his company on their retreat, supposed
to be mortally wounded. Captain Conrad, of the regular
army, an old acquaintance, found him braced against a
tree with the blood oozing from his wound ; but, perceiv
ing that he had more life and strength than was at first
supposed, he assisted him to mount a mule, and conducted
him within the Union lines. His wound was dressed, and
after a few days he was carried in an ambulance to St.
Louis, and placed in the hospital. When he had suf
ficiently recovered to perform some clerical work, he was
employed in the office of the adjutant-general of the State.
F.REDERICK SCHUYLER. 383
He was a good penman, and, being a man of fine personal
appearance and of gentlemanly manners, he quickly won
his way to higher positions. He 'B'as first appointed assist
ant adjutant-general, with the rank of captain, and then
lieutenant-colonel of a cavalry regiment. Subsequently
he received the commission of inspector-general of the
State troops in the field, with the rank of colonel. He re
tired from the service a year after the end of active hos
tilities, and returned to his home in Kansas. He died in
Dakota on June 16, 1884.
Howard Schuyler (79) was a few months past sixteen
years of age when he volunteered as a private soldier in
a Kansas regiment, in May, 1861. Under General Lyon
he was in the battles of Forsyth, July 25th ; Dug Springs,
August ist, and Wilson's Creek, August 10, 1861. In the
last he was slightly wounded in the hand, and his clothes
were pierced with five bullets. His regiment, having
served its term of six months, was disbanded, and he
joined the Eleventh Kansas Infantry early the next year.
His regiment was attached to the army of General Blount,
then in Arkansas, and participated in the battles of Cane
Hill, November, 1862, and of Prairie Grove, in the follow
ing December. In January, 1863, he was commissioned
first lieutenant for bravery in the field, but declined the
position, because of his youth and inexperience. In June
following he was appointed second lieutenant in the artil
lery, which he also declined. Three months afterward he
accepted the commission of captain in the Eleventh United
States Colored Troops. His reasons for this, and its out
come, I will give in his own words. They reveal the high
character of a man not yet twenty years old :
" These (colored) regiments at that time were in great
disfavor and bad odor. I had faith in being able to make
them good soldiers, and I certainly worked hard to that
384 HOWARD SCHUYLER.
end. Their officers were not treated at all times with the
courtesy which I thought their past services entitled them
to. Although I think I was not personally unpopular, yet,
being young and hot-headed, the constantly recurring
slights to the corps involved me in many unpleasant
scenes. On this account I at last tendered my resigna
tion ; and, unwilling to desert the cause while there was
need of every man, I was returned, at my own request, to
the ranks of my old company. Not long after I was sum
moned before an examining board, on whose report the
Secretary of War commissioned me first lieutenant in the
Fourth Arkansas Cavalry. I may say to you that the
board reported me for higher rank, but it was thought
that I was not old enough. My company had no captain,
and I was its commanding officer for several months,
when I was considered of sufficient age to be made its
captain. Such are the ways of the service ! "
In May, 1865, he was recommended to a majority, but, the
war coming to a close, he was mustered out of the service
before he reached a higher grade or the twenty-second
year of his age. He was offered a commission in the
regular army, but declined to accept it. Soon after re
turning to his home he joined the Engineer Corps of the
Kansas Pacific Railway, and assisted in its survey and
construction until it was completed to Denver. He then
aided in the organization of the Denver & Rio Grande
Railway Company, and was made its secretary and treas
urer. In its service he visited Europe, to examine the
narrow gauge railways, and to interest foreign capitalists
in its construction. He remained with the company three
years, when he was appointed chief engineer of the North
Pacific Coast Railway. After the completion of this road
he was engaged in various other enterprises, in all of
which he proved himself to be the right man in the right
HOWARD SCHUYLER. 38S
place. When the Mexican Central Railroad Company was
organized, he was appointed chief engineer and superin
tendent of construction, on a salary of ten thousand dollars
a year. With his family he removed to the city of Mex
ico, and entered on his exacting duties. For two years he
was thus employed, devoting all his energies to the work,
and more hours of each day than his naturally strong con
stitution could endure. The climate of that country is
not favorable to men born in the North, and this, with his
incessant labor and exposures, soon undermined his health.
He was obliged to quit his work, and in other countries
seek to shake off the disease which had fastened on him.
He came to the North, and, after spending a short time in
his native village, he sailed for Europe. He placed him
self in the care of skilled physicians, who did all that
science and experience could suggest to save his life. It
was in vain. He died at Davos-Platz, Switzerland, on De
cember 3, 1883.
Many years ago Howard Schuyler related to me some
incidents of his experience on the plains while employed
in railroad engineering. Among them was one which, for
the danger of the situation and the presence of mind, com
bined with courage, which extricated him from the toils
of hostile Indians, has few parallels in history or romance.
He promised to give me all the details in writing, but his
busy life did not afford him the leisure. Happily, his
brother James, who was one of his party, has supplied the
omission. The following account was published in the
Evening Post, of New York, on March 22, 1884 :
"In a recent letter from , he informs me of your
request that I should write out in detail the story of How
ard's miraculous escape from the Indians, as I had nar
rated it to yon. If it is a matter of interest to you, it will
certainly be a pleasure to me so to do.
¦Vol. II.— 25
386 HOWARD SCHUVLER.
"In the month of June, 1869, when the grass and flowers
on the plains of Kansas and Colorado were nearly knee-
high, the result of unusually abundant rains, which left
clear pools of water in all the little arroyos, a corps of
Kansas Pacific engineers, under the leadership of Howard
Schuyler, were engaged in making certain preliminary sur
veys in the vicinity of the terminal town of Phil Sheridan,
near the border line of the two States. They had been
out on a trip of several months in the direction of Denver,
and had returned to the end of the track to begin the defi
nite location, which we afterward carried through to Den
ver. At this time I had been with the party some two or
three months, taking my novitiate in engineering, and-was
occupying the position of rodman. Prior to commencing
the location, we were running some rapid trial lines north
of Sheridan, and by June 19th were some fifteen or twenty
miles out in a rolling country, where the heads of the
Smoky Hill and Republican Forks of the Kansas River
interlock. On the evening before our camp had been
brought up to the end of our work, and we started out
bright and early on this memorable Saturday morning, so
that by 10 o'clock we were several miles away from camp.
In all our work we had been accompanied by an escort of
fifteen infantry soldiers, under the charge of a lieutenant,
acting in the capacity of a camp-guard, who, while they
were very useful in guarding our base of supplies, were
of no protection to us in the field. Our party numbered
thirteen all told, two of whom remained in camp as cook
and teamster. The working party was therefore reduced
to eleven, including Howard, whose custom it was to ride
several miles ahead looking out the line and indicating it
by building sod-raounds two or three feet high with a
shovel. We followed from one mound to the next, meas
uring angles and distances and levelling the ground. Our
HOWARD SCHUYLER. 387
progress was almost as rapid as a man would walk at a
moderate pace, and we were exceedingly vulnerable to at
tack, as we were all separated, strung out over a distance
of a mile or more, while Howard was always out of sight
and several miles ahead ; but, having been out several
months without seeing any Indian signs, we had no suspi
cion of danger, and did not dream there were any Indians
in the country. We afterward knew that they had been
watching us some days, and were simply waiting for the
most favorable opportunity to make the attack, having evi
dently planned to kill Howard first, and then come back
along the line, picking off the rest of the party one by one.
" In pursuance of this plan they lay in wait until they
had cornered him in a trap, when they fired a shot, striking
his horse in the hip ; and, looking around, he saw a long
line of the red-painted devils on three sides of him, while
on the fourth, in the direction of his party, was half a mile
or more of broken ground, cut up by deep, narrow ravines.
It took but a moment to decide his line of action. Putting
spurs to his horse, he turned to the only loophole of es
cape, and, to the surprise of the Indians, went leaping oyer
the ravines, one after the other, at the risk of his life, but
with the assurance that they could not follow him, as none
of their ponies were equal to the work, and to keep up the
pursuit they were obliged to tnake a long detour.
" Having once got clear of the broken ground, Howard,
looking back, found himself well ahead, and was congrat
ulating himself on so easy an escape, when he saw directly
before him, springing out of the grass, a formidable array
of Indians intercepting his flight ; those pursuing in the
rear closed up, and, almost before he could realize the
situation, he found himself again entrapped, this time by
a line of Indians that entirely encircled him, numbering
about a hundred, as nearly as hfe could judge. They
388 HOWARD SCHUYLER.
rapidly narrowed the limits of the circle, and began taunt
ing him with all manner of insults, and telling him of the
tortures that awaited him, and of the slow roasting that
they proposed to give him. For several minutes he sat on
his horse trying to reconcile himself to the certainty that
death was before him, but when the first struggle was over
all trembling ceased, and with as true an aim as ever hunts
man levelled at a deer, he drew up his rifle, and fired at the
nearest man, killing him instantly. Earlier in the fight he
had realized that he was more lightly armed than usual,
having that morning left his belt, with a brace of pistols
and a box of cartridges, in camp to be cleaned, taking
only his Winchester carbine, carrying twelve shots. He
now determined to sell his life as dearly as possible, and,
counting every shot, to be sure that he saved one for him
self as a last resort in case of capture, since death by his
own hand was preferable to slow torture. Twice more
he shot in quick succession with fatal effect, when he sud
denly put spurs to his horse and dashed through their
line. At this moment there was a general scramble and
rush for him, some trying for him with their spears, others
seizing his legs and striving to unhorse him. He succeed
ed in the twinkling of an eye in throwing them all off, and
even killed a second man riding at his side, putting his
gun against his (the Indian's') body and blazing away, the
blood spurting over Howard's buckskin leggings, saddle,
and horse. The instant he freed himself from them and
got clear alone on open ground ahead of them, where they
w-ere not in danger of killing each other in shooting at
him, they fired a volley of bullets and arrows at him. None
of them hit him, and up to this moment he was entirely
unharmed. Had his horse been equally fortunate, this
would doubtless have ended the fight, as the horse was a
fine, high-spirited animal, superior to any of the Indian
HOWARD SCHUYLER. 389
ponies. But the first shot, received at the beginning of
hostilities, had cut a small artery, and from this the blood
was pumping out a steady stream that, together with his
violent exertions, was fast sapping his strength. The In
dians, seeing this, were encouraged to continue in pursuit,
and their leader, mounted on an American stage-horse
(stolen the day before at a stage-station a few miles back,
which they had burned, murdering all the inmates), suc
ceeded so well in keeping pace with him, that Howard
could almost feel the breath from the nostrils of his pur
suer's horse. Thus they rode, nose to tail, for a mile or
two, the Indian occupying the time in shooting at How
ard. Three pistols, six-shooters, he emptied, and bullets
flew around poor Howard on every side. Four more en
tered the poor horse, already so badly wounded, a bullet
pierced Howard's clothes at his side, another cut the strap
of his field-glass, which was lost ; another cut off his spur,
bruising the heel slightly, but not drawing blood ; a fourth
pierced the 'wooden breech of his rifle, as he carried it in
his hand, alomst striking it from his grasp ; others struck
the saddle ; and, in short, they seemed to strike everywhere
but where they were aimed. All this time Howard was
endeavoring to reach over his, shoulder and get a shot at
the Indian, but at every such movement the savage slipped
Under the belly of his horse and was out of sight, except
a hand on the mane and heel on the back. Finally, all
ammunition exhausted, the Indian resorted to his spear,
and with the wooden handle gave Howard one or two se
vere raps on the head, trying to knock him out of his sad
dle, without avail ; but at last Howard's horse, that had
been tottering shakily from loss of blood, fell on his knees,
and the Indian rushed up to end the contest. At that in
stant the horse struggled to his feet again, and Howard
saw that his opportunity had come, his foe was at his side.
390 HOWARD SCHUYLER.
and he quickly thrust his rifle against the Indian's body
and fired, blowing a hole through that seemed as large as
one's arm. The Indian shrieked, leaped out of his saddle,
and fell to the ground on his face, dead.
" Looking about, Howard saw the remainder of the band
following at a prudent distance, for by this time they be
gan to look upon him as a god, invulnerable to all their
weapons. When at last the poor horse fell prostrate, and
apparently dead, they all flocked up to make a final dis
position of their troublesome enemy. But Howard, un
daunted, lay quietly down behind the body of his horse,
and when they came within short range, took deliberate
aim and fired, killing another man. This unlooked-for
disaster completely demoralized them, and they fled in all
directions. Within three minutes not an Indian was in
sight. He turned his attention to his horse, loosened the
girth to take off the saddle, and was surprised' when the
animal drew a deep breath and struggled to his feet. He
then led him slowly to where the rest of the party had
made a stand about their wagon and as he approached
from one direction, I came up limping from the other,
with a bullet in my right leg. The Indians had paid their
gentle attentions to the rest of us during the time Howard
was having his fight, but fortunately not in force, and we
succeeded in getting together at the wagon, without the
loss of a man, I being the only one wounded in the whole
engagement. As soon as Howard joined us we started on
the retreat for camp, the Indians harassing us the whole
way. They would form in single file or all abreast, and
charge as though they were going to ride right over us,
but on getting within short range would wheel and retire,
after discharging a volley of shots that would tear up the
earth all around us. This was most terrifying to me, a
boy fresh from school, who had never experienced any
HOWARD SCHUYLER. 39 1
sort of warfare, and had never even seen a gun fired by
one man at another ; but Howard, who had gone through
four years of the war of the rebellion, and had seen three
years or more of border warfare with Indians, was quite
exhilarated by the excitement. He gave them a chal-,
leuge by walking alone several hundred yards away on
one side. They charged, but retreated when he kneeled
and fired.
" Arriving at camp, after an hour's ride and running fight,
we found the escort thoroughly alarmed, and just starting
out to pick up our dead bodies, for they had seen so many
Indians about that they made sure we ¦were all killed. It"
was a scene of mutual rejoicing and congratulation, as we
had feared that they had met an untimely fate. A hasty
council of war was held as to what was to be done. We
were unanimous in the opinion that it was folly to con
tinue work without a larger escort and a personal body
guard, besides, it was necessary that my wound should be
dressed. Consequently, it was decided to turn our faces
in the direction of Sheridan, which we did, arriving there
late in the afternoon, the Indians following us all the way
seeking an opportunity to attack us again. With them it
had become a question of revenge, as they had lost heavily,
while we had escaped entirely.
" The 'horse that carried Howard so nobly through this
fight ultimately recovered. Three of the five bullets were
extracted. I afterward took him home to Burlingatpe,
where he was carefully fed and pampered for some years
till he died.
" I recovered from my wound very quickly, and within
six weeks rejoined the party, receiving promotion to the
first place in the corps — that of transit-man — which I oc
cupied until the road was completed.
" Our miraculous escape was long the subject of wonder
392 EUGENE SCHUYLER.
on the frontier, where it was regarded as the most marvel
lous on record, as we fought against such fearful odds. I
hope the narrative as I have written it will be intelligible.
I fear I have not made it as ciear as I could orally. It
always excites me to think or tell of it.''
Eugene Schuyler (8i) graduated at Yale College, in
1859, and, after a further course of study there, was the
first to receive the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, in 1861.
After studying law at Columbia College (LL.B. in 1863),
he began the practice of law in New York, devoting his
leisure to literary pursuits. In 1867 he entered the for
eign service of the United States, and was successively
Consul at Moscow, 1867-69 ; Consul at Reval, 1869-70 ;
Secretary of Legation at St. Petersburg, 1870-76 (during
which term he was several times Charge d'Affaires for long
periods) ; Secretary of Legation and Consul-General at
Constantinople, 1876-78; Consul at Birmingham, 1878-79 ;
Consul-General at Rome, 1879-80 ; Charge d'Affaires and
Consul-General at Bucharest, 1880-82 ; Minister Resident
and Consul-General to Greece, Serbia, and Roumania,
1882-84. In 1873, while on leave of absence, he made a
long journey of eight months through Central Asia. In
the summer of 1876 he was sent to investigate the Turkish
massacres in Bulgaria, and his reports did much to influ
ence the subsequent history of that country. He 'also as
sisted in preparing a constitution for Bulgaria. In 1881,
as Plenipotentiary for the United States, he concluded
and signed commercial and consular treaties with Rou
mania and Serbia.
Besides being an occasional contributor to various re-
vievs^s and journals in America and England, he edited
Porter's "Selections from the Kalevala " (1867), and has
published a translation of Turgenef's " Fathers and Sons "
(1867); "Turkistan: Notes of a Journey in Russian
EUGENE SCHUYLER. 393
Turkistan, Khokand, Bukhara, and Kuldja" (1876) ; a
translation of Count Leo Tolstoy's " The Cossacks "
(1878); and "Peter the Great" (1884). He received the
honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from Williams College
in 1882, and from Yale College, his alma mater, in 1885.
He has at various times been elected corresponding mem
ber of the Roumanian Academy, member of the Royal
Asiatic Society, of the Society Asiatique, and of the Royal
(London), the Imperial Russian, Italian, and American
Geographical Societies ; of the American Historical Asso
ciation, and of other learned societies, and has received
decorations from the governments of Russia, Greece,
Roumania, Serbia, and Bulgaria.
He married, in 1877, Gertrude Wallace, daughter of the
late Charles King, President of Columbia College, himself
a son of Rufus King, one of the first senators from New
York. Walter Scribner Schuyler (84) "was graduated from
the Military Academy on June 15, 1870, and assigned to
the Fifth Cavalry as a second lieutenant, and was pro
moted a first lieutenant July 29, 1876. He joined at Fort
D. A. Russell, Wy., on October 9th, 1870, where he served,
on escort duty with a surveying party during the summer
of 1871, until December, 1871, when he accompanied the
second detachment of the regiment, by the way of San
Francisco and the Gulf of California, to Arizona, and ar
rived at Camp McDowell in February, 1872, where he had
station, with occasional tours of detached duty, until June.
He then entered upon a tour of field service, which con
tinued, with few interruptions, until February, 1875. He
participated in all the Apache campaigns of that period,
and was engaged in the brilliant action at Muchos Ca-
fions ; the affairs on the Santa Maria, Sycamore Creek, and
in the Red Rock country ; the actions (commanding) on
394 WALTER SCRIBNER SCHUYLER.
Pinto Creek, on Lost River, on the Black Mesa, on the
east branch of the Verde River, on Cave Creek, on Caiion
Creek, in the Superstition and Arivaipa Mountains, near
the Gila River, in the Mazatzal Mountains, on the west
side of the Four Peaks, in the Four Peaks, and near the
north peak of the Mazatzal Mountains. He superin
tended the removal of the Apache Yuma Indians from
Camp Date Creek to the Verde Reservation, in May, 1873,
and was in charge of the agency for several months. He
was among the most active, untiring, and successful of the
young officers who participated in the Apache campaigns
of 1872-75, and was twice nominated to the United States
Senate to be a brevet first lieutenant, to date from Sep
tember 25, 1872, for gallant conduct in the engagement at
Muchos Cafions ; a brevet captain, to date from June 26,
1873, for gallant conduct in the engagement on Lost River ;
a brevet major, to date from April 28, 1874, for gallantry
in the action at Salt River ; and a brevet lieutenant-col
onel, to date from May 14, 1874, for gallant conduct in the
engagement in the Red Rock country.
" He availed himself, in April, 1875, of a leave of absence, .
and visited Europe, and upon his return to the United
States rejoined at Fort Hays, Kan., in March, 1876, and
served as acting regimental adjutant until June ist, when
he was appointed an aide-de-camp for Brigadier-General
George Crook, and immediately proceeded to Fort Fetter-
man ; whence he made a daring march, with a few men,
across the country, which was infested with hostile Sioux,
.to Goose Creek, Wy., where he joined the general and
participated in the Big Horn and Yellowstone expedition,
and was engaged in the skirmishes at Slim Buttes, Dak.
He participated in the Powder River expedition during
the winter of 1876-77, and was engaged in the brilliant
action at Bates Creek (north branch of Powder River),
WALTER SCRIBNER SCHUYLER. 395
where he was distinguished for good judgment and con
spicuous gallantry. He served with the expedition against
the hostile Utes of Colorado during the march from Raw
lins, Wy., in October, 1879, to the relief of the besieged
troops on Milk Creek, Col, and participated in raising the
siege and action at that place on the 5th. He was on a
leave of absence from January, 1880, to January, 1882,
when he was relieved, at his own request, from duty as
an aide-de-camp for Brigadier-General George Crook, and
joined his company at Fort Sidney, Neb." '
At Sidney he remained, performing the routine duties
of garrison life, until April, 1883, when he changed sta
tion, marching with his troop, via Cheyenne and Fort
Laramie, to Fort McKinney, Wy. In July of that year he
was detailed as commander of an escort to conduct a party
of officers to and through the Yellowstone National Park.
Returning from this expedition, he was (September) de
tailed as Professor of Military Science and Tactics at Cor
nell University, Ithaca, N. Y.
He was married on December 20, 1883, to Miss Mary
Miller Gardiner, of Geneva, N. Y.
' Price's " Across the Continent ¦with the Fifth Cavalry."
GENEALOGICAL TABLE.
Descendants of Philip Schuyler (Second), in the Female Line,
IN PART.
As Philip Schuyler had only one child, this table begins
with the daughters of his son Nicholas. It is by no means
perfect, as I had not the leisure to prosecute my inquiries
to the extent necessary to make the work complete.
Nicholas Schuyler (3) had three daughters, to wit :
4. Elizabeth, m. Jochem Staats.
6. Ariantia, m. Killian Van Rensselaer.
8. Catharine, m. Johannes Jacob Lansing.
Jochem Staats, son of Barent, son of Jochem, son of Dr.
Abraham Staats, the emigrant of 1642. His grandfather,
Jochem, adhered to Jacob Leisler, and by him was com
missioned a captain. When Albany finally submitted to
Leisler, he was put in command of the fort.
The following genealogical table is copied from the
family records contained in an old Dutch Bible, now in
possession of one of the Staats families.
4. ELIZABETH SCHUYLER and Jochem Staats.
130. Barent, b. November 8, 1741.
m. Annatje Winne.
131. Nicholas, b. September 26, 1743.
m. Mallykin {Maria) Saulsbury.
132. Gerrit, b. January 27, 1745 ; d. y.
133. Elsie, b. October 6, 1747.
m. William Saulsbury,
THE STAATS FAMILY. 397
;
134. Neltie, b. February 17, 1750.
m. John Amory.
135. Gerrit, b. March 2, 1752.
m. Elizabeth Low.
136. Philip, b. July 26, 1755.
m. Annatje Van Alstyne,
137. Johannes, b. November i, 1756.
m. Jane Shauts.
138. Annatje, b. December 7, 1759 ; d. February 26, 1794, un
married.
130. BARENT STAATS and Annatje Winne.
¦ 139' Jochem, b. April 27, 1769.
140. David, b. September 19, 1771.
141. Cathalyna, b. January II, 1774.
142. Gerritje, b. April 18, 1777.
143. Elizabeth, b. May 3, 1779.
13J- NICHOLAS STAATS (a colonel in the Revolutionary War) and
Mallykin (Maria) Saulsbury,
144. William, b. June 16, 1773.
145. Jochem, b. January 25, 1777 ; d. y.
146. Jochem, b. August 25, 1778.
134 NELTIE STAATS and John Amory,
147. Elizabeth, bp. June 28, 1772.
135- GERRIT STAATS and Elizabeth Low,
148. Cornelis, b. August i, 1780.
149. Maria, b. Febraary 22, 1781.
150. Elizabeth, b. April 26, 1782.
151. Samuel Provost, b. September 6, 1784.
13* PHILIP STAATS and Anruitje Van Alstyne.
152. Elizabeth Schuyler, b. March 14, 1789 ; d. unmarried, Sep
tember 13, 1851.
153. Abraham P., b. February 11, 1791.
m. Barthia Leggett,
154. Jochem P., b. May 7, 1793.
m. Catherine Brcese.
155. Barent P., b. September 25, 1796.
m. I, Maria Gourley,
m. 2, Maria Winne.
m. 3, Caroline Porter,
156. Peter, b. May 8, 1800 ; d. y.
157. Peter P., b. January 20, 1803.
m. Hetty Piatt.
158. Philip P., b. May 23, 1807.
m. ¦ A Idrich,
398 THE STAATS FAMILY.
153. ABRAHAM P. STAATS and Barthia Leggett.
159. Philip, b. January 25, 1814.
160. Rachel, b. January 23, 1816.
161. Anna Maria, b. January 13, 1818.
m. John Van der Burgh,
162. John T., b. March 16, 1820.
m. and has three children.
163. Elizabeth, b. March 17, 1822 ; obt.
154. JOCHEM STAATS and Catherine Breese.
164. Elizabeth, b. April 9, 1818.
m. John Miller.
165. Catherine, b. October 30, 1821.
m. Peter Van Wie.
166. Anna Abeel, b. July i, 1824.
m. Barent Winne.
167. John, b. December 7, 1826.
m. Sarah Jessup.
168. Barthia, b. January 26, 1829.
169. Jochem, b. October 14, 1831.
m. Catherine Miller.
170. Philip, b. August 28, 1833.
m. Laura Sprague.
155. BARENT P. STAATS and Mari'a Gourly.
171. Helen, d. y.
172. Helen, m. Samuel Stokes, of Canada.
155. BARENT P. STAATS and Maria Winne,
173. John, d. y.
174. Anna, m. Peter Sickler.
157. PETER P. STAATS and Hetty Piatt.
175. Sarah Ann.
176. Elizabeth, m. Richard Dodge,
177. Charles Platt.
178. Philip.
179. Charles Dudley.
180. Bleecker.
181. Edward, d. y.
182. Mary.
183. Hetty, m. George Haywood,
184. Edward.
158. PHILIP P. STAATS and Aldrich.
185. Peter.
i86. Sarah Elizabeth.
187. Jochem.
188. William.
KILLIAN VAN RENSSELAER. 399,
The members of the Staats family are numerous and
widely dispersed. It is quite apparent that the preceding
table comprises only a small part of them. The time
necessary to make a perfect list I could not well afford.
Enough has been done to point the way to others, who
may have leisure and inclination to pursue the work. I
am indebted to Mrs. Hetty Platt Staats and her family for
the little accomplished, and I hold their courtesy in grate
ful remembrance. It was a surprise to us all to learn that
she and my wife were related to each other in the same
degree as her deceased husband and myself — on the one
side from Yankee blood, and on the other Dutch.
Killian Van Rensselaer, the husband of Ariantia,
Schuyler, was the youngest son of Hendrick, son of Jere
miah, son of Killian Van Rensselaer, the first patroon of
Rensselaerwyck. His mother was Catherina, daughter of
Johannes Pieterse Van Brugh and Catherina Roelofse,
daughter of Anneke Jans, the celebrated, whose mother,
Tryntje Jans, was among the earliest settlers of New Am
sterdam. The following table is taken from a Van Rensselaer
" chart made by my father, Robert S. Van Rensselaer, 1796
continued by his son Philip, Albany, N. Y., 1847." " Pre
sented to Walter Van Rensselaer, New Orleans."
Robert S. Van Rensselaer had spent several months in
Holland, where he had collected materials to form the
chart down to the American branch of the family. I may
have erred in the order of birth, as there were no numbers
on the chart to guide me.
6. ARIANTIA SCHUYLER and Killian Van Rensselaer.
189. Hendrick, m. i, September 19, 1764, Alida Bratt.
m. 2, Nancy G. Simmons.
igo. Philip, m. February 15, 1768, Maria Sanders.
191. Catherine, m. William H. Ludlow, d. s. p.
192. Nicholas, m. Elsie Van Buren.
400 VAN RENSSELAER FAMILY.
193. Maria, m. Leonard Gansevoort.
194. Killian, m. Margarita Sanders.
195. Elsie, m. Abraham A. Lansing.
189. HENDRICK VAN RENSSELAER and Alida Bratt.
196. Killian, d. y.
197. Henry, d. y.
198. Catherine, m. Cornelius Schermerhorn.
/ 199. Solomon, m. Arietta Van Rensselaer.
200. Philip, m. i, Anne Marselius.
m. 2, Scobry.
201. John, m. Maria Lansing.
202. Nicholas, m. Nancy Ten Eyck.
189. HENDRICK VAN RENSSELAER and Nancy G. Simmons.
203. David, in. Lydia Carter.
204. Killian, m. Martha Ross.
205. Martha, d. y.
206. Henry, m. Cornelia Van Alstyne.
207. Stephen, m. Bonnell.
190. PHILIP VAN RENSSELAER and Maria Sanders,
208. Elizabeth, m. Peter E. Elmendorf.
209. Robert S., m. Catherine N^icholas Bogart.
210. Arietta, m. Solomon Van Rensselaer.
211. Peter S., m. Sally Hand,
212. Killian, d. y.
213. Philip P., m. Catherine Lansing.
214. Maria M., m. Jacob S. Glen.
215. Schuyler, m. Rebecca McCartey.
216. Sanders, m. Abby McCartey.
192. NICHOLAS VAN RENSSELAER and Elsie Van Buren,
217. Killian, m. i, Catherine Whitbeck.
m. 2, Jane Bogart.
218. Magdalena, m. Peter Buckman.
219. Arietta, m. Abraham Whitbeck,
220. Cornelius, m. i, Eveline Gansevoort.
m. 2, Maria Genet.
194. KILLIAN VAN RENSSELAER and Margarita Sanders,
221. John S., m. Anna Duncan,
222. William, d. s. p.
223. Deborah, d. y.
224. Richard, m. I, Elizabeth Van Rensselaer.
m. 2, Matilda Van Rensselaer.
225. Bernard, m. I, Elizabeth Hun.
m. 2, , d. s. p.
VAN RENSSELAER FAMILY. 401
193. MARIA VAN RENSSELAER and Leonard Gansevoort.
226. Maria, m. Abraham Hun.
227. Ariantia.
228. Catherine.
229. Elizabeth, m. T. Ross.
230. Johannes.
231. Rachel.
232. Eveline, m. Jacob H, Ten Eyck.
233. Ann.
234. Elsie, d. y.
235. Rensselaer, d. in Louisiana, 1839.
236. Elsie, m. R. M. Cuyler.
195. ELSIE VAN RENSSELAER and Abraham A. Lansing.
237. Abraham Douw, m. Christhia Voorhis.
238. Ariantia Schuyler, d. y.
239. Ariantia, d. y.
240. Catherine, m. February 13, 1804, Philip P. Van Rensselaer.
241. Ariantia, m. 1801, Herman Knickerbacker.
242. Killian V. R., d. y.
243. Magdalena, d. y.
244. Magdalena, d. y.
245. Gerrit, d. y.
246. Killian V. R., m. Amanda Carter, d. December 18, 1874, aged
80 years.
246. KILLIAN V. R. LANSING and Amanda Carter,
247. Elsie.
248. Lydia Carter.
249. Abraham A., m. Cornelia Schoon?naker,
250. Killian V. R., Jr.
251. Eveline Olivia.
252. Arietta Amanda'
199. SOLOMON VAN RENSSELAER and Arietta Van Rensselaer.
253. Adeline.
254. Elizabeth, m. Richard Van Rensselaer (224).
255. Rensselaer, m. Mary G. Foreman.
256. Matilda, m. Richard Van Rensselaer (224J.
257. Margarita
258. Harriet Maria, m. Peter Elmendorf.
259. Catherine Visscher, m. Bonney.
201. JOHN VAN RENSSELAER and Maria Lansing.
260. John.
261. Henry. 1 Nos. 226 to 252 are taken from the Lan.sing family Bible.
Vol. IL— 26
402 THE VAN RENSSELAER FAMILY.
262. Stephen.
263. Killian, d. y.
264. Mary Anne.
265. Cornelia, m. Thum, of Philadelphia, Pa.
202. NICHOLAS VAN RENSSELAER and Nancy Ten Broeck.
266. Nicholas.
203. DAVID VAN RENSSELAER and Lydia Carter,
267. Henry, m. Elizabeth Scudder,
268. Martha
269. Lydia.
270. David C.
271. Agnes Gertrude.
204. KILLIAN VAN RENSSELAER and Martha Ross.
272. Edward A.
207. STEPHEN VAN RENSSELAER and Bonnell.
273. Eugene.
209. ROBERT S. VAN RENSSELAER and Catherine N. Bogart.^
213. PHILIP P. VAN RENSSELAER and Catherine Lansing.
274. Maria, m. David Woodhouse.
275. Abraham L., m. Clarissa Caswell.
276. Elsie L., m. Timothy G. Abrahams.
277. Arietta, m. Robert Holmes.
215. SCHUYLER VAN RENSSELAER and Rebecca McCartey,
278. Sara Maria, m. John W. Wickham.
279. Sanders, m, Melissa Haywood,
280. Elizabeth.
216. SANDERS VAN RENSSELAER and Abby McCartey,
281. Sarah, m. John W. Wickham,
282. Fayette.
283. Rebecca.
284. Cecilia Anne.
285. Maria Matilda.
286. Arietta.
220. CORNELIUS VAN RENSSELAER and Eveline Gansevoort,
287. Cornelia Clinton, d. y.
288. Cornelia.
221. JOHN S. VAN RENSSELAER and Anna Duncan,
289. Maunsell, m. Sarah Anne Taylor.
1 As Catherine Bogart was a granddaughter of Harmanus Schuyler (10), I have placed
this family among his descendants.
HENDRICK VAN RENSSELAER., 403.
290. Margaret, m. Joseph Russell,
291. Charles, d. s. p.
292. Ann Eliza, m. Alex. H, Hough.
293. Lydia Beekman.
294. Arietta Letitia, m. Leonard Kip.
295. Catherine Beekman, m. , .
296. Louisa.
224. RICHARD VAN RENSSELAER and Elizabeth Van Rensselaer,
297. Maria Elizabeth, d. unmarried.
255. RENSSELAER VAN RENSSELAER and Mary G, Foreman,
298. Solomon.
267. HENRY VAN RENSSELAER and Elizabeth Scudder,
299. Delia Gertrude.
300. Ellen Eliza.
275. ABRAHAM L. VAN RENSSELAER and Clarissa Caswell.
301. Philip P.
302. Catharine A.
279. SANDERS VAN RENSSELAER and Melissa Haywood.
303. Gertrude Glen.
W. L. Stone, in "-Burgoyne's Campaign," says of. the
Van Rensselaers, that " they consisted of eighteen males
in 1776. During the war every adult, except two old men,
and all minors, except four boys, bore arms at one or
more battles during the Revolutionary struggle." Of the
eighteen males, sixteen belonged to Hendrick's branch ;
and of these, five were of Killian's (6) family.
Hendrick Van Rensselaer (189) was a colonel in the
Revolutionary army. He and Colonel Long were directed
by General Schuyler to hold the enemy in check at Fort
Anne until the cannon and armament of Fort George could
be removed to a place of safety. The English, under Colo
nel Hill, were in pursuit of the patriots from Lake Cham
plain up Wood Creek, and on their approach to Fort Anne
Van Rensselaer and Long sallied from the fort, on the
morning of July 8, 1777, and attacked them so vigorously
that they were obliged to retire to a stronger position on
404 SOLOMON VAN RENSSELAER.
a hill. Here they were again attacked with such impetu
osity that, had it not been for the timely arrival of succor.
Hill must have surrendered or retreated in confusion.
The English had had enough, and in the following night
retreated, leaving their wounded on the field. Colonel
Van Rensselaer was so severely wounded that he was
obliged to retire from the service. After his deatii the
ball, which he had carried for more than thirty-five years,
was extracted from his thigh-bone.
Philip Van Rensselaer (190) was engaged in the com
missary department, where he rendered efficient service.
Nicholas Van Rensselaer also held the grade of colo
nel, and was in the decisive battles on the heights of Still,
water. After the surrender of Burgoyne, he was de
spatched by General Gates to convey the intelligence to
Albany. Killian Van Rensselaer (194) was one of the minors
referred to by Mr. Stone. After the war he studied law,
and became a prominent man in the profession. He was
elected to Congress five successive terms, and was an effi
cient member.
Solomon Van Rensselaer (199) is an historical character.
As a captain of cavalry he participated in the battle with
the Indians on the Maumee River, in 1794, and was shot
through the lungs. He recovered from the wound, and
in 1812 he accompanied General Stephen Van Rensselaer
to the northern frontier. At the battle of Queenstown he
received six wounds, and was disabled. His recovery was
slow, but he regained his health, and rendered other im
portant services to his country.
Nicholas Schuyler's third daughter, Catherine, was
not married when her father made his will. It was a long
time before I could trace her. In Pearson's " First Set
tlers of Albany," I found that John Jacob Lansing married
CATHERINE SCHUYLER. 405
a Cathalyna Schuyler (about 1747), and that a Rev. Nicho
las Lansing died at Tappan, September 26, 1835, aged
eighty-seven years. I acted on this clue, although I was
by no means certain that Cathalyna was Nicholas Schuy
ler's daughter Catherine. After inquiries among various
Lansing families of Albany, who knew nothing of John
Jacob, I chanced to inquire of an English gentleman re
siding at Yonkers, whether he could give me the address
of anyone at Tappan ? He gave me the name of an ac
quaintance living at Closter, an adjoining town. I wrote
to him, and received in reply that he had heard Dominie
Lansing preach in Dutch, but knew nothing of his family.
He referred me, however, to Lansing Zabriskie, Esq., of
Jersey City, who might solve my questions.
In reply to my letter, Mr. Zabriskie wrote : " Nicholas
Schuyler had three daughters, one of whom, Catherine,
married John Jacob Lansing ; " and then gave the names
of their children, and whom they married. As to Elsie
Lansing, who married Dickinson, and had several
children, he "believed them all to be dead." Subsequently
I learned that there was a lawyer by the name of Dickin
son living at Nyack, near Tappan, who informed me that
the Dickinsons were not " all dead."
From these two gentlemen I have received the following
names of descendants of Catherine Schuyler :
8. CATHERINE SCHUYLER and Johannes Jacob Lansing,
304. NicoLAAS, bp. September 11, 1748.
m. Dickinson, d. o. p.
305. Lena, bp. November 4, 1750.
m. I, John Zabriskie.
m. 2, Abraham Oothout,
306. Jacob, bp. August 12, 1753.
m. and had a daughter, who died unmarried.
307. Philip, bp. November 28, 1756.
308. Elsie, bp. July 15, 1759.
m. Charles Dickinson, brother of Nicolaas' (304) wife.
4o6 JOHN JACOB LANSING.
305. LENA LANSING and John Zabriskie.
309. Sarah, m. Abraham Van Duscn , descendants live at Adrian,
Mich.
310. Catherine Schuyler, m. Walter Van Vechten; had one
daughter, and resided at Brooklyn, N. Y.
311. John L., m. Sarah Bancd..
305. LENA LANSING and Abraham Oothout.
312. Lansing ; residence, Schenectady, N. Y.
311. JOHN L. ZABRISKIE and Sarah Banch.
313. John B.
314. Abraham O.
315. Mary A.
316. Catherine Schuyler, m. Henry Starr, Brooklyn, N. Y.
314. ABRAHAM O. ZABRISKIE and .
317. Lansing.
308. ELSIE LANSING and Cliarles Dickinson.
318. Charles, d. s. p.
319. Catherine, d. s. p.
320. John, d. a. p.
321. Dorcas, m. Rev. Joshua Boyd ; had one child, d. y.
322. Cornelia, d. ». p.
323. Cornelius, m. .
324. Jacob, m. ; had one son, d. unmarried.
323. CORNELIUS DICKINSON and .
325. William, m. ; has a large family.
326. Dorcas, m. John C, Gale ; has several children.
327. Robert, m. ; has two children.
328. Sophia, m. ; has two children.
329. Marcen A M. , m. ; has eight children.
330. Charles, d. s. p.
331. John Jacob, d. a. p.
332. Ann Eliza, m. William Depue ; has two children.
333. Cornelia R., m. William S. Kelly ; has four daughters.
John Jacob Lansing was a son of Jacob, son of Gerrit,
Jr., son of Gerrit Lansing, an early emigrant to New Neth
erland from Hasselt, in Overyssel, who died in Albany
before October 3, 1679. John Jacob resided on the west
side of Broadway, near Maiden Lane, Albany, and was a
merchant. He had been twice married, and was twice a
widower, before he married Catherine Schuyler. Mr.
ROBERT S. VAN RENSSELAER. 407
Dickinson sent me a photograph of Lansing from his por
trait, painted when he was nearly ninety years old. He
sits with his arm resting on a table, dressed in black, with
a cocked hat and knee-breeches. The traditionary pipe
and snuff-box are absent. Lansing died at the age of
ninety-two years, on April 19, 1808.
Abraham O. Zabriskie (320) was lately Chancellor of
New Jersey.
Harmanus Schuyler (10) had two daughters, Elsie and
Maria.14. ELSIE SCHUYLER, m. June 5, 1773, Dr, Nicholas N, Bogart, of
New York, d. September 26, 1783.
334. Catherine Nicholas, b. April 16, 1784.
m. October, 1801, Robert S, Van Rens
selaer,
334. CATHERINE N. BOGART and Robert S. Van Rensselaer.
335. Philip, m. Harriet Morehouse.
336. James, d. s. p.
337. Nicholas, m. Catherine Ten Broeck.
338. ScHtTYLER, ra. I, Cornelia Schuyler.
m. 2, Maria Wareing.
339. Christina, m. James H. Osbom.
340. Walter, m. Emetine L. Gladding,
341. John Cortlandt, d. y.
342. Angelica, d. unmar,ried.
343. Harriet Maria, m. Putman,
335. PHILIP VAN RENSSELAER and Harriet Morehotise.
344. James.
345. Peter Sanders.
346. John Bogart.
338. Schuyler Van Rensselaer's children are among the
descendants of John H. Schuyler.
339. CHRISTINA VAN RENSSELAER and James H. Osborn.
347. Catherine, m. William N. S. Sanders.
348. Elizabeth, m. Dr. Charles A. Devendorf.
349. Augusta, m. Archibald Thompson, d. s. p.
340. WALTER VAN RENSSELAER and Emetine L. Gladding.
350. Robert Allan.
408 JAMES VAN RENSSELAER.
351. Emeline Matilda.
352. Schuyler G.
347. CATHERINE OSBORN and W. N. S. Sanders.
353. Harry Osborn.
354. Francis Nicoll.
348. ELIZABETH OSBORN and C. A. Devendorf.
355. Frederick.
356. Elizabeth V. R.
357. Walter.
I have been unable to trace the pedigree of Dr. Nicho
las Bogart, the first husband of Elsie Schuyler (14). Her
second husband. Major James Van Rensselaer, was the
son of Johannes, the son of Hendrick, the son of Jeremiah,
the son of Killian Van Rensselaer, the first patroon. He
was an officer in the Revolutionary War, and served with
out pay. He was on the staff of General Montgomery, and
was near him when he fell, mortally wounded, before the
walls of Quebec. His mother was a granddaughter of
Colonel Peter Schuyler.
14. ELSIE SCHUYLER, widow of Dr, Nicholas N. Bogart, m. June 3,
1789, James l''an Rensselaer.
358. Philip Schuyler, b. April 18, 1790, d. y.
359. Christina Schuyler, b. August 10, 1791, d. unmarried.
360. Margaret Schuyler, b. June 21, 1793, d. y.
^361. Cornelia Maria, b. November 17, 1794, d. y.
362. Harmanus Schuyler, b. July 30, 1796, d. y.
363. Philip Schuyler, b. November 28, 1797.
m. Henrietta A. Schuyler.
364. Harmanus Nicholas Schuyler, b. August 24, 1799, d. y.
365. James, b. June 14, 1801, d. s. p.
363. The children of Philip S. Van Rensselaer are
placed with the descendants of John H. Schuyler.
19. MARIA SCHUYLER m. i, David Van Rensselaer, d. s. p.
m. 2, Nicholas Ten Broeck, by whom
366. Maria Hoffman, b. April 27, 1801.
m. Peter Quidor Schuyler.
367. Harmanus Schuyler, b. February 25, 1804, d. y.
THE SCHUYLER FAMILY. 409
368. John Jeremiah, b. August 8, 1806.
m. Helen Ten Broeck.
369. David V. R., b. February 25, 1808.
m. Jane Douw.
370. Christina Jane, b. Februarys, 1809, d. January 11, 1831.
m. Dr. Knickerbocker.
371. Ann Catherine, d. y.
366. .Maria H. and P. Q. Schuyler's children are among
the descendants of John H. Schuyler.
Nos. 368 and 369 were married and had children, but I
have been unable to procure their names. The posterity
of Maria Schuyler (19) is not numerous. Her first husband,
David Van Rensselaer, was a son of Hendrick, son of Hen
drick, son of Jeremiah, son of Killian Van Rensselaer, the
first patroon. Her second husband, Nicholas Ten Broeck,
was a son of John, son of Johannes, son of Dirck Wesselse
Ten Broeck.
John H. Schuyler (16) had three daughters, the eldest
of whom, Henrietta Anne (26), alone has living descend
ants.
26. HENRIETTA A. SCHUYLER and Philip S. Van Rensselaer.
372. Mary Elizabeth, b. March 2, 1828, d. November 9, 1877.
m. July 27, 1850, Samuel H. Gardiner, d.
December 25, 1864.
373. James C, b. June 9, 1831, d. s. p. September 25, 1882.
m. August 7, 1866, Anna Jenkins.
374. Gratz, b. April 17, 1834.
m. Kate Van Rensselaer.
375. Henrietta Anne, d. y.
372. MARY E. VAN RENSSELAER and Samuel H. Gardiner.
376. Henrietta Schuyler, b. September, 29, 1852.
377. Mary Miller, b. November 9, 1854.
m. December 20, 1883, Walter S, Schuyler (84).
378. Fanny Foy, b. August 5, 1859.
374. GRATZ VAN RENSSELAER and Kate Van Rensselaer.
379. Elizabeth Rutgers, b. June 30, 1857.
m. George Hull.
380. Cortlandt Schuyler, b. November 22, 1859.
410 THE SCHUYLER FAMILY.
381. John, b. April 4, 1862.
382. Margaret, b. December 26, 1865.
383. Philip Schuyler, b. October 19, 1870, d. 1885.
39. MARY SCHUYLER and Abraham Van Home.
384. Nicholas Harmanus, b. June 21, 1841, d. s. p. February 13,
1863, in the Union army. War of the Rebellion.
385. Phebe Jane, d. s. p. August 18, 1863.
386. Eleanor Augusta, b. April 22, 1846.
m. /. P. Baker.
