Myndert Schuyler

Schuyler was born on January 16, 1672, at the family homestead, Schuyler Flatts (near present day Menands, New York). He was one of eight children born to his parents, David Pieterse Schuyler (1636–1690), who was born in the Netherlands, and Catharina Verplanck (1639–1690), between 1659 and 1678.{{cite web|last1=Bielinski|first1=Stefan|title=David Pieterse Schuyler|url=https://exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/s/dapschuyler1262.html|website=exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov|publisher=New York State Museum|accessdate=9 September 2017}} Both of his parents died during the Schenectady massacre of 1690.[http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/resources/patent/09.html "An account of the burning of Schenectady by Mons. De Monsignat, comptroller General of the marine in Canada to Madam de Maintenon, the morganatic wife of Louis XIV.", Doc. Hist. N. Y., I, p. 186, noted in Pearson (1883), A History of the Schenectady Patent], Schenectady History Digital Archives[http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/resources/patent/09.html Jonathan Pearson, Chap. 9, "Burning of Schenectady"], History of the Schenectady Patent in the Dutch and English Times, 1883, pp. 244-270 He was the younger brother of David Davidse Schuyler, also a mayor of Albany.

His paternal grandparents were Pieter Tjercks Van Schuylder and Geertruyt Philips and his uncle was Philip Pieterse Schuyler (1628–1683), the prominent colonist landowner. Through his uncle, he was first cousins with Gertruj Schuyler (b. 1654), who married Stephanus van Cortlandt (1643–1700), the patroon of Van Cortlandt Manor and a Mayor of New York City, Alida Schuyler (1656–1727), who married Nicholas van Rensselaer and after his death, Robert Livingston the Elder, Pieter Schuyler (1657–1724), the first mayor of Albany, Arent Schuyler (1662–1730), and Johannes Schuyler.

Schuyler was a prominent merchant and trader who turned his profits into extensive real estate holdings throughout the New York region.

He served the Albany government as a juror, constable, Alderman, and mayor. He also was elected five times to represent Albany in the New York General Assembly, serving from 1701 to 1709, in 1713, from 1716 to 1726, and again in 1728. In addition, he was the Albany County surrogate for many years.

In 1726, Schuyler was appointed and began serving as Mayor of Albany for two non-consecutive times.{{cite book|last1=Hough|first1=Franklin|title=The New-York Civil List: Containing the Names and Origin of the Civil Divisions, and the Names and Dates of Election Or Appointment of the Principal State and County Officers ....|date=1889|location=New York|page=221|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gXM1AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA221|accessdate=9 September 2017|language=en}} The first term began in 1719 and he was in office until 1720 when he was succeeded by Pieter Van Brugh, who served from 1720 to 1723. Schuyler succeeded him in 1723 and was in office until 1725 when he was replaced by Johannes Cuyler.{{cite book|last1=York|first1=National Society of the Colonial Dames in the State of New|title=Register of the Colonial Dames of the State of New York|date=1913|publisher=Colonial Dames of the State of New York|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wl5IAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA298|accessdate=8 September 2017|language=en}}

For thirty-five years, the longest of any Commissioner, he served as Commissioner of Indian Affairs for the Province of New York, appointed in 1706, 1710, 1712, 1715, 1728, 1729, 1732, 1734, 1739, 1742, 1745, 1752, and 1754.{{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}}{{cite web|last1=Downs|first1=Joseph|title=Sugar and Spice|url=http://www.metmuseum.org/pubs/bulletins/1/pdf/3257354.pdf.bannered.pdf|website=metmuseum.org|publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art|accessdate=9 September 2017}}

In December 1693, Schuyler married Rachel Cuyler (1674–1747), the daughter of Hendrick Cuyler and Anna Schepmoes, pioneers of New Netherland,{{cite web|last1=Bielinski|first1=Stefan|title=Rachel Cuyler Schuyler|url=https://exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/c/racuyler605.html|website=exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov|publisher=New York State Museum|accessdate=8 September 2017}} at the New York Reformed Church, New York City.{{cite web|title=I2416: Myndert Davidtse SCHUYLER Capt. (16 Jan 1672 - 18 Oct 1755)|url=https://jrm.phys.k-state.edu/Genealogy/Needham/d0002/I2416.html|website=jrm.phys.k-state.edu|accessdate=9 September 2017}} Together, they were the parents of one child:{{cite book|last1=Pearson|first1=Jonathan|title=Contributions for the Genealogies of the First Settlers of the Ancient County of Albany, from 1630 to 1800|date=1872|publisher=Genealogical Publishing Company|isbn=9780806307299|page=98|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EK2mIhswSAIC&pg=PA98|accessdate=9 September 2017|language=en}}

