Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. This specific family group is a subset of themuch largerFour ThousandRelated Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist. | |  Volkert Petrus Douw (1720-1801) — also known asVolkert P. Douw — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,March23, 1720.Merchant;mayorof Albany, N.Y., 1761-70; member ofNew Yorkstate senate Western District, 1785-93.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,March20, 1801 (age80 years, 362days).Original intermentsomewherein Rensselaer, N.Y.; reinterment atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.| |  Relatives: Sonof Petrus Douw and Anna (Van Rensselaer) Douw; married,May 20,1742, to Anna De Peyster; uncle ofLeonardGansevoort andLeonardGansevoort Jr.; granduncle ofPeterGansevoort; great-grandnephew ofStephanusVan Cortlandt andJacobusVan Cortlandt; first cousin ofJeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer andKillianKillian Van Rensselaer; first cousin once removed ofJacobRutsen Van Rensselaer andPhilipJeremiah Schuyler; first cousin twice removed ofJamesAlexander Hamilton andPhilipSchuyler; first cousin thrice removed ofCortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer; first cousin four times removed ofRobertRay Hamilton; first cousin five times removed ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr. andJohnHubner II; second cousin ofPhilipP. Schuyler; second cousin once removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,JamesJay,PhilipJohn Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler,JohnJay,PieterSchuyler,FrederickJay,PeterSamuel Schuyler,StephenVan Rensselaer andPhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer; second cousin twice removed ofHenryWalter Livingston andHenryBell Van Rensselaer; second cousin thrice removed ofEdwardLivingston,CharlesPinckney Brown andKiliaenVan Rensselaer; second cousin five times removed ofCharlesLudlow Livingston andBronsonMurray Cutting; third cousin ofNicholasBayard,PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,JamesParker,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843) andWilliamJay; third cousin once removed ofJohnJay II andJohnCortlandt Parker; third cousin twice removed ofJamesAdams Ekin,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnSluyter Wirt andPeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933). | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;VanRensselaer-Gansevoortfamily of Albany, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (1738-1810) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Watervliet,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,August27, 1738.Democrat.Merchant;surveyor;served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County, 1788-89;U.S.Representative from New York 6th District, 1789-91; PresidentialElector for New York,1800;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1801-04.Slaveowner. Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,February19, 1810 (age71 years, 176days).Original interment atDutchReformed Cemetery, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Engeltie 'Angelica' (Livingston) Van Rensselaer and Johannes VanRensselaer; brother ofRobertVan Rensselaer; married,July 3,1760, to Judith Bayard; married1764 to HelenaLansing; father ofSolomonVan Vechten Van Rensselaer; uncle ofJacobRutsen Van Rensselaer andPhilipJeremiah Schuyler; grandson ofRobertLivingston the Younger; granduncle ofJamesAlexander Hamilton andPhilipSchuyler; great-grandson ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724); great-grandnephew ofStephanusVan Cortlandt,RobertLivingston the Elder,JacobusVan Cortlandt andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); great-granduncle ofCortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer; second great-granduncle ofRobertRay Hamilton; third great-granduncle ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.; first cousin ofVolkertPetrus Douw,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer,JamesLivingston andKillianKillian Van Rensselaer; first cousin once removed ofPhilipP. Schuyler,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),LeonardGansevoort,LeonardGansevoort Jr.,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847) andMaturinLivingston; first cousin twice removed ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775),GilbertLivingston,JohannesSchuyler (1697-1746),PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),PeterGansevoort,GerritSmith andElizabethCady Stanton; first cousin thrice removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler,MyndertDavidtse Schuyler andJohnJacob Astor III; first cousin four times removed ofWilliamWaldorf Astor,PeterGoelet Gerry andOgdenLivingston Mills; first cousin five times removed ofWilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,HelenRoosevelt Robinson,RobertReginald Livingston andJohnHubner II; second cousin ofPieterSchuyler (1746-1792) andPeterSamuel Schuyler; second cousin once removed ofStephanusBayard,RobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),PierreVan Cortlandt,WilliamLivingston,JamesJay,PhilipJohn Schuyler,MatthewClarkson (1733-1800),StephenJohn Schuyler,JohnJay,FrederickJay,StephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer andHenryWalter Livingston; second cousin twice