Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (1757–1854)
Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton and Bushrod Washington were friends and correspondents.
Elizabeth Schuyler was born on 9 August 1757 to a wealthy family in Albany, New York. Her father served as a major-general under George Washington. In 1780 Elizabeth married Alexander Hamilton, an aide-de-camp to Washington at the time. After the death of her husband in 1804, Elizabeth devoted her life to charitable works. In 1797 she had helped a female benevolent group organize the Society for the Relief of Poor Widows with Small Children. Nine years later, she co-founded the New York Orphan Asylum.
Ron Chernow, Alexander Hamilton (New York: The Penguin Press, 2004).
George W. Bethune, Memoirs of Mrs. Joanna Bethune (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1863), 111–17.
Harry Clinton Green and Mary Wolcott Green, The Pioneer Mothers of America; a Record of the More Notable Women of the Early Days of the Country, and Particularly of the Colonial and Revolutionary Periods (New York and London: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1912), Volume 2, 94–100.
Eliza Schuyler Hamilton at Find a Grave.
Elizabeth Schuyler at FamilySearch.