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He married, at the bride's residence, No. 25 No. Pearl street, Albany, Bishop Horatio Potter, of St. Peter's Episcopal Church, of- ficiating, February 1, 1854, Laura Reynolds. She was born in Albany, November 22, 1830, and was residing in her home there, No. 98 Columbia street, in 1910. Her father was Marcus Tullius Reynolds, born at Minaville,
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Montgomery county, New York, December 29, 1788, died at 25 No. Pearl street, Albany, July 11, 1864, who married, May 6, 1823, at Albany, Elizabeth Ann Dexter, born Albany, March 24, 1797, died 7 Park Place, Albany, August 30, 1840.
Children: 1. William Bayard, born at Al- bany, October 4, 1856, died at Albany, Sep- tember 25, 1909, married, at Cambridge, Mas- sachusetts, November 3, 1880, Louisa Green- ough Lane; and Howard, born at Albany, June 26, 1858, residing there in 1910, (see forward).
(VIII) William Bayard Van Rensselaer, oldest son of Bayard Van Rensselaer and Laura Reynolds, was born in Albany, New York, October 4, 1856, and died in Albany, September 25, 1909.
He was a direct lineal descendant of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, of Amsterdam, Holland, and had not the laws of New York prohibited the entailing of property, he would have been the IIth Patroon, and owner of the Rensselaers- wyck property.
In early boyhood, after returning from Europe, where he had been taken by his par- ents, went for a while to the Albany Boys' Academy. A little later he was sent to a private boarding-school at Catskill, where he spent two years, or until 1869, when a boy of thirteen, he went to St. Paul's School at Concord, New Hampshire, where he remained for six years, entering Harvard as a freshman in 1875. He was a graduate of the class of 1879 and then attended the Harvard Law School. At school, college and the Law School he was prominently identified with all the leading societies and clubs. After leaving the law school he entered the office of M. T. & L. G. Hun, in Albany, and was admitted to the bar in the fall of 1882, opening an office at No. 25 No. Pearl street. Active duties of a general counselor were to some extent set aside in 1881. by Mr. Van Rensselaer's ap- pointment as the one most suitable person to have full charge of the Van Rensselaer estate. His knowledge of the laws governing real es- tate and his conservative judgment were a guarantee of most capable management. In the fall of 1885, following his suggestion, the many heirs of the late General Stephen Van Rensselaer conveyed their interest in the Al- bany property to the Van Rensselaer Land Company, and he was made treasurer, which office he continued to hold until his death.
Mr. Van Rensselaer became a director of the New York State National Bank in 1885, and was made its vice-president in 1900. He was elected a trustee of the Albany Savings Bank in 1883, vice-president in 1897. His
grandfather, General Stephen Van Rensselaer, had been the first president of this bank when chartered, March 25, 1820. As chairman of the building committee he devoted untiring energy to the erection of the handsome, new edifice which was opened April 25, 1899. On August 15, 1900, about a month after the death of J. Howard King, he was elected the bank's president, and was its chief executive through a term of years the most successful in its long and remarkable history.
In 1901 he was chosen chairman of the ex- ecutive committee of the Savings Banks As- sociation of the State of New York, and on May 12, 1904, was elected president of that body because of his widely recognized ability and conservatism.
In 1893 he organized the Albany Terminal Warehouse Company, and a large building was erected on the Van Rensselaer property in the north part of the city, part of which was used as a bonded warehouse. He was a director of the Cohoes Company, incorporated in 1823, by his grandfather, which supplies all the factories of Cohoes, New York, with their water power. On organization of the Union Trust Company, he was made its vice- president, and he was also a trustee for nu- merous estates, giving close attention to their careful management.
Among various appointments in rendering public service was his appointment by Gover- nor Morton on the Albany Bi-Centennial Cel- ebration Committee, and he was named by Governor Hughes one of the State's represen- tatives on the Hudson-Fulton Commission in 1909.