removed ofEdwardLivingston (1796-1840) andHenryBell Van Rensselaer; second cousin thrice removed ofCharlesPinckney Brown andKiliaenVan Rensselaer; second cousin four times removed ofCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870) andBronsonMurray Cutting; second cousin five times removed ofBrockholstLivingston; third cousin ofNicholasBayard,PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,PhilipVan Cortlandt,HenryBrockholst Livingston,MatthewClarkson (1758-1825),PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,JamesParker,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843) andWilliamJay; third cousin once removed ofRensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873),HamiltonFish,GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnJay II,JohnCortlandt Parker andPhilipN. Schuyler; third cousin twice removed ofGilbertLivingston Thompson,WilliamDuer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,JamesAdams Ekin,EugeneSchuyler,RichardWayne Parker,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936) andCharlesWolcott Parker; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnSluyter Wirt,JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean,JonathanMayhew Wainwright,KarlCortlandt Schuyler,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933) andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991). | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;VanRensselaer-Gansevoortfamily of Albany, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The World War IILibertyshipSS Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (built 1942 atWilmington,North Carolina; torpedoed and sunk in theNorthAtlantic Ocean, 1943) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Robert Van Rensselaer (1740-1802) — ofAlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Rensselaer,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.,December16, 1740.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County, 1777-79, 1780-81; FederalistPresidential Elector for New York,1796.DiedSeptember11, 1802 (age61 years, 269days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Engeltie 'Angelica' (Livingston) Van Rensselaer and Johannes VanRensselaer; brother ofJeremiahVan Rensselaer; married,April23, 1765, to Cornelia Rutsen; father ofJacobRutsen Van Rensselaer; uncle ofPhilipJeremiah Schuyler; grandson ofRobertLivingston the Younger; granduncle ofPhilipSchuyler andJamesAlexander Hamilton; great-grandson ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724); great-grandnephew ofStephanusVan Cortlandt,RobertLivingston the Elder,JacobusVan Cortlandt andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); great-granduncle ofCortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer; second great-granduncle ofRobertRay Hamilton; third great-granduncle ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.; first cousin ofVolkertPetrus Douw,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer,JamesLivingston andKillianKillian Van Rensselaer; first cousin once removed ofPhilipP. Schuyler,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),LeonardGansevoort,LeonardGansevoort Jr.,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847) andMaturinLivingston; first cousin twice removed ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775),GilbertLivingston,JohannesSchuyler (1697-1746),PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),PeterGansevoort,GerritSmith andElizabethCady Stanton; first cousin thrice removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler,MyndertDavidtse Schuyler andJohnJacob Astor III; first cousin four times removed ofWilliamWaldorf Astor,PeterGoelet Gerry andOgdenLivingston Mills; first cousin five times removed ofWilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,HelenRoosevelt Robinson,RobertReginald Livingston andJohnHubner II; second cousin ofPieterSchuyler (1746-1792) andPeterSamuel Schuyler; second cousin once removed ofStephanusBayard,RobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),PierreVan Cortlandt,WilliamLivingston,JamesJay,PhilipJohn Schuyler,MatthewClarkson (1733-1800),StephenJohn Schuyler,JohnJay,FrederickJay,StephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer andHenryWalter Livingston; second cousin twice removed ofEdwardLivingston (1796-1840) andHenryBell Van Rensselaer; second cousin thrice removed ofCharlesPinckney Brown andKiliaenVan Rensselaer; second cousin four times removed ofCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870) andBronsonMurray Cutting; second cousin five times removed ofBrockholstLivingston; third cousin ofNicholasBayard,PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,PhilipVan Cortlandt,HenryBrockholst Livingston,MatthewClarkson (1758-1825),PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,JamesParker,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843) andWilliamJay; third cousin once removed ofRensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873),HamiltonFish,GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnJay II,JohnCortlandt Parker andPhilipN. Schuyler; third cousin twice removed ofGilbertLivingston Thompson,WilliamDuer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,JamesAdams Ekin,EugeneSchuyler,RichardWayne Parker,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936) andCharlesWolcott Parker; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnSluyter Wirt,JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean,JonathanMayhew Wainwright,KarlCortlandt Schuyler,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933) andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991). | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;VanRensselaer-Gansevoortfamily of Albany, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | Hendrick Kiliaen Van Rensselaer (1744-1816) — also known asHenry K. Van Rensselaer — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,July 25,1744.