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Captain Arent Schuyler
1662 - 1730 (68 years)-
Name Arent Schuyler Prefix Captain Misc 1696 OR 7 [1] Purchased land known as Pompton Plains, Morris Coounty, New Jersey and settled there win company with his brother-in-law, Major Anthony Brokholst. - They located themselves, according to Mr. Schenck's statement, near to each other, on the east side of the river, just below the steel-works; Brockholst on the spot where Major William Colfax now resides (1871) and Schuyler, as near as can be ascertained, on the site of the residence of Dr. William Colfax. They were thus, in all probability, the pioneers in the settlement of this region, and the first to open up what was then a wilderness, "unless the tradition that Joost Beam settled at Wynockie as early as 1660 is true." How long he remained here is not known.
Born 25 Jun 1662 Albany 
- http://books.google.com/books?id=3NQ4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PR7&dq=history+of+essex+and+hudson+counties+new+jersey,+volume+11&hl=en&sa=X&ei=2SuiUtb9AYbXoATUgIGQBQ&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=history%20of%20essex%20and%20hudson%20counties%20new%20jersey%2C%20volume%2011&f=false (page 1277)
Gender Male Residence 1694 New York [2] Misc 28 Feb 1694 New York [1] Joined the Dutch Church. Residence Apr 1710 New Barbadoes Neck, Bergen, New Jersey, British America [3] Died 26 Nov 1730 Belleville, Bergen, New Jersey, British America [1] - His will is dated December 17, 1724, with codicil October 30, 1730; proven February 27, 1730(1?)
Person ID I1203 My Family Tree | Raynor-Armstrong Last Modified 25 Sep 2014
Father Colonel Philip Pieterse Schuyler, b. 1628, Amsterdam, Holland , d. 9 Mar 1684, Albany, Albany, New York, British America (Age 56 years) Mother Margarita Van Schlichtenhorst, b. Abt 1628, Netherlands , d. 1710, Rensselaerswyck, New York Colony, British America (Age ~ 82 years) Married - Early Settlements Pompton Plains, page 46, FLH; film 1028561
The first name in this country was Philip Pietersen Schuyler. He came from Amsterdam, Holland in the year 1650 and settled at Albany. December the 22of that year he was married to Margaritta Van Slechtonhorst, then aged 22 years, daughter of Brant Arent Van Slechtonhorst- director of the colony of Rensselaerwyck who came from Nykirk/Nieiokerk in Gudderland [Gelderland?] to America in 1648.
Family ID F329 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Maria Walters, d. Yes, date unknown Married Y [1] Family ID F331 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Jannetie (Johanna/Joanna) Teller, d. 22 Jun 1700, New York Married 26 Nov 1684 Albany, Albany, New York, British America [2] Children 1. Margareta Schuyler, d. Yes, date unknown 2. Maria Schuyler 3. Judik Schuyler + 4. Casparus Schuyler, d. 13 Apr 1754 5. John Schuyler, d. 1773 + 6. Philip Arentse Schuyler, c. 1687, d. 1764 (Age ~ 77 years) 7. Wilhelmus Schuyler, b. 2 Jun 1700 Last Modified 4 Jan 2014 Family ID F328 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 3 Swantie Dyckhuyse\Van Duykhuisen, d. Yes, date unknown Married 12 Dec 1702 [2] Children 1. Olivia Schuyler, d. Bef 1730 2. Eva Schuyler, d. 1737 3. Cornelia Schuyler, d. Yes, date unknown + 4. John Schuyler, b. Abt 1705, d. 12 Jan 1773, New Jersey, British America (Age ~ 68 years)+ 5. Colonel Peter Schuyler, b. 1710, d. 7 Mar 1762 (Age 52 years) + 6. Adonijah Schuyler, b. 1717, d. 1762 (Age 45 years) Family ID F330 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 25 Jun 1662 - Albany 
Married - 26 Nov 1684 - Albany, Albany, New York, British America 
Residence - 1694 - New York Misc - Joined the Dutch Church. - 28 Feb 1694 - New York 
Residence - Apr 1710 - New Barbadoes Neck, Bergen, New Jersey, British America 
Died - 26 Nov 1730 - Belleville, Bergen, New Jersey, British America = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Arent Schuyler
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Stefan Bielinski
Arent Schuyler was born in June 1662. He was a middle child in the very large family of New Netherland pioneers Philip Pieterse and Margarita Van Slichtenhorst Schuyler. His prominent and wealthy father died just before Arent reached his twenty-first birthday.
Arent Schuyler married three times. In November 1684, he wed Jannetje Teller (daughter of Willlem Teller) at the Albany Dutch church. By 1700, six children were christened in Albany and New York. But the marriage ended with Jannetie's death following the birth of her last child. In December 1702, he married Swantje Van Duyckhuysen of New Jersey. She died after bearing five children. In 1724, he was in his sixties when he wed Maria Walters. He appears to have fathered twelve children within the first two marriages.
In March 1685, he filed a joint will with his then new wife, Jannetie Teller. It stated that children were expected and mentioned real and personal property. The survivor would become executor.
At that time, he was known in Albany as an Indian trader. In 1687, he was elected alderman for the third ward. In 1689, he was listed among the householders living in the second ward in Albany. He is said to have participated in military actions against the French in Canada during the 1690s.
By 1695, he had removed to New York City, was known as a merchant, and became a freeman of the city.
About 1707, he was named by his widowed mother to share equally in his parents' estate.
Following the death of his first wife, he re-married and moved to Pompton Plains, New Jersey. He maintained his house on Broadway in New York. In 1710, he acquired a large farm at New Barbadoes Neck, New Jersey. His family became wealthy when they started to mine the copper deposits on their land.
Arent Schuyler died at home in New Barbadoes in November 1730. The father of eleven and the patriarch of the New Jersey branch of the Schuyler family, he had lived almost sixty-eight years.
http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/s/arschuyler97.html - Biographical Note:
These papers originate from the Arent Schuyler line of the Schuyler family. Arent Schuyler was born in Rensselaerswyck (Albany), New York on June 25, 1662 and died in Belleville, New Jersey on November 26, 1730. Although he was a merchant by trade, Schuyler participated in the military actions against the French and American Indians in Canada in the 1690s. He moved from New York to Pompton Plains, New Jersey, where he lived until 1710 when he bought a large farm in New Barbadoes Neck, New Jersey. His land had a significant deposit of copper, and the family became wealthy as they started to mine the metal. Arent Schuyler married three times: to Jenneke Teller, to Swantje Van Duyckhuysen, and to Maria Walter(s), the daughter of Robert Walter(s) and Catharine Leisler. He had eleven children, among them were Adonijah, John, and Peter.
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