Hester Schuyler^[1]

1725 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Hester Schuyler
  Born	12 Apr 1725	New Barbadoes Neck, Bergen, New Jersey, British America
  Gender	Female
  Baptism	29 Jun 1725	Hackensack, New Jersey, British America   [2]
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I1241	My Family Tree | Raynor-Armstrong
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2014

  
  

  Father	Philip Arentse Schuyler,   c. 1687,   d. 1764  (Age ~ 77 years)
  Mother	Hester Kingsland,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	8 Oct 1727	Second River Dutch Reformed Church, Belleville, New Jersey, British America   [3]
  Family ID	F332	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Teunis Dey,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Y  [2, 4]
  Children	1. Dr. Philip Dey,   d. 2 Aug 1810
  Family ID	F341	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 12 Apr 1725 - New Barbadoes Neck, Bergen, New Jersey, British America Baptism - 29 Jun 1725 - Hackensack, New Jersey, British America  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Back in the Day - Nov. 6, 1966: Schuyler-Colfax home is builtMonday November 14, 2011, 12:36 AM By BRYAN LAPLACA COLUMNIST "With ax in hand, a tall Dutchman stands alone in the wilderness. His back glistens with the sweat of labor. Aching muscles are his personal testimonial to days of grueling construction. But determined eyes shine as the hope of the future stands before him. Arent Schuyler has built his home."It is a sanctuary from weather not chained by technology; a wall separating man and inimical nature; a meeting place where friends may talk of a country without a name, without a government as we know it and without a plan even remotely connected with democracy."The year is 1702. The place is Pompton Plains, and the man is the first member of the Schuyler family to come to New Jersey. Two hundred and sixty four years later, the Schuyler family is still living here in the historic quarters which have been witness to the American Revolution, the Independence movement, the results of a constitution written in 1789 and the growth of a nation," began an article about the historic home.The Schuyler-Colfax House hasn’t moved, but it is now located in Wayne Township. The source article is probably wrong in stating that Arent Schuyler built the home in Pompton Plains, as according to the Wayne Township website, the home is close to the Pompton Lakes border. Pompton Lakes is not one of the many towns in the area that was once a part of the once-megalithic Pequannock Township.According to the Wayne Township website, "Until recently the homestead was a private residence for the eighth generation of the family, when it became a Wayne Township Museum. One of only a few colonial homesteads built prior to 1700 on the East Coast of the United States, it was never sold out of original ownership for eight generations. In 1994, Dr. Jane Colfax sold the landmark to Wayne Township to serve as a museum. Each generation produced military, medical, legal, and governmental representatives."The Schuyler-Colfax house was recognized and honored in October 1966 as an historical shrine. The 16th annual New Jersey Historical conference, as part of a tour to many historical sites in New Jersey, presented the dedication. About 200 people attended the ceremonies.Jack E. Boucher, supervisor of historic sites, dedicated the plaque mounted at the foot of the house. As reported, it reads "Schuyler-Colfax. The Schuyler and Colfax families were prominent in shaping New Jersey History."Guests at the dedication included Robert M. Lunny, director of the New Jersey Historical Society, who presided; Wayne Mayor Edward Sisco, who made the welcoming remarks; Peggy Lamont, Butler High School student and member of the Jerseymen, whose winning essay made the dedication possible; and Dr. Jane Colfax and Dr. Richard Colfax, then-owners of the house and direct descendants of Arent Schuyler."The house, which has been continuously occupied by descendants of the original builder (one of three in the United States left), is of significance because of its Revolutionary and pre-Revolutionary architecture," it was reported 45 years ago. "Although the present owners are busy restoring parts of the home, little has been changed since it was first built. As visitors pass through the rooms of the Schuyler-Colfax house, the mood and reality of a developing nation and state emerge."There is a nightcap crocheted by Martha Washington for Lt. William Golfax, born July 3, 1756, who served at Valley Forge. There are yellowed books of state and federal records dated 1793. An antique baby cradle stands by the doorway. Tables are dressed with hand-printed water basins and pitchers. The walls boast a copy of the Declaration of Independence, portraits of George and Martha Washington, and a framed document of the house's plans recorded in the Library of Congress. "The original plaster ceilings, floor boards (of which no two are alike), and stone walls put together with mortar composed of field clay and reeds remain. The office where Dr. Jane Colfax, present owner of the home and direct descendant of Arent Schuyler, practices medicine is believed to be the original dwelling of her ancestors."One can see a chimney with hooks where meat was once cured. The garret above the room was used as a bedroom by slaves. The heavy beams overhead have now deepened in color. The main hall of the house is supported by walls with permanent color, having been made al fresco when the plaster was applied still wet. The living room supports the original plaster cornice molding and a floor that rests on hand-hewn joists. The original paneled wall in the dining room is also there, the top of which is curved. It is noted that they were constructed by ship's carpenters who built the walls as of a ship."The kitchen is supported by the original oak beams, ceiling boards, and oak floor boards which are ‘preserved and sealed by periodic applications of boiled linseed oil.’ A sandstone hearth stone, 5-feet wide and running the length of the kitchen, served as the base of a large fireplace."While the house, parts of which are still under reconstruction, exemplifies pre- and post-Revolutionary architecture, the mood of the times in which it was built is further enhanced when you learn the genealogy of the generations who lived there," it was reported."The land was purchased in 1697 by Arent Schuyler. The property was left to one of his three sons, Philip, who ran a copper mine and resided at the home with his wife, Hester, and children. His daughter, Hester Schuyler, married Lt. William Colfax, thus, the present name, Schuyler-Colfax Home."President Washington served as godfather to Colfax's son, George Washington Schuyler, and is said to have sat in one of the chairs in the home. William Colfax's other son, Schuyler Colfax Jr., became vice president of the United States under U.S. Grant. His third son, William Washington Colfax, became a doctor in the Passaic and Paterson areas and inherited the home."Since that time, medicine has become a family vocational tradition, and the only two direct descendants now living, Jane and Richard Colfax, are both doctors."Several landmarks are also found around the home, among which is a scarce mile-marker showing the distance from Hoboken to Jersey City; the site of the Morris Canal Feeder in the rear of the home where the Ramapo River flows; and a family graveyard where descendents are buried."As one visitor put it, ‘If the walls of the house could talk, just think of the things they could tell!’ Dr. Jane Colfax and her husband, Michael DeNike, and Dr. Richard Colfax have done a good job of making these walls do just that." http://www.northjersey.com/community/history/back_in_the_day/133788183_Nov__6__1966_Schuyler-Colfax_home_is_built.html?c=y&page=1

  
  

• Sources

  [S21] Early Settlements Pompton Plains. [S20] New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. [S20] New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 159. [S22] City of Paterson County of Passaic NJ.