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Colonel John Schuyler
Abt 1705 - 1773 (~ 68 years)-
Name John Schuyler Title Colonel Born Abt 1705 Gender Male Died 12 Jan 1773 New Jersey, British America 
Person ID I1232 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 1 Sarah Waters, d. Yes, date unknown Married - Sarah Waters, of New Jersey.
Family ID F356 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Ann Van Rensselaer, d. Yes, date unknown Married 1 Jan 1739 - Will dated Dec. 22, 1772; proved Feb 12 1773. He received by his father's will his lands on New Barbadoes Neck, and left them to his son Arent J. who was born Oct 1746 and married Nov 2, 1772, his cousan Swan Schuyler. He died 28 Oct 1803.
Children 1. Mary Schuyler, d. Yes, date unknown + 2. Arent J Schuyler, b. Oct 1746, d. 28 Oct 1803 (Age ~ 57 years) Family ID F348 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Died - 12 Jan 1773 - New Jersey, British America 
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Notes - From Early Settlements Pompton Plains - page 50 (handwritten history)
John. When he married and who were his children we have no information but on the death of his father he was left the homestead farm near Bellville and a right in the proceeds of the mine. He attained the office of Col. and was highly respected in life. In his day he was a leading man in the Reformed Church at Bellville but having become offended with his Pastor the Rev. ___Haeghourt. He declared himself an Episcopalian and was himself at the expense(?) of procuring a Dutch and English __________ of the Common Prayer book for the use of the congregation.
Arent Schuyler, during his lifetime, did not work the [copper] mine with such energy and profit as his son John afterward did...
History of Essex and Hudson Counties, New Jersey, Volume 2, p 1245
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Governor Cosby recommended him to a seat in the New Jersey Council, Sept. 5, 1735 (His commission was dated Sept. 7, 1746), to which he was appointed, but resigned in 1746 (History of Hudson County, New Jersey, 1871, by Charles H. Winfield, pg. 536).
- 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
- From Early Settlements Pompton Plains - page 50 (handwritten history)
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Sources - [S20] New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 158.
- [S20] New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 158.