Kiliaen Van Rensselaer (fifth patroon)

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Patroons of Rensselaerswyck: Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1630–40s) Various (1640s–52) Jan Baptist van Rensselaer (1652–58) Jeremias van Rensselaer (1658–74) Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1674–87) Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1687–1719)[1] Jeremias van Rensselaer (1719–45) Stephen van Rensselaer I (1745–47) Stephen van Rensselaer II (1747–69) Abraham Ten Broeck (1769–84, de facto) Stephen van Rensselaer III (1784–1839)

Kiliaen Van Rensselaer (August 24, 1663 – 1719), the eldest child of Jeremias and Maria van Cortlandt Van Rensselaer was born in Rensselaerwyck.

Life

He was patroon of Rensselaerwyck from 1687 to 1719, and second Lord of Manor of Rensselaerwyck.^[2] As the estate of his grandfather, the original patron was yet held in common among the heirs, he negotiated a settlement with through his cousin Kiliaen of Amsterdam, son of Jan Baptist, whereby the heirs in Holland received the properties there, and the heirs in America received the American holdings.

In May 1704 Kiliaen received a new patent from Queen Anne for the Manor of Rensselaerwyck. The following month he signed over the 60,000 acre Lower Manor (Claverack) to his younger brother Hendrick.

He was a member of the New York governor's council from 1704 to his death in 1719, and also served as Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

Family

He married Maria Van Cortlandt, daughter of Stephanus and Gertrude (Schuyler), on October 15, 1701 and had the following children:

• Maria van Rensselaer, b. 1702, married Frederick van Cortlandt
• Gertrude van Rensselaer, b. 1703, d. 1704,
• Jeremias van Rensselaer, patroon and third Lord of the Manor of Rensselaerwyck, d. 1745 unmarried.
• Stephen van Rensselaer, seventh patroon and fourth Lord of the Manor
• Johannes van Rensselaer, b. and d. 1719
• Gertrude van Rensselaer, b. 1714 and married Adonis Schuyler of the New Jersey Schuyler family; married (2)Robert, third Lord of Livingston Manor
• John Baptist van Rensselaer, b. 1717 and d. unmarried 1763.
• Anna van Rensselaer, married John Schuyler of New Jersey.

The family lived at the Manor House located on the flats along the Hudson, east of the river road, about a mile north of the center of the city of Albany.^[3]

He was succeeded as Lord of the Manor by his son, Jeremias van Rensselaer.

Notes

1. ↑ Spooner 1907, p.17
2. ↑ Spooner, p.19.
3. ↑ Bielinski, Stefan. "Van Rensselaer Manor House", New York State Museum

References

• Spooner, W.W., "The Van Rensselaer Family", American Historical Magazine, Vol.2, No.1, January 1907

Van Rensselaer family This list is not complete, and should be taken as a rough guideline depending on the notability of a respective family member. 1st generation Hendrick Wolter van Rensselaer 2nd generation Issue of Hendrick Wolter Kiliaen van Rensselaer 3rd generation Issue of Kiliaen Hendrick van Rensselaer Johan van Rensselaer 4th generation Issue of Hendrick Kilian van Rensselaer† Maria (van Rensselaer) van Twiller 5th generation Issue of Kilian Johan van Rensselaer† Jan Baptist van Rensselaer† Jeremias van Rensselaer† Nicholas van Rensselaer (minister)† 6th generation Issue of Johan Kiliaen van Rensselaer† Issue of Jeremias Johannes (John) Van Rensselaer Kilian van Rensselaer† Hendrick van Rensselaer† 7th generation Issue of Kilian Jeremias van Rensselaer† Stephen van Rensselaer I† 8th generation Issue of Stephen I Stephen van Rensselaer II† 9th generation Issue of Stephen II Stephen van Rensselaer III† 10th generation Issue of Stephen III Stephen van Rensselaer IV Henry van Rensselaer †Served as patroon or director of Rensselaerswyck