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Maria van Cortlandt van Rensselaer, Jeremias's wife and Kiliaen's mother was the administrator and treasurer of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck until 1687. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] [ 26 ] In 1683, one year before Kiliaen became Lord of the Manor, New York Governor Thomas Dongan established Albany County , one of the original twelve counties in New York.
Pepper, Calvin, Jr. State Library. "Manor of Rensselaerwyck." 1846. Located at the New York State Library Rensselaer County Deed Books. Rensselaer County Courthouse, Troy, NY. Rensselaer County Weekly Review Newspaper, 501 Broadway, Troy, NY 12181. "Board Approves First Entries for Town Historic Register.” By Jim Akin, Staff Reporter. 7/23/1985.
Stephen van Rensselaer I (1707–1747), son of Kiliaen, brother of Jeremias, seventh Patroon and fourth Lord of the Manor; Stephen van Rensselaer II (1742–1769), son of Stephen, eighth Patroon and fifth Lord of the Manor; Stephen Van Rensselaer III (1764–1839), US Representative from New York and Lt. Gov. of New York, founder and namesake ...
Stephen Van Rensselaer IV, heir to the Manor of Rensselaerswyck. His efforts to collect past due rents and refusal to negotiate with Anti-Renters was the primary cause of the dispute. John Van Steenburgh, Anti-Renter who was convicted for murdering Undersheriff Osman Steele. He was sentenced to death, which was later commuted to life in prison.
The Van Rensselaer Lower Manor is located on the east side of Claverack, New York, United States. State Route 23 passes to the south. The manor is a combination of two 18th-century houses, one stone and the other frame, later connected with a hyphen. They were combined into one building and sided in wood.
The Crailo State Historic Site (also known as Fort Crailo and Yankee Doodle House) is a historic, fortified brick manor house in Rensselaer, New York which was built in 1707. The word Crailo is derived from kraaien bos (Dutch for "crow's woods") and refers to Kiliaen van Rensselaer's estate in Huizen, Holland, which is also named "Crailo". [3]
Kiliaen van Rensselaer (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkɪlijaːɱ vɑn ˈrɛnsəlaːr] ⓘ; 1586 [a] – buried 7 October 1643) [b] was a Dutch diamond and pearl merchant from Amsterdam who was one of the founders and directors of the Dutch West India Company, being instrumental in the establishment of New Netherland.
The house combined a Georgian body with a gambrel roof, commonly found on the Dutch Colonial houses van Rensselaer's ancestors (and indeed many of Albany's earlier settlers) had built. [9] The family and its many children moved in later that year. [8] van Rensselaer kept building up the farm, and by 1790 it was almost a thousand acres (400 ha).