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County, 1788-90.Dutchancestry.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,September9, 1816 (age72 years, 46days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Brother ofKillianKillian Van Rensselaer; great-grandnephew ofStephanusVan Cortlandt andJacobusVan Cortlandt; third great-grandfather ofJohnHubner II; first cousin ofVolkertPetrus Douw,JeremiahVan Rensselaer andRobertVan Rensselaer; first cousin once removed ofLeonardGansevoort,LeonardGansevoort Jr.,JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer andPhilipJeremiah Schuyler; first cousin twice removed ofPhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton andPeterGansevoort; first cousin thrice removed ofCortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer; first cousin four times removed ofRobertRay Hamilton; first cousin five times removed ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.; second cousin ofPhilipP. Schuyler; second cousin once removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,JamesJay,PhilipJohn Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler,JohnJay,PieterSchuyler,FrederickJay,PeterSamuel Schuyler,StephenVan Rensselaer andPhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer; second cousin twice removed ofHenryWalter Livingston andHenryBell Van Rensselaer; second cousin thrice removed ofEdwardLivingston,CharlesPinckney Brown andKiliaenVan Rensselaer; second cousin five times removed ofCharlesLudlow Livingston andBronsonMurray Cutting; third cousin ofNicholasBayard,PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),JamesParker andWilliamJay; third cousin once removed ofJohnJay II andJohnCortlandt Parker; third cousin twice removed ofJamesAdams Ekin,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnSluyter Wirt andPeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933). | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;VanRensselaer-Gansevoortfamily of Albany, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipedia article |
| | Leonard Gansevoort (1751-1810) — also known asLeendert Harmense Gansevoort — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,July 14,1751.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County, 1778-79, 1787-88;Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1788; member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1790-93, 1796-1802 (Western District 1790-93,Eastern District 1796-98, Western District 1798-99, Eastern District1799-1802); member ofNew Yorkcouncil of appointment, 1797.Dutchancestry.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,August26, 1810 (age59 years, 43days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Harmen Gansevoort and Magdalena (Douw) Gansevoort; married,April10, 1770, to Hester Cuyler; nephew ofVolkertPetrus Douw; uncle ofPeterGansevoort; second great-grandnephew ofStephanusVan Cortlandt andJacobusVan Cortlandt; first cousin ofLeonardGansevoort Jr.; first cousin once removed ofJeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer andKillianKillian Van Rensselaer; second cousin ofJacobRutsen Van Rensselaer andPhilipJeremiah Schuyler; second cousin once removed ofPhilipP. Schuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton andPhilipSchuyler; second cousin twice removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,JamesJay,PhilipJohn Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler,JohnJay,FrederickJay andCortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer; second cousin thrice removed ofRobertRay Hamilton; second cousin four times removed ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr. andJohnHubner II; third cousin ofPieterSchuyler,PeterSamuel Schuyler,StephenVan Rensselaer andPhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer; third cousin once removed ofNicholasBayard,PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,HenryWalter Livingston,JamesParker,PeterAugustus Jay,WilliamJay andHenryBell Van Rensselaer; third cousin twice removed ofEdwardLivingston,CharlesPinckney Brown andKiliaenVan Rensselaer; fourth cousin ofJohnJay II andJohnCortlandt Parker; fourth cousin once removed ofJamesAdams Ekin,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;VanRensselaer-Gansevoortfamily of Albany, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Leonard Gansevoort Jr. (1754-1834) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.BornJune 3,1754.