Arent Schuyler
Born	Arent Philipse Schuyler (1662-06-25)June 25, 1662 New Barbadoes Neck,New Jersey
Died	November 26, 1730(1730-11-26) (aged 68) NearNewark, New Jersey
Nationality	Dutch
Spouses	Janneke Teller ​ ​ (m. 1684; died 1703)​ Swantje Van Duyckhuysen ​ ​ (m. 1703; died 1724)​ Maria Walter ​ (m. 1724)​
Children	12, includingPieter Schuyler
Parent(s)	Philip Pieterse Schuyler Margarita Van Slichtenhorst
Relatives	SeeSchuyler family

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

Arent Philipse Schuyler was born on June 25, 1662, inRensselaerswyck, New York.^[2] He was the son ofPhilip Pieterse Schuyler (1628–1683) and Margarita Van Slichtenhorst (1627–1710) and the younger brother ofPieter Schuyler (1657–1724).

He was one of 10 children born to his parents, including Gysbert Schuyler (1652-1664/5), Gertruj Schuyler (b. 1654), who marriedStephanus van Cortlandt (1643–1700) (the patroon ofVan Cortlandt Manor and aMayor of New York City from 1677 to 1678 and again from 1686 to 1688), Alida Schuyler (b. 1656), who first marriedNicholas van Rensselaer (1636-1678) and then second,Robert Livingston the Elder (1654–1728),Pieter Schuyler (1657–1724), who married Engeltie Van Schaick and Maria Van Rensselaer, Brant Schuyler (1659-1702), who married Cornelia Van Cortlandt, Sybilla Schuyler (b. 1664), Philip Schuyler (b. 1666), Johannes Schuyler (b. 1668), and Margritta Schuyler (b. 1672), who married Jacobus Verplanck.

The many Schuyler children established the family name and homes, including theSchuyler Mansion in Albany. They were closely related with the great familypatroons of New York, theVan Cortlandts.

Schuyler participated in the military actions of an earlyFrench and Indian War in Canada in the 1690s. In 1694, Schuyler traveled into north-western New Jersey to investigate rumors that the French were trying to incite the localLenape population to attack English colonial settlements. Schuyler found no evidence of such rumors, but discovered arich fertile valley where the Lenape grew a variety of crops. Schuyler reported his findings to his superiors and then convinced MajorAnthony Brockholst,Samuel Bayard,Samuel Berry, Hendrick and David Mandeville, George Ryerson and John Mead to invest in the purchase of the land he referred to as thePompton Valley.^[3] The seven chose Schuyler to be negotiator with the Lenape for the rights to the area. Samual Bayard, however, was chosen to negotiate with the East Jersey Company, which maintained land rights over the area that is now Wayne. Approximately 5,000 acres (20 km²) were purchased on November 11, 1695. He built theSchuyler-Colfax House along thePompton River.

In 1710, he bought a large tract onNew Barbadoes Neck. The new purchase (present-dayKearny,North Arlington, andLyndhurst and Kingsland) had a significant deposit of copper, and the family became wealthy as they started to mine the metal at theSchuyler Copper Mine.

Arent Schuyler married three times, first to Jenneke Teller (1662–1703) on November 26, 1684. Together, they had:

• Margareta Schuyler (b. 1685)
• Philip Schuyler (b. 1687), who married Hester Kingsland
• Maria Schuyler (b. 1689), who died young
• Olivia Schuyler
• Judik Schuyler (b. 1692)
• Casparus Schuyler (1695–1754)
• Wilhemus Schuyler (b. 1700), who died young

After her death in 1703, he married Swantje Van Duyckhuysen (1679–1724). With his second wife, he had:^[1][2]

• Pieter Schuyler (1707–1762), who first married Hester Walter, and then second, Mary Walter^[4]
• Eva Schuyler (d. 1737), who married Peter Bayard
• Adonijah "Adonis" Schuyler (1708–1763), who married Gertrude Van Rensselaer (b. 1714), daughter of Maria Van Cortlandt andKiliaen Van Rensselaer (1663–1719), the fifth Patroon and secondLord of the Manor ofRensselaerwyck
• John Schuyler (1710–1773), who married Anne Van Rensselaer, sister of Gertrude Van Rensselaer
• Cornelia Schuyler (1715–1785), who married Pierre Guillaume DePeyster (1707–1785)

In 1724, after Swantje's death, he married for the third time, to Maria Walter (1689–1764), the daughter of Robert Walter and Catharine Leisler.^[4] They did not have any children.

Schuyler died inBelleville, New Jersey, on November 26, 1730.^[2] After his death, his widow, Maria Walter, married Archibald Kennedy (1685–1763), with whom she had five children, includingArchibald Kennedy (1736–1794), who would eventually marry Schuyler's granddaughter, Katherine.^[5]

Schuyler's son,Peter Schuyler (1710–1762), was responsible for the introduction of the first steam engine assembled in the United States.Schuyler Avenue inKearny and was named for Peter in honor of the early settlers.

His grandson,Arent Schuyler DePeyster (1736–1822), was a British military officer. His granddaughter, Katherine Schuyler (1737–1765), marriedArchibald Kennedy, Earl of Casselis, a Scottish peer who lived in the United States, and was the son of his widow, Maria Walter.^[6]

• Schuyler family
• Kearny, New Jersey
• Pompton people

• Schuyler family
• Kearny, New Jersey
• American people of Dutch descent
• Merchants from colonial New Jersey
• 17th-century American merchants
• People from Belleville, New Jersey
• 1662 births
• 1730 deaths

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