Johannes Cuyler

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Cuyler was born in 1661 in New Amsterdam in the Province of New Netherland, which in 1664 became the Province of New York. He was the eldest son of Hendrick Cuyler (1637–1690), and Annatje (née Schepmoes) Cuyler (1642–1703).{{cite web|title=Cuyler, Cornelius, Letterbooks, 1724-1736/7; 1752-1764| url=http://www.americanantiquarian.org/Findingaids/cornelius_cuyler.pdf|website=americanantiquarian.org|publisher=American Antiquarian Society Manuscript Collections|accessdate=9 September 2017}} His father was a tailor who was born in the Netherlands, came to America, and went to Albany in 1664 after the expansion of British America. His siblings included Abraham Cuyler (d. 1747), who married Caatje Bleecker (1670–1734), Maria Cuyler (d. 1724), who married New York Mayor John Cruger (1678–1744), Sarah Hendrickse Cuyler (1666–1742), who married Albany Mayor Pieter Van Brugh (1666–1740) (the son of Johannes Pieterse van Brugh), and Henry Cuyler (1677–1763), who married Maria Jacobs.{{cite book|last1=Bergen|first1=Tunis Garret|title=Genealogies of the State of New York: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation|date=1915|publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZuwpAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1181|accessdate=10 September 2017|language=en}}

His paternal grandparents, who stayed in the Netherlands, were Isebrant Cuyler and Evertien Jansz. His father was a supporter of Jacob Leisler and his mother was born in Albany, New York, to Dutch immigrants. Through his sister Maria, he was the uncle of John Cruger Jr. (1710–1791), also Mayor of New York and Provincial Assembly Speaker. Through his sister Sarah, he was the uncle of Catharina Van Brugh (b. 1689) who married Philip Livingston (1686–1749), second lord of Livingston Manor.

Cuyler, a merchant in the fur trade, became an admitted freeman of New York City. Before the establishment of Albany's government in 1686, Cuyler had already been a witness, plaintiff, and an attorney at the Albany court. In 1687, he was elected assistant Alderman for the Second Ward and, thus, he began his long association with Albany's government. He was an assistant Alderman until 1698 when he was elected Alderman and served in that role until 1710.

While serving on the city council, his main areas of focus included improving relations with the Native Americans and ensuring the ongoing progress of real estate development within the city and its surrounding areas. In 1710, he was appointed as the Recorder (Deputy Mayor) of Albany. In 1705, he was elected to represent Albany in the New York General Assembly.{{cite book|title=Register of the National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New York|date=1901|publisher=The Society|page=190|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KWUUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA190|accessdate=10 September 2017|language=en}} Notwithstanding two brief breaks, he was elected to five terms, serving from 1705 to 1727.

In 1725, he was appointed Mayor of Albany, succeeding Myndert Schuyler. He served for a year until 1726 when Rutger Bleecker replaced him. For a total of twenty-two years, he served as a Commissioner of Indian Affairs for the Province of New York, appointed in 1706, 1710, 1715, 1720, 1724, 1726, 1728, and 1732.{{cite book|last1=Rhoden|first1=Nancy L.|title=English Atlantics Revisited: Essays Honouring Ian K. Steele|date=2014|publisher=McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP|isbn=9780773560406|pages=240–243|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F9haISuQhOsC|accessdate=7 September 2017|language=en}}

On November 2, 1684, he was married to Elsje Ten Broeck (d. 1752).{{cite book|last1=General Society of Colonial Wars (U S. ) District of Columbia|last2=Peale|first2=Albert Charles|title=Register of the Society of Colonial Wars in the District of Columbia, 1904 ...|date=1904|publisher=The Society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s08ZDpggmHsC&pg=PA96|accessdate=9 September 2017|language=en}} She was the daughter of Albany Mayor Dirck Wesselse Ten Broeck (1638–1717) and Christyna (née Van Buren) Ten Broeck (1644–1729).{{cite book|last1=Runk|first1=Emma Ten Broeck|title=Ten Broeck Genealogy, Being The Records and Annals of Dirck Wesselse Ten Broeck of Albany and his Descendants|date=1897|publisher=New York, De Vinne press|url=https://archive.org/details/tenbroeckgenealo00runk|accessdate=9 September 2017}} Together, Johannes and Elsje were the parents of twelve children, including:{{cite book|last1=Reynolds|first1=Cuyler|title=Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: A Record of Achievements of the People of the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys in New York State, Included Within the Present Counties of Albany, Rensselaer, Washington, Saratoga, Montgomery, Fulton, Schenectady, Columbia and Greene|date=1911|publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b4k-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA32|accessdate=8 September 2017|language=en}}

