| Birth: | Aug. 9, 1757
Albany
Albany County
New York, USA | | Death: | Nov. 9, 1854
Washington
District of Columbia
District Of Columbia, USA | 
Wife of Alexander Hamilton. She was the daughter of Revoluntionary War Continental General Philip Schuyler and sister to Angelica Schuyler Church. She was the mother of eight children, including Philip Hamilton, who died in a duel at Weehauken on the same field on which her husband would later lose his life. She was a remarkable woman, outliving her husband by fifty years and fiercely defendeded his honor after his death. After his death, she moved to Washington to be with close friend and confidante Dolly Madison, with whom she raised funds for local orphanages and poor houses until her death in 1854 at the age of 97. (bio by: The Raven)
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Parents:
Philip Schuyler (1733 - 1804)
Catherine Van Rensselaer Schuyler (1734 - 1803)
Spouse:
Alexander Hamilton (1755 - 1804)
Children:
Philip Schuyler Hamilton (1783 - 1801)*
Angelica Hamilton Knott (1784 - 1857)*
Alexander Hamilton (1786 - 1875)*
James Alexander Hamilton (1788 - 1878)*
John Church Hamilton (1792 - 1882)*
William Stephen Hamilton (1797 - 1850)*
Elizabeth Hamilton Holly (1799 - 1859)*
Phillip Hamilton (1802 - 1884)*
*Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for Elizabeth Hamilton | | | Burial:
Trinity Churchyard
Manhattan
New York County
New York, USA
Plot: Unavailable at this time. |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: The Raven
Record added: Oct 07, 2002
Find A Grave Memorial# 6838274 |
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