Jeremias Kiliaen van Rensselaer

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Birth: May 18, 1632, Netherlands Death: Oct. 12, 1674 Rensselaer Rensselaer County New York, USA

He suceeded his brother Jan Baptist van Rensselaer as director of the colony Sept 24 1658. and held that office until his death. He married Maria, daughter of Olaff Stevensz van Courtlant on July 12 1662 in the records of the Reformed Dutch Church of New York.

1662 27 Apr; Jeremias van Renselaer, jm van Amsterdam; Marritje Cortlant, jd van Amsterdam

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Parents:

 Kiliaen Van Rensselaer (1586 - 1643)

 Anna Van Weby Van Rennsselaer (1601 - 1670)

Spouses:

 Maria Van Cortlandt Van Rensselaer (1645 - 1689)*

 Maria van Cortlandt van Rensselaer (1645 - 1689)*

Children:

 Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1663 - 1719)*

 Kiliaen Van Rensselaer (1663 - 1719)*

 Anna Van Rensselaer Van Rensselaer Nicoll (1665 - 1715)*

 Hendrick van Rensselaer (1667 - 1740)*

 Johannes van Rensselaer (1670 - ____)*

 Maria Van Rensselaer Schuyler (1672 - ____)*

Siblings:

 Joan Baptista van Rensselaer (____ - 1678)**

 Jeremias Van Rensselaer (1632 - 1674)

 Susanna van Rensselaer (1638 - 1680)**

*Calculated relationship

• *Half-sibling

Burial: Cremated, Other. Specifically: Cemetery not known

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Head of his family's extensive holdings in America.

Jeremias van Rensselaer (bapt. 18 May 1632, Amsterdam - October 12, 1674, Crailo, Rensselaerwyck) was the third director of Rensselaerwyck, a patroonship in the Dutch Colony of New Netherland, now part of upstate New York in the United States.

He was the son of Kiliaen van Rensselaer and Anna van Wely. He succeeded his older brother Jan Baptiste van Rensselaer in 1656, who in turn had succeeded a cousin, Arent van Curler. His wife Maria was the sister of mayor of New York Stephanus van Cortlandt and a sister-in-law of Albany, New York Mayor Pieter Schuyler.

Jeremias first came to Rensselaerwyck in 1654, but returned to Holland for a year before returning to the estate. He died in what is now the City of Rensselaer in New York.

He and his children were the source of the many members of this family who have played an important role in New York. A great-great-grandson was General Peter Gansevoort.

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Jeremias van Rensselaer (bapt. 18 May 1632, Amsterdam - October 12, 1674, Crailo, Rensselaerwyck) was the third director of Rensselaerwyck, a patroonship in the Dutch Colony of New Netherland, now part of upstate New York in the United States.

He was the son of Kiliaen van Rensselaer and Anna van Wely. He succeeded his older brother Jan Baptiste van Rensselaer in 1656, who in turn had succeeded a cousin, Arent van Curler. His wife Maria was the sister of mayor of New York Stephanus van Cortlandt and a sister-in-law of Albany, New York Mayor Pieter Schuyler.

Jeremias first came to Rensselaerwyck in 1654, but returned to Holland for a year before returning to the estate. He died in what is now the City of Rensselaer in New York.

He and his children were the source of the many members of this family who have played an important role in New York. A great-great-grandson was General Peter Gansevoort.

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Name: Jeremias Van Rensselaer 1 2

Sex: M

Title: Col.

Birth: 1632 in Amsterdam, Holland 3

Death: 12 OCT 1674 in Rensselaerwyck 3 2

Note: He became the third patroon of Rensselaerwyck and the first Lord of the Manor.

