New Netherland series | |
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Exploration | |
Fortifications: | |
• De Wal |
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Settlements: | |
• Wiltwyck • Bergen • Pavonia |
• Rustdorp • Midwout • Boswyck |
The Patroon System | |
Directors of New Netherland:
Cornelius Jacobsen May (1620-25) Willem Verhulst (1625-26) Peter Minuit (1626-32) Sebastiaen Jansen Krol (1632-33) Wouter van Twiller (1633-38) Willem Kieft (1638-47) Peter Stuyvesant (1647-64) |
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People of New Netherland | |
Flushing Remonstrance |
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Rensselaerswyck series | |
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Dutch West India Company |
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The Patroon System |
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Map of Rensselaerswyck |
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Patroons of Rensselaerswyck: Kiliaen van Rensselaer |
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Jeremias van Rensselaer (b. 1705 d. 1743) Was the eldest son of Kiliaen van Rensselaer and Maria van Cortlandt. He was the sixth patroon of Rensselaerwyck from 1726 to 1743. He was also the third Lord of Rensselaerwyck.[2]
He died unmarried and had no children. He was succeeded as Lord of Rensselaerwyck by his brother Stephen van Rensselaer, seventh patroon and fourth Lord of Rensselaerwyck.