387. John Schuyler, b. April, 1849.
388. Sarah M., b. 1852.
m. September 27, 1874, B. A. Roun,
389. Rachel C, b. November 28, 1855.
m. M, F, Paine,
390. Alice E., b. January 28, 1859.
386. ELEANOR A. VAN HORNE and /. P. Baker.
391. Nicholas Harmanus, b. December 16, 1871.
389. RACHEL C. VAN HORNE and M. F. Paine.
392. Edwin L., b. April 2, 1872.
393. Jennie M., b. June 16, 1874.
47. CHEERY ANN SCHUYLER and E. E. Southwell.
394. Ella R., b. November 22, 1852.
m. February 19, 1878, Edwin R, Young,
395. Schuyler E., b. August 13, 1854.
396. George A., b. May 7, 1858.
397. Captola Elizabeth, b. September 17, i860.
398. Merlin Derby, b. August 9, 1867.
399. Ambrose Nicholas, b. January 21, 1870.
400. Burt Frank, b. April 4, 1872.
51. HENRIETTA SCHUYLER and Abel Burritt,
401. ¦William, b. April 13, 1836.
402. George H., b. April 24, 1838.
403. Susan Cornelia, b. December 13, 1843.
52 CORNELIA SCHUYLER and Schuyler Van Rensselaer,
404. Walter A., b. November 24, 1836.
m. Jennie Vati Hovenburgh.
405. Schuyler, b. February 22, 1839, d. s. p. 1858.
406. John, d. y.
407. Fanny, b. March 19, 1841, d. s. p. 1863.
408. Cornelia, d. y.
53. JANE '~,a:mYJJE.'^ oxiA Robert Shackelton.
409. George Eugene, b, December 24, 1853.
THE SCHUYLER FAMILY. 41I
54. SUSAN SCHUYLER and Grant Wheeler.
410. Philip, b. November 19, 1845,
m. Mary E. Stewart.
411. Mary Ellen, b. November 6, 1847.
412. Amy Ann, b. December 4, 1849.
m. Philip Barton.
413. William A., b. June 25, 1853.
414. Schuyler V. R., b. June 19, 1855.
415. Hiram A., b. September 29, 1857.
416. George W., b. March 7, i860, d. y.
417. Linda H., b. September 3, 1861.
418. Frederick W., b. June 13, 1867, d. y.
57. JULIA SCHUYLER and ,£'a?'/ XM^nj.
419. Clarence, b. April 7, 1853.
420. Ella, b. 1856.
410. PHILIP WHEELER and Mary E. Stewart.
421. Louis A.
422. Fort.
423. Mary Matilda
424. An infant, not named.
60. CATHARINE SCHUYLER and /. W. Marselis,
425. Esther .Ann, b. February 10, 1846.
m. I, July 4, 1868, Henry Delline,
m. 2, Januarys, 1870, Thomas Arnold.
426. Judson, b. June 17, 1848.
427. Frances, b. June 9, 1850.
m. Joseph Beers,
428. Louisa, b. November i, 1853.
429. John Schuyler, b. February 14, 1859.
430. George E., b. 1862.
431. Victor C, b. October 16, 1867.
425. ESTHER ANN MARSELIS and Henry Delline,
432. Mary, b. May 18, 1869.
425. ESTHER ANN MARSELIS and Thomas Arnold,
433. Jacob A.
65. ANNE H. SCHUYLER and George W. Bodle,
435. Edwin S., b. May 26, 1876.
66. ANN ELIZA SCHUYLER and Edward Stoddard.
436. Herman G., b. July 6, 1848.
437. Ada M., b. February 23, 185 1.
438. Albert R., b. December 21, 1852, d. y.
439. Schuyler E., b. March 22, 1865.
412 THE SCHUYLER FAMILY.
71. KATE W. SCHUYLER and William A. Church.
440. Edith Schuyler, b. January 31, 1879.
73. SUSAN M. SCHUYLER and Marcus Lyon.
441. Lucy, b. July 9, 1858.
m. December 29, 1883, Walter Kerr.
442. Laura, b. October 28, 1865.
443. Philip Schuyler, b. September 30, 1867.
444. Mary, b. September 7, 1870.
445. Newell, b. September 20, 1874.
78. SARAH SCHUYLER and W. H. Lawrence.
446. Schuyler, b. February 13, 1864.
447. Howard, b. July 6, 1868.
448. Cortlandt, b. August 3, 1870.
82. MARTHA SCHUYLER and Chauncy L. Grant, Jr.
449. Schuyler, b. August 22, 1865.
450. Louis Bedell, b. May 24, 1867.
451. A Son, not named, b. February 5, 1869.
452. Maurice Viele, b. March 22, 1870, d. June 23, 1872.
453. Charles Schaeffer, b. July 6, 1872'.
454, Edward Hargin, b. April 11, 1875.
455. Walter Schuyler, b. January 24, 1878.
456. Eugene Schuyler, b. November 28, 1884.
83. EVELYN SCHUYLER and Charles A. Schaeffer.
457. Elizabeth Ashmead, b. February i, 1872.
458. Eugene Schuyler, b. February 5, 1876, d. June 22, 1879.
459. George Schuyler, b. July 8, 1878.
460. Gertrude King, b. December 27, 1882.
Samuel H. Gardiner, who married Mary E. Van Rens
selaer (372), was the son of Jeremiah W., son of Jere
miah, son of Jeremiah, son of J^ion, son of Lion, son of
David, son of Lion Gardiner, the first English proprietor
of Gardiner's Island.
Marcus Lyon, who married Susan M. Schuyler (73),
graduated at Yale College in 1852, has practised law, and
is now county judge of Tompkins County, N. Y.
Charles A. Schaeffer, who married Evelyn Schuyler (83),
is the son of the Rev. Charles W. Schaeffer, D.D., of Phil
adelphia. He graduated at Union College, studied in Eu
rope, and is professor of chemistry in Cornell University.
APPENDICES.
A. The Bible Records of Nicholas Schuyler, and of Harmanus
Schuyler. B. A Family Register from a Dutch Bible.
C. The Scribner Family.
D. David Schuyler's Genealogy.
E. The Mohawk Valley Schuylers.
F. Rev. Johannes Schuyler.
G. The Philadelphia Schuylers.
H. Other Schuylers;^
A.
NICHOLAS Schuyler's bible records, translated from
THE dutch.
17 12 On the 4th of May my mother, Elizabeth Schuyler,
went to bed sick, and on the 13th of the same month
fell asleep in the I^ord. She was buried on the i6th
in the church at Schenectady.
1689 April 21. My wife Elsie Wendell was born in Al
bany.
1691 Sept. 18, I, Nicholas Schuyler was born in New
York.
1714 Dec. 2. I, Nicholas Schuyler entered in the state
of matrimony with Elsie Wendell — married in Al
bany by Petrus Van Driessen, preacher at Albany (i).
414 BIBLE RECORDS.
1715 Sunday, Sept. 4. My daughter Ehzabeth was born
in Alban)-, baptized by Dom. Van Driessen on the
i8th ditto. Her godfather was father Philip Schuy
ler, and lier godmother Margarita Livingston (2).
1717 Saturday, Oct. 26. My son Philip was'born in Al
bany, baptized by Dom. Van Driessen on the 27th.
His godfather Harmanus Wendell, his godmother
Ariantie Wendell.
1720 Sunday, March 6. My daughter Ariantie was born at
Schenectady, baptized on the same day by Thomas
Brouwer. Her godfather my father, and her god
mother my mother Catharine.
1722 Saturday, Jan. 27, liiy son Harmanus was born at
Schenectady, baptized on the 28th by Thomas Brouw
er. His godfather brother Johannes Symonsen, his
godmother Sister Hester Beekman (3).
1723 Tuesday, AugtT 11. My daughter Cathrina was born
at Schenectady, baptized the same day by Thomas
Brouwer. Her godfather Jacobus Van Dyck, and
godmother Hester Groot (4).
1725 Thursday, Augt. 18. Was born a daughter, who
died in a short time, and was buried on the 19th at
Schenectady.
1727 Sunday, April 2, my second Harmanus was born at
Schenectady, baptized on the 3** by Thomas Brouwer.
His godfather my uncle John Collins, and his god
mother m}' Aunt Margrita Collins.
1733 Saturday, Feb. 3. My son Johannes vvas born at
Schenectady, baptized the 4th by Reinhart Ericksen.
Plis godfather Johannes Wendell, his godmother
Ariantie Wendell.
1724 May 24. My father Philip Schuyler fell asleep in
the Lord, and was buried in Schenectady.
BIBLE RECORDS. 41S
1722 Sept. 27. My son Harmanus fell asleep in the Lord,
and was buried at Schenectady;
1739 April 29. My son Philip Schuyler went to bed ill,
at Oswego, N. Y., and died the same day. He was
buried May i, age, 21 yrs. 6 inos. 3 dys.
His Epitaph.
Take notice all who here pass by.
As you are now, so once was I,
But now I am as you must be.
Prepare yourselves to follow me.
1744 Sunday, Apl. 8. Between 9 and 10 o'clock my wife
fell asleep in the Lord after one day's illness.
records of harmanus SCHUYLER.
1748 July 3. Father Nicholas Schuyler went to rest in
the Lord at the age of 57 years.
175s Oct. 28. My brother Johannes Schuyler went to the
Lord, and was buried on the 31. at the age of 22
years.
1756 Apl. 5. Father Samuel Ten Broeck died, and was
buried on the 7th.
1771 July 31. Mother Ten Broeck died in Claverack, at
the age of 82 years.
1729 Nov. 19. My wife Chrijstina Ten Broeck was born
at Claverack, according to the records of her father,
baptized at Albany by Peter Van Drissen. Her god
father Johannes Ten Broeck, her godmother her
aunt Gertrude Schuyler.
1754 Sept. 4. I, Harmanus Schuyler, entered the state of
matrimony with Chrijstina Ten Broeck, married at
Claverack by Doniine Vrelenhuyse of Albany (5).
4l6 BIBLE RECORDS.
1755 June 13. Sunday. My son Nicholas was born in
Albany, baptized on the 22d. His godfather my
brother Johannes Schuyler, his godmother my sister
Elizabeth Staats. Baptized by Dom. Vrelenhuyse.
1757 Thursday, Nov. 17. My second son Samuel was
born, baptized on the Lord's day, the 20. by Dom.
Vrelenhuyse. His godmother his grandmother
Maria Ten Broeck, for godfather his uncle Dirck
Ten Broeck.
1760 Tuesday, Feb. 5. My daughter Elsie was born at
2 o'clock in the morning at Albany. Baptized on the
9th of March by Dominie Fremont of Claverack.
Her godfather John A. Lansing, her godmother my
sister Catrina (6).
1761 Nov. 29, about 3 o'clock in the afternoon my third
son Dirck was born in Albany, baptized on the 6th
Dec. by Dom. Westerlo. His godfather his uncle
Killian Van Rensselaer, his godmother his aunt Ari
antie Van Rensselaer (7).
1763 Saturday, July 30. My fourth son John was born in
Albany, baptized the 7th day of August, by Dom.
Westerlo. His godfather Jochem Staats, his god
mother Elizabeth Richards (8).
1766 Saturday, Feb. i. My second daughter Maria was
born in Albany, baptized by Domine Westerlo. Her
godfather Hendrich Van Dyck, her godmother Mar
greta Van Dyck (9).
1767 Oct. 18. My daughter Maria fell asleep in the
Lord.
1767 Saturday, Dec. 12, my fifth son Philip was born in
Albany, baptized by Dom. Westerlo. His godfather
Vuckert P. Douw, his godmother Anna Douw.
BIBLE RECORDS. 417
1769 Tuesday, April 25, my third daughter Maria was
born. Her godfather Hendrich Van Dyck, her god
mother Margreta Van Dyck.
1769 Augt. 25. My son Philip fell asleep in the Lord.
1771 Augt. 21. My sixth son Philip was born on Wednes
day. His godfather Col. Philip Schuyler, his god
mother Mrs. Catherine Schuyler (10).
1782 Augt. 13. My son Nicholas Schuyler was married
to Shinah Simons in Lancaster, Pa., by Rev. Mr.
Muhlenburgh. Her age 20 years and six months.
1783 June 15. M)'' daughter Elsie was married to Nich
olas N. Bogart of New York, in Stillwater by Mr.
Dempster.
1783 Sep. 26. Died, Nicholas N. Bogart, aged 22 years
6 months and 22 days.
1784 April 16. Was born my grand child Nicholas Cathe
rine Bogart on Friday 2 o'clock — christened by Mr.
James Dempster ist June. His godfather Nicholas
Schuyler, his godmother Shinah Schuyler.
1786 June 6. My son John Schuyler was married to Hen
drika Fort at Half Moon by Domine De Ronde. She
is 25 years of age (ii).
1787 March 7. My grandson Harmanus was born at 5
o'clock in the afternoon. Baptized by Dom. De
Ronde at Whitsuntide. Godfather and mother, my
self and wife Christina.
1789 June 26. My eldest daughter Mrs. Elsie Bogart was
married to James Van Rensselaer.
1793 Nov. 22. My daughter Maria was married to David
Van Rensselaer of Schaghticoke, at Stillwater by
Domine De Ronde.
Vol. XL— 27
41 8 BIBLE RECORDS.
The following records in the same Bible are in English,
and made by different hands ¦,
1796 Sep. I. Died my father Harmanus Schuyler, aged 69
years four months and 19 days.
1811 June. Died Derick Schuyler, son of Harmanus and
Christina Schuyler, at Ballston, N.Y., in his 49th year.
1812 March 25. Died at Claverack, Maria Ten Broeck,
daughter of Harmanus and Christina Schuyler, aged
42 years and 1 1 months.
1824 November. Died, Nicholas, son of Harmanus and
Christina Schuyler, at Albany in his 70th year.
1832 January. Died, Samuel, son of Harmanus and Chris
tina Schuyler, at Albany aged 73 years.
1838 — . Died at Albany Elsie Van Rensselaer,
daughter of Harmanus and Christina Schuyler, in
her 78th year.
1846 Augt. 18. Died in Ithaca, N. Y., John H. Schuyler,
son of Harmanus and Christina Schuyler, aged 83
years and 19 days.
In an unfamiliar handwriting, alone by itself, stands the
following :
Ira Dimick was born July 18. 1806.
Deborah Palmer (Schuyler) Dimick was born Apl. 8.
1808. Philip Schuyler Dimick, born June 15. 183 1.
Susan Ann Dimick, born Oct. 11. 1835.
On the cover of the Bible is a note in Dutch, giving the
text of a sermon preached by '' Mister Condit, Jan. 2. 1739,
First Corinthians 15-4."
Also, "the month of June 1775 was the hottest of the
year ; as was also June 1793."
PETRUS VAN DRIESSEN. 419
Notes on the Bible Records of Nicholas and Har
manus Schuyler.
I. Rev. Petrus Van Driessen succeeded Dominie Lydius
in the church at Albany, and, like his predecessors, gave
more or less instruction to the Mohawk Indians. He
soon became convinced that, if anything effectual was to
be accomplished among them, they must have a church
building of their own and a rhore steady ministry. He ob
tained leave to build a church, but did not for the time
succeed in securing funds for its erection.
The church in Albany, built in 1656 of wood, had be
come too small for its requirements, and was much out of
repair. It was determined to build a new one of brick on
the site of the old, in State Street, at the intersection of
Broadway. This was completed in 17 15. The dominie
records in the baptismal books, in October of that year,
that his son Hendrick " was the first child baptised in the
new church."
2. Margarita Livingston was the eldest daughter of
Colonel Peter Schuyler, and the wife of Robert Living
ston, Jr.
3. Johannes Symonsen (Veeder) married Susanna Wen
dell, and Johannes Beekman married Hester Wendell,
sisters of Elsie, wife of Nicholas Schuyler, hence the
terms brother and sister.
4. Jacobus Van Dyck was a grandson of Hendrick Van
Dyck, attorney-general of New Netherlands, and a nephew
of Nicholas Schuyler's mother. He was a physician in
practice at Schenectady.
5. The name of Theodorus Frelinghuysen, pastor of
the Dutch Church of Albany, is not correctly spelled in
the record. He was the son of Rev. Theodorus Jacob
420 THEODORUS FRELINGHUYSEN.
Frelinghuysen, who came to this country in 1720 as a
missionary to the Dutch churches in Central New Jersey.
He was well educated, and had served the church in Em
den, Holland, two years before he was selected for his life-
work in New Jersey. His zeal and enthusiasm were in
exhaustible, and enabled him to surmount the difficulties
incident to a new country, among a people who had not
enjoyed the advantages of education and discipline. The
church organizations were dispersed through an extensive
territory, and the greater part of them were without a set
tled ministry. Mr. Frelinghuysen encountered much op
position, but, in spite of it, was successful in winning his
way to the hearts of the people, and gathered large num
bers into the churches to which he ministered.
He had five sons, all of whom embraced the profession
of their father. In some respects they had a remarkable
history. It was the rule and custom of the Dutch Church
in America, that all their ministers should be licensed in
Holland. This was a great mistake, and retarded the
growth of the denomination. In conformity with this
rule, t'wo of the brothers went to Holland for ordination.
On their return home, in 1753, they both died at sea. An
other, after completing his studies, found the church to
which he was called unwilling to bear the expense of
sending him to Holland, and they endeavored to have him
licensed at home. After a protracted correspondence
with the classis of Amsterdam, consent was obtained, but
it was three years before he was ordained. He died two
weeks afterward of the small-pox. A fourth brother vis
ited Holland, and was ordained by the classis of Amster
dam. He succeeded his father, who had died in 1747, as
pastor of the Raritan and other churches, in 1750, but died
four years after, away from home, while on a journey to
attend an ecclesiastical assembly. He was the grand-
THEODORE FRELINGHUYSEN. 42 1
father of the late Theodore Frelinghuysen, chancellor of
the University of the city of New York.
Theodore Frelinghuysen, eldest of the five brothers,
having obtained his license in Holland, was settled over
the church at Albany in 1745. He was a man of fine abili
ties, eloquent in the pulpit, popular in the community,
and of high moral character. He was greatly beloved
by his people, and had an unquestioned influence with
them ; not enough, however, to preserve the younger mem
bers of his flock from the worldly gayeties and follies in
troduced among the sober and sedate citizens by the
officers of an English regiment quartered among them.
Public balls were held, and an extemporized theatre was
organized, in which the young officers were the actors. In
spite of the good dominie's efforts in and out of the pul
pit, the young people were in raptures over these new
forms of amusement, and turned a deaf ear to his plead
ings and warnings. Some of them in the near future
had grave cause to regret that they had not heeded his
admonitions. One Monday morning Mr. Frelinghuysen found on his
door-step a pair of shoes, a crust of bread, a piece of
money, and a staff. He interpreted them as an allegori
cal message to him to leave the city. He had a peculiarly
sensitive nature, and the message, as he understood it,
produced a profound impression ; he brooded over it,
and at last resolved to leave his people for a time, until he
could recover self-control and his usual flow of spirits.
He determined on a voyage to the fatherland. But, while
seeking relief from his cares, he was not unmindful of the
interests of his beloved church on those western shores.
He advised with friends, and it was decided that while in
Holland he should make an effort to procure funds for
the establishment of a seminary of learning, in which can-
422 DOMINIE FREMONT. •
didates for the ministry could be educated without the
risk and exposure of two voyages across the ocean. He
sailed from New York in October, 1759, and this is the
last positively known of him. By some it was said that
he was lost at sea on his outward voyage ; by others, that
he reached Holland, transacted his business, and on his
return home wrote to his wife from London. But noth
ing more was heard of him, and his fate remains a mystery.
Among the deeds in the secretary's office, Albany, is
one signed by Theodore Frelinghouse, on October 16,
1757, conveying to Henry Van Schaick his whole estate,
real and personal ; particularly a farm of two hundred
acres, situate on the road between New Brunswick and
Trenton, " between the three-mile run and the six-mile
run ; " his share in a house in New Brunswick, and his half
share of a tract of land six miles square, lying between
the Schoharie and Cherry Valleys, for the consideration
of £3,°'^o.
On October 21, 1757, Elizabeth and Theodorus Freling
house, " minister of God's Word," in consideration of
_^7,ooo, conveyed to Philip Johnse Schuyler (the future
major-general) all their estate, particularly the estate
" which the said Elizabeth had received from her grand
parents. Captain Lancaster Syms and Catherine, his wife,
from her uncles and aunts, and from her brother." The
next day, for the like consideration, Philip Johnse Schuy
ler deeded the same property to Rev. Theodorus Freling
house. 6. Fremont is so spelled in the record, but in the Church
Manual it is "Fryemoe~t (Frymuth) Johannes Casparus."
In the record it is probable the spelling conformed to the
pronunciation. He was Swiss by birth, and he or his fam
ily may have subsequently changed the orthography and
made the name Fremont. Was he the ancestor of General
REV. EILARDUS WESTERLO. 423
John C. Fremont, who in 1856 was the Republican candi
date for President of the United States ?
7. Rev. Eilardus Westerlo was born and educated in
Holland. He was only recently licensed when he re
ceived a call from the church in Albany, then without a
pastor by the disappearance of Mr. Frelinghuysen. He
was only twenty-two years old, but by his character, abil
ity, and attainments gave promise of future usefulness and
influence. He possessed unusual prudence and tact for
one of his age, united with Christian meekness. He was
soon recognized as a power for good, not only in his
church, but in the community and the surrounding coun
try. His learning and abilities were admitted by ministers
of other denominations to be of a high order, and they
treated him with marked respect. His thirty years' min
istry covered the most trying and exciting period of
American history, beginning at the time when the contest
between England and France for the possession of the
continent was settled, extending through the stormy years
preceding the War of Independence, through the long war,
and after the peace during the years of strife and uncer
tainty, until the States were united by the Constitution of
1787 into a nation. He espoused the patriot cause, and
gave it his warmest support. He stood in line with his
countrymen and their descendants. He was no exception
to the rule that the Dutch were the uncompromising op
ponents of the English Government and the firm sup
porters of the revolution. Dominie Westerlo's fortunate
marriage with an estimable lady undoubtedly contributed
in no small degree to his influence and success as a pastor.
She was the daughter of Philip Livingston, one of the
signers of the Declaration of Independence, and the
widow of Patroon Van Rensselaer.
8. Jochem Staats was uncle by marriage of the child.
424 REV. LAMBURTUS DE RONDE.
and Elizabeth Richards was a sister of his grandmother.
She was a daughter of Hendrick Van Rensselaer and
Catharine Van Brugh.
9. Hendrick Van Dyck was a physician, whose father,
grandfather, and great-grandfather were also physicians,
and practised in Albany. He was in the fifth generation
from Hendrick Van Dyck, a iormer fiscal of New Nether
land. 10. Philip, sixth son of Harmanus Schuyler, was born
at Stillwater, to which place his father had removed from
Albany about a year before. Colonel Philip Schuyler, his
godfather, four years later was appointed a major-general
in the Revolutionary army. Mrs. Catherine Schuyler, the
colonel's wife, was daughter of John Van Rensselaer, of
Claverack, and a first cousin of the child's mother.
II. Rev. LamburtusDe Ronde was one of the ministers
of the Dutch Collegiate Church of New York. He was a
Whig in the Revolution, and when the British entered
New York, after the battle of Long Island, he retired to
Schaghticoke, where he resided through the war and until
his death, in 1795. Passing through Schaghticoke in the
summer of 1881, I called on Mr. Knickerbacker at the old
homestead of the Knickerbackers, and was courteously
shown through the private cemetery of his family. Among
the costly and handsome monuments erected to the mem
ory of various members of the family for several genera
tions was one over the remains of Mr. De Ronde. In a
few words Mr. Knickerbacker told me its history.
It is a practice of the New York Collegiate Church to
mark the graves of their deceased pastors with memorial
stones. Not many years ago they resolved that the grave
of De Ronde, if it could be found, should not be an excep
tion. A committee of the consistory was appointed to
carry out their wishes, which, in pursuance of their instruc-
REV. LAMBURTUS DE RONDE. 425
tions, visited Schaghticoke to find the grave of their an
cient pastor. His body had been deposited in one of his
own fields, and not in the church graveyard. There was
no one living to point out the exact spot. The field had
been cultivated for scores of years, and all evidences of a
grave had been long since obliterated. It seemed a diffi
cult business to find the object of their search, until they
learned that underlying the surface, only a few inches
below, was soft shale rock. It was seen at once that the
grave could be found, but only by feeling for it with iron
bars. Men were immediately set to work to feel over
acres of ground with iron fingers. An old gray-headed
man ch,anced to pass along the road, and stopped to learn
the object of such unusual work. He told them that when
a small boy he had seen the dominie buried. He located
the grave in a particular part of the field, but could not fix
the exact spot. The men commenced work in the locality
indicated, and in a short time one of the bars sunk to its
haft. The ground was excavated, and the grave was found.
A few bits of bone were discovered and reverently gathered
up. They were deposited in the Knickerbacker cemetery,
and a marble monument was erected over them.
B.
A family register from a dutch bible.
Some years since, a gentleman placed in my hands a
manuscript entitled " Family Register, from a Dutch
Bible," which, from its references to various families, in
cluding the Schuylers, may be of some value to genealo
gists. It is a copy of the records contained in a Bible be
longing to the late Mrs. Henrietta Liston King, widow of
Charles King, late President of Columbia College. She
was a daughter of Nicholas Low, a descendant of Cor
nelius Low, Jr., who came into possession of the Bible in
November, 1729.
The Bible had suffered the fate of many others, and had
lost some of its records. Isaac Gouverneur, its original
owner, had four children baptized in the Dutch Church of
New York before the date of the first record of the regis
ter. He had doubtless recorded their births and baptisms,
but, being on the missing leaves, they do not appear on
the register. They were :
Johanna, bp. April 15, 1705.
Magdalina, bp. August 25, 1706.
Samuel, bp. February 29, 1708.
Margrita, bp. September 2, 1709.
Isaac Gouverneur was the yotingest of the two sons of
Nicolas Gouverneur and Machtelt de Reimer. They were
of French e'xtraction, but emigrated to New Amsterdam
through Holland. His brother Abraham made the name
known to history, as one of Jacob Leisler's chief sup
porters, Isaac being too young at the time to take any
active part in politics. Later, when the Leislerian party
BIBLE RECORDS. 427
was in the ascendancy under Lord Bellomont, he confined
himself to his mercantile pursuits, in which he was very
successful. On July 24, 1704, he married Sarah, daughter
of Dr. Samuel Staats ; of whose estate he and Andries
Coeymans were the executors. His portrait is among the
family pictures of one of the Morris familyof Morrisania,
N. Y.
The Register.
In this year of our Lord Jesus Christ 1709, on the 3. of
October, departed this life our son Samuel, and was buried
in our Dutch Church, near to my wife's mother.
In the year of our Lord 1711, on the 31. of March, Sat
urday afternoon, between 2 and 3 o'clock, was born a
Daughter, was named Alida, in good health, and was bap
tized by the Reverend Galterus Du Bois, Comper. For
godmother Alida Gertrude has presented her for baptism.
Died 2. September 1758, New Style.
In the year of our Lord Jesus Christ 17 13, on the 7. of
August, on Tuesday morning, at 9 o'clock, was born our
second son, and was named Nicholas — was baptized by
the Reverend Gait. Du Bois — Godfather father Staats,
Godmother sister Maria Gouverneur (i).
In the year of our Lord Jesus Christ 17 14, on the 14. of
October, Thursday evening, between 8 and 9 o'clock, was
born our fifth daughter, and called Sarie — was baptized by
the Reverend Galterus Dubos — Godfather Stephanus Van
Cortlandt, Godmother Johanna Staats (2).
In the year of our Lord Jesus Christ 1715, on the 27. of
September, our father Samuel Staats died, on Tuesday
afternoon, at 2 o'clock. He was buried in the Dutch
Church near his wife. His age was 58 years in the month
of May last past (3).
In the year of our Lord 17 16, on the 5. of March, on
Monday morning, at six o'clock, was born our sixth daugh-
428 BIBLE RECORDS.
ter, and was called Gertrude — was baptized by the Rev
erend Dubos. Godfather. Philip Sciiuyler, Godmother
Elizabeth Schuyler (4).
In the year of our Lord Jesus Christ 1720, on the 24. of
February, on Wednesday morning at 6 o'clock, was born
our son, and named Samuel. Godfather Andries Coey
mans, Godmother Tryntje Staats — Baptized by the Rev
erend Galterus Dubos, in our church (5).
In the year of our Lord Jesus Christ 1721, on the 27. of
September, on Wednesday at 1 1 o'clock in the evening,
died rny Mother, aged 77 years, eight months and nine
days, and was buried in our church.
In the year of our Lord Jesus Christ 1721, on the 3. of
October, on Tuesday morning between 6 and 7 o'clock,
was born our fourth son, and was called Isaac. God
father John Shraat, Godmother Mientje Seeger Reynders.
Baptized by Rev^^ Galterus Dubos.
In the year of our Lord Jesus Christ 1723, on the first
day of September, on a Saturday, was born our fifth son
Gerbrant Abraham. Godfather Nicholas Gouverneur,
Godmother Gertrude Rynders. Baptized by the Rev.*
Hendrikus, in Coeymen's church (6).
m
In the year of our Lord Jesus Christ 1726, on the 8. of
November, on Tuesday, between 11 and 12 o'clock, died
my dear and affectionate wife, and was buried in our
Dutch Church, close and along side of her father's grave (7).
In the year of our Lord 1728, on the 5th of August, on
Tuesday, at 2 o'clock, died my dear and affectionate
father ; and was buried in our Dutch Church alongside of
In the year of our Lord 1741, on the 2. of May, died
Mr. Abraham Gouverneur, son of Isaac Gouverneur (at
the house of John Broughton) and was buried in the vault
of Andries Coeymans.
BIBLE RECORDS. 429
In the year of our Lord 1729, on the 9/20 November, I,
Cornelius Low Jr. purchased this present Bible from the
Executors of my father-in-law Isaac Gouverneur, deceased,
for two golden pistoles, or f56. (currency) (8).
On the 20/31 March ^ff^, on Thursday at 4 o'clock in
the morning, I, Cornelius Low Jr. was born in the city of
New York, and there baptized by Pastor John Heermans —
Godfather Grandfather, Godmother Grand Mother Hf. (9).
On the 9/20 April 1704, on Monday at 4 o'clock in the
afternoon, was born my wife, in the city of New York, (at
the house of Thorn Lewis) and was baptized by Father
Dubois ; Godfather her grandfather Doctor Staats, and
Godmother her grand Mother Nissepat (10).
On the 10,21 May 1729, on Saturday evening at 9 o'clock,
I, Cornelius Low Jr. entered info the state of marriage
with Johanna Gouverneur performed by Pastor Dubois at
the residence of her father.
On the 2/13 May 1730, on Saturday night between 11
and 12 o'clock, our first son was born, at the Raritan Land
ing, in New Jersey ; and died on the 4th of the same
month, at 2 o'clock on Monday morning ; he lived about
26 hours, and was buried in the vault of Mr. Delabogtealn,
near his house.
On the 2/13 of April 173 1, on Thursday, at 3 o'clock in
the morning, was born our second son, at the Raritan
Landing, and was baptized in the 3"? Mile Run Church, by
Pastor Cornelis Coens, minister of Aquackanonck, on the
15 the June following ; he was named Isaac ; Godfather
Brother Nicolaas Gouverneur, Godmother Sister Magda
lena Hall (11).
On the 9/20 January 1732/3, on Sunday evening, be
tween 10 and II o'clock, was born our first daughter at
the Raritan Landing, and was baptized in the Middletown
Church at the Neversink, on the 4th of February follow-
430 BIBLE RECORDS.
ing, by Pastor Haeghoort, minister there, and was named
Sarah. Godfather brother Abraham Low, Godmother
sister Margareta Gouverneur.
On the 13/24. July 1734, on Saturday morning at about
2 o'clock, was born our second daughter, at the Raritan
Landing, and was baptized in the 3S Mile Run Church, on
the 13. September following, by Pastor Haeghoort, min
ister at Nevisink, after the sermon by Pastor Dubois, min
ister at New York ; and was named Margaretta. Godfather
brother Roger French, Godmother sister A . Died
July 8. 1755 in New York, and was buried in the old
Church. On the I. January 1735/6, on Thursday night at about 12
o'clock, was born our third son, at tlie Raritan Landing,
and was baptized in the old Church at New York by Pastor
Boel, on the 14. of March — was named Cornelius. God
father Lewis Morris jr. Godmother sister Sarah Gouver
neur. Died on the 3. of October 1769, and was buried at
Brunswick (12).
On the 2/13 August 1737, on Tuesday at about 2 o'clock
in the afternoon, was born our fourth son, at the Raritan
Landing, and was baptized in the German church at
Second River by Pastor Haeghoort, minister there, on the
18. September following, and was called Samuel. God
father brother John Low, Godmother his wife Sarah Pro
voost. Was shot dead on Lake Ontario, on the 24. June 1756,
in the vicinity of an island near Quadraques.
On the 19/30 March 1738/9, on Monday at about 5 o'clock
in the morning, was born our fifth son, at the Raritan
Landing, and was baptized in the German church at
Second River, by Pastor Haeghoort, minister there, on
Easter day, being the 22. day of April following, and was
called Nicolas. Godfather brother Wilhelmus Low,
Godmother sister Gertrude Ogden.
BIBLE RECORDS. 43 1
On the 8/19 October 174 1, on Thursday morning, at
about half an hour before ten o'clock was born our sixth
son in my new house on the Mountain, at the Raritan
Landing, and was baptized by Pastor Haeghoort at his
house on Second River, on the 24. January 1741/2 ; and was
called William. Godfather brother Samuel Gouverneur,
G^jdmother Johanna Van Courtlandt (13).
On the 26 March (6 April) 1743, on Saturday evening at
about 9 o'clock, was born our seventh son in my house on
the Mountain at the Raritan Landing, and was baptized in
the German Church at Second River by Pastor Haeghoort
on the 12. June, and was called John. Godfather Brother
Isaac Gouverneur, Godmother Maria Maghtilda, the wife
of Nath: Gouverneur.
On the 10/21 December 1743, on Saturday at about 3
o'clock in the afternoon, died our youngest son John, and
was buried in the vault of Hendrick Vroom.
On 18/29 February 1744/5, on Monday morning at 4
o'clock, vvas born our third daughter, at the Landing, and
was baptized in the German Church, on the Church lot of
Millstone, on the 4th of April by Pastor Arondeus ; and
was called Johanna. Godfather brother John Broughton,
Godmother Maria Morris, wife of Thomas Lawrence
jr. (14).
On the 22. of December I2 January 1746/7 on Monday
morning at 8 o'clock, was born our fourth daughter, at the
Landing, and was baptized on the 5. of April, in the barn
of Arie Moolman, by our Pastor Arondeus, and was
named Gertrude. Godfather David Ogden, Godmother
Gertrude Coeymans jr.
On the 20. September /i October 1747, on a Sunday
morning about half past 2 o'clock died my daughter Ger
trude, and was buried in the vault of Henry Vroome.
432 "BIBLE RECORDS.
On the 4/15. January 1747/8, on Monday evening at half
after eight o'clock, was born our fifth daughter, at the
Landing, and there baptized on the 21. February follow
ing, by Pastor Arondeus, and was named Gertrude. God
father my son Isaac, and Godmother my daughter Sarah.
On the 29. August /lo September 1748, on Monday at 6
o'clock died my very beloved and affectionate father, Cor
nelius Low, and was buried in Newark. His age was ¦jS^
years less seven days.
On the 1/12 December 1749, on Friday about 4 o'clock
in the afternoon, died my son William, and was buried in
the vault of Henry Vroome.
On the 18/29. December, 175 1, on Wednesday about
noon, died my daughter Johanna, and was buried in the
vault of Henry Vroom.
On the i8th of March 1761, died my very dear and af
fectionate mother Margareta Low ; and was buried (along
side of my father) at Newark — Aged 82^ years.
On the 17. October 1763, died my very dear and very af
fectionate wife Johanna Low; and was buried in the vault
of Henry Vroom.
Notes on the Register.
r. Maria Gouverneur was a daughter of Jacob Leisler,
and married, first, Jacob Milborne ; and, secondly, Abra
ham Gouverneur, brother of the child's father.
2. Stephanus Van Cortlandt was the fourth son of the
first proprietor of the Cortlandt manor, who had married
the child's aunt, Catalina Staats, about a year before the
baptism. 3. This is the first authentic record I have seen of the
death and age of Dr. Samuel Staats. It serves to put to
DR. SAMUEL STAATS. 433
rest the hypothetical stories of his marriage to an East
India Begum, and his return to Holland after the English
came, 1664, where several of his children were born and
educated. As I have given some account of him on an
other page, it only remains to say something more of his
family. It is said that he had nine children, but I have found
only six, all daughters, four of whom were baptized in the
church at New York :
Sarah, m. June 24, 1704, Isaac Gouverneur,
Gertrude, m. i. May 25, 1711, Peter Nagle.
m. 2, June 13, 1716, Andries Coeymans,
Catalina, m. August 28, 1713, Stephen Van Cortlandt,
Ann Elizabeth m. August 28, 1713, Philip Schuyler,
Johanna, m. June 26, 1717, Anthony White.
Tr^ynTje, m. March 17, 1723, Lewis Morris, Jr,^
In 1716 Philip Schuyler had leave to purchase a tract
of land near Schoharie for " himself and the rest of the
heirs of Dr. Staats." The next year a survey was ordered
of said tract for Rip Van Dam and " Philip Schuyler for
himself and the rest of the heirs of Samuel Staats, de
ceased." On August 6, 1724, Lev^^is Morris, Jr., and An
dries Coeymans petitioned for a warrant of survey of about
two thousand acres of land near Schoharie, " purchased of
the Indians by Philip Schuyler and Rip Van Dam." On
July 20, 1726, a patent having been issued for 3,500 acres,
the parties in interest agreed upon a division. It then ap
peared that there were six others besides the " heirs of
Samuel Staats " who were partners in the land, and it was
agreed " that, as all the parties had borne an equal share
of the expense in procuring the patent," the tract should
be divided into seven shares, one of which was allotted to
' Catalina is Spanish, and Tryntje is Dutch ; both are Catherine in
English. Vol. II.— 28
434 ANDRIES COEYMANS.
the heirs of Samuel Staats, to wit : Lewis Morris, Jr., An-
dries Coeymans, Ann Elizabeth, widow of Philip Schuy
ler, deceased ; Isaac Gouverneur, Stephen Van Cortlandt,
and Johanna (Hannah) White, widow of Anthony White,
each of whom was entitled to one-sixth of the one-seventh
of the 3,500 acres {Deeds, No. 12, Secretary's Office).
4. Philip Schuyler was the oldest son of Brandt Schuy
ler and Cornelia Van Cortlandt. The godmother was his
wife. 5. Andries Coeymans was the son of Barent Coeymans,
a miller, who came to Beverwyck in 1636, and had charge
of Patroon Van Rensselaer's mills for about nine years,
after which he prosecuted the business in different local
ities on his own account, until 1673, when he purchased a
tract of land below Albany, having a frontage on the
river of ten miles and a depth of twelve miles west into
the woods. It is now known as the town of Coeymans.
Andries Coeymans chose a safer locality than the frontiers,
and, like many others of his neighbors, he removed to New
Jersey. He settled on the Raritan, where he had pur
chased a large tract of land.
6. Nicholas Gouverneur vvas the son of Abraham
Gouverneur and Mary Leisler. Gertrude Rynders was
the daughter of Barent Rynders and Hester Leisler. Soon
after this date they were married. Coeyman's church
probably refers to the church in which Andries Coey
mans worshipped. There was no church at Coeymans on
the Hudson until 1793.
7. The record of his wife's death was the last made by
Isaac Gouverneur. The next was made by one of his
children, recording his death ; and that which follows notes
the death of his fifth son, Gerbrant Abraham.
8. The first notice we haye of Cornelius Low, Sr., is
the record of his marriage in the Dutch Church of New
CORNELIUS LOW. 435
York: "Married, July 5. 1695, Cornelius Louw of the
Esopus to Margareta Van Borsum of New York, both re
siding here." His wife was a daughter of Tymen Van
Borsum and Grietje Fockens.
His name appears only occasionally in the public rec
ords ; often enough, however, to indicate that he was a
prosperous merchant. His thirteen children were bap
tized in the Dutch Church, as follows :
I. Tymen, February 23, 1696.
2. Petrus, October 17, 1697.
3. Cornelius, March 31, 1700.
4. Johannes, September 9, 1702.
5. Margreitje, July 16, 1704.
6. Elizabeth, July 21, 1706.
7. Abraham, August 11, 1708.
8. Hendric'K, May 14, 1710.
9. Elizabeth, October i, 1712.
10. Wilhelmus, November 27, 1714.
II. Annatje, October 10, 1716.
12. Maria, July 9, 1718.
13. Helena, September 14, 1720.
There were four other families by the name of Low in
New York who had children baptized in the church dur
ing the above period, and another, Anthony Low, owned
a sloop plying between New York and New Plymouth, in
1690 ; but whether they were related I have been unable
to learn.
Cornelius Low, Jr., removed to Raritan, N. J., where he
resided until his death. He was a surveyor, and assisted
in defining the bounds of some important .estates. The
names of his sons afterward appear among those of
Kingston and its vicinity.
436 LEWIS MORRIS.
9. The church record of the baptism of Cornelius Low,
Jr., differs in some particulars from the record made by
himself. Rev. Galterus Du Bois was the pastor of the
church, and not John Pleermans, whose name does not ap
pear among the ministers of the Reformed Dutch Church
in the manual. Jan (John) Heermans and his wife, Eliza
beth Blausjan, are recorded as his sponsors, and not grand
father and grandmother. Probably the Bible record was
made from memory, which was at fault.
10. Machtelt de Reimer, after the death of Nicholas
Gouverneur, her first husband^ married Jasper Nisse
pat. II. The godparents were the brother and sister of the
child's mother, Magdalena Gouverneur having married
John Hall.
12. Lewis Morris, Jr., was the second proprietor of the
manor of Morrisania. His grandfather, Captain Richard
Morris, came to New York in 1670, and engaged in busi
ness. He purchased a farm of five hundred acres " on the
main " opposite the village of Harlem, on which he built
a dwelling-house and other structures. Both he and his
wife, who was a lady of fortune, died in 1672, within a few
months of each other, leaving an only son not yet a year
old, whom Matbias Nicoll, secretary of the province,
termed " one poor blossom, of whom yet there may be
great hope." The child's uncle. Colonel Lewis Morris, of
Barbadoes, arrived in September, 1673, assumed the guar
dianship of his nephew, and administered the estate left
by his brother Richard. He took possession of the farm,
and made it his hom-e. He purchased more lands of the
Indians, and procured a patent from Governor Andros for
about two thousand acres, including the farm of his de
ceased brother. Dying without direct heirs, his nephew
Lewis came into possession of his estate, and, in 1697, re-
LEWIS MORRIS, JR. 437
ceived letters patent from Governor Fletcher erecting it
"into the "lordship, or manor, of Morrisania."
In his early years Lewis Morris, now proprietor of a
manor, then a " poor blossom," did not give " great hope "
for the future. He was restive under control,- and on one
occasion his offence against his uncle's authority was so
flagrant that, to escape his displeasure, he ran away.. He
spent some time in Virginia, and then wandered off to the
West Indies, where he supported himself with his pen.
After some years of Bohemian life, he returned to his
uncle, and was cheerfully forgiven all his past offences.
He married a daughter of James Graham, attorney-general
of the province, and settled down to serious work. His
education was defective, but, by the force of his genius
and his strong will, he rose to eminence in the provinces
both of New York and New Jersey. For nearly twenty
years he was the chief justice of the one, and for many
years the governor of the other, while a member of the
king's Council in both. Few men, if any, exerted a greater
influence among the people, or in the councils of these
provinces. Lewis Morris, Jr., inherited his father's talents, and his
eccentricities as well. He was much in public life, and
held several high positions. In politics he affiliated with
the old Leislerians, or, as they termed themselves, the party
of the people. He married, first, Tryntje, youngest daugh
ter of Dr. Samuel Staats, by whom he had three sons and
a daughter. His second son, Staats Long, entered the
English army, and rose to the rank of general. By mar
riage with the Dowager Duchess of Gordon, he vvas con
nected to the higher nobility of Scotland, and was assured
of a high position in his profession. Lewis Morris, Jr.,
married, secondly, Sarie Gouverneur, whose baptism is
recorded in the register, and who, as godmother, stood
438 LEWIS MORRIS, JR.
with him at the baptism of Cornelius Low. Their eldest
son was the well-known jurist and statesman, Gouverneur
Morris. 13. Johanna, daughter of Stephen Van Cortlandt and
Catalina Staats.
14. Maria, daughter of Lewis Morris, Jr., and Tryntje
Staats. She was married, in May preceding, to Thomas
Lawrence, Jr., of Philadelphia.
c.
the scribner family.
The name was originally Scrivener, a professional writer,
or conveyancer. There were at least four families in Eng
land named Scrivener, who were the owners of consider
able landed estates. The first of the name in America
was Matthew Scrivener, a member of the Council of the
Virginia colony in 1607. It does not appear that he had
a family, although he was commended by Captain John
Smith as "a very wise understanding Gentleman." He
was drowned in the James River a year or two after his
arrival. Benjamin Scrivener, of Norwalk, Conn., is reputed to
be the ancestor of the Scribners in the United States.
The little we know of him and his family is contained in
the Norwalk town records, from which we learn that he
married Hannah Crampton, March 5, 1680, and that he
had four sons, of whom Matthew, the youngest, is the an
cestor of the line now to be considered.
Benjamin, the ancestor, adhered to the name Scrivener,
for in a deed of land to his son Matthew, bearing date
September 21, 1741, when he must have been over eighty
years old, he signs Benjamin Scrivener. The town clerk,
when recording the names of his grandchildren born after
1742, wrote Scribner, doubtless by direction of their pa
rents. From that time Scrivener disappears, and Scribner
becomes the surname of all of Benjamin Scrivener's de
scendants. Such changes were not unusual in those early
times.
44° THE SCRIBNER FAMILY.
Although we know nothing more of Matthew Scribner
than that he married Martha Smith, of Long Island, on
November 10,1742, and had nine children, whose names
and dates of birth are registered among fhe muniments of
Norwalk, we know the histor)'- of many of his descendants,
much of which is exceedingly interesting, to which I shall
briefly refer in my notes.
The Scribner Genealogy.
I. BENJAMIN SCRIVENER and Hannah Crampton.
m. at Norwalk, Conn., March 5, 1680.
