Family and Relatives
In September 1755, he married Catherine Van Rensselaer (1734–1803) at Albany. Philip and Catherine had fifteen children together. Among them are:
- Angelica, who married British MP John Barker Church.
- Elizabeth, who married Alexander Hamilton, later United States Secretary of the Treasury.
- Philip Jeremiah Schuyler, who served in the United States House of Representatives.
- Margarita, who married Stephen Van Rensselaer III 8th Patroon of the name.
Additionally, Schuyler is related to:
- Peter Schuyler (cousin), who commanded the Jersey Blues.
- Hester Schuyler (cousin), who married William Colfax, a veteran of George Washington's Life Guards and later a general in the New Jersey militia who also commanded the Jersey Blues.
(These two individuals also grandparents of Vice President and Speaker of the House Schuyler Colfax).
- Arent Schuyler De Peyster (cousin), a noted Loyalist.
- Mary (Watts) Johnson (second cousin), loyalist and wife of Colonel Sir John Johnson.
- Dr. John Cochran (brother-in-law), Director General of the Military Hospitals of the Continental Army.
Schuyler's country home had been destroyed by General John Burgoyne's forces in September, 1777. Later that year, he began rebuilding on the same site, now located in southern Schuylerville, New York. This later home is maintained by the National Park Service as part of the Saratoga National Historical Park, and is open to the public.
Schuyler died at the Schuyler Mansion in Albany on November 18, 1804, and is buried in the Albany Rural Cemetery at Menands, New York.
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