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- ↑ Nicholl, Maud Churchill (1912). The Earliest Cuylers in Holland and America and Some of Their Descendants. T.A. Wright, Printer and Publisher. p. 25.
- ↑ Nicholl, Maud Churchill (1912). The Earliest Cuylers in Holland and America and Some of Their Descendants. T.A. Wright, Printer and Publisher. p. 39.
- 1 2 3 Foster, Joseph (1883). The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire. Westminster: Nichols and Sons. p. 171.
- ↑ "Cuyler, Sir Charles" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ "Cuyler, Sir George Hallifax" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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