Father: Kiliaen Van Rensselaer b: ABT 1580 in Hasselt, Overyssel, Holland

Mother: Ann Van Wely

Marriage 1 Maria Van Cortland b: 20 JUL 1645 in New Amsterdam, New Netherlands

Married: 12 JUL 1662 in New Amsterdam, New Netherlands 3

Children

Kiliaen Van Rensselaer b: 24 AUG 1663 in Rensselaerwyck

Johannes Van Rensselaer b: in Rensselaerwyck
Anna Van Rensselaer b: 1 AUG 1665 in Rensselaerwyck
Hendrick Van Rensselaer b: 23 OCT 1667 in Rensselaerwyck
Maria Van Rensselaer b: 25 OCT 1672 in Rensselaerwyck
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Title: Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs

Author: Cuyler Reynolds, Curator of the Albany Institute and Historical and Art Society

Publication: New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911

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Media: Book

Page: Vol I: 1-28, 50-55, 176-182

Title: The People of Colonial Albany Live Here Website

Author: Colonial Albany Social History Project

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Media: Internet

Title: Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs

Author: Cuyler Reynolds, Curator of the Albany Institute and Historical and Art Society

Publication: New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911

Repository:

Note: http://www.schenectadyhistory.org

Media: Book

Page: Vol I: 1-28

• Jeremias van Rensselaer - Rootweb

ID: I63529

Name: Jeremias Kiliaen VAN RENSSELAER

Sex: M

Birth: MAY 1632 in Amsterdam, Holland, Netherlands

Death: 12 OCT 1674 in Crailo, Rensselaerwyck

Note: Note: SOURCE:http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/hmgfm/rankin.html#putman "His son Jeremias married, July 12, 1663, Maria, daughter ofOlof Stevense Va n Cortlandt, of New Amsterdam, president ofthe Dutch council, and died Octob er 14, 1674. From his sonKillian the manorial branch of the Van Rensselaers isdescended, and from the second son, Hendrick, the Cherry Hilland Claverac k branches. His daughter Maria married ColonelPieter Schuyler." SOURCE: http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/hmgfm/vanrensselaer-1.html "Colonel Jeremias Van Rensselaer, the third Patroon,married, at New Amsterdam, July 1 2, 1662, Maria Van Cortlandt,born in New Amsterdam, July 20, 1645, died at R ensselaerswyck,January 24, 1689, daughter of Olof Stevense Van Cortlandt, wh ocame on the ship "Haring" to New Amsterdam in 1637, from Wyckby Duurstede, Province of Utrecht, Holland, as a soldier inemploy of the West India Compa ny, and died in New York city,on April 4, 1684, having married, February 26, 1642, Anna(Anneke) Loockermans, who died in May, 1684." Children ofJeremi as Van Rensselaer and Maria Van Cortlandt: Kiliaen,fourth Patroon and second Lord of the Manor, born atRensselaerswyck, August 24, 1663, died there in 17 19; married,in New York, New York, October 15, 1701, Maria Van Cortlandt,da ughter of Stephanus Van Cortlandt, and Gertrude Schuyler.Johannes, died wit hout issue. Anna, born at Rensselaerswyck,August 1, 1665; married (first) Kil iaen Van Rensselaer, son ofJohannes Van Rensselaer and Elizabeth Van Twiller , who died in1687; married (second) William Nicoll. Hendrick, born at Rensselaerswyck, October 23, 1667; resided in Greenbush, Rensselaercounty (Rensse laer, N. Y.), where he died July 2, 1740;married, New York, N. Y., March 19, 1689, Catharina Van Bruggen,daughter of Johannes Pieterse Van Brugh (or Van Bruggen) andCatharina Roeloffse, daughter of Anneke Jans, and Catharina VanBruggen died at Greenbush, December 6, 1730, having had but onechild, Anna, born in 1719, who married John Schuyler. Maria,born at Rensselaerswyck, Oc tober 25, 1672; married, at thatplace, September 14, 1691, Peter Schuyler (s on of PhilipPieterse Schuyler and Margareta Van Slechtenhorst), who wasborn September 17, 1657; died at The Flatts, four miles northof Albany, February 19, 1724, being the first mayor of Albany,July 22, 1686 — October 13, 1694. The date of the death ofMaria does not appear.

