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1636 - 1678 (42 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
2. | Kiliaen Van Rensselaer was born about 1580 in Hasselt, Overijssel, Netherlands (son of Hendrick Van Rensselaer and Maria Pafraet); died in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands; was buried on 7 Oct 1643 in Oude Kerck, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Notes:
He was a wealthy diamond and pearl merchant and helped found (1621) the Dutch West India Company, later becoming one of its directors. He was one of the first to develop a patroonship in New Netherland, having purchased a vast tract of land near what is now Albany. It was called Rensselaerswyck and comprised a large part of the present-day counties of Albany, Rensselaer, and Columbia. van Rensselaer himself never visited his estate, which was the largest of its kind, but he sent his cousin Arent van Curler to manage it. His first name is also spelled Killian.
Kiliaen married Anne Van Wely on 14 Dec 1627 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. Anne (daughter of Jan Van Wely and Eleanor Haeckens) was born about 1601; died on 12 Jun 1670 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Anne Van Wely was born about 1601 (daughter of Jan Van Wely and Eleanor Haeckens); died on 12 Jun 1670 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. Children:
- Jeremias Van Rensselaer was born before 18 May 1632 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands; was christened on 18 May 1632 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands; died on 12 Oct 1674 in Fort Crailo, Rensselaer, Rensselaer County, NY.
- Maria Van Rensselaer was born in 1631; was buried on 4 Feb 1653/54.
- Hilegonda Van Rensselaer was born in 1633; died in 1656 in Netherlands; was buried on 8 Aug 1656.
- Eleanor Van Rensselaer was born in 1635; died about 1695.
- Susanna Van Rensselaer was born in 1638.
- Ryckert Van Rensselaer was born on 28 Jun 1639 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands; died about Nov 1713.
- Jan Baptist Van Rensselaer was born in 1629; died on 18 Oct 1679 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
- 1. Nicholas Van Rensselaer was born on 14 Sep 1636 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands; died on 12 Nov 1678 in Rensselaer, Rensselaer County, NY.
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Generation: 3
Generation: 4
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