Nicholas William Stuyvesant (1769 – March 11, 1833) was a New York landowner and merchant who was a great-great-grandson of

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, the last Dutch

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Early life

Stuyvesant was born in New York City in 1769 and named after his uncle, Nicholas William Stuyvesant. He was the eldest son of Petrus "Peter" Stuyvesant (1727–1805) and Margaret (

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) Stuyvesant (1738–1818). His siblings included Judith Stuyvesant, who married Benjamin Winthrop (grandparents of

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); Cornelia Stuyvesant, who married

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, and Elizabeth Stuyvesant, who married Adjutant General of New York

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, and

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. Nicholas was descended from many of New York's most prominent families and characters. Through his father, he was the 2x great-grandson of

, the last Dutch

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. His paternal grandparents were Peter Gerard Stuyvesant and Judith (née Bayard) Stuyvesant of the

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. Through his mother Margaret, he was descended from the

and Beekman families, as she was the daughter of Gilbert Livingston and Cornelia (née Beekman) Livingston, granddaughter of

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, the first Lord of Livingston Manor, and great-granddaughter of

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(who arrived in New Amsterdam aboard the same ship as Peter Stuyvesant). His maternal aunt, Joanna Livingston, was married to

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, the first Lieutenant Governor of the New York.

Career

He was educated in Scotland, inherited his uncle's "the Bowery House". In 1795, he built a Federal-style house that today is the oldest house in

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at 44 Stuyvesant Street.

Personal life

On January 31, 1795, Stuyvesant was married to Catherine Livingston Reade (1777–1863), a daughter of John Reade and Catherine (née Livingston) Reade. Her grandfather was Loyalist merchant

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and her sister, Helen Sarah Reade, married James Hooker. Together, they were the parents of nine children, six sons and three daughters, including: * Peter Stuyvesant (1796–1860), who married Julia Rebecca Martin (1805–1883). * John Reade Stuyvesant (1798–1853), who married Catharine Ackerly (1808–1837), a daughter of Dr. C.O. Ackerly. After her death, he married Mary Austin Yates (1811–1889). * Catherine Ann Stuyvesant (1801–1872), who married John Mortimer Catlin (1801–1881), a son of Lynde Catlin. * Nicholas William Stuyvesant (1805–1871), who married Catherine Augusta Chesebrough (1807–1876), an aunt of

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. * Gerard Stuyvesant (1806–1859), who married Susan Rivington Van Horne (1812–1889) in 1836. * Margaret Livingston Stuyvesant (1806–1845), who married Robert Van Rensselaer (1805–1840), eldest son of Jeremiah Van Rensselaer and Sybil Adeline (née Kane) Van Rensselaer and nephew of

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. * Robert Reade Stuyvesant, who married Margaret Augusta Mildeberger. After his death, she married Walton Hazard Peckham. * Helen Cornelia Stuyvesant (1808–1890), who married Henry Dudley (1799–1837). After his death, she married Francis Olmsted. After his death, she married Dr.

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. * Joseph Reade Stuyvesant (1809–1873), who married Jane Ann Browning in 1840. Stuyvesant died in the Stuyvesant family mansion on March 11, 1833.

Descendants

Through his daughter Catherine, he was a grandfather of Nicholas William Stuyvesant Catlin (1829–1897), who worked in

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for fifty years and "was well known as a scholarly man of wide reading and many acquirements, but save an occasional appearance at the many clubs and societies with which he was connected, he lived in retirement, satisfied with the companions of his leisure—his books." Through his daughter Helen, he was a grandfather of Henry Dudley (1837–1900), "a gentleman of wealth and leisure, who employed the opportunities thus given him for doing good in charitable work with an unstinted hand." He married Anna Mott Fellows.

References

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Nicholas William Stuyvesant Nicholas William Stuyvesant (1769 – March 11, 1833) was a New York landowner and merchant who was a great-great-grandson of Peter Stuyvesant, the last Dutch Director-General of New Amsterdam. Early life Stuyvesant was born in New York City in ...