2. Thomas, b. March 31, 1681.
3. John, m. March, 9, 1710, Deborah Lees,
4. Abraham, m. Sarah .
5. Matthew, m. November 10, 1742, Martha Smith,
3. JOHN SCRIVENER and Deborah Lees.
6. Mary, b. March, 1711.
m. October 9, 1744, Micajah Nash.
7. Rebecca, b. October 12, 1712.
4. ABRAHAM SCRIBNER and Sarah .
8. Abraham, b. June 28, 1745.
9. Sarah, b. October 15, 1746.
10. Rhoda, b. October 18, 1748.
II. Ann, b. April 7, 1751.
12. Levi, b. June 28, 1753.
13. Rachel, b. August 28, 1755.
14. Moses, b. June 30, 1757.
15. Jonathan, b. September 5, 1759.
16. Ezra, b. June 19, 1761.
17. Esther, b. August 3, 1763.
18. Silas, b. September 15, 1765.
5. MATTHEW SCRIBNER and Martha Smith.
19. Nathaniel, b. December 23, 1743.
m. Phebe Kellogg.
20. Matthew, b. February 7, 1746.
m. I, Abigail Rogers.
m. 2, Porter.
21. Martha, b. Fclwuary 20, 1748.
22. Enoch, b. August 29, 1750.
m. March 22, 1782, Betsy Benedict.
THE SCRIBNER FAMILY. 441
23. Elijah, b. June 25, 1753 ; killed in battle in the Revolutionary
War.
24. Jeremiah, b. December 15, 1755, d. y.
25. Keziah, b. January 20, 1758.
m. Thomas Hawley.
26. Abigail, b. November 9, 1760.
m. Edmonds.
27. Elizabeth, b. December 10, 1763.
m. Dr. Spaitlding.
19. NATHANIEL SCRIBNER and Phebe Kellogg.
28. James, m. i, .
m. 2, .
29. Eliphalet, m. Bradley, of New Haven ; d. s. p. at Port-
au-Prince, Hayti.
30. Jemima, m. Samuel Penny, of New York City.
31. Joel, b. 1772.
m. JMary Bull, of Milford, Conn.
32. Phebe, m. i, William Waring.
m. 2, Thomas Strong.
33. Marth.a, m. Uriah Rogers Scribner.
34. Elijah, d. in New York City, 1812, unmarried.
35. Esther, m. Dr. David Morey Hale, of Indiana.
36. Nathaniel, m. May i, 1815, Elizabeth Edmonds.
37. Anna, d. unmarried, at Morristown, N. J.
38. Elizabeth, m. Dr. Jeremiah Wood, of Indiana.
39. Abner, pi. Mrs. Deool.
40. Lucinda, d. y.
20. MATTHEW SCRIBNER and Abigail Rogers.
- 41. Upjah Rogers, d. January 7, 1853, aged 75 years.
m. I. Martha Scribner.
m. 2, Betsey Hawley, d. December 6, 1871, aged
85 years.
20. MATTHEW SCRIBNER and Porter,
42. Elijah Porter, m. Hannah Smith, d. s. p.
43. Sarah, d. unmarried.
44. Caroline, m. Kirkland.
45. Abigail, m. Kendall, of Virginia.
46. Samuel, m. Julia Ambler,
22. ENOCH SCRIBNER and Betsy Benedict,
47. Jeremiah, b. February 19, 1782.
48. William, b. June 14, 1783.
49. Mary, b. September 15, 1785.
50. George, b. March 11, 1788.
442 THE SCRIBNER FAMILY.
51. Sally, b. September 14, 1790.
52. Charles, b. March 24, 1793.
53. Joseph, b. October 30, 1796.
28. JAMES SCRIBNER and i, .
54. Alanson, d. s. p.
55. Isaac, d. a. p.
56. A Daughter.
31. JOEL SCRIBNER and Mary Bull,
57. Harvey, b. August 3, 1798, d. s. p. February 11, 1836.
58. William Augustus, b. February 19, 1800, d. April 16, 1868.
m. I, Caroline Matilda Chapman,
m. 2, Harriet P. Hale,
59. Lucy Maria, b. July 29, 1802, d. unmarried.
60. Mary Lucinda, b. February 28, 1804.
m. Dr. Asahel Clapp,
6r. Eliphalet, b. January 6, iSo6, d. y.
62. Julia Ann, b. April 7, 1808.
m. Rev. Leander Cobb.
63. Phebe, b. January 26, 1810.
m. James C. Davis.
64. Harriet Naomi, b. February, 1816, d. December 2, 1832.
36. NATHANIEL SCRIBNER and Elizabeth Edmonds,
65. Lucinda, m. William C. Shipman.
39. ABNER SCRIBNER and Mrs. Deool.
66. Bradford.
67. Benjamin Franklin.
41. URIAH ROGERS SCRIBNER and Martha Scribner (33) were mar
ried in the jjarish church (Congregational) at Green's Farms, Conn.,
October 30, 1803.
68. Abigail, d, y.
69. Matilda, b. July 26, 1809.
m. April 18, 1839, George W. Schuyler.
41, URIAH ROGERS SCRIBNER and Betsey Hawley.
70. Edward, b. March 28, 1813, d. January 7, 1864.
m. E. Gertrude Brown.
71. Jane, d. y.
72. Maria, b. 1816.
m. Zalmon S. Mead.
73. Julia, d. y.
THE SCRIBNER FAMILY. 443
74. William, b. January 20, 1820, d. March 3, 1884.
m. I, Caroline E. Hitchcock.
m. 2, Julia Say re.
75. Charles, b. February, 1821, d. August 26, 1871.
m. Emma Blair.
76. Henry; b. June 28, 1822, d. September 10, 1882.
m. A bigail Farnham.
Tj, Jane, b. November 28, 1824.
m. Samuel P. Wisner, d. 1885.
78. Julia, m. Clinton Hitchcock,
79. Walter, d. y.
80. Walter, d. October 15, 1873.
m. Hattie Kimball.
46. SAMUEL SCRIBNER > and Julia Ambler.
81. Julia, m. Rev. Briggs, of Baltimore, Md.
82. Mary, m. Frederick Mead, of New York City.
83. Gertrude, m. Rogers, of Baltimore, Md.
84,. Henrietta.
Notes on Matthew Scribner's (5) Genealogy.
Not long after his marriage, Nathaniel Scribner (19)
removed to the present town of South East, Putnam
County, N. Y., where he had purchased a farm. The
country, though lying so near to the provincial capital,
was comparatively new ; the whole tract now known as
Putnam County having been in the possession of one
man, Adolph Philipse, of New York, who held the land at
prices too high for the encouragement of settlers. At the
time Mr. Scribner settled in the place there were few in
habitants, all farmers like himself, living at long distances
from each other, and having only few of the conveniences
and privileges of older communities. He built a large
house not far from the church in which the Rev. Elisha
Kent officiated so long that the country thereabout came
to be known as " Kent's Parish."
The Scribners were soon known to be very hospitable,
1 Mr. Scribner resided in Baltimore the greater part of his life.
444 NATHANIEL SCRIBNER.
and their house became the gathering-place for the wide
ly scattered members of the congregation, who came to
church, not in carriages, nor even in country wagons, for
there were no roads, but on foot and on horseback. In
the interval between the two services they were accus
tomed to assemble in Mr. Scribner's comfortable rooms,
and spend an hour in conversation while partaking of the
lunch they had brought from home, or more frequently of
that provided by their host. In this way Mr. Scribner be
came widely known and respected as a man and Chris
tian. When the War of Independence commenced, he vvas
among the first to identify himself with the republican
cause. He was commissioned a lieutenant on March 15,
1776, and a few months later was promoted to a captaincy.
Having early in tlie struggle received a wound in battle
which disabled one of his arms, he was stationed with his
company on the borders of the " Neutral Ground," not far
from his home, and thus lost the opportunities which oc
cur in the regular service for further advancement. At
the close of the war society was disorganized and industry
paralyzed, more perhaps in that section of the State than
in any other, so that Captain Scribner found it necessary
in his crippled condition to resort to other means than
farming to gain suitable provision for his now large fam
ily. Happily he was provided with a brain to devise
other methods to secure an income, and a will to carry
them out. He returned to Connecticut and built a tide
water flouring-mill at Norwalk, which he sold. He then
built a larger one, and a residence for himself at Compo on
the Sound. It was so successful that he and some of his
relatives were encouraged to build a large one at Mil-
ford, which, oil account of the mistakes of the millwright,
proved a failure and his financial ruin. The law of im-
NATHANIEL SCRIBNER. 445
prisonment for debt was in force, and, to avoid its penal
ties, he concealed himself until an arrangement could be
made with his creditors. This once happy and pious
family was now separated, never again to be gathered
under one roof.
As soon as his affairs were settled. Captain Scribner be
gan business anew, finding new fields for his business ac
tivity. The prosecution of his plans required a journey
to Georgia, and while travelling in that new and sparsely
settled State he was struck down with fever. Unable to
find proper accommodations, or to receive nursing and
medical care, he soon yielded to the diseasfe. He died in
1799 among strangers, far from home, with no friend to
perform the offices of affection at his bedside while living,
or after death tenderly and reverently to commit his body
to the grave. The letter announcing his death vvas care
fully preserved. by his widow, and kept on her person
until she died.
Phebe Kellogg, the wife of Captain Scribner, was the
daughter of Epenetus, son of Samuel, son of Daniel Kel
logg, who settled in Norwalk, Conn., 1655, and died in
that town in 1688. The family was one of the most re
spectable of the many respectable families in that locality.
Daniel Kellogg was a representative to the General Court.
In many respects she was a remarkable woman. She
had quick perceptions, and vvas ready with expedients
to execute what her mind conceived. She faithfully and
wisely watched over the morals and habits of her numerous
children, while she did not neglect her more public duties
to the church and society. She was really a " mother in
Israel," and a true mother in her family. She had no time
for idle amusements, but vvas fully occupied with her do
mestic and other duties. The following anecdote illus
trates some phases of her character :
446 PHEBE SCRIBNER.
On one occasion, in the spring of the year, her husband
returned home with a leave of absence from his company
of four and twenty hours. She noticed that his stockings
were much worn, and immediately directed her eldest son
to clip some wool from tlie sheep in the field near the
house. The wool so procured was quickly washed, dried,
carded, spun, and by her own nimble fingers knit into a
pair of long stockings, which were on the captain's feet
before his furlough had expired.
Some years after the death of her husband, in connec
tion with three of her daughters, she opened a school for
girls at Morristown, N. J., and was eminently successful.
It was while she was thus engaged that some of her sons
caught the "western fever." The territory of the north
west had been opened for settlement. Its vast rivers and
rich prairies presented an inviting field to the imagina
tions of the young and enterprising. Some of her sons
settled on the Ohio River, six hundred miles below Pitts
burg, Pa., and invited their mother and sisters to join
them. It vvas a long and fatiguing journey for a wo
man of her age to undertake. Nothing but a mother's
love could have induced her to break up her pleasant
establishment, surrounded with all the comforts of civil
ized life, and go so far from home to encounter the priva
tions of a new country just rescued from the savages.
She made the sacrifice, and joined her children in New
Albany, Ind., in the fall of 1815. Seven of her then nine
living children were with her at the close of the following
year. For the first time since the death of her husband
they were reunited into one family. Mrs. Scribner was
soon established in a large commodious house, 'where for
twelve years she dispensed her old-time hospitality. She
and three of her family organized the church, and com
menced a system of religious effort which laid the founda-
JOEL SCRIBNER. 447
tions of a moral and educated society. She died on Sep
tember 25, 1827, at the age of seventy-nine.
Four of Captain Scribner's sons at one time were en
gaged in the mercantile business in the city of New York.
One of them, Elijah (34), died in early manhood, leaving
his accumulations, which were considerable, to his mother.
Another, Eliphalet (29), removed to Port-au-Prince, Hayti,
and prospered in business until the negro insurrection
deprived him of his property. He was one of the very
few white men whose lives were saved by faithful
blacks. The other two were among the founders of New
Albany. Joel Scribner (31) and his brother-in-law, William
Waring, with their families, removed to Cincinnati, O.,
in the fall of 181 1, and established a business which was
broken up the next year by the war with England. Mr.
Waring was an officer of a cavalry company which vol
unteered into the United States service and marched to
the fi'ontier.. Nathaniel and Abner Scribner joined their
brother Joel at Cincinnati in the fall of 1812, and together
the three brothers went on horseback through Kentucky
on an exploring tour, in search of a locality on which to
build a town. They selected a site at the foot of the falls,
or rapids, of the Ohio River, on the Indiana side, and pur
chased the land. It vvas covered with a dense forest, and
had no habitation nearer than across the river at the head
of the falls. Early the next year they were at work clear
ing the ground, laying out streets, and building a log-
house, to which the families of Joel Scribner and Mr.
Waring were removed before it was finished. In the fall
of 1815 they were joined by their mother, their eldest
brother, James, and sister Esther ; and the next year by
their sister Elizabeth. Together they founded the city of
New Albany, Ind., organized the First Presbyterian Church
448 PHEBE SCRIBNER WARING.
of four members, and a school since known as the Scrib
ner High School.
The brothers Joel, Nathaniel, and Abner were the pro
prietors of the land on which the city was built, but the
other members of the family rendered them important as
sistance in their enterprise. Nathaniel, the best qualified
to conduct a large business, early fell a victim to fever,
leaving his brothers to struggle on alone. Like many
other premising undertakings, it put little money into the
pockets of its projectors, who, after a few years, by an
unfortunate endorsement for a large amount of money
which they were obliged to pay, lost their entire interest
in the lands of their original purchase.
I cannot close this part of my sketch without giving
some account of Phebe Scribner (32), the twin sister of
my wife's mother.
Like her mother, she was a woman of more than ordi
nary ability, of deep-seated piety, and high personal in
tegrity. Her life was full of the vicissitudes of fortune,
as she sometimes enjoyed a handsome competence, and at
others was reduced to the verge of povert}'. But, however
fortune smiled or frowned, she always bore herself as a
Christian gentlewoman, and never lost confidence in an
all-wise Providence.
While her husband, Mr. Waring, was with the army on
the frontiers she with her children accompanied her
brother Joel and his family to the wilderness, where he
and his brothers had resolved to build a city. It was her
home for the most of her future life. At times she was
possessed of considerable property, acquired by her own
industry and business enterprise. Her maternal love had
such a strength and fervor that she was easily deceived by
the false representations of the husband of her youngest
daughter. He proved a scoundrel, and caused the loss ''jf
PHEBE SCRIBNER WARING. 449
her whole estate. Instead of sitting down with vain lam
entations, the brave woman went to work to discharge the
obligations that she had incurred, and paid them in full,
principal and interest, refusing all offers of a compromise ;
after which she again acquired a respectable property.
Like her mother, she taught her children " to fear the
Lord and keep his commandments.'' Her eldest son, Jesse
Waring, died at an early age ; her second, Nathaniel, re
sided in New Orleans, and was a large proprietor in steam
boats on the Southwestern rivers. Moses, her third son,
was a prosperous merchant of Mobile, Ala. In the late
civil war he was a pronounced Unionist, and when the city
was captured by General Canby he was the first called in
consultation by the Union general. George Waring, the
youngest, settled in Little Rock, Ark., and was prosper
ously engaged in trade until some unfortunate endorse
ments ruined him. Before the outbreak of our late civil
war he brought his family north and settled them in a new
home, and then returned to arrange his business affairs.
He died before he was able to rejoin his family.
Her daughter, Martha Ann Waring, vvas educated In
the first schools of Cincinnati, and on her return home
was married to Captain Aquila Bartow, by whom she had
one son, Morey Hale Bartow, now of New York City, and
one daughter, who died in infancy. After the death of
Captain Bartow she visited her friends in New York,
where she vvas remarked as a beautiful and accomplished
woman. She afterward married Benjamin Gonzales, an
able civil engineer, by whom she had seven children, four
of vyhom died young. Her eldest living daughter married
George W. Foster, of Prairie du Chien, Wis.; Blanche,
another daughter, is the wife of William M. Walker, of
Logansport, Ind.; Ella, theyoungest of her children, a high
ly gifted and interesting girl, died at the age of seventeen.
Vol. IL— 29
4SO REV. MATTHEW SCRIBNER.
After the death of Mr. William Waring, his widow,
Phebe Scribner Waring, married Thomas Strong, of New,
Albany, by whom she had two daughters, Maria Louisa
and Cornelia. The first married Nelson Van Deventer ;
the second was thrice married— first, to Thomas Blum ;
secondly, to Rodolph Walker; and, thirdly, to James Speak.
Mrs. Phebe Scribner Strong survived all her father's
family. She lived to a great age, retaining her mental
faculties to the last. She died at the Tippecanoe battle
ground, Indiana, in the house of her daughter, Mrs. Gon
zales, in her ninetieth year.
The descendants of Captain Nathaniel Scribner in the
direct line are not numerous. Of his six sons only two,
Joel and Abner, transmitted the name. Joel is now repre
sented by his grandson, Harvey Augustus Scribner, cash
ier of the New Albany National Bank ; Abner by his sons,
Bradford Scribner and General Benjamin Franklin Scrib
ner, of Indiana.
Of Matthew Scribner (20) we only know that he was
a graduate of Yale College, and a minister of the Gospel,
settled over an orthodox Congregational church in Massa
chusetts. Not one of his sermons in manuscript or print
is known to exist, not even a letter, so that we can form
no estimate of his abilities.
Being the son of a farmer in moderate circumstances,
he apparently secured the means to carry him through
college by teaching. For some time before he entered
Yale he was a resident of Elizabethtown, N. J., and was
there a member of a society for mental improvement.
When he left the place the society gave him a certificate,
of which the following is a copy :
" To all to whom it may concern.
" Whereas Matthew Scribner hath been a member of
REV. MATTHEW SCRIBNER. 451
the Society called Socialis Societas in Elizabethtown and
during his residence among us hath behaved liimself as
becomes a Christian and a useful member of that Society ;
and hath now removed from us, and we being willing to
testify the regard and affection we have for him not only
on the account of his publick Charactre but his personal
merit and worth have unanimously voted that our Clerk
do present this publick Testimony of our esteem and af
fection for him — " By order of the Society "John Jolive, Clerk.
" October 7th, 1771."
Mr. Scribner graduated from Yale College with the
class of 1775. His diploma is on a bit of parchment eight
by nine inches, and is signed by " N. Daggett, Praeses,
Edvvardus Eells, Eliph' Williams, Warharnus Williams,
Noachus Wells, Nath' Taylor, Socii."
Rev. Matthew Scribner married for his first wife a
daughter of Dr. Uriah Rogers, of Norwalk, Ct. One of
her sisters married Moss Kent, son of the Rev. Elisha
Kent, of "Kent's Parish," the pastor of Captain Nathaniel
Scribner. Mr. and Mrs. Moss Kent were the parents of
the late James Kent, chancellor of the State of New York.
Mrs. Scribner died while her only child, Uriah Rogers (41),
was an infant. Her widowed husband, after some years,
married, secondly. Miss Porter, of whose family I have
been unable to learn any particulars.
Uriah Rogers Scribner (41), when a young man, was
for a time at Port-au-Prince, and was there attacked by
yellow fever, from which his life was saved as by a mir
acle. To all appearances he had ceased to breathe, and
his ph)'sician pronounced him dead. Preparations were
making for his burial, when his cousin came into the
room ; and, not being satisfied, applied a test which proved
that the doctor was deceived, and that there was yet life.
45^ URIAH ROGERS SCRIBNER.
Restoratives were employed, and he was saved. With
careful nursing he gradually recovered, and regained his
usual health. He returned home and thence came to
New York, wliere he engaged in the business of a jobbing
merchant. With varying fortunes he continued steadily
in trade, without any interruption, for more than fifty
years. Sitting at his front window one day, and seeing an
old gentleman passing, he remarked to me : "There is a
man who, when I commenced business, was one of the
most active and prosperous merchants of the city. He is
now poor and dependent. Such is the uncertainty of
trade in New York, that not more than one in ten of those
who commence the mercantile business here are finally
successful. Sooner or later the great majority drop out by
the way." Fortune had moderately favored him, and when
he died he was one of the few old merchants of the city.
Uriah Rogers Scribner married for his first wife his
cousin Martha, daughter of Captain Nathaniel Scribner.
It was said of her that she was a very handsome woman,
and as amiable as she was beautiful. On the threshold of
a life which was full of hope and pleasant anticipations
she died, leaving an infant daughter.
Mr. Scribner married, secondly, another cousin, Betsey,
only daughter of Thomas and Keziah Scribner Hawley, of
Ridgefield, Ct. Mr. Hawley was of an old Connecticut
family, already connected with the Scribners through the
Rogers family. Betsey Hawley was the youngest of five
children. One of her brothers died young. The other
three and herself lived more than ten years beyond the al
lotted age of man. Her mother, Keziah, reached the age
of ninety-seven, retaining her memory, especially of the
Bible, to the last. After she was ninety-six she knitted
a pair of fine cotton stockings for her daughter, then a
woman of nearly threescore years.
CHARLES SCRIBNER. 453
Uriah Rogers Scribner died at his residence. No. 751
Broadway, New York City, on January 7, 1852. His wife
and nine children survived him.
Edward Scribner (70) was engaged in the mercantile
business from an early age. He died in New York City
on January 7, 1864, leaving a widow and seven children.
William Scribner (74) was a graduate of Princeton
College, of the class of 1840, and after a regular course in
theology he was admitted to the ministry of the Presby
terian Church in 1844. In a few years, however, ill health
obliged him to retire from t"he pulpit, but not from the
work of a true disciple of the Master. He was the author
of several religious books, some of which had a wide cir
culation. He died at his residence, in Plainfield, N. J., on
March 3, 1884, leaving a widow and five children.
Charles Scribner (75) was a graduate of Princeton
College, in the class with his brother William. He com
menced the study of the law, but, being of a delicate con
stitution, he could not endure the confinement of an of
fice, and sought a less sedentary occupation. He finally
connected himself with Mr. Baker, already established in
the publishing business in New York. After the death of
his partner he greatly extended his business, becoming in
a few years one of the most prominent men, in the trade.
He was thoroughly honorable in all his transactions, and,
unlike many publishers, popular with authors. He estab
lished the magazine known as Scribner's Monthly, which
had a circulation at home and abroad inferior to only one
in the United States. The death of his accomplished wife
so affected his delicate nervous organization that his
health, never robust, was slowly undermined. Notwith
standing the best medical treatment, he was forced to
leave his business and make a trip to Europe, hoping that
travel and change might restore his wasting powers. At
454 THE SCRIBNER FAMILY.
Luzerne, Switzerland, he vvas attacked with typhoid fever,
to which, with little resistance, he yielded up his life on
August 26, 1871. His brother William accompanied him
on his journey, and was with him when he died. Three
sons and two daughters survived him. His high reputa
tion as a man and Christian vvas a precious inheritance,
and to preserve his memory his sons continued his busi
ness under the firm name oi , Charles Scribner s Sons. His
wife was a daughter of John I. Blair, of Blairstown, N. J.
Henry Scribner (76) for a time was engaged in the drug
business in Ithaca and Watertown, N. Y., but, as its re
sults did not meet his expectations, he disposed of it, and
with his young family removed to Des Moines, la., where
he engaged in the lumber trade. The last one hundred
and seventy miles of the journey vvas made in a wagon
fitted up for comfort and convenience, and so arranged
that he could stop on the prairies when night overtook
him, and not suffer for the want of hotel accommodations.
After thirty years of prosperity in his Western home he
went to his rest, on September 10, 1882, leaving a widow
with one son and a daughter. Like others of his family,
he was a consistent Christian, being a member and an of
ficer in one of the Congregational churches in the city of
his adoption.
Walter Scribner (80) was a druggist, for a time in part
nership with his brother Henry at Watertown, and after
ward alone in the city of Rock Island, 111. He eventually
returned to New York City, and was employed as confi
dential clerk in a large printing house. He died on Octo
ber 15, 1873. His wife and two sons survived him.
The direct line of Rev. Matthew Scribner is now repre
sented by ten great-grandsons, all comparatively young,
only two of whom are married. They are Charles Rogers
and Rogers, sons of Edward Scribner ; John Hitchcock,
THE SCRIBNER FAMILY. 455
Charles, and Henry, sons of Rev. William Scribner ;
Charles and Arthur, sons of Charles Scribner ; George,
son of Henry Scribner ; and Frederick and Frank, sons of
Walter Scribner.
For the data of the preceding sketch, relating to the
Scribner genealogy and Captain Nathaniel Scribner's
family, I am indebted to Mr. Morey Hale Bartow, of New
York City. As a descendant of Captain Scribner, he has
written con atnore the pioneer history of New Albany, Ind.,
entitled " Contributions to the Pioneer History of Indi
ana." He kindly placed the manuscript in my hands, with
permission to use any portions I wished. I have not pre
sumed to copy, but only to use its facts and hints in my
own way. The history is so full of interest that it is to be
hoped it will not long remain a manuscript only. I could
not anticipate the pleasure of its readers by extracts.
D.
DAVID (pieterse) SCHUYLER.
When first I became interested in genealogy, it was my
purpose to prepare a history of all the branches of the
Schu)der family, but more especially those of Philip and
David Schuyler, the first of the name known in America.
But after two years, failing to procure answers to numer
ous letters, particularly from those who by their names I
thought belonged to David's line, I concluded that my
promise of life vyas much too short for such a work, and I
then confined myself almost wholly to Philip's branch ;
preserving, however, all the letters and other information
I had procured as to David's family and others, which I
now put in the form of Appendices, hoping that some
one may pursue and complete the work.
Nearly seven years after the marriage of Philip Pieterse
Schuyler in Beverwyck, David Pieterse Schuyler, from
Amsterdam, Holland, was married in New Amsterdam, on
October 13, 1657, to Catalijna, daughter of Abraham Isaacse
Verplanck. This is the first notice that we liave of him.
How long he had been in the country is not known. Fie
was doubtless a younger brother of Philip, and had fol
lowed him, if he did not come with him, to New Nether
land, a land so full of promise to young men of energy
and business enterprise.
In the marriage records of the Reformed Dutch Church,
New York, and in legal papers, such as deeds, contracts,
bonds, etc., his name vvas written David Pieterse Schuyler;
DAVID PIETERSE SCHUYLER. 45/
but he always wrote his own name without the Pieterse,
David Schuyler, differing in this respect from Philip. The
handwriting of the two was very unlike — Philip's was
flowing and easy, David's cramped and stiff.
In May, 1660, David was a resident of Beverwyck, en
gaged in trade, and signed a petition to the government
that Christians should not be allowed to range the woods
as brokers in the Indian trade, but that such employment
should be restricted to the Indians. From this time until
his death his name often appears in the records as a buyer
and seller of real estate in the village, as surety for his
friends, as an officer in the church, and as a magistrate in
the city.
On December 22, 1660, he bought a lot on State Street
of Anneke Jans Bogardus, on which he built a house ; and
five years later sold it to Mr. Van den Uythoff, a name
which soon disappeared. In the deed, drawn by the no
tary, he is termed the " Honorable David Pieterse Schuy
ler." On October 6, 1673, after the Dutch had retaken the
province, acting Governor Colve, having changed the
name of Albany to Willemstadt, appointed him a magis
trate. Ten years later Governor Dongan appointed him
justice of the peace, and in 1686 named him an alderman
in the charter, to which position he was elected by the
people three successive years. Having attained to this
municipal dignity, he removed from his comparatively
small and unpretentious house to one much larger and
more pleasantly situated, on the bank of the river, at the
corner of Broadway and Steuben Street. There were no
railways, no stations, no docks, no canal basin, no pier with
its mills and elevators, between his garden, planted with
tulips and flowering shrubs, and the gently flowing waters
of the Hudson — nothing to intercept the view of the
45 8 DAVID PIETERSE SCHUYLER.
wooded hills beyond ; nothing but the low wooden walls
of the city to shut out the prospect of the river valley up
to the Stein Hoeck skirted by the low western hills.
He was a member of the convention which assumed the
government of the city in 1689, and gave it a hearty sup
port in all its measures. He was in perfect accord with
his nephew, Peter Schuyler, mayor of the city, and at
tached his name to the energetic protest against the claims
and pretensions of Jacob Leisler on January 13, 1690. It
was one of the last acts of his life. He died in less than a
month afterward, ona day of great excitement, caused by
the destruction of Schenectady, on February 9, i6go.
As a business man David Schuyler was successful. He
had not the same dash and energy as Philip, and only once
ventured into a speculation not directly connected with
his business. In this he must have felt quite safe, when
such men as Jan Jansen Bleecker, Peter Schuyler, Dirck
Wesselse Ten Broeck, and Robert Livingston were his
partners in the purchase of Saratoga. He was the first,
however, and the only one of the partners, to dispose of
his interest before a sufficient time had elapsed to esti
mate the real value of the venture. He sold out in 1686
for ;^55 i6i'. od., which, after all, was a fair percentage on
the investment.
I have said that he was a younger brother of Philip Pie
terse Schuyler. For want of positive evidence to this ef
fect the relationship has been denied, while others claim
that he was the elder brother. I have two letters in my
possession, one from a descendant of Philip, the other
from a gentleman who some years since was much inter
ested in the Schuyler genealogy, in which the writers pur
sue the same line of argument — that they could not have
been brothers, because their own and their children's
names were so unlike, and for no other reason. If tlie}'
DAVID SCHUYLER. 459
had examined the reasons for the difference, and why
some of them were alike, it is quite certain they would
have come to different conclusions.
Their own middle names, Pieterse, son of Peter, prove
that their fathers' names were the same. Each named
one of his sons Peter for his father. Each named his eld
est daughter Gertrude, presumably for his mother, as was
the custom. Each named a daughter, the one Alida, the
other Maria, for their wives' mothers. Philip named two
sons Brant and Arent for his wife's father. David named
one son Abraham for his wife's father, and another Jaco
bus, a Verplanck family name. Philip gave to one of his
sons his own name, and to one of his daughters the name
of his wife ; so did David. Philip called his eldest son
Gysbert and his youngest Johannes ; and David named
one son Myndert — all probably family names on one side or
the other. From this it is seen that they both followed the
usual custom in naming their children for persons in their
own or their wives' families ; and that it was the intro
duction of names belonging to the families into which
they had married that caused the difference. It is well
that they did not marry sisters, for had they done so, and
had adhered to custom, the confusion caused by the same
names in different families would have been inextricable.
The relations between the two men were intimate and
confidential. They were sureties for each other in busi
ness transactions, and to some extent shared in the same
enterprises. Their sons and daughters were sponsors for
each others' children, a strong evidence of relationship.
Lastly, Philip, son of Philip Pieterse, when writing to Jo
hannes Abeel, the husband of David Pieterse's youngest
daughter, addressed him, "Cousin Abeel.'' There are
three such letters among the manuscript documents in the
office of the Secretary of State.
460 DAVID SCHUYLER.
There is no evidence, positive or inferential, that I have
found showing that David was the oldest. On the con
trary, it may be inferred from the facts — that Philip vvas in
the country several years before we hear of David ; that
he was married seven years before him ; that he died
nearly seventeen years before him ; that Philip's youngest
child was past eleven years old when he died, while
David's youngest at the same time vvas only five — that he
was the eldest. But the question is of no particular im
portance, and may be suffered to rest.
David Schuyler executed his will on May 21, 1688. He
gave to his eldest son, Peter, his " house and lot on the
hill," on the south side of State Street, a short distance
above Pearl. To his wife he gave his "great messuage
wherein I now dwell, situated in this city on the east side
of the street next to the north gate (corner of Broadway
and Steuben Street), to have and to hold for the space of
ninety-nine years, or during her natural life." He directed
that each of his minor and unmarried children should re
ceive ;i^3o, the same as the married ones ; the balance of
the estate he left in trust to his wife, to be divided after
her death equally among his eight children — Peter, Ger
trude, Abraham, Maria, David, Myndert, Cobus, and Cata
lyntje, the last four being minors and Maria unmarried.
The will was proved on April 11, 1691.
GENEALOGICAL TABLE.
David Schuyler and his Descendants.
I. DAVID SCHUYLER, d. February 9, 1690, and Catalyn Ver Planck,
d. October 8, 1708.
-^ A. Peter, b. April 18, 1659, d. March 7, 1696.
m. Alida Van Slichtenhorst.
3. Gertrude, b. September 19, 1661.
m. Willem Claes Groesbeck.
4. Abraham, b. August i5, 1663, d. July 9, 1726.
111. November 10, 1691, Gertrude Ten Broeck,
5. Maria, b. September 29, 1666.
m. February 3, 1689, Dr. Hendrick Van Dyck,
6. David, b. June 11, 1669, d. Dec. 16, 1715.
m. January I, 1694, Elsje Rutgers.
7. Myndert, b. January 16, 1672.
m. October 26, 1693, Rachel Cuyler.
8. Jacob, b. June 14, 1675, d. March 22, 1707.
m. I, Cathalyntia Wendell.
m. 2, June 3, 1704, Susanna Wendell.
9. Catlyn, b. January 14, 1678.
m. I, April 10, 1694, Johannes Abeel.
m. 2, May 26, 1712, Rutger Bleecker.
2. PETER SCHUYLER and Alida Van Slichtenhorst.
10. Gerrit, m. September 28, 1703, Aagje de Crood, in New York.
II. Johannes, bp. December 3, 1684, d. s. p. ; buried July 22, 1740,
12. Catalina, bp. October 10, i685.
m. Jacob Bogart.
¦^ 13. David, bp. December 26, 1688.
m. I, July 17, 1720, Anna Bratt.
14. Alida, bp. January 21, 1693.
15. Philip, bp. October 28, 1694.
m. February 28, 17I8, Sara Roosevelt, New York.
16. Pieter, bp. August 9, 1696 ; living in Albany in 1764.
462 DAVID SCHUYLER'S DESCENDANTS.
4. ABRAHAM SCHUYLER and Gertrude Ten Broeck.^
17. David, b. November 26, 1692.
m. December 2, 1725, Maria Hansen.
18. Christina, b. July 16, 1695.
19. Dirck, b. July 25, 1700.
20. Abraham, b. August 24, 1704.
m. September 7, 1732, Catrina Staats.
21. Jacob, b. March 19, 1707.
m. November 12, 1735, Geertruy Staats.
6. DAVID SCHUYLER and Elsje Rutgers.
22. Catherine, bp. November 25, 1694, d. y.
23. David, bp. April 11, 1697.
m. May 3, 1719, Elizabeth Marschalk, in New York.
24. Harmanus, bp. July 21, 1700.
m. December i, 1722, in Albany, Jannetje Bancker,
25. Catherina, bp. December 19, 1703.
26. Myndert, bp. October 7, 1711.
m. June 21, 1735, in New York, Elizabeth Wessels.
27. Anthony, bp. October 30, 1715.
7. MYNDERT SCHUYLER and Rachel Cuyler.
28. Anna, bp. February 28, 1697.
m. November 24, 1715, John de Peyster.
8. JACOBUS SCHUYLER and Susanna Wendell.
29. Catalyntje, bp. April 21, 1706.
10. GERRIT SCHUYLER and Aagje de Grood.
30. Alida, November 19, 1704.
31. Janneke, January 29, 1707.
32. Aegje, January 25, 1710, d. y.
33. Pieter, January 9, 1712.
34. Aegje, March 20, 1715.
35. Johanna Goerda, June 2, 1717.
36. Maria, February 10, 1720.
13. DAVID SCHUYLER and Anna Bratt.
37. Alida, bp. February 12, 1721, d. y.
38. Pieter, bp. March 10, 1723.
m. June 9, 1743, Elizabeth Barbara Herkimer.
13. DAVID SCHUYLER and .
39. John,
40. Adoniah.
41. David.
'^ 42. Philip.
^ 43- Jacob. ^^
' These children are all mentioned in Abraham Schuyler*s will.
DAVID SCHUYLER'S DESCENDANTS. 463
44. Anna
45. Margreta.
46. Alida.
47. Catharina.
15. PHILIP SCHUYLER and Sara Roosevelt.
48. Sara, bp. August 12, 17 19.
17. DAVID SCHUYLER and Maria Hansen.
49. Abraham, bp. November 15, 1734, d. y.
50. Abraham, bp. December 25, 1735.
m. December 2, 1763, Eva Beekman.
51. Hendrick, bp. February 8, 1738. •
20. ABRAHAM SCHUYLER and Catrina Staats.
52. Christina, b. June 18, 1733.
53. Neiltje, b. November 30, 1735.
54. Getanee, b. December 18, 1738.
55. Abram, b. April 8, 1741.
56. Anna Maricia, b. March 13, 1743.
57. Arrietta, b. June 7, 1746.
m. Coeymans.
21. JACOB SCHUYLER and Geertruy Staats.
58. Geertruy, bp. May 2, 1736, d. y.
59. Geertruy, bp. October 21, 1737.
60. Dirk, bp. March 16, 1740.
m. April 26, 1764, Maria Van Deusen.
61. Neeltje, bp. August 15, 1742, d. y.
62. Anna, bp. April 21, 1745.
63. Neeltje, bp. November 22, 1747.
64. Barent Staats, bp. February 18, 1750.
65. Christina, bp. December 24, 1752. •
23. DAVID SCHUYLER and Elizabeth Marsclialk.
66. Elizabeth, bp. in New York, March 6, 1720.
24. HARMANUS SCHUYLER and Jannetje Bancker.
67. David, bp. February 7, 1725.
m. November 14, 1764, Elizabeth Simmons.
68. Evert, bp. August 28, 1726.
• 38. PIETER SCHUYLER and Elizabeth Barbara Herkimer.
69. Peter, m. Catherine Herkimer.
70. Nicholas, m. ; .
71. JOHAN JosT (alias Hanyost).
50. ABRAHAM SCHUYLER and Eva Beekman.
72. Maria, bp. December 23, 1764.
73. Martin Beekman, b. March 2, 1767.
464 DAVID SCHUYLER'S DESCENDANTS.
74. David, bp. April 2, 1769.
m. I, Elizabeth Lawyer.
m. 2, Margaret Marselus.
75. Geertruy, b. July 16, 1773.
76. Hendrick, bp. September 10, 1775.
55. ABRAHAM SCHUYLER (Judge) and .
77. Catriena, b. May 25, 1762.
78. Abraham, b. May 10, 1764.
79. Altje, b. July 13, 1767.
80. Christina, b. February 20, 1771.
81. Johanna, b. September 7, 1773.
84. Neiltje, b. February 25, 1776.
60. DIRCK SCHUYLER and yl/fflrw Van Deusen.
85. Jacobus, b. July 29, 1768.
86. Catherina, b. November 20, 1770.
87. William Van Deusen, b. May 9, 1773.
88, Geertruy, b. July 25, 1775.
69. PETER SCHUYLER and Catherine Herkimer.
8g. Peter, d. in Cazenovia, N. Y.
m. Sophia Cook.
90. John, m. Mary McCord.
gi. Abraham, d. in Ontario County, N. Y.
m. Sarah Southerland.
92. Joseph, d. in Northumberland, Pa.
m. Margaret McCord.
93. Elizabeth, m. Du Colon.
94. Nancy, m. Mires.
95. Margaret, m. Solomon Moycr.
96. Simeon, m. Sarah Evans.
70. NICHOLAS SCHUYLER and .
97. Nicholas.
98. Peter.
99. Henry.
100. George Nicholas.
74. DAVID SCHUYLER and Elizabeth Lawyer.
loi. Abraham, b. June 7, 1797, d. at Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., March
31, 1865.
m. Ann Maria Spraker.
102. Lawrence Lawyer, m. Cornelia K. Sadalier.
103. Ann Eliza, b. February 6, 1801.
m. November 23, 1822, Peter Hynds.
89. PETER SCHUYLER and Sophia Cook.
104. Sophia, m. Helm.
DAVID SCHUYLER'S DESCENDANTS. 465
105. Martha M., m. Stephen Grinnell,
106. Electra.
107. Julietta.
90. JOHN SCHUYLER and Mary McCord, ¦
108. Rensselaer.
109. Charles.
no. John.
HI. William.
112. Kate.
113. Sarah.
91. ABRAHAM SCHUYLER and Sarah Southerland,
114. Abraham.
115. Nelson.
116. Julietta.
92. JOSEPH SCHUYLER and Margaret McCord.
117. Joseph.
118. Kate.
119. Sarah.
96. SIMEON SCHUYLER and Sarah Evans,
120. Evans.
121. 'Wilson 'W., m. Alice Bensen,
122. Joseph.
97. NICHOLAS SCHUYLER and .
123. Aaron.
loi. ABRAHAM SCHUYLER and Ann Maria Spraker.
124. Maria, b. March 20, 1819.
m. July 18, 1838, Dr. John W. Hinckly, of Albany.
125. Caroline, b. July 27, 1822.
m. October 31, 1850, Thomas Mulford Hunter,
126. Cordelia, b. July 29.
m. 1857, William Stokes.
127. Alonzo Beekman, b. January i, 1826.
m. August 7, 1 85 1, Mila G. Bishop,
128. Van Rensselaer, b. March 11, 1830.
m. November 17, 1850, Mary Hauck,
102. LA'WRENCE LAWYER SCHUYLER and Cornelia K. Sadalier,
129. David Carlton.
130. James Lawrence.
131. Jane,
132. Frances.
133. Cornelia. Vol. II. — 30
466 DAVID SCHUYLER'S DESCENDANTS.
127. ALONZO BEEKMAN SCHUYLER and Mila G, Bishop,
134. Bishop, b. March 28, 1854. -i
135. Jessie, b. April 13, 1857. ) Residence,
136. Beecher, b. July 17, 1859. | Sackett's Harbor, N. Y.
137. Isabella, b. November 27, 1864. J
128. VAN RENSSELAER SCHUYLER and Mary Hauck.
138. Frances, b. September 28, 185 1. j Residence,
m. Sept. 17, 1868, Granger Robins. \ Sackett's Har-
139. Frederick, b. September 28, 185 1, d. 1867. J l^or. N. Y.
Notes.
Peter Schuyler (2) was a merchant in Albany, resident
for a short time in Claverack, where his wife's father had
a small tract of land. In 1685 he was appointed a judge
of the court of Oyer and Terminer. He married Alida
Van Slichtenhorst, daughter of Gerrit Van Slichtenhorst
and niece of Philip Pieterse Schuyler's wife. She was
then a widow, her first husband, Gerrit Goosen Van
Schaick, having died on November 11, 1679.
The date of his marriage is not known. He died sud
denly, March 7, 1696, and left no will. His widow ap
plied to the court in May following to have Abraham and
David Schuyler appointed guardians of her children dur
ing their minority.
The records of baptisms in the Reformed Dutch Church
of Albany previous to 1683 are lost, else doubtless we
would have known that Peter Schuyler had a son David
before Gerrit, the latter being named for his wife's father.
It is probable that his eldest son died young, and he then
gave to his fourth son the name of his father.
Abraham Schuyler (4) was for many years one of the
most prominent men in Albany. He vvas much respected
by the Indians of the Five Nations, with whose language
he vvas familiar. At one time he resided among the Sene-
DAVID SCHUYLER'S DESCENDANTS. 467
cas as agent of the government, and they were so well
pleased with him that they asked for his reappointment.
Governor Burnet, suspecting them to have been influ
enced by the traders, if not by Schuyler himself, refused
' their petition, and thus lost much of their respect. He
was often employed in journeys to Canada on important
public business, as also to Onondaga to attend Indian
councils for the protection of English interests. He ac
companied Colonel Peter Schuyler and the five Indian
chiefs to England as interpreter. The day before he left
Albany on his voyage he wrote his will, December 15,
1709, and made no other before his death. He made this
entry in his Bible : " 1709. Dec 16'^ I went with Colo.
Schu3'ler to England, and returned through the grace of
God, July 26. 1710." (The record, as published in the
Genealogical and Biographical Record, viii., 166, is incorrect
in so far that it turns Colonel into Cornelius^ He was an
alderman and justice of the peace, and held other official
positions, in the city of Albany. Governor Burnet's re
fusal to reappoint him Indian agent did not prevent him
from visiting his old friends. Less than two years after
ward he died among them, after a brief illness, on July 9,
1726, "at Sonnock's Land." His wife vvas a daughter of
Dirck Wesselse Ten Broeck.
David Schuyler (6) was a trader in Albany, and, being
a man of better education or of more abilities than the
average men of his time, when quite young was em
ployed in the public service, both of the city and province.
He was frequently in Canada on business of his own, and
being quick-witted, he was enabled to communicate im
portant intelligence on his return. Twice in one year,
1701, he was commissioned a delegate to the Indian coun
cils at Onondaga, to divert the Five Nations from a pro
jected alliance with the French. He held the positions of
468 MYNDERT SCHUYLER.
alderman and justice of the peace in Albany several suc
cessive years. In 1705 he was sheriff of the county, and
the next year was appointed mayor of the city. The
highest positions in the province would have been within
his reach had his life been prolonged to the usual age.
He died at the age of forty-six years, on December 16, 17 15.
After his death several of his sons, if not all, followed
their maternal uncles, Harmaniis and Anthony Rutgers, to
New York.
Myndert Schuyler (7), like his brothers, was much em
ployed in the public service. Soon after he had reached
his majority he vvas elected constable of the First Ward in
Albany. A few years earlier, while yet a lad, he had shown
his interest in politics by signing the protest against the
governmental claims of Jacob Leisler. In 1701 he was
elected to the Eighth Assembly, and was re-elected to the
four following ; and again to the fifteenth, seventeenth,
eighteenth, and twentieth. About twenty years of his life
he thus spent in the service of the province. In 17 10 he
was appointed by Governor Hunter to the Indian board, of
which he was a member, with two brief intervals, from
that time to 1754.
In 17 13 he was employed by Governor Hunter on a
mission to Canada ; and a few years later he and Robert
Livingston, Jr., were despatched on important business to
the Seneca Indians. In 17 19 he was appointed by Presi
dent Peter Schuyler mayor of Albany, and served two
years. After an interval of two years he was reappointed
to the position by Governor Burnet, and held the office
another two years.
He was also an honored oflicer in the church, having
been elected a deacon and church-master in 1706. He
was a captain in the militia in 17 10, and rose to the grade
of colonel before 1754.
MYNDERT SCHUYLER. 469
While many of his friends and neighbors were speculat
ing largely in lands, he was serving the public or quietly
attending to his business as a merchant. Philip Pieterse
Schuyler and his sons were large buyers and sellers of
lands, but David Pieterse Schuyler and his sons had little
to do with them. Myndert had a share in 10,000 acres of
land on the Schoharie Creek, known as the Hunterfield
Patent, and a share in 500 acres on the upper waters of
Norman's Kil. These comprise his land transactions.
