| New Netherland series | |
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| Exploration | |
| Fortifications: | |
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• De Wal |
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| Settlements: | |
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• 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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Kiliaen van Rensselaer (August 24, 1663 - 1719) Was the eldest child of Jeremias van Rensselaer and Maria van Cortlandt. He was the fifth patroon of Rensselaerwyck from 1687 to 1719. He was also the second Lord of Rensselaerwyck. [2]
He was a member of the New York governor's council from 1704 to his death in 1719.
He married Maria van Cortlandt, daughter of Stephanus and Gertrude (Schuyler), on October 15, 1701 and had the following children:
He was succeeded as Lord of Rensselaerwyck by his son, the third Lord of Rensselaerwyck (sixth patroon of Rensselaerwyck), Jeremias van Rensselaer.