Kiliaen Van Rensselaer (fifth patroon)

Kiliaen Van Rensselaer

5th Patroon and 2nd Lord of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck
In office 1687 – 1719
Preceded by	Kiliaen van Rensselaer
Succeeded by	Jeremias Van Rensselaer
Personal details
Born	August 24, 1663 Manor of Rensselaerswyck, Province of New York
Died	1719 Manor of Rensselaerswyck, Province of New York
Spouse(s)	Maria Van Cortlandt
Parents	Jeremias van Rensselaer Marritje Van Cortlandt
Relatives	See Van Rensselaer family
Occupation	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, Kiliaen van Rensselaer, 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 van Rensselaer (1667–1740).

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

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

Maria van Rensselaer (b. 1702), who married Frederick van Cortlandt
Gertrude van Rensselaer (1703–1704), who died young
Jeremias van Rensselaer (1705–1745), sixth patroon and third Lord of the Manor of Rensselaerwyck, died unmarried and had no children
Stephen van Rensselaer (1707–1747), seventh patroon and fourth Lord of the Manor, who married Elizabeth Groesbeck
Johannes van Rensselaer (d. 1719)
Gertrude van Rensselaer (b. 1714), who first married Adonijah "Adonis" Schuyler (1708–1763) of the New Jersey Schuyler family. After his death, she married Robert, third Lord of Livingston Manor
John Baptist van Rensselaer (1717–1763), who died unmarried
Anna van Rensselaer, who married John Schuyler (1710–1773), brother of Adonis Schuyler.

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

↑ Spooner 1907, p.17
↑ Spooner, p.19.
↑ 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

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