His brothers bought even less.
He was buried in the church on October 21, 1755, hav
ing survived all his brothers and all the sons of his uncle
Philip. He was the last of the second generation of the
American Schuylers.
His will is dated March 7, 1739, and was proved on July
24, 1756. He had accumulated a very respectable estate,
the use of which he left to his wife ; and after her death
the "profits and income " to his daughter, Anna de Peyster,
during life, after which it was to be divided equally among
his grandchildren. He named as executors his wife and
daughter, his son-in-law, John de Peyster, Rutger Bleecker,
and Philip Schuyler (son of Peter). On July 28, 1741, he
added a codicil. A grandson had been born, and named
Myndert Schuyler. To him he left ;^3o, a silver tankard,
his wearing apparel, gun, and " sword with silver handle ; "
and directed that after his death "all his merchandise and
shop furniture should be sold."
His daughter Anna died five years before him, and of
the five executors named in the will only one, John de
Peyster, qualified. With him vvas associated his daugh
ter, Anna de Peyster, the wife of Volkert Pieterse Douw,
in place of her mother, apparently without question, as
though she were the Anna de Peyster named in the will.
Jacobus Schuyler (8). Nothing more can be said of
470 DAVID SCHUYLER.
him than that he vvas elected constable of the Third Ward
in 1697, and collector of the same ward in 1701 and 1702 ;
that he served as sponsor on various occasions at the bap^
tism of his brothers' and sisters' children, and in 1704 was
sponsor for Catalyntje, daughter of Colonel Johannes
Schuyler ; and that he was twice married. His wives were
probably daughters of Captain Johannes Wendell. He died
at the age of about thirty-two years, leaving an only child.
Gerrit Schuyler (10) removed to New York, where he
married on September 28, 1703. In a deed, dated July 5,
1 72 1, their names are written Gerard Schuyler and Aagie
De Grove. Their children were baptized in the Reformed
Dutch Church of New York.
David Schuyler (13) was twice married. After the death
of his first wife he removed to Canajoharie, where he had
bought lands on which he supposed there were valuable
mines. In May, 1754, he and his son Peter bought of the
Mohawk Indians 43,000 acres of land on the west side of
Lake Canjadarage, for which, in company with a few others,
they procured a patent. The lake is now known as Schuy
ler Lake, situated in Otsego County near Richfield Springs.
One would infer from his will that David Schuyler was
a man of extensive business and large property. He
speaks of kinds, mines, and minerals at Canajoharie, lands
on Lake Canjadarage, his estate and claims in Albany and
New York, and in the colonies of Rensselaerwyck and
Surinam. His will is dated April 3, 1759, in which he
names his eldest son, Peter, and his nine children by his
second wife. He appointed seven executors, with Sir
William Johnson at the head. When the will was proved,
in April, 1764, all the executors declined to act, and Jo
hannes Schuyler, having become the eldest son by the
death of Peter, vvas appointed administrator.
1 have been unable to procure any trustworthy informa-
PHILIP SCHUYLER. 47 1
tion as to his family, except about Pieter (38). John (39),
was made administrator of the estate, but nothing more is
known of him.
Mr. George Van Driessen, of Adrian, Mich., writes :
" My grandfather on my mother's side was David Schuyler,
who lived at Fort Herkimer." It is possible that he was
David (41).
Mr. Van der Kemp, the translator of the Dutch colonial
documents, made in 1792 a journey from Kingston, N. Y.,
to Lake Ontario. His route was by way of Albany and
the Mohawk Valley. When he arrived at Palatinetown
he was entertained at the "mansion" of Mrs. Schuyler,
widow of Colonel Philip Schuyler, who seemed to be a
person of intelligence and was sprightly in conversation.
She gave him much information on various topics of in
terest, but especially as to the country through which he
was travelling and the best houses on his road. She vvas
doubtless the widow of Philip Schuyler (42).
There is no trace of Philip Schuyler (15) in Albany
after his baptism, and it is probable that he joined his
brother Gerrit in New York. Although there is no au
thority in the records for his marriage to Sara Roosevelt,
the presumption is strong. At the time of the marriage,
February 28, 17 18, there were six others, and only six, of
the same name, all of whom can be accounted for.
Philip (9), fifth son of Philip Pieterse Schuyler, vvas a
widower residing at Schenectady, and in May, 1719, mar
ried his second wife.
Philip (136), son of Brandt Schuyler, of New York, mar
ried Ann Elizabeth Staats in August, 17 13, and his wife
survived him.
Philip (161), son of Arent Schuyler, of New Jersey, mar
ried Hester Kingsland in 1 7 1 2, and she lived to an advanced
age.
472 DIRCK SCHUYLER.
Philip (358), son of Johannes Schuyler, of Albany, died
a bachelor in 1745.
Philip (13), son of Colonel Peter Schuyler, married his
cousin, Margarita Schuyler.
Philip (5), son of Nicholas Schuyler, of Schenectady,
vvas an infant.
It follows that Philip, son of Pieter Davidse Schuyler,
must have been the Philip Schuyler who married Sara
Roosevelt. At the baptism of his child, junior is written after his
name. This was done to distinguish him from Philip, son
of Brandt.
After the baptism of his child in the church at New
York, I find no other trace of him. It is possible h^ re
moved to New Jersey, where several descendants of David
Pieterse Schuyler ultimately settled.
Maria Hansen wife of David Schuyler (17) was the
daughter of Hendrick Hansen, mayor of Albany, 1698.
Dirck Schuyler (19) resided in New Brunswick, N. J.,
in June, 1738, and was termed a merchant in a deed con
veying his mother's share in the Saratoga Patent, received
from her father, which he had previously bought from his
mother and brothers. He sold one-third of an original
share (one-seventh) for ;^25o to his cousin, Dirck Ten
Broeck. If married, his wife is not mentioned in the deed.
The marriage of Abraham Schuyler (20) and Catrina
Staats is recorded in the Reformed Dutch Church of Al
bany, as also the baptism of their first child, but nothing
more. It is probable that he then removed to New Bruns
wick, N. J., where his father's Dutch Bible, containing his
own family records, was found, in June, 1877, in posses
sion of a female descendant.
Catrina Staats was a daughter of Barent Staats, of Al-
banv^
HAN YOST SCHUYLER, 473
Harmanus Schuyler (24) was admitted freeman of New
York City in 1728.
Pieter Schuyler (38) secured two shares, or 4,000
acres, in the land patent on Schuyler's Lake, his uncle,
Peter P. Schuyler, of Albany, having transferred to him
his allotment, as by agreement before the patent was is
sued. He seems to have been an active business man, en
gaged in various enterprises. He died in middle life, be
fore his plans and business schemes were fully developed.
His marriage into the Herkimer family allied him to the
most influential Germans in the Mohawk Valley. His
wife was the eldest of eight sisters, daughters of Johann
Jost Herkimer, and was a sister of General Nicholas Her
kimer of Revolutionary fame. Schuyler's marriage is re
corded in the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany. He
died before June, 1764, as his brother John is then termed
the eldest son of David Schuyler, deceased.
JoHAN Jost Schuyler (71) was named for his maternal
grandfather, Johan Jost Herkimer, one of the first settlers
on the Upper Mohawk. The name was corrupted into
Han Yost, or Honyost, by which appellation he is known
in histor}'. By several writers he is described as an igno
rant, uncouth, half-witted being, but little removed from
the savages with whom he mainly associated. I am in
clined to doubt the truth of this description. His parent
age was respectable, but, living on the borders of civiliza
tion, where there were no schools,' he grew up in igno
rance. On the one side were the Mohawk Indians, and on
the other the Oneidas. In common with all the white
settlers, both Dutch and German, he must of necessity
have associated more or less with the savages, with whose
customs and superstitions he vvas well informed. Unlike
' His uncle John signed his name with a mark.
474 HAN YOST SCHUYLER.
many, he adapted himself to the habits of the people
among whom he lived. He availed himself of his knowl
edge to gain the confidence of the Indians and win their
respect. Knowing with what awe and affection they re
garded the unfortunate who had not perfect control of
their reason, he may have affected the part of one deficient
in intellect in order to gain their confidence for the ac
complishment of his own plans and purposes.
He could not have been regarded by his friends and
neighbors as the half-witted fellow painted by historians,
or he would not have been enrolled in the militia and
made an officer in one of the companies. In October,
1776, General Herkimer reported to his commanding of
ficer, " Han Yost Schuyler and others have gone to the
enemy." Lathrop Allen was more explicit. In a letter
to General Schuyler, he said :
" Hanjoost Schuyler, a sergeant in one of, the ranger
companies, Hanjoost Harkamar, son-in-law of the old
widow Harkamar, and several others, after a consultation
at Canajoharie Castle among the Indians and Tories, ab
sconded to the enemy."
We next hear of him in company with Walter N. Butler
and other Tories at the house of Mr. Shoemaker, situated a
short distance from Fort Dayton, concerting measures to
detach the inhabitants of the valley from the patriots, and
thus compel Colonel Gansevoort to surrender Fort Schuy
ler (Stanwix) to St. Leger. Colonel Weston, commanding
at Fort Dayton, was apprised of the meeting, and, sur
rounding the house, captured Butler and twenty-eight
others, Han Yost among them. Butler and Han Yost were
tried by court-martial, and sentenced to death. If a fool,
why was he selected from the " twenty-eight others " to
suffer the penalty of treason ? Why was not some promi-
HAN YOST SCHUYLER. 475
nent Tory, like Shoemaker, for instance, taken in place of
the " half-witted ? "
General Arnold, detached from the army at Saratoga
for the relief of Fort Schuyler, now arrived with his troops,'
and began organizing the militia for a march against St.
Leger. Johan Jost's mother and brother opportunely ar
rived to intercede for his life. Arnold was obdurate for a
time, but finally consented to spare his life, on condition
that he should go to St. Leger's camp and induce him to
raise the siege, but that meanwhile his brother Nicholas
would be detained as a hostage for his fidelity. Whence
came this apparently chimerical proposition ? Arnold
could not have suggested it, for he was a man of some
common sense. It must have originated with the " half
witted," believing he could frighten away the Indians and
thus compel the English to retire. It must have seemed
to Arnold and his officers a fool's conception. What ! a
fool, alone and unaided, accomplish that which an army led
by the brave General Herkimer had attempted in vain !
For some reason difficult to understand Arnold consented,
and Schuyler accepted the condition without a murmur.
His only preparation for the work was to have his clothes
riddled with bullets. In company with an Indian he
started to perform a feat which should have won for him
a nation's gratitude and covered his name with glory.
Schuyler and his Indian ally approached St. Leger's
camp from different directions, and first visited St. Leg
er's Indians. With wise looks and gestures, more than
with words, they gave the Indians to understand that an
army more numerous than the leaves of the forest was
approaching to destroy them. With mysterious hints they
roused the imaginations of their hearers, and caused them
to apprehend more danger than their words implied.
There was great commotion ; Han Yost was hurried off to
476 HAN YOST SCHUYLER.
St. Leger's tent, followed by the Indian chiefs, where the
story was repeated with additions designed for the Indian
ear. The excitement increased, until great fear and dread
pervaded the ranks of the soldiery. Leaving their tents
and camp equipage, and throwing away their guns, the
army began its retreat, which soon became a perfect rout.
The army of the enemy was dissolved, and the siege was
raised. According to history, it vvas the work of a fool.
In truth, it was the work of a skilful man, who based his
hopes of success upon his thorough knowledge of Indian
character. His great exploit has not saved his name from
obloquy, and the charge of Toryism has obliterated all
sense of gratitude. His feat of heroism was one of the
main factors in the victory of Saratoga. The defeat of
St. Leger made it possible to capture Burgoyne.
Schuyler returned to Fort Dayton, and Arnold, having
received information from other sources that the siege
of Fort Schuyler had been raised, released his hostage.
" But," history goes on to say, " he vvas so imbued with
his Tory principles that he again went off to the enemy,
and remained with them to the close of the war, when he
returned to his former residence in the Mohawk Valley."
When reading this bit of history, as related by several
writers, I confess that I had my doubts as to his want of
common-sense, and as to his want of loyalty to his country.
I believed rather that he was slirevvd and brave, a true pa
triot. In the Revolution, as in other wars, the generals
employed confidential agents as spies, who gained access
to the enemy's camp, and from time to time gave their
employers important information. May not Johan Jost
Schuyler have been so employed by General Schuyler or
other American officers ? ' If he were a Tory, or an Eng-
' Mr. Lossing, in his Life of General Schuyler, changes the name from
Hanyost Schuyler to Hon Yost Cuyler,
HAN YOST SCHUYLER. 477
lish spy, he had a singular way of serving his friends. If
a Tory, he was the only one of the name. Notwithstanding
the character given to him, he merits a monument to his
memory, as one who alone routed an army, relieved a gar
rison at a vital point, and made possible the victory of
General Gates at Stillwater.
Johan Jost Schuyler died about 1810.
He probably married an Indian woman of the Oneida
nation. Mr. Schoolcraft, in his Report to the Legislature,
1846, refers to an Oneida Indian by the name of " Moses
Schuyler, son of Hon Yost," and of another man of the
same nation named Abraham Schuyler. Both were living
at the time he made the census of the Indians in the State
of New York, in 1845.
Mrs. Cochran, youngest daughter of General Schuyler,
said on one occasion that she had attended church in
Utica, N. Y., and had sat at the communion-table with
Oneida Indians by the name of Schuyler.' They were
probably the descendants of Han Yost. Other persons
have also mentioned meeting Oneida Indians named
Schuyler. Mr. Schoolcraft also says in his Report :
" The last persons executed for witchcraft among the
Oneidas suffered about forty years ago (1805). They were
two females. The executioner vvas the notorious Hon
Yost of Revolutionary memory. He entered the lodge ac
cording to a prior decree of the Council, and struck them
down with a tomahawk."
This would show that he had been adopted by the
Oneidas, and made one of their sachems. It is not prob
able that tliey would have intrusted the execution of a
capital sentence to a stranger.
' Lossing's Life of Philip Schuyler, vol. i., p. 67.
478 DAVID SCHUYLER.
David Schuyler (74) resided for a time in Cobleskill,
Schoharie County, N. Y., where he married, and where his
children were born. After the death of his wife, in 1802,
he removed to Albany, and thence to Johnstown, N. Y.,
where he died and vvas buried. His occupation was that
of a merchant.
Wilson W. Schuyler (121) was elected a judge of North
ampton County, Pa., November, 1881. He is a graduate
of Williams College, and was admitted to the bar in 1854.
E.
THE MOHAWK VALLEY SCHUYLERS.
Jacob Schuyler, the ancestor of this branch of the
Schuylers, with his large, family of sons and daughters,
emigrated from New Jersey, and settled in Florida, Mont
gomery County, N. Y., in the year 1790. No one of his
descendants traces their pedigree farther back than Jacob,
who was born on March 24, 1734. As in many other fam
ilies, there is a tradition, repeated with variations, that
early in the eighteenth century three persons by the name
of Schuyler, supposed to be brothers, came to this country
from Holland, and settled in different localities, one in
New Jersey, one in Delaware, and the third in Albany,
N. Y. The different versions of the story, as given by dif
ferent members of the family, indicate quite clearly that
it is nothing more than a tradition, without a "substantial
basis, such as I have heard repeated by members of the
other branches time and again. There is, however, abun
dant evidence that Jacob came, with his family, from New
Jersey to New York, at the time mentioned.
Jacob is a name of frequent use by David Pieterse
Schuyler and his descendants, derived originally from the
Verplancks ; and, as some of David's grandsons removed
to New Jersey early in the last century, I am strongly im
pressed with the conviction that Jacob Schuyler, of Flor
ida, N. Y., was a son of one of them. The date of his birth
proves that he belonged to the generation of David's great-
grandsons, the fourth of the American Schuylers. We know
that Abraham and Dirck, sons of Abraham Davidse Schuyler,
48o THE MOHAWK VALLEY SCHUYLERS.
lived in New Brunswick. Of Johannes, son of Pieter Da
vidse, we have no trace, except that about fifty-six years
after his baptism he was buried in the church at Albany, a
proof that he had had a position and an estate entitling him
to such a burial. Of his brother Philip, after the baptism of
his child, we know nothing. We have only glimpses of Da
vid, Harmanus, and Myndert, sons of David Davidse, and of
their brother Anthony we have not the slightest trace. It
is therefore quite legitimate to. infer that some one of the
seven or eight was the father of Jacob Schuyler, of Florida.
It is possible that Johannes, son of Pieter Davidse, emi
grated to New Jersey, where many of the Albanians
sought a home, that they might own lands and secure
safety for their families from prowling savages. Once in
that land of hope and promise, all traces of them were lost
from the records, church and municipal, of Albany, and
only known to future generations by Bible and other fam
ily records. The only reason why I suppose Johannes may
have been his father, is the fact that he named his eldest son
John. His eldest daughter and a few others may have been
named forhis wife'smother and her family, but the majority
were given names which belonged to the Albany Schuylers.
But it is idle to speculate. The question may be solved
ultimately by an old Dutch Bible, now stored away in some
closet or garret waiting for an antiquarian to bring ittp
light. The ancestors of the Mohawk Schuylers, whoever
they may be, if they now take an interest in, their descend
ants, cannot be otherwise than gratified. They are a fine
race of men. Farming has been, and is yet, their favorite
business. But among them are individuals of other pur
suits — merchants, bankers, manufacturers, lawyers, doctors.
The Mohawk Valley was soon too small to hold their won
derful increase, and they overflowed its narrow limits into
other parts of the State.
GENEALOGICAL TABLE.
I. JACOB SCHUYLER, b. March 24, 1734.'
m. Eve Swackhamer,
2. Elizabeth, b. March 10, 1755.
3. Christina, b. September i, 1757.
4. John, b. March 2, 1758 ; was twice married, but to whom is not
stated. He died in 1852, at his residence in Charlestown,
Montgomery County, N. Y.
5. Catherine, b. March 29, 1760.
6. Dolly (Dorothy), b. October 2, 1762.
7. Jacob, b. February 2, 1764-
m. Martha Fancher.
8. Margaret, b. February 13, 1766.
9. Ann, b. July 6, 1767.
10. Philip, b. October 22, 1769.
m. Mary Kinnan,
II. Samuel, b. May 22, 1771.
ni. Abigail Fancher, b. November 25, 1772,
12, Eye, b, September 14, 1772.
13. William, b. March 2, 1776.
m. Mary Serviss,
14. Daniel, b. July 30, 1779.
m, I, Anna Thomas.
m. 2, Elane Hitts.
4, JOHN SCHUYLER and ,«
15. Jacob, b, 1782, d, y.
¦ 16. Anna, b. 1783, d, January, 1810.
17. William, b. 1784, d. 1858; moved to Geddes, N. Y., 1825, d.
i860.
18. John, b. March, 1787, d. 1875 > moved to Marcellus, Onondaga
County, N. Y.
19. Eva, b. March, 1791, d, 1863.
20. Samuel, b, September, 1794, d. 1870 ; residence, Charlestown,
Montgomery County, N. Y.
1 From the Bible records of James H, Schuyler, of Amsterdam, N, Y.
= Records of Daniel J. Schuyler, of Three Mile Bay, N. Y., and Records of John W,
Schuyler, of Geddes, N. Y.
482 THE MOHAWK SCHUYLERS.
21. Philip, b. March, 1797, d. 1869 ; residence, 1825 and later,
Geddes, Onondaga County, N. Y.
22. Daniel J., b. 1806 ; residence after 1835 Three Mile Bay, Jef
ferson County, N. Y., d. since 1878.
23. Garret L., b. April 6, 1809 ; residence, 1878, Esperance, Scho
harie County, N. Y.
24. Peter, b. January 8, 1819 ; lived in Iowa in 1878.
Garret L. (23) had one son and two daughters. Pieter (24) had
one son, named John.
7. JACOB SCHUi'LER and Martha Fancher.^
26. Richard, b. June 8, 1788.
ni. Kate McMaster,
27. Jacob, b. August 26, 1789.
m. Mary Serviss.
28. John J., b. May 26, 1791.
m. Susan Shaw.
29. Jeremiah, b. November 20, 1794.
m. I, Evalina Fredericks.
m, 2, Jemima Dom.
30. William, b. May 27, 1798, d. y.
31. Thomas, b. April 22, 1802.
m. Ellen Sheppard,
Besides these six sons, there were nine daughters whose names
were not given me. In November, 1877, all were deceased, ex
cept Jeremiah, aged 83 years, and his sister Eve, aged 90 years.
10. PHILIP SCHUYLER and Mary Kinnan."-
32. John, b. September 15, 1791.
33. Effie, b. September 23, 1793.
34. Anne, b. December 25, 1795.
35. Mary, b. February 2, 1798.
36. Elizabeth, b. January 8, 1800.
37. Kate, b. August 11, 1802.
38. Jacob R,, b, December 24, 1804.
39, Philemon, b. May 31, 1807.
40. Thomas R., b. August 18, 1809.
41. Susan, b. July 14, 1812,
42, Emmeline, b. April 14, 1814.
43, George A,, b, April 28, 1818.
m. Lucy A . Bellman.
II. SAMUEL SCHUY'LER and Abigail Fancher.'^
44. Jacob, b. April 17, 1796.
m. Marilla Lockwood.
* Bible Records. '^ Bible Records of George A. Schuylgr, of Seneca Falls, N. Y.
^ Bible Records of James H. Schuyler.
THE MOHAWK SCHUYLERS. 483
45. Sarah, b. August i, 1798.
46. Richard I., b. February 24, 1800.
m. Gertrude Veeder,
47. Eve, b. October 26, 1801.
48. Eliza, b. January 31, 1804.
49. William, b. September 12, 1805.
m. Jemima Tunneman,
50. Samuel, b. August 22, 1808, d. y.
51. Ann Maria, b. May 15, 1810.
52. John ArDEN, b. January II, 1812.
m. Frances Phipps.
13. WILLIAM SCHUYLER and Mary Serviss.
53. Winslow.
54. Jacob.
14. DANIEL SCHUYLER and i, Anna Thomas.
2, Elane Hitts,
55. John.
56. Jacob, b. May 29, 1840.
57. Daniel. Besides these three sons, there were thirteen daughters.
17. WILLIAM SCHUYLER and .
58. John W.
59. David M.
18. JOHN SCHUYLER, Jr., and .
He had two daughters.
20. SAMUEL SCHUYLER and .
63. John S., d. about i860.
61. Garret L. ; resided, 1878, in New York City.
62. Aaron ; resided, 1878, in New York City.
63. Isaac ; residence unknown.
64. Jacob ; lived in Iowa, and had two daughters.
21. PHILIP SCHUYLER and .
Had one son and four daughters.
22. DANIEL J. SCHUYLER and .
65. Anna, b. September 29,' 1828.
m. B. F. Austin, New York City.
66. Sarah, b. October 9, 1830.
m. E. B. Wynn, Watertown, N. Y.
67. Clarissa, b. December 12, 1832.
m. C. W. McKinstry.
68. Semantha, b. April 6, 1835.
m. James A. Austin,
69. John, b. August 19, 1837.
484 THE MOHAWK SCHUYLERS.
26. RICHARD SCHUYLER and Kate McMaster, of Mohawk Flats.
70. Jacob, m. I, Harriet Wemple.
m. 2, ¦ Counac.
71. Hamilton, m. Magdelain Narr.
72. Thomas, m. Maria Wemple.
73. Hiram, m. Elizabeth N'arr.
74. John, m. ¦ Switz.
75. Jay, m. ¦ Corwin.
76. George, m. Elizabeth Davis.
77. Alonzo, m. Sarah Wemple.
Besides these eight sons, there were two daughter:.
27. JACOB SCHUYLER and Mary Serviss.
78. George S., b. February 22, 1818.
m. I, Clarissa Van Schaick.
m. 2, Ann Olcn.
79. J.vmes H., b. December 2, iSig.
m. 1, I-'utman.
m. 2, Hannah Losher.
80. Jacob T., b. January 15, 1821.
m. Abigail Martin.
Si. William T., b. February 4, 1823.
m. Ida Van Evera.
There is also one daughter. Family residence, Glen, Montgom
ery County, N. Y.
28. JOHN J. SCHUYLER and Susan Shaw.
82. George.
And three daughters.
29. JEREMIAH SCHUYLER and Evaline Fredericks.
83. James IL, b. October 27, 1821.
m. Harriet A. Ingham,
84. Jacob, b. November 15, 1828.
m. ISIaria Mabee.
And four daughters.
29. JEREMIAH SCHUYLER and Jemima Dom.
85. John D., m. Anna Stewart.
86. Andrew J., m. Sarah Stearling.
87. Frank H.
And three daughters.
31. THOMAS SCHUYLER and Ellen Sheppard.
88. Jacob, m. Ann Shider.
89. Ralph, m. Harriet Herrick.
90. William, m. Margaret Lockwood.
And four dauHiters.
THE MOHAWK SCHUYLERS. 4S5
39. PHILEMON SCHUYLER and .
91. John.
92. Margaret.
93. Fatima.
94. Anna.
95. Archibald.
96. Charles.
97. William.
40. THOMAS R. SCHUYLER and .
98. Harriet A.
99. Hamilton.
100. Mary Ann.
loi. Charles.
102. Jacob R.
103. Nancy.
43. GEORGE A. SCHUYLER and Lucy A. Bellman.
104. Mary F., b. June 29, 1844.
105. Lodusky, b. March 23, 1847.
106. George O., b. October 16, 1S48.
107. Dency E., b. February 5, 1850.
108. Minerva A., b. July 22, 1854.
44. JACOB SCHUYLER and Marilla Lockwood.
109. Walter.
no. James. And seven daughters.
46. RICHARD SCHUYLER and Gertrude Vccacr.
III. Harvey.
112. Horatio.
113. WiNSOR.
114. Samuel.
115. Alfred.
116. Charles. And seven daughters.
49. WILLIAM SCHUYLER and Jemima Tunneman.
117. William.
118. Charles. And three daughters.
152. JOHN ARDEN SCHUYLER and Frances Phipps.
119. Duane.
120. Samuel.
121. Francis.
122. Phipps. And three daughters.
486 THE MOHAWK SCHUYLERS.
55. JACOB SCHUYLER and Josephine Sioartwood.
123. Jacob, b. November 29, 1840.
124. Willis B., b. September 4, 1864.
56. JACOB SCHUYLER and Emily Sanford.
125. Sanford, b. May 28, 1872.
And three daughters.
58. JOHN W. SCHUYLER and .
126. William A.
127. O. P.
128. Adele.
59. DAVID M. SCHUYLER and .
129. Charles ; resides in Van Buren, and has two children, 1878.
130. James ; resides in De Witt, and has one child, 1878.
78. GEORGE S. SCHUYLER and Clarissa Van Schaick.
131. Newton.
132. Jacob.
133. Frederick.
134. Frank. And three daughters.
79. JAMES H. SCHUYLER and Putman.
135. Jacob.
136. John.
137. Clarence.
138. Elmer. And six daughters.
80. JACOB T. %CYi\}\-LY.'B. &n& Abigail Martin.
139. Martin J., b. December 14, 185 1.
140. Jacob L., b. February 9, 1857.
And six daughters.
81. WILLIAM T. SCHUYLER and Ida Van Evera.
141. Peter. And one daughter.
83. JAMES H. SCHUYLER and Harriet A. Ingham.
142. Frank. And two daughters.
84. JACOB SCHUYLER and Maria Mabee.
Two daughters.
86. ANDREW J. SCHUYLER and Sarah Stearling
143. Jeremiah.
144, Hiram.
THE MOHAWK SCHUYLERS. 487
88. JACOB SCHUYLER and Ann Shuler,
145. Frank. And two daughters.
89. RALPH SCHUYLER and Harriet Herrick.
146. Eugene.
147, Irvvan. And two daughters.
go, WILLIAM SCHU\'LER and Margaret Lockwood.
148. Thomas. And two daughters.
139. MARTIN J. SCHUYLER and .
149. Lester J., b. March 17, 1876.
150. Edward F. T., b. September 11, 1878.
The Schuylers residing in the valley of the Mohawk are
of different families, and unable for the most part to trace
any kinship. Besides the known descendants of David
Schuyler, and the "Mohawk Valley Schuylers," descend
ing from Jacob Schuyler, there are the probable descend
ants of Rev. Johannes Schuyler, others of Arent Schuy
ler's line, and probably some belonging to Colonel Peter
Schuyler's family. It would require much patient work
to separate them and place them in their respective lines.
The labor is all the more difficult because many of them
have followed the tide of emigration into parts of the
State lying beyond, and from thence to the States and
Territories of the West. The work involved so much time
and labor that I gave it up, although with much reluc
tance.
REV. JOHANNES SCHUYLER.
Shortly after I became interested in genealogy, I found
in the colonial documents mention made of a " Mr. Schuy
ler, the Presbyterian minister of Schoharie." As he was the
first of the name in the ministerial profession, I was curious
to know not only to which of the Schuyler families he be
longed, but also to learn something of his personal history.
For this purpose I wrote to a friend in Middleburgh, Scho
harie County, who placed my letter in the hands of George
L. Danforth, Esq., whose tastes and acquirements admira
bly fitted him for the work. After patient investigation,
he replied to my inquiries as follows :
" I find, by searching the records (in German) of the Lu
theran Church at Schoharie, and those of the Reformed
(Dutch) Church (in Dutch and German), and by an exami
nation of the foundation-stones of the present Lutheran
Church, and of the old Dutch Church, now called the Fort,'
as follows :
' This building was of stone, and completed in 1772-73. During the
War of the Revolution it was occupied as a fort for the protection of the
inhabitants from the murderous forays of the savages and their more sav
age allies, the Tories. It served its purpose admirably. In the raid of
Sir John Johnson and the Indian chief Joseph Brant, through the Scho
harie Valley, in 1780, a feeble demonstration was made against the fort,
anda cannon-ball waslodged in the cornice. The sharp-shooters stationed
in the tower and a discharge of grape-shot drove off the enemy, who then
pursued their march down the valley to the Mohawk.
It was finally abandoned by the church, but in memoi-y of its usefulness
in the war it has been preserved, and kept in repair by a public tax, as a
REV. JOHANNES SCHUYLER. 489
" Rev. Johannes Schuyler was pastor of the Protestant
High Dutch Reformed Church of Schoharie from 1736 to
175s, and from 1766 to 1779.
" Although the book containing the marriage records
vvas destroyed when the old parsonage was burned, it ap
pears from other records that Mr. Schuyler married An
natje Veeder, of Schenectady, in 1743.
"The book of Baptisms escaped destruction. It begins
with the year 1731. Among the recorded baptisms are
four children of Johannes Schuyler and Annatje Veeder,
his wife, to wit : Gulielmus (William), Jan. 1. 1748 ; Johan
nes, Jan. 1751; Petrus, Jan. 3. 1753 ; Simeon, Augt lo.
1755- " On one of the foundation-stones of the Lutheran
Church, erected 1750, is found Joh' Schuyler, V.D.M.
(minister of the word of God).
" In the records of the Lutheran Church it appears he
baptized a child in 1746 ; and on October 6, 1753, he
married Christian Schulekaft (Schoolcraft ?) to Elizabeth
Mag. Becker.
" Here, too, is recorded his death : Died, April 16, 1779,
Rev. Johannes Schuyler, at Schoharie, 69 years of age,
and in the fortieth year of his service in this place.
" On the east wall of the Old Stone Fort is found, near
the door, cut in the stone : Johan^ Schuyler V. D. M. 1772,
as also the names of Peter Schuyler and Philip Schuyler.
The records show that Dominie Schuyler was buried under
the pulpit.
"Johannes Schuyler was the first Dutch minister or
dained in this country. Previously to 1736 all ordinations
were performed in Holland. By express permission of
the Classis of Amsterdam Dominies Ericksen and Haeg
hoort were appointed to ordain Mr. Schuyler, and the cere-
monument, and called the Old Stone Fort. It is finely situated on a bluff
commanding an extensive vie-vv up and down the valley of Schoharie Creek,
and surrounded by the graves of the fathers. The grounds are nicely kept,
and shaded with native trees. It is a place of much resort, visited by
strangers as one of the historical localities of the State.
490 REV. JOHANNES SCHUYLER.
mony vvas performed in 1736. He immediately settled at
Schoharie, where he remained until 1755. Under his pas
torate the church formally ranged itself with the Reformed
Dutch Church. Dominie Schuyler and his elders took an
active part in the efforts to form an American ecclesiastical
judiciary, which finally resulted in the formation of the
General Synod.'
" For some reason not known, he resigned from the
church at Schoharie, in 1755, and accepted a call from the
churches of Hackensack and Scralenberg, N. J., where he
remained until 1766, when he returned to the church of
Schoharie, assuming, in connection with that charge, the
pastorate of the church at Beaverdam.^ It was toward
the close of his second settlement that a new church was
erected, now the Old Stone Fort.
According to tradition Dominie Schuyler was a man of
fine education and large attainments. He preached for an
hundred miles around, and was the great Dutch dominie
of this section of country ; as Peter Nicholas Somers, pas
tor of the Lutheran Church from 1742 to 1786, was the
' The following letter from the manuscripts of Sir William Johnson (18,
56) is interesting : " Schonactenday Feby 4th 1747/8
" Col^ Johnson "?
" Some Indians arc now att my House and they Tell me that M' Lydias
Had promised they should have one Minister and they have appointed the
Rev"* M'. Schuyler of Schohary to come to them — two 3 or 4 Time In one
year and they together with the Christians are willing to pay their parts
and also Desired me to go with them to the maquas to assist them what
some they could make out they also spoke to M' Schuyler who is willing
to Doe that service this I acquaint you and Desire your answer no more att
present but am with Respect your most
' ' humble serv' — to Coniand
"AlbetVan Slyck.
" I judge in my opinion that its more hononable for you than to lett M'
Lydias thake that interest among them I leave you to judge.''
' In the records of the German Reformed Church of Stone Arabia is this
entiy ; '"Rev. Johannes Schuyler preacher of Stone Arabia and Schoharie,
Oct. 27, 1743." — IV. T^. J'an Benschoten.
REV. JOHANNES SCHUYLER. 491
great Lutheran dominie. He was a faithful and beloved
pastor, as well a true patriot and lover of his country. By
his stirring sermons in the pulpit, and addresses on the
platform, toward the close of life, he animated his breth
ren for the Revolutionary struggle."
Thus wrote my friend in June, 1877. Nearly a year
after he gave me an address by which I was enabled to
procure some information as to Dominie Schuyler's de
scendants. But, before entering upon that part of the sub
ject, some reference should be made to his pastoral rela
tions with the churches of Hackensack and Scralenberg.
All that can be said is contained in Corwin's " Manual of
the Reformed (Dutch) Church " and Taylor's " History of
the Classis of Bergen."
It appears that before Dominie Schuyler left Schoharie
his mind had undergone some change in reference to an
American synod. He gradually shifted his position, and
at last adhered to the opposite party in the Church. As
such he received his call to Hackensack and Scralenberg,
and soon thereafter organized a second church in each
place. From the history of those churches, it is fair to infer
that his position was not comfortable to himself or benefi
cial to his flock. -Divisions and contentions prevailed, not
only in the church, but in families. Efforts were made for
reconciliation and unity without avaik The fury of pas
sion and prejudice required time to spend itself. Before
this was done. Dominie Schuyler resigned and returned
to his old field of labor. We hear nothing more of church
difficulties. He had learned a useful lesson among the
New Jersey Dutchmen, and resolved not to thrust his hand
again in the fire ecclesiastical. Political questions arose
involving the freedom of the country, and to them he de
voted his talents and activities.
For several years I have made persistent efforts lo learn
492 REV. JOHANNES SCHUYLER.
something more than what is contained in Mr. Danforth's
letter and church histories as to the parentage and per
sonal history of Rev. Johannes Schuyler. I have written
numerous letters, and have made three journeys, for the
purpose of procuring information. Despite all my efforts
the results are meagre. Mrs. Margaret Snell, of Herkimer,
N. Y., a great-granddaughter of the dominie's ; and Dr. F.
H. Roof, of Rhinebeck, one of whose ancestors was a
sister of Mr. Schuyler, gave me about all I have learned,
but not enough to satisfy my curiosity, or to determine
the place he occupies in the Schuyler genealogy.
When General Philip Schuyler was engaged in the
work of the Inland Lock Navigation Company, according
to Mr. J. R. Simms, the historian, he wrote a very compli
mentary letter to Philip Schuyler, son of the dominie,
born at Hackensack, N. J., promising him special remu
neration for the assistance which he had rendered to the
company. Mr. Simms added that he understood they
were near relatives, the general and Philip's father being
first cousins. They were, without doubt, relatives, but
more distant than first cousins, even had they belonged to
the same branch of the Schuyler family. But I have not
found it possible to place them in the same line. It is
probable that the dominie was a native of New Jersey, as
would appear from the fact that he was ordained by New
Jersey clergymen. Such also was the recollection of Mrs.
Woods, of Cato, N. Y., a granddaughter of his sister, Mrs.
Van Alstyne. Mrs. Woods, in 1878, was ninety years old,
but with faculties unimpaired. He cannot, however, be
placed in line with Arent Schuyler's descendants, and we
are hence forced to the conclusion that he belongs to the
family of David Schuyler, perhaps nearly related to Jacob
Schuyler's family, of Florida, N. Y.
Dr. Roof wrote to me that Elizabeth, a sister of Rev,
REV. JOHANNES SCHUYLER. 493
Johannes Schuyler, born in 1720, was the wife of a pa
ternal ancestor of his, Gosen M. Van Alstyne, of Canajo
harie, N. Y. In a book once belonging to Mr. Schuyler,
but novv to Dr. Roof, on the first page is the name of
"Anna Schuyler," and on the last the record of the birth
and baptism of Margaret, only daughter of Rev. Johannes
Schuyler, who was born and baptized at Hackensack.
She vvas married to Andries Van Wie, July 4, 1788, in
Florida, Montgomery County, by Rev. John Damster.
She had six children, and died in 1813.
From the data given me by Mr. Danforth, Mrs. Snell,
and Dr. Roof, I am enabled to give the following
TABLE OF THE DESCENDANTS OF THE REV.
JOHANNES SCHUYLER.
I. JOHANNES SCHUYLER and Annatje Veeder.
2. William, bp. January i, 1748.
3. Johannes, b. January, 1751 ; d. inManlius, N. Y., aged 81 years.
m. I, Jannetje Vrooman,
m. 2, .
4, Petrus, bp. Januai^y 3, 1753.
5. Simeon, bp. August 10, 1755.
6. Philip.
7. Margaret, b. February 22, J763.
m. Andries Van Wie,
3. JOHANNES SCHUYLER and Jannetje Vrooman.
8. John, d. in Danube, N. Y.
m. Van Driessen, of Schenectady.
3. JOHANNES SCHUYLER and .
9. Peter, d. o. p. in Danube, N. Y.
10. Garrit, d. s. p.
II. Annatje, m. Hunter Van Alstyne.
2. JOHN SCHUYLER and Van Driessen.
12. John J. , m. ; removed from Herkimer to Marion,
and Sodus, Wayne County, N. Y.
13. Henry J., m. ; removed frpm Herkimer to Syracuse,
N. Y.
14. Margaret J., m. Snell ; residence, Herkimer.
494 REV. JOHANNES SCHUYLER.
12. JOHN J. SCHUYLER and .
15. John, m. .
And two daughters.
13. HENRY J. SCHUYLER and .
16. A Son, d. y.
17. Annette, m. Cook, of Syracuse, N. Y.
18. Ada, m, Dennisan, of Syracuse,
15. JOHN SCHUYLER and .
19. John,
20. George.
ANDRIES VAN WIE and Margaret Schuyler (7).
21. Hendrick.
22. Annatje.
23. John Schuyler.
24. Elizabeth.
25. Philip.
26. Margaret.
This table embraces only the descendants of Johannes,
second son of Rev. Johannes Schuyler, and the children
of his daughter Margaret. All that I have been able to
learn of his other children can be told in a few words.
Of William, his eldest son, I have found no trace. Peter's
name appears on the vv-all of the Old Fort, ¦with his father's
and his brother Philip's, but nothing more is known
of him. Simeon is said to have perished in a winter's
storm, while on his way from his home to Albany, and to
have left no descendants. Philip was probably a " mas
ter builder," who, according to the records, erected the
German Church in Stone Arabia in 1788. The letter of
General Schuyler, before referred to, would indicate that he
had a knowledge of mechanics. It is not known that he
had a family. Mrs. Snell supposed he might have re
moved to Booneville, N. Y., where she knew that a
Philip Schuyler had been in business, but I have since
learned that the Booneville Schuyler was a descendant of
Arent Schuyler, of New Jersey,
the PHILADELPHIA SCHUYLERS.
In July, 1879, a friend sent to me the names of the
Schuylers contained in the Directory of Philadelphia, I
wrote to three of the nine, and received an answer from
one, Mr. David H, Schuyler. He informed me that his
family was the only one in the city of Dutch extraction,
the others being German, spelling their name in the same
way as ours, but pronouncing it Shuler, He said that he
was connected with the Albany Schuylers, but could not
give me the names of the particular families with whom
he claimed affinity. Subsequently his mother gave me more
particulars. She said that the name of her late husband's
grandfather was John Schuyler, whose wife was an Eng
lishwoman .named Jane Swain. That their eldest son,
Philip Rensselaer, was born in Albany, moved with his
father to Philadelphia, where he married Margaret May,
had three sons, and died in 1857, at the age of seventy-six
years. The names of his sons were John, William, and
Philip Rensselaer, of whom the latter was her husband,
and that her son's full name was David Henry Schuy
ler. This was all I could learn in reference to the Phila
delphia Schuylers.
In connection with this family there is an anecdote
which it may not be amiss to relate.
In the battle of the Brandywine, September, 1777, the
Honorable John Theophilus Rawdon, brother of Lord
Rawdon, afterward Lord Hastings, Governor-General of
496 THE PHILADELPHIA SCHUYLERS.
India, was severely wounded. His leg was amputated,
and for six months he was an inmate of Schuyler's house,
in Philadelphia, where he received the best of care until
he was fully recovered. More than an hundred years
after, a grandson of this officer. Lord Arthur Russell,
brother of the Duke of Bedford, met a member of the
Schu}'ler family, and related the story, saying that the
kindness of the Schuylers had not been forgotten, and
that he had always been desirous of knowing the identical
famil)', as gratitude to them had been inculcated in him
from his infancy.
Knowing these facts, I mentioned to 'Sh: David Henry
Schuyler, in my correspondence with him, that I wished
to learn the name of the Schuyler who had entertained a
wounded English officer after the battle of the Brandy-
wine, without giving any name or other clue to his iden
tity. He replied that his great-grandfather, John Schuy
ler, had married an Englishwoman, and that his house
had been open to more than one sick or wounded officer,
and added that he had an engraving of the house in which
they had been entertained.
In contrast with this, there is another fact which should
be told. In the war of 1812-15, Philip Schuyler, eldest
son of the man who had taken such good care of the Hon
orable John Theophilus Rawdon, unfortunately was taken
prisoner by the English, and sent to Dartmoor prison.
He was enabled to survive its horrors, and return to his
family, without meeting with any particular kindness from
his captors. The Dartmoor prisoner, on his return, re
sumed his business in Philadelphia, and accumulated a
fine estate, which remains with his descendants.
H.
OTHER SCHUYLERS.
There are still other Schuylers who can trace no rela
tionship to the families mentioned in this book. Such
perhaps are the Oneida Indians named Schuyler, whom
I have thought possibly the descendants of Han Yost.
Such certainly are the Schuylers living in several parts of
the State of New York, who derive their descent from
manumitted slaves of various branches of the family.
Some of these are, to their credit, men of wealth and
influence.
THE END.
INDEX.
Abeel, John, i. 398— ii. 131, 132, 379,
4S9. 461-
Abenakis, the Indians, ii. 117, 228 —
Sachems visit Albany, 230 — refuse
to stop the war, 235.
Abercromby, General (Abercrombie)
i. 153 — ii. 123, 211.
Abrahams, Timothy G.,ii. 402.
Adams, John Quincy, i. 95, 96.
Addison and the Spectator, ii. 38, 39.
Adjutant of French Army, his jour
nal, h. 114.
Adrian, Mich., ii. 471.
.'Vfrica, i. 84.
Albany, Fort at, i. 10, 314, 337 — rec
ords of, 100, 101 — fort below, 102 —
Dutch of, 109 — first church, 109 —
second church, no — ii. 419 — a fron
tier town, 304, 305 — William and
Mary proclaimed, 344 — dread of
Leisler, 345 — Leisler attempts to
gain control, 349 et seq. — Rumors
of the French, 346 — appeal to New
England, 347 — preparations for de
fence, 348 — convention of, 352 — re
inforced by Connecticut, 352 — mili
tia reorganized, 368 — smallpox, 372
— expedition against, 396-— council
at, 415 — convention, 421 et seq. —
census, 1689, 427 — importance of
post, 430 — alarms, 433 — fortified,
434 — conference, 443 — consterna
tion, 452 — council, 476 — decay of
fortifications, 487 — conference with
Bellomont, 492 — Common Council
of, 5° — authorities of, address Pres
ident Schuyler, 76 — privileged to
buy part of Schaghticoke, ico— buys
all Schaghticoke, loi — convention,
126 — Common Council excited, 137
^Rural Cemetery, 157, 273— not a
desirable residence, 187 — centre of
Indian trade, 317— name changed to
Willemstadt, 457 — Albany County,
b6,7, 269, 282 — ii, 320.
Albanians arrest French refugees, ii.
108,
Aldrich, ii. 397, 398.
Alexander, James, ii. 81.
Algonquins, overwhelmed by Iro
quois, i. 312.
Allan, John, ii, 174.
Alleghany County, ii. 281.
River, i. 310.
Allen, Ethan, ii. 124, 265.
, Lathrop, ii. 474.
, Mary H. , ii. 201.
, Judge William, i. 284.
AUerton, Isaac, i. 91,
Allyn, John, i. 366— Secretary of Con
necticut, 368, 375, 376.
Alofsen, S, , i. 181 — ii. 284.
Alrichs, Director, i, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54,
S5, 57, 58.
Altona, i. 52, S3, 6i-
Ambler, Julia, ii. 441, 443.
Amboy, ii. 208.
America, i. 34, 239, 243, 276, 316, 355.
