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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Stephen Van Rensselaer II
|office = 8th [[Patroon]] of the [[Manor of Rensselaerswyck]] and 5th Lord of the Manor
|term = 1747 – 1769
|predecessor = [[Stephen Van Rensselaer I]]
|successor = [[Stephen Van Rensselaer III]]
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|birth_date = June 2, 1742
|birth_place = [[Manor of Rensselaerswyck]], [[Province of New York]]
|death_date = October 19, 1769 (aged 27)
|death_place = [[Manor of Rensselaerswyck]], [[Province of New York]]
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|occupation = Patroon
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|children = [[Stephen Van Rensselaer|Stephen van Rensselaer III]]<br>[[Philip S. Van Rensselaer]]<br>Elizabeth Van Rensselaer
|parents = [[Stephen Van Rensselaer I]]<br>Elizabeth Groesbeck
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|relatives = ''See'' [[Van Rensselaer family]]
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He was the eighth Patroon of Rensselaerwyck from 1747 to 1769. He was also the fifth Lord of the Manor.<ref name=spooner189>[https://archive.org/stream/vanrensselaerfam21spoo#page/22/mode/1up Spooner], pp. 22, 23</ref>
He was the eighth Patroon of Rensselaerwyck from 1747 to 1769. He was also the fifth Lord of the Manor.<ref name=spooner189>[https://archive.org/stream/vanrensselaerfam21spoo#page/22/mode/1up Spooner], pp. 22, 23</ref>


As sole-surviving son, he inherited the Manor of Rensselaerwyck when he was 5 years old; the Manor was administered by his brother in law [[Abraham Ten Broeck]] until he came of age. At the age of twenty, Stephen II was commissioned a captain in the Albany County Militia.<ref name=Bielinski>[http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/vr/svr5114.html Bielinski, Stefan. "Stephen Van Rensselaer II", New York State Museum]</ref> He built the new Manor House in 1765. Stephen Van Rensselaer II died in October 1769 at the age of twenty-seven.
As sole-surviving son, he inherited the Manor of Rensselaerwyck when he was 5 years old; the Manor was administered by his brother in law [[Abraham Ten Broeck]] until he came of age. At the age of twenty, Stephen II was commissioned a captain in the Albany County Militia.<ref name=Bielinski>[http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/vr/svr5114.html Bielinski, Stefan. "Stephen Van Rensselaer II", New York State Museum]</ref> He built the new Manor House in 1765.


==Family==
==Family==
He married Catherine Livingston (1745–1810), daughter of [[Philip Livingston]], signer of the Declaration of Independence, and his wife Christina Ten Broeck, in January 1764 and had the following children:
In January 1764, he married Catherine Livingston (1745–1810), daughter of [[Philip Livingston]], signer of the Declaration of Independence, and his wife Christina Ten Broeck, and had the following children:
*[[Stephen Van Rensselaer|Stephen van Rensselaer III]] (November 1, 1764 – January 26, 1839), sixth and last Patroon of Rensselaerwyck.
*[[Stephen Van Rensselaer|Stephen van Rensselaer III]] (November 1, 1764 – January 26, 1839), sixth and last Patroon of Rensselaerwyck.
*[[Philip S. Van Rensselaer]] (April 15. 1767 - September 25, 1824), [[List of mayors of Albany, New York|Mayor]] of the city of [[Albany, New York]]
*[[Philip S. Van Rensselaer]] (April 15. 1767 - September 25, 1824), [[List of mayors of Albany, New York|Mayor]] of the city of [[Albany, New York]]
*Elizabeth Van Rensselaer (1768–1841), first marriage to John Bradstreet Schuyler May 18, 1787, son of General [[Philip Schuyler]] and second marriage to John Bleeker in 1800.<ref name="Reynolds">{{cite book|last1=Reynolds|first1=Cuyler|title=Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation|date=1914|publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company|location=New York|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iNIUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1158-IA1&dq=Glen+Van+Rensselaer+1795&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiFua20mufOAhVGKB4KHVFoBvwQ6AEISDAH#v=onepage&q=Glen%20Van%20Rensselaer%201795&f=false|accessdate=29 August 2016|language=en}}</ref>
*Elizabeth Van Rensselaer (1768–1841), first marriage to John Bradstreet Schuyler May 18, 1787, son of General [[Philip Schuyler]] and second marriage to John Bleeker in 1800.<ref name="Reynolds">{{cite book|last1=Reynolds|first1=Cuyler|title=Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation|date=1914|publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company|location=New York|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iNIUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1158-IA1&dq=Glen+Van+Rensselaer+1795&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiFua20mufOAhVGKB4KHVFoBvwQ6AEISDAH#v=onepage&q=Glen%20Van%20Rensselaer%201795&f=false|accessdate=29 August 2016|language=en}}</ref>

Stephen Van Rensselaer II died in October 1769 at the age of twenty-seven.


==See also==
==See also==
[[Livingston family]]
*[[Livingston family]]


==References==
==References==
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{{RensselaerFamily}}
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Revision as of 02:33, 16 November 2016

Stephen Van Rensselaer II
8th Patroon of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck and 5th Lord of the Manor
In office
1747 – 1769
Preceded byStephen Van Rensselaer I
Succeeded byStephen Van Rensselaer III
Personal details
BornJune 2, 1742
Manor of Rensselaerswyck, Province of New York
DiedOctober 19, 1769 (aged 27)
Manor of Rensselaerswyck, Province of New York
Spouse(s)
Catherine Livingston
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​
(m. 1764; "his death" is deprecated; use "died" instead. 1769)​
ChildrenStephen van Rensselaer III
Philip S. Van Rensselaer
Elizabeth Van Rensselaer
Parent(s)Stephen Van Rensselaer I
Elizabeth Groesbeck
RelativesSee Van Rensselaer family
OccupationPatroon

Stephen van Rensselaer II (June 2, 1742 – October 19, 1769) was the six and youngest child of Stephen van Rensselaer I and Elizabeth Groesbeck.

Life

He was the eighth Patroon of Rensselaerwyck from 1747 to 1769. He was also the fifth Lord of the Manor.[2]

As sole-surviving son, he inherited the Manor of Rensselaerwyck when he was 5 years old; the Manor was administered by his brother in law Abraham Ten Broeck until he came of age. At the age of twenty, Stephen II was commissioned a captain in the Albany County Militia.[3] He built the new Manor House in 1765.

Family

In January 1764, he married Catherine Livingston (1745–1810), daughter of Philip Livingston, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and his wife Christina Ten Broeck, and had the following children:

Stephen Van Rensselaer II died in October 1769 at the age of twenty-seven.

See also

References

  1. ^ Spooner 1907, p.17
  2. ^ Spooner, pp. 22, 23
  3. ^ Bielinski, Stefan. "Stephen Van Rensselaer II", New York State Museum
  4. ^ Reynolds, Cuyler (1914). Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
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