Jan Baptist van Rensselaer

Stained glass installed in the Manor House of Rensselaerswyck by Jan Baptist van Rensselaer

Rensselaerswyck series
Dutch West India Company
The Patroon System
Map of Rensselaerswyck
Patroons of Rensselaerswyck: Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1630–40s) Various (1640s–52) Jan Baptist van Rensselaer (1652–58) Jeremias van Rensselaer (1658–74) Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1674–87) Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1687–1719)^[1] Jeremias van Rensselaer (1719–45) Stephen van Rensselaer I (1745–47) Stephen van Rensselaer II (1747–69) Abraham Ten Broeck (1769–84, de facto) Stephen van Rensselaer III (1784–1839)

Coat of Arms of Jan Baptist van Rensselaer

Jan Baptist van Rensselaer (Amsterdam 18 March 1629 ^[2]–Amsterdam, 24 October 1678^[3]) was the second son of Kiliaen van Rensselaer, and his first son by his second wife, Anna van Wely.

Life

Van Rensselaer Stained Glass

Jan Baptist sailed from Amsterdam on the Gelderse Blom (Gelderland Flower) in the spring of 1651. With him travelled twelve employees hired by the Patroon,^[4] recruited from places where the Van Rensselaers had other interests. Jan Baptist was the first Van Rensselaer to visit the colony. In May 1652 he was appointed Director of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck representing his brother Johannes, the second Patroon. During his residence on the estate, he lived in a style befitting his position, having brought furniture, silverware, and other personal property of much value from Holland, including portraits of the members of the van Rensselaer family.^[5]

It was Jan Baptist who placed in the Dutch Church of Beverwyck the window pane representing the van Rensselaer coat of arms in 1656. Not long afterward he returned to Holland, becoming one of the leading merchants of Amsterdam.

When he returned to Holland in 1658, he was succeeded as Director by his brother Jeremias. Jan Baptist became the third Patroon upon the death of his elder brother Johan.^[6] Jeremias later became the fourth patroon.

Jan Baptist married Susanna Van Wely and died in Amsterdam, Holland, October 18, 1678. His only son, Kiliaen died without issue.^[7]

New Netherland series
Exploration
Fortifications:
Fort Amsterdam Fort Nassau (North) Fort Orange Fort Nassau (South) Fort Goede Hoop De Wal Fort Casimir Fort Altena Fort Wilhelmus Fort Beversreede Fort Nya Korsholm De Rondout
Settlements:
Noten Eylandt Nieuw Amsterdam Rensselaerswijck Nieuw Haarlem Beverwijck Wiltwijk Bergen Pavonia Vriessendael Achter Col Vlissingen Oude Dorpe Colen Donck Greenwich Heemstede Rustdorp Gravesende Breuckelen Nieuw Amersfoort Midwout Nieuw Utrecht Boswijk Swaanendael Nieuw Amstel Nieuw Dorp
The Patroon System
Charter of Freedoms and Exemptions
Cornelius Jacobsen May (1620–25) Willem Verhulst (1625–26) Peter Minuit (1626–32) Sebastiaen Jansen Krol (1632–33) Wouter van Twiller (1633–38) Willem Kieft (1638–47) Peter Stuyvesant (1647–64)
People of New Netherland
New Netherlander Twelve Men Eight Men Nine Men
Flushing Remonstrance

References

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↑ Spooner 1907, p.17
↑ Birth Certificate Amsterdam City Archive
↑ Burial certificate Amsterdam City Archive
↑ Nieuwenhuis, Pim. "Abstracts from Notarial Documents in the Amsterdam Archives", New Netherland Connections
↑ Spooner, W. W. (January 1907). "The Van Rensselaer Family". American Historical Magazine 2 (1): 13.
↑ Van Rensselaer, Jeremias. Correspondence of Jeremias Van Rensselaer, 1651-1674, edited by A.J.F. Van Laer, University of the State of New York, 1932
↑ Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, Cuyler Reynolds, ed., Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1911

This article incorporates text from an article in American Historical Magazine, by W. W. Spooner (1907), a publication now in the public domain.

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

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