| 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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Stephen van Rensselaer I (b. March 23, 1707 - June 1747) Was the second son of Kiliaen van Rensselaer and Maria van Cortlandt. He was the seventh patroon of Rensselaerwyck from 1743 to 1747. He was also the fourth Lord of Rensselaerwyck. [2]
He married Elizabeth Groesbeck on July 25th, 1729 and had the following children:
He was succeeded as Lord of Rensselaerwyck by his son Stephen van Rensselaer II, eighth patroon and fifth Lord of Rensselaerwyck.