 Abt 1580 - 1643 (~ 63 years)
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| Name |
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer |
| Birth |
Abt 1580 |
Hasselt, Overijssel, Netherlands  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands |
| Burial |
7 Oct 1643 |
Oude Kerck, Amsterdam, Netherlands [2] |
| Person ID |
I58994 |
Bob Juch's Tree 2 |
| Last Modified |
16 Feb 2025 |
| Father |
Hendrick Van Rensselaer, b. Abt 1554, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands d. 2 Jan 1601/02, Ostend, Netherlands (Age 48 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Maria Pafraet, b. 5 Oct 1558, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Family ID |
F20586 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Anne Van Wely, b. Abt 1601 d. 12 Jun 1670, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (Age 69 years) |
| Marriage |
14 Dec 1627 |
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands |
| Children |
| | 1. Jan Baptist Van Rensselaer, b. 1629 d. 18 Oct 1679, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (Age 50 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 2. Maria Van Rensselaer, b. 1631 bur. 4 Feb 1653/54 (Age ~ 23 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 3. Jeremias Van Rensselaer, b. Bef 18 May 1632, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands d. 12 Oct 1674, Fort Crailo, Rensselaer, Rensselaer County, NY (Age > 42 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 4. Hilegonda Van Rensselaer, b. 1633 d. 1656, Netherlands (Age 23 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 5. Eleanor Van Rensselaer, b. 1635 d. Abt 1695 (Age 60 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 6. Nicholas Van Rensselaer, b. 14 Sep 1636, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands d. 12 Nov 1678, Rensselaer, Rensselaer County, NY (Age 42 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 7. Susanna Van Rensselaer, b. 1638 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 8. Ryckert Van Rensselaer, b. 28 Jun 1639, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands d. Abt Nov 1713 (Age 74 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F20482 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
16 Feb 2025 |
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| 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.
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| Sources |
- [S1610] Oliver A. Rink, Holland on the Hudson, An Economic and Social History of Dutch New York, (Name: Cornell u. Press 1986;).
- [S1614] Dutch Settlers Soceity of Albany Yearbook 1927-8, p10.
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