Arent Schuyler

Arent Schuyler
Born
Arent Philipse Schuyler

(1662-06-25)June 25, 1662
DiedNovember 26, 1730(1730-11-26) (aged 68)
Near Newark, New Jersey
NationalityDutch
Spouses
Janneke Teller
(m. 1684; died 1703)
Swantje Van Duyckhuysen
(m. 1703; died 1724)
Maria Walter
(m. 1724)
Children12, including Pieter Schuyler
Parent(s)Philip Pieterse Schuyler
Margarita Van Slichtenhorst
RelativesSee Schuyler family

Arent Philipse Schuyler (June 25, 1662 – November 26, 1730) was a member of the influential Schuyler family (among the first settlers to New Netherland). He was a surveyor, Native American trader, miner, merchant, and land speculator.[1]

  1. ^ Pearson, Jonathan (1872). "Arent Philipse Schuyler". Contributions for the Genealogies of the First Settlers of the Ancient County of Albany, from 1630 to 1800. Retrieved 2014-12-30. trader, was admitted freeman of New York city in 1695; before 1725, he was probably settled on the Second or Passaic river, at Belleville, N.J. He married 1st, Janneke Teller, Nov. 26, 1684: 2d, Swantje Janse van Duykhuysen about January 1703. Children: baptized in Albany, Margareta, Sept, 27, 1685; Phillipus, September 11, 1687; Maria, October 6, 1689; Judik, March 13, 1692; Casparus in N.Y., May 5, 1695; Wilhelmus, June 2, 1700.