Eliza Hamilton Holly

Eliza was born in New York City, New York on November 20, 1799, to Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton. Eliza was only four years old when her father engaged in the duel with Aaron Burr that ended his life. She was one of more than twenty friends and family members of Hamilton to see him in his last hours, and was one of the last sights Hamilton saw, as his wife lined all seven of their living children at the foot of the bed so Hamilton could see them before he died. She and her mother were not a part of Hamilton's funeral processions. == Education ==

Eliza attended school at age four, around the same time as her older brother William. Her mother wrote to her grandfather, General Philip Schuyler, in 1804; “Eliza and William go every morning to school, very contented and have their dinner sent to them.” == Marriage and family ==

Eliza married Sidney Augustus Holly on July 19, 1825, and they remained married until his death in 1842. Eliza became ill during the trip, possibly with yellow fever. Her mother wrote: == Later life ==

Eliza was widowed on June 26, 1842. She and her husband left no descendants. She was buried in Westchester County, New York at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, where her sister Angelica Hamilton had been buried two years earlier; in 1878, their brother James Alexander Hamilton was also buried there. == References ==