Ancestry of
Schuyler Colfax

(1792–)

William Colfax

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• • Father of Schuyler Colfax — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 2 
  • Father:
  • George Colfax 
  • Mother:
  • Lucy Avery   
  • Birth Date:
  • 3 Jul 1756 
  • Birth Location:
  • New London, New London Co., Connecticut 
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  • Death Date:
  • 9 Sep 1838 
  • Death Location:
  • Passaic County, New Jersey 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Hester Schuyler
  • Marriage Date:
  • 27 Aug 1783 
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  • Child:

  Schuyler Colfax (Ahnentafel No:1 )

  • Notes: 

  • William Colfax was a Captain in George Washington's Life Guard. He participated in the Battle of Bunker Hill, Battle of White Plains, and was wounded three times during the war. He also was present at Lord Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown.

• Sources for William Colfax

  • ¹ Roberts, Gary Boyd and William Addams Reitwiesner, American Ancestors and Cousins of The Princess of Wales, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1984), 39.
  • ² Wikipedia, "William Colfax", (accessed 12/30/2014).