He was one of the organizers and charter members of the Fort Orange Club of Albany, a member of the Albany Country Club and of the Albany Institute and Historical and Art Society ; also a member of the Holland So- ciety, Reform Club and University Club of New York City. He was on the board of trustees of the New York State Normal Col- lege and of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti- tute, also one of the officers of the Albany Chamber of Commerce.
In politics Mr. Van Rensselaer was a Re- publican, but at times asserted his indepen- dence. Though repeatedly urged to accept, yet he never sought or held political office. As a thoughtful man was, however, much in- terested in governmental affairs. To the ad- vancement of the Cathedral of All Saints, as one of the chapter, he gave his best endeavor, promoting the work of securing the new and handsome edifice. He traveled extensively, going abroad a number of summers, and in the winter season entertained with great fre-
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quency at his home, No. 385 State street, all distinguished visitors coming to Albany, being met at his table. His house is furnished with many of the articles once belonging to his ancestors.
Mr. Van Rensselaer married, at Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 3, 1880, Louisa Greenough Lane. She was born at Cam- bridge, November 21, 1860, and still lives, re- siding in Albany. Her father was Professor George Martin Lane, of Harvard University, born in Charleston, December 24, 1826, died in Cambridge, June 30, 1897, son of Martin Lane and Lucretia Swan. Her mother was Frances Eliza Gardiner, born at Shelter Isl- and, New York, July 31, 1828; died in Cam- bridge, August 31, 1876, daughter of Samuel G. Gardiner, and Mary Catherine L'Homme- dieu.
(VIII) Howard Van Rensselaer, M.D., son of Bayard Van Rensselaer and Laura Rey- nolds, was born at No. 98 Columbia street, Albany, New York, June 26, 1858.
Before he was a year old he was taken abroad by his parents, returning in 1859, on the death of his father, when he was but nine months old. He was placed in the State Normal School at Albany to learn the ele- mentary branches, and later changed to the Albany Boys' Academy. Remaining there a short time, he was sent to Miss Gaylord's pri- vate boarding-school at Catskill, New York, noted for its excellent moral training. When twelve years old he entered St. Paul's School at Concord, New Hampshire, where he pur- sued his literary studies with especial diligence, and was made an editor of The Horae. While here he was an enthusiastic athlete. He es- tablished the one, and three-mile walking rec- ords, which still remain unbeaten. He was stroke oar on the successful crew ; was on the first eleven of the cricket club, and was presi- dent of the Athletic Association. At the age of eighteen he entered Yale, taking the Shef- field Scientific course preparatory to the study of medicine, and graduating in 1881 with the degree of Ph.B. He was also a student of the Yale Art School, took a literary prize, and was a member of the Berzelius Society, the oldest scientific society in this country.
After his graduation from Yale, he imme- diately entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City, then under Drs. Clark, Sands and Dalton, graduating in 1884. During this period of three years he attended all the courses of lectures and read with avid- ity in every spare moment. He was made the interne at the Chambers Street Hospi- tal, where he gained practical knowledge of medical science. After that he passed the
severe competitive examination which entitled him to the position so much to be desired by the aspiring student of medicine, of house physician at the New York Hospital, for a service of eighteen months.
While still studying in New York, he enter- tained the idea of visiting Europe with a view of studying disease in its various forms and symptoms and the modes of treatment adopted by the celebrated physicians. He crossed to Germany in January, 1887, and visited all the great hospitals of Europe, excepting those of Spain, studying in the large ones in Berlin, Paris, Vienna, Munich, London and Edin- burgh. Two years were thus spent, and at intervals he made side trips as opportunity opened, seeing sights in the old world from the North Cape to Constantinople and Greece. He returned from abroad in Febru- ary, 1889, and opened an office in his native city. He was at once appointed visiting phy- sician to St. Peter's Hospital, and the dis- pensary of the Child's Hospital. In the fall of 1889 he was appointed instructor of ner- vous diseases and diseases of the chest at the Albany Medical College of Union Univer- sity. In December, 1889, he was given the- position of attending physician to the Hospi- tal for Incurables, and in January, 1890, was elected visiting physician to the Home of the- Friendless. In June of the same year he- was called to the position of lecturer on ma- teria medica at the Albany Medical College. In 1892 he was advanced to the position of associate professor of materia medica. In 1894 he was elected full professor of materia medica and therapeutics, and associated pro- fessor of the practice of medicine, positions. which he still holds.
