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Lydia
Van Dyck Van Schaack
Lydia Van Dyck was born in 1704. She was the last child born in the family of Albany physician Hendrick Van Dyck and his wife, Maria Schuyler. Her father drowned in 1707. After a decade more of living in Albany, her mother moved their family to Kinderhook.
Lydia
married Kinderhook trader and property holder Cornelis
Van Schaack in 1728. These Van Schaacks resided at
Kinderhook in a substantial homestead attended by
many servants. Important personages including Sir
William Johnson were guests at their home. Lydia
had seven children. Her son, Henry, became the Albany
postmaster. Her daughter, Jane, married Peter Silvester.
Lydia
lost her husband in 1776. Her sons were not supporters
of the crusade for American liberties - making the
war years even more difficult for the septuagenarian
widow. Lydia Van Dyck Van Schaack died in Kinderhook
in 1785.
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Sources: The life of Lydia Van Dyck Van Schaack is CAP biography
number 835. This profile is derived chiefly from
family and community-based resources.
By Stefan Bielinski, Colonial Albany Social History Project [http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany]
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