Father: Kiliaen Hendrickse VAN RENSSELAER b: ABT 1585 in Hasselt, Overijssel, Holland, Netherlands

Mother: Anna Janse VAN WELY b: ABT 1601 in Amsterdam, Holland, Netherlands

Marriage 1 Maria Oloff VAN CORTLANDT b: 20 JUL 1645 in Amsterdam, Holland, Netherlands

Married: 12 JUL 1662

Children

Kiliaen Jeremias VAN RENSSELAER b: 24 AUG 1663 in Rensselaerswyck, New York

Anna Jeremias VAN RENSSELAER b: 1 AUG 1665 in Rensselaerswyck, New York
Hendrick Jeremias VAN RENSSELAER b: 23 OCT 1667 in Rensselaerswyck, New York
Maria Jeremias VAN RENSSELAER b: 25 OCT 1672 in Rensselaerswyck, New York

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From web page "Collections on History of Albany", at GenealogyLibrary.com:

VAN RENSSELAER, Jeremias [son of Kilaan], succeeded his brother, Jan Baptist, as director of the colony in 1658, d. Oct. 12, 1674. He m. Maria, dau. of Oloff Stevense Van Cortlandt, July 12 (April 27), 1662. She d. Jan. 29, 1689, in the 44th year of her age leaving 5 children, the eldest of whom, Kiliaan, was the first Lord of the manor of Rensselaerswyck. He conveyed the Claverac, or "Lower manor," to his brother Hendrick; from these two proceed the numerous members of this wide spread family in this country. Jan Baptist survived his brother Jeremias 4 y., having d. Oct. 18, 1678, and Do. Nicolaas, d. the following month.--O'Callaghan's N. N.

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From K. D. Reeves website (www.kdreeves.com/genealogy)

Jeremias was the Third Director, Fourth Patroon, and Second Lord of the Manor of Rensselaerwyck. On August 3, 1654, he sailed from Holland to join his older brother, Jan Baptist, at Rensselearwyck. He returned to Holland in 1655 but came back to Rensselaerwyck in the following year. Upon the return of Jan Baptist to Holland, Jeremias assumed full control of the estate.

Maria's funeral spoon was engraved "4 Jann, Ano 1688/9" and is in the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art.

From American Ancestry, Columbia County: Jeremias Van Rensselaer came from Holland to America, and succeeded his brother, Jan Baptist, as "director of the colonie," 1658. He married July 12, 1662, Maria, dau. of Oloff Stevense Van Kortlandt, who died Jan. 29, 1689, leaving two sons, the eldest of whom, Kiliaan, was the first Lord of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck, and the other, Hendrick, became first patroon of the "lower manor" of Claverack in Columbia county. From Kiliaan and Hendrick are descended the numerous members of the family in America; Jeremias, who died Oct. 12, 1674, was the son of Kiliaan Van Rensselaer, a merchant of Amsterdam, Holland, director of the Dutch West India Company of the Amsterdam chamber established in 1621, and who was sixth in descent from Henry Walters Van Rensselaer of Hemegseet, Holland, who does not appear to have ever visited America, but he is the progenitor of all the Van Rensselaers in the United States; he married 1st, Hillegonda Van Bylant, the mother of Johannes, who died without issue, 2nd, Anna Van Wely, by whom he had the following sons, Jeremias, above mentioned, Jan Baptist, the first of the family to visit the colonie, Nicolaas, the first Episcopal clergyman in Albany, and who preached in the Dutch church, 1675?1677, and was for a time director of Rensselaerswyck. Jan Baptist and Nicolaas died without male issue, Jeremias had two sons, Kiliaan and Hendrick. The crest of this historic family is an iron basket of flames, and the coat of arms the cross with the Dutch motto niemand zonder, no one without it, but some of the Albany family seem to have adopted the motto omnibus effulgemus, we shine for all. See Munsell's Collections; Munsell's Annals; O'Callaghan's History of New Netherlands.

