Cornelis Cuyler

Cornelis Cuyler or Cornelius Cuyler (baptized February 14, 1697 – March 14, 1765)

Early life and family

Cuyler was born in 1697 and baptized in the New York City Dutch Church in the then Province of New York of British America. He was the oldest surviving son of twelve children born to Albany Mayor Johannes Cuyler (1661–1740) and Elsje (née Ten Broeck) Cuyler (d. 1752). His father was an admitted freeman of New York City and served for 22 years as a Commissioner of Indian Affairs. His siblings included Anna Cuyler (who married Anthony Van Schaick), Christina Cuyler, Hendrick Cuyler (who died unmarried), Sara Cuyler (who married Mayor Johannes Hansen), Elsie Cuyler (who married Hendrick Johannes Rosenboom), Johannes Cuyler (who married Catherine Glen, daughter of Johannes Jacob Glen), Maria Cuyler (who married Cornelius Cuyler Ten Broeck, son of Wessel Ten Broeck), and Elizabeth Cuyler (who married Jacob Sanders Glen and were the parents of Henry Glen). His maternal grandparents were Albany Mayor Dirck Wesselse Ten Broeck and Christyna (née Van Buren) Ten Broeck.

Career Following his father, he became a prominent fur trader. She was the daughter of Johannes Schuyler (1668–1747), of the prominent Schuyler family, and Elizabeth Staats (1647–1737). She was also the sister of Johannes Schuyler, Jr., making her aunt to Gen. Philip Schuyler, as well as the niece of Pieter and Arent Schuyler. Together, Cornelius and Catharina were the parents of eleven children, including:

Johannes Cuyler (1729–1749) Elizabeth Cuyler (1731–1815), who married Jacobus Van Cortlandt (1726–1781), son of Frederick Van Cortlandt, grandson of Jacobus Van Cortlandt and first cousin of James and John Jay, in 1752. of Newport, in 1757. He was also a fur trader. Hendrick "Henry" Cuyler (1735–1803), who married Catharina Lydius (1743–1818), daughter of John Henry Lydius (1704–1791), in 1767. Elsje "Elsie" Cuyler (1737–1761), Margarita Cuyler (1738–1802), who married Isaac Low (1735–1791), a prominent merchant, in 1760. Cornelius Cuyler (1740–1819), who married Anne Wendell in 1763, Abraham Cornelius Cuyler (1742–1810), who married Jannetje "Janet" Glen, who was sister to Henry Glen (1739–1814), in 1764.

Through his son Abraham, he was the grandfather of Jacob Glen Cuyler (1773–1854), who became a British army officer who was instrumental getting the 1820 Settlers to South Africa.