Stephen van Rensselaer I

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Stephen van Rensselaer I (March 23, 1707 – June 1747), was the second son of Kiliaen van Rensselaer and Maria van Cortlandt, who served briefly as the 7th Patroon of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck and 4th Lord of the Manor.

Life

Stephen van Rensselaer was born on March 23, 1707 and was the second son of Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1663–1719) and Maria van Cortlandt. He grew up in the family manor house, just north of Albany, New York.

Manor of Rensselaerswyck

After the death of his brother, who did not marry and had no children, he became the seventh patroon of Rensselaerwyck and the fourth Lord of the Manor, serving from 1745 until his death in 1747.^[2]

Personal life

He married Elizabeth Groesbeck on July 25, 1729 and had the following children:

• Elizabeth van Rensselaer (b. 1734), who married General Abraham Ten Broeck (1734–1810)^[3]
• Stephen van Rensselaer II (1742–1769), fifth Lord of Rensselaerwyck, who married Catherine Livingston (1745–1810)

Upon his death in 1747, his brother-in-law, Abraham Ten Broeck was named co-administrator of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck until 1784 when his son, Stephen Van Rensselaer II, came of age.^[4]

See also

• Van Rensselaer family
• Van Cortlandt family

References

Van Rensselaer family
This list is not complete, and should be taken as a rough guideline depending on the notability of a respective family member.
1st generation	Hendrick Wolter van Rensselaer
2nd generation	Issue of Hendrick Wolter Kiliaen van Rensselaer
3rd generation	Issue of Kiliaen Hendrick van Rensselaer Johan van Rensselaer
4th generation	Issue of Hendrick Kilian van Rensselaer† Maria (van Rensselaer) van Twiller
5th generation	Issue of Kilian Johan van Rensselaer† Jan Baptist van Rensselaer† Jeremias van Rensselaer† Nicholas van Rensselaer (minister)†
6th generation	Issue of Johan Kiliaen van Rensselaer† Issue of Jeremias Johannes (John) Van Rensselaer Kilian van Rensselaer† Hendrick van Rensselaer†
7th generation	Issue of Kilian Jeremias van Rensselaer† Stephen van Rensselaer I†
8th generation	Issue of Stephen I Stephen van Rensselaer II†
9th generation	Issue of Stephen II Stephen van Rensselaer III†
10th generation	Issue of Stephen III Stephen van Rensselaer IV Henry van Rensselaer
†Served as patroon or director of Rensselaerswyck