Elizabeth Hamilton Holly
| Eliza Hamilton Holly | |
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| Born | November 20, 1799 New York City, New York |
| Died | October 17, 1859 Washington, D.C. |
| Resting place | Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County New York, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse(s) | Sidney Augustus Holly |
| Parent(s) |
Alexander Hamilton Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton |
| Relatives |
Philip Hamilton (brother) Angelica Hamilton (sister) Alexander Hamilton Jr. (brother) James Alexander Hamilton (brother) John Church Hamilton (brother) William S. Hamilton (brother) Philip Hamilton (the second) (brother) Philip Schuyler (maternal grandfather) Angelica Schuyler Church (maternal aunt) Peggy Schuyler Van Rensselaer (maternal aunt) |
| Family |
Hamilton Schuyler |
Eliza Hamilton Holly (1799–1859) was the seventh child and second daughter of Alexander Hamilton, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
She was born on November 20, 1799 in New York City, New York (more specifically Manhattan). After being born to Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, Eliza Hamilton Holly was a sick infant, that Hamilton troubled himself over as he began to find solace in his family in the late 1790's. Contrary to popular belief, Eliza wasn't named Elizabeth, but only the shortened version, Eliza. Eliza was thought to be fickle in personality (a trait no doubt she inherited from her father) but she was a happy child.
Eliza was only four years old when her father engaged in the duel with Aaron Burr that ended his life. She was one of more than twenty friends and family members of Hamilton to see him in his last hours, and was one of the last sights Hamilton saw as Eliza lined all seven children at the foot of the bed so Hamilton could see them before he died. Despite this, she and her mother were not a part of Hamilton's funeral processions.
Eliza married Sidney Augustus Holly in 1825. They remained married until his death in 1842.
Eliza lived with mother Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, husband Sidney Augustus Holly, brother Alexander Hamilton Jr., and sister-in-law Eliza P. Knox Hamilton in the Hamilton-Holly House from 1833, when it was purchased by Alexander Jr., to 1842. Prior to this, Eliza lived with her family at The Grange (now the Hamilton Grange National Memorial).
In a letter from her mother in December 1832, Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, Eliza was described as being kind like her father. The letter reads, "You don't know how important you are to me. You step in the steps of your father's kindness, and the more you are with me, the more I see that you are like him." Eliza and her mother were very close for all her life, and her resemblance to her father in kindness and determination are why her mother held her so close in confidence.
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