Sara
Cuyler
Sara Cuyler was born in 1693, the daughter of Albany trader Johannes Cuyler and Elsie Ten Broeck - the daughter of Dirck Wesselse. This Albany native grew up a member of a large family living on Pearl Street.
As
her family's fifth daughter, she waited until she
was almost thirty to marry twenty-eight-year-old
Johannes "Hans" Hansen in 1723. He was an Albany merchant, trader, and landholder. The first of their eight children was born later that year.
Their
marriage lasted thirty-three years. Sara presided
over the family home while her husband devoted more
time to civic matters - culminating in his appointment
as mayor of Albany in 1731 and again in 1754. She
was a pewholder in the Albany Dutch Church.
Hans
Hansen died at the end of 1756. His will made Sara
sole heir and co-executor of his estate. She lived
on in her "good house" on Pearl Street with her sons for more than a decade.
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Notes: The
life of Sara Cuyler Hansen is CAP biography number
610. This profile is derived chiefly from community-based
resources. We seek information on her passing!
By Stefan Bielinski, Colonial Albany Social History Project [http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany]
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