For Elizabeth it was love at first sight, a love that remained strong through the many scandals ahead. At the age of twenty-two, she met Alexander Hamilton, a dashing aide-de-camp of General George Washington, at the home of Gertrude Cochran, her aunt, wife of John Cochran.
Schooled at home, her early years were typical of most young women of colonial, aristocratic families. 1854), statesman’s wife and charity worker, was born in Albany, New York, the second daughter of Philip Schuyler, a revolutionary war general, and Catherine Van Rensselaer Schuyler. Introduction: Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (9 Aug. Presnell Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, 1787 In: Antebellum Period, Eras in Social Welfare History, Peopleīy Jenny L.
