Kiliaen Van Rensselaer b. Abt 1580 Hasselt, Overijssel, Netherlands Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands: My Family History

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Abt 1580 - 1643 (~ 63 years)

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
Last Modified	31 Dec 2022

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 1 Hillegonda Van Bijler, b. 1598 d. Dec 1626 (Age 28 years)

Marriage 23 Jul 1616 Utrecht, Netherlands

Children

	1. Johannes Van Rensselaer, b. 4 Sep 1625 d. 6 May 1662, Nykerck, Netherlands (Age 36 years) [natural]
	2. Hendrick Van Rensselaer [natural]
	3. Maria Van Rensselaer d. 1626 [natural]

Family ID F20481 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 31 Dec 2022

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. 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) [natural]
	2. Maria Van Rensselaer, b. 1631 bur. 4 Feb 1653/54 (Age ~ 23 years) [natural]
	3. Hilegonda Van Rensselaer, b. 1633 d. 1656, Netherlands (Age 23 years) [natural]
	4. Eleanor Van Rensselaer, b. 1635 d. Abt 1695 (Age 60 years) [natural]
	5. Susanna Van Rensselaer, b. 1638 [natural]
	6. Ryckert Van Rensselaer, b. 28 Jun 1639, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands d. Abt Nov 1713 (Age 74 years) [natural]
	7. Jan Baptist Van Rensselaer, b. 1629 d. 18 Oct 1679, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (Age 50 years) [natural]
	8. Nicholas Van Rensselaer, b. 14 Sep 1636, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands d. 12 Nov 1678, Rensselaer, Rensselaer County, NY (Age 42 years) [natural]

Family ID F20482 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 31 Dec 2022

Event Map

	Birth - Abt 1580 - Hasselt, Overijssel, Netherlands
	Death - - Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
	Marriage - 23 Jul 1616 - Utrecht, Netherlands
	Marriage - 14 Dec 1627 - Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, 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.

[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.