American Lady, the, i. 155-6 — ii. 159,
278, 2S0.
Amersfoort, i. 28, 207.
Amherst, General, ii. 123, 212, 320,
321.
Amory, John, ii. 397.
Amstel, Fort, 51.
Amsterdam, i. 49, 52, 57, 60,62, 78, 99,
118, 178, 206, 208, 214.
, Classics of, i. 239 — ii, 420, 489.
, P'ort, surrender of, i. 84.
, merchants of, 1. 6, 8, lor, 102.
Ancram, i. 283.
Anderson, Smith W., ii. 197.
Andros, Sir Edmund, Governor of
New York, 1674-1682, 1688, i. 86,
87, 108, I93ff, 218, 219, 23S, 243, 274,
293, 333. 334. 336, 337, 507—11- 166,
292, 331, 349, 436 — letter to Schuy
ler, lop — arrives in New York, 334
— arrested in Boston, 335.
Andryesse, Myndert, i. 113,
500
INDEX.
Angelica, N. Y. , ii. 281.
Annapolis, ii. 31.
Ann, Fort, i. 236, 316.
Anthony, AUard, i. 293.
Anthony's Nose, i. 182, m. , igS.
Anti-Leislerian, i. 260, 262.
Anti-Remonstrants, i. 239.
Anti-Rent Agitation, i. 284, 285.
Antwerp, i. 208.
Apache Campaigns, ii. 393, 394.
Indians, ii. 394.
Aquadarondes, Onondaga Sachem, i.
412.
Aravaipa Mountains, ii. 394.
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1. 265.
Arizona, ii, 393.
Arminians, the, i. 9, 239.
Arms, Schuyler, i. in. Van Rens
selaer, 206.
Arnhem, i. 207.
Arnold, General Benedict, ii. 17, 266,
267, 325, 475, 476.
, Thomas, ii. 411.
Arondeus, Pastor, ii. 431, 432.
Argal, Governor, i. 8g.
Ashhurst, Sir "William, i. 483.
Ash Island, ii. 114.
Asia Minor, ii. 373.
Aspinwall, Angelica, ii. 153.
Assembly, Provincial, i. 226, 262, 267,
268, 269, 270, 271, 273, 279, 294.
Assembly of New York, ii. 468.
Atagaronche, ii. 116.
Atchin, i. 208.
Atlantic Ocean, the eastern boundary
of Massachusetts, i. 78.
Atwood, Justice, ii. 10, 11.
Auditor-general, a sinecure, i. 430,
Aunt Schuyler, ii. 160.
Australia, ii. 216.
Austrian Succession, War of, ii. 113.
Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, ii.
319-
Babbington, Samuel, ii. 67.
Backer, Jacobsen, i. 140,
Baker, Ivlr. , ii. 453.
, J. P. ii. 410.
Baldwin University, ii. 201.
Baltimore, Lord, i. 53, 54, 55, 56.
, Md., ii. 443.
Bambar, Louisa, ii. 200.
Banca, Sarah, ii. 406.
Bancker, Evert, i. 453, 465 — ii. loi,
^35' 136. 137. 138. 144. 285— charac
ter of, 141.
, Gerrit, ii. 141.
, Jannetje, ii 462, 463.
Bancroft, George, i. 304-— ii. 265, 271,
272.
Bangs, Anson, ii. 379.
Bangs, Bleecker, ii. 379,
, Isaac, ii. 217— his journal, 218,
221.
Barbadoes, i, 64 — ii 436.
Barneveldt, i. 208.
, Olden, i. 6, 9, 10, 28, 207.
Barre, de la, M. i. 318 — expedition
against Iroquois, 319, 320 — relieved
by Denonville, 325.
Barrington, Jonah, Sir, ii. 318.
Barton, Philip, ii. 411.
, RufuSj^ii. 348.
, Captain Aquile, ii. 449.
-, Morey Hale, ii. 449, 455.
107, 120, 125,
Bates Creek, ii. 394.
Bath, ii. 281.
Batten Kill, ii. 96, 91
127, 135. 247. 274.
Baxter (Stuyvesant's secretary), 73,
, Gervis, ii. 95.
, Major, ii. 109, no.
Bayard family, ii. 133, 343.
, Ariantje, 293,
, Balthazar, i. 293, 338 — ii. 11,
342.
, Maritje Lookermans, i. 293.
, Nicholas, i. 193, 194, 197,
201, 34iff, 344, 378, 379—"- "o.
285. 29s. 342, 347— arrested, 195,
344, 167 — sketch of, 10 — sentenced
to death, 12.
, Peter, ii. 11, 196, 339.
, Samuel, i. 201 — ii. 190, 193.
Beauharnois de. Marquis, ii. 112 — as
to Peter Schuyler's children, 92 —
organized an expedition, 114.
Beauvais, ii. 116, 117, iiS.
Beaverdam, ii. 490.
Beavers, as currency, i. 104.
Becker, Elizabeth, Mag. ii. 489.
Bedford, Duke of, ii. 496,
Beeckman, Eva, ii. 463,
, Gerardus, 1. 203, 377, 508 — ii.
205.
Peter, ii. 400.
Beekman, Col. Henry, i. 203, 290.
, Hester (Wendell^, ii. 152, 414,
419.
-, Johannes, ii. 419.
, William, 1. 53, 54, 58, 61, 62,
203.
Beeren Island, i. 311.
Begum, East Indian, ii. 172, 433.
Belleville (N. J.), i. 226 — ii. 205, 217.
Bellman, Lucy A., ii. 482, 485.
Bellomont, Earl of, Governor of New
York 1698-1701, i. 117, 192, 196, 199,
234. 255-277. 427. 491. S08— ii. II,
23, 95. no, 138. 139, 140, 141, 143,
146, 149, 167, 226, 228, 285, 350, 427
— appointed governor, 461 — antipa
thy to Fletcher, 461 — letter to Hon-
INDEX.
SOI
sieur de Callieres, 463— letter from
Frontenac, 465 — complaints, 466 —
reorganizes Board of Commission
ers, 467 — at Albany, 468 — sharp letter
to Frontenac, 469, 473 — in Boston,
475, 481 — letter to Lords of Trade,
482 et seq. — instructs Indian Board,
484 — troubles, 487 et seq. — perqui
sites, 494 — complaints of Albany
people, 495 — wishes increase of sal
ary, 496— lack of tact, 497— a blun
der, 499 — stupidity, 503 — complaint
against Schuyler, 505 — slanders Col.
Schuyler, ii. i — thought the Five
Nations lost, 2 — died, 2 — thinks New
England should be grateful, ii, 230.
Bemis" Heights, 291.
Benckes, Gov., 507.
Benedict, Betsy (Scribner), ii. 440.
Bennewe, Eva, ii. 372.
Bennington, ii. 27, 326.
Bensen, Alice, ii. 465.
Benson, Egbert, ii, 274.
Bergen, classis of, ii. 491.
Bergentown, ii. 189.
Berkeley, Lord, i. 426.
Berry, ii. 197.
Besemer, George, ii. 310.
Bethlehem, i. 32, 225.
Beverwyck, i. 99, 102, 106, 107, 108, 116,
137, 138, 152, 171, 172, 17s, 176, 178,
21T, 214, 215, 217, 218, 219, 225 — ii,
246, 283, 434, 456, 457 — church of,
i. no.
Beversrede, Fort, i. 40.
Bible Records of Nicholas Schuyler,
ii. 413 — of Harmanus Schuyler, ii.
4i5^of Low F'amily, ii. 426.
Bigelow, Louisa, ii. 307.
Biggs, John, i. 340.
Big Horn Expedition, ii. 394.
Birmingham, ii. 392.
Bishop, Mila G., ii. 465, 466.
Black Mesa River, ii, 394.
Blairstown (N. J.), ii. 454.
Blair, John I., ii. 454.
, Emma, ii. 443,
Blausjan, Elizabeth (Heermans), ii.
436-
Blawbeck visits New York, ii, 79 —
speech to Gov. Burnet, ii. 79 — re
stored, ii. 74.
Bleecker, Ann Eliza, her book, ii. 174-
179.
, Blandina, ii. 380.
, Elizabeth, ii, 379.
, Frances E., ii. 199.
, Harriet, ii. 379.
, Henry, ii. 378.
, Jacob, i. 301.
, James, ii. 380.
, Jan Jansen, ii. 95, 96, 104, 105,
126 131, 133, 138, 175, 377, 378,
458-
Bleecker, Capt. Johannes (John), i.
347. 356, 473- 474— ii- 3. 4. 7, 42, 378.
, John, ii. 379.
, John J., li. 171, 17s, 177, 27s,
380 — in the hands of tories, ii. 178.
, John R, , 301 — ii. 105, 380.
, JVlargaret, i. 297, 300 — ii. 379.
, Margarita, ii. 379,
, Maria, ii, 379.
, Mary, ii. 380.
, Nicholas, i. 474 — ii. 308, 378.
, Nicholas Jr., ii, 377-379,
, Rutger, i. 297, 300 — ii. .379, 380,
461, 469.
Block, Adriaen, his explorations, i. 7,
8,65.
Island, i. 8.
Bloem, Rev. Harmanus, i 129, 143.
Bloemmart, Samuel, i. 12, 13, 210, 212.
Blount, General, ii. 383.
Blum, Thomas, ii. 450.
Board, , ii. 197,
277.
of Control, for Palatines, i.
for Indian affairs, ii. 22. See
also Five Nations. .
Bodle, George W. ii, 309, 411.
Boel, Pastor, ii, 430.
Bogardus, Anneke Jans, ii. 337-362,
457-
, Cornelis, ii. 339, 340, 346, 348.
, Cornelius, ii. 352, 353, 354,
357-
, Rev. Everardus, i. 190 — ii. 337
343. 344, 345, 347-
, John, li. 353, 354, 355. ^
, Jonas, 11. 339, 34c, 346, 355.
, Lewis, ii. 353.
, , Nathaniel, ii. 354.
, Pieter, ii. 339, 340, 346.
, William, ii. 339, 340.
Bogart, ii. 197.
, Catherine Nicholas {334), ii.
400, 402, 407, 417.
, Jane, ii. 400.
, Dr. Nicholas N. , ii. 307, 364,
407, 408, 417.
Bohemia, i. 56, note.
, Viscount Felyps of, i. 127.
Manor, i, 56, note.
Boisson (brandy), i. 125,
Bolton, Rev. John, ii, 244 — History of
Westchester County, i. 200.
Bonnell, ii, 400.
Bonney, ii. 401.
Booneville, N. Y. , ii. 494.
Booth, Mrs,, ii. 2S4, 298.
Boots, Teunis Willemse, ii. i,6y.
Bordentown. ii. 192, 193.
Basch, i. 208.
S03
INDEX.
Bosch, Wyntia, ii. 340.
Boston, i. 66, 70, 72, 82, 83, 84, 168,
247, 259, 289, 335, 432, 453— ii. 19,
234, 265.
Boston & Albany Railroad, ii. 129.
Bostwick, Harriet, ii. 201.
Boucherville, i, 440.
Bouweries, i. 137.
Bowier, Jonkheer Jan. i. 208.
, Jonkheer, Hugo Jan Jacob, i.
218.
., Jonkheer Martin, i. 208.
Bowman's Farm, i. 201.
Boyd, ii. 199.
Boyd, Catherine, ii. 152.
•, Catherine, W. V., ii. 171.
; Rev. Joshua, ii. 406.
Boyle, Secretary, ii. 31.
Braddock, Gen., ii., 122, 209.
Bradstreet, Col., ii. 249, 251, 255, 259,
260, 321 — captures Fort Frontenac,
ii. 211.
Brandt, an Indian, i. 299, 493.
Brandywine, battle of, ii. 495,
Brannan, Fanny Kemble, ii, 310.
Brant, Gerritie, i. 114, 115.
, Joseph, (Indian chief), i.298—
ii. 174, 488. ¦
Bratt, the family, ii. 371.
, Alida, ii. 399, 400.
. Anna, ii. 461, 462.
, Arent, ii. 247.
, Dirck Arentse, ii, 370. ,
Brazil, i. 48.
Breecker, i. 207.
Breese, Catherine, ii. 397, 398.
Bridgeford, Samuel, ii. 361.
Bridgen, Ehza, ii. 380.
Brinckerhoff, Peter, ii. 379
British Channel, i. 264.
Broad, Mrs., ii. 354.
Broadway, New York, i. iiB — ii. 305,
457. 460.
Brocas, ii. 197.
BrockhoUes, Anthony, i. 507 — ii. 190,
191. 193-
Brodhead, Rev. Jacob, ii. 379.
Brodhead, J, Romeyn, ii. 298, 379.
Brook, Lord, i. 68.
Brooke, Chidley, i. 192, 429.
Brookhaven, L. I., ii. 133.
Brooklyn, i. 28, 84, 192.
Bromeling, Martin, ii. 354.
Brother, Caroline, ii. 199.
Brotherhood of St. John, ii. 222.
Broughton, Att'y Gen., ii. 12.
Brouwer, Ritsert, i. 186 — ii. 306.
, Thomas, ii. 414.
Brower, Cornelius, ii. 352, 357.
, Jacob, ii. 352.
Brown, Elizabeth Gertrude, ii. 442.
, Martha Vincent, ii. 152.
Browne, William Hand, i. 56, n.
Brudnell, Richard, ii, 347.
Bruyas, Father, ii. 6.
Bruyn, Jan Hendrix, ii. r29.
Bucarest, ii. 392.
Buffalo, i. 230.
Bukhara, ii. 393.
Bulgaria, ii. 392, 393.
Bull, Captain, i. 168, 352, 356, 357.
, Mary, ii. 441.
Bullard, Mr, ii, 241.
Buren. village of, i. 100 — ii. 336.
Counts of, i. 100— ii, ^^6.
Burgoyne, General, i. 204, 236, 287 —
ii. 124, 125, 126, 175, 269, 270, 403,
404, 476.
Burgundy, Dukes of, i. 93.
Burk, John, i. 390.
Burlingame, Kanzas, ii. 391.
Burnet, William, Governor of New
York, i. 1720-28, 267, 270, 271,
272, 273, 286, 290, 294, 297, 300, 50S
— ii. 78, 79, 106, 142, 194, 234, 23s,
313, 467, 46S — problem of his ad
ministration, 79 — complains of the
Council, 80 — reasons for suspending
Schuyler and Philipse, 81 — pur
poses to carry presents to Indians
and build forts, 83 — conference with
Indians, ib. — married, 84 — at Liv
ingston's manor, 85 — letter as to
Peter Schuyler, Jr., ib. — second
conference with Indians, 87 — Indian
policy, 88, 90 — in a dilemma, 314.
Burr, Aaron, ii. 282, 2^;^
Burritt, Abel, ii. 308.
Burroughs, John, ii. 155.
Bushwick, i, 29.
Butler, Walter N., ii. 474.
Buyck, Cors Jansen, i. 99.
Buzzard Bay, i. 8.
Cabots, expedition of, 2.
Cadaraqui (Kingston), i. 355, 424, 435,
437, 438, 440, 441, 476.
Callieres, M. de, Governor of Canada,
i. 448, 463, 473, 478, 490— ii. 3, 4, 6,
18, 19,
Calumet, pipe of peace, ii. 89.
Calvinists, i. 239.
Cambridge, N. Y., ii. 372.
Camden, Ark.,'ii. 381.
Canaan, Conn., 376.
Canada, i. 92, 136, 155, 194, 224, 247,
248, 249, 262, 264, 271, 276, 288, 290,
291, 297, 304, 30s, 306, 315, 317, 318,
324. 325, 328, 331, 332, 333, 334, 337,
349. 3S3. 367, 368, 374, '382-384, 39S.
459 — ii. 264, 468 — war a necessity
for, 326— invasion by Schuyler, 383
et seq. — expedition against Albany,
INDEX.
SO3
396 — retreat to, 398 — negotiations
with Five Nations, 4x4 — mat of, 419
— Jamine, 451— conquered, ii. 124,
212 — Creek, i. 118 — ii. 247.
Canadian French, ii. 266.
Canadians incite Abenakis to war, ii.
235.
Canals, Erie and Champlain, i. 230.
Canajoharie, ii. 160, 162, 470, 474.
Canastagione, ii. 367, 370, 374, 373.
Canby, General, ii. 449.
Cane Hill, ii. 383.
Caneenda, ii. 4.
Canjadarage, Lake, ii. 470.
Canoes, ii. 300.
Capellen. See Va?r der Capellen.
Carpenter, Cynthia, ii. 243, 283,
, Mr., i. 283.
Carr, Sir Robert, i. 63, 64.
Carter, Amanda, ii. 401.
, Lydia, ii. 400, 402.
Carteret, Sir George, i. 426.
Casimir, Fort, i. 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48,
49. SI-
Cassilis, Earl of, ii. 194.
, Earldom of, ii. 215, 341.
Caswell, Clarissa, ii. 402.
Catalina, Tryntje-Catherine, ii. 433.
Catskill, i. 22, 177 — ii. 383.
, Indians, i. 130, 225, 311.
Catholics, only to settle in Canada,
ii- 99-
Caughwawaga, Cochniwaga, i. 298,
299.
Cayenquirago, i. 402, 403, 412, 415.
Cayuga County, ii. 362.
Lake, i. 306.
Cayugas, the Indians, i. 306, 307, 309,
317, 328, 409, 411.
Cemetery (Schuyler's), i. 155 — ii. 156.
, Forest Hill, ii. 252.
Census of Albany, i. 427 — of Five Na
tions, ib. — Superstition, 429.
Central Asia, ii. 392.
Chalke Hook, ii. 347.
Chambers, Thomas, i. 121, 123, 128,
131-
Chambly, Fort, i. 384, 385, 386, 396.
Champlain, his first voyage on the
SL Lawrence, i. i.
, on the lakes, 310, ff.
, canal, i. 230.
, Lake, i. 247, 272, 305, 316, 346,
367, 373. 384. 395-
Chancery, Court of, ii. 313.
Chapman, Caroline Matilda, ii. 442.
Charles I. , i. 80.
Charles II. , i. 78, 80, 237, 238.
Charles Scribner's Sons, ii. 454.
Cherry Valley, ii. 422.
Chesapeake Bay, i. 4, 310.
River, i. 56.
Chester, Pa., ii. 251.
Cheyenne, ii. 395.
Christina, Queen, i. 34, 35.
, Fort, i. 35, 36, 38, 42, 44, 45,
46, 47, 49, 52.
Church, first in Albany, i. 109 — on
North Pearl Street, no — on Bea
ver Street, ib. — bell, in — of 1656,
no, in — Dutch, of Albany, in.
windows, i. in.
and State in New Netherland,
funds, i. 112.
of Albany, ii. 419.
of England, i. 237, 239, 240.
-, English, built by Mr. Schuy
ler, ii. 220,
Episcopal, ii. 352.
- of New York, action as to bu
rial of Leisler, ii. 169.
-, Reformed Dutch, endowed, ii.
Reformed Dutch, arrange-
194.
ment with John Schuyler, ii, 195.
, John Barker, ii. 242, 274, 280,
281, 365.
, Mrs., ii. 275.
, Philip„ ii. 281.
William A., ii. 309,412.
Cincinnati, O. , ii. 447, 449.
Clapp, Abby, ii. 308.
-, Dr. Asahel, ii. 442.
Clarendon, Earl of, i. 268.
Clarlc, John, i. 81.
Clarke, George, i. 508 — ii. 133, 247.
Clarkson, Secretary, i. 405.
Clarksville, Ark., ii. 381,
Classis of Amsterdam, ii. 489.
of Bergen, ii. 491.
Clausen, Laurence, interpreter, ii. 42.
Claverack, i. 149, 177, 178, 224, 232-
237, 245, 274, 280-282, 290, 346 — ii.
132, 158, 253, 283, 335, 466.
Clermont, i. 280, 287 — ii. 334, 335.
Clifton Park, ii. 367.
Clieter, Jan, i, 179.
CUnton, DeWitt, i. 142 — ii. 174.
Governor, writes that Sara
toga is destroyed, ii. 119.
; controversy with Assembly,
, ordered fort to be rebuilt, ii.
120.
, George. Governor, i. 204,281,
508 — ii. 113, 121, 158, 208, 254, 262,
364. 375-
Clopper, Elizabeth, ii. 171.
Closter, ii. 405.
Cluet, Benjamin, ii. 183.
Clute, Anna Barber, ii. 371.
Cobb, Rev. Leander, ii, 442.
Cobleskill, N. Y.,ii. 478.
504
INDEX.
Cochran, James, ii. 243, 251, 283.
, Dr. John, ii. 242, 251-52, 283.
, Mrs., ii. 366, 477.
Cod, Cape, i. 65.
Coens, Rev. Cornehs, ii. 429.
Coeymans, Andries, ii. 427, 428, 433,
434-
, Barent Pieterse, i. 225—11. 434.
, Gertrude, Jr, ii. 431.
Coeymans' tract, i. 231 — ii. 434.
Coeymans village, ii. 177, 434.
Coeyman's Church, ii. 428, 434.
Cohasset, i. 91.
Colden, Cadwallader, i. 118, 282, 299,
388, 421, 508 — ii. 36, 37, 69, 70, 71,
76, 81, 106, 214, 215, 320, 321 — an
enemy of Peter Schuyler, 93 — as
historian, 354 — land speculations, i.
300 — obnoxious, ii. 159.
, Mrs., i. 300.
Colendonck, i. 22, 23,
Colfax, Schuyler, ii. 198.
, William, ii. 198.
Collindale, i. 299.
Collins, Edward, i. 296, 298, 300 — ii.
379 — death, 301.
, John, i. 170, 186, 296-301 — ii.
379. 414-
¦ , Margaret (Schuyler), i. 296,
297, 298^ — ii. 414 — married, 301.
, Samuel, 296.
Colombiere, de la, ii. 116.
Colonial documents, error of, ii. 215.
Colonies, English, i. 421 — on the Del
aware, 33 et seq. — quotas of men,
432.
Colonists resist unjust taxation, ii.
260.
Colonization, early, i.
Colony, Zwaanendal, i. 13, 14, 16.
, Rensselaerwyck, 14, 15.
, Pavonia, 15.
Colored troops, ii. 383, 384.
Colve, Anthony, Director-General,
1673-74, i. 293, 507— ii, 328, 457.
Columbia College, ii. 281, 362, 392,
- 426.
Commissioners, boundary, i. 333.
Committee of Ways and Means, ii.
315— of Safety, 1. 340— ii. 214, 353.
Common School Fund, ii. 358.
Communipaw, 31.
Company, Commercial, for settling
America, i. 2.
, London, i. 3.
, Plymouth, i. 3.
, Dutch East India, i. 4.
, for settling America, i. 6, 7, 8.
¦ , West India, chartered, i. 10 —
its powers and privileges, T^. — its
field of operations, ib.
Compo, Conn. , ii. 444.
Comtemanche, ii. 117.
Congress at New London, ii. 45.
Continental, ii, 262, 266.
Congreve, Mr., ii. in.
Connecticut, i. 69, 71, 76-79, 81-85,
96, 141, 168, 2.t7-249, 347, 352, 369,
370, 374, 394, 454— ii. 122, 295—
claims ol jurisdiction, i. 30 — colony,
67, 68, So— colonists seek removal
of Dutch, 70— contribution to war,
431 — quota, 432 — delegates, 422 —
denies assistance to retake Cada
raqui, 442 — fear of Dutch, 482 —
General Court of, 87 — reinforces
Albany. 352, 366, 367, 368.
River, i. 7, 65, 66, 71, 73, 85,
86, 89, 304, 313— ii. 114.
Conrad, Captain, ii. 383.
Consistory, i. 240, 242.
Constantinople, ii. 392.
Convention of Albany, i. 349, 350, 351,
352 — provincial, ii. 262.
Cook, Sophia, ii. 464.
Cooper, Rev. Charles D., ii, 154.
, General, ii. 382.
John Taylor, ii. 153.
Coote, Richard, see Bellomont, Earl
of.
Copper Mine, Schuyler's, ii. 192, 217.
Cork, Ireland, ii. 256.
Corlaer, Indian name for Governor of
New York, ii. 184.
, i. 322, 355, 390, 470, 475, 477.
Corlaer's Hook, ii, 294.
Cornbury, Viscount {Edward Hyde),
Governor of New York, 1702-08, i.
263-268, 296 — ii. 7, 11-13, 16, 22,
101, 131, 133, 142, 350, 351, 357_ap-
pointed Governor, 12 — conference
with Five Nations, 13 — visits Sara
toga, III.
Cornelis (Indian), 298,
Cornell University, i. 466 — ii. 395,
412.
Cortlandt, see Van Cortlandt.
, Col., i. 483.
, Mr., i. 496.
Manor, i. 199, 201, 294 — ii. 432.
Cornwall, ii. 216.
Corwin, Manual of the Reformed
(Dutch) Church, ii. 491.
Cosby, Colonel William, Governor of
New York, 1732-1736, i. 508 — ii. 112.
Cossacks, the, ii: 393.
Coster, Magdalina, ii. 245.
Cotterel, Sir Charles, ir 34.
Coudewater, Manor of, 208.
Council, the, i. 239, 241, 242, 245, 252,
254, 255, 256, 259, 260; 261, 262, 263,
266. 267, 268, 269, 270, 272, 273, 275,
2S6 — address Governor Clinton, ii.
IS9-
INDEX.
SOS
Counts Buren, ii. 336.
County of Buren, i. 208, 209.
Courcelle, M. de, invades Mohawk
country, i. 315 — failure, 316, 317, 318.
Courland, Dukes of, 187-189.
Court of Appeals, ii. 383.
of Common Pleas, ii. 357.
of Errors, ii. 357.
Coventry, ship, ii. 213, 214.
Coveville, ii. 97.
Cowboys, L 202, 204.
Cox, Daniel, ii. 131, 133.
Craggs, Secretary, ii. 67, 68, 69.
Craig, Henry S, , ii. 200.
Crailo, i. 206, 207, 208, 223, 224.
(Greenbush), i. 235.
Crampton, Hannah (Scrivener), ii.
43?. 440-
Crawford, Captain, ii. 382.
Cregier, Martin, i. 54, 55, 144, 145,
146, 147.
Crevier, M. , tortured, i. 433,
Cromwell, Protector, i. 76, 77.
Crook, George, General, ii. 394, 395,
¦, John, ii. 166.
Croon, Dirk Janssen, i. no.
Crown Point, i. 368, 463 — ii. 30, 112,
121-123, 224, 259, 374 — captured,
124 — soldiers stationed at, 182.
Crowningshield, ii. 200.
Crosby, Clarkson, ii. 153.
Croton River, i. 198.
Crystal Hill, ii. 279, 363.
Curafoa, i. 135, 339 — ii. 296.
Curler, see Van Curler.
Cushing, General, ii. 152.
^, Miss, ii. 153.
Cuyler, Anna, ii. 151.
, Catherine, ii. 151, 243.
•, Charles, ii. 251.
, Charles Henry, ii. 251.
, Cornelis, ii. 240, 242 — his
family, 250, 251.
, Cornelis, Jr. , General in British
Army, ii. 251.
, Cornelius, ii. 278.
, George Augustus, ii. 251.
, Hendrick, ii, 250.
, Jane, ii. 151 .
, John, ii. 256.
;— , Nicholas, ii. 151.
, Philip, ii. 256.
, Rachel, ii. 461, 462.
, R. M., ii. 401.
, Sarah, ii. 339.
Cuypers, Gerardus, Rev., ii. 171.
Daggett, N., ii. 451.
Dakota, ii, 366, 383.
Dale, Sir Thomas, i. 88,
Danforth, George S. , ii, 4S8.
Dankers, i. 56, note,
& Sluyter, journal of, i. 56.
Dan's Chamber, Danskamer, Dance-
chamber, i. 147 — ii. 190.
Dartmoor Prison, ii. 496.
Dartmouth, i. 268.
Date Creek, ii. 394.
D'Aux, Chevalier, i. 372.
Davenport, Rev. John, i. 66, 80, 89.
David Hook, ii. 130.
Davids, Christopher, i. 121.
Davis, James, ii. 154.
, James C, ii. 442.
, J. S, , Rev., ii. 171.
Davitt's, ii. 1S3.
Davos-Platz, ii. 385.
Dean, Mary, ii. 152.
Declaration of Independence, signers
of, i. 287 — the instrument, i. 227.
De Decker, John, i. 176.
Deerfield, destroyed, ii. 234.
De Grood, Aagje, ii. 461, 462.
De Hulter, farm, i. 170 — see Hulter.
Deivertje, ii. 305.
Dekanissora, Onondaga sachem, i.
415, 416, 418, 424/-, 437.458. 469.475,
501 — ii. 5, 6, 51, 55, 61, 62, 64,228—
at Quebec, 419-^indignation, 444 —
cause of agitation, 476 — ill-assorted
marriage, 4S9 — fearful of poison,
495 — in disgrace, 504 — relates his
experience in Canada, 4, 5 — de
graded, 94.
De Kay, Thomas, ii. 169.
De Key, Teunis, ii. 339.
Delabogtealn, ii. 429.
De Laet, Johanna, i. 155, 219, 220.
, Johannes, the historian, i. 14,
210, 212, 219.
, Johannes, Jr., i. 213, 219.
Delafield, Maturin L. , ii. 284;
De la Fortune, ii. 108.
De Lancey family, ii. 342.
, Bishop, ii. 356.
, James, Lieutenant-Governor
of New York, i. 202, 281, 508 — ii.
108, 128, 158, 259.
¦ , Oliver, i. 202, 204.
, Stephen, i. 201.
De la Noye, Peter, i. 191.
Delavan, Edward C. , ii. 154.
Delaware, i. 56, 78, 394 — see Swedes.
Bay, i. 4, 8, 13, 33, 34, 58, 79,
201 — colonies on, 33-65 — discovered
by Hudson, 4.
country, i. 59, 60.
¦ River, i. 8, 14. 31, 38, 41, 45, 46,
48, 49, 53, 55, 5$, 63, 64, 71, 74, 85,
92, 112, 132. 141, 292, 391— ii. 134,
184, 193. 209, 289,
fort on the, i. 10, 33.
beHwares, the, i, 121, 134.
So6
INDEX.
Delline, Henry, ii. 411.
Dellemont, Marte, i, 160.
Dellius, Dominie Godfrey, i. 299, 303,
3SI, 407, 408, 453, 459, 461, 465, 493
— ii. 134, 148, 285 — takes refuge in
New England, 375, 381— petition,
134, 135— ^land patent, 135 — prohib
ited from preaching, 139 — mission
ary work, 143 — appeared before
Assembly, 144— suspended, 145 —
learned Mohawk language, 146 —
farewell to Indian converts, ii. 148
— Commissioner to Frontenac, i.
462, 466.
De Luze, C. H., ii. 245,
De Meyer, Anna Catrina, ii. 293.
, Deborah, ii. 293.
, Elizabeth, i. 186— ii. 293, 306.
, — , Henricus, ii, 293.
, Nicholas, ii. 284 — marriage,
288 — wedding festivities, ib. — mer
chant and miller, 289 — complains of
lawyers, ib. — breaks the law, 289,
290 — prosecuted, 290 — active in sur
rendering New York to English,
290 — alderman, ib. — he and his wife
obtain notoriety, ib. — house to be
plundered, ib. — extent of property,
291, 292 — appointed mayor, 292 —
appointed councillor, ib. — dead, ib.
— his will, 293.
, William, ii. 293.
Dempster, James, ii. 417.
Denonville, Marquis, ii. 353 — arrives
in Canada, 325 — prepares for war
on Senecas, 326 — at Frontenac, 327
— expedition against Senecas, 328 —
report to French ministry, 328, 329,
330, 334 — at Fort Frontenac, 435.
Denver, ii, 384, 386.
& Rio Cirando Railroad, ii.384.
DeOol, Mrs., ii, 441, 442,
De Peyster family, the, ii. 342.
, Anna, ii. 469.
, Catherine, i. 202.
, Johannes, ii. 10, 41, 247. '
, John, ii, 462, 469.
, Pierre, ii. 196.
Depue, WiUiam, ii. 406.
De Reimer, Machtelt, ii. 426.
De Rider, Killian, ii. 105.
De Ronde, Rev. Lamburtus, ii. 417,
424, 425,
De Ruyter, i. 135.
Dervall, Johannes, i, igo.
Des Moines, la., ii. 454.
De Sille, Nicasius, ii, 302, 340.
, Walburga, ii. 340.
Detroit, i, 483.
Deventer, i. 207.
Devendorf, Charles A., ii. 407, 408.
De Vries, David Pieterse, i, 16-18, 27,
— manager of Zwaanendal, 13, 14—
protest of, 19— ruined by Indian war,
18— returns to Holland, ib.
De .Waag, man-of-war, i. 46.
De Wandelier, Sara, ii. 371.
De Winter, Bastiaen, i. 158.
De Witt, John, i. 142.
, Rachel, ii, 341.
Tjirck Claessen, 1. 142— ii. 131.
Dey, Esther, ii. 198.
, Teunis, ii. 197.
Dickinson, , ii. 405.
, Ann Eliza (332), ii. 406.
, Charles, ii. 406.
, (iornelia R. (333), ii. 406.
, Cornelius, ii. 406.
, Dorcas (321), ii. 406.
, Dorcas {326), ii. 406.
Dieskau, defeated, ii. 122.
Dimick, Deborah Palmer (Schuyler)
ii. 418.
¦ , Ira, ii. 308, 418.
, Philip tjchuyler, ii. 418.
Susan Ann, ii. 418.
Directors of New Amsterdam, i. 26.
, list of, i. 507-509.
Dirk, called Rode, ii. 136.
Dirkse, Cornehs, ii. 341.
Dix, Lucy M., ii, 307.
, Rev. Morgan, ii. 359.
Doane, Bishop, ii. 222.
, John, ii. 153.
Dominie's Bouwery, ii. 346.
Hoeck, ii. 346.
Dominion of New England, i. 333, 335.
Dongan, Colonel Thomas, Governor
of New York, 1682-1688, i. 87, 166,
192, 219, 245, 250, 274, 275, 277, 283,
285, 293, 319, 323, 325, 327, 330, 337,
363, 427. 507— ii- 96, 107-9. 129, 130,
140, 165, 292, 293, 319, 323, 325, 327,
330, 331, 341, 457 — spends winter at
Albany, 331-3 — relieved by Andros,
333-
Doove Gat, ii. 97, 125, 126.
Kill, ii. 97.
Dordrecht, ii. 373.
Dorn, Jemima, ii. 482, 484.
Dort, Synod of, ii, 359,
Doughty, Rev. Francis, i. 29, 91.
Douw, i. 138, 143.
, Anne, ii. 416.
, Volkert Pieterse, ii. 416.
Dovecot, ii„ 97.
Dragon, man-of-\var, ii, ¦^•j.
Drake, i, 304,
, Ella, ii. 155.
, Susan, ii. 154.
Duane, James, ii. 214, 353.
Dubeau, Captain, defeated, i. 455.
Du Bpis, Rev. Galterus, ii. 427, 428,
431?-
INDEX.
507
Du Bois, Louis, ii. 285.
Dubo, Louis, i, 140.
Dudley, Charles E., ii. 380.
, Governor, ii. 19, 24, 41 — wants
assistance, 53.
-, Mr. , son of the Governor, visits
Montreal, ii. 236.
Observatory, ii. 3S0.
Dug Springs, ii. 383.
Duke of Cambridge, ii. si6.
of York, i, 218 — ii. 164, 349.
Duke's farm, ii. 349.
Duncan, Anna, ii. 400, 402.
Dunkerkers, i. 13, 19.
Dunscomb, William E., ii. 359.
Dunstable, a fort burned at, ii. 234.
Duryea, ii, 197.
Dutch, the, i. 24, 32, 36, 38, 39, 40, 42,
44, 47t S4' 63, 106, 107, 325, 126, 129,
130, 131, 135, 148, 149, 151, 152, 163,
305, 306, 308, 314, 326, 322, 330, 335.
417 — ii. 300 — influence of, on Ameri
can history, i. 87 — supply Indians
with weapons, 312.
¦ Bible and Records, ii. 315, 316.
Colonial Records, translated,
ii. 471.
Church, i. 239, 240, 244 — ii. 337,
419, 420 — at Albany, i. 158, 293, 303
— church property, 303 — ii. 466- at
New York, 380 — ii. 456 — of Schen
ectady, 2S6 — at Schoharie, 488-491
— at Westminster, i. 238.
Collegiate Church of New
York, ii. 424, 425.
language, i. 180.
merchants, i. 4.
minister, first ordained in
America, ii. 489.
towns on Long Island, i. 30.
East India Company, i. 31, 32,
33' 34. 35' 36, 37' 39. 40, 41. 43, 44.
49, 50. 52. 54, 55. 57. 58. 59. 60. 62,
65. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 77' 93' 94.
96 — buys lands- from the Indians on
the Delaware River, 42 — orders the
Swedes to be driven from the river,
45 — furnishes a man-of-war, 46 — on
the verge of bankruptcy, 48.
Dutchess County, i. 270, 282-
Duval, Judic Henrietta, i. 208.
Dyckhuyse, Swantie, ii. 191, 192, 205.
Dyckman, Johannes, i. 103, 113, 175,
176— ii. 330.
East Indies, i. 258.
Eastman, Clara, ii. 201.
Eaton, Theophilus, i. 66.
l''bbing, Jeronimus, i. 220 — ii. 290.
Ecker, Thomas, i. 179.
Eddy, Samuel, ii, 153.
Edick, Elizabeth, ii. 244,
Edmonds, Elizabeth, ii. 441, 442.
Edward, Fort, i. 272, 373.
Edwards, Susanna, ii. 200.
Eells, Edward, ii. 451.
Egypt, ii. 276, 373.
Elbertsen, Elbert, ii. 339.
Elimburg, Fort, i. 38, 39, 42, 46.
Elizabeth Island, i. 2.
Elizabethtown, N. J., ii. 183, 192, 193,
450. 451-
Elizabethtown Point,
ferry, 216.
Elk River, i. 55, 56.
Elliott, Andrew, i. 509.
Elmendorf, Catharine, ii. 379.
, Peter, ii. 401.
Peter E., ii. 400.
11. 192, 193-
Elting, John, ii. 171.
Embassy, Dutch, to London, i. 238.
Emden, ii. 316, 420.
Emigration from Holland, i. 27,
Endicott, i. 96.
England, i. 71, 119, 194, 201, 205, 237,
250, 251, 252, 254, 255, 257, 261, 262,
263, 268, 269, 270, 277, 278, 289, 304,
350. 384 — begins to appreciate her
colonies, ii. 122 — escape to Hol
land of non-conformists, i. 88 — King
and Queen, 335 — meagre supplies,
460 — Protestant, 335 — sends out a
fleet, ii. 122 — small aid to province,
i. 430-1 — strengthens military forces,
432 — visit of Mohawk chiefs, ii. 33-
39 — war with, of 1812, 447^ — war with
France, i. 336.
English, the, i. 9, 32, 37, 39, 41, 44, 45,
47. 53. 60, 151, 153, 305, 306,314,
320, -325, 330.
army, surrender, ii. 125.
colonies, taught some lessons,
ii. 124.
¦ competition for influence with
Indians, i. 480.
Government, i. 323, 342 — ap
points boundary commissioners,
333 — policy with Five Nations, i.321,
322, 325.
prisoners returned, i. 464.
, profligate, ii. 141.
traders captured by Denon
ville, i. 327.
treatment of Indians, ii. 77.
• towns on Long Island, i. 30.
Entail, laws abrogated by the Revo
lution, i, 231,
Episcopal Church, i. 203.
Ericksen, Dominie, ii. 489.
, Reinhart, ii. 414,
Eries (Indians) destroyed by Iroquois,
i. 313-
Erie Canal, i. 230.
5o8
INDEX.
Erie, Lake, i. 261, 307, 313.
Ernst Casimir of Nassau-Dillenburg,
i-43-
Esopus, i. 31, 117, 169, 178, 190, 203,
220, 247, 302, 347 — ii. 289, 435.
(Kingston), situation of, i. 31,
62.
, the new village, i. 120, 152 — first
fight at, 131 — siege of, 132 — treaty
of peace, 135.
• . Great, i. 137, 138.
, massacre, i. 141-143.
• ¦, war, i. 216.
, threatened, i. 438.
, Indians, i. 78, -134, 145 — attack
on, 147,148 — treat for peace, 150,151.
Europe, i. 321.
Evans, George, i. 296.
• ', Sarah, ii. 464, 465.
Evening Post, ii. 385.
Evertse, Jacob Cornelis, Jr , i. 507.
I-'.vertsen, Elsie Cuyler, ii. 154.
Exchange Place, i. 118.
Ezras (Indian), i. 298.
Falmouth, ii. 216.
Fancher, Abigail, ii. 481, 482.
, Martha, ii. 481, 482.
Far Indians, in Albany, ii. 89.
Farmer, sheriff, ii. 67.
Farmon, Nellie M. , ii. 309.
Fathers and Sons, ii. 392.
Fauconier, Peter, ii. 131-133.
Faugeres, Margaretta, ii. 174.
Fendall, Governor, i. $3, 54, 55, ^6.
Fenwick, George, i. 69, 70, 79,
Fifth Cavalry, ii. 393.
Fire Island Inlet (L. I.), i. 50.
Fish Creek, ii. 104, 117, 238.
Fish Kill, outlet of Saratoga Lake, ii,
97-
Creek, i. 201,
Five Nations (Indians), i. 9, 136, 199,
247, 248, 253, 260, 26X, 263, 264, 265,
268, 288, 353, 354, 380, 381, 390 jf;
3'^S, 402, 406, 408, 463, 465— ii. 7, 23,
32, 61, 122, 146, 157, 378, 466, 467 —
Iroquois confederacy, 305, 306 —
origin, 307 — description, 308 — num
bers, 309— war practices, 310 — fight
with Champlain, 311 — acquire fire
arms, 312 — overwhelm Algonquins,
312 — destroy the Hurons and Eries,
313 — treaties with Dutch and Eng
lish, 314 — invasion of Courcelle, 315
— invasion of de Tracy, 316 — con
quests south and west, 318 — inva
sion of de la Barre, 318 et set/. —
claimed as vassals by French and
English, 320 — conferences with Eng
lish, 321 — conciliated by French, 321
et j^$r.— policy, 322 — importance of
board of commissioners, 324, 325,
326 — as galley slaves. 327 — supplied
with guns by the English, 328— at
tack Fort Frontenac, 329 — .torture
of prisoners, 329 — invade Montreal,
329 — invade Montreal again, 330 —
island of Jesus invaded, 330, 332, 333
— conference with Andros, 334, 337^
message to Frontenac, i. 371 — coun
cil at Albany, 381 et seq. — letter from
Fletcher, 409— council with Wes
sels, 411, ^^j 374-
Forts at Saratoga, vvhere located, ii.
126-129.
Foster, George W., ii. 449.
Four Peaks, ii. 394.
510
INDEX.
France, i. 325, 326, 353, 383, 384.
, New, i. 315, 318, 319, 324, 325.
, King of, relieves de la Barre,
i. 325 — instructions to Denonville,
326.
• , Indians sent to, i. 334.
¦ , war with England, i. 335.
, Wessel's story of invasion, i.
411.
^ help to Canada, i. 430.
, annual supplies from, i. 460.
Fransorra, ii. 100.
Fredericks, Evalina, ii. 482, 484.
Frederickstadt, i. 138.
Freeman, Rev. Mr., i. 492.
Freedoms and Exemptions, statute of,
i. n, 171, 177, 209, 212.
Frelfnghouse (Frelinghuysen), Eliza
beth, ii. 422.
Frehnghuysen, Theodore, ii. 422.
, Theodore, chancellor, ii. 421.
, Rev. Theodorus, ii. 415, 416,
419-422.
, Rev. Theodorus Jacob, ii. 419,
420.
Fremont (Frymoet), Joh. Casparus,
ii. 416, 419.
, General John C, ii. 423.
French, the, i. 136. 155, 161, 167, 169,
194. 304, 305, 306, 313, 314, 3^6, 317,
329, 33^, 337, 352, 391, 483— in Can
ada, 32 — explorations, 320 — policy
¦with Five Nations, 321, 322, 326 —
expedition against Senecas, 326 et
seq. — in consternation, 330 — pre
pare to attack Albany, 331 — prison
ers, 334 — scenes at Onondaga, 372
— at La Prairie, 385 et seq. — loss,
388 — enterprise, 395 — attack Mo
hawks, 397, 399 — loss in Mohawk
expedition, 402, 407 et seq. — repair
forts, 487 — insincerity, 490 — peace
with, 423, 424 — order of march,
448 — the emissaries, 458 — prison
ers, 462 — continue the war, ii. 122.
and Indians, i. 346, 348.
agents, ii. 6.
Canadians, i. 32, 247, 264, 291.
Church, New Rochelle, ii. 149.
government, claimed Lake
Champlain, ii. 112 — appoints boun
dary commissioners, i. 333.
¦ — proselytes, ii. 18 — commit mur
ders at Schaghticoke, 48.
• Protestants in Bushwick, i. 29.
refugees, ii. 108.
¦ • Indians, ii. 158.
reported in Minisink, ii. 188.
and Indian War, ii. 259.
-, proposed Indian alliance with,
ii. 467.
Roger, ii. 430.
Friesland, i. 43, 207.
Frontenac, Count de, i. 318, 330, 349,
353' 355. 358, 371. 375. 3^3^ 389, 39i.
395^ 397, 407. 408, A13, 415, 418, 424,
462 — ii. 143, 226, 227 — sends delega
tion to Onondaga, 372 — receives
Iroquois deputation, 419 — influence
over Indians, 420— sends envoys to
Onondaga, 425 — alarms Albany, 434
— restored to Canada, 436 — activity,
438 — scouting parties, 439 et seq. —
roast Iroquois, 440 — reoccupies Ca-
daroqui, 441 — success of, 445 — pre
pares winter campaign, 446 et seq. —
bodily weakness of, 449 — inhumanty
of, 450 — retreats, 450 — roasts an In
dian, 451 — designs against New
York, 453 — receives flag of truce,
459 — receives commissioners, 464
— to Bellomont, 465, 468 — receives
letter by Johannes Schuyler, 470 —
death of, 472 — dreams of, ii. 78.
, Fort. See Kingston and Cada
raqui, i. 319, 326, 371, 419 — Denon
ville at, 327- -attacked by Iroquois,
329 — established, 435 — destroyed,
436 — famine, 482.
Frote, Jean de, ii. 369.
