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Tot de 9de generatie.
Johannes Schuyler, geboren op 31 oktober 1697, Albany, New York, gestorven op 6 november 1741, "The Flatts" (leeftijd bij overlijden: 44 jaar oud)
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gehuwd op 18 oktober 1723, New York City, New York, met ...
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Cornelia Schuyler van Cortlandt, geboren op 28 februari 1698, Van Courtlandt Manor, New York, gestorven
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dochter van Stephanus van Cortlandt, Burgemeester New York 1643-1700 en
Geertruy Schuyler 1654-1719
, hieruit :
Totaal : 170 personen, (echtgenoten weggelaten = 88)
DAUGHTER OF PETER AND GERTRUDE (SCHUYLER) SCHUYLER
MEMBER OF PROVINCIAL CONVENTION 1775. MEMBER OF PROVINCIAL CONGRESS 1775.
MEMBER OF ASSEMBLY 1777-1779. SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY 1778-1779. MEMBER OF
CONTINENTAL CONGRESS 1784. COMMISSIONER OF UNITED STATES TREASURY 1785.
A member of one of New York's great landed families, was an American
general in the American Revolution. During the French and Indian War
(1754-63) he fought in the militia and attained the rank of major. He
represented Albany in the New York legislature (1768-75) and was a member
of the Continental Congress (1775-7 and 1778-81).
Named one of the four major generals in the Continental Army in June 1775,
he was placed in command of the northern army in New York. General Horatio
Gates claimed precedence over Schuyler as commander of the northern army
early in 1777, and the resulting contoversy was taken up in Congress.
Schuyler, meanwhile, had taken effective steps to halt the Bristish
invasion from Canada led by General John Burgoyne. When one of Schuyler's
subordinates abandoned Fort Ticonderoga in July 1777 without firing a
shot, Schuyler was accused of negligence and replaced by Gates in August.
Schuyler demanded a court-martial and was acquitted (1778) of all charges,
but he resigned from the army in April 1779.
An important political figure after the war, Schuyler helped secure New
York's ratification of the U.S. Constitution in 1788. He served in the
U.S. Senate (1789-91 and 1797-8) and was a political ally of his
son-in-law, Alexander Hamilton.
Gedood in duel met Aaron Burr
8th Patroon of Rennselaerswyck.
Lieutenant-Governer for the state of New York 1795.
Congress 1823.
War of 1812.
Patroon, Leader, Founder
1764-1839
Fifth in direct descent from Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, the first Patroon, Stephen Van Rensselaer inherited a vast landed estate in Rensselaer and Albany counties at age 5.
his father died in 1769, when van Rensselaer was only five, and the heir to his father's estate.
He was raised by his mother and his stepfather, the Rev. Eilardus Westerlo, whom his mother married in 1775. His uncle, Abraham Ten Broeck, administered the van Rensselaer estate after van Rensselaer II's untimely death.
At an early age, van Rensselaer III was raised to succeed his father as lord of the manor.
On his 21st birthday, van Rensselaer took possession of his family's prestigious estate, close to 1,200 square miles (31,000 km²) in size, named Rensselaerswyck, and began a long tenure as lord of his family's manor.
He graduated from Harvard and spent time in state government and as a member of the U.S. Congress (1822-29). His chief services to the state, however, were economic and educational. He was a member of the Erie Canal commissions and president of the state's first board of agriculture. He was a lenient landlord for 3,000 tenants. He was founder and supporter of a wide variety of social, educational, business, and governmental institutions.
In 1824 it was his vision and support that enabled Amos Eaton to establish the Rensselaer School “for the purpose of instructing persons, who may choose to apply themselves, in the application of science to the common purposes of life.”
was Lieutenant Governor of New York as well as a statesman, soldier, and land-owner, the heir to one of the greatest estates in the New York region at the time, which made him the tenth richest American of all time, based on the ratio of his fortune to contemporary GDP.[2] He founded the institution which became Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He was the father of Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, who was a politician and general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
van Rensselaer was a Freemason, and twice served as Grand Master of Masons for New York.
GRANDDAUGHTER OF ALEXANDER HAMILTON.
George Washington was her god-father.