page_title: Stuyvesant family
section_title: Notable members
hierarchical_section_title: Stuyvesant family / Notable members
caption_attribution_description: This photo is of Wikipedia Takes Manhattan location code 126, Stuyvesant Square.
context_page_description: The Stuyvesant family is a family of American politicians and landowners in New York City. The family is of Dutch origin and is descended from Peter Stuyvesant, who was born in Peperga, Friesland, Netherlands and served as the last Dutch Director-General of New Netherland.
context_section_description: Peter Stuyvesant (1610–1672), the Director-General of New Netherland who was involved with the Dutch West India Company.
  Hamilton Fish (1808–1893), a U.S. Representative, Lieutenant Governor of New York, Governor of New York, U.S. Senator from New York, and U.S. Secretary of State.
  John Winthrop Chanler (1826–1877), a lawyer and a U.S. Representative from New York.
  Rutherfurd Stuyvesant (1843–1909), a socialite and land developer.
  Stuyvesant Fish (1851–1923), president of the Illinois Central Railroad.
  Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright (1864–1945), an Assistant Secretary of War.
  Edith Stuyvesant Gerry (1873–1958), a philanthropist who was married to George Washington Vanderbilt II and U.S. Senator Peter Goelet Gerry.
caption: Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney's statue of Peter Stuyvesant in the western half of Stuyvesant Square
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