Ann De Peyster Van Rensselaer

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Ann De Peyster Van Rensselaer (Van Cortlandt)

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Birthplace: Manor House Croton, Schuyler County, New York, United States
Death: January 10, 1855 (88)
Albany, Albany County, New York, United States
Place of Burial: 3 Cemetery Avenue, Albany, Albany County, New York, 12204, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Lt. Gov. Pierre Van Cortlandt and Joanna Van Cortlandt
Wife of Mayor Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer
Sister of Philip Van Cortlandt; Catherine Elizabeth Van Wyck; Cornelia Beekman; Gertrude Van Cortlandt; Gilbert Van Cortlandt and 2 others

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About Ann De Peyster Van Rensselaer

Ann De Peyster Van Rensselaer (Van Cortlandt)

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99906581/ann-de_peyster-van_ren...

Anne was the wife of Albany mayor Philip Van Rensselaer.

She was born on the family estate in Westchester County in 1766, the youngest child of future New York State Lieutenant Governor Pierre Van Cortlandt and his wife, Joanna Livingston Van Cortlandt. Growing up on Van Cortlandt manor, Anne's childhood experience might have been similar to that of her future husband, a Rensselaerswyck native.

She married Van Rensselaer in 1787. However, the marriage produced no children. Anna was a member and pewholder of the Albany Dutch church. Anticipating a large family, he built an urban mansion on upper State Street. In 1790, their home was attended by five slaves. Her personal servant was Bet, who was blamed for setting the fire that burned a core part of the city in 1793.

Philip S. Van Rensselaer was mayor of Albany from 1798 to 1817 and again from 1819 to 1821. Van Rensselaer died in 1824. As his only heir, she inherited Van Rensselaer's property and continued to live in their comfortable home on the north side of State Street at the corner of Chapel.

Anne De Peyster Van Cortlandt Van Rensselaer died at home on January 10, 1855. A newspaper obituary characterized her as "generous and hospitable" and possessed of "an unfailing and ever ready charity." Her will passed probate in February. This childless widow had lived almost eighty-nine years!

by Stefan Bielinski

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Ann De Peyster Van Rensselaer's Timeline

1766
June 1, 1766
Manor House Croton, Schuyler County, New York, United States
1855
January 10, 1855
Age 88
Albany, Albany County, New York, United States
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Albany Rural Cemetery, 3 Cemetery Avenue, Albany, Albany County, New York, 12204, United States