For the sixth patroon, see Jeremias van Rensselaer (sixth patroon).
Jeremias van Rensselaer
Portrait of Jeremias Van Rensselaer
Patroon of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck Acting
In office 1658–1674
Preceded by
Jan Baptist van Rensselaer
Succeeded by
Kiliaen van Rensselaer
Personal details
Born
16 May 1632 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died
October 12, 1674 (1674-10-13) (aged 42) Manor of Rensselaerswyck, New York
Spouse
Maria van Cortlandt
(m. 1662)
Children
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer Hendrick van Rensselaer
Parent(s)
Kiliaen van Rensselaer Anna Van Wely
Relatives
See Van Rensselaer family
Occupation
Merchant, Patroon
Signature
New Netherland series
Exploration
Fortifications:
Fort Amsterdam
Fort Nassau (North)
Fort Orange
Fort Nassau (South)
Fort Goede Hoop
De Wal
Fort Casimir
Fort Altena
Fort Wilhelmus
Fort Beversreede
Fort Nya Korsholm
De Rondout
Settlements:
Noten Eylandt
Nieuw Amsterdam
Rensselaerswijck
Nieuw Haarlem
Beverwijck
Wiltwijk
Bergen
Pavonia
Vriessendael
Achter Col
Vlissingen
Oude Dorpe
Colen Donck
Greenwich
Heemstede
Rustdorp
Gravesende
Breuckelen
Nieuw Amersfoort
Midwout
Nieuw Utrecht
Boswijk
Swaanendael
Nieuw Amstel
Nieuw Dorp
The Patroon System
Charter of Freedoms and Exemptions
Cornelius Jacobsen May (1620–25)
Willem Verhulst (1625–26)
Peter Minuit (1626–32)
Sebastiaen Jansen Krol (1632–33)
Wouter van Twiller (1633–38)
Willem Kieft (1638–47)
Peter Stuyvesant (1647–64)
People of New Netherland
New Netherlander
Twelve Men
Eight Men
Nine Men
Flushing Remonstrance
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Rensselaerswyck series
Dutch West India Company
The Patroon System
Map of Rensselaerswyck
Patroons of Rensselaerswyck:
Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1630–1640s)
Various (1640s–1652)
Jan Baptist van Rensselaer (1652–1658)
Jeremias van Rensselaer (1658–1674)
Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1674–1687)
Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1687–1719)[1]
Jeremias van Rensselaer (1719–1745)
Stephen van Rensselaer I (1745–1747)
Stephen van Rensselaer II (1747–1769)
Abraham Ten Broeck (1769–1784, de facto)
Stephen van Rensselaer III (1784–1839)
Jeremias van Rensselaer (Amsterdam, 16 May 1632 – October 12, 1674) was the third son of Kiliaen van Rensselaer, one of the founders and directors of the Dutch West India Company who was instrumental in the establishment of New Netherland and was the first patroon of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck. Jeremias van Rensselaer was the acting patroon of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck, and the first of his family to establish himself permanently in America.[2]
^Spooner 1907, p.17
^"Van Rensselaer Family Papers: Manuscripts and Special Collections: New York State Library". www.nysl.nysed.gov. New York State Library. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
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