Angelica Hamilton (1784 - 1857)

Born 25 Sep 1784 in New York, USA

Ancestors

Died 6 Feb 1857 at age 72 in New York, USA

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Biography

Angelica was the second child and first daughter of Alexander Hamilton. She was named after her aunt, Angelica Schuyler.

At the age of 17, following the death of her brother, Philip, in a the famous duel with George Eaker, Angelica had a mental breakdown and went into a state that has been described as "eternal childhood." Angelica was cared for by her mother for most of her life and eventually placed in the care of a doctor in New York. She never married and never had any children.

Sources

• "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2H8-12V : accessed 22 May 2016), Angelica Hamilton, 25 Sep 1784; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 974.7 B2N V. 90-93.
• Find A Grave: (Sleepy Hollow Cemetary, NY)

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14149366

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelica_Hamilton