From The Swartwout Chronicles: As the site of Fort Orange began to be regarded about this time [1650] by the Van Rensselaers as a part of Rensselaerswijck, some of their colonists erected dwellings around it. The knowledge of this false impression having reached Director-General Stuyvesant, the circumspect official concluded that it would be well to efface it. He therefore, in 1652, peremptorily ordered the colonists to transfer the buildings beyond the range of a ball fired from a cannon on the ramparts of the fort. As a consequence, an area of ground six hundred paces north of Fort Orange, bordering the river, became in April, that year, the seat of the village (dorp) of Beverswijck (Beaver-district), which name was changed twelve years later to that of Albany.

From Wikipedia Jeremias van Rensselaer (c. 1632 - October 12, 1674) was the third son of Kiliaen van Rensselear and the fourth patroon of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck. He was the second son of Kiliean's second wife, Anna van Wley. He was born in Holland about 1632, received a superior education, and in 1658, traveled to Rensselaerswyck to take the place of his brother, Jan Baptist van Rensselaer.[2]

He was the first of his family to establish himself permanently in America, the remainder of his life, sixteen years, being devoted to the government of the colony, which he exercised with great prudence, energy, and distinction.[3]

Pursuing the sagacious policy begun under the vice-directors, he became a man of great influence among the Indians, and "so attached them to him that they guarded his estates as carefully as they did their own." To the French in Canada he was known as one of the representative and ablest men of the Dutch and English colonies. He had the good judgment to adjust the acute differences with Peter Stuyvesant which had troubled the administrations of his brother and van Slichtenhorst, and during the brief residue of the Dutch authority in New Netherland was on excellent terms with the irascible governor.[3]

On the occasion of the landtsdagh or diet summoned by Stuyvesant early in 1664 to deliberate on the critical condition of the province-this being the first general representative assembly held within the present state of New York-he served as presiding officer of that body.[3]

After the surrender to the English in September of 1664, he took the oath to the new government, and the rights and immunities enjoyed by his family in its colony were recognized, though the precise future status of the property was not settled in his time. He desired to obtain a new patent in the name of his family, and, failing in this, was privately advised to move in the matter as an individual (being qualified to hold real estate by virtue of his British citizenship), and so obtained a regrant of Rensselarswyck in his personal name.[3]

This counsel he rejected indignantly, saying he was but a coheir, and would not defraud his brothers and sisters. He finally obtained from Governor Andros a patent "to the heirs of Kiliaen van Rensselaer," which, while in a sense only provisional, served all necessary purposes until the manor grant of 1685.[4]

Jeremias left a voluminous correspondence, together with a minute chronicle of events in America, under the title of the "New Netherland Mercury". His great industry and methodical habits have been remarked upon by many writers.[5]

Jeremias married Maria van Cortland (1645-January 29, 1689) on July 12, 1662 and had the following children with her.[5]

1. Kiliaen van Rensselaer, second lord of Van Rensselaer Manor. 2. Johannes van Rensselaer, died without heirs. 3. Anna van Rensselaer, b. 1665 and married Kilaen Van Rensselaer, her first cousin. 4. Hendrick van Rensselaer, became patroon of the "Eastern manor" on the east side of the Hudson. 5. Maria van Rensselaer, married Peter Schuyler. Jeremias died in Rensselaerswyck on October 12, 1674.[5]

References ^ Spooner, pp. 17 ^ Spooner, pp. 13-14 ^ a b c d Spooner, pp. 14 ^ Spooner, pp. 14-15 ^ a b c Spooner, pp. 15 Bibliography Spooner, W. W. (January 1907). "The Van Rensselaer Family". American Historical Magazine 2 (1): 13-15. http://www.archive.org/stream/vanrensselaerfam21spoo#page/13/mode/1up.