American socialite (1756–1814)
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Born Angelica Schuyler
(1756-02-20)February 20, 1756
Albany, Province of New York, British America
(1756-02-20)February 20, 1756
Albany, Province of New York, British America
Died March 6, 1814(1814-03-06) (aged 58)
New York City, New York, U.S.
New York City, New York, U.S.
Resting place Trinity Church Cemetery
Born Angelica Schuyler
(1756-02-20)February 20, 1756
Albany, Province of New York, British America
(1756-02-20)February 20, 1756
Albany, Province of New York, British America
Died March 6, 1814(1814-03-06) (aged 58)
New York City, New York, U.S.
New York City, New York, U.S.
Resting place Trinity Church Cemetery
Wikipedia
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Angelica Schuyler Church - Wikipedia
July 16, 2007 - Angelica's extended absence from America, as well as the Schuyler family's continued devotion to Hamilton, lend support to the view that Angelica's banter was a joke between sisters rather than evidence of an actual affair. Angelica and John Barker Church had eight children together.
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Schuyler and Church had a total of eight children, including Phillip and Catherine, also known as Kitty. Her eldest, son Philip Schuyler Church, has become the most well-known of their eight children.
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Did Alexander Hamilton have a child with Angelica Schuyler?
Alexander Hamilton did not have a child with Angelica Schuyler. Alexander married Elizabeth Schuyler and they went on to have eight children. Angelica married John Barker Church and they had eight children.
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Was Angelica Schuyler Church in love with Alexander Hamilton?
There is no concrete evidence that would prove that Angelica Schuyler Church was in love with her brother-in-law Alexander Hamilton. They did exchange flirtatious letters and she did express her fondness for Hamilton, but there was never any proof that she was in love with him.
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Did Alexander Hamilton have an affair with Angelica Schuyler?
There have been rumors for many years regarding whether or not Alexander Hamilton had an affair with Angelica Schuyler. Their flirtatious correspondence with one another had people questioning whether they had an affair. However, there has never been concrete evidence proving whether an affair happened.
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Who are the children of Alexander Hamilton and Angelica Schuyler? - Quora
Alexander Hamilton married Eliza Schuyler. They had eight children: Philip, Angelica, Alexander, James, John, William, Eliza, and Philip (the first Philip had died by the time they n...
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Schuyler family - Wikipedia
July 1, 2025 - Maria Schuyler (1666–1742) m. Dr. Hendrick van Dyck (1665–1707) David Hendrick Van Dyke (1693–1763) m. Christina Ten Broeck (1694–1750), sister of Dirck Wesselse Ten Broeck (1638–1717) Arent Van Dyck (1700–?) m. Heyetie Van Dyck · Lydia Van Dyck (1704–1785) m. Cornelius Van Schaack (1705–1776) Cornelius Van Schaack Jr. (1734–1797) m. Angeltie (Angelica) Yates; brother of Peter van Schaack
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The Schuyler Sisters: Angelica, Eliza, and Peggy
May 12, 2025 - With the popularity of the Broadway ... overlooked by historians, left their own mark on the American Revolution. Elizabeth, Angelica, and Peggy were the three oldest children of Gen....
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In 1777, at the age of 21 Angelica eloped with Church and married him. She was afraid her father would not approve of the marriage because of his suspicions about Church’s past. In 1783, she and her family then consisting of the two parents and four children left for Europe and did not return until 1797.
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Angelica Schuyler Church Biography - Facts, Childhood, Family Life & Achievements
Angelica Schuyler Church had eight children with her husband John Barker Church.
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The Schuyler Sisters: Three Minds at Work | by Shain E. Thomas | Heroes of History | Medium
April 6, 2023 - The Schuyler Sisters: Angelica (1756–1814), Elizabeth “Eliza” (1757–1854), and Margarita “Peggy” (1758–1801)
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March 24, 2025 - She was the first daughter of Philip Schuyler and Catherine Van Rensselaer Schuyler, both of whom came from wealthy Dutch families. Angelica spent her childhood during the troubled years that led to the American Revolution and met many revolutionary leaders in her early years.
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Angelica Schuyler Church | Hamilton Wiki | Fandom
When Eliza met Alexander in 1780, ... married despite her father's disapproval. They had eight children together, five sons and three daughters....
Trinity Church
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Angelica Schuyler Church and Trinity | Trinity Church
August 27, 2024 - Angelica Schuyler Church served as sponsor for her niece and namesake. The child was baptized at Trinity Church Wall Street in October 1788. While her sister, Eliza Hamilton maintained a strong connection to Trinity Church, regularly bringing her children to Sunday services, not much is recorded ...
Virginia
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University of Virginia Library Online Exhibits | Muse and Confidante: the Angelica Schuyler Church Archive
Angelica Schuyler Church was born in 1756, the daughter of General Philip John Schuyler and Catharine van Rensselaer of Albany, New York. She was one of eight children. Her father, Philip Schuyler was a Major General in the Continental Army and an aide to General Rochambeau.
