Stephanus Van Rensselaer (1707 - abt. 1747)

Born 23 Mar 1707 in Albany, Province of New York

Ancestors

Husband of Elisabeth (Groesbeck) van Rensselaer — married 5 Jul 1729 in Reformed Dutch Church of Albany

Descendants

Died about 1 Jul 1747 at about age 40 in Albany, New York

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Biography

Birth

Stephanus was born before, 23 Mar 1707, in Albany, New York. He is a son of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer Maria van Cortlandt.^[1][2][3][4]

He was baptized, 23 Mar 1707, in the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, New York. 23 Mar 1707 Stephanus, of Kiliaan Van Rensselaar and Maria Van Cortlandt. Wit.: Philip and Lysbet Schuyler, in place of Geertruy Van Cortland.^[1]

Marriage

Stephanus van Rensselaer and Elizabeth Groesbeek were married, 5 July 1729, in the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, New York. 1729 July 5. L. St. Van Rensselaer and –– Groesbeek. ^[5]

Children:

1. Kiliaen bp. 8 Dec 1729
2. Maria bp.13 Aug 1732
3. Elizabeth bp. 12 Jul 1734
4. Kiliaen bp. 17 Apr 1737
5. Maria bp. 17 Aug 1739
6. Stephanus bp. 2 June 1742

Baptisms:

• 1729 Dec. 8. Kiliaen, of Step. and Elyz. Rensselaar. Wit.: Step. and Eliz. Groesbeek. Baptismal Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, Part 3, Page 36. Baptismal Record

• 1732 Maria, of Steph. and Elyz. V. Rensselaar. Wit.: Jeremias V. Rensselaar, Maria Milt. Baptismal Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, Part 3, Page 46. Baptismal Record

• 1734 July 12. Elizabeth, of Stevanus Van Renzelaar and Elizabeth Groesbeek. Wit.: Stevanus and Elizabeth Groesbeek. Baptismal Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, Part 3, Page 54. Baptismal Record

• 1737 Apr. 17. Kiliaen, of Stev. and Elyz. V. Rensselaar. Wit.: Jer. V. Rensselaar, Corn. Schuyler. Baptismal Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, Part 3, Page 67. Baptismal Record

• 1739 Aug. 19. Maria, of Stevanus and Elizabeth Van Renzelaar. Wit.: Johannes Arense Schuyler, Maria Millin. Baptismal Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, Part 3, Page 79. Baptismal Record

• 1742 June 2. Stevanus, of Stevanus and Elizabeth Van Renzelaar. Wit.: Stevanus and Elizabeth Groesbeek.Baptismal Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, Part 3, Page 93. Baptismal Record

Death

He died, 1 Jul 1747 in Albany, New York, and was buried in Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, New York. ^[2][4]

Will

. In the name of God, Amen, I, STEPHEN VAN RENSSELAER, of the Manor of Rensselaerwyck, in the County of Albany, Gentleman, being very sick. My body is to be buried in the new burying place, nigh the Manor House, a little above the middlemost Grist mill, to the south of the Fifth kill, where I desire a vault to be made for my corpse to be laid in. I dispose of my temporal estate as follows: I leave to my only son, Stephen, all that my Manor Rensselaerwyck, with all my stock of negroes, horse, and cattle, and implements of husbandry, to the said Manor belonging. I leave to my wife, Elizabeth, the use and profits of my whole estate during her widowhood, and the minority of my son and heir. If my wife should re-marry or die during the minority of my son, then my executors are to receive the property and use it till he be of age, and they are to provide for the maintenance and education of my children. All my plate, jewels, bills, bonds, and goods are to inventoried and appraised by my executors, and 1/2 of them to be given to my wife, and 1/2 to my daughter Elizabeth, when she is of age or married. I leave to my daughter Elizabeth all my share of a certain tract of land in Albany County, called Watoms-patch, and also a lot of land in the Manor of Rensselaerwyck, fronting the road that leads to the Manor house, lying between the lot of Volkert Vanderberg and Abraham De Freest; Also a lot behind the lot of Jeremiah Schuyler, where he now lives running up westerly ranging with the street from the northwest corner of said Schuyler's house, 35 feet, and so southward, keeping the same breadth as far as the vacant ground goes, not as yet given or granted to any other person. Also 1/2 of a stream and saw mill where Christian Scham used to live on it formerly, on the east side of Hudson river, in the said Manor; And also 150 acres of land convenient to said mill, with the privilege of cutting and carrying way logs for the saw mill; Also free liberty of Commange of pasture in the Manor; Also 300 acres of land at Hosick, lying upon Hosick creek, being the land that was given to me by the will of my father, Killian Van Rensselaer. If she or her heirs shall sell the said mill and land, then the purchaser shall pay yearly, forever, the tenths to the heir at law in possession of said Manor. But if she or her heirs retain the said lands, they shall only pay for each tract the sum of 3 shillings yearly in lieu of all rents. If my wife should marry she shall have the use of the island the pasture over against it, now in possession of my mother, after the decease of my said mother. I also leave to my wife, Elizabeth, the Bowery on Conagone, now in possession of Hendrick Jong, during her life. But if she should be in want for her maintenance, she may sell it. Otherwise, the said farm shall return to my son, Stephen and my daughter Elizabeth. I also leave to my daughter Elizabeth a lot of ground adjoining to the north of the lot of Isaac Field, lying on the west side of the road that leads from the Town to the Manor house, being 40 feet in breadth, and as long as the said Fiele's lot. I make my wife Elizabeth and my brother Jacobus, and John Baptist Van Rensselaer and my brother in law, Gerardus Groesbeck, executors of this will. "Done at my Manor House, the 24th day of June, 1746. Witnesses, Symon Deryder, Peter Schuyler, Jr., John De Peyster. Proved before Myndert Schuyler, Esq. in Albany, July 27, 1747.^[6]

Will

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, Part 2, Page 43. http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/albany/part2.html#baptismal Baptismal Record
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Find-a-Grave Find A Grave Memorial# 102267151
3. ↑ "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2C4-4W5 : accessed 17 October 2015), Stephanus Van Rensselaar, 23 Mar 1707; citing FIRST DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH, ALBANY, NEW YORK, reference ; FHL microfilm 908,989.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Stephan Bielinski Stephen Van Rensselaer
5. ↑ Marriage Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, Part 3, Page 3. Marriage Record
6. ↑ Abstracts of Wills, Vol. IV 1744-1753, pages 143 & 144. Page 190

• Robison, Jeannie Floyd Jones, and Henrietta C. Bartlett. Genealogical Records; Manuscript Entries of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Taken from Family Bibles, 1581-1917. New York: Colonial Dames of New York, 1917. p. 253.

• Genealogies of the State of New York: A Record of the Achievements of Her People In the Making Of A Commonwealth And the Funding Of A Nation, Long Island Edition, Volume 1, ed. Tunis Garret Bergen (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913) Southern New York, p. 5

• Wikipedia Stephen van Rensselaer article on Wikipedia

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Kitty Smith for contributions to this profile.