Colonel Goose Van Schaick (September 5, 1736 – July 4, 1789) was a Continental Army officer who served during the American Revolutionary War.

[6] Van Schaick's troops attacked and captured the settlement of Onondaga together with large quantities of provisions, stores and cattle; they also took 34 people prisoner.

[8] Afterwards, George Washington praised Van Schaick's conduct during the expedition which he claimed had brought "the highest honor" to him and his men.

[14] By 1787, they were the parents of seven children, including:[2][15] He died at his home on July 4, 1789, of cancer of his facial wound received in the battle of Fort Ticonderoga of 1758.

It appears he was buried in the family cemetery on Court St. in Albany until 1808, when he was reinterred in the Reformed Dutch Burial Grounds.