The tomahawk left a cut mark in the banister, which the Schuyler family supposedly left in place as a memento.

Fearing capture, the raiders fled, but one threw a tomahawk at Peggy, who was running upstairs with the child. Thinking quickly, Peggy replied that Schuyler had 'gone to alarm the town'. Peggy went downstairs to get the baby, but was threatened by one of the Native Americans, who asked where Philip was. According to a story which may be legend, family members and guests, including Eliza and Angelica, who were both pregnant, ran upstairs to hide, but soon realized they had left Philip and Catharine Schuyler's newborn daughter, Catharine (1781–1857), downstairs. On August 7, 1781, a group of Tories and Native Americans forced their way into the Schuyler Mansion in Albany, searching for Philip Schuyler, whom they intended to make a prisoner of war. Like most Dutch families of the area, the Schuylers attended the Dutch Reformed Church in Albany. Despite the unrest of the French and Indian War, which her father served in and which was fought in part near her childhood home, Peggy's childhood was spent comfortably, including receiving from her mother a basic education and training in domestic skills including sewing. The Schuyler family was among the wealthy Dutch landowners who had settled around Albany in the mid-1600s, and both her mother and father came from wealthy and well-regarded families. Johannes was the grandson of Hendrick van Rensselaer (1667–1740). Her maternal grandparents were Johannes van Rensselaer (1707/08–1783) and his first wife, Engeltje Livingston (1698–1746/47). She had seven siblings who lived to adulthood, including Philip Jeremiah Schuyler (1768–1835), Angelica Schuyler Church (1756–1814) and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (1757–1854).

Peggy Schuyler was born in Albany, New York on September 19, 1758, the third daughter of Catherine Van Rensselaer Schuyler (1734–1803) and Philip Schuyler (1733–1804), a wealthy patroon and major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. Notation is in Dutch: the English translation of the relevant portion is '1758 19th September- Margaret- Lord Give her peace on Earth & everlasting Glory'. She was the wife of Stephen Van Rensselaer III, sister of Angelica Schuyler Church, Philip Jeremiah Schuyler, and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, and sister-in-law of John Barker Church and Alexander Hamilton.Įarly life Photo of page in Schuyler family Bible noting Peggy Schuyler's birth. Margarita ' Peggy' Schuyler Van Rensselaer (Septem– March 14, 1801) was the third daughter of Continental Army General Philip Schuyler.

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