He is a member of the Medical Society of Albany County ; the New York State Medical Society ; and is vice-president of the American Therapeutic Society ; also, of the Fort Orange, Albany Country and Albany Camera Clubs, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Albany Institute and Historical and Art Society, and likewise of the Calumet Club of New York City. He was a prime mover in establishing the Country Club, and has been for many years its president.
Dr. Van Rensselaer has written a number of notable scientific papers, which have been published and widely read. He was editor of the Albany Medical Annals for six years. He is a medical examiner of several promi- nent life insurance companies, and gives his services as the attending physician of four Albany hospitals and two charitable institu- tions. He has been for several years presi- dent of the Albany Boys' Club.
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Besides his visits to Europe, he has traveled extensively on the American continent, tour- ing the Rocky Mountain and Yellowstone re- gions, Cuba, the Bahamas and Mexico. In 1909 he labored assiduously to establish a Red Cross Hospital for Consumptives, and raised single-handed the fund which covered the erection of the original buildings, the large area of land for the site of which he con- tributed. It has grown to be one of the most appreciated institutions in the city, and as a department of the Albany Hospital, which it became, will endure as a valued testimonial to his efforts for his fellow-citizens. He holds the position of medical director for this in- stitution.
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Nathaniel Thayer, banker, of Boston, Mas- sachusetts, was born at Lancaster, Massachu- setts, September 11, 1808, and died at Bos- ton, March 7, 1883. He was the son of Nath- aniel Thayer, D.D., (Harvard, 1789), and Sarah Toppan.
Nathaniel Thayer married, at Albany, New York, June 10, 1846, Cornelia Paterson Van Rensselaer, who was born in the Manor House at Albany, January 24, 1823 ; died at Boston, Massachusetts, Marchi 4, 1897, and was daughter of Hon. Stephen Van Rensselaer and Harriet Elizabeth Bayard, who were married in New York City, January 2, 1817.
1. Stephen Van Rensselaer Thayer, son of Nathaniel Thayer and Cornelia Paterson Van Rensselaer, was born at Boston, Massachu- setts, August 2, 1847, and died at Boston, Oc- tober 10, 1871. He married, at Boston, No- vember 2, 1870, Alice Robeson, who was born at Newport, Rhode Island, September 23, 1849, and was daughter of Andrew Robeson and Mary Arnold Allen, of Providence, Rhode Island.
Andrew Robeson was born at New Bed- ford, Massachusetts, October 14, 1811; mar- ried, at Providence, Rhode Island, March 2, 1843; died at Tiverton, Rhode Island, July 23, 1874, and was son of Andrew Robeson and Anna Rodman. Mary Arnold Allen was born at Providence, Rhode Island, September .9, 1819; died at Isleborough, Maine, July 25, 1903, and was daughter of Zachariah Allen and Eliza Harriet Arnold.
To Stephen Van Rensselaer Thayer and Alice Robeson was born, at Tiverton, Rhode Island, July 15, 1871, Stephen Van Rensselaer Thayer, Jr., who died at Vichy, France, June 24, 1907. He married, at Niagara Falls, New York, June 5, 1895, Julia Mathews Porter, who was born at Niagara Falls, March 6, 1871 and was daughter of Augustus Porter and Julia Granger Jeffries. Children : Alice, born
at Paris, France, June 1I, 1896; Julia, born at Boston, Massachusetts, December 1, 1899; Mary Allen, born at Boston, June 7, 1901.
2. Cornelia Van Rensselaer Thayer, daugh- ter of Nathaniel Thayer and Cornelia Pater- son Van Rensselaer, was born in Boston, Mas- sachusetts, October 23, 1849, and died at her home, No. 23 Park avenue, New York City, July 19. 1903. She was a woman of most estimable qualities. She married, at Boston, Massachusetts, November 24, 1868, Hon. James Hampden Robb.
