page_title: Stephen Van Rensselaer IV
section_title: Personal life
hierarchical_section_title: Stephen Van Rensselaer IV / Personal life
caption_attribution_description: English: Harriet Elizabeth Bayard (1799–1875), wife of Stephen Van Rensselaer IV
context_page_description: Stephen Van Rensselaer, known as the "Young Patroon" and sometimes the "last of the patroons" was the last patroon of Rensselaerswyck.
context_section_description: He was married on January 2, 1813 to Harriet Elizabeth Bayard (1799–1875), daughter of William Bayard (1761–1826) of New York City. Together, they had the following children survive to adulthood:
  Margaret Schuyler Van Rensselaer (1819–1897), who married John de Peyster Douw (1812–1901) in 1837. They divorced and in 1851, she married Wilmot Johnson (1820–1899)
  Cornelia Patterson Van Rensselaer (1823–1897), who married Nathaniel Thayer Jr. (1808–1883)
  Stephen Van Rensselaer (1824–1861), who married Annie Louise Wild in 1858.
  Catherine Van Rensselaer (1827–1909), who married Nathaniel Berry (1811–1865)
  Justine Van Rensselaer (1828–1912), who married Dr. Howard Townsend (1823–1867)
  Bayard Van Rensselaer (1833–1859), who married Laura Reynolds (1830–1912), aunt to Marcus T. Reynolds
  Harriet Van Rensselaer (1838–1911), who married John Schuyler Crosby (1839–1914)
  Eugene Van Rensselaer (1840–1925), who married Sarah Boyd Pendleton (1846–1923), a descendant of Elisha Boyd
  Stephen Van Rensselaer IV died on May 28, 1868 in Albany, New York. In his will, he left the Van Rensselaer Manor House and grounds, as well as US$15,000 (equivalent to $300,000 in 2019) a year, to his widow.  About 2,500 acres between the Troy and Shaker roads, north of the Manor House and in which he had a life estate, reverted to his half-brother, William Paterson Van Rensselaer. The remainder of the estate was divided among his children or the heirs of his children that predeceased him. The property was valued at about US$1,500,000 (equivalent to $28,800,000 in 2019).
caption: Van Rensselaer's wife, Harriet Elizabeth Bayard
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