Stephen van Rensselaer II
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Stephen van Rensselaer II was the sixth and youngest child of Stephen van Rensselaer I and Elizabeth Groesbeck. He served as Lord of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck.
Stephen van Rensselaer II
Kiliaen van Rensselaer (merchant)
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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 Netherland.
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.