The duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton is a famous piece
of American history, which we are all taught in our history classes. Heretofore,
Burr has been painted as the fellow with the black hat and Hamilton with
the white hat. A recent work by one historian indicates that both hats
should actually be a bit grey.
The Edwards Family - including descedant Aaron
Burr and Edith Crowe, wife of Theodore Roosevelt and spouse Eli Whitney
The Hamilton Family - including descendant
Alexander Hamilton and spouse General Henry Wager Hallock.
The Schuyler Family - including General Philip
Schuyler and decendants Alexander Hamilton and Benjamin Silliman Church
The Trumbulls, three governors of Connecticut
and spouses William Williams, Signer and Revolutionary War General Jedediah
Huntington.
The Edwards Family
Descendants of William Edwards
1 William Edwards 1618 - 1680 .... +Agnes Harris
1604 - 1680 First
married to William Spencer, the matriarch of two American Families .... 2 Richard Edwards 1647 - 1718 .......... +Elizabeth Tuttle 1645 - 1687 ........... 3 Mary Edwards 1668 - 1718 ........... 3 Timothy Edwards 1669 - 1758 ................. +Esther Stoddard 1672 - 1771
Parents of Jonathan Edwards, Timothy was a well
known preacher in his own right. .................. 4 Esther Edwards 1695
- 1766 ........................ +Samuel Hopkins 1693
- 1755 ........................ 5 Hannah Hopkins
1740 - .............................. +John Worthington
1740 - ............................... 6 Hannah
Worthington 1758 - ..................................... +Thomas
Dwight 1758 - 1819 .................. 4 Elizabeth Edwards
1697 - 1733 ........................ +Jabez Huntington 1691
- 1752 ........................ 5 Elizabeth Huntington
1725 - 1773 .............................. +Abraham Davenport
1715 - ............................... 6 Elizabeth
Davenport 1756 - ..................................... +James
Cogswell 1746 - ........................ 5 Sarah Ann Huntington
1727 - 1784 ........................ 5 Tryphena Huntington
1729 - 1745 ........................ 5 Jerusha Huntington
1731 - 1823 .................. 4 Ann Edwards 1699
- 1790 ........................ +John Ellsworth 1697
- 1784 .................. 4 Mary Edwards 1701
- 1776 .................. 4 Jonathan
Edwards 1703 - 1758
Preacher who gained fame for starting the Great
Awakening, then lost his job because of it! ........................ +Sarah Pierpont 1710
- 1758 ........................ 5 Sarah Edwards
1728 - 1805 .............................. +Elihu Parsons
1728 - 1785 ........................ 5 Jerusha Edwards
1730 - 1778 .............................. +John Welles
1730 - 1764 ........................ 5 Esther Edwards
1732 - 1758 .............................. +Aaron Burr,
Sr. 1716 - 1757 ............................... 6 Sarah
Burr 1754 - 1797 ..................................... +Tapping
Reeve 1744 - 1823
Born on Long Island, Tapping
Reeve was a neighbor of our Long Island ancestors. Judge of the superior
court of Connecticut, 1798–1814; chief justice of the supreme court, 1814,
and a Federalist representative in the state legislature for several years.
Aaron Burr, lost presidency
to Jefferson by one vote, served as vice-president to Jefferson (back then
the second place finisher was V-P). Killed Hamilton in a duel. Later accused
of treason, apparently for efforts to populate the west. One current historian
suggests his efforts were no different in purpose or scope than those later
of Stephen Austin (the founder of Texas), and the suggestion of treason
was due to hyper-sensitivity of the times, along with Manifest Destiny
was not yet a concept that dominated American culture.
Beloved daughter of Aaron Burr.
A current historian believes the duel was sparked by a remark that Alexander
Hamilton made that suggested that Aaron Burr's relationship with his daughter
was so close, that it suggested an incestuous relationship.
Timothy Dwight was graduated
at Harvard in 1778, was a state representative, 1794-95, a state senator,
1796-1803, and again in 1813; a member of the executive council, 1808-09;
and a representative in the 8th U.S. congress, 1803-05. He was a trustee
of William college, 1809-17.
Timothy Edwards is one of the
conspicuous figures in Edward Bellamy's Novel "The Duke of Stockbridge."
He was the oldest son left, at age 20, to care for his siblings when his
parents died. He also was Aaron Burr's foster parent, as Aaron Burr's parents
had died when he was 2. He was Aaron Burr's uncle.
Inventor of the cotton gin,
progenitor of the Industrial Revolution. Eli Whitney was first cousin
to Abigail (Whitney) Bruce, who, in turn, was grandmother of our Kansas
Pioneer Eleanor Serepta Fisher
1 James Hamilton 1739 - .. +Rachel Faucett Lavien 1739 - 1769 .... 2 Alexander
Hamilton 1757 - 1804
One of George Washington's stalwart cabinet officers,
pushed for big government. Had a dramatic impact on the direction of our government
in the early years of our new Constitution. Killed by Aaron Burr in a duel.
