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Patroons of Rensselaerswyck: Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1630–1640s) Various (1640s–1652) Jan Baptist van Rensselaer (1652–1658) Jeremias van Rensselaer (1658–1674) Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1674–1687) Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1687–1719) Jeremias van Rensselaer (1719–1745) Stephen van Rensselaer I (1745–1747) Stephen van Rensselaer II (1747–1769) Abraham Ten Broeck (1769–1784, de facto) Stephen van Rensselaer III (1784–1839)

Kiliaen van Rensselaer (died February 22, 1687), was the patroon of Manor of Rensselaerswyck.

Life

Kiliaen van Rensselaer, who was born in Holland, was the eldest child of Johannes, and Elizabeth Van Twiller Van Rensselaer. When Kiliaen came of age, he travelled to Albany, and received naturalization papers from the English colonial government.

Manor of Rensselaerswyck

Upon the death of his uncle, Jeremias Van Rensselaer, in 1674, he became patroon of Rensselaerswyck. As he was still a minor the property was managed by his uncle, the Rev. Nicholas Van Rensselaer. Young Kiliaen's aunt, the widow of Jeremias, Maria Van Rensselaer, and her brother, Stephanus Van Cortlandt served in an advisory capacity.

While he was Patroon, the patroonship changed to an English lordship, and so was the first Lord of Rensselaerwyck.

Personal life

He married a cousin, Anna, daughter of Jeremias and Maria (Van Cortlandt) Van Rensselaer.

Death and succession

Kiliaen died without issue at Watervliet, Albany county, about February 22, 1687.

He was succeeded by his cousin and brother-in-law, Kiliaen van Rensselaer, son of Jeremias van Rensselaer.

References

Notes

1. Spooner 1907, p.17
2. Schuyler, George W. Colonial New York: Philip Schuyler and His Family, Vol. 1, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1885
3. Spooner 1907, p. 18.
4. Spooner 1907, p. 17.
5. Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, edited by Cuyler Reynolds, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1911.

Sources

• Spooner, W.W. (January 1907). "The Van Rensselaer Family". American Historical Magazine. 2 (1).

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

• Van Rensselaer family
• American people of Dutch descent
• 1687 deaths