Kiliaen van Rensselaer (fourth patroon)

Kiliaen van Rensselaer
Portrait of Jeremias Van Rensselaer
4th Patroon and 1st Lord of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck
In office 1674 – 1687
Preceded by	Jeremias Van Rensselaer
Succeeded by	Kiliaen van Rensselaer
Personal details
Born	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died	February 22, 1687 Manor of Rensselaerswyck, New York
Nationality	Dutch
Spouse(s)	Anna Van Rensselaer
Parents	Johannes van Rensselaer Elizabeth Van Twiller
Relatives	See Van Rensselaer family
Occupation	Merchant, 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 (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.^[2]

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.^[3]

While he was Patroon, the patroonship changed to an English lordship, and so was the first Lord of Rensselaerwyck.^[4]

Personal life[]

He married his cousin, Anna Van Rensselaer, daughter of Jeremias and Maria Van Cortlandt Van Rensselaer.^[5]

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.

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Notes

Sources

• Spooner, W.W., "The Van Rensselaer Family", American Historical Magazine, Vol.2, No.1, January 1907