Is one of my relatives related to Alexander Hamilton?

Here's what I have been able to find out on Schuyler Hamilton Vanderpool: He was born in Tennessee according to the 1850 Census, but later censuses list him as born in Kentucky.)

The 1850 US Federal Census lists Schuyler Hamilton as the son of Hezekiah Vanderpool (age 31, b. 1819 in Tennessee) and Elizabeth Vanderpool (age 30, b. 1820, in Tennessee). His brothers and sisters are Nathan H. (11), Robert (7). Louise (5), and Jacob (3). His grandfather, Hezekiah Vanderpool (age 70, b. North Carolina, 1779) lives with the family.

By 1860, Schuyler has married Jane Marshall and lives in Kansas and works as a barber. The 1880 US Census lists him as "Schiler H. Vanderpool, farmer, b. 1841 in Kentucky", with a mother and father born in Virginia. Jane is listed as being born in about 1841 in Kentuvky. Their children are Newton (19), George M (17), Caroline T. (14), Jacob W. (11), Elizabeth (8), and Charles (6).

Now for what little I can find out about Schuyler's parents:

Hezekiah Vanderpool, Jr. was born in 1817 in Scott County, Virginia, and died the 23 June 1874 in Westfield, Essex, New Jersey. His mother, Elizabeth Hamilton, was born in 1820, in Ramsey, Wise, Kentucky, and died on 18 December 1887, in Magoffin, Kentucky.

Schuyler's mother has the right name, but there's a generation missing. What's more, we have to get one of Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton's male children, all of whom were born in New York state, to Kentucky or Tennessee by 1820. Elizabeth Schuyer Hamilton was born 9 August 1757, in Albany, New York, and married Alexander Hamilton 14 December 1780 in Albany, New York. Alexander Hamiton, the US Secretary of the Treasury and Founding Father, and Elizabeth Schuyler, the daughter of an American General in the Revolutionary War, had the following children:

Philip (1782-1801)

Angelica (1784-1857)P. S. --

Alexander, Jr. (1786-1875) -- graduated from Columbia; US Attorney Southern District of New York

James Alexander (1788-1876)

John Church Hamilton (1792-1882) -- historian, d. Washington, D.C.

William Stephen Hamilton (1797-1850) -- member of Illinois House 1824; 1842-1843 member of Wisconsin Territorial Assembly

Elizabeth (1799-1859)

Philip (b. June 2, 1802)

All of the above were born in New York, and two of the three sons I could find anything about were very well educated. Your best bet would be William Stephen Hamilton, but then his movements don't track with Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton Vanderpool's.

Good luck! There may be some connection there, but I haven't been able to find them.

P. S. -- A Schuyler Hamilton (b. 22 July 1822), the grandson of Alexander Hamilton, was born in New York and graduated from West Point in 1841. During the American Civil War he was a Bragadier General; his brother in law, Henry Wager Halleck, married his siter, Elizabeth Hamilton.

Schuyler's father, Hezekiah Vanderpool, married Elizabeth Hamilton in VA in 1838 according to several family trees and an international marriage record.

Elizabeth's father, Schuyler, was born in VA. Alexander was born in the British West Indies.

Whether they are related, I don't know. You will have to more research into your tree.

There are many family trees stemming from Schuyler and Susannah Hamilton of VA, so you probably have lots and lots of distant cousins floating around the US.