Pieter Schuyler

Pieter Schuyler
Painting of Schuyler from between 1710 and 1718
Governor of the Province of New York Acting
In office May 6 – May 9, 1709
Preceded by	Lord Lovelace
Succeeded by	Richard Ingoldesby
In office May 25 – June 1, 1709
Preceded by	Richard Ingoldesby
Succeeded by	Richard Ingoldesby
In office July 21, 1719 – September 17, 1720
Preceded by	Robert Hunter
Succeeded by	William Burnet
1st Mayor of Albany, New York
In office July 22, 1686 – October 13, 1694
Preceded by	Created
Succeeded by	Johannes Abeel
Personal details
Born	(1657-09-17)September 17, 1657 Beverwijck, New Netherlands
Died	February 19, 1724(1724-02-19) (aged 66) Albany, Province of New York
Resting place	Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands
Spouse(s)	Engeltie Van Schaick Maria Van Rensselaer
Relations	Arent Schuyler (brother) Stephanus van Cortlandt (brother-in-law) Nicholas van Rensselaer (brother-in-law) Robert Livingston the Elder (brother-in-law) Robert Livingston the Younger (son-in-law)
Parents	Philip Pieterse Schuyler Margarita Van Slichtenhorst

Pieter Schuyler (September 17, 1657 – February 19, 1724) was the first mayor of Albany, New York. A long-serving member of the executive council of the Province of New York, he acted as governor of the Province of New York on three occasions – twice for brief periods in 1709, after the death of Lord Lovelace, and also from 1719 to 1720, after Robert Hunter left office.

Pieter Schuyler was born in 1657 in Beverwyck, New Netherland, the son of Philip Pieterse Schuyler (1628-1683) and Margarita Van Slichtenhorst. His father was a Dutch born landowner who was the progenitor of the American Schuyler family.

He was one of 10 children born to his parents, including Gysbert Schuyler (1652-1664/5), Gertruj Schuyler (b. 1654), who married Stephanus van Cortlandt (1643–1700) (the patroon of Van Cortlandt Manor and a Mayor of New York City from 1677–1678 and again from 1686–1688), Alida Schuyler (b. 1656), who first married Nicholas van Rensselaer (1636-1678) and then second, Robert Livingston the Elder (1654–1728), Brant Schuyler (1659-1702), who married Cornelia Van Cortlandt, Arent Schuyler (1662-1730), who married Jannetje Teller and later Swantje Van Duyckhuysen, Sybilla Schuyler (b. 1664), Philip Schuyler (b. 1666), Johannes Schuyler (b. 1668), and Margritta Schuyler (b. 1672), who married Jacobus Verplanck.

The many Schuyler children established the family name and homes, including the Schuyler Mansion in Albany. They were closely related with the great family patroons of New York, the .