Eldest and favorite son of Alexander Hamilton and his wife, Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton. Grandson of General Philip Schuyler. Philip was killed in a duel, on almost exactly the same spot where his father was to be struck by Aaron Burr's bullet three years later, in Weehawken, New Jersey. Hamilton never recovered from his son's death and, when he and "Betsey" welcomed their eighth and last child after Philip's death, they named the little boy Philip, in memory of his elder brother. Philip is buried in Trinity Churchyard in lower Manhattan, not far from the graves of his parents and the grave of his celebrated aunt, Angelica Schuyler Church.∼Hamilton was born January 22, 1782 one year before The American Revolution ended. He was the first child born to Alexander and Eliza Hamilton. George Eacker challenged Phillip to a duel when Phillip was nineteen. Eacker killed Phillp with his shot.
Eldest and favorite son of Alexander Hamilton and his wife, Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton. Grandson of General Philip Schuyler. Philip was killed in a duel, on almost exactly the same spot where his father was to be struck by Aaron Burr's bullet three years later, in Weehawken, New Jersey. Hamilton never recovered from his son's death and, when he and "Betsey" welcomed their eighth and last child after Philip's death, they named the little boy Philip, in memory of his elder brother. Philip is buried in Trinity Churchyard in lower Manhattan, not far from the graves of his parents and the grave of his celebrated aunt, Angelica Schuyler Church.∼Hamilton was born January 22, 1782 one year before The American Revolution ended. He was the first child born to Alexander and Eliza Hamilton. George Eacker challenged Phillip to a duel when Phillip was nineteen. Eacker killed Phillp with his shot.
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