Stephen van Rensselaer II

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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)

Stephen van Rensselaer II (June 2, 1742 – October 19, 1769) was the six and youngest child of Stephen van Rensselaer I and Elizabeth Groesbeck.

Life

He was the eighth Patroon of Rensselaerwyck from 1747 to 1769. He was also the fifth Lord of the Manor.^[2]

As sole-surviving son, he inherited the Manor of Rensselaerwyck when he was 5 years old; the Manor was administered by his brother in law Abraham Ten Broeck until he came of age. At the age of twenty, Stephen II was commissioned a captain in the Albany County Militia.^[3] He built the new Manor House in 1765. Stephen Van Rensselaer II died in October 1769 at the age of twenty-seven.

Family

He married Catherine Livingston, daughter of Philip Livingston, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and his wife Christina Ten Broeck, in January 1764 and had the following children:

• Stephen van Rensselaer III, sixth and last Patroon of Rensselaerwyck.
• Philip S. Van Rensselaer, b. April 15. 1767 - d. September 25, 1824, Mayor of the city of Albany, New York
• Elizabeth Van Rensselaer (1768–1841), first marriage to John Bradstreet Schuyler May 18, 1787, son of General Philip Schuyler and second marriage to John Bleeker in 1800.

See also

Livingston family

References

1. ↑ Spooner 1907, p.17
2. ↑ Spooner, pp. 22, 23
3. ↑ Bielinski, Stefan. "Stephen Van Rensselaer II", New York State Museum

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