Peggy Schuyler

December 6, 2025 - Margarita "Peggy" Schuyler Van Rensselaer (September 24, 1758 – March 14, 1801) was the third daughter of Continental Army General Philip Schuyler. She was the wife of Stephen Van Rensselaer III, sister of Angelica Schuyler Church, Philip Jeremiah Schuyler, and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, ...

Albany and much of the Hudson River Valley was home several wealthy, land owning Dutch families. Margarita “Peggy” Schuyler was born to one such family, the third daughter of Philip Schuyler, a well-respected land owner in the midst of an illustrious military career who would become a prominent ...

Margarita (Peggy) Schuyler was born on September 24, 1758 in Albany, New York and died on March 14, 1801 in Albany, New York at the rather young age of 42.

Margarita Schuyler was born on September 24, 1758, to General Philip Schuyler and Catherine Van Rensselaer, and was referred to as Meggy or Peggy. The third of eleven children, Peggy and her two older sisters Angelica and Eliza were in close age and constant companions to each other, being ...

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Margarita Schuyler from A Godchild ... (Peggy) Schuyler Van Rensselaer (1758–1801) was a daughter of wealthy patriot Philip Schuyler and sister to Angelica and Elizabeth....

August 8, 2020 - Too late Catharine Schuyler realized to her horror that her youngest child, a baby also named Catherine, had been left asleep downstairs. Bravely - or impulsively - the third daughter, twenty-two-year-old Margarita (better known as Peggy) raced ...

June 19, 2020 - She might be the musical's most mysterious character—but Peggy Schuyler did plenty that didn't make it into 'Hamilton.'

February 20, 2025 - What do you even mean?? How would you even add more Peggy? They added her every time the Schuyler sisters said their names. She wasn't part of the revolution directly like Hamilton or the other male characters.

She was the wife of Stephen Van Rensselaer, sister of Angelica Schuyler Church, Philip Jeremiah Schuyler, and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, and sister-in-law of John Barker Church and Alexander Hamilton.

July 5, 2020 - The third of the Schuyler sisters had a reputation more in common with Angelica than Eliza, with contemporary accounts regarding her as a "wicked wit." Clever and politically minded, she was, according to one Hamilton confidant, considered a bit too opinionated and vocal for a woman of her time, but her sharp mind and verve made her the belle of many balls. Like Angelica before her, Peggy made a somewhat unconventional match, eloping with the well-to-do Stephen Van Rensselaer III when he was 19—she was just shy of 25.

Peggy was a mere 13 months younger than Eliza, who was only 18 months younger than Angelica. Their back-to-back births clearly made them playfellows and a tightknit trio. All visitors to their Albany mansion praised the vivacious and well-informed conversation among General Philip Schuyler’s “amiable, dark-eyed” daughters.

September 30, 2021 - Margaret "Peggy" Schuyler is a bit of a third wheel to her older sisters, Angelica and Eliza, in the Tony winning, Hamilton: An American Musical. She doesn't quite make it as far as Act II when the actress portraying her switches roles to play ...

August 13, 2020 - Born Margarita Schuyler to parents Philip and Catherine in 1758, the third born Schuyler daughter was always known as Peggy. Though Hamilton portrays Philip Schuyler as having no sons (and only three daughters), there were actually eight Schuyler ...

This past weekend, I enveloped myself in the stirring sounds of defiant hope, electrifying creativity, and tradition-be-damned audacity. To celebrate the birthday of Peggy Schuyler — whom I profile in my biographical novel Hamilton and Peggy! A Revolutionary Friendship — I went to a big-screen ...

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April 24, 2023 - Margarita (Peggy) Schuyler was born on September 24, 1758 in Albany New York. Peggy and her sisters, Angelica and Eliza, were all described as charming, educated, witty and beautiful.

July 16, 2020 - Portrayed by Jasmine Cephas Jones, Peggy Schuyler mostly stays in the background of Hamilton on Disney+. In fact, the character disappears in Act II, with the actress taking on a new role as Alexander Hamilton's mistress, Maria Reynolds.

Answer (1 of 2): Peggy Schuyler, younger sister of Angelica Schuyler Church and Elizabeth Schuyler, was killed by an unknown illness in 1799, also in Act ll of Hamilton. Fun fact: In Stay Alive Reprise, when Philip Schuyler dies, Eliza is arriving ...

Margaret “Peggy” Schuyler is a bit of a third wheel to her older sisters, Angelica and Eliza, in the Tony winning, Hamilton: An American Musical. She doesn’t quite make it as far as Act II when the actress portraying her switches roles ...