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County, 1794-95.Dutchancestry.DiedDecember16, 1834 (age80 years, 196days).Interment atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Johannes Gansevoort and Maria (Douw) Gansevoort; married1777 to MariaVan Rensselaer; nephew ofVolkertPetrus Douw; second great-grandnephew ofStephanusVan Cortlandt andJacobusVan Cortlandt; first cousin ofLeonardGansevoort; first cousin once removed ofJeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer,KillianKillian Van Rensselaer andPeterGansevoort; second cousin ofJacobRutsen Van Rensselaer andPhilipJeremiah Schuyler; second cousin once removed ofPhilipP. Schuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton andPhilipSchuyler; second cousin twice removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,JamesJay,PhilipJohn Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler,JohnJay,FrederickJay andCortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer; second cousin thrice removed ofRobertRay Hamilton; second cousin four times removed ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr. andJohnHubner II; third cousin ofPieterSchuyler,PeterSamuel Schuyler,StephenVan Rensselaer andPhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer; third cousin once removed ofNicholasBayard,PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,HenryWalter Livingston,JamesParker,PeterAugustus Jay,WilliamJay andHenryBell Van Rensselaer; third cousin twice removed ofEdwardLivingston,CharlesPinckney Brown andKiliaenVan Rensselaer; fourth cousin ofJohnJay II andJohnCortlandt Parker; fourth cousin once removed ofJamesAdams Ekin,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;VanRensselaer-Gansevoortfamily of Albany, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | Killian Killian Van Rensselaer (1763-1845) — also known asKillian K. Van Rensselaer — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Greenbush (now Rensselaer),RensselaerCounty, N.Y.,June 5,1763.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York, 1801-11 (8th District 1801-03, 9thDistrict 1803-09, 17th District 1809-11).Slaveowner. DiedJune 18,1845 (age82 years, 13days).Interment in private or family graveyard.| | Relatives: Sonof Kiliaen Van Rensselaer (1717-1781) and Ariantje 'Harriet'(Schuyler) Van Rensselaer; brother ofHendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer; uncle ofSolomonVan Vechten Van Rensselaer; great-grandnephew ofStephanusVan Cortlandt andJacobusVan Cortlandt; third great-granduncle ofJohnHubner II; first cousin ofVolkertPetrus Douw,JeremiahVan Rensselaer andRobertVan Rensselaer; first cousin once removed ofLeonardGansevoort,LeonardGansevoort Jr.,JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer andPhilipJeremiah Schuyler; first cousin twice removed ofJamesAlexander Hamilton,PhilipSchuyler andPeterGansevoort; first cousin thrice removed ofCortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer; first cousin four times removed ofRobertRay Hamilton; first cousin five times removed ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.; second cousin ofPhilipP. Schuyler; second cousin once removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,JamesJay,PhilipJohn Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler,JohnJay,PieterSchuyler,FrederickJay,PeterSamuel Schuyler,StephenVan Rensselaer andPhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer; second cousin twice removed ofHenryWalter Livingston andHenryBell Van Rensselaer; second cousin thrice removed ofEdwardLivingston,CharlesPinckney Brown andKiliaenVan Rensselaer (1845-1905); second cousin five times removed ofCharlesLudlow Livingston andBronsonMurray Cutting; third cousin ofNicholasBayard,PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,JamesParker,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843) andWilliamJay; third cousin once removed ofJohnJay II andJohnCortlandt Parker; third cousin twice removed ofJamesAdams Ekin,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnSluyter Wirt andPeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933). | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;VanRensselaer-Gansevoortfamily of Albany, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article |
| | Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer (1767-1835) — also known asJacob R. Van Rensselaer — of Claverack,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.Born in Claverack,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,September27, 1767.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Columbia County, 1799-1800, 1807-09, 1810-16,1818-19;Speaker ofthe New York State Assembly, 1812-13; served in the U.S. Armyduring the War of 1812;secretaryof state of New York, 1813-15;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1821.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September22, 1835 (age67 years, 360days).Interment atReformed Dutch Church Cemetery, Claverack, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofRobertVan Rensselaer and Cornelia (Rutsen) Van Rensselaer; married toCornelia De Peyster; nephew ofJeremiahVan Rensselaer; great-grandson ofRobertLivingston the Younger; second great-grandson ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724); second great-grandnephew ofStephanusVan Cortlandt,RobertLivingston the Elder,JacobusVan Cortlandt andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); first cousin ofPhilipJeremiah Schuyler; first cousin once removed ofVolkertPetrus Douw,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer,JamesLivingston,KillianKillian