Rensselaerswyck
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Rensselaerswyck was a Dutch colonial patroonship and later an English manor owned by the van Rensselaer family located in the present-day Capital District of New York in the United States.
An 1841 oil painting of the Van Rensselaer Manor House by Thomas Cole
The historical marker at the dividing line between the Manor of Rensselaerswyck and Albany, New York
House at the Watervliet farm built by Jeremias van Rensselaer following the April 7, 1666 flood, depicted in an 1839 pencil sketch
A poster announcing an Anti-Rent meeting in Nassau, New York
Kiliaen van Rensselaer was a Dutch diamond and pearl merchant from Amsterdam who was one of the founders and directors of the Dutch West India Company, being instrumental in the establishment of New N
Rensselaerswyck
…located in the present-day Capital District of New York in the United States. The estate was originally deeded by the Dutch West India Company in 1630 to Kiliaen van Rensselaer, a Dutch merchant and one of the company's original directors. Rensselaerswyck extended for miles on each side of the Hudson River. It included most…
Birth house of Kiliaen van Rensselaer in Hasselt, Netherlands
The West India House in Amsterdam, headquarters of the Dutch West India Company from 1623 to 1647
Van Rensselaer Stained Glass
Rensselaer family gravestone in the church of Nijkerk, that Kiliaen bought commemorating his father Hendrick and uncle Johan. He probably purchased this when his first wife died, as her family name, Byllaer, is on the stone in the lower right. Kiliaen named his sons Hendrick and Johan after these men.