Kiliaen
van Rensselaer
Alternate First Name(s)
Kiliaen
Alternate Last Name(s)
van Renselaer

Mark of Kiliaen van Rensselaer, wikimedia commons

ID
1609,000,032
Gender
Male
Birth Date
1586
Birth Location
Hasselt, Overjssel, Netherlands
Death Date
1643-10-07
Death Location
Amsterdam, Holland
Demographic(s)
Merchant Trader
Councilor - DWIC
Family
Sons
Jan Baptist van Rensselaer (ID: 1609,000,281)
Jeremias van Rensselaer (ID: 1609,000,283)
Nicholas van Rensselaer (ID: 1609,000,286)
Rykert van Rensselaer (ID: 1609,000,288)
Daughters
Maria van Rensselaer (ID: 1609,000,282)
Hillegonda van Rensselaer (ID: 1609,000,284)
Eleanor van Rensselaer (ID: 1609,000,285)
Susanna van Rensselaer (ID: 1609,000,287)
Spouses | Marriages
Spouse Marriage
Hillegonda van Bijler (ID: 1609,000,290) 1609,000,032 - 1609,000,290 van Renssalaer - van Bijler
Anna van Wely (van Rensselaer (ID: 1609,000,289) 1609,000,032 - 1609,000,289 van Renssalaer - van Wely
Ancestor Notes

A pearl and diamond merchant from Amsterdam who was amoung the founders and directors of the Dutch West India Company, and thus New Netherland.    He was a patroon and founded the Manor of Rensselaerswyck in the area near present day Albany.