That also gave me pain, and we wish not to experience it a second time.” Schuyler did not see her eldest daughter married. In a letter to Alexander Hamilton, who later married Schuyler Church’s sister, Eliza, General Schuyler hinted at his disappointment in his daughter’s elopement, writing that, “Mrs. The Schuyler sisters were known in their day for socializing. Wikimedia Commons Eliza Hamilton, Angelica Schuyler’s younger sister. He found commercial success as a supplier for both the French and American armies and was later recruited to become General Washington’s Commissary General during the war. under the name John Carter in order to avoid bankruptcy in England. In 1777, a 21-year-old Schuyler eloped with Church in fear that her father would disapprove of their marriage.Ĭhurch had come to the U.S. She was educated and described as intelligent, attractive, and was frequently compared to her demure sister, Eliza Schuyler Hamilton, as being more sociable.Īs wealthy socialites, both Schuyler sisters frequently attended officer’s balls where they mingled with eligible young soldiers.Īs she fluttered through social circles, Angelica Schuyler met John Barker Church, a successful British businessman who left London and served in the Continental Army. Schuyler and her siblings had a sheltered childhood in Upstate New York. Wikimedia Commons Portrait of Angelica Schuyler by John Trumbull who served in the Continental Army with Schuyler’s husband.