• Anna Schuyler (1697–1750),{{cite web|last1=Bielinski|first1=Stefan|title=Anna Schuyler De Peyster|url=https://exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/s/anschuyler932.html|website=exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov|publisher=New York State Museum|accessdate=8 September 2017}} who married Johannes de Peyster III (1694–1783).{{cite news|last1=Bielinski|first1=Stefan|title=Johannes De Peyster|url=https://exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/d/jodp.html#jdp|accessdate=8 September 2017|work=exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov}} He was the son of Albany Mayor Johannes De Peyster Jr.{{cite book|last1=Caliendo|first1=Ralph J.|title=New York City Mayors|date=May 1, 2010|publisher=Xlibris Corporation|isbn=9781450088145|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mNe7Sph7lJ8C&pg=PA55|accessdate=8 September 2017|language=en}}{{cite book|last1=Lamb|first1=Martha Joanna|last2=Harrison|first2=Mrs Burton|title=History of the City of New York: Its Origin, Rise, and Progress|date=1896|publisher=A. S. Barnes|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofcityofn01lamb|accessdate=8 September 2017|language=en}}{{cite book|last1=Garrett|first1=Erwin Clarkson|title=Army Ballads and Other Verses|date=1916|publisher=John C. Winston Company|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4MwtAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA273|accessdate=8 September 2017|language=en}} and grandson of Johannes de Peyster, Sr., the 23rd Mayor of New York City,{{cite book|last1=Wilson|first1=James Grant|title=The Memorial History of the City of New-York: From Its First Settlement to the Year 1892|date=1892|publisher=New York History Company|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_ZCIWAAAAYAAJ|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_ZCIWAAAAYAAJ/page/n81 54]|accessdate=8 September 2017|language=en}}Allaben, Frank. [https://books.google.com/books?id=1bgtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA18 John Watts de Peyster, Volume 1], p. 18-19 (1908){{cite book|title=Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York|date=1853|pages=395–396|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RCU1AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA395|accessdate=8 September 2017|language=en}} nephew of Mayor Abraham de Peyster, Maria De Peyster, who was married to Mayor David Provost, and Evert Bancker, the 3rd and 12th Mayor of Albany, New York.{{cite web|last1=Bielinski|first1=Stefan|title=Evert Bancker|url=http://exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov//albany/bios/b/ebancker6454.html|website=exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov|accessdate=8 September 2017}} His nephews included Gerard Bancker (1740–1799), New York State Treasurer from 1778 to 1798, and Henry Rutgers (1745–1830), namesake of Rutgers College.

Schuyler died in October 18, 1755, and was buried beneath the Albany Dutch church.{{cite web|last1=Bielinski|first1=Stefan|title=Myndert Schuyler|url=https://exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/s/mynschuyler101.html|website=exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov|publisher=New York State Museum|accessdate=8 September 2017}}

He was the grandfather of Anna de Peyster (1723–1794), who married Volkert Petrus Douw (1720–1801), a New York State Senator and Mayor of Albany who was the grandson of Hendrick van Rensselaer,{{cite web|last1=Bielinski|first1=Stefan|title=Volkert P. Douw|url=https://exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/d/vopdouw2234.html|website=exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov|publisher=New York State Museum|accessdate=8 September 2017}} Rachel de Peyster (1728–1794), who married Tobias Coenraedt Ten Eyck (1717–1785), and his namesake, Myndert Schuyler de Peyster (1736–1745), who died young.

Through his granddaughter Anna, he was the great-grandfather of nine children, including John De Peyster Douw (1756–1835), who took part in the Clinton-Sullivan Expedition and also served as Surrogate of Albany County, replacing de Peyster in 1782. Through his granddaughter Rachel, he was also the great-grandfather of Johannes De Peyster Ten Eyck (d. 1798), Myndert Schuyler Ten Eyck (1753–1805), Henry Ten Eyck (b. 1755), and Tobias Ten Eyck (b. 1764).{{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|location=New York|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_b4k-AAAAYAAJ|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_b4k-AAAAYAAJ/page/n472 390]|accessdate=8 September 2017|language=en}}

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