The elder Schuylers were so incensed when they first learned of the marriage that they wouldn't speak to their daughter for several days. To make matters worse, Angelica's parents, Catherine and General Phillip Schuyler, wouldn't bless the marriage, so the couple chose to elope. He and Angelica both assumed the surname Carter for the first seven years of their marriage. A compulsive gambler, John had changed his name to avoid creditors and the authorities pursuing him for gambling debts and stock speculation (a form of investing that involves speculating on how well a stock will perform) in England. At the time of their wedding, John was hiding behind the pseudonym John B. You can listen to it here.) What's more, she wasn't a 'Church' yet either. ('The Schuyler Sisters' is one of the musical's most lauded songs, sung by the sisters Angelica, Eliza and Peggy. So Angelica wasn't technically one of the single 'Schuyler Sisters' when she met Hamilton after all. To appreciate all the ways that Church came through for Hamilton, it's important to understand that Lin-Manuel Miranda took many liberties with the actual timeline of events, something he said he had to do 'for the sake of dramatic coherence.' One example: Angelica and John married in June 1777 - a full three and half years before Hamilton married Angelica's sister, Eliza, in December 1780. Church loaned Hamilton significant sums of money, was a confidant and a friend, employed him as his personal lawyer and commercial agent, tried to save his oldest son's life prior to his dueling George Eacker, relayed valuable information from Hamilton's wife, Eliza Schuyler, to her husband during Hamilton's torrid affair with Maria Reynolds, and even provided the pistols used in Hamilton's fateful duel against Burr. The 'wealthy husband' Angelica referred to is John Barker Church, who was as intertwined with Hamilton's story as Angelica was. The real story, as it turns out, isn't nearly so cliched, and it's a lot more entertaining.

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