Mr. Robb was born in Philadelphia, Penn- sylvania, October 27, 1846. His father was James Robb, born in Brownsville, Pennsyl- vania, April 2, 1814 ; died at Hampden place, near Cincinnati, Ohio, July 30, 1881, who married June 14, 1836, Louisa Werninger, born at Morgantown, Virginia, May 15, 1808, died at New Orleans, October 13, 1855. She was the daughter of Augustus Werninger (or Weningerode) and Charlotte Matilda Van Swearingen, the latter a direct descendant of Garritt Van Swearingen, the Dutch Represen- tative and Pieter Stuyvesant's lieutenant for the Dutch Colony on the Delaware river.
Mr. Robb received his education at a school in Europe, and afterwards at Mr. Churchill's well-known military school at Sing Sing, New York; later at Harvard University. After leaving Cambridge he was associated in busi- ness in New York City with his father and the late Edward King. He has always been a Democrat, and as such was elected a mem- ber of assembly in 1882 from his New York district. He also served as state senator in 1884 and 1885. He was a delegate to the Democratic national convention held in St. Louis in 1888. He was appointed a park com- missioner for New York City, and was presi- dent of the Park Board, serving from 1887- 1890. He was also a commissioner on the first State Board of Commissioners of the Ni- agara State Reservation, and its first secre- tary and treasurer. He had served in the Na- tional Guard of New York State, and was adjutant-general of the First Brigade. In 1887 President Cleveland offered him the of- fice of assistant secretary of state ; but he was obliged to decline the appointment, owing to other engagements. ITis city residence was at No. 23 Park avenue, and his country home was located at Southampton, Long Island. He died in New York, N. Y., January 21, 191I.
Children: (a) Nathaniel Thayer Robb, born in New York, New York, July 5, 1870; married, New York, November 26, 1895, Frances Beatrix Henderson, born in New York City, October 18, 1875, daughter of Charles R. Henderson and Jennie North; by
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whom, born in New York City: Janet Hen- derson, September 7, 1896; James Hampden, December 22, 1898; Cornelia Van Rensselaer, March 5, 1904. (b) Cornelia Van Rensselaer, born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, September II, 1874. (c) Louisa, born in New York City, January 5, 1877; married, New York City, April 8, 1896, Goodhue Livingston, architect, born in New York City, February 23, 1867, son of Robert Livingston and Susan De Peyster ; by whom: Goodhue, Jr., born in New York City, March 30, 1897; Cornelia Thayer, born in New York City, November 20, 1903. (d) Harriet Bayard, born in Lan- caster, Massachusetts, August 22, 1822, died in New York, N. Y., December 27, 1910.
3. Nathaniel Thayer, Jr., son of Nathaniel Thayer and Cornelia Patterson Van Rensse- laer, was born at Boston, Massachusetts, June 13, 1851. He was a banker of Boston, resid- ing in 1910 at Lancaster, Massachusetts, and with a summer home at Newport, Rhode Island.
He married (first), at Baltimore, Maryland, February 1, 1881, Cornelia Street Barroll, who died at Boston, February 18, 1885, daughter of Benjamin C. Barroll and Sarah Street. He married (second), at Boston, June 11, 1887, Pauline Revere, who was born at Quincy, Massachusetts, February 19, 1862, and was daughter of Paul Joseph Revere and Lucretia W. Lunt. Children: (a) Cornelia Van Rensselaer (Thayer), born at Boston, December 6, 1881 ; married, Lancaster, Mas- sachusetts, July 29, 1907, Count Carl Moltke ; by whom: Carl Adam Nathaniel, born at Co- penhagen, Denmark, September 13, 1908. (b) Anna Morton (Thayer), born at Boston, May 29, 1883; married at Lancaster, Massachu- setts, June, 1904, William S. Patten, son of Joseph H. Patten and Elizabeth G. Boit; by whom: Anna Thayer, born at Wellesley, March 29, 1905; Jane Hunnewell, born there, May 8, 1906; William S., Jr., born there, Nov. 29. 1909. (c) Sarah Barroll (Thayer), born at Boston, February 18, 1885.
