14 Facts About Rensselaerswyck

Rensselaerswyck extended for miles on each side of the Hudson River.

Rensselaerswyck soon divided his estate around and near Fort Orange into five shares, in an effort to advance more rapidly the growth of the colony.

Government of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck was vested in a general court, which exercised executive, legislative or municipal, and judicial functions.

Rensselaerswyck served as colonial secretary until 1642, when he was succeeded by Anthony de Hooges.

Rensselaerswyck initially defined several farms on both sides of the river, on which he ordered houses, barns, and stables to be erected.

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Rensselaerswyck'story is almost certain that Kiliaen van Rensselaer never visited his land in New Netherland.

Present letters show beyond the possibility of doubt that Kiliaen van Rensselaer did not visit his colony in person between 1630 and 1643, and the records preserved among the Rensselaerswyck manuscripts make it equally certain that he did not do so between the last named date and his death… Upon van Rensselaer's death in the 1640s,.

Rensselaerswyck died in 1658 and his younger brother Jeremias van Rensselaer became patroon.

Rensselaerswyck was elected to the New York State Assembly in 1789 and was re-elected until chosen by the legislature for the New York State Senate in 1791.

Rensselaerswyck was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1822, serving until 1829.

Rensselaerswyck was commissioned a Lieutenant General in the New York State Militia, and led an unsuccessful invasion of Canada at Niagara in the War of 1812.

Rensselaerswyck's most lasting achievement was to found, with Amos Eaton, the Rensselaer School, which developed into the present-day Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Rensselaerswyck is remembered as "The Good Patroon" and "The Last Patroon" because he was legally the last patroon of Rensselaerswyck.

Rensselaerswyck's will directed them to collect and apply the back rents toward the payment of the patroon's debts.