Stephen Van Rensselaer - Family

Family

Stephen's eldest son, also named Stephen (born in Albany, New York, 29 March 1789; died there, 25 May 1868), became the last patroon of Rensselaerwyck and inherited the manor in 1839 by his father's will. He graduated from Princeton in 1808. During the anti-rent troubles in 1839 he sold his townships, and at his death the manor passed out of the hands of his descendants. He served as major general of militia. He married Harriet Elizabeth, daughter of William Bayard, of New York.

Another of Stephen's sons was Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, who was a politician and general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Another son was Cortlandt Van Rensselaer, a noted Presbyterian clergyman. Stephen's younger brother Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer (1767–1824) was Mayor of Albany, New York, from 1799 to 1812.

Other members of the van Rensselaer family in Congress:

• Jeremiah Van Rensselaer 1741–1810
• Killian K. Van Rensselaer 1763–1845
• Solomon Van Rensselaer 1774–1852
• Henry Bell Van Rensselaer 1810-1864 {son of Stephen Van Rensselaer}