4. Harriet Thayer, daughter of Nathaniel Thayer and Cornelia Paterson Van Rensse- laer, was born at Boston, Massachusetts, Feb- ruary 6, 1853, and died at Dublin, New Hampshire, September 16, 1891.
She married, at Boston, October 11, 1883, John Forrester Andrew, born at Hingham, Massachusetts, November 26, 1850, died at Boston, May 30, 1895, son of John Albion Andrew and Eliza J. Hersey. Children : (a) Cornelia Thayer, born at Boston, Massachu- setts, November 19, 1884; married, at Bos- ton, April 5, 1904, John Dudley Clark ; by whom, John Dudley, born at Boston, Decem-
ber 30, 1904; Forrester Andrew, born at Bos- ton, February 20, 1906; Cornelia Andrew, born at Sherborn, Massachusetts, April II, 1907; George Oliver, born at Boston, March 15, 1909; Nathaniel Thayer, born at Boston, December 8, 1910. (b) Elizabeth Thayer, born at Boston, Massachusetts, April 9, 1886; married, at Hingham, Massachusetts, July 15, 1905, Charles Ellis Mason; by whom : Har- riet, born at Hingham, May 26, 1907 ; Chiarles Ellis, born at Boston, October 5, 1908.
5. Eugene Van Rensselaer Thayer, son of Nathaniel Thayer and Cornelia Paterson Van Rensselaer, was born at Boston, Massachu- setts. December 27, 1855, and died at Boston, December 20, 1907.
He married at Boston, December 21, 1880, Susan Spring, born at Lexington, Massachu- setts, August 29, 1854, daughter of Isaac Hastings Spring and Susan M. Phinney. Children : (a) Eugene Van Rensselaer (Thayer) Jr., born at Boston, Massachusetts, September 27, 1881 ; married, Newport, Rhode Island, September 3, 1903, Gladys Brooks, born at New York, New York, February I, 1882, daughter of Mortimer Brooks and Jose- phine Higgins, of New York City. (b) Kath- arine Spring (Thayer), born at Boston, Mass., November 2, 1882 ; married, at Lancas- ter, Massachusetts, June I, 1904, Howland Russell, born at Milton, Massachusetts, Janu- ary 27, 1872, son of Henry Sturgis Russell and Mary Forbes; by whom: Henry Sturgis Russell, born at Hyde Park, Massachusetts, February 24, 1905. (c) Susan (Thayer), born at Boston, Massachusetts, October 1, 1885. (d) Rosamond (Thayer), born at Boston, Massachusetts, January 8, 1891 ; died Novem- ber 25, 1891.
6. John Eliot Thayer, son of Nathanial Thayer and Cornelia Paterson Van Rensse- laer, was born at Boston, Massachusetts, April 3, 1862; ornithologist; residing in Lancaster, Massachusetts, in 1910.
He married, at Clinton, Massachusetts, June 22, 1886, Evelyn Duncan Forbes, born at Clinton, Massachusetts, September 22, 1862, daughter of Franklin Forbes and Martha Anne Stearns Cushing. Children: (a) John Eliot Thayer, Jr., born August 19, 1887; (b) Evelyn Thayer, born August 1, 1888; (c) Nora Forbes Thayer, born September 6, 1889; (d) Natalie Thayer, born May 24, 1894; (e) Duncan Forbes Thayer, born February 14, 1900. The first three were born in Lancaster, Massachusetts; the last in Boston, Massachu- setts.
7. Bayard Thayer, son of Nathaniel Thayer and Cornelia Paterson Van Rensselaer, was born at Boston, Massachusetts, April 3, 1862 ;
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residing in Lancaster, Massachusetts, in 1910.
