Maria (Sanders) Van Rensselaer (1747)

Born 23 Aug 1747 in Albany, Province of New York

Ancestors

Wife of Philip Kiliaen Van Rensselaer — married 24 Feb 1768 in Albany, Albany, Province of New York

Descendants

Biography

Maria was the daughter of Robert Sanders and Elizabeth Schuyler.

Her father's will was probated 6 June 1765, In it he names his only son, Peter Sanders, and daughters Maria, Deborah, Catherine, and Elizabeth.^[1]

Church Records

Baptism:

• 1747 23 Aug Maria, of Robbert Sanders and Elizabeth Schuyler. Wit.: Barent Sanders, Catharina Schuyler ^[2]

Marriage:

• 1768, Feb. 24. L. Philip Van Renzelaar and Maria Sanders, y.p. of this place.^[3]

Children's Baptisms:

Sources

1. ↑ New York Probate Records, 1629-1971 Albany Wills 1629-1802 vol AQ-AS 112, Images 692 to 696 of 764, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYC9-9357?i=691&wc=Q7P7-JWR%3A213301001%2C214984001&cc=1920234
2. ↑ Secretary Henry L. Bogert. Year Book of the Holland Society of New York. New York: Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1906.
3. ↑ Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, New York, 1683–1809 Excerpted from Year Books of the Holland Society of New York, Transcribed by Dave Pane-Joyce. https://web.archive.org/web/20140219095056/http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/albany/part5.html#marriage

• Bogert, Secretary Henry L. Year Book of the Holland Society of New York. New York: Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1906.
• Stefan Bielinski, Maria Sanders Van Rensselaer, http://exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov//albany/bios/s/masanders1438.html, acessed 20 Feb 2020, [1]
• The confession of Jesse Strang, : who was executed at Albany, August 24, 1827, for the murder of John Whipple. Strang, Jesse, 1797-1827. Albany: Printed for the publisher. 1827, http://lawcollections.library.cornell.edu/trial/catalog/sat:0215 , accessed 23 Apr 2021.
• Maria's wedding dress. https://www.facebook.com/183929721622581/photos/a.183932401622313/184735854875301/
• Cherry Hill Receipt Books, Collection Owner: Historic Cherry Hill, https://nyheritage.org/collections/cherry-hill-receipt-books , accessed 18 Sep 2021. Historic Cherry Hill, Maria Schuyler Sanders Van Rensselaer's Receipt Book from 1760-1834, https://nyheritage.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/CherryHill/id/973/rec/16 , Notes contain biography.