Frymoet, Johannes Casparus, ii. 422.
Frymuth, ii. 422.
Funerals, 112.
Fur trade, the, 136.
Gale, John C. , ii. 406,
Gallows Flill, ii. 278.
Gansevoort, Ann, ii. 401.
, Ariantie, ii. 401.
, Catherine, ii. 401,
, Colonel, ii. 474.
, Elizabeth, ii. 401.
, Elsie, ii. 401.
, Eveline, ii. 400, 401.
, Harme, ii. 130.
, Johannes, ii. 401.
¦, Leonard, ii. 400, 401.
, Maria, ii. 401.
, Rachel, ii. 401.
Rensselaer, ii. 401.
Gardenier, i. 104.
Gardiner, Fanny Foy, ii. 409.
, Henrietta Schuyler, ii. 409.
, Lion, i. 66, 68, 69, 89 — ii. 412.
, Mary Miller, ii. 310, 395, 409.
Samuel H. , ii. 409, 412.
Gardiner's Island, ii. 412.
Garmo, Pierre de, ii. 109.
Garrison, , ii. 198.
Gates, General, i. 287 — ii. 125, 126, 268,
270, 326, 404, 477 — appointed to
army of Canada, 268.
, Sir Thomas, 88.
INDEX.
5"
Gassam, George G., ii. 152.
Gelderland, i, 28, 163, 171, 206 — ii, 336
— History of, 171.
Genealogical and Biographical Re
cord, ii. 195.
table. Fort Family, ii. 371 —
Arent Schuyler, ii. 196 — Brant
Schuyler, ii. 171 — David Schuyler,
ii. 461 — Jacob Schuyler, ii. 481 —
Johannes Schuyler, ii, 242-245 —
Peter Schuyler, ii. 150 — Philip
Pieterse Schuyler, i. 185 — Philip
Schuyler second, ii. 3o6^Philip
Schuyler second in the female line,
396 — Scribner Family, 440.
Genesee River, ii. 281.
Genet, Maria, ii. 400.
Geneva, ii, 395.
George of Hanover, King, ii. 56.
, Lake, i. 312, 316, 395.
Geographical Societies, ii. 393.
Georgias, i. 92 — ii. 86, 445.
Gerard, J. W. , ii. 347.
German Flats, i. 306.
Germans in the Mohawk Valley, ii.
473-
Germany, i. 276.
Gerritse, Goosen. See Van Schaick.
Ghyse, Joachim, Rear-Admiral, ii.
173-
Gideon, ii. 286.
Gila River, ii. 394.
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, i. is.
Giltnar, Eleanor, ii. 307.
Gladding, Emeline L, , ii. 407.
Glen, Jacob, ii. 240, 247, 257.
, Jacob S. , ii. 400.
, Johannes, i. 474.
•, John, ii. 105.
¦ , Capt. Sander, i. 359, 362, 363—
ii. 224.
Godyn, Samuel, i. 12, 13, 53, 210.
Goes, Jan Tysen, ii. 332.
Golden Otter, the ship, i. 338.
Gomarists, the, i. 9.
Gonzales, Benjamin, ii. 449, 450.
Good Hope, Fort of, 65, 67, 77.
Goods seized by guard, ii. 314.
Goose Creek, ii. 394,
Goossen, Geertj'ien, i. 115.
' , Gerrit, i. 115.
, Sybrant, i. 115.
, Anthony, i. 115.
Gordon, Dowager Duchess of, ii. 437.
Gosnal, Capt. Bartholomew, i. 2.
Gourley, Maria, ii. 397.
Gouverneur, Abraham, i. 340, 428 — ii.
342, 426, 428, 432, 434 — elected
speaker, ii. 8 — reports on griev
ances, 144 — recorder, 168.
-, Alida, ii. 427.
, Gerbrant Abraham, 11.428, 434.
Gouverneur, Gertrude, ii. 428.
— , Isaac, ii. 173, 426, 428, 429,
431.433,434-
— — — , Johanna (Low), ii. 429, 429,
432-
434-
, Magdalena (Hall), ii. 429, 436.
-, Magdalina, ii. 426.
-, Margrita, ii. 426, 430.
-, Maria, ii. 427, 432.
-, Maria Matilda, ii. 431.
-, Mary (Leisler), ii. 434.
-, Nathaniel, ii. 431.
-, Nicholas, ii. 342, 427, 428, 429,
Samuel, ii. 426, 427, 428, 431.
, Sarah, ii. 430.
, Sarie (Morris), ii. 427, 437.
Governor's Island, i. 11.
Governors of New York, list of, i. 507-
509-
Graham family, ii. 216.
, James, Attorney-General, i.
192, 259— ii. 437.
, Augustine, ii. 68- — suspended,
i. 496.
Grande, Marie, ii. 368.
Grant, Chauncy L. , Jr., ii. 310.
Mrs., of Laggan, i. 155-156 —
ii. 161, 250.
Gravesend, i, 28, 91, 291.
Great Carrying Place (Fort Edward),
ii. III.
Greece, ii. 392, 393.
Greek Church, ii. 360.
Green, Joshua, ii. 369.
Mountain boys, ii. 124, 265.
Greenbush, i. 225, 235, 346 — ii. 159.
Greenwich, i. 82 — ii. 295.
Bay, i. 73.
Griffin, Martha A., ii. 309.
Groenendyck, Peter, ii. 85.
Groeneveld, manor of, i. 207.
Groesbeck, Catherine, ii. 150.
Gerardus, ii. 105.
, , William Claes, ii, 461.
Groesbeeck, Rev. David, ii. 359.
Groot, Hester, ii, 414.
, Symon, ii. 369.
Grosvenor, • — , ii. 245.
Ground Briefs, i. 116.
Guard House at Carrying Place, ii.
Guiana, i. 16.
Guilder, the, i. 11 — value of, in Mas
sachusetts, 2s. in 1646 = $5 now.
Gustavus Adolphus, i. 34.
tiaarlem, i. 30.
Hackensack, N, J., i. 17 — ii. 490, 491,
492, 493- River, ii. 217, 220,
Haekinsackys, the, i. 135.
Haeghoort, Pastor, ii. 430, 431, 489.
512
INDEX.
Haerlem, ii. 289
Hague, The, i. 70, 208.
Hale, Dr. David Morey, ii. 441.
, Esther (Scribner), ii. 441.
, Harriet P., ii. 442.
Halfmoon, the ship, i. 4— Half Moon,
the estate, i. 152, 153, 302, 390— ii.
16, 370, 371-
Hall, John, ii. 436.
(Gouverneur), Magdalena, ii.
429, 436-
Hamilton, Alexander, ii. 242, 273, 274,
2S1, 283.
County, i. 232.
, Eliza, ii. 244.
, Governor of New Jersey, i.
422 — ii. 208.
, James A., ii. 283.
, Mary Morris, ii. 244.
Hancock, John, ii. 319.
Hand, Sally, ii. 400.
Handsome Savage, the, ii. 278.
Hannah, an Indian, ii. 136.
Hanover Square, i. 338— ii, 207, 342.
Hansen, Hendrick, i. 499 — ii. 53, 137,
472.
, Maria, ii, 462, 463, 472.
Hanyost (Schuyler), ii. 463, 473-477,
497-
Hardy, Governor, ii. 128, 129.
Haring, ship, i. 187.
Harison, Francis, ii. 69, 70.
Harlem, ii. 436.
Harper's Monthly, ii. 347.
Harper s Weekly^ ii. 222.
Harson, George, ii. 171.
Hartford, i. 65, 66, 67, 71. 74, 77, 80,
^Si 19°, 348 — convention at, i. 73, 76
— treaty of, i. 41.
Hartgers, Peter, ii. 340, 348.
, Sytje, ii. 345.
, Peter, ii. 348.
Harvard College, i. 93, 227 — ii. 217^
students captured, 166.
Hastings, Lord, ii, 495.
Hauck, Mary, ii. 465, 466.
Haukens, Leonora, i. 208.
Haverstraw, i. 295.
Haverstroo, i. 201.
Haviland, Colonel, ii. 123.
Hawley, Betsey (Scribner), ii. 441,
442, 452.
, Thomas, ii. 441, 452.
Haywood, George, ii. 399.
, Melissa, ii. 402. ¦
Hazen, Colonel, ii. 326.
, Moses, ii. 362.
Heathers, Mrs., i, 300.
Heemstede, i. 29,
Heermans, Augustine, i. 55, 56.
, Ephraim, i. 56, n.
, Jan (John), ii. 436.
Heermans, John, ii. 429, 436.
Hell Gate, ii. 346.
Hendrick (Indian), i. 298, 299, 493—
ii. 36, 128, 138— secret agent, 54,
55— visits Governor, 56 — wishes to
go to England, 57 — restored, 76 —
his Indian name, 143.
Hendrikus, Rev., ii. 428.
Henlopen, Cape, i. 12, 13, 53.
Henry, John V., ii. 274.
Herbitsen, Andries, i. no, 137, 138.
Herkimer, Catherine, ii. 463, 464.
, Elizabeth Barbara, ii. 462, 463.
, Johann Jost, ii. 473, 474.
General Nicholas, ii. 473, 474,
475-
Herrick, Harriet, ii. 484, 487.
Heyes, Captain, i. 13.
Hieronimus, ii. 318.
Highlands, the, i. 5, 201, 295.
Hill, Col. , ii. 403.
, General, ii. 47.
Hillhouse, Harriet, ii. 153.
Hilliche, ii. 147.
Hilts, Lydia, ii. 199,
Hinckly, Dr. John W., ii. 465.
Hinoyossa, i. 57, 58, 59, 60, 61 — i, 62,
63-
History of Redemption, ii. 363.
Hitchcock, Caroline E., ii. 443.
, Clinton, ii. 443.
, Ira, ii. 244.
Hitts, Elane, li. 481, 483.
Hobart College, ii. 222.
Hoes, , ii. 332.
HoUaendare, Peter, i. 37.
Holland, i. 36, 43, 45, 49, 57, 58, 59,
62, 64, 67, 70, 74, 84, 85, 87, 88, 89,
90, 109, 112, 114, 153, 157, 163, 171,
175, 176, 177, 178, 180, 210, 243, 293
— ii. 149, 291, 329, 345 — contest with
Spain, i. 4, 5 — party strife in, 9 — a
refuge for the persecuted, 88 — its
educational system, 8g — its enlight
ened political and religious views,
90 — its commercial supremacy, 92 —
municipal privileges of, 92, 93 — love
of learning in, 94, 95 — Schuylers in,
99 — baptismal names in, 100.
, University of, i. 237.
, Henry, Captain English army,
1. 297.
Hitchen, English officer, i. 301.
, Stadtholder of, i. 335.
Holmes, George, i. 35.
, Oliver Wendell, ii. 319.
, Robert, ii. 402.
Holy Land, ii, 373.
Plonduras, ii. 251.
Honyost. See Hanyost.
Hooges, Antoni de, i, 182.
Hooker, Rev. Mr., i. 67, 89.
INDEX.
S13
Hoosac River, i. 233, 305.
Horehill, Fort, i. 58, 64.
Horekill, 13,
Hottest month, 1775, 1793, ii. 418.
Hough, Alexander H., ii. 403.
Housatonic River, ii. 131, 332.
House, Hendrick, i. 467.
Howe, Jemima, Mrs., ii. 211.
, Lord, i, 155 — ii 249.
Hoyt, WiUiam, ii. 201.
Hudde, Andries, i. 39, 40, 48.
Hudson, Henry, i. 4, 5, 304, 310.
City, i. 237.
River, i. 5, 7, 12, 14, 31, 38, 74,
78, 79, 86, 87, 102, 121, 201, 209, 219,
229, 232, 23s, 245, 272, 274, 281, 305,
306, 310, 311, 395, 401, 402, 426— ii.
264.
Hughs, Colonel, ii. 319.
Huguenot, French, i. 201.
Huguenots, i. 31, 49. 324 — ii. 373,
^ banished, ii. 99.
settle near Albany, ii. gg.
Hull, George, ii. 4og.
Humbert, Jonas, ii. 357.
Hun, Abraham, ii. 401.
, Elizabeth, ii, 400.
Hungerford.Diecy, i. ig2, ig6.
Hunt, Eliza L., ii. 154.
Hunter, Grace, ii. 243.
, Mary, ii. ig7.
, Col. Robert, appointed gov
ernor, ii. 40 — his first conference
with Five Nations and others, ii. 40
— holds conference with Indians,
46 — directs forts to be built, 48^
loaded supply ships, ib. — not sur
prised, 4g — protects the borders,
ib. — hurries to Albany, 51 — built
forts, 54 — at Indian conference, 56
— alarmed, 57 — unhappy, ib. — re
plies to Hendrick, ib. — makes a
compromise, 58 — last conference,
62 — goes home, t'i — alarmed, 67 —
arrangement with Burnet, 79.
, Brigadier Robert, Governor
of New York, 1710-1719, i. 267,
268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 276, 277, 278,
279, 280, 283, 289, 290, 299, 508 — ii.
33i 42, 45. 47, 60, 64, 66, 72, 75, 81,
142, 215, 258, 286, 351, 468.
, Thomas Mulford, ii. 465.
Hunterfield patent, the, ii. 469.
Hurd, Edgar H. , ii. 201.
, Lucy S., ii. 309.
Hurley, i. 139, 162.
Huron, lake, i. 261, 311.
Hurons, the, i. 311, 312 — overwhelmed
by Iroquois, 313.
Hutchings, John, ii. 10, 12.
Hutchinson, Mrs. Ann, i. 28, gi.
, the historian, ii. 233.
Hulter, Johan de, i. 105, 122, 220.
¦, Mme. de, i. 158.
Hyde, Edward, i. 508.
Iberville, M. d', ii. 16.
lUinois River, i. 318.
Indiana, ii. 447, 449, 450 — pioneer
history of, 455.
Indian affairs, i. 322, 324, 331 — com
missioner of, 297 — board of, 420 —
board of commissioners reorgan
ized, 452 — board of commissioners,
report, 457 — board of commission
ers, 472 — commissioners report to
Bellomont, 485 et seq. — cost of ex-
pe4ition, 487 — board of commis
sioners, new instructions, 496 —
board, 297 — ii. 468,
Indians, chiefs in England, ii. 34 —
their address to the Queen,
ib. — names of, 36 — farewell ad
dresses, with their tokens, 35, ^^ — ,
couriers, 41S — deeds, 117, 298 — ii.
131, I33i i3Si 13^1 140— defiance, 450
— fights, 439 et seq. — fisheries, 485 —
invasion, 1655, 298 — mail carriers,
232 — names, 274 — nations of New
England, annihilated, 228 — orators,
466 — proselytes, camels of the des
ert, 313 — slaves, 193 — speeches, 412,
413 — trade, 102 — ii. 457 — war of
1643, i. 18, 28 — ii. 294 — aid the Dutch
against the Swedes, i. 40 — sell lands
on the Delaware to the Dutch, 42
— Abenaki, 447 — Christian, 489 — in
crease, 492 — Connecticut, 155 — Del-
awares, 314 — drunken, 140 — expen
sive soldiers, 393 — raids in Canada,
396 — the Five Nations, 247— fond of
news, ii, 54 — Highland, i, 198 — Hu
ron, 447 — Illinois, march to attack
Iroquois. 3ig — Long Island, 146,
148 — Mohawk, 102 — Mohegan, 245,
274 — of New England, 312 — Onon
dagas and Senecas, 288 — praying,
416 — raids of, 31, 32 — sale of lands
in New Jersey, 24 — Schaghticoke,
233 — Senecas, 2go — survey of the,
with whom the Dutch had to deal,
304-335 — want ministers, ii. 4go.
Ingham, Harriet A., ii. 484, 486,
Ingoldesby, Richard, Lieutenant-Gov
ernor of New York, i. 296, 377, 378,
39°! 395, 397, 398—"- 26, 47, 351—
council at Albany, i, 390 — bad mili
tary policy, 3gg, 407 — absence with
out leave, 495, 508 — commission re
voked, ii. 39 — Acting Governor, ii.
182.
Ingnosedah, i. 299.
Intolerance of New England, i. 28-30.
SI4
INDEX.
Ireland, ii, 256.
Irish, ii. 264.
Irondequoit Bay, i. 327, 328 — ii. 85.
Iroquois, sovereignty over, i. 471 —
must be destroyed — ii, 16— termed
Six Nations, ii, go — confederacy,
305. See Five Nations — and Shawa
noes bury the hatchet, 186.
Irving, Washington, ii, 271, 328.
Island, Great, of the Flatts, i. 161.
Israel, ii. 374.
Ithaca, N. Y. , ii. 366, 367, 454.
Jackson, James, ii. 354.
Jacobites, i, 248,
acob (Indian), i. 4g3.
acobs, Maurice, his aliases, John
Binchson and Long Finn, i. 64.
Jacobsen, Rutger, i. no, in.
Jacquet, Jean Paul, i. 47, 48.
Jamaica, i, 205,
, L, I,, i. 29 — ii. 25.
James I., i. 254.
James II., i. 193, 194, 330, 332, 333,
334. 335. 336, 337, 35°-
James River, i 3 — ii. 439.
Jans, Anneke, i, 235, 286, 338 — ii, 327,
335' 342, 399, 457 — and her Bouwery,
337-361 — a widow, and marries a
second time, ^27 — and sister Maritje
families connected with others, 338,
342 — removed to Albany, 345 — death
and will, ib. — patent of her farm,
347 — her heirs sell her bouwery, 348
¦ — her heirs get a new patent, ib.
— suits by her heirs to recover the
farm, 352, 361 — her heirs send out
agents, 355 — her Bible and rings,
360.
, Maritje, i. 338— ii, 338, 340, 342.
Jansen, commissary, i. 27* 3^' 39*
, Roelof, ii, 337, 346.
— , Tryntje, ii. 338.
, Tymen, i. 338— ii. 338, 340,
342, 343-, Volckert, i, 138.
Jarret, Allan, ii. 68, 70, 71.
Jauncy, Elsie A,, ii. 154.
Jay, ii. 265.
¦ — , the family, ii. 342.
Jealousy of English merchants, i. 191.
Jenkins, Anna, ii. 409.
Jersey Blues, ii. 212.
City, i, 292.
Jerusalem, ii. 378.
Jessup, Sarah, ii. 398.
Jesuits, the, i, 249, 313, 322, 324, 334,
381, 407, 408— ii. 145 — influence on
Indians, i, 479 — false reports, 492.
Jesuit missionaries, i. 298.
Jesus, Island of, i. 330.
Johnson, Captain, i. 373.
, Elenor, ii. 201.
, Sir John, i. 236— ii. 266, 488.
Sir WiUiam, i. 118, 299, 453-
ii. 36, 76, 122, 123, 259, 264, 320, 321,
470, 490.
Johnsons, the, ii. 264.
Johnston, Andrew-, i. 203.
Dr, Mayor, ii. 67.
Johnstown, N. Y., ii. 478.
Jolive, John, ii. 451.
Jonas, Tryn, ii, 338.
Joncaire, builds a fort in Seneca coun
try, ii, 44.
Jones, David, ii. 352.
-, Judge, i, 280— ii. 254, 255.
, Richard, ii. 212.
, Samuel, ii. 243,
, Thomas, ii. 352, 356.
WiUiam, i. 338.
Jonkman, D. , ii. 373,
Joris, Adriaaen, Director-General of
New Netherland, 1623-24, f. 26,
507-
Joseph (an Indian), 11. 138.
Judiciary Committee, i. 284, 285.
Jurian, i. 408.
Kansas, ii. 381.
River, ii. 386.
Kellogg, Daniel, ii. 445.
, Epenetus, ii. 445.
, Phebe (Scribner), ii. 440, 445-
447-
Samuel, ii. 445.
Kelly, WiUiam S., ii. 4.06.
Kemble, Gouverneur, ii. 172.
, Peter, i. 201.
Kennebec River, i. 3, 305 — ii. 235.
Kennedy, Archibald, Receiver-Gen
eral, ii. 194, 215, 341.
, Archibald, Captain, ii. 197,
213, 214, 341-
Kent, Rev. Elisha, ii. 443, 451.
, James, Chancellor, ii. 254, 271,
274, 451-
, Moss, ii. 451.
Kent's Parish, ii, 443, 451.
Kentucky, ii. 447.
Kenyon, Nellie, ii. 155.
Kerr, Walter, ii. 412.
Ketcham, Julia McChain. ii. 307.
Kettell's biographical sketches, ii. 174.
Kettle, the Great, i, 447.
Khokand, ii, 393.
Kidd, Captain WiUiam, i. 251, 256,
257, 258, 259, 261.
Kieft, WiUiam, Director General of
New Netherland, 163S-47, i. 189,
211, 215, 2g2, 507 — ii. 2g3, 368 — di
rects Indians to be killed, 2g4 — in-
INDEX.
51S
dignant, 344 — lost at sea, 345 — i. 18,
19, 22, 26, 27, 28, 29, 34, 35 — In
dian War, 19 — recalled, 20 — orders
the expulsion of the English from
New Netherland, 37, 38, 91 — com
plains of the Connecticut colony,
71.
Kierstede, ii. 357.
, Blandina, ii. 339.
, Elizabeth, i. 290.
, Dr. Hans, i. 339—"- 339, 348.
, Hans, Jr., ii. 342.
, the family, ii. 343.
Kievet's Hoeck, i. 6^.,"
Kimball, Hattie, ii. 443.
Kinderhook, i. 346, 455 — ii. 129, 130,
131, 132, 140, 336.
Creek, ii. 129, 246, 332.
Lake, ii. 335.
King, Charles, ii. 393, 426.
, Gertrude Wallace, ii. 310, 393.
, Hendrick, ii. 286.
, Henrietta Liston, ii. 426.
, Rufus, ii. 273. 393.
¦ of France, i. 410 — treatment of
Indians, ii. 77.
of Spain, dead, ii. 5.
William III., i. 192, 266, 267 —
ii. 170.
Kings County, i. 377.
King's farm, ii. 349.
Kingsland, Hannah C, ii. 171.
• , Hester, ii. 196, 205, 471.
, Isaac, ii. 192, ig6, 205.
, Mary C, ii. 199
Kingston, Canada, see Cadaraqui and
Fort Frontenac, i. 31, 120,. 179, 247,
304, 318, 319, 355— ii. 131, 189, 282,
284, 328.
, N. Y. , ii. 435, 471-
Kinnan, Mary, ii. 481, 482.
Kinsale, ii. 251.
Kintekoye, i. 140.
Kip, Eliza, ii. 198.
, Jacobus, i. 294.
¦ , Johannes, ii. 169.
, Leonard, ii. 403.
, the family, ii. 339.
Kispauw, Ann, ii. 308.
Kling, Moens, i. 37.
Kneeland, Bessie, ii. 202.
Knickerbaker, Johannes, i. 234.
Knickerbacker, ii. 424, 425.
, Herman, ii. 401.
, Jannetie, ii. 340.
Knickerbackers of Schaghticoke, ii.
130.
Knickerbocker, Dr., ii. 409.
. , Harmen Janse, ii. 130.
Konigsmark, Count, i. 64.
Kouassaden, Oneida Sachem, i. 411,
Krom Kil, i. 154, 159.
Kuer, Jacob, ii. 373.
, Pieter, ii. 373.
Kuldja, ii. 393.
Kurney, Mercy, ii. 244.
Labadists, i. 56 ?z. — ii. 33g.
Lachine, i. 446.
Lady of the Flatts, ii. 321.
Laet, Johanna de, i. 120.
La Famine, i. 319, 327.
La Fleur, ii. 108, 109.
Lafort, Marcus, ii. 369.
La Fourt, Bartholomew, ii. 369.
Lake Champlain, ii. 123, 135, 237, 264,
267. George, ii. 37, 114, 115, 123,
259, 267, 269, 274 327.
- St. Sacrament, ii. 114, 122.
Lamb, Mrs. Martha j. , ii. 284, :
La Montagne, Johannes, i. 114, 115,
144, 216 — ii. 299, 300, 302, 304.
La Motte, Isle, i. 373.
Lancaster, ii. 251.
Langdon, Eugene, ii. 245.
Lansing, Abraham A., ii. 400, 401.
, Abraham Douw, ii. 401.
, Angelica, ii. 153.
, Ariantia, ii. 401.
, Catherine, ii. 400, 401.
¦ , Elsie, ii. 405, 406. ?
¦, Gertrude (Schuyler) (16), j.
161 — ii. 151.
Gertrude (Schuyler), {33), ii.
160.
405.
-, Isaac D. F., ii. 153.
-, Jacob, ii. 405.
-, John (Johannes), ii. 132, 150.
-, John A., ii. 416.
John Jacob, ii. 306, 396, 404,
, Killian V. R., ii. 401.
-, Lena, ii. 406, 407.
-, Maria, ii. 400.
-, Rev. Nicholas, ii. 405,
-, Peter, ii. 160.
-, Philip, ii. 105.
, Sanders, ii. 153.
Lansinburgh, ii. 176.
La Prairie, i. 155, 374, 3S4, 385— ii.
224, — Schuyler's fight, 385.
La Salle, i. 435 — ii. 109.
Law prohibiting Canada trade, ii. 83,
87, 88 — to preserve Dutch records,
261— for division of estates, ii. 104,
106.
Lawrence, Thomas, ii. 347.
, Thomas, Jr., ii. 431, 438.
— -^ — , Warren, W. H., ii. 310.
Lawyer, Elizabeth, ii. 464,
Lee, Charles, ii. 263.
¦ , General, ii. 265,
Si6
INDEX.
Lees, Deborah, ii. 440.
Le Fort. La Fort, de Fort, ii. 36S,
36g. See Fort, the family.
Le Forte, Jacob, ii. 373.
Legal fees, and fees charged, ii. 28g.
Leggett, Barthia, ii, 397, 398.
Leisler, Catherine, i. 340 — ii. 341.
, Francina, i. 340.
, Hester, i. 340 — ii, 342, 434.
, Jacob, i. 167, 168, i6g, igi,
193 j^., 2or, 202, 203, 241, 242, 245,
246, 247, 249, 250, 255, 327 ff., 348,
349, 460, 461, 508 — ii. II, ic8, no,
I3g, 143, 164, 166, 172, 182, 223, 225,
285, 2g2, 2g3, 328, 332, 340, 343, 3g6,
426, 428,432, 458, 468 — letter to Alba
ny, 355 et seq. — fails to gain Albany,
357,359. 366,367 — his commissioners
at Albany, 368 — patriotism, 369 — fits
out man-of-war, 369 — alliance with
New England, 370, 372, 375 — arbi
trary policy, 376 ct seq. — trial, 379
— execution, 380 — assumes to be
lieutenant - governor, 341 — procla
mation, 342 — arrest of Bayard, 344
— dread in Albany, 345 — express
from Albany, 346 — history of, 337 —
captain of the fort, 339 — comman
der-in-chief, 340 — letter to conven
tion, 350, 351, 352, 354— his burial,
169 — made a map, 213 — possessed
attractions and ability, 341.
, Mary, i. 340— ii. 341, 434.
Livingston, Angelica, i. 290.
, Brockholst, i. 287.
-, Captain, ii. 121.
-, Susanna, i. 340 — li. 341.
Leislerians, i. 255, 256, 262, 263, 354.
Lespinarde, Antoni, i. 331.
Lespinard, Anthony, of Albany, ii.
108, 109, 369.
, A., intimate with Governor of
Canada, ii, 109. '
Lewte, Governor Morgan, i. 290.
¦ , Morgan, ii. 353.
, Thomas, i. 340.
, Thorn, li. 429.
Lexington, ii, 263.
Leyden, i. 88, 95.
, University of, i. 95.
Lievens, Annetje, i. 114, 115, 116, 153.
, Janssen, i. 114.
Limburg, i. 100.
Lindenwald, ii. 335.
Ling, Matthew, ii. g.
Linn, Hetty, ii, 38®.
Lisbon, ii. 216.
Lispenard, Abigail, ii, 380.
Street, New York, i. 331 — ii.
log.
Little Falls, i. 486— ii. 247.
Rock, Ark., ii. 381, 449.
Livingston, the family, i. 243, 286 — ii.
264, 265, 335.
, Alida, i. 164, 296.
, Catherine, i. 227.
, Edward, i. 288.
, Engeltie, i. 236 — ii. 339.
, Gilbert, i. 287 — ii. 103, 105.
, James, i. 290.
-, Janet, i. 290.
, John, j. 286, 287, 290.
, Rev. John H. , i. 2S7.
, Katharine B., ii. 203.
, Margaret, ii. 105, 106, 132.
, Margarita, ii. 414, 419.
, Maturin, i. 290.
, Mrs. Chancellor, ii. 2S4.
, Peter, i. 290.
, Peter R., i. 290.
, Peter Van Brugh, i. 287.
¦, Philip, i. 160, 227, 243, 271,
280, 286, 288 — ii. 103, III, 132, 133,
247, 340.
, Philip (second), i. 287.
. Philip, signer of Declaration
of Independence, ii. 132, 423.
, Robert, i, 166, 170, 179, 185,
243-291, 296, 348, 352, 366, 367, 381,
383, '392, 405, 407, 417, 460, 461, 465,
466, 467, 478, 482, 483. 496, 4g8 — ii.
2, 17, ig, 22, 26, g4, g6, gg, 103, 105,
126, 127, 138, 238, 285, 286, 315,
458 — his career and family, 243-291
- — to Onondaga, 484 — end of career,
273 — history of Livingston Manor,
274-282 etseq. — his great prosperity,
285 et seq. — arrival in Albany, 243 —
marriage, 243 et seq. — prominent in
Dutch church, 244 — acquires an es
tate, 245 — financial success, 246 — ¦
advances money for defence of Al
bany, 247 — in New England, trouble
with Leisler,248 — returns to Albany,
249 — shipwrecked,25o — in England,
ib. — presents claim to the Lords of
Trade, 251 — cold reception in Al
bany, 252 — complains to Duke of
Shrewsbury, 253 — reply to report of
the Council. 254 — changes his poli
tics, 255 — relations with Capt. Kidd,
256 et .'¦eq. — Bellomont's charges,
258 et seq. — skill in Indian affairs,
Q^ ct seq. — Indians ask that he be
sent to England, 262 — sails for Eng
land, 263 — captured by privateer,
264 — reinstated by Queen Anne,
266 — befriended by Governor Hun
ter, 267 — elected to Assembly, 267
et seq. — manor repatented, 26g —
claims paid, 270 — elected speaker,
ib. — his son appointed secretary of
Indian affairs, 271 — friendship of
Governor Burnet, 272 — sends to
INDEX.
S17
President Schuyler a memorial,
74.
Livingston, Robert, Jr., i. 161, 288,
291— ii. 67, 73, 104, 150, 257, 419,
468.
, Robert, third proprietor of
manor, i. 280, 281, 282, 283, z86, 287
— ii. 132, 133, 217.
, Robert James, i. 290.
, Robert R., Justice of the Su
preme Court of the Colony, i. 287.
— , Robert R., Jr., Chancellor of
the State of N. Y., Minister to
France, i. 287, 288.
, Rosanna, ii. 243.
, Walter, ii. 151.
, WiUiam, i. 285, 287, 288 — war
governor of New Jersey, ii. 132,
134. 352.
- Manor, i. 297 — ii. 130, 140, 323,
331 — history and description of, i.
273-285.
Lockwood, Margaret, ii. 484, 487.
; MariUa, ii. 482, 485.
Lodwick, Charles, ii. 59, 60, 329.
London, i. 66, 237, 238, 258, 264, 268.
, Bishop of, i. 265.
Company, i. 3.
Long House, i. 307, 308, 310.
Long Island, i. 7, 24, 41, 50, 70, 73, 77,
82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 91, 132, 141, 151,
199, 245, 257, 337, 426— ii. 281, 294,
302, 440 — Dutch towns on, i. 427 —
settlement of, 28-30 — English towns
on, i. 30.
Sound, i. 65, 66, 70, 85, 86.
Longueil, M. de, i. 483.
Lookermans, Anneke, wife of Olof
Stevense Van Cortlandt, i. 188 — ii.
339-
, Govert, i. 188, 338 — ii. 33g,
340, 341, 342, 343, 348.
, Jacob, 1. 33g— n. 341, 342.
, Jenetje, ii, 342.
, Maritje, ii. 342.
Lords Majors, the directors of the
West India Company, i. 15, 18.
Superiors, ii. 2g7.
of Prade, i. ig7, 251, 256, 258,
259, 260, 261, 263, 264, 265, 268, 271
— recommend a present, ii. 62.
Lossing, Benson J., ii, 254, 256, 271,
280, 284, 476, 477.
Lost River, ii. 394,
Louis XIV., i. 333, 334, 396, 431, 436.
Lovelace, John, Lord, Governor of
New York, 1708-1709, i. 267, 508 —
ii. 26, 27, 40, 351.
, Colonel Francis, Governor
of New York, 1667-1673, i. 152,
225, 507—"- 129, 130, 348, 349, 352,
354-
Loivressen, Sergeant, i. 129, 130.
Low, families, ii. 435,
Abraham, ii. 430, 435.
Annatje, ii. 435.
Anthony, ii. 435.
Cornelius, Sr., ii. 430, 432, 434,
435-
435,
426.
429,
432,
Cornelius, Jr., ii. 426, 429,
436- Elizabeth, ii. 397, 435.
Gertrude, ii. 431.
Helena, ii. 435.
Hendrick, ii. 435.
Henrietta Liston (King), ii.
Isaac, ii. 429, 432.
Johanna, ii. 431, 432.
Johanna (Gouverneur), ii. 426,
432- Johannes, ii. 435.
John, ii. 430, 431.
Margaretta, ii. 430.
Margareta (Van Borsum), ii.
435- Margreitje, ii. 435.
Maria, ii. 435.
Nicholas, ii. 426.
Nicolas, ii. 430.
Petrus, ii. 435.
Samuel, ii, 430.
Sarah, ii. 430, 432.
Tymen, ii. 435.
Wilhelmus, ii. 430, 435.
WiUiam, ii. 431, 432.
Countries, the " University of
war,'' i. 8g.
Louwrens, Andries, i. 127.
Lowndes, Harriet, li. 245.
Lucas, Earl, ii. 309.
Ludlow, William H. , ii. 399.
Lupton, William, ii. 171.
Lutheran Church, ii. 490, 491 — at
Schoharie, i. 488.
Luttrell, Narcissus, account of Indian
kings, ii. 38. *
LUycas, Evert, ii. 129.
Luzerne, Switzerland, ii. 454.
Lydius, Rev. John Henry, ii. 115, 419,
490,
Lyman, Col., ii. 122.
Lynn, ii. 206.
Lyon, General, ii. 383.
, Lucy, ii, 412.
, Marcus, ii. 309, 412.
Mabee, Maria, ii. 484, 486.
McCartey, Abby, ii. 400.
Rebecca, ii. 400.
McCord, Margaret, ii. 464, 465.
, Mary, li. 464, 465.
McConn, Maria, ii. 151.
5ii
INDEX.
McDonald, John, ii. 276.
McDoweU, C. E., ii. 309.
, Camp, ii. 393.
McElroy, Archibald, ii. 256.
McGregor, i. 203.
McMaster, Kate, ii. 482, 484.
¦ , Robert P., ii. 154.
Machin, Thomas, ii. 199.
Maestricht, i. 100.
Magazine of American History, ii. 275,
365-
Magdalen Island, ii. 130.
Maine, i. 92, 305, 335, 375 — ii. 18, 122.
Malcolm, Richard M., ii. 354.
, , Samuel, ii. 243, 283.
, William, ii. 354.
Manchester, Earl of, i, 79.
Manchini, Kate, ii. 200, 202.
Mandeville, , ii. ig7.
, Esther, ii. 307.
Manhattan, i. 5, 7, 12, 18, 2g, 30, 35,
36, 45, 46, 83. gi, g2, g6, 117, 128,
137, 144, 145, 151, 172, 175, 188, 210,
211, 302, 426 — ii. 246, 2gg, 304, 347 —
fort on, i. 10, 27 — purchase of, 11 —
diversity of languages in, i. 27.
Mann, Rev. Duncan C, ii. 201.
Map of Saratoga Patent found, ii,
105.
Maquas, i. 298 et seq. See Mohawks.
Marcellus, J. W., ii. 309.
Maricour, M., i. 472, 479, 491 — ii. 4,
5, 6, 228.
Marin, M., ii. 114-117, 125, 127 — com
mands an expedition, 114 — retreats,
119.
Mars, ii. 245.
Marschalk, Elizabeth, ii. 462, 463.
Marselis, Esther Ann, ii. 411.
, Frances, ii. 411.
Marselius, Anne, ii. 400.
Marselus, Margaret, ii. 464.
Marshall, Chief Justice, ii. 271.
Martin, Abigail, ii. 484, 486.'
¦, Ira Kingsley, ii. 154.
Maryland, i, 29, 52, 56, 62,33g, 36g, 370,
372, 391, 393. 405. 406, 412, 424. 483—
contribution to war, 431 — quota,
432.
Mason, Capt. John, i. 68, Sg.
Massachusetts, i. 66, 71, 73, 76, 77,
78, 80, 82, gi, g3, 230, 231, 23s, 248,
280-282, 335, 347, 375, 3g4, 3g5— ii.
18, 24, 26, 122, 323, 450 — delegates,
i, 422 — frontier of, ii. 112 — General
Court of, i. 7g, 83 — proposes a con
ference, ii. 234 — quota, i. 432 — war
contributions, 432, n. , 438 — Schuy
ler's letter about Schenectady mas
sacre, 360 et seq. , 366, 367, 36g, 370
— seeks aid from Five Nations, ii.
87.
Massacre at Schenectady, i. 358.
Mathews, Capt., i. 3gg, 401— ii. 187.
Matiset, Indian sachem, ii. 184.
Maurice, Prince of Nassau, i. g, 23g.
May, Cape, i. 12.
¦, Comelis, Director-General of
New Netherland, 1624-1625, i. 26.
Margaret, ii. 4g5.
Mayflower, the, i. 91.
Matazal Mountains, ii. 394.
Mead, Frederick, ii. 443.
Zalmon S., ii. 442.
Mechanicsville, i. 153 — ii. 96, 98.
Mechanics and Farmers' Bank, ii. 330.
Megapolensis, Rev. Johannes, i. 27,
109, I2g, 182, 214 — ii. 246, 344.
Melyn, Cornelis, i. 17, 18, 24 — ar
rives, 17 — patent for Staten Island,
18, 19 — ruined by Indian war, 19 —
banished, 20, 21 — returns, 20, 21 —
compromise, 21.
Memoirs of an American lady, ii. 250.
Memphis, ii. 222.
Mennonites, i. 58, 64.
Meppel, ii. 378.
Mercurius, ship, i. 48.
Merrimack, ii. 234.
Mersalis, , ii. igg.
Merselius, Guisbert, ii. 320.
Mexican Central Railroad, ii. 385.
Mexico, city of, ii. 385.
Michilimakinac, ii. 8g.
Mico, John, ii. 318.
Middleburgh, N. Y., ii, 488.
Milborne, Capt. Jacob, i. i6g, 241, 242,
249.340,367-380— ii. 341, 432— Jacob,
arrives at Albany, i. 34g — calls on
the convention, 350 — attempts to get
possession of the fort, 351, 352 — ap
pointed Commander-in-chief, 370,
377 — trial, 37g — execution, 380.
Milet, Jesuit missionary, i. 406, 408,
4og, 411, 414, 425, 450 — ii. 146.
Milford, Conn., ii. 444.
Military Academy, ii. 3g3.
Militia, i. 439.
Milk Creek, ii. 395.
MiUer, Ann, ii. 198.
, Catharine, ii. 3g8.
, David, ii. 171.
, John, i. 202.
, Morris S., ii. 380.
, Mrs., ii, 273.
, Rutger B, , ii. 358.
Millick, Harriet A., ii. 202.
Mincees, i. 120.
Minisink country, ii. 183.
, village, ii. i8g.
Minister, insult to a, ii. 421.
Ministers licensed in HoUand, ii. 420.
Minnesota, ii, 280,
Minuit, Peter, Director General of.
INDEX.
SI9
New Netherland, 1626-1632, i. 26,
33, 42, 507 — ii. 328 — appointed direc
tor of Swedish West India Com
pany, i. 34 — erects a fort, 35 — death,
37-
Minqua Kill, i. 34.
Minquas, the, i. 135.
Mispath, i. 29.
Missionaries, Protestant, i. 492.
Missionary, among Mohawks, ii. 54.
Mississippi River, i. 310, 318.
Moanagh, i. 201, 295.
MobUe, Ala. , ii. 449.
Mohawk Castles, i. 395 — attack on,
397-
chiefs in England, ii. 467.
¦ Indians, excited, ii. 51 — uneasy,
55— seUing land, 135.
• lands, ii. 134.
patent, 11. 140.
proselytes, ii. 234.
. River, i. iiS, 209, 211, 298, 306,
311— ii. 133, 134, 264.
Valley, i. 236 — ii. 206, 471, 473,
476, 488.
Mohawks, the Indians (Maquas), i. 8,
32, 106, 118, 121, 133, 135, 144, 145,
150, 190, 211, 298, 306-15, 351, 354,
357. 358, 360, 367, 372, 373, 382, 383,
384, 395-99. 466, 484— ii. 4ig, 470,
473 — invasions from Canada, 315
et seq. — removal to Canada, 324,
32g, 332 — Christian, 381 - — action
¦with French, 400 — refuse to ad
vance, 401 — decrease, 4gi — Prot
estant, 4g3 — disappearing, ii. 145.
Mohegan Indians, i. 65, 68, 120, 133,
135. 155, 211, 245, 274— ii. 229
Mompesson, Roger, ii. 58, 60, 133.
Monckton, Major Gen. Robert, Gov
ernor of New York, 1761-1763, i.
508 — ii. 215, 320. 321.
Monroe, Amina, ii. 308.
Montcalm, ii. 123, 2og.
Montgomerie, John, Governor of
New York, 1728-1731, i. 508— ii. 106.
Montgomery County, N. Y., ii. ig5,
479-
, General, i. 291 — ii. 124, 266,
267, 408.
Montreal, i. 290, 305, 319, 321, 322,
326, 330, 346, 357, 367, 375, 383, 389,
391. 395. 407, 410, 459—11- 27. 109,
123, 224, 266, 313 — base of opera
tions, i. 430 — Captain Schuyler's
visit, 471 — return of Cadaraqui
expedition, 442 — prisoners burned,
447-
, Island of, invaded by Iroquois,
i. 329 — second invasion, 330.
Moody, Lady, i. 28, gi.
Moolman, Arie, ii. 431.
Moore, Sir Henry, i. 508 — ii. 261.
Morehouse, Harriet, ii. 407.
Morris family, ii. 342, 427.
, Catherine, ii. 244.
, Gouverneur, ii. 438.
, Colonel Lewis, ii. 436.
, Lewis, Jr., ii. 59, 60, 430, 433,
436, 437. 438.
Lewis, on Cornbury, ii. 25 —
appointed judge, 58.
, Maria, ii. 431, 438.
, Captain Richard, ii. 436.
, Richard, ii. 436.
, Sarie (Gouverneur), ii. 427,
437-
-, Staats Long, ii. 437.
, William, ii. 10.
Morrisania, ii. 427, 436, 437.
Morristown, N. J., ii. 446.
Morton, Washington, ii. 243, 273.
Moscow, ii. 392.
Mother Barbara, ii. 279.
Motley, J. L. (the historian), i. 92.
Muhlenburgh, Rev. Mr., ii. 417.
Muldrow, Samuel C, ii. 152.
Munsell, Joel, i. 182 — ii. 262.
Munster, ii. 328.
Murray, John, Earlof Dunmore.i. 509.
Naarden, i. 206.
Nagle, Peter, ii. 433.
Names of children, ii. 459.
Nanfan, John, Lieutenant-Governor
of New York, 1. 260, 261, 262, 263,
268, 470, 476, 478, 480, 481, 488, 508
— ii. 2, 6, 7, 8, 12, 22, 165, 233.
Narragansett Bay, i. 8.
Indians, i. 75.
River, i. 66, 6g, 80, 81.
Narrows, the, i. 4,
Nash, Micajah, ii. 440.
Nassau, i, 102 — ii. 334, 336.
, Dillenburg, i. 43 n.
, Fort, i. 33, 35, 37, 38, 3g, 40,41,
42.
, Prince Maurice of, i. 9.
Nederhorst, Herr, i. 16.
Negro, the, i. 137.
slave, who wished to live with
Massa, ii, 192.
, Schuyler's, ii. 497T
Nelson, John, i, 388.
Nether Dutch Church, ii. 164, i6g.
Netherlands, the, i. 3, 8g — ii. 378.
Neutral Ground, ii. 444.
Neutrals (Indians), i. 313.
Nevis. Island of, ii. 281.
New Albany, Ind., ii. 446, 450, 455 —
foundation of, 447, 448.
New Amstel, i. 52, 53, 55, 58, 61, 63.
New Amsterdam, i. 16, 25, 27, 31, 32,
520
INDEX.
33. 34, 36. 38. 40'. 44. 45, 47, 48, SL
52, 59, ''>3. 72, 73. 74, 84, gi, no, 118,
120, 121, 132, 135, 175, 176, 187, i8g,
215, 216, 2g2 — ii. 283, 2g4, 304, 316,
337 — population of, i. 33 — becomes
New York, 85 — Indian outbreak,
122 — surrender of, igo— invaded,
ii. 2gS.
Newark, bay of, i. 17.
New Barbadoes Neck, ii. ig2, 205.
New Brunswick, ii. 251, 422.
Newburg, i. 201.
New England, i, 65, 72, 74, 76, 78, 84,
88, go, g2, g6, 194, 247, 248, 249, 258,
304, 320, 333, 335, 406, 412— ii. 18,
24, 269, 304 — education encouraged,
93i 95 — intolerance of, 28-30.
' path, ii. I2g,
¦ colonies, i, i6g,
, colonies form a confederation,
i. 71 — confederacy of, 8g.
, Albany appeals to, i. 347 et
seq.
Newenhuysen, Dominie, i. 239, 240.
New Gottenburg, i. 38, 39.
New Hampshire, i. 91 — ii. 18, 322 —
frontiers of, 112.
New Haven, i. 37, 41, 67, 71, 72, 74,
76, 77, 79, 80 — colonists aggressive,
70.
New Jersey, i. 24, 31, 80, 121, igs,
igg, 201, 203, 287, 333, 3g4, 454— ii.
27 — churches of, 420— contribution
to war, i. 431 — quota, 432 — quota
of, ii, 208.
