Biography
Peter Gerard Stuyvesant was born 21 September 1778 in Manhattan, New York County, New York, United States to Peter Stuyvesant (1727-1805) and Margaret Livingston (1738-1818) and died 16 August 1847 Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, United States of accidental drowning. He married Susannah Barclay (1785-1805) 20 August 1803 . He married Helen Susan Rutherfurd (1790-1873) 11 May 1809 .
Stuyvesant did not have any children with either wife, however, after his second marriage, the Stuyvesants adopted Helena's niece, Margaret Stuyvesant Chanler (1820-1890), who changed her name to "Margaret Chanler Stuyvesant". In 1847, to conform with Stuvyesant's will, four year old Stuyvesant Rutherfurd (1843-1909), the eldest son of his adopted daughter Margaret and her husband Lewis Morris Rutherford (and great-grandson of his sister Judith Stuyvesant Winthrop), changed his name to "Rutherfurd Stuyvesant".
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