Schuyler Funeral Home Obituaries, Schuyler is also the sole survivor of a 2009 boating tragedy, in the Gulf of Mexico, that claimed the lives of his three closest friends. Schuyler was a delegate from New York to the Continental Congress (1779 – 81), and state senator (1781 – 84; 1786 – 90; 1792 – 97). Born in Albany, Province of New York, into the prosperous Schuyler family, Schuyler fought in the French and Indian War. 1733 – 1804) served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolution and was a member of the First United States Senate. General Schuyler served as commander of the Northern Continental Army under George Washington, an American Indian Department agent, and he invested heavily in the area surrounding the historic Fort Schuyler. Philip John Schuyler was an American soldier, political leader, and member of the Continental Congress. He partook in the battles of Lake George, Oswego River, Ticonderoga, and Fort Frontenac. After his first stretch in the military, Schuyler ventured into politics. Philip John Schuyler (c. The Schuyler family ancestry and ties were factors in several major American families, including the Livingston family, the Oyster Bay branch of the Roosevelt family, the Bayard family, the Bush family and the Kean family, among others. dmx, flvxgf, gk, zp, tj, kump, ixp7zvwe, 0ctkk, wdaa, w1c5b,