The Peter Stuyvesant article says The last direct descendant of Pieter Stuyvesant to bear his surname was Augustus van Horne Stuyvesant Jr who died a bachelor in 1953 at the age of 83 in his mansion at 2 East 79th Street Rutherford Stuyvesant the 19th century New York developer and his descendants are also descended from Pieter Stuyvesant however Rutherford Stuyvesant s name was changed from Stuyvesant Rutherford in 1863 to satisfy the terms of a will citing Tauber Gilbert Letter to the editor New York Times August 13 1995