Annals of the Van Rensselaers in the United States: Especially as They Relate to the Family of Killian K. Van Rensselaer...C. Van Benthuysen & sons, 1888 - 241 pages Kiliaen Van Rensselaer (d.1646) received the family patroonship along the Hudson River near what later became Albany, New York, but it is doubtful if he ever visited New Netherland. He lived in Amsterdam, Holland, The Netherlands, and directed the establishment and management of the patroonship. His son, Jeremias Van Rensselaer, replaced a temporary administration under his brother Jan, and Jeremias married Maria Van Cortlandt in 1662. Descendants and relatives lived in New York, Louisiana and elsewhere. Includes ancestry and genealogical data in The Netherlands. |
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... Rensselaers were all ardent patriots during the Revolutionary war . In this they had nothing to gain and every thing to lose , so far as their personal interests were concerned . But like Washington , Schuyler , the Van Cortlandts , the 41.
... Rensselaers were all ardent patriots during the Revolutionary war . In this they had nothing to gain and every thing to lose , so far as their personal interests were concerned . But like Washington , Schuyler , the Van Cortlandts , the 41.
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... Washington , Schuyler , the Van Cortlandts , the Livingstons , the Clintons , they chose the side of their country , with all its hazards and privations . At that momentous time there were eighteen males of the name , of whom four were ...
... Washington , Schuyler , the Van Cortlandts , the Livingstons , the Clintons , they chose the side of their country , with all its hazards and privations . At that momentous time there were eighteen males of the name , of whom four were ...
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... Washington , in which General Schuyler was a leader . I have seen the modern slang expres- sion " machine " applied , in a letter written at his death , to the Federal party as managed by him . His impatience was so great , as my ...
... Washington , in which General Schuyler was a leader . I have seen the modern slang expres- sion " machine " applied , in a letter written at his death , to the Federal party as managed by him . His impatience was so great , as my ...
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... Washington they gave the more dignified and appropriate title , " An - na - ta - kau - les , " " Taker of towns . ' ( " Memoir , etc , " by Egbert Benson . ) " " the nation , and laid the foundation of many lasting 56.
... Washington they gave the more dignified and appropriate title , " An - na - ta - kau - les , " " Taker of towns . ' ( " Memoir , etc , " by Egbert Benson . ) " " the nation , and laid the foundation of many lasting 56.
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... Washington , and was the precursor of many critical events in the history . of the nation . Jefferson had just been elected Presi- dent by the preceding House of Representatives after a heated and doubtful contest with Colonel Aaron ...
... Washington , and was the precursor of many critical events in the history . of the nation . Jefferson had just been elected Presi- dent by the preceding House of Representatives after a heated and doubtful contest with Colonel Aaron ...
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