Historical Society, i. 180, 181.
New London, i. 79.
New Netherland, i. 23, 27, 32, 33, 34,
37, 52, 58, 60, 63, 64, 65 ff., 90, gi,
g6, 112, 127, 137, 151, 171, 207, 210,
214— ii, 288, 295 — named, i. 7, 8, 10
— directors of, 26 — toleration in,
30— population of, 31-33 — ^limited
educational privileges, 93, 94 —
council of, 137, 152.
New Orleans, ii. 449.
New Plymouth, i. 66, 73.
New Rochelle, ii. 147, 258.
Newspapers, substitute for, i. 104.
New Sweden, i. 35, 36, 37, ^8, 44, 47,
61.
Newtown, i.*29.
New Utrecht, i. 24.
New Village, i, 137-142, 147, 151-52,
New York, a defence to colonies, i.
3g4 — always the frontier, ii. 62 — a
royal province, 264 — builds forts,
28, 2g— capture of, 63, 64^-census,
1698, i, 427, 428.
Bay, i. 4.
, Central, i, 307,
City, i. 367, 368, 372,
New York, colony of, burden of de
fence on, ii. 207 — condition of prov
ince, 426^contribution to war, 432
— council in, 462 — history of, 280.
frontiers, ii, 112.
Historical Society, ii. g3, 255.
not recovered from last war,
ii. 28.
the province, i, 322, 323, 325-
Denonville's plan for conquest, 32g,
33°. 331 — boundary question, 333 —
added to Dominion, 333, 335 — popu
lation Protestant, 336, 227 — revenue,
42g — rumors of war, 451.
State, i. 80, 86.
. the city, i, 331, 332, 334.
, the revolution, i. 341 et seq,,
346, 347. 348- ,
Times, ii, 222.
, Western, i. 204.
- World, ii. 222.
Niagara, ii, 78 — block-house at, lop.
, fort, i. 325, 327, 328 — abandon
ed, 32g.
River, i. 313.
Nicholson, Fort, ii. 31.
Francis, Lieutenant-Governor
of New York, i. 336, 338, 340, 356,
¦ 508- ii. 27, 32, 34, 35, 36, 45, 46, 48,
49. 59. 94. Ill-
Nicoll, Anna, i. 224, 225.
, Mathias, ii. 436.
, WiUiam, i. 195, 197, 224, 344,
378— n. 8, 167, 331.'
Nicolls, Richard, Governor of New
York, 1664-1667, i. 84, 86, 108, 152,
190, 303. 507— ii- 129, 290, 347, 348.
Nieuwport, battle of, i. 207 — medal of,
208.
Nieverville, ii. 117.
Nine men, the, i. 189.
Nipissings, ii. 117.
Niskayuna, i. 179, 369, 390 — ii. l5, 370.
Nissepat, ii. 429, 436.
Noble,, Robert, i. 282.
Noel, Thomas, Mayor, i. 198 — ii. 8,
168.
No Popery, ii. 165,
Normand's Creek, ii, 279.
Norman's Kill, i. 102 — ii, 469.
North America, i. 308.
Northampton County, Penn., ii. 478.
North Carolina, i. 309 — ii. 50.
Northern Department, ii. 264, 270.
North Pacific Coast Railroatl, h. 384.
Norton, Sophia E. , ii. 201.
Nova Scotia, i, 305 — ii. 122.
Norwalk, Conn., ii. 439, 440, 444, 445,
451-
Nutten Island, ii. 29g.
Nyack, ii. 405.
Nykerk, i. 100, 171, 178, 206, 207.
INDEX.
521
Oaken cabinet, history of, i. 104, 105.
O'Callaghan, E. B., i. 176, 179 — ii.
298.
Ogden, Catherine, i. 205.
, David, ii. 431.
, Gertrude, ii. 430.
, Mary, ii. 197.
, R. H., ii. 244.
1 T. W. , ii. 244.
Oghrecghhoonge, i. 299.
Ohio, i. 92.
River, i. 310, 318, 484 — ii. 122,
280, 446, 447.
Olden, Barneveldt, John of, i, 207.
See Barneveldt.
, Manor of, i. 207.
Old Jan's land, ii. 337, 347.
Oliver, Charles, ii. 196.
, James, ii. 318.
, Margaret, ii. 193.
, Sarah, ii. 318.
Oneida, i. 353.
Indians, i. 306, 307, 309, 317,
406, 407. 408— ii. 473. 477, 497— sub
mit to Vaudreuil, 450.
Camping place, ii. 133.
County, ii. 280.
Lake, i. 306, 309. 502.
River, ii. 134.
Onion River, i. 481.
Onondaga, i. 307, 334, 352, 3S3, 370,
371, 408, 410, 418, 425— ii- -312, 467—
burned, i. 449 — council fire, 322 —
council at, 372, 468, 475 — fort at,
498.
County, ii. 36'2..
Indians, i. 288, 306, 307, 309^
311, 317, 319, 328, 330, 332, 346, 409,
411 — excited, 481.
Lake, i. 449.
salt spring, i. 499 — seeking site
for fort, 500.
Onontio, Indian epithet for Governor
of Canada, i. 322, 355 — ii. 235.
Ontario Lake, i. 261, 306, 307, 311,
318, 319, 326— ii. 471.
Oosterhout, Maritje, ii. 371.
. Oothout, Abraham, ii. 405, 406.
, Lansing, ii. 406.
Orange, Fort, i. 32, 78, 102, 108, 113,
116, 120, 126, 130, 133, 137, 144, 172,
176, 178.
, house of, i- 100.
, Prince of, i. 40, 43, ^9, 208,
238, 248, 33Sff: 339^ 350.
Orangien, Jan Fort, ii. 368.
Ordinations, ii. 489.
Orehaoue, Iroquois chief, i. 436.
Oriskany Creek, ii. 133, 134.
, battle of, ii. 134.
patent, ii. 133.
Osborn, Augusta, ii. 349.
Osborn, Catherine, ii. 407, 408.
, Elizabeth, ii. 407, 408.
, James H., ii. 407.
Osborne, Sir Danvers, i. 508. .
Oswego, i. 301 — ii. 123, 208, 255, 259.
-, captured, ii. 209.
, trading house at, ii. 314.
River, i. 448.
Ottawa Indians, i. 410, 448.
River, i. 313.
Otter Creek, i. 368,'"395 — ii. 135.
¦ River, ii. 114.
Oyster Bay, i. 30, 73.
Paauw, Director Michael, i. 12, 15, 30.
Pacific Ocean, i. 281 — the western
boundary of Massachusetts, 78.
Packwood, Sarah, ii. 152.-
Paine, M. F. ii. 410.
Palatine, N. Y., ii. 252.
settlement, i. 268, 277, 278.
town, ii. 471.
Palatines, the, i. 276, 277, 278, 297 — ii.
63-
Palls, kept by Dutch church, i. 302.
Palmer, Beriah, ii. 376.
, Mary, ii. 307, 376.
, WUliam, ii. 244.
Parkman, Francis, i. 355 n.
Parliament, ii, 262.
Passaic River, ii, 192, 212, 220.
Patcoke (Claverack), i. 455.
Patroon, i. 226, 227, 228, 231 — last pat
roon, 231.
Patroons, i. 11-27, 30, 31.
, charter granted, i. 209.
, colony, i. 24.
Patterson, Cornelia, i. 231.
, Judge William, i. 231.
Patuxent River, i. 55.
Pawcatuck River, i. 81, 86.
Paulus Hook, i. 292.
Pavonia, i. 12, 17, 31 — ii. 294 — destruc
tion of, 31.
Peace of Ryswyk, i. 459.
Pearl Street, New York, i. 200 — ii.342.
Pearson, Prof. Jonathan, ii. 172, 261,
368.
Pedrom, ii. 251.
Pelham, i. gi.
Pels, Evert, ii, 348.
Penn, William, i. 64.
Pennsylvania, i. 64, g2, 201, 3g4, 404,
406 — ii. 86, 87, 122, igo.
militia, ii. 26B.
Penny, Samuel, ii. 441.
Pequannock, ii. igo, 193.
Pequod Indians, i. 65, ^'j, 8g, 96 — the
nation destroyed by the Dutch, 68.
Perrot, Isle, i. 448,
Perth Amboy, i. 203 — ii. igo.
522
INDEX.
Peter the Great, ii, 393.
Peterboro, N. Y., i. 291 — ii. 212.
Philadelphia, i. 33, 37 — ii. 495.
Schuylers, ii, 495, 496.
Philipsburg, i. 23, 127.
Phihpse, Adolph, i. 273, 341^. — ii. 315.
443 — suspended from council, Bo-
loyal, 82.
, Eve, i. 190.
, Frederick, i. 23, 87, 127, igo,
193— ii. 290, 2gi.
Phillips. Wendell, ii. 3ig.
, E. E., ii. 203.
Phil Sheridan, town of, ii. 386.
Phipps, Frances, ii. 483, 485.
, Sir William, i. 422.
Pieterse, Philip, i. no.
Pinchon, Colonel, i. 422.
Pinhorne, William, ii. 135, 136, 137,
140, 144.
Pinto Creek, ii, 3g4.
Pirates, i. 257, 25S.
Pitt, Secretary, ii, 210.
Pittsburg, Pa., ii. 446.
Place of graves, ii. 157.
Plains of Abraham, ii. 267.
Plainfield, N. J., ii. 453.
Planck (Verplanck), i. 2g2.
Platt, Hetty, ii. 3g7, 3g8.
Ploeyden, Edward, i. 5.
Plot, the great, i. 147.
Pluck money, ii. 347.
Plymouth, i. 3, 73, 76, 78, 79, 93. 95,
114, 370, 372 — ii. 216.
Company, i. 3.
Pocahontas, ii. 38.
Pomeren, ii. 36g.
Pompton, N. J, , ii. ig3, 205.
Poppegaya, John, i. 43.
Port-au-Prince, ii. 441, 447, 451.
Porter, CaroUne, ii. 397.
, Miss, ii. 440, 451.
Port Royal, i. 286, 367, 275.
Portugal, i. 250.
Post, , ii. igS.
, Symon Janse, ii, 100.
Potthook, i. 274.
Poughkeepsie, ii. 131.
Powder River, ii. 394.
Powhatan, ii. 38.
Powis, George, ii. 200.
Prairie Grove, ii. 383.
Praul, Jane, ii. ig7.
Praying Indians, or proselytes, ii. 107.
Presbyterian Church, ii. 447, 453.
Presbyterians, ii. 352.
Pretty, Richard, i. 356.
Price's Across the Continent, ii. 3g5.
Priens, Captain, ii. 33g.
Prince Maurice, i. 208, 209 — ship, 50.
of Wales, ii, 216.
Princess, the ship, ii. 345.
Princeton, i. 227 — college at, ii. 453.
Printz, Lieut. John, i. 38, 44 — appoint
ed Governor of Is'ew Sweden, 38 —
successful administration, 39 — con
troversies with the Dutch, 40 — coun
cil with the Dutch Governor, 42 —
his retirement, 43.
Prisoners tortured, i. 449.
Proselytes, or praying Indians, ii. 32,
107, 108.
Protestant Church, ii. 165.
Protestants, i, 239 — ii. 99, 360 — ban
ished, ii. gg.
Providence, i. 91.
Provincial Congress, ii. 263.
Provoost, David, ii. 10.
, Johannes, i, 115, 243.
, William, ii. 342.
, Sarah, -ii. 430.
Putman, , ii, 407.
Putnam County, ii. 443.
, Israel, ii. 212, 263.
Pynchon, Col., i. 365.
Quackenboss, the family, ii. 371.
, Jan, ii. 370.
, Reynier, ii. 370.
Quackenbush, r, ii. 199.
Quadraques, ii. 430.
Quakers, i. 405 — persecution of, by
Stuyvesant, go, 91.
Quebec, i. 248, 286, 291, 305, 317, 319,
321, 322, 327, 355, 366, 367, 375, 391,
408, 412, 418 ff. 459— ii. 16, 31, 47,
123, 124, 266, 408 — Captain Schuy
ler's visit to, i. 470.
Queen Anne, i. 264, 265, z66, 26g — ii.
13. 25, 162, 34g — fitting out an expe
dition against Canada, 26 — Indian
medals, 41 — dead, 56.
Queen's farm, ii. 357 — and garden, tt
patent for, to Trinity Church, 351.
Queen's County, i. 376, 377.
Queenstown, ii. 404 — battle of, i. 230.
Queen Street, New York, i. 200, 203.
Quidor, Indian name of Peter Schuy
ler, i. 304, 354, 355, 415, 474, 477,
488— ii. 14, 35, 36, 43, 7g, g3, 157,
162— confidence of Five Nations in,
75 — portrait of, 163.
Quincy, Edmund, ii. 3ig.
Rab's battery, ii. 381.
Radclift, Jacob, ii. 274.
Rahway River, ii. ig3.
Raleigh, Sir Walter, i. 2.
Ramesay, de, ii. 30.
Raritan, N. J., ii. 183, 420, 435.
River, ii. 213, 434.
INDEX.
523
Rawdon, Hon. Johij Theophilus, ii.
495. 496-
, Lord, ii. 495.
Rawlins, Wy, , ii. 395.
Reading, Indian murders at, ii. 234.
Recorder of Albany, n. 327.
Rector Street, New York, i. 118.
Red Hook, ii. 176.
Reimer, Machtelt de, ii. 426, 429, 436.
Reladons of Anneke Jans, ii. 348.
Remington, Sarah Ann, ii. 203.
Remonstrants, i. 239,
Rensselaer. See Van Rensselaer.
Manor (Gelderland), i. 206, 207,
224.
County, ii. 362.
Institute, i. 230.
Rensselaerwyck, i. 14, 15, 21, 26, 32,
loi, 116, 120, 157, 167, 171, 172, 177,
igo, 211, 212, 214, 216, 217, 218, 220,
228, 24s, 302— ii. izg, 131, 132, 157,
253. 344. 370. 470.
Republican Forks, ii. 386.
Resolution of Assembly, ii. 33.
Restless, the ship, i. 7, 8.
Reval, ii. 3g2.
Revolution of 1688, i. 335.
, the American, i. 120, 180, 202,
204, 227, 228, 231, 237, 283, 287, 288,
2go.
Reynders, Barent, ii. 342.
, Mientje Seeger, ii. 428.
Rhinebeck, i. 203, 290.
Rhode Island, i. 21, 79, 80, 81, 82, 85,
86, 369 — quota, 432.
Rich and noble, did not emigrate, ii.
317-
Richards, Elizabeth, ii. 416, 424.
Richelieu River, i, 316.
Richfield Springs, ii. 470.
Ricketts, Mary Walton, i. 205.
Ridge, Susan, ii. igg.
Ridgefield, Conn., ii. 452.
Rinckhout, Daniel, ii. 369.
¦, Gertrude, ii, 369, 371.
, Jan, ii. 369.
, Juriaen, ii. 369.
, Margaret, ii. 369, 371.
River Indians, i. 427.
Roberts, Colonel, ii. 121.
Robertson, James, i. 509.
Robinson, Rev. John, i. 88, 95.
Rock Island, 111., ii. 454.
Rode, Mohawk chief, i. 423 — ii. 143.
Rodenburgh, Lucas, ii. 339.
Roelof Jansen's Kill, i. 245, 274, 275 —
ii. 285, 333, 235.
Roelofs, Annatje, ii. 338, 340.
, Jan, ii, 338, 340, 355.
, Sara, ii. 338, 339.
, Sytje, ii. 338, 340.
, Tryntje, ii. 338, 339, 340.
Roelofse, Catherina, ii. 399.
Rogers family, ii. 452.
, Abby, ii. 372, 373.
, AbigaU (Scribner), ii. 440, 451.
Dr. (Jriah, ii. 451.
Roman Catholics, ii. 360.
Rome, City of, ii. 134.
Romer, Colonel, engineer, i. 499 — ii.
4, 13, no — experience among In
dians, 500 et seq.— gX&d to get away,
503-
Romeyn, Rev. John B. , ii. 379.
Roof, Dr. F, H., ii, 492, 493.
Roosevelt, Lelia, ii, 203.
, Lydia E, , ii. 201.
, Nicholas, ii. 9, 10.
¦, Sara, ii. 461, 463, 471, 472.
Roseboom, Captain, ii. 42.
¦ , Margarita, ii. 379.
Rosendale. ii. 238.
Rosie, the family, ii. 371.
, Jean, i. ,^59 — ii. log, 370.
Rosmalen, i, 208.
Ross, Martha, ii. 400.
, T. , ii. 401.
Rotterdam, i. 253.
Roumania, ii. 3g2, 3g3.
Roumanian Academy, ii. 393.
Roun, B. A,, ii. 4iq.
Rowes, J. T. , ii. 203.
Royal Asiatic Society, ii. 393.
" Royal Grant," i. 118.
Russell, Joseph, ii. 403.
, Lord Arthur, ii. 496.
Rust Dorp, i, 29.
Rutgers, the family, i. 106.
, Anthony, ii. 468.
, Elsje, ii. 461, 462.
¦, Harmanus, ii. 468.
Rutse, Major Jacob, ii. 131.
Rutsen, Jacob, ii. 282.
Sarah, ii. 243, 282.
Rye, township of, i. 87.
Ryers, George, ii. 350.
Rynders, Barent, i. 340 — ii. 434.
, Gertrude, ii. 428, 434.
, Hester (I,,eisler), ii. 434.
, Johanna, ii. 173.
Rysingh, Johan, i. 44, 45, 46, 47.
Ryswyk, treaty of, i. 459, 478 — com
missioners, i. 479.
Sadakanahtie, Onondaga chief, 1.355,
418, 458, 488, 493, 504 — li. 4 — in
Albany, i. 420 — visits Fletcher, 438 — ¦
visits Albany, 471 — speech, 477— a
match for Bellomont, 495, 496,
Sadalier, Cornelia K, , ii, 464, 465.
St Clair, General, ii, 269.
St. Helen's Island, i. 326.
St. Jan, church of, i. 207.
524
INDEX.
St. John, Henry, Capt,, the Honor
able, ii. 197, 216.
, John, Baron of Bletsho, ii,
197, 216,
, Secretary, ii. 47.
St, Johi;i's Square, ii. 253.
St. Lawrence County, i. 232,
River, i. 155, 305, 310, 312, 314,
332, 366, 374, 3gi,
St. Leger, Col, , ii. 178, 275, 474-476,
St. Louis, ii. 222, 383.
St. Luc de la Corne, ii. 116, 121.
St. Martyn, Yacht, i. 188.
St. Mary's, Burlington, ii. 206,
, Md. , i. 56.
St Michel, Cape, settlers carried off,
i.440.
St. Ours, de, ii. 117.
St, Petersburg, ii, 3g2.
St, Pierre, M., de, ii. 115, 116.
St, Sacrement, Lake, i. 316, 384,
Salem, N. Y. , i. 37, 38.
Creek, N, Y., i. 38.
Saline River, ii. 381.
Salisbury, Bishop of, i. 238.
Salmon Falls, N. H., i. 433.
Salt River, ii. 304,
Springs, i. 449.
Sanders, Laura, ii, 153.
— , Margareta, ii. 400.
, Maria, ii. 39g, 400,
, Robert, i, 347, 354, 371, 398,
410 — ii. 130, 131.
, Robert, 2d. ii. 150.
, William N. S. , ii, 407.
Sandford, Sarah, ii. 201.
, Vice-Chancellor, decides for
Trinity, ii, 355, 356.
San Francisco, ii, 393.
Santa Maria, ii, 393.
Santen, Lucas, i. 192.
Saratoga, i. 273, 4^6 — ii. 140 — men
killed, i. 347 — a few families at, ii.
in — attacked, 113, 114 — destroyed,
ng — battle at, 476.
County, i. 153,
Lake, ii. 238, 374,
Patent, i. 287, 2go — ii. g^, 106,
238, 247, 257, 378, 458, 472— proprie
tors divide, g6 — partners' shares, g8
— renewed, 102 — new owners, 103
— to be divided, 104 — general his
tory, 107— decisive battle, 126.
Saugerties, i. I4g.
Saulsbury, Mallykin, ii. 3g6, 3g7.
, WiUiam, ii. 396.
Sauthier's Map, ii. 127, 133,
Savages murdering Dutch, ii. 299.
Savings Bank Law, ii, 377.
Savoy, Waldenses of, i. 49.
Sawyer, Mary A. , ii. 243.
Sawyer's Creek, ii. 130.
Say and Sele, Lord, i. 63.
Say-Brook, i. 66, 68, 69, 89.
Sayre, Julie, ii. 143.
Schackelton, Robert, ii. 308.
Schaeffer, Charles Ashmead, ii, 310,
413-
, Rev. Charles W. , D, D, , ii, 412.
, Elizabeth Ashmead, ii. 412.
; Eugene Schuyler, ii. 412.
, George Sch-iyler, ii. 412,
Gertrude King, ii. 412.
Schaets, Rev. Gideon, i. 241, 303 — ii.
142.
Schaghticoke, ii. 175, 312, 371, 424 —
murders at, 48 — Indians, i. 233, 305.
405-406, 427, 480, 481 — ii. 96, 229 —
scouts, no — flee to Canada, in,
112.
Schenck, Rev. G, C, ii, 284.
Schenectady, i. 32, 109, 15S, i58, 169,
178, ig4, 246, 296, 297, 304, 315, 316,
347, 351, 352. 357, 376, 380, 381, 390,
393. 394, 396 iT- 492— ii- 16, 134, 319
— destruction of, i. 358 ct seq., ii.
458 — Schuyler's letter, 360, 366 —
survivors provided for, i. 368 — de
serters, 446 — petition to Bellomont,
468.
Patent, ii, 286.
River, ii. 135.
Schermerhoorne, Jacob Jansse, i. no,
c "3-
Schermerhorn, Cornelius, ii. 400.
, Ryer, ii. 138.
Schieffelin, Sidney E., ii. 202.
Schierph, Catharine, i. 186 — ii. 306.
Schoenderwoert, Rutger, Jacobsen
van, i. 105,
Schoharie, ii. 422, 478, 488, 489, 490,
491.
Creek, ii. 469, 489.
Tract, ii. 433.
Valley, ii. 238.
Schoolcraft, ii. 477.
Schools, i, 302 et seq.
Schoonmaker, Cornelia, ii. 401.
Schuiler, hamlet, i. 100.
Schuiller, Pieterson Philip van, i. 100.
Schulekraft, Christian, ii. 489.
Schuyler, Aaron (201), ii. 206.
¦ , Aaron (297), ii. 221.
, Abraham (4), 459 — ii. 27, 28,
33, 87, 8g, 103, 182, ig5, 333, 45g,
461, 462, 466, 467, 479 — in Onondaga
country, 27, 28 — accompanies Mo
hawk chiefs to England, 23 — in
Seneca country — 87.
-, Abraham (20), ii. 462, 463,
47Z, 479-
, Abraham (50), ii. 463,
, Abraham (91), ii. 464, 465.
, Abraham (loi), ii. 464, 465.
INDEX.
525
Schuyler, Abraham, an Oneida In
dian, ii. 477.
, Aeltie van, gg.
. Adoniah (167), ii. 216.
, Adoniah (igi), ii. 216.
, Adonia Graham, ii. 216.
, Alexander H. (42), ii. 380.
, Alida (Alyda), i. 4, 183, 184,
185, 206, 243, 244 — ii. 459.
, Alonzo Beekman (127), ii.
465, 466.
, Andrew J. (86), ii. 484, 486.
, Angelica (71), ii. 152.
, Angelica (373), ii. 280.
, Anna, ii. igg.
, Anna (28), ii. 462, 469.
, Anna Maria (69), ii. 152,
153-
, Annatje (Van Alstyne) (n),
ii. 492, 493.
, Ann Eliza (Stoddard) (66), ii.
309, 411. Ann Elizabeth (Bleecker)
(145), the poetess, ii. 173, 179, 380.
, Ann Elizabeth (Staats), ii.
428, 433, 434.
, Anne H. (65), her children,
ii. 411.
Rev. Anthony (301), ii. 201,
203, 222.
, Arent (7), i. 163, 164, 183,
185, 226, 244, 401 — ii. 150, 180,
195, 340, 341, 459. 471. 487. 492,
494 — Biography, 1S0-195 — Married,
180 — bought a house where the
eagle hangs out, ii. 180 — his will,
181 — supported Albany Conven
tion, ib. — scouts in Canada, 182
— sent to meet Southern Indians,
183 — conducts the Shawanoes to
New York, ib. — interview with
Shawanoes, 184 — organizes a com
pany, 186— in pursuit of French,
187 — removes to New York, ib. —
goes to Minisink country, 188, 189
— removed to Pompton, igo — re
ceives land from Minisinks, igi —
makes a second will, igi — removes
to Passaic River, ig2 — his copper
mine, ib. — third will, ig3 — codicil to
will, 194 — will proved, z^.— ancestor
of New Jersey Schuylers, 195 — de
scendants numerous, 196 — notes on
his descendants, 205 — widow mar
ried Archibald Kennedy, 215.
, Arent (171), ii- 196, 197, 221.
Arent (183), ii. 197, 198, 217-
2ig— description of his house and
farm, 220 — ancestors rendered ser
vice to New England, 220.
I Ariaantje (Ariantia) (6), i. 236
— ii. 306, 33g, 399, 414.
Schuyler, Aunt, i. 155. .S?« Schuyler,
Margarita (360).
, Barent (392), ii. 280.
, Brandt (Brant) (6), i. 164, 167,
183, 185, 190— ii. 164, 170, 171, 434,
459, 471 — a politician, 164, 165 —
marriage, 164 — biography, 164-170
—arrested by Leisler, 166— alder-
manic contest, 9, 10, 169— member
of court-martial, 167 — an alderman,
ib. — recommended to the council,
168 — church officer, i6g — death and
will, ib. — notes on the table, I72-I7g
— few descendants, 171.
, Brandt (140), ii. 171 — notice of
his death, 173.
Casparus (164), ii. ig6,
206.
206.
Casparus (181), ii. ig7.
197.198,
, Caroline, (125), ii. 465.
, Catalijna (Verplanck), ii. 456,
461.
-, Catalina (12), ii. 461.
, Catalyntje (361) (Cuyler), ii.
242, 250, 470.
, Catalina (Catlyn) (g), ii. 37g,
461.
Catherine (8), ii. 306, 404, 405,
414, 416.
, Catherine (60), ii. 3og, 412.
-, Catherine (185) (Kennedy), ii.
ig7, 212-215.
, Catherine (383) (Cochran), ii.
243, 283.
, Catherine (Van Rensselaer),
i. 236, 290 — ii. 242, 340, 417, 484.
, Catherine A. (33), ii. 377, 378,
379-
152.
Catherine Elizabeth (80), ii.
, Cheery Ann (47), ii, 308,410.
, Christina (Ten Broeck), ii.
306, 327, 415, 417, 418.
, Cordelia (126), ii. 465.
— , Cornelia, ii. 407.
, Cornelia- (52), ii. 308, 410.
, Cornelia "(381) (Morton), ii.
243, 273-
, Cornelia (Van Cortlandt), i.
200 — ii. 434.
, Cornelius {72), ii. 153, 154,
163.
, Cortlandt (369), ii. 242, 243,
256, 278 — an officer in the English
army, 278 — the "handsome sav
age," z5.
, Daniel (14), ii, 481, 483.
Daniel J. {22), ii. 481, 482,
4S3-
David Pieterse, i. 100, 179,
293— ii- 3, 96. 98, 99, 100, 103. 175.
526
INDEX.
37g, 456-460, 47g, 4g2 — his life. 456-
460 — his descendants, 461-478.
Schuyler, David (6), i. 34g — ii. 3, 4, 6,
7, ^37, 4^^. 4^2, 466, 467, ¦ 468 —
mayor of Albany, i. 34g — ii. 468.
, David (13), ii. 461, 462, 470,
471.
, David (17), ii. 462, 463, 472.
, David (23), ii. 462, 463, 480.
, David (41), ii. 462, 471.
, David (67), ii, 463.
, David (74), ii, 464, 478.
, David M. (5g), h. 483, 486.
' , Deborah (37), ii. 376.
, Dirck (Derick) (15), ii. 307,
326, 365, 416, 418.
, Dirck (19), ii. 195, 462, 472,
479-
, Dirck (60), ii. 463, 464.
¦ , Edward E. S., ii. 216.
, Elizabeth (4), ii. 396, 414.
, Elizabeth, ii. 492.
, Elizabeth (347), (Hamilton),
ii, 242, 281.
-, Elizabeth (De Meyer),
186
-ii. 287, 306, 413.
Elizabeth (Staats), i. 186, 200,
296 — ii, 42S, 434.
, Elsie (Van Rensselaer), i. 236
— ii. 307, 327, 364, 407, 408, 4ig.
, Elsie (WendeU), ii. 4ig.
, Eugene (81), ii, 310, 3gi,'392.
, Evelyn (Si) (Schaeffer), ii.
310, 412.
-, Frederick (77), ii. 310, 382,
383.
, Garret L, (61), ii. 483.
, George A. (43), ii. 482, 485.
, George L. (404), i. 181— ii. 35,
163, 244, 245, 272, 283.
, George S. (78), n. 484, 486.
, George Washington (32), ii.
308, 310, 377, 442.
, Gerrit (of Cologne), i. gg.
, Gerrit (10), ii. 461, 462, 466,
470, 471- , Gertrude (Van Cortlandt) (3),
i. 167, 183, 185, 186, 187, igo, 203-
ii. 461.
, Gertrude (Groesbeck), ii. 45g,
461.
— : — , Gertrude, ii. 415.
, Gertrude (362), ii. 150, 242,
251, 256, 283
, Gertrude Wallace (King), ii.
392.
¦ , Gysbert (2), i.
459-
, Harmanus (21),
417-
, Harmanus (24), ii. 462, 463,
473. 480.
183, 185— ii.
ii- 307, 30S,
Schuyler, Harmanus (7), ii. 306, 414,
415, 418.
, Harmanus (10), ii. 85, 163, 306,
307, 319-327. 364. 366, 367— ii- 402,
407, 414, 415 — Asst. Alderman and
Sheriff, 320, 321 — removes to Still
water, 321 — captures three trespass
ers, 322 — fight with rioters, 323 —
capt'jres a desperado, ib. — Asst.
Deputy Com. General, 324 — letters
to General Schuyler, z^.- stationed
at Lake George, ib. — at Whitehall,
ib. — his letters to Gen. Schuyler,
324, 325 — at Stillwater, 325 — death
and will, 326, 327.
Henrietta Ann (26), ii. 307,
363, 408, 4og.
, Henry (43), ii. 308, 310, 380.
, Henry Ten Broeck (2g), ii.
307, 30g. Henry Ten Eyck (38g), ii. 243,
244, 283. Hester (Walter), ii. 196, 197,
216.
206.
392.
492.
470.
, Hetty (200) (Colfax), ii. igS,
Howard (79), ii. 310, 311, 383-
, Jacob (i), ii, 479, 481, 487,
, Jacob (7), ii. 481, 482.
, Jacob (8), ii. 459, 461, 462, 469,
, Jacob (21), ii. 462, 463,
, Jacob Fort (22), ii, 307, 377.
, Jacob (27), ii. 482, 484.
, Jacob (44), ii. 4S2. 485.
, Jacob (56), ii, 483, 486.
, Jacob (84), ii. 484, 486.
, Jacob (88), ii 484, 487.
, Jacob T. (80), ii. 4S4, 486.
, James (80), ii. 310, 385.
, James H. (79), ii. 481, 482,
484, 4S6.
, James H. (83), ii, 484, 486,
, James Van Rensselaer (28), ii.
307, 3°9-
, Jane (53), li. 308, 410.
, Jeremiah (19), i. 154, 161 — ii.
88, 15b, 151, 156, 161.
, Jeremiah (29), ii. 482, 484.
, Jeremiah (41), ii. 151, 153, 163.
— , Johan Jost (Hanyost), (7),
ii. 463, 473-477. 497-
, Rev. Johannes, ii. 487, 488-
494-
, Johannes (3), li. 489, 493, 494.
, John (4), ii. 481.
, Johannes or John (10), i. 155,
163, 164, 170, 183, 1S6, 203, 244, 374,
395. 398. 469-474— ii- z8, 29, loi, 105,
127, 147, 157,, 223-242; 283, 286, 318,
INDEX.
527
459, 470, 472 - — bears despatches,
469 et seq. — returns, 471, 472 — dele
gate to Onondaga, 473, 474 — sings
the war song in Onondaga, 28 — buys
share of Saratoga Patent, 99 — knew
/Indian character, 224 — volunteered
/ to invade Canada, ib. — his fight
with the French, 225 — amused with
the enemy's alarm guns, ib. — in
vades Canada again, 226 — lieutenant
of cavalry, ib. — sent to Canada —
ib. — argues with Frontenac, 227 —
Indians present, charges against
him, 228 — to be employed by Bello
mont, 229 — ^messenger to New York,
230 — receives letters from Bello
mont, 231 — is urged to have Abenaki
sachems visit Bellomont, ib. — writes
to Bellomont, 231, 232 — Bellomont is
satisfied with him, 232 — his messen
gers to eastern Indians return, 233 —
commissioner of Massachusetts, 234
— gives notice of -Indian raids, ib.- —
in Canada, 236 — visited the Abena
kis, it. — goes to Onondaga, 237 —
participates in the war of 1709, 237
— official position, 237 — land trans
actions, lb.- — improves his property
at Saratoga, 238, 239 — brick house
at Saratoga, 238 — his son Philip
killed, 239 — survives his family, ib.
— died, ib. — ^his estate large, 240 —
"^s — ^his will, 239, 240 — notes on de
scendants, 246.
Schuyler, Johannes (n), i. 414, 415,
416.
, John (18), ii. 481, 483.
, John (39), ii. 462, 470, 471'.
, John (go), ii. 464, 465.
, John (165), ii. ig6, ig7, 206.
-, John, Jr. {35g), i. 203— ii. 103,
105, 151, 246-247.
, John (363), ii. 242, 256.
, John Arden (52), ii. 483, 485.
, John Bradstreet {378), i. 227 —
ii. 106, 243, 282.
, John Cortlandt (384), ii. 243,
z7g, 280, 283.
, John Cuyler (57), ii. 150, 152,
IS9, 154. 163-
, John Edwin (63), ii. 309, 380.
, John H. (16), ii. 307, 327, 365-
372, 407, 416, 417, 418.
, John J. (28), ii. 482, 484.
, John W. (58), ii. 481, 483, 486.
-, John {of Philadelphia), ii. 495,
496.
, Joseph (92), ii. 464, 465.
, Julia (57), ii. 309, 411.
, Kale W. (71), ii. 412.
Laurence Lawyer (102),
464. 465.
Schuyler, Rev. Louis Sandford {344),
ii. 203, 222.
, Magdalena (28), ii. 150, 151.
, Margaret (Van Slichtenhorst),
i. gg, 158, 162, 166, 167-171, 182, 2g4
— ii. 150, 306.
, Margaret (7), ii. 4g3, 4g4.
¦ , Margaret or Margarita (n)
(Collins), i. 163, 164, 170, 184, 186,
2g4, 298, 301, 303- -ii. 379.
, Margaret (12) (Livingston), i.
161, 288 — ii. 150, 160.
, Margaret (Snell) (14), ii. 492,
493. 494-
, Margaret (375) Van Rens
selaer, i. 231 — ii. 242, 282.
, Margarita (360), the '* Ameri
can Lady," i. 155 — ii- 15°, 159. 248,
250, 256, 257, 472.
, Maria, i. 150 n., 161.
Maria (Van Rensselaer), i.
150. 224, 225, 296.
-, Maria (5), ii. 459, 461.
, Maria (17), ii. 416.
-, Maria (ig) (Van Rensselaer),
ii- 327, 376, 408, 417, 418.
, Maria (124), ii. 465.
, Martha (82) (Grant), ii. 310,
Martin J. (i3g), ii. 486, 487.
Mary {3g), ii. 308, 410
Matilda Scribner (6g), ii. 308,
412.
310, 442.
, Rev. Montgomery (300), ii.
201, 203, 222.
, Montgomery (351), ii. 203, 204,
222.
, Moses, an Oneida Indian, ii.
477-
Myndert (7), i.
, 290^11.
67, 73, 459, 461, 462, 468, '469 — visits
the Senecas, 73 — Mayor of Albany,
67, 468 — Member of Assembly, 468.
, Myndert (26), ii. 462, 480.
, Nicholas (3), ii. 42, 286 —
306, 312-316. 396, 413, 415, 419, 472.
, Nicholas (3), D. C. Surveyor,
286 — a sketch, 312 — Member of
Assembly, 312, 313 — fond of adven
ture, 313 — compromises, 315 — en
gineer, ib. — death and will, ib. —
his Bitjle records, 413.
, Nicholas (12), ii. 307', 326,
339, 362-363. 416, 417, 418.
Nicholas Ten Broeck (64), ii.
3og, 311, 381, 382.
Peter (5), i. gg, 154, 155, 159,
160, 161, i6g, 170, 183, 185, 224, 236,
244, 352. 266, 272, 288, 289, 290, 299,
302, 505— ii. I, 149, 150, 187, 254,
257. 312, 331, 339. 370. 383. 408, 419,
487 — birth, i. 302 — deacon in Dutch
5^
INDEX.
church, 303 — '' Quidor," 304 —
begins to take an active part in
affairs, 323 — lieutenant of cavalry,
ib. — judge of Oyer and Terminer,
ib. — Mayor of Albany, ib. — chair
man Board of Indian Commission
ers, 324 — rescues prisoner from Mo
hawks, 329 — letter to Dongan, 331,
334.33S.344.352.353>3S4. 355— letter
describing destruction ot Schenec
tady, 360 et seq. — commissioned to
attend council, 371 — council at
Onondaga, 372 — discouragement,
373 — issue of campaign, 374 etseq.
— superseded, 376 — restored, 380 —
member of council, ib. — expedition
against Canada, 380 et seq. — combat
at La Prairie, 383 et seq. — effect on
Indians, 389 — speech to the council,
392 — strengthens defences, 395 — to
Schenectady, 398- — pursues the
French, 399 — action with French,
400— returns, 401 — report of expedi
tion, 402 etseq., ^05^ 407 — letter to
Fletcher, 408 — council at Albany,
415 — letter to Fletcher, 416 — rescues
captive, 433, 439, 440 — ordered to
the field, 442 — audience with De
kanissora, 444 — Indian Commis
sioner, 453, 455, 459, 461 — council in
New York, 462 — at Montreal, 463,
465, 467, 473, 474, 478, 480, 482, 483—
to Onondaga, 484, 491 — Bellomont's
charge, 495, 504 — Bellomont's
jealousy, 505 — relations with Bello
mont, ii. I — understood Indians, ib.
— to be removed from the council,
2 — is termed Colonel, 13 — at Onon
daga, 18 — desired peace, 19 — letter
to Vaudreuil, 20 — Indians use his
house, 21 — financial transactions, 22
— contractor, ib. — the public a poor
debtor, 23 — senior councillor, 26 —
Indians attached to his command,
27 — sends Indian chiefs to Boston,
28 — at his post, 29 — disappointed,
31 — resolves to take Indian chiefs to
England, 32 — sails for England, 33
— arrives in London, ib. — declines
knighthood, 37 — returns home, ib. —
visits Onondaga, 42 — cordially re
ceived, 43 — destroys French fort,
44 — Meiiiber of^ongress, 46 — com
mands regiment, 47— left off Indian
board, 50 — restored to Indian board,
52 — misrepresented, 59, 60 — was not
slighted, 61 — receives instructions,
63 — is president and acting gov
ernor, 65 — painstaking, 66 — letters
to government, 71 — invited to visit
Five Nations, 72 — urges their claims,
73 — writes earnestly, 74 — held con
ference with Indians, 76 — returns to
New York, 78 — last letter to Lords
of Trade, ib. — presided last time, ib.
— hands over papers, ib. — disagrees
with Burnet, 80 — suspended, ib. —
loyal, 82 — is left on Indian board,
88 — dead, 90 — services and char
acter, ib. — why loved by Indians,
9T, 92 — held in reverence, 93 —
Cold endislikes him, 93, 94— left no
will, 94 — his lands, 94-149— genea
logical table, 150 — notes on, 156 —
he warned Fletcher, 186.
Schuyler, Peter (2), ii. 461.
, Peter (16), ii. 461, 473, 4S0.
, Peter, Jr. (18), ii. 85, 87, 150,
156, 161.
, Peter (20), ii. 150, 151, 165,
242, 251. Peter (33), ii. 151, 152, 162-
163.
, Peter (69), ii. 463, 464.
, Peter {89), ii. 464.
, Peter {166), of New Jersey, ii.
121, 196, 197, 207-215, 254, 341— ap
pointed Colonel, 208 — paid his
soldiers, ib. — taken prisoner, 209 —
released on parole, ib. — rejoicings
at his return home. ib. ¦ — assists
prisoners, 210 — twice married, 215.
, Peter P. (46), ii. 152, 153, 156,
163.
, Peter Quidor (27), ii. 307, 308,
408, 409.
-, Peter S. (35), ii. 151, 152, 163.
, Peter Davidse (2), i. 179 — ii.
460, 461, 466.
, Petrus (4), ii. 489, 493.
, Philemon (39), ii. 482, 485.
, Pieter (38), ii. 462, 463, 470,
471. 473.
, Philip Pieterse (i), i. 99-166,
178, 181-185, 206, 237, 294, 296. 301,
302, 303— ii. 95, 156, 306, 348, 376,
456-460. 466, 469, 471 — first knowl
edge of, i. 99, 102 — marriage, 99,
103 — variations in his name, 100, loi
— family papers destroyed, 101 — en
counter with Dyckman, i03'^—pros-
perity in business, ib. — purchases
at auction sales, 105, 106 — delegate
to Mohawk council. 107 — friendship
for the Indians, 108 — vice-director,
ib. — letter from Andros, 109 — cap
tain of foot, ib. — armorial window,
III — officer of church, 112 — busi
ness transactions, 112, 113, 114 —
transactions in real estate, 116, 118
— owns houses in Albany, 119 —
Esopus, 120 — founding of New Vil
lage, 137 — petition to buy Half
Moon, 152, 153 — homestead at the
INDEX.
529
Flatts, 154^162— cemetery, 155 —
will, I5g, 160, 162 — family record,
181-184 — record of marriage, 182 —
record of death, 184 — genealogical
table, 185.
Schuyler, Philip (5), ii. 306, 414, 415,
472.
, PhUip (6), ii. 48g, 4go, 4g2, 493.
, Philip (9), i. 183, 186, 244, 27s
— ii. 285-288, 306, 366, 414, 471 — bi
ography, 285-288 — commandant of
Fort Schenectady, 285 — marriages,
287 — died, ib.
-, Philip (2), genealogical table,
ii. 306.
472.
Philip (10), ii. 481, 482.
Philip (13), ii. 472.
Philip (IS), ii. 461, 463, 471,
PhiUp (17), ii. 150, 157-160,
220. 224, 241, 242, 254, 257, 321 —
bequeaths a burying-place, 157 —
sketch of, 158 — censured by Smith,
iSg — will, 160.
, Philip (18), ii. 307, 416, 417.
, Philip (20), ii. 307, 308, 376, 417,
424.
, Phihp (21), ii. 482, 483.
, Philip (25), ii. 151, 162.
, Philip (42), ii. 462, 471.
, Philip (136), ii. 171, 172, 428,
433. 434. 471-
, Philip (161), ii. ig6, 205, 206,
471-
472.
, Philip (358), ii. 118, 242, 256,
, Philip (395), ii. 106, 107, 243,
244, 274-
-, Philip Church (30), ii. 307, 309,
367. 377-
, PhiUp Church (74), ii. 309, 311.
, Philip Jeremiah (379), ii. 107,
243, 274, 282.
, Philip Pieterse {77), ii. 153, 156.
, Philip Rensselaer (of PhUadel-
phia), ii. 495, 496.
Philip Van Cortlandt (390), ii.
243, 244, 283.
, General Philip (368), i. 180,
182, 203, 227, 236, 290 — ii. 35, 105,
106, 114, 124, 126, 151, 160,251, 253-
277. 283, 318, 320, 324, 340, 364, 417,
422. 424, 476, 477, 492, 494 — -letter to
Washington, 128 — a genealogist,
162 — his family group, 253 — goes to
England and settles Bradstreet's ac
counts, 255 — divided his father's es
tate, 256 — buys a part of Saratoga
patent, 257— position and educa
tion, 258— commissioned captain,
259 — saves a wounded soldier, 259
— resigns his commission, 260 —
Vol. II.— 34.
again enters the army and is pro
moted, 260 — appointed colonel, ib.
— elected to the Assembly, 261 —
opposed to government, ib. — mem
ber of convention, 262 — member
of Continental Congress, 263 —
appointed major-general, ib. —
charged with Northern Depart
ment, 264 — left to his own re
sources, 265 — what he had to do, ib.
— to organize an army, 266 — had
enemies, 267 — appointed delegate
to Congress, 268 — demands a court
of inquiry, ib. — nominated for gov
ernor, ib. — asks for court of inquiry,
270 — superseded, ib. — charged with
cowardice, 271 — honorably acquit
ted, ib. — retired from the army, 272
, — senator, 273 — his monument, ib.
— lands, 273,274 — will, 274 — em
ployed secret agents, 275 — attempt
to capture him, 275-277.
Schuyler, Miss " Polly," ii. 218.
, Ralph (Sg), ii. 484, 487.
, Rensselaer (186), ii. ig7, 216.
, Rensselaer (380), ii. 107, 243,
274, 282.
, Reuben (37), ii. 151, 152, 372.
, Richard (26), ii. 482, 484.
, Richard (46), ii. 483, 485.
, Richard (7g), ii. 153, 156.
, Robert (400), i. 180, 181 — ii. '
244, 245-
, Samuel (11), ii. 481, 482.
, Samuel ];i3), ii. 307, 326, 363,
364, 416, 418.
, Samuel (20), ii. 481, 483.
, Sarah (78), ii. 310, 412.
, Shinah (Simons), ii. 307, 417.
, Simeon (5), ii. 489, 490, 493.
, Simeon (96), ii. 464, 465.
Stephen (24), i. 161, 203 — ii.
151, 162.
, Stephanus, or Stephen (370),
ii. 242, 243, 256, 279, 280.
Stephen P. (48), ii. 152, 153.
, Stephen R. (58), ii. 152, 153.
¦, Stephen Van Vechten (60), ii.
