Kiliaen van Rensselaer (bef. 1657 - 1687)

Born before 23 Aug 1657 in Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland

Ancestors

Husband of Anna (Van Rensselaer) van Rensselaer — married 18 Jul 1686 in Albany, Albany, New York

Died 22 Feb 1687 after age 29 in Watervliet, Albany County, New York

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Biography

Kiliaen Van Rensselaer 2rd Patroon; 1st Lord was born about 1657 and died 22 February 1687 at Watervliet, Albany County, New York at 30 years of age. He married July 18, 1686 at Albany, Albany County, New York Anna Van Rensselaer. His will was dated February 22, 1687 and proved June 7, 1687.

Baptism

Baptism: no name child but probably, Killiaen van Renseler Doop , 23-08-1657 Doopdatum: 23-08-1657 Doopplaats: Nijkerk Moeder: Lijsbet Twiller, van Vader: Jan Renseler, van^[1]

Will

From Abstracts of Wills, vol. I, 1665–1707, in the collection of the The New York Historical Society, come this part of Kiliaen's will.
In the name of God, Amen. Be it known to all men it may concerne, that in the year 1686/7, on the 22 day of the month of February, about 12 of the clock at night, before me John Becker, Notary Publick, admitted by His Excelency, Thomas Dongan, Lieut. Gen., Governor, etc. Killian Van Rensselaer, Patroon of the Lordship and manor of Rensselaerwyck dwelling there at Watervliet, being sick on bed, but using and having his senses He bequeaths his soul into the hands of God, and appoints his wife, Mrs. Anne Van Rensselaer, his executor, and his only and universal heir of all his goods and chattels, whether in this country or upon the sea, in Guilderland or elsewhere, without being obliged to give an account to the orphan masters or to his kindred. But his wife shall suffer his sister Nellie Maria, born at Newkirck, and now dwelling at Amsterdam, to have and enjoy one-half of the property, in which is included the Testator's part of the entailed estate lying beyond sea, in Guilderland. And also concerning the money that his father, deceased, hath disbursed for the Lordship and manor of Rensselaerwyck, upon which an award is made and confirmed by the Testator and Mr. Richard Van Rensselaer, and a true account is to be delivered to his sister, and his sister shall do the like to his wife, for the estate beyond sea in the Netherlands. The land that is lying in the Lordship and manor of Rensselaerwyck, belonging to the Testator, shall be divided; and the part that has come to him by inheritance shall go to Hendrick Van Rensselaer, son of his uncle Jeremias Van Rensselaer, but one-half of the profits shall go to his wife for life. And of the lands he has by purchase, his sister is to have one-half the profits for life. If she die without issue, then to go to the children of Jeremias Van Rensselaer, son of John Baptist Van Rensellaer, and the children of Dr. Johanes Corlinus. The Testator's part of the ground or Toft of land in Klein Overshurst, being in the ampt, Van Bornvelt ...

Sources

1. ↑ Kerkelijke gemeente: Nijkerk Toegangsnummer: 0176 Inventarisnummer: 1138 Pagina: 4 Volgnummer op pagina: 5 Source: Geldersch archief probably baptism Killiaen van Renseler

• Early New Netherland Settlers, by Robert Gordon Clarke (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rclarke/) Cites:
  de Halve Maen, Volume 70, Summer 1997, p. 25.
  The Van Rensselaers in Holland and America, by Florence Van Rensselaer, 1956, p. 4.