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Angelica Schuyler Church facts for kids
Angelica and John Barker Church had eight children: Philip Schuyler Church (1778–1861): He was a U.S. Army captain and helped Alexander Hamilton from 1798–1800 during a time of tension with France.
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Angelica Schuyler Family History & Historical Records - MyHeritage
... Angelica married John Barker Church. John was born on month day 1748, in birth place, New York. They had 8 children: Philip Schuyler Church, Catharine "Kitty" Cruger (born Church) and 6 other children.
Playhouse Square
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Getting to Know The Schuyler Sisters | Playhouse Square
Catherine Van Rensselaer Schuyler, the family’s matriarch, gave birth to a total of 15 children, although only eight survived childbirth. This is one of the few historical facts completely altered for the sake of the show.
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History in the Kitchen: The Schuyler Sisters & Pickled Cucumbers - Teaching History Her Way
August 1, 2020 - Together, the Catharine and Philip Schuyler had fifteen children, eight of whom survived until adulthood. The surviving daughters were Angelica, Elizabeth, Peggy, Cornelia, and Catharine....
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The Truth About Angelica Schuyler and Alexander Hamilton's Relationship
July 10, 2020 - The family was suspicious of Church, and discovered he was operating under the name John B. Carter—and left the U.K. under suspicious circumstances. The pair eloped against her family's wishes in 1777 and "the Schuylers were predictably incensed," Chernow noted. ... By the time Angelica locked eyes with Hamilton for the first time, she was already married and mother to the first two of her eight children.
Reddit
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r/hamiltonmusical on Reddit: The Three Levels of Being a Forgotten Schuyler Sibling
May 6, 2021 -
Philip Schuyler had 15 children, 8 of whom survived into adulthood. 3 of them are featured in the musical with varying levels of importance. 2 are central to the story while the other 6 are disregarded to different degrees.
Level 1: "And Peggy!"
Beyond The Schuyler Sisters and Helpless, Peggy is not actively mentioned in the show. The character appears in the choreography for these two songs as well as A Winter's Ball and Satisfied. After this she is not mentioned ever again in the musical, nor would her being mentioned have made a difference to the plot.
Level 2: Unmentioned Sisters
Everyone knows and loves Angelica, Eliza, and Peggy. They had two other sisters, however - Cornelia and Catherine Van Rensselaer Schuyler - who were not mentioned at all in the musical and were irrelevant to the plot Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton. No reference or mention is made at all of any other sisters at any point in the show and I only know them because I was looking up the real and saw more sisters listed for Eliza than just Angelica and Peggy.
Level 3: Completely Killed Off Brothers
"My father has no sons so I'm the one who has to social climb for one." This line was delivered by Angelica in Satisfied (and reminds us all of the unfair choices available to women in those days). In actual fact, he had 3 living sons: John Bradstreet, Philip Jeremiah and Rensselaer who were 15, 12, and 7 respectively at the time. Additionally, Angelica wasn't even an option for Alexander, since she had been married to John Barker Church since 1777.
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The show does Peggy an injustice. Not only do they barely mention her, but they completely changed her personality. Peggy was the most fun, outrageous one.
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Okay so Peggy was brilliant. (We visited the Schuyler House in Albany for only an afternoon in 2019, so if anyone knows better, please correct me.) She wanted to learn German, but engineering books were the only German texts that were in her father's library (maybe the best in upstate NY but still very limited). So she used those to teach herself German and managed to get into engineering too, and she would discuss bridge design and engineering solutions with dinner guests. I wish Lin had worked in something about her being a little STEM-nerdy. The sons were all kind of losers and didn't amount to much. Pretty common among privileged men of the era who had a lot to lose and nothing to prove. The tomahawk story is likely embellished, but there is a biggish chunk missing from the bannister on the ground floor. I think there's some disagreement about who was attacking and that white men may have used weapons and worn clothing stolen from the Seneca (I think?) to stir up the white folks and prevent truce/alliances between the white patriots and the tribal peoples of the Hudson Valley. Oh, one last thing: Catherine van Rensselaer Schuyler was a social powerhouse, and as matriarch in a Colonial Dutch family, she was the one who would have been the stone-faced decision maker when it came to her children's marriage matches, as fathers in Dutch culture at the time didn't understand the social power dynamics and the intricate dynastic moves that a marriage might require. Colonial Dutch matriarchs were charged with the duty of strengthening the family's social position and the duty of marrying off their children to the best people. Mrs. Schuyler —"Kitty" to close friends— might have given in to Eliza and Hamilton in part to keep control of the situation, as she probably didn't want a repeat of Angelica's elopement with "John Carter," who was a complete social blank to Mr and Mrs Schuyler when they ran off together. They were extremely upset and angry with Angelica because they didn't know anything about him, likely because he was operating under the "Carter" pseudonym. They accepted him only after they learned his name was John Church and that he was a smart, business-minded, and very wealthy merchant.
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New York State Museum
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Angelica Schuyler Church
Angelica Schuyler was born in February 1756. Christened "Engeltie," she was the first child born to the marriage of Philip and Catherine Van Rensselaer Schuyler. The eldest of fifteen children born over the next twenty-five years, she grew up in upper class homes in Albany and on the country ...