Van Rensselaer, Kiliaen

(kē`lēän văn rĕn`sələr, rĕn`səlēr'), c.1580–1644, Dutch merchant and patroon, b. Amsterdam. He was a wealthy diamond and pearl merchant and helped found (1621) the Dutch West India Company, later becoming one of its directors. He was one of the first to develop a patroonship in New Netherland, having purchased a vast tract of land near what is now Albany. It was called Rensselaerswyck and comprised a large part of the present-day counties of Albany, Rensselaer, and Columbia. Van Rensselaer himself never visited his estate, which was the largest of its kind, but he sent his cousin Arent Van CurlerVan Curler or Van Corlaer, Arent
, 1619–67, Dutch colonist in New Netherland. He came (1637) to the colony to assist in the management of Rensselaerswyck, the estate of his cousin Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, and from
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Bibliography

See M. Van Rensselaer, Annals of the Van Rensselaers in the United States (1888).

单词	van rensselaer, kiliaen
释义	Van Rensselaer, Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Kiliaen (kē`lēän văn rĕn`sələr, rĕn`səlēr'), c.1580–1644, Dutch merchant and patroon, b. Amsterdam. He was a wealthy diamond and pearl merchant and helped found (1621) the Dutch West India Company, later becoming one of its directors. He was one of the first to develop a patroonship in New Netherland, having purchased a vast tract of land near what is now Albany. It was called Rensselaerswyck and comprised a large part of the present-day counties of Albany, Rensselaer, and Columbia. Van Rensselaer himself never visited his estate, which was the largest of its kind, but he sent his cousin Arent Van CurlerVan Curler or Van Corlaer, Arent , 1619–67, Dutch colonist in New Netherland. He came (1637) to the colony to assist in the management of Rensselaerswyck, the estate of his cousin Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, and from ..... Click the link for more information. to manage it. His first name is also spelled Killian. Bibliography See M. Van Rensselaer, Annals of the Van Rensselaers in the United States (1888).
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