Jeremias Van Rensselaer (sixth patroon)
Jeremias van Rensselaer( March 18, 1705 – 1745) was the eldest son of Kiliaen van Rensselaer and Maria van Cortlandt.
Philip Schuyler
Philip John Schuyler (November 18, 1804) was a general in the American Revolution and a United States Senator from New York.
He is usually known as Philip Schuyler, while his son is usually known as Philip J. Schuyler.
Born in Albany, Province of New York, into the prosperous Schuyler family, Schuyler fought in the French and Indian War.
He won election to the New York General Assembly in 1768 and to the Continental Congress in 1775.
He planned the Continental Army's 1775 Invasion of Quebec, but poor health forced him to delegate command of the disastrous invasion to Richard Montgomery.
He prepared the Continental Army's defense of the 1777 Saratoga campaign, but was replaced by General Horatio Gates as the commander of Continental forces in the theater.
Schuyler resigned from the Continental Army in 1779.
Schuyler served in the New York State Senate for most of the 1780s and supported the ratification of the United States Constitution.
He represented New York in the 1st United States Congress but lost his state's 1791 Senate election to Aaron Burr.
After a period in the state senate, he won election to the United States Senate again in 1797, affiliating with the Federalist Party.
He resigned due to poor health the following year.
He was the father of Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton and the father-in-law of Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton.
Johan van Rensselaer
Johan van Rensselaer also Johannes van Rensselaer( Amsterdam, 4 September
1625 – Nijkerk, 6 May 1663), second patroon of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck, was the eldest son of Kiliaen van Rensselaer, and his only son by his first wife, Hillegonda van Bylaer.
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer (businessman)
Kiliaen Drackett Van Rensselaer( born) is an American business executive and philanthropist.
Van Rensselaer is the founder and CEO of Insurrection Media.
Stephen Van Rensselaer
Stephen Van Rensselaer III( November 1, 1764 January 26, 1839) was a New York landowner, businessman, militia officer, and politician.
A graduate of Harvard University, at age 21, Van Rensselaer took control of Rensselaerswyck, his family's manor.
He developed the land by encouraging tenants to settle it, and granting them perpetual leases at moderate rates, which enabled the tenants to use more of their capital to make their farms and businesses productive.
Active in politics as a Federalist, Van Rensselaer served in the New York State Assembly and New York State Senate, and as Lieutenant Governor of New York.
After the demise of the Federalist Party, Van Rensselaer was a John Quincy Adams supporter, and served in the United States House of Representatives for one partial term and three full ones.
Van Rensselaer was a supporter of higher education; he served on the board of trustees for several schools and colleges, and was the founder of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
He was also a civic activist and philanthropist, and was a founder of Albany's public library and the city's Institute of History& Arts.
Long active in the militia, Van Rensselaer attained the rank of major general; he commanded troops on the New York- Canada border during the War of 1812, but resigned his commission after defeat at the Battle of Queenston Heights.
After Van Rensselaer's 1839 death, efforts by his sons to collect past due lease payments led to the Anti-Rent War, and the break up and sale of the manor.
As the heir to and then owner of one of the largest estates in New York, Van Rensselaer's holdings made him the tenth richest American of all time, based on the ratio of his fortune to contemporary GDP.
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer (fifth patroon)
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer( August 24, 1663 – 1719), the eldest child of Jeremias and Maria van Cortlandt Van Rensselaer was born in Rensselaerwyck.
Catherine Van Rensselaer
Catherine Van Rensselaer Schuyler ;, also known as "Kitty", (November 10, 1734 – March 7, 1803) was the wife of Philip Schuyler and the matriarch of the prominent colonial Schuyler family.
Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer
Mariana Alley Griswold Van Rensselaer( February 21, 1851 – January 20, 1934), usually known as Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer or M. G. Van Rensselaer, was an American author focusing on architectural criticism.
Johannes Van Rensselaer
Johannes Van Rensselaer( January 3, 1708 – February 21, 1783) was a member of the prominent colonial Van Rensselaer family.
Stephen van Rensselaer II
Stephen van Rensselaer II( June 2, 1742 – October 19, 1769) was the six and youngest child of Stephen van Rensselaer I and Elizabeth Groesbeck.

Question: Where was the place of death of Catherine Van Rensselaer's husband?
Answer: Albany