Biographical Note
Biographical Note for the Alexander - Stuyvesant - Rutherfurd Collections
| 1691 | James Alexander born in Scotland, May 27 |
| 1693 | Mary Spratt born in New York, April 17 |
| 1711 | Mary Spratt marries Samuel Provoost, October 15 |
| 1715 | James Alexander arrives in New York |
| [1719] | Samuel Provoost dies |
| 1721 | Mary Spratt Provoost marries James Alexander, June 5 |
| 1721 | Mary Alexander II born |
| 1722 | Susanna Alexander born |
| 1726 | William Alexander born |
| 1729 | Catherine Alexander born |
| 17?? | Elizabeth Alexander born |
| 17?? | Walter Rutherfurd born in [Edgerston, Roxburghshire] Scotland |
| 1739 | Mary Alexander II marries Peter Van Brugh Livingston |
| 1748 | William Alexander marries Sarah Livingston |
| 17?? | Elizabeth Alexander marries John Stevens |
| 1756 | James Alexander dies |
| 1756 | Walter Rutherfurd arrives in America. Serves in the Royal American Regiment |
| 1758 | Catherine Alexander marries Walter Rutherfurd |
| 1760 | Mary Alexander dies, April 18 |
| 1760 | John Rutherfurd born September 20 |
| 1767 | Mary Alexander Livingston dies |
| 1782 | John Rutherfurd marries Helena Morris October 30. Walter Rutherfurd presents John Rutherfurd with Tranquillity (sic) estate in Allamuchy, Warren County, New Jersey |
| 1783 | William Alexander dies, January 15 |
| 1788 | Robert Walter Rutherfurd born in May |
| 1800 | Elizabeth Alexander Stevens dies |
| 1801 | Catherine Alexander Rutherfurd dies |
| 1804 | Walter Rutherfurd dies January 10 |
| 1807 | Gen. John Reid dies February 6, at the age of 86 |
| 1808 | John Rutherfurd moves to Edgerston on the Passaic River |
| 1809 | Robert Walter Rutherfurd marries Sabina Morris |
| 1809 | Helena Rutherfurd marries Peter Gerard Stuyvesant |
| 1816 | Lewis Morris Rutherfurd born November 25 to Robert Walter Rutherfurd and Sabina Morris Rutherfurd |
| 1841 | Lewis Morris Rutherfurd marries Margaret Chanler July 22 |
| 1842 | Stuyvesant Rutherfurd born to Lewis Morris Rutherfurd and Margaret Chanler Rutherfurd |
| 1847 | Peter Gerard Stuyvesant dies August 16 |
| [1847] | In accordance with a provision of Peter Gerard Stuyvesant's will, Stuyvesant Rutherfurd changes his name to Rutherfurd Stuyvesant |
| 1854 | Margaret Rutherfurd born |
| 1859 | Louisa Morris Rutherfurd born March 31 |
| ca. 1860 | Lewis Morris Rutherfurd Jr. born |
| 1862 | Winthrop Rutherfurd born |
| 1863 | Rutherfurd Stuyvesant marries Mary Pierrepont |
| 1870 | Robert Walter Rutherfurd dies |
| 1873 | Helena Rutherfurd Stuyvesant dies |
| 1879 | Mary Pierrepont Stuyvesant dies |
| 1879 | Margaret Rutherfurd marries Henry White, December 3 |
| 1892 | Louisa M. Rutherfurd dies |
| 1902 | Rutherfurd Stuyvesant marries Countess Matilde E. de Wassanaer (nee Matilde Lowenguth), June 16 |
| 1903 | Lewis Rutherfurd Stuyvesant born |
| 1906 | Alain Stuyvesant born |
| 1907 | Stuyvesant Rutherfurd dies July 4 |
| 1916 | Margaret Rutherfurd White dies |
| 1925 | Lewis Rutherfurd Stuyvesant marries Rosalie Pillot |
| 1927 | Henry White dies at the age of 77 |
| 19?? | Lewis Morris Rutherfurd Jr. dies |
| 1944 | Winthrop Rutherfurd dies |
| 1944 | Lewis Rutherfurd Stuyvesant dies, September 7 |
| 1948 | Matilde Lowenguth Stuyvesant (in 1948, Princess Alexandre de Caraman Chimay) dies, July 10 |
| 1954 | Alain Stuyvesant dies, Februrary 9 |
For more information on some of the persons represented in these collections consult:
Biographical Dictionaries
Dictionary of American Biography- James and William Alexander, Lewis Morris Rutherfurd
American National Biography- James, Mary, and William Alexander, Lewis Morris Rutherfurd, Henry White
Dictionary of National Biography- John Reid
Books
Rutherfurd, Livingston Family Records and Events New York, De Vinne Press, 1894
Valentine, Alan Chester Lord Stirling New York, Oxford University Press, 1969