User:JGVR/Col. Kiliaen van Rensselaer

Col. Kiliaen van Rensselaer - (1717 - 28 Dec 1781) - A farmer and landlord who, in January 1742 married Ariaantje (Harriet) Schuyler(b:1720-d:1763), who came from Schenectady. Both were members of the Albany Dutch church where nine of their children were baptized. He was a member of the Committee of Correspondence and Colonel of the 4th Regiment, Albany County Militia during the American Revolution. Years after the death of his first wife, Kiliaen was almost 52 - in 1769 he married Maria Low of New Jersey.

The Albany Militia
http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/albanymilitia.html

Kiliaen Van Rensselaer was wounded in the battle of Saratoga during a conflict against Burgoyne, and General Washington paid him the highest compliment upon his courage.

Committee of Correspondence
http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/coc.html

Family
George W. Schuyler wrote in: Colonial New York - "...eighteen males, sixteen belonged to Hendrick Van Rensselaer's branch, and of these, five were of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer's family."

Father
Hendrick van Rensselaer

Sons

 * Gen. Henry Killiaen van Rensselaer
 * Killian_K._Van_Rensselaer (1763–1845), member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.
 * Col. Nicholas van Rensselaer (1754-1848) Engaged in battles on the heights of Stillwater
 * Col. Philip Kiliaen van Rensselaer -(May 19 1747-Mar 3 1798) Was the second son to Col. Kiliaen van Rensselaer. He married Ariaantie (Schuyler). He was variously referred to as public storekeeper or as Commissary of Military Stores, appointed by Maj. Gen. Philip Schuyler in 1776 & confirmed by the Congress. An early supporter of the crusade for American liberties. He followed his father to the Albany Committee of Correspondence. He built Cherry Hill in 1787