Hamilton's illicit love affair had been uncovered before this, as well
as accusations that he had benefited from the dealings in war pensions.
His political career virtually in shambles, his life was further thrown
into chaos by the death of his son in a duel a year earlier. The actual
statement that Hamilton had made (apparently in a private party or speech)
that infuriated Burr is not clearly known, but one historian speculates
that Hamilton accused Burr of having an incestuous relationship with his
daughter, Theodosia; which would naturally infuriate Burr, leading to Burr's
challenge.
........ +Elizabeth Schuyler 1757 - 1854
Daughter
of Revolutionary War General Philip Schuyler
........... 3 Philip (1) Hamilton 1782
- 1801 ........... 3 Alexander Hamilton, Jr.
1786 - 1875 ........... 3 James Alexander Hamilton
1788 - 1878 ........... 3 John Church Hamilton 1792
- 1882 ............... +Maria Eliza Van den Heuvel
1804 - .................. 4 Schuyler Hamilton
1822 - 1903 .................. 4 Elizabeth Hamilton
1831 - 1887 ...................... +Henry
Wager Halleck, General 1814 - 1872 ........................ 5 Henry Wager
Halleck, Jr. 1857 - 1882 .................. *2nd Husband of Elizabeth
Hamilton: ...................... +George Washington Cullum,
Major General 1831 - ........... 3 William Steven Hamilton
1797 - 1850 ........... 3 Philip Hamilton 1802 - 1884
1 Philip Pieterse Schuyler 1628 -
1683 .... +Margarita Van Slichtenhorst 1640 - .... 2 Johannes Wendell Schuyler 1670
- .......... +Elizabeth Sloats 1670 - ........... 3 Johannes Schuyler 1700 - ................. +Cornelia Van Cortlandt 1700
- .................. 4 Philip
John Schuyler 1733 - 1804
Schuyler, Philip John (1733-1804), American Revolution
soldier and statesman, and father-in-law of Alexander Hamilton. He was
born in Albany, New York. A wealthy landowner, he served with distinction
in the French and Indian War, and in 1768 was made a member of the Colonial
Assembly. In 1775, at the outbreak of the American Revolution, Schuyler
was elected a delegate to the Continental Congress, which appointed him
a major general in the Continental Army.
........................ +Catrina Rensselaer 1737
- 1803 ........................ 5 Engeltie Schuyler
1756 - ........................ 5 Elizabeth Schuyler
1757 - 1854 .............................. +Alexander
Hamilton 1757 - 1804 ............................... 6 Philip
(1) Hamilton 1782 - 1801 ............................... 6 Alexander
Hamilton, Jr. 1786 - 1875 ............................... 6 James
Alexander Hamilton 1788 - 1878 ............................... 6 John
Church Hamilton 1792 - 1882 ..................................... +Maria
Eliza Van den Heuvel 1804 - ...................................... 7
Schuyler Hamilton 1822 - 1903 ...................................... 7
Elizabeth Hamilton 1831 - 1887 ............................................
+Henry Wager Halleck, General 1814
- 1872 ............................................ 8
Henry Wager Halleck, Jr. 1857 - 1882 ...................................... *2nd
Husband of Elizabeth Hamilton: ............................................
+George Washington Cullum, Major General 1831 - ............................... 6 William
Steven Hamilton 1797 - 1850 ............................... 6 Philip
Hamilton 1802 - 1884 ........................ 5 Margarita Schuyler
1758 - .............................. +Stephen Van
Rensselaer 1758 - ........................ 5 Cornelia Schuyler
1761 - ........................ 5 John Bradstreet
Schuyler 1763 - 1795 ........................ 5 Angelica Schuyler
1764 - .............................. +John B. Church
1756 - ............................... 6 Church
1795 - ...................................... 7
John B. Church 1815 - ............................................
+Maria Trumbull Silliman 1815 -
Daughter of Prof. Benjamin Silliman
of Yale, and granddaughter of Jonathan Trumbull
............................................ 8
Benjamin
Silliman Church 1836 -
Benjamin S. Church was graduated
at the Chandler school of science and the arts, Dartmouth college, in 1856,
and entered upon the profession of civil engineering. He was employed for
a time on the New Haven railroad, then in making the original topographical
survey of Central park, and later was appointed topographical engineer
of the hydrographic survey of the Croton river and basin. He was afterward
placed in charge of the Croton aqueduct as resident engineer. This position
he held continuously until 1883 when he was appointed chief engineer designing
and constructing the new aqueduct of New York city. Excepting for a short
period during the civil war, when in the army as captain in the 12th New
York regiment, and as topographical engineer in the army of the Potomac,
he was connected with the water supply of New York until 1889. He received
the degree of M.S. from Dartmouth college in 1884.
