Arent Schuyler | |
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| Born | Arent Philipse Schuyler June 25, 1662 |
| Died | November 26, 1730 (aged 68) Near Newark, New Jersey |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Spouses | Janneke Teller
(m. 1684; died 1703)Swantje Van Duyckhuysen
(m. 1703; died 1724)Maria Walter (m. 1724) |
| Children | 12, including Pieter Schuyler |
| Parent(s) | Philip Pieterse Schuyler Margarita Van Slichtenhorst |
| Relatives | See Schuyler family |
Arent Philipse Schuyler (June 25, 1662 – November 26, 1730) was a member of the influential Schuyler family (among the first settlers to New Netherland). He was a surveyor, Native American trader, miner, merchant, and land speculator.[1]
- ^ Pearson, Jonathan (1872). "Arent Philipse Schuyler". Contributions for the Genealogies of the First Settlers of the Ancient County of Albany, from 1630 to 1800. Retrieved 2014-12-30.
trader, was admitted freeman of New York city in 1695; before 1725, he was probably settled on the Second or Passaic river, at Belleville, N.J. He married 1st, Janneke Teller, Nov. 26, 1684: 2d, Swantje Janse van Duykhuysen about January 1703. Children: baptized in Albany, Margareta, Sept, 27, 1685; Phillipus, September 11, 1687; Maria, October 6, 1689; Judik, March 13, 1692; Casparus in N.Y., May 5, 1695; Wilhelmus, June 2, 1700.