Schuyler was born in Albany, New York, the second daughter of Philip Schuyler, who would later be an American Revolutionary War general, and his wife, Catherine Van Rensselaer. The Van Rensselaers of the Manor of R… See more

In early 1780, Schuyler went to stay with her aunt, Gertrude Schuyler Cochran, in Morristown, New Jersey, where she met Alexander Hamilton, one of Washington's aides-de-camp, who was stationed with Washingto… See more

In the year before the Burr-Hamilton Duel, Eliza's mother, Catherine, died suddenly. A few months later, Elizabeth Hamilton's father also died. She also had experienced the loss of the death of two of her siblings who lived t… See more

Beginning in 1846, Hamilton was suffering from short-term memory loss, but still vividly recalled her husband. On November 9, 1854, Hamilton died in Washington, D.C., at age 97. She outlived her husband by 50 years and … See more

Elizabeth and Alexander Hamilton had eight children:
• Philip (January 22, 1782 – November 23, 1801), who was killed in a duel three years before his father's fatal duel
• Angelica (Septembe… See more