Biography of elizabeth schuyler hamilton

ELIZABETH SCHUYLER HAMILTON (1757-1854)

Born in Albany, New York, the daughter of General Philip Schuyler and his wife Catherine Van Rensselaer, Elizabeth Schuyler was raised in Albany’s most elegant mansion.

The Schuylers were one of the nation’s wealthiest families, and Elizabeth and her siblings grew up accustomed to finery and elite company.

In 1779, Tench Tilghman, met Elizabeth Schuyler and wrote the following description of her:

I was prepossessed in favor of the young Lady the moment I saw her.

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A Brunette with the most good natured lively dark eyes that I ever saw, which threw a beam of good temper and benevolence over her whole Countenance. Mr. Livingston informed me that I was not mistaken in my Conjecture that she was the finest tempered Girl in the World.[1]

Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804) met Elizabeth Schuyler soon thereafter, and the two were wed in December of 1780.

According to Hamilton’s biographer, writing in 1858, “The bride w