• Anna Cuyler (1685–1741), who married Anthony Van Schaick (1682–1759).
• Christina Cuyler (1689–1755)
• Hendrick Cuyler (1692–1724), who died unmarried.
• Sara Cuyler (b. 1693), who married Mayor Johannes Hansen (1695–1756).
• Elsie Cuyler (1695–1752), who married Hendrick Johannes Rosenboom (1689–1754).
• Cornelis Cuyler (1697–1765), who married Catalyntie "Catharina" Schuyler (1704–1758).{{cite web|last1=Bielinski|first1=Stefan|title=Catharina Schuyler Cuyler|url=https://exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/s/caschuyler1244.html|website=exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov|publisher=New York State Museum|accessdate=9 September 2017}} She was the daughter of Johannes Schuyler (1668–1747), of the prominent Schuyler family, and Elizabeth Staats (1647–1737).{{cite book|last1=Laer|first1=Arnold J. F. Van|title=Early Records of the City and County of Albany and Colony of Rensselaerswyck: Volume 4 (Mortgages 1, 1658-1660, and Wills 1-2, 1681-1765)|date=2009|publisher=Genealogical Publishing Company|isbn=9780806351537|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZsP0BZGcDY0C&pg=PA215|accessdate=9 September 2017|language=en}}{{cite web|title=Catalina Schuyler (1705-1758)|url=https://www.nyhistory.org/exhibit/catalina-schuyler-1705-1758|website=www.nyhistory.org|publisher=New-York Historical Society|accessdate=9 September 2017|language=en}} She was also the sister of Johannes Schuyler, Jr., making her aunt to Gen. Philip Schuyler, as well as the niece of Pieter and Arent Schuyler.{{cite web|last1=Bielinski|first1=Stefan|title=Cornelis Cuyler|url=http://exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/c/cocuyler388.html|website=exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov|publisher=New York State Museum|accessdate=9 September 2017}}
• Johannes Cuyler (1699–1746), who married Catherine Glen (b. 1699), daughter of Johannes Jacob Glen.
• Maria Cuyler (1702–1788), who married Cornelius Cuyler Ten Broeck (1706–1772), son of Wessel Ten Broeck.
• Elizabeth Cuylter (b. 1705), who married Jacob Sanders Glen (1703–1746) and were the parents of Henry Glen.

Cuyler died on July 20, 1740, in Albany.{{cite web|last1=Bielinski|first1=Stefan|title=Johannes Cuyler|url=https://exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/c/jocuyler546.html|website=exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov|publisher=New York State Museum|accessdate=9 September 2017}}

Through his son Cornelis, he was the grandfather of Elizabeth Cuyler (1731–1815), who married Jacobus Van Cortlandt (1726–1781), grandson of Jacobus Van Cortlandt, Philip Cuyler (b. 1733), who married Sarah Tweedy (1739–1825),{{cite web|title=Sarah Tweedy Cuyler|url=http://exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/t/satweedy.html|website=exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov|publisher=New York State Museum|accessdate=9 September 2017}}{{cite web|last1=Bielinski|first1=Stefan|title=Philip Cuyler| url=https://exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/c/phcuyler603.html |website=exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov|publisher=New York State Museum|accessdate=9 September 2017}}{{cite book|last1=Mulder|first1=Philip N.|title=Colonial America and the Early Republic|date=2017 |publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781351950565|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vAwkDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT226|accessdate=9 September 2017|language=en}} Hendrick "Henry" Cuyler (1735–1803), who married Catharina Lydius (1743–1818),{{cite web|last1=Bielinski|first1=Stefan |title=John Henry Lydius |url=http://exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/l/jhlydius4615.html|website=exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov|publisher=New York State Museum|accessdate=9 September 2017}}{{cite web|last1=Bielinski|first1=Stefan|title=Hendrick C. Cuyler| url=https://exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/c/hecuyler334.html |website=exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov|publisher=New York State Museum|accessdate=9 September 2017}} Elsje "Elsie" Cuyler (1737–1761), who married Augustus Van Cortlandt (1728–1823), another grandson of Jacobus Van Cortlandt,{{cite book|last1=Committee|first1=New York Colony|last2=(State) |first2=New York | title=New York Marriages Previous to 1784|date=1968|publisher=Genealogical Publishing Company|isbn=9780806302591|page=96|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bxaFZzGqEmAC&pg=PA96 | accessdate=9 September 2017|language=en}} Margarita Cuyler (1738–1802),{{cite web| last1=Bielinski |first1=Stefan| title=Margarita Cuyler Low|url=https://exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov//albany/bios/c/mgtcuyler592.html|website=exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov|publisher=New York State Museum|accessdate=9 September 2017}} who married Isaac Low (1735–1791), a prominent merchant,{{cite web|title=LOW, Isaac - Biographical Information |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000470|website=bioguide.congress.gov|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=9 September 2017}} Cornelius Cuyler (1740–1819), who married Anne Wendell in 1763, and became the first Baronet of St John's Lodge,{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DUcRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA375|title=Cuyler of St John's Lodge|year=1835|publisher=Debrett's Baronetage of England|page=375|accessdate=8 September 2017}}{{cite book|last1=Nicoll|first1=Maud Churchill|title=The Earliest Cuylers in Holland and America and Some of Their Descendants|date=1912|publisher=T.A. Wright, Printer and Publisher|url=https://archive.org/details/earliestcuylers00nicogoog|accessdate=9 September 2017|language=English}} and Abraham Cornelius Cuyler (1742–1810), who married Jannetje "Janet" Glen, who was sister to Henry Glen (1739–1814), in 1764.

Through his son Johannes, he was the grandfather of Jacob Cuyler (1741–1804), a prominent silversmith who participated in the Albany Committee of Correspondence, served as a delegate from Albany to the New York Provincial Congress, and was a member of the Sons of Liberty.{{cite book|last1=Groft|first1=Tammis K.|last2=Mackay|first2=Mary Alice|title=Albany Institute of History & Art: 200 Years of Collecting|date=1998|publisher=SUNY Press {{!}} Hudson Hills Press|location=New York|isbn=9781438429946|page=184|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M6esYiqf6NEC&pg=PA184|accessdate=10 September 2017|language=en}}{{cite web|title=Stock buckle|url=http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/37698|website=artgallery.yale.edu|publisher=Yale University|accessdate=10 September 2017}}

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