He married, at Yarmouthport, Massachu- setts, September 1, 1896, Ruth Simpkins, born at Brooklyn, New York, November 19, 1864, daughter of John Simpkins and Ruth Barker Sears. Children: (a) Ruth Thayer, born at Yarmouthport, Massachusetts, September 28, 1897; (b) Nathaniel Thayer (2), born No- vember 14, 1898; (c) Constance Van Rens- selaer Thayer, born, December 20, 1900; (d) Mabel Bayard Thayer, born April 6. 1908. The three last named were born in Boston, Massachusetts.
CUYLER REYNOLDS.
The family name of Schuy- SCHUYLER ler was originally "van Schuyler," when coming to this country, and by it was meant one resid- ing in a place of shelter, from the Dutch "schuiler," a hider ; or "schuil," a shelter ; and possibly also from the German word "schu- ler," a scholar, the intention being to signify a family of education, or scholarly. The pro- genitor of the family in America commonly wrote his name "Philip Pieterse," excepting when he signed contracts, deeds, or other im- portant documents, when he added "Schuij- ler," which could also be expressed by writing it "Schuyler" by placing the two small marks over the letter "y." After the year 1667 he usually wrote his name in full; but after 1672 he had dropped the name "Pieterse," signify- ing that Peter was his father as one might now drop the "Junior" after the death of a father, and he signed his will "Philip Schuij- ler." In the early family records he wrote the names of seven of his children with the pre- fix "van." Thus one traces the transition, with its definite reasons, to the present form.
The Schuyler Arms: Shield : Argent, a sin- ister cubit arm, vested azure, cuffed or, hold- ing on the hand a falcon proper, beaked and membered of the third, hooded gules. Crest : A falcon as in shield. Motto: Semper fidelis.
Two brothers of the name of Schuyler, David and Philip, were among the earliest settlers of Beverswyck who came to this coun- try from Holland, and it is from them all of the name in America have proceeded, which for the first century and a half after their arrival was distinctively an Albany name. Un- fortunately, by the year 1900 it became ex- tinct in that city but was still held in highest respect in memory. There were many of them who attained high distinction, especially in military valor, in governmental affairs, and as owners of very large estates. Five of the name were mayors in Albany, and hardly a more illustrious name appears in American
history than that of General Philip Schuyler,. of the Revolution.
(I) Colonel Philip Pieterse Schuyler was. the son of Pieter Schuyler, of Amsterdam, Holland. He was the better known of the two brothers who settled in New Netherland,- and is recognized as the head of the family in America, or progenitor of the Schuyler family.
He purchased the property four miles north of Albany, on the public highway to Saratoga,. which has been the home of the Schuyler fam- ily to this day. The original house on this- bouwerie was the residence of Arent Van Cur- ler, a cousin of the first Patroon, Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, who came with the colonists to Rensselaerswyck in 1630. He had married in 1643, and on his return his.
from bridal journey to Holland settled on his farm, known as The Flatts, even as at present it is styled. After him it was owned by Richard Van Rensselaer, a son of the Patroon, who relinquished it when he returned to live in Holland. The entry in the account-book of the Van Rensselaer estate reads: "Debit : Philip Schuyler, for the Bouwery called de Vlachte (The Flatts) and the Island, sold to. him for 700 beavers and 1,600 florins Holland money, together 8,000 florins. Contra : Credit, a bill of Exchange drawn on Jan Baptist Van Rensselaer, calculated at 2,400 florins ; 650 whole Beavers; 5,200 do .; 50 do .; 400 do .; total 8,000 florins." The county clerk's rec- ords show : "Jeremias Van Rensselaer in his life time That is to say on the two and twen- tieth day of June in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand six hundred seventy, and two for an in consideration of the sum of five thousand Holland guilders to him in hand paid did grant Bargain and sell unto the said Philip Schuyler his heirs and assigns for ever all that farm Tract and parcell of Land com- monly called The Flatts as also one Island over against said flatts commonly called the great Island of the flatts situate on the west side of Hudson river in the Colony of Rens- selaerswyck in the like manner as the said farm heretofore has been occupied and en- joyed by Mr. Richard van Rensselaer."
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