152, 156.
, Susan (54), ii. 308, 411.
, Susan Mann (73), ii. 309, 412.
, Swan (188), ii. 197.
Sybilla (8), i. 183, 1S6.
, Thomas (31), ii. 482, 484.
, Thomas R. (40), ii. 482, 485.
, Van Rensselaer (128), ii. 465,
, Walter Scribner (84), ii. 310,
466.
393-395-
, William (2), ii. 48g, 4g3, 4g4.
, WiUiam (13), ii. 481, 483-
, WiUiam (17), ii. 481, 483.
53°
INDEX.
Schuyler, William (4g), ii. 483, 485.
, William (go), ii. 484, 487.
, WiUiam T. (81), ii. 484, 486.
, Wilson W. (121), ii. 465, 478.
arms, i. in.
diamonds, ii. 37.
mansion, ii. 128.
house fortified, ii. 158.
Lake, ii. 470, 473.
Schuylert, i. gg.
Schuylerville, ii. 106, 126, 254.
Schuylkill River, i. 8, 37, 38, 39, 40.
Schuyr, Peter, i. 178.
Scobry, ii. 400.
Scotch, ii, 264,
Scotland, i. 203, 283.
Scott, John Morin, ii. 352.
¦ -, Gen, Winfield, ii. 269.
Scoville, Catherine, ii. 155.
Scralenberg, N. J., ii. 4go, 491.
Scribner family, the, ii. 439-455.
, Abigail (Rogers), ii. 440, 451.
Abigail (26), ii. 441.
Abner {3g), ii. 441, 447, 448,
450.
(67)
455-
450.
Arthur, ii. 455.
General Benjamin Franklin
ii, 442, 450.
Betsy (Benedict), ii. 440. ¦
Betsey (Hawley), ii. 441, 442.
Bradford (66), ii 442, 450.
Charles (75), ii. 443, 453, 454,
Charles Rogers, ii. 454.
Edward (70), ii. 442, 453, 454.
Elijah (23), ii. ^41.
Elijah (34), ii. 441, 447.
.Elijah Porter (42), ii. 441.
Eliphalet (2g), ii. 441, 447,
Elizabeth (27), ii. 441.
Elizabeth (38), ii. 441, 447.
Enoch (22), ii. 440, 441.
Esther Hale (35), ii. 441,447.
Frank, ii. 455.
Frederick, ii. 455.
George, ii. 455.
Harvey Augustus, ii. 450.
Henry (76), ii. 443, 454, 455.
James, (28), ii. 441, 442, 447.
Jane (77), ii. 443.
Jemima (30), ii. 441.
Joel (31), ii, 441, 442, 447, 448,
John Hitchcock, ii. 454.
Julia (78), ii. 443.
Julia Ann (62), ii. 442.
Keziah (25), ii. 441, 452.
Phebe (63), ii. 442.
Phebe (Kellogg), ii. 440, 445-
447-
, Phebe (Waring), ii. 441, 448,
449, 450.
Scribner, Lucind.i (65), ii. 442.
-—, Maria (72), ii. 442.
— , Martha (21), ii. 440.
, Martha (33), ii. 441, 442. 452.
— , Martha (Smith), ii. 440.
, Mary Lucinda (60), ii. 442.
,, Matilda (Schuyler) (69), ii.
308, 377, 442.
, Matthew (S), ii. 439, 440.
Matthew (20), ii. 440, 441, 450,
451. 454-
, Nathaniel (ig), ii. 440, 443-5,
450, 451, 542, 455-
, Nathaniel (36), ii. 441, 447, 448.
. Rogers, ii. 454.
, Samuel (46), ii. 441, 443.
, Uriah Rogers (41), ii. 441, 442,
451-453.
--, Walter (80), ii. 443, 454, 455.
, Rev. William (74), ii. 443, 453,
454, 455-
-, WiUiam Augustus (58), ii. 442.
, High School, New Albany,
Ind., ii. 448.
Scribner' s Monthly, ii. 453.
Scrivener, ii. 439.
, Abraham (5), ii. 440.
, Benjamin (i), ii. 439. 440.
Hannah (Crampton), ii. 439,
440.
, John (3), ii. 440.
-, Mary (6), ii. 440.
-, Matthew, ii. 439.
Thomas (2), ii. 440.
Scudder, Elizabeth, ii. 402.
Searles, David, ii. 201.
Secretary of State, i. 298 — documents,
'i- 459-
Select Men of New Amsterdam, ii.
2g8.
Seneca Indians, the, i. 288, 306, 307,
3og, 317. 318, 3ig, 321, 325, 326, 409,
411, 481 — ii. 466, 468 — Denonville's ,
expedition, 326 et seq. , 329, 330,
331-
Seneca country, ii. 184.
, Lake, i. 307.
Serbia, ii. 392, 393.
Serviss, Mary, ii. 481, 482, 483, 484.
Settlers at Saratoga, ruined, ii. in.
Sewall, Jonathan, ii. 319.
Seymour, Governor, Horatio, i. 170 —
- ii. 380.
Shackelton, George Eugene, ii. 410.
, Robert, ii. 410.
Sharp, Lieut. , i. 348, 349.
, Mr. , ii. 346, 347.
Shauts, Jane, ii. 397.
Shaw, Eliza, ii. 171.
, .Susan, ii. 482, 484.
Shawanoes Indians, the, i. 395 — ii. 183
— desired to bring their nation, 185
INDEX.
531
— arrive, 189 — invited to Minisink
country, 185.
Sheldon, Edwin P., ii. 309.
Sheppard, Ellen, ii. 482, 484.
Shields, Susan, ii. 197, 216.
Shipman, WiUiam C. , ii. 442.
Shoemaker, Mr., ii. 474, 475.
Shraat, John, ii. 428.
Shrewsbury, Duke of, 253.
Shuler, Ann, ii. 484, 487. ,
Shutte, John, i. 303.
Sickles, Margaret, ii. 153.
Sickler, Peter, ii. 398.
Sigismund, King, i. 43, n.
Silver Legs, i. 173.
Simons, Shinah, ii. 307, 362, 417.
Simms, J. R. , ii. 492.
Simmons, Elizabeth, ii, 463.
, Nancy G. , ii. 39g, 400.
Simms, Captain, i. 401.
Sioux, the, ii. 3g4.
Six Nations, the, ii. 264, 266.
Skenesborough, ii. 324.
Skinner, Rev. William, i. 203.
Slaves, of Schuyler family, ii. 4g7.
Slim Buttes, ii. 3g7.
Sloughter, Colonel Henry, Governor
of New York, i6gi, i. ig5, ig6, 249,
344, 508 — ii. 165, 167, 292 — arrival,
377. 378 — prosecution of Leisler and
Milborne, 379 et seq. — goes to Al
bany, 381 — council with Indians,
381 et seq. — expedition to Canada,
383— death, 388, 389.
Sluyter, i. 56, n.
Small-pox, i. 373.
Smith, Catherine, ii. 309.
, Chaplain, suspended, i. 495.
, Ensign Dirck, i. 47, 128, 129.
130, 132, 133, 134, 135.
, Gerritt, i. 291.
; Hannah, ii. 441.
— , Henry, ii. 131, 133.
, Captain John, ii. 439.
, Martha (Scribner), ii. 440.
, Petei;, i. 2gi.
, Colpnel WiUiam, ii. i, 2, 352.
, Wiliiam, the historian, i. 2go,
304— ii. 47, 93, 94, 352-
, William, Jr., ii. 352.
Smith's Valley, i. 293.
Smoky HiU River, ii. 386.
Snell, Margaret (Schuyler), ii. 492,
493. 494-
Societe Asiatique, ii. 393.
Society for Promoting Arts, ii. 258.
Solid Men of Boston, ii. 318.
Solomon's Temple, ii. 373.
Somers, Rev. Peter Nicholas, ii. 49Q,
Sonnock's Land, ii. 467.
Sorel, the river, i. 312, 384.
Sound,, the, i. 257,
South East, town, ii. 443.
Southerland, Sarah, ii. 464, 465.
South River, i. 41, 47, 59, 60, 61.
Southwell, Edwii\E., ii. 308.
Ella R. , ii. 410.
South William Street, ii. 289.
Spain, i. 48, 237, 250 — truce with
238.
Sparks, Tared, ii. 271.
Speak, James, ii. 450.
Spectator, The, ii. 38, 39.
Speer, Eleanor, ii. 307.
Spragg, John, ii. 341.
Sprague, Laura, ii. 398.
Spraker, Ann Maria, ii. 464, 465.
Springfield, i. 236, 281, 304.
Staats, the family, ii. 396.
, Dr. Abraham, ii. 129
130.
150, 246, 318, 396.
, Abraham P., ii. 397, 398.
, Anna (174), ii. 3g8.
, Anna Abeel (166), ii. 398.
¦ , Anna Maria (161), ii. 398.
, Ann Elizabeth (Schuyler), ii.
171, 428, 433, 434, 471.
, Barent, ii. 30, 132, 151, 237,
396. 397. 472-
, Barent, Jr., ii. 160.
, Barent P. (155), ii. 377, 398.
, Catalina, i. 202 — ii. 432, 433,
438.
, Catherine (Bleecker), ii. 379.
, Catherine (Van Wie), ii. 398.
, Catrina (Schuyler), ii. 462, 463,
472.
Elizabeth (Bleecker), ii. 379.
, Elizabeth (Dodge), ii. 398.
, Elizabeth (Miller), ii. 398.
, Elizabeth (Wendell , Schuyler) ,
i. 186 — ii. 242, 246, 318.
-, Elizabeth (Schuyler) (4), ii.
306, 414, 416.
, Elsie (133), ii. 396.
, Geertruy, ii. 462, 463.
-, Gerrit (135), ii. 396, 397.
, Gertrude (Coeymans), ii. 433,
, Helen (I72),'ii. 398.
, Hefty (183), ii. 398.
, Hetty Platt, ii. 397. 398, 399.
, Jochem, 352, 355, 356, 357.
368— ii. 306, 396, 416, 423^ordered
to build a fort, ii. no.
— , Jochem (169), ii. 398.
, Jochem P. (154). ii- 397, 398-
, Johanna, ii. 427.
• — ,' Johanna (White), ii. 433, 434.
,— , Johannes (137), ii. 397.
. ^, John (167), ii. 3g8.
, John T; (162), ii. 3g8.
, Mary, ii. 152.
, Neltie (104), ii. 397.
,=.^— , Nicholas (131), ii. 396, 397.
532
INDEX.
Staats, Peter P. (157), ii. 397, 398.
, Philip (136), ii. 397.
, PhiUp (170), ii- 398-
, Philip P. (158), ii. 397, 398.
, Dr. Samuel, i. 202, 352 — ii.
160, 172, 173, 226, 342, 427, 429, 433,
434.
, Sarah (Gouverneur), ii. 427,
433-
, Tryntje, ii. 428, 433, 437, 438.
Stair, Earl of, ii. 215.
Stamps, ii. 214.
Standish, Captain Miles, i. 76, 88, 8g.
Stanhope, Secretary, ii. 62.
Starr, Henry, ii. 406.
State Agricultural Society, i. 230.
government, organized, ii. 268.
Street, Albany, i: ng, 120.
Staten Island, i, n, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19,
20, 25, 31, 13s, 225, 426— ii. 216.
States-General, 60, 71, ¦]¦], 89, 212, 213,
214 — ii, 290, 302.
Stearling, Sarah, ii, 484, 486.
Stein Hoeck, ii. 458.
Steele and The Tatter, ii. 38, 39.
¦ , General, ii. 381.
Steenwyck, Cornelis. ii. 291, 292.
Stephenson, Mary, ii. 306.
Stephentown, 1. 231, 232.
Stevenson, Ann E., ii. 309.
Stuart, Mary E. , ii. 411.
Stillwater, i. 290, 291 — ii. 97, g8, 104,
109, 126, 127, 269, 364, 371, 477.
Stockbridge, Indians, i. 282.
Stockholm, i. 42.
Stoddard, Edward, ii. 309.
, John, ii, 234, 235.
Stokes, Samuel, ii. 398.
, William, ii. 465.
StoU, i. 128.
Stone, W. .L, , i. 208 — ii. 173, 403.
-, Ransom, ii.,244.
Arabia, ii. 490, 494.
Storm, Mary, ii. 37g.
Stoutenburg, manor of, i. 207.
Stow-Stow (M. Maricour), i. 472, 479.
Stringer, Dr. , ii. 326, 362.
Strong, Cornelia, ii. 450.
, Maria Louisa, ii. 450.
, Phebe "(Scribner), ii. 441,
448-450.
, Thomas, ii. 441, 450.
Stuyvesant, Nicholas WiUiam, i. 179.
, Peter, Director-General of
New Netherland, 1647-1664, i. 22,
29. 30. 44. 48, 49. 5°. 52, 53. 54. 108,
no, 116, 117, I21, 122, 123, 124,
125, 126, 127, 128, 132, 133, 134, 135,
136, 137, 141, 150, 151, 171, 172 #,
175. 177. 178, 190, 198, 212, 213. 214,
2x6, 218, 292, 293. 338, 507 — ii. 290,
295,' 296, 297, 298, 299, 301, 302, 303, I
305, 342, 345 — appointed, i. 20 — diffi
culties with Melyn, 20. 21— with
Van der Capellen, 25, 26— charac
ter, 26— visits the South River, 41
—councils with the Swedish gov
ernor and the Indians, 42 — his re
port to his superiors, 43 — ordered
to bring the Swedes under subjec
tion, 45— menaces the Swedish
forts, 46— drives the Swedes from
the Delaware, 47 — sends an em
bassy to Governor Fendall, 55, 58,
59, 60, 61, 77, 84, 86, go — attempts to
open negotiations with the New
England colonies, 71 — difficulties
with New Haven, 72 — attends the
convention at Hartford, 73 et seq.
— charged with treachery toward
the English, 75 — anxieties attending
his position, 78 — last conference
with commissioners, '82 — interview
with Governor Winthrop, 83 — sur
renders New Amsterdam to the
English, 85.
Suacocus Island, ii. 213.
Sullivan, General, i. 204.
Superior Lake, i. 313.
Superstition Mountains, ii. 3g4.
Supreme Court, ii. 352, 357.
Surinam, ii. 470.
Susquehanna River, i. 306, 3I0, 314 —
ii- 50. 134, 190.
Sussex, County of, ii 215.
Sutton, John, ii, igg.
Swackhamer, Eve, ii/ 481.
Swain, Jane, ii. 495.
Swart Hook, ii. 130. ,
Swarlwout, Roeloff, i. 136.
Sweden, i. 33, 34, 37„48.
Swedes, the, i. 25, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42,
45-49. 53. 63. 64. 292- ii. 289, 299.
SwedishWest India Company, i. 34, 36.
Swift and Stella, ii. 39.
Swinton, Isaac, ii. 331.
Switz, Cornelis, ii. 171, 286.
, Mrs. ii. 177.
Sycamore Creek, ii. 393.
Symms, Captain Lancaster, i. 495 —
ii. 422.
Symonsen, Johannes (Veeder), ii. 414,
419.
Synod of Dutch Church, first, H. 490,
491.
Tackhanick, i. 274.
Talmadge, Lieutenant, i. 352.
Tappan, ii. 405.
Tareha, the Indian, i. 434 — visits Mon
treal, i. 4o8^returns to Oneida, 409,
412, 414 — bears belt to Frontenac, i.
415-
INDEX.
533
Taspelalet, ii. loo.
Tatter, The, ii. 38, 3g.
Taylor, B. C., Annals of the Classis
of Bergen, ii. 491.
, Rev. Dr. Nathaniel, ii. 451.
, Sarah Anne, ii. 402.
, Temple, ii. 152.
of Pennington, i. 205.
Tecumseh, ii. 190.
Teller. Andries, i. igo.
, Caspar, ii. igo.
, Helena, ii. 340, 348.
, Isaac, ii. 352.
, Janneke, i. 185-
340.
•ii. 180, igi,
, Yenke, ii. 340.
, William, ii. 180, 33g.
Ten Acres, ii. 119.
Ten Broeck, General Abraham, i. 226,
227, 290 — ii. 132, 280, 282, 330, 334.
, Ann Catherine, ii. 409.
, Catherine, ii. 407.
, Christina (.Schuyler), ii. 306,
327, 415, 417, 418
, Christina Jane, ii. 409.
, David V. R. (369), ii. 409.
, Dirck "Wessels, i. 166, 275, 276,
350, 363. 365. 373. 383. 398. 410 ff. ,
438, 453. 465. 467. 469-71, 473— n- 8,
28, g6, 103, 105, no, 126, 129-132,
135-138. 140. 226, 250, 327-335, 346,
350, 416, 458, 467, 472 — alderman,
Recorder, Mayor, etc., 331^— slan
dered by Leisler, 332 — family,
death, and will, 333.
, Eliza, ii. 243, 282.
, Gertrude, ii. "461, 462.
, Harmanus Schuyler, ii. 408.
— , Helen, ii. 409.
, Hendrick Wesselsen, ii. 328,
329.
-. , John Jeremiah, ii. 409.
, Johannes, ii. 415.
, John, ii. 334.
, Maria, ii. 415, 416.
, Maria Hoffman (Schuyler), ii.
307, 408, 417, 418.
, Nancy, il. 402.
, Nicholas, ii. 307.
, Nicholas, his children, ii. 408.
, Samuel, ii. 327, 334, 340, 415.
, Tobias, ii. 334.
, Wessel, ii. 147, 328, 334.
, Wessel Wesselsen, ii. 328.
family, ii. 327, 334, 335.
Ten Eyck, Abraham, Jr., ii. 153.
, Barent, ii. 280.
, Conrad, ii. 166.
, Counraad, ii. 280.
, Jacob H., ii. 261, 401.
, Lena, ii. 202, 280.
-; , Nancy, ii. 400.
Teunisse, Captain (Van Vechten), i.
247.
Texel, i. 13, 16.
Teyssen, Juryan, i. 113.
Thomas, Anne, ii. 481,483.
Thomose, Jan, i. 137.
Thompson, , ii. 201.
Archibald, ii. 407.
Throgmorton, John, i. gi.
Thum, , ii. 402.
Ticonderoga, i. 155, 316, 384, 3gS— ii.
114, 123, 124, 326.
Tinicum, ii. 38.
Tippecanoe, ii. 450.
Titmouse Kill, ii. g8.
Toleration in New Netherland, i. 2g,
Tolstoy, Count Leo, ii. 393.
Tomhanack, ii. 175, 176, 274.
Tompkins, Justice, ii. 354.
Tomlinack, ii. 238.
Tonti, Mons. , ii. 184, 185,
Tories, i. 287 — ii. 474, 475, 476, 488 —
as plunderers, 177 — numerous in
New York, i. 264.
Totems, ii. 35, 36.
Tracy, De M., Lieutenant -General,
invades Mohawk country, i. 316 — re
turn, 317.
Trade, French, annihilated, i. 329.
Trades and professions, how known,
ii. 317.
Transportation line, ii. 258.
Treat, Governor, of Connecticut, i.
248, 339-
Trenton, N. J., ii. 422.
Falls, i. 38.
Trieux, De Susanna, ii. 317.
Trinidad, ii. 251.
Trinity Church, i. 235 — ii. 8, 328, 337,
352 — rented king's farm, ii. 349—
the rector appeals for help, 351 —
burned, 353 — an amusing attempt,
359, 360.
-, Fort, i. 44, 46.
Troy, i. 32, 210, 230 — ii. 362.
,, West, i. 159.
Truax, Elizabeth, ii. 151.
Truce, the twelve years', i. lo:
Tryntje=Catalina=Catherine, ii. 433.
Tryon, William, i, 509.
Tunnernan, Jemima, ii. 483, 485.
Turgenef, ii. 3g2.
Turkish Ambassador, ii. 318.
Turkistan, ii. 3g2, 3g3.
Turrel, Jared T. , ii. 201.
Tuscaroras, the, Indians, i. 309 — ii.
50, S3. 54, 56, 6i-
TutaU, John, i. 251.
Two tracts on east side of Hudson
River, ii. 130.
Tymens, Elsje, i. 338— ii. 340, 341, 343.
534
INDEX.
Utes, the, ii. 395.
Ulster County, N. Y., i. 347, 367, 426.
Uncasmen, i. 155.
Underbill, Captain, ii. 2g5.
United Belgic Provinces, i. ng.
United Colonies, ii. 252 — Commis
sioners of, i. 82.
, of New England, i. 73, 75,
82.
United Provinces of the Netherlands,
'• 3, 24, 71-
United States, ii. 276— the germ of
the, 8g.,
— , Army, ii. 280.
Union College, ii. 261.
L'niversity of the State of New York,
i. 230.
Utica, ii. 252.
Utie, Colonel, i. 53, 54, 55.
Usselincx, William, i. 33.
Upper Canada, province of, i. 230.
Utrecht, Marie of, i. 207.
, treaty of peace of, ii. 50, 57,
112
-Uytenbogart, AbigaU, i. 2g3.
Valatie, ii. 335.
Valentine, Ellen, ii. 202.
Manuals, ii. 288.
Valkenburg, i. 100.
Van, in family names, i. 100.
Van Alen, Cornelis, ii. 171.
, Peter, i. ng — ii. I2g, 330.
Van Alstyne, Annatje, ii. 397.
, Cornelia, ii. 400.
, Gosen M., ii. 493.
, Hunter, ii. 493.
Van Antwerpen, Maritje, ii. 371:
, Rebecca, ii. 371.
Vanatta, Caroline, ii. 308.
Van Aeeken, Jan, i. no.
Van Beuren, ii. 22^-
Van Borsum, Cornelis, ii. 339.
, Tymen, ii. 435.
Van Brugh, Catherine, i. 286 — ii. 327,
339, 424-
, Johannes Pieterse, ii. 339, 3gg.
, Peter, i. 300, 4gg — ii.'^33g, 340.
Van Buren, the family, i. 100 — ii. 327,
336-
, Agnes, ii. 283.
, Christina, ii. 327, 335.
¦ — , Cornelis Maesen, ii. 22^-
, Elsie, ii. 3g9.
, Mardn, ii. 335,
Van Byler, Hildegonda, i, 208.
Van Cortlandt, the family, i. 187-205
— ii. 264, 265, 343 — lineage, 187-188.
— , Anna, i. 201.
, Catherine, i. 203.
, Cornelia (Schuyler), i. 167,
185, 203 — ii. 164, 242, 248, 434 — her
character, 248.
Van Cortlandt, Elizabeth, i. 201, 203.
Gertrude (Schuyler), i. 164,
201, 203, 294.
, Gysbert, i. 201.
, Jacobus, mayor, ii. 67.
, Johanna, ii. 431, 438.
, Johannes, i. 201, 202, 204, 295.
, Margreitje, i. 201.
, Maria, i. 212, 225.
-, Olof Stevense, 1. 201, 202, 204,
221 — ii. 164, 292, 339, 340, 344 — came
to New Amsterdam, 187 — married,
188 — career, 189-190.
, Philip, i. 202, 204, 205. -,
, Pierre, i. 201, 202, 204, 20^, \ ^'^'
, Stephanus, i. 167, 185, ""187,
190-200, 201, 202, 205, 221, 225, 294,
341 jf., 405- ii. 94, 172, 238, 248, 427,
432, 434, 438 — life, igo-200 — will,
200.
Van Couwenhoven, Jacob, i. 146, 147
— ii. 289, 305.
Van Curler, Arent, i. 32, 135, 146, 157,
171, 211, 212, 214.
Van Dam, Rip, i. 508 — ii. g, 112, 433.
Van Delen, the Jonkheer Nicolaus,
i. 207.
Van den Bergh, Gerritje, ii. 371.
, Johannes, ii. 85.
, Rachel, ii. 151.
Vandenburgh, Adam, ii. 352.
Van den Uythof, ii. 457.
Van der Bergh, Wynant, ii. 372.
Van der Burgh, John, ii. 3g8.
Van der Blaas, Andries Herbertsen
Constapel, i. in, 138.
Van der Bogert, Myndert Harmense,
ii- 131.
Van der CapeUen, Baron, i. 31, 81 —
colonizes Staten Island, 21 — full
name, 24 — confiscation of his ship,
ib. — settlement of claims, 25.
Van der Donck, Adriaen, i. 27 — ii.
2go, 2g6, 2g7 — sherifl" of Rensselaer
wyck, 21 — attempt at colony, 22 —
purchases Yonkers, ib. — presents
complaints, ib. — a prisoner, 23 —
writes " Description of New Nether
lands," ib. — returns, ib. — dies, ib.
Van der Grist, Paulus Leendertsen,
ii. 299, 301, 302.
Van der Hayden, Dirk, ii. loi.
Van der Heyden, David, ii. 85.
Van der Kemp, ii. 471.
Van der Linde, Rev. Benjamin, ii.
197.
Van der Poel, Aaron, ii. 160.
, Anna, ii. 160.
, Johannes, ii. 160.
Van der Sluys, Andries, i. 123,
INDEX.
535
Van der Veen, Dirk Cornelisen, i. 338.
, Peter Cornelise, i. 293, 338 —
ii. 341.
Van Deusen, Margarita, ii. 37g.
, Maria, ii. 463, 464.
Van Deventer, Nelson, ii. 450.
Van Dincklage, vice-director, fi. 297.
Van Driessen, George, ii. 471.
, Hendrick, ii. 419.
, Rev. Peter, i. 279 — ii. 413, 414,
415, 419.
Van Dusen, Abraham, ii. 406.
Van Dyck, Cornelis, i. 166 — ii. 95, 96,
99, 105, 305.
, Hendrick, ii. 288, 293-305, 419,
424 — Ensign Commandant, 293 —
marches against Indians, ib. —
wounded, 294 — on another expedi
tion, 295 — returned to Holland, ib.
— appointed fiscal, ib. — treated
rudely, ib. — excluded from council,
296 — his defence, 297 — author of
Indian war, 298, 29g, 300 — shot a
squaw, 300 — ^wounded, 301 — attor
ney-general, 303.
-, Dr. Hendrick, ii. 416, 417, 424,
461.
Dr. Jacobus, ii. 414, 4ig.
Lydia, ii. 288, 2g3.
, Margreta, ii. 416, 417.
Van Dyckhuyse, John Teunisse, ii.
205.
Van Duyckhuysen, Swantie, i. 185.
Van Eps, interpreter, ii. 42.
, Elisabeth, ii. 141.
Van Evera, Ida, ii. 484, 486.
Van Giessen, Rynear, ii. 360, 361.
Van Hovenburgh, Jennie, ii. 410.
Van Home, Abraham, a New York
merchant, ii. 84, 308, 410.
, Eleanor Augusta, ii. 410.
, Gerrit, ii. 105.
— , Mr., i. 300.
, Mrs. , ii. 103.
, Nicholas Harmanus, ii. 410.
, Rachel C, ii. 410.
Sarah M. , ii. 410.
Van Imborgh, Mrs. , i. 144, 145, 146,
Van Ingen, James, ii. 152.
Vannatta, Atel, ii. 201.
Van Ness, Peter, ii. 372.
Van Ohnda, Hilliche, Indian inter
preter, ii. 136.
Van Olingen, Edward, ii. 171.
Van Orden, Jacob, ii. 152.
Van Rensselaer, the famUy, i. 100,
206-242, 244, 24s — ii. 264, 265, 327,
335 — from Gelderland, i. 206 — estate
at Crailo, ib. — memorials of, in Hol
land, 207 — last male member of, in
Holland, ib. — estates bequeathed to,
208— petition to Duke of York, 218
— concedes its independent title, 219
— younger branch, 232, 282 — in the
Revolution, 237.
Van Rensselaer, Abraham L. (275),
ii. 402, 403.
, Anna, i. 222, 223, 226 — ii. 196.
1 Angelica, ii. 243, 283.
, Ann Eliza (292), ii. 403.
, Ariantia, ii. 416.
, Arietta (210), ii. 400, 401.
, Arietta (219), ii. 400.
¦ — , Arietta (277), ii. 402.
. — , Arietta Letitia (294), ii. 403.
, Bernard (225), ii. 400.
Catherine (Schuyler), i. 236,
2go — 11. 242, 340, 417,
, Catherine, ii. ig8.
, Catherine (191), ii. 39g.
Catherine (ig8), ii. 400.
, Catherine Visscher (259), ii.
401.
, Christina (339), ii. 407.
, Cornelia (265), ii. 402.
, Cornelius (220), ii. 400, 402.
, David, ii. 307, 408, 417.
, David (203), ii. 400, 402.
, EUzabeth, i. 227 — ii. 243, 282.
, Elizabeth (208), ii. 400.
, Elizabeth (254), ii. 400, 401,
403-
-, Elizabeth Rutgers (379), ii.
409.
Elsie (195), ii. 400.
, Elsie L. (276), ii. 402.
, Gertrude, i. 226 — ii. 196.
, Gratz (374), ii. 4og.
, Harmanus, i. 207.
, Harriet Maria (258), ii. 401.
, Harriet Maria (343), ii. 407.
; Hendrick, i. 224, 225, 232, 233,
280, 281 — ii. g6, 100, 147, 150, 22g,
327, 328, 33g, 424 — public offices,
233, 234 — controversy with Living
ston, 235, 237.
Hendrick (iSg), ii. 399, 400,
403. 404-
, Henry, i. 232.
— - — , Henry (256), ii. 400.
¦ — , Henry (267), ii. 402, 403.
, Henry j., ii. 279.
, Henry P. , ii. 372.
, Capt. Herman, i. 207.
, Major James, ii. 279, 307, 363,
408, 417.
, James C. (373), ii. 409
, Jeremiah, fifth patroon, i. 226.
, Jeremiah, director, i. 106, 120,
146, 155, 158, 190, 206, 217, 219, 220,
221, 222, 232, 302 — ii. 157, 408,
409.
, Jeremias, 1. 207.
, Jan, i. 207.
536
INDEX.
Van Rensselaer, Jan Baptist, i. 175,
176, 213, 215, 226.
, Joanna Jacoba Sara, i. 208.
, Johan, i. 207.
, Johannes, second patroon, i.
211, 212, 213, 215, 2ig, 221, 222.
, Johannes (son of Jeremiah), i,
224, 232.
, Johannes or John (son of Hen
drick), i. 235, 290— ii. 105, 253, 339,
340, 408, 424.
, John (of Cambridge), ii- 372.
, John (201), ii. 400, 401.
, John S, (221), ii. 400, 402.
, Kate (Catherine van Cort
land), ii. 409.
Killian, first patroon, director
of the Dutch West India Company,
i. 12, 14, 15, 21, 22, 102, 111-116,
121, 138, 155, 157, 158, 159, 171, 172,
183, 202, 206, 203, 212, 214, 311
ii- 246, 337, 408, 409.
, KUlian (son of Johannes),
third patroon, i. 219, 221, 222.
, Killian (son of Jeremiah),
fourth patroon, i.* 219. 221, 223, 224,
225, 226, 232, 233, 296, 365 — ii. 147,
158, 196, 286.
, Killian (son of Hendrick), i.
236— ii. 306, 339, 396, 39g, 416.
, Killian (son of Jan Baptist), i.
223.
, Killian (ig4), ii. 400, 404.
, Killian (204), ii. 400, 402.
, Killian (217), ii. 400.
, Leonora, i. 223.
, Magdalena (218), ii. 400.
, Margaret (2go), ii. 403,
, Juffrow Maria, wife of Jere
miah, i, 120.
, Maria, iX^ife of Peter Schuyler
(2), i. 185, 296, 302 — ii. 150, 157.
, Maria CTen Broeck), ii. 340.
, Maria (193), ii, 400.
, Maria (274), ii. 402.
, Maria M. (214), ii. 400.
, Mary ElizaiDcth (372), ii.
409.
, Matilda (256), ii. 400, 401.
, Maunsell (28g), ii. 402.
, Nelle Marya, i. 223.
, Rev. Nicholas (Nicolaus), i.
183, 185, 206, 221, 237-243, 245.
, Nicholas (ig2), ii, 3g9, 400,
404.
Nicholas (202), ii. 400, 402.
Nicholas (337), ii. 407.
PhiUp, i. 227.
Philip (igo), ii. 399, 400, 404.
, Philip (200), ii. 400.
, Peter S. (211), ii, 400.
i Phihp(335),n. 407.
Van Rensselaer, Philip P. (213), ii.
400, 401, 402.
, Philip Schuyler (363), ii. 307,
408, 409.
, Rensselaer (255), ii. 401, 403.
, Richard, i. 157, 158, 175, 221,
223, 224.
—_ — , Richard (224), ii. 400, 403.
, General Robert, i. 236-
Robert S. (209), ii. 39g, 400,
407.
Sanders (216), ii. 400, 402.
, Sanders (273), ii. 402.
, Sara Maria (278), ii. 402.
, Sarah (281), ii. 402.
, Schuyler (215), ii. 400, 402.
, Schuyler (338), ii. 308, 407.
, General Solomon (igg), i. 236
¦ — ii. 400, 404.
, Stephen, sixth patroon, i. 226.
, Stephen, seventh patroon, i,
226, 227 — ii. 278.
, Stephen, eighth and last pa
troon, i. 227, 228, 22g — ii. 242, 274,
282, 334, 405 — State Senator, 229 —
Lieutenant-Governor, 229 — in com
mand of army on northern frontier,
229 — canal commissioner, 230 —
elected to Congress,230 — marriages,
death and will, 231.
-, Stephen, son of last patroon,
1. 232.
, Stephen (207), ii. 400, 402.
, S. V. C, ii. 202.~
, Walter (340), ii. 399, 407.
¦ — , Walter A. (404), ii. 410.
, William, i. 232.
arms, i. 206.
chart, i. 233.
crest, i. 206.
manor, i. 103, 177, 284 — ii. 129,
132, 286.
Van Rensselaer's mills, ii. 434.
Van Ruyven, Secretary, i. 54, 144.
Van Schaick, Anna, i. 201.
Anthony, i. 154, 348, 349 — ii.
371-
Captain, ii. 375,
Clarissa, ii. 484, 486.
Engeltie, i. 185, 302 — ii.
157.
158-
, Gerrit, i. 179 — ii. 67, 466.
, Goosen Gerritse, i. no, 114,
lis, 116, 137, 138, 152, 153— ii. 95,
157. 376.
-, Henry, ii, 32!, 422.
-. -, Jaques Cornelisen, i.
, John, ii. 379.
Van Slichtenhorst, Alida, i.
461, 466.
, Arent, i. 171, 207.
353-
179— u.
INDEX.
537
Van Slichtenhorst, Baata, i. 179.
, Brant Arentse, i. 103, 167, 212,
214, 215, 216 — history, 171 et seq. —
appointed director of Rensselaer
wyck, 171 — arrival, 172 — quarrel
with Stuyvesant, 172 et seq.-^ox-
rested, 174 — escape, 175 — re-arrest,
ib. — return to Beverwick, 176 — re
turns to Holland, 177 — buys land, ih.
— acknowledged to be right, 178 —
death, ib., 179.
, Elizabeth, i. 179.
, Gerrit, i. 178, 179 — ii. 466.
, Heligonda, i. 179.
, Margaret (Schuyler), i. gg,
158, 162, 166, 167-171, 182, 2g4— ii.
150, 306^ — loyalty, 167 — aids in rais
ing volunteers, 168 — influence, 169
— able administration of her estate,
ib. — division of property, 170.
, Rachel, i. 179.
Van Schoenderwoert, Margarita, ii.
378. 378.
Rutger Jacobsen, i. 106 — ii.
-, Teunis, i. 106.
Van Slych, i. 299.
Van Slyck, Albert, ii. 490.
Van Sweringen, i. 57, 58, 59.
Van Tienhoven, Comelis, ii. 296-300,
302, 303.
Van Twiller, Wouter, Director-Gen.
of New Netherland, 1633-1638, i. 16,
17, 26, 28, 35, 65, 67, 507— ii. 344.
, Petronella, i. 223.
, Ryckert, i. 207.
Van Valkenberg, Frederick, ii. 154.
Van Vechten, Abraham, ii. 274.
, Douw, i. 372.
, Engeltie, ii. 151.
, Capt. Teunisse, i. 247.
, Walter, ii. 406.
Van Vranken, the family, ii. 371.
, Gerrit Ryckse, ii. 370.
, Maas Ryckse, ii. 370.
Van "Wagenen, Helen, ii. 197.
Van Wely, Anna, i. 183, 208, 209.
, Hans, i. 209.
, Jan, jr., 208, 209.
Van "Wenveen, Dirck Cornelisse, ii.
340.
Van Werckhoven, Cornelis, i. 23 —
death, 24.
Van Wie, Andries, ii. 493, 494.
, Peter, n. 318.
Van "Woert, the family, i. 106.
, Jacob J., ii. 371.
, Rebecca, ii. 372.
, Sara, ii. 372.
Van "Woggelum, i. 119.
Van Wyck, Margareta, ii. 171-
Varick, Capt., ii, 326.
Vaudreuil, Marquis de, Governor
236. of Canada, i. 448 — ii. 19, 30, 235,
Vaughton, Michael, i. 340 — ii. 341.
Vedder, Johannes, ii. 371.
Veeder, Annatje, ii. 489, 493.
¦, Gertrude, ii. 483, 485.
Johannes Symonsen, ii. 414,
419-
Verde Reservation, ii. 394.
Verhulst, William, Director-General
of New Netherland, 1625-26, i. 26,
507.
Vermont, conflicting claims, ii. 322.
Verplanck, the family, i. 292-295 — ii.
459. 479-
, Abraham Isaacs, i. 292.
, Gelina, i. 293.
, Gilleyen, ii. 85.
, Gulian, i. 293.
, Isaac, i. 293.
Philip, i. 201, 203, 294, 295 — ii.
248.
296.
Margaret (Schuyler), i. 2g4,
Samuel, i. 2g3.
Ver Planck, Catalyna (Schuyler), ii.
17s, 379. 456. 461.
, Jacobus, i. 186, 294, 296 — ii.
85-
Verplanck's Point, i. 200, 201.
Vesey, Rev. Mr. , ii. 149.
Vetch, Margaret, ii. 103, 105.
,, Samuel, i. 289 — ii. 19, 26, 27,
28, 31, 32, 46.
Vianen, i. 223.
Viele, Arnout Cornelise, i. 370, 437 —
ii. 108, 187, 189.
, Jacomyna (Joan), ii. 371.
, Sara, ii. 371.
Vigne, Maria, i. 293.
Villeroy, ii. 108, 109.
Virger, Johannes, ii. 85.
Virginia, i. 56, 59, 88, 320, 369, 393,
405, 406, 412, 424, 483 — ii. 86, 87,
122, 374, 437, 439 — contribution to
war, 431 — quota, 432.
Visscher, Harman, ii. 283.
, Nanning, ii. 283.
¦, Sarah, ii. 243, 283.
Voorhis, ii. 200.
Christina, ii. 401.
Voris, Elizabeth, ii. 171.
Vreedenburg, John, ii. 153.
Vreedland, i. 28.
Vrelenhuyse (Frelinghuysen), Domi
nie, ii. 415.
Vroom, Henry, ii. 431, 432.
Vrooman, Adam, i. 351.
, Anna, ii. 372.
, Bartol, ii. no, 126.
, Jannetje, ii. 493.
538
INDEX.
Wagenen, Helen, ii. ig6.
Waldenses, i. 31, 4g.
Waldron, Resolved, i. 55.
Walker, Admiral, ii. 47,
, Rodolph, ii. 450.
, WiUiam M. , ii. 44g.
Walloons, i. 27, 28.
Walter, Hester, ii. 196, 207, 212, 215,
341.
, John, ii. 212, 213, 341.
, Maria, or Mary, i. 185 — ii. 193,
194. 215, 341.
, Robert, i. 340 — ii. 193, 341.
Wandel, ii. 318.
Wandelier, de, Sara, ii. 371.
Wappingers, i. 145, 147.
Wappinger's Creek, i. 201 — ii. 130,
248.
War of 1812, ii. 447.
Wars, French, i. 228 — Indian, ib.
Ward, General Artemas, ii. 263, 265.
Wareing, Maria, ii. 407.
Waring, George, ii. 449.
, Jesse, ii. 449
-, Martha Ann (Bartow), ii. 449.
, Nathaniel, ii. 449.
, Moses, ii. 449.
, Phebe (Scribner) , ji. 441, 448-
450.
, William, ii. 441, 447, 448, 450.
Warwick, Earl of, i. 66.
patent, i. 69, 70 n., 7g.
Washington, General George, ii. 252,
266, 26g, 271, 281, 364, 365 — and
Mrs., sponsors, 271.
*' Washington, of his times," i. 304.
Washington's Life Guards, ii. 198,
206.
Wappings, the, i. 135.
Water Street, N, Y. , i. 339.
Watertown, Mass., i. 66.
, N. Y., ii. 454.
Watervliet, ii. 279.
Watts, Anne, ii. 214.
Waw^axsink, ii. 131.
Weaver, Thomas, ii. 12.
Webb, General, ii, 123.
Wedding present, ii. 339.
"Weehawken, ii. 282.
Weems, Captain, i. 487.
Weesmesters, i. 165.
Wells, Noah, n. 451.
Wendel, Evert Janse, ii. 316, 318.
, Jeronimus, ii. 316.
Wendell, Abraham, ii. 238, 319.
¦ , Annatje, ii. 151.
, Ariantie, ii. 414.
, Cathalyntia, ii. 461.
, Elizabeth, ii. 319.
, Elsie, ii. 306, 316, 413, 419.
, Harmanus, ii, 313, 314, 315,
414-
Wendell, Hester (Beekman), ii. 414,
, Jacob, II. 246, 314, 315, 318,
319. 341-
, Johannes, 1. in, 186, 347, 353,
355. 356. 376— ii- 95. 96. 99. 126, 246,
31S, 341, 414. 470-
, Sara, ii. 240, 319.
-, Susanna, ii. 419, 461, 462.
Wenhams, John, ii. 133.
Thomas, ii. 131, 133.
Wessels, Dirck Ten Broeck. See
Ten Broeck, Dirck Wessels.
, Elizabeth, ii. 462.
Hendrickje, i. 293.
Wesselse, Wessel, ii. 329.
Westchester, i. 28, 30, 82.
County, ii. 293.
, Indians destroyed, ii. 295.
Westenhook, ii. 160, 332.
Creek, ii. 131.
Patent, ii. 131-132.
Westerlo, Rev. Eilardus, ii. 416, 423.
Westfield, i. 289
West India Company, the, i. 102, 113,
116, 118, 120, 124, 144, 171, 172, 177,
187, i8g, 203, 2og, 210, 212, 213, 214,
218, 228, 2g2 — ii. 16, 18, 164, 288,
2go, 2g3, 302, 303 - chartered, 10 —
colonists, ib., dividends, ib., 11 —
buys Pavonia, 15— and Melyn, ig,
20, 21 — colonization, 2^, 26 con
tributes to Church, III — their Bouw
ery, 349.
Islands, g2, 276 — ii. 257, 437.
Westminster, Dutch Church at, i. 238.
Weston, Colonel, ii. 474.
Westphalia, ii. 328.
West Troy, ii. 157.
Withersfield, i. 66.
Whale fishery, i. 14.
Wheeler, Amy Ann, ii. 411.
, Grant, ii. 308, 411.
, Philip, n. 411.
Whitbeck, Abraham, ii. 400,
Catherine, ii. 400.
White, Anthony, ii. 433, 434.
, Johanna (Staats), ii. 433, 434.
Sarah, ii. 307.
Whitehall, ii. 267, 324.
Whitehead, Mr., ii. 183.
White River Indians, i. 484.
Whitney, Colonel, ii. 47.
Wickham, John "W., ii. 402.
Wickleson, John, ii. 293.
, Sarah, ii. 293.
Wildman, Mr., ii. 286.
Willemstadt, ii. 457,
Willet, Capt. Thomas, i. 73, 114,
119
William 111., i. 335, 342, 431 — ii. 165,
173-
INDEX.
539
William the Silent, Prince of Orange,
i- 9, 43-
WiUiam and Mary, proclamation of,
i- 193, 194.
Williams, Dr. , ii. 200.
-, EUphalet, ii. 451.
, Roger, i. 80, 81, gi.
, Warharnus, ii. 451.
College, ii. 3go, 478.
Wilmington Del., i. 34.
Willius, Dominie, i. 57.
Wilson, Ebenezer, ii. 131, 133.
, George B. , ii. 154.
, Mrs. Harold, ii. 335.
Wilson's Creek, ii. 381, 382, 383.
Wiltwyck, i. 136, I3g, 141, 143, 144,
145, 148, 149 — ii. 28g.
Winckle, St. , i. ng.
Windsor, i. 66.
Winfield, ii. 284,
Wingworst Point, ii. ig3.
Winne, Annatje, ii. 3g6.
, Barent, ii. 398.
, Maria, ii. 397.
Winslow, General, ii. 123.
Winter's plantation, i. 158 — ii. 156.
Winthrop, Gen. Fitz John, i. 155, 249,
370, 372, 374, 375. 384— ii- "o. 126,
223.
, John, Governor of Connecti
cut, i. 79, 80, 81, 83, 84, 85, 86, 482.
, John, Governor of Massachu
setts, i. 71, 72.
Wisner, Samuel P., ii. 443.
Witchcraft, execution for, ii. 477.
Wolfe, General, ii. 123, 267.
Wood, Dr. Jeremiah, ii. 441.
, Lucinda, ii. 244
Woodbridge, N. J., ii. 1S3.
Wood Creek, i." 272, 372, 384, 395— ii.
47, 134, 224, 269,
Woodhouse, David, ii, 402.
Woods, Mrs., ii. 493.
Wouterson, Egbert, ii. 348.
Wright, Ann, h. 198.
Wyck in Utrecht, i. 187.
Wyoming, ii. 366.
Yale College, ii. 392, 393, 412, 450, 451.
Yellowstone expedition, ii. 3g4.
Park, ii. 3g5.
Yondutdenough Schase, i. 2gg.
Yonkers, i. 22.
Strat, ii. 285, 346,
York, Duke of, i. 64, 84, 85, 86, 238,
243-
Yorktown, i. 204.
Young, Edwin R. , ii. 410.
Zabriskie, Catherine Schuyler (310),
ii. 406. ,, Catherine Schuyler (316), ii.
406.
, John, ii. 405.
, John L. (311), n. 406.
, Lansing, ii. 405.
, Sarah (309), ii. 406.
Zutphen, i. 207.
Zuyder Zee, i. 206.
Zwaanendal, i. 13, 14, 16.
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