Van Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler andJamesAlexander Hamilton; first cousin twice removed ofPhilipP. Schuyler andCortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer; first cousin thrice removed ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775),GilbertLivingston,JohannesSchuyler (1697-1746) andRobertRay Hamilton; first cousin four times removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler,MyndertDavidtse Schuyler andJohnEliot Thayer Jr.; second cousin ofRobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),LeonardGansevoort,LeonardGansevoort Jr.,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847) andMaturinLivingston; second cousin once removed ofPieterSchuyler (1746-1792),PeterSamuel Schuyler,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),PeterGansevoort,GerritSmith andElizabethCady Stanton; second cousin twice removed ofStephanusBayard,RobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),PierreVan Cortlandt,WilliamLivingston,JamesJay,PhilipJohn Schuyler,MatthewClarkson (1733-1800),StephenJohn Schuyler,JohnJay,FrederickJay andJohnJacob Astor III; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamWaldorf Astor,PeterGoelet Gerry andOgdenLivingston Mills; second cousin four times removed ofWilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,HelenRoosevelt Robinson,RobertReginald Livingston andJohnHubner II; third cousin ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer andHenryWalter Livingston; third cousin once removed ofNicholasBayard,PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,PhilipVan Cortlandt,HenryBrockholst Livingston,MatthewClarkson (1758-1825),PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,JamesParker,PeterAugustus Jay,WilliamJay,EdwardLivingston (1796-1840) andHenryBell Van Rensselaer; third cousin twice removed ofCharlesPinckney Brown andKiliaenVan Rensselaer; third cousin thrice removed ofCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870) andBronsonMurray Cutting; fourth cousin ofRensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873),HamiltonFish,GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnJay II,JohnCortlandt Parker andPhilipN. Schuyler; fourth cousin once removed ofGilbertLivingston Thompson,WilliamDuer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,JamesAdams Ekin,EugeneSchuyler,RichardWayne Parker,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. andCharlesWolcott Parker. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;VanRensselaer-Gansevoortfamily of Albany, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipedia article |
| | Philip Jeremiah Schuyler (1768-1835) — also known asPhilip J. Schuyler — ofDutchessCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,January21, 1768.Republican. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Dutchess County, 1797-98;U.S.Representative from New York 5th District, 1817-19.Slaveowner. Died, of consumption (tuberculosis),in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February21, 1835 (age67 years, 31days).Original interment atNewYork Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; subsequent interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Dutchess County, N.Y.; reintermentatPoughkeepsieRural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofPhilipJohn Schuyler and Catherine (Van Rensselaer) Schuyler; brother ofElizabeth Schuyler (who marriedAlexanderHamilton); nephew ofStephenJohn Schuyler,JeremiahVan Rensselaer andRobertVan Rensselaer; uncle ofPhilipSchuyler andJamesAlexander Hamilton; grandson ofJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746); great-grandson ofStephanusVan Cortlandt,RobertLivingston the Younger andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); great-grandnephew ofJacobusVan Cortlandt; great-granduncle ofRobertRay Hamilton; second great-grandson ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724); second great-grandnephew ofRobertLivingston the Elder; second great-granduncle ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.; first cousin ofPieterSchuyler (1746-1792) andJacobRutsen Van Rensselaer; first cousin once removed ofStephanusBayard,VolkertPetrus Douw,PierreVan Cortlandt,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer,JamesLivingston,KillianKillian Van Rensselaer andHenryWalter Livingston; first cousin twice removed ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775),GilbertLivingston,PhilipP. Schuyler,EdwardLivingston (1796-1840) andCortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer; first cousin thrice removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; first cousin four times removed ofCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870) andBronsonMurray Cutting; first cousin five times removed ofBrockholstLivingston; second cousin ofNicholasBayard,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),PhilipVan Cortlandt,LeonardGansevoort,LeonardGansevoort Jr.,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),MaturinLivingston andJamesParker; second cousin once removed ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),WilliamLivingston,JamesJay,JohnJay,FrederickJay,PeterSamuel Schuyler,StephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,PeterGansevoort,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),GerritSmith,ElizabethCady Stanton andJohnCortlandt