Adonijah Schuyler

1717 - 1762  (45 years)

• Name	Adonijah Schuyler
  Born	1717
  Gender	Male
  Died	1762
  Person ID	I1234	My Family Tree | Raynor-Armstrong
  Last Modified	25 Sep 2014

  
  

  Father	Captain Arent Schuyler,   b. 25 Jun 1662, Albany ,   d. 26 Nov 1730, Belleville, Bergen, New Jersey, British America  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Swantie Dyckhuyse\Van Duykhuisen,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	12 Dec 1702  [1]
  Family ID	F330	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gertrude Van Rensselaer.,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Y  [2]
  	By his father's will he received two tracts of land at Elizabethtown Point. Will dated 20 May 1761; proved 28 May 1762. http://www.americanancestors.org/PageDetail.aspx?recordId=143774715
  Children	1. Van Rensselaer Schuyler,   d. Bef 1768   2. Mary Schuyler,   d. 1780   3. Peter Schuyler,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Lieutenant Adonijah Schuyler,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Philip A Schuyler,   d. 1795 + 6. Swan Schuyler,   b. Abt 1741,   d. 20 May 1801  (Age ~ 60 years) + 7. John Schuyler,   b. 15 May 1745,   d. 1806  (Age 60 years)
  Family ID	F352	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Film 1028561 Early Settlements Pompton Plains page 50 Adonijah. All we can say respecting him is that he was lefty by his Father a large house with tracts and pieces of land at Elizabethtown Point and with John and Peter a right in the proceeds of the mine. Adonijah Schuyler (1717-1762) received two tracts of land from his father in Elizabethtown Point, New Jersey. John Schuyler (1708-1773) inherited the homestead and the very valuable copper mines situated at New Barbados Neck. He was a colonel of the local militia and horse regiment in Bergen County, and in 1735-1746, served as a member of the New Jersey Council. He died on January 12, 1773. Peter Schuyler (1710-1762) inherited a tract of land on the Rahway River near Elizabethtown, New Jersey. He was a commander of the New Jersey contingent in the French and Indian Wars. Peter Schuyler had one child, Catherine, who married Archibald Kennedy. http://www.jerseyhistory.org/findingaid.php?aid=0651

  
  

• Sources

  [S20] New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 158. [S20] New York Genealogical and Biographical Record.