Stephen van Rensselaer I

New Netherland series
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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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Rensselaerswyck series
Dutch West India Company
The Patroon System
Map of Rensselaerswyck
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)

Stephen van Rensselaer I (March 23, 1707 – June 1747) Was the second son of Kiliaen van Rensselaer and Maria van Cortlandt.

Stephanus grew up in the family manor house, just north of Albany, New York. He was the patroon of Rensselaerwyck from 1743 to 1747 and the fourth Lord of the Manor.^[2]

He married Elizabeth Groesbeck on July 25, 1729 and had the following children:

• Elizabeth van Rensselaer, b. 1734, married General Abraham Ten Broeck.
• Stephen van Rensselaer II, b. 1742, fifth Lord of Rensselaerwyck.

References

1. ↑ Spooner 1907, p.17
2. ↑ Spooner, pp. 21

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