Parker; second cousin twice removed ofMatthewClarkson (1733-1800),HenryBell Van Rensselaer,JamesAdams Ekin,JohnJacob Astor III,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker; second cousin thrice removed ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,WilliamWaldorf Astor,JohnSluyter Wirt,PeterGoelet Gerry andOgdenLivingston Mills; second cousin four times removed ofWilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,HelenRoosevelt Robinson,RobertReginald Livingston,JohnHubner II,MariettaPeabody Tree andEndicottPeabody; third cousin ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843) andWilliamJay; third cousin once removed ofMatthewClarkson (1758-1825),RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873),HamiltonFish,GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnJay II andPhilipN. Schuyler; third cousin twice removed ofGilbertLivingston Thompson,WilliamDuer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,CharlesPinckney Brown,EugeneSchuyler,NicholasFish andHamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936); third cousin thrice removed ofJohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean,JonathanMayhew Wainwright,KarlCortlandt Schuyler,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933) andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991). | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Schuylerfamily of Albany, New York;VanRensselaer-Gansevoortfamily of Albany, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article |
| | Nathan Sanford (1777-1838) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Bridgehampton,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,November5, 1777.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for New York, 1803-15; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1808-09, 1810-11; member ofNewYork state senate Southern District, 1811-15;U.S.Senator from New York, 1815-21, 1826-31;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1821;Chancellorof New York, 1823-26; received 30 electoral votes forVice-President,1824.Died in Flushing, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,October17, 1838 (age60 years, 346days).Interment atSt.George's Episcopal Church Graveyard, Flushing, Queens, N.Y. | | Peter Gansevoort (1789-1876) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,December22, 1789.Lawyer;private secretary forDeWitt Clinton, 1817-19; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Albany County, 1830-31; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 3rd District, 1833-36;bankdirector.One of the founders of Albany Rural Cemetery. Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,January4, 1876 (age86 years, 13days).Interment atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Peter Gansevoort (1749-1812; Revolutionary War general) andCatherine (Van Schaick) Gansevoort; married1833 to MarySanford (daughter ofNathanSanford; half-sister ofEdwardSanford); married1843 to SusanLansing; nephew ofLeonardGansevoort; uncle of Herman Melville; grandnephew ofVolkertPetrus Douw; great-grandnephew ofDirckTen Broeck; third great-grandson ofDirckWesselse Ten Broeck; third great-grandnephew ofStephanusVan Cortlandt andJacobusVan Cortlandt; first cousin once removed ofLeonardGansevoort Jr.; first cousin twice removed ofJeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer andKillianKillian Van Rensselaer; first cousin thrice removed ofCornelisCuyler; second cousin once removed ofJamesLivingston,JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer andPhilipJeremiah Schuyler; second cousin twice removed ofMatthewClarkson (1733-1800) andPhilipP. Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,JamesJay,PhilipJohn Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler,JohnJay andFrederickJay; third cousin ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,JamesAlexander Hamilton andPhilipSchuyler; third cousin once removed ofPieterSchuyler,PeterSamuel Schuyler,MatthewClarkson (1758-1825),EdwardLivingston (1796-1840),GerritSmith,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,ElizabethCady Stanton andCortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer; third cousin twice removed ofNicholasBayard,PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,JamesParker,PeterAugustus Jay,WilliamJay,KiliaenVan Rensselaer andRobertRay Hamilton; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.,RobertReginald Livingston andJohnHubner II; fourth cousin ofRobertR. Livingston,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),HenryWalter Livingston andMaturinLivingston; fourth cousin once removed ofBarentVan Buren,MartinVan Buren,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),JohnJay II,JohnCortlandt Parker andCharlesPinckney Brown. | | | | Political family:VanRensselaer-Gansevoortfamily of Albany, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Edward Sanford (c.1804-1876) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born about 1804.Lawyer;newspapereditor; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1843-44; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 1st District, 1846-47; candidate forsecretaryof state of New York, 1847.DiedAugust28, 1876 (ageabout 72years).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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