Gulian Verplanck (speaker)

by John Singleton Copley Verplanck was born in February 1751 and was only nine months old when his father died. He was the youngest of the six children of Gulian Verplanck (1698–1751) and Mary (née Crommelin) Verplanck, who married in 1737. His father had been a fourth generation New Yorker who owned significant property and amassed a considerable fortune. His maternal grandfather was Charles Crommelin, a wealthy merchant who dealt in commerce between New York and Holland. Through his brother Samuel (who married their Dutch cousin Judith Crommelin), he was an uncle of Daniel C. Verplanck and great-uncle of Gulian Crommelin Verplanck, both members of the U.S. House of Representatives. He attended and graduated from King's College in 1768 alongside Bishop Benjamin Moore and Gouverneur Morris. ==Career==

After graduating from King's College in 1768, his elder brother sent him to Holland to acquire practical experience in mercantile and banking procedures by working at his uncle's firm, Daniel Crommelin and Sons. ==Personal life==

In 1784 he married Cornelia Johnston, a daughter of merchant David Johnston. Among his children were: • Maria Cornelia Verplanck (1785–1825), who married William Allen. • Emily Verplanck (1791–1869), who married Claude Sylvaine Guillard in 1822. Verplanck died on November 20, 1799, in New York. Two years after his death, his widow married George Cairnes, the Reporter of the Supreme Court of New York State. ==References==