Van Rensselaer (surname)

This article is about the surname "Van Rensselaer". For other uses, see Van Rensselaer and Rensselaer.
Van Rensselaer coat of arms originally had the Dutch motto: niemand zonder; no one without it (the cross). Modern motto: omnibus effulgemus; we shine for all.

Van Rensselaer is a surname of Dutch origin. Van is a Dutch preposition meaning from and is a common prefix in Dutch language surnames. In the Netherlands, "van" is written with a lower case "v"; in the United States the particle "Van" is usually capitalized, but individual usage should be followed.[2]

Most of the Van Rensselaers emigrated from the Netherlands to a large area along the Hudson River in the present day area of Albany, New York. The Van Rensselaers and other patroons named this young colony New Netherland. Many members of the family have been active in politics and in the military.[3][4]

Patroons of Rensselaerswyck

Lords of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck

Family tree

  • Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1586–1643), 1st m. 1616: Hillegonda van Bijler (ca. 1598 – 1626); 2nd m. 1627: Anna van Wely (ca. 1601 – 1670)
    • (1) Hendrick van Rensselaer (born ca. 1620)
    • (1) Johan van Rensselaer (1625–1663), m. 1655 Elizabeth van Twiller
    • (1) Maria van Rensselaer (died 1627)
    • (2) Jan Baptist van Rensselaer (1629–1678), m. Susanna van Wely
    • (2) Maria van Rensselaer (1631–1654)
    • (2) Jeremias van Rensselaer (1632–1674), m. 1662: Maria van Cortlandt (1645–1689)
      • Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1663–1719), m. 1701: Maria van Cortlandt (1674/80–1747/50), after Kiliaen van Rensselaer had died in 1719, Maria van Cortlandt married in 1728 John Milne.
        • Jeremias van Rensselaer (1705–1745)
        • Stephen van Rensselaer (1707–1747), m. 1729: Elizabeth Groesbeck (1707–1756)
          • Elizabeth van Rensselaer (1734–1813), m. 1763: Abraham ten Broeck (1734–1810)
          • Stephen van Rensselaer (1742–1769), m. 1764: Catherine Livingston (1745–1810), after Stephen van Rensselaer had died in 1769, Catherine Livingston married in 1775 Eilardus Westerlo (1738–1790).
            • Stephen van Rensselaer (1764–1839), 1st m. 1783: Margarita Schuyler (1758–1801); 2nd m. 1802: Cornelia Paterson (1780–1844)
            • Philip van Rensselaer (1767–1824), m. 1787: Anne van Cortlandt (1766–1855)
            • Elizabeth van Rensselaer (1768–1841), 1st m. 1787: John Bradstreet Schuyler (1765–1795); 2nd m. 1799/1800: John Bleecker (1763–1833), widower of Jane Gilliland.
        • Jacobus van Rensselaer (1713–1762)
        • Gertrude van Rensselaer (born 1714), 1st m. Adonis Schuyler; 2nd m. 1766: Robert Livingston (1708–1790)
        • Jan Baptist vn Rensselaer (1717–1763)
        • Anne van Rensselaer (1719–1791), m. John Schuyler (1708–1773)
      • Johannes van Rensselaer
      • Anna van Rensselaer (born 1665), m. Kiliaen van Rensselaer (died 1687)
      • Hendrick van Rensselaer (1667–1740), m. 1689: Catharina van Brugh (1665–1730)
        • Catryn van Rensselaer (1691–1770), m. 1714: Johannes ten Broeck (1683–1765)
        • Anna van Rensselaer (1696–1756), m. 1717: Peter Douw (1692–1775)
        • Elizabeth van Rensselaer (1700–1779), m. 1731: John Richard (died 1763)
        • Helena van Rensselaer (1702–1792), m. 1728: Jacob Wendell (1702–1745)
        • Johannes van Rensselaer (1707/08–1783), 1st m. 1734: Engeltje Livingston (1698–1746/47); 2nd m. Gertrude van Cortlandt
          • (1) Catherine van Rensselaer (1734–1803), m. 1755: Philip Schuyler (1733–1804)
          • (1) Jeremiah van Rensselaer (1738–1810), 1st m. 1760: Judith Bayard; 2nd m. 1764: Helena Lansing (1743–1795)
          • (1) Robert van Rensselaer (1740–1802), m. 1765: Cornelia Rutsen (1746/47–1790)
            • Jacob van Rensselaer (1767–1835), m. Cornelia de Peyster
            • James van Rensselaer (1784–1847), m. Susan De Lancey Cullen (1786-1863)
              • John Cullen van Rensselaer (1812–1898), m. Cornelia Josepha Codwise (1810-1890)
                • Mary Van Rensselaer (1839-1871), m. Andrew K. Cogswell (1839-1900)
                • Schuyler van Rensselaer (1845–1884), m. 1873: Mariana Griswold (1851–1934)
                • Susan De Lancey Van Rensselaer (1851-1931)
        • Hendrick van Rensselaer (1712–1793), 1st m. 1735: Elizabeth van Brugh (1712–1753); 2nd m. 1762: Alida Livingston (1716–1798), widow of Jacob Rutsen (1716–1753).
        • Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1717–1781), 1st m. 1742: Ariaantie Schuyler (1720–1763); 2nd m. 1769: Maria Low
          • (1) Henry van Rensselaer (1744–1816), m. Alida Bratt
          • (1) Philip Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1747–1798), m. 1768: Mary Sanders (1749–1830)
          • (1) Nicholas van Rensselaer (1754-1848), m. 1780: Elsie van Buren (1759–1844)
          • (1) Elsie van Rensselaer (1758–1796), m. 1774: Abraham Lansing (1752–1822)
          • (1) Maria van Rensselaer (1760–1841), m. 1777: Leonard Gansevoort (1754–1834)
          • (1) Killian van Rensselaer (1763–1845), m. 1791: Margaret Sanders (1764–1830)
      • Maria van Rensselaer (1673–1713), m. 1691: Pieter Schuyler (1657–1724), widower of Engeltie van Schaick (1659–1689).
    • (2) Hillegonda van Rensselaer (1633–1654)
    • (2) Leonora van Rensselaer (1635–1695?)
    • (2) Nicholas van Rensselaer (1636–1678), m. 1675: Alida Schuyler (1656–1727/29), after Nicholas van Rensselaer had died in 1678, Alida Schuyler married in 1679 Robert Livingston (1654–1728).
    • (2) Susanna van Rensselaer (1638–1680)
    • (2) Ryckert van Rensselaer (1639–1692/95), m. 1681: Anna van Beaumont

List of people with the surname Van Rensselaer

References

  1. Spooner 1907, p.17
  2. U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual; Chapter 3 - Capitalization Rules; Rule 3.14: "In anglicized names such particles are usually capitalized...but individual usage...should be followed."
  3. Van Rensselaer, Maunsell (1888). Annals of the Van Rensselaers in the United States, especially as they relate to the family of Killian K. Van Rensselaer C. Van Benthuysen & Sons, p. 215
  4. Bonney, Catharina V. R. (Catharina Van Rensselaer)(1875). Alegacy of Historical Gleanings J. Munsell
  5. Van Rensselaer, Jeremias. Correspondence of Jeremias Van Rensselaer, 1651-1674, University of the State of New York, 1932
  6. Hamilton, Lewis H. and Darroch, William (1916). A standard history of Jasper and Newton counties, Indiana, Vol. 1, p. 137. Lewis Publishing Company
  7. Spooner, Walter Whipple (January 1907). "The Van Rensselaer Family", American Historical Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 1, p. 207.
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