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Maria
Hansen Schuyler
Maria Hansen was born in 1697. She was the third child in the large family of Hendrick and Debora Van Dam Hansen. The following year, her father was appointed mayor of Albany.
In
1723, she was left an indemnity in a provision of
her father's will. In 1725, she married thirty-three-year-old
Albany baker and landholder David A. Schuyler. The
older marriage partners produced several children.
But only one offspring lived to maturity.
Like
both sets of parents, these Schuylers were Market
Street mainstays. She was the sister of mid-century
mayor Hans Hansen.
Maria
Hansen Schuyler died sometime after 1767 when she
and David Schuyler witnessed a land transaction.
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Sources: The life of Maria Hansen Schuyler is CAP biography
number 4957. This profile is derived chiefly from
family and community-based resources. Oddly, her
marriage to Schuyler was not recorded in the church
register until August 17, 1761!
By Stefan Bielinski, Colonial Albany Social History Project [http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany]
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