Col. Nicholas Van Rensselaer

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Col. Nicholas Van Rensselaer

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Birthplace: Rensselaerwyck Colony, Albany County, NY?
Death: March 29, 1848 (93-94)
Rensselaerwyck Colony, Albany County, NY?
Place of Burial: East Greenbush, Rensselaer County, New York, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Killian Van Rensselaer and Ariaantie (Harriet) Van Rensselaer
Husband of Elsie Van Rensselaer
Father of Cornelius Van Rensselaer; Killian Van Rensselaer; Mayke Van Rensselaer; Magdelena Van Rensselaer and Arietta Van Rensselaer
Brother of Gen. Henry Killiaen Van Rensselaer; Phillip Van Rensselaer; Else Lansing; Maria Gansevoort and Kiliaen K. Van Rensselaer
Half brother of Philip Van Rensselaer

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About Col. Nicholas Van Rensselaer

Colonel and aide de camp under General Philip Schuyler who fell ill. Gen. Richard Montgomery took command of the storming of Quebec, Van Rensselaer was with Montgomery during the Siege of Fort St. Jean when Montgomery became the first General to die in combat on Dec 31, 1775. Van Rensselaer was under the command of Schuyler when Fort Ticonderoga fell to the British which led to Gen. Horatio Gates assuming command of the Northern department. Nicholas engaged in the Battles of Saratoga. He was dispatched by General Gates to convey to Albany, intelligence that Gen. John Burgoyne had surrendered. As a pall bearer, Nicholas and other former Revolutionary war officers, carried the remains of General Montgomery in procession through Albany in July 1818

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Col. Nicholas Van Rensselaer's Timeline

1754
1754
Rensselaerwyck Colony, Albany County, NY?
1782
May 19, 1782
Rensselaerwyck Manor, Albany County, NY?
1785
February 13, 1785
Rensselaerwyck Manor, Albany County, NY?
1793
1793
Rensselaerwyck Manor, Albany County, NY?
1848
March 29, 1848
Age 94
Rensselaerwyck Colony, Albany County, NY?
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Rensselaerwyck Manor, Albany County, NY?
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Rensselaerwyck Manor, Albany County, NY?
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Van Rensselaer Family Cemetery, East Greenbush, Rensselaer County, New York, United States