Samuel Schieffelin

He was the son of Henry Hamilton Schieffelin (1783–1865), named in honor of Governor Henry Hamilton for whom his father Jacob, who was a Loyalist who served as secretary for during the American Revolutionary War,[2] and Maria Theresa Bradhurst (1786–1872),[3] who married in 1806.

[4] Among his siblings was brother Bradhurst Schieffelin (1824–1909), who entered politics and supported the People's Party.

[6][7] He was educated in private schools, and early turned his attention to business, but contributed largely to the religious press.

[4] Together, they were the parents of three children:[8] Schieffelin died at his home, 938 Madison Avenue,[1] on September 13, 1900, in New York.

[9] Through his son William, he was the grandfather of Eleanor Jay Schiefflin (1864–1929),[10] who married Theodore Munger Taft (1865–1945),[11] and Dr. William Jay Schieffelin (1866–1955),[12] who married Maria Louise Shepard (1870–1948),[13] the daughter of Elliot Fitch Shepard and Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt, and granddaughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt.