Rutger Bleecker (1745 - 1787)

Born 6 Jun 1745 in Albany, Albany, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Catherine (Elmendorf) Bleeker — married 31 Oct 1768 in New York

Descendants

Died 4 Oct 1787 at age 42 in Albany, New York, United States

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Biography

Rutger was born in 1745. He was the son of Johannes Bleecker and Elizabeth Staats. He passed away in 1787.

Sources

• Find A Grave: Memorial #53586969
• "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936," database with images, FamilySearch, Rutger Bleecker, 31 Oct 1760, New York, British Colonial America; citing ref. ID , county clerk offices from various counties, New York; FHL microfilm 930,131.
• "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962," database, FamilySearch, Rutger Bleeker in entry for John Bleeker, 20 Dec 1771; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 908,989.

Bleecker was a wealthy Albany merchant who held property in the City of Albany, Albany County; the Springfield Patent [Groesbeck Patent, Springfield?], Otsego County; the Roseboom Patent, Root, Montgomery County; and Cosby's Manor, Oneida and Herkimer counties, among others. [William] Cosby's Manor was sold in 1772 to General Philip Schuyler, General John Bradstreet, John Morin Scott (a New York City lawyer and congressman), and Rutger Bleecker. The property was surveyed in 1786 and divided into 106 lots 1, 4, 8, 9, 12, 15, 20, 22, 104, 105, and 106 going to Bleecker. Bleecker had hoped to settle his children in homes on the Utica lots but only Mary (Bleecker) Miller resided there.

Rutger Bleecker died on October 4, 1787; his will was executed by his widow, Catharine, his brother, Barent, his brother-in-law, Peter Edmund Elmendorf, and his friend (the brother-in-law of Barent), John Lansing, Jr. Catharine lived to 1808. The couple is buried in Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, New York, along with four of their children.