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    May King Van Rensselaer (née Maria Denning King; May 25, 1848 – May 11, 1925), was an American author, historian and prominent member of the New York...
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    Henry Bell Van Rensselaer (May 14, 1810 – March 23, 1864) was an American military officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and a politician...
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    Stephen Van Rensselaer III (/ˈrɛnslər, -slɪər/; November 1, 1764 – January 26, 1839) was an American landowner, businessman, militia officer, and politician...
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    The Van Rensselaer family (/ˈrɛnslər, -slɪər/) is a family of Dutch descent that was prominent during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries in the area now...
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    Solomon van Vechten van Rensselaer (August 9, 1774 – April 23, 1852) was a United States representative from the state of New York, a lieutenant colonel...
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    Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (August 27, 1738 – February 19, 1810), from the prominent Van Rensselaer family, was the lieutenant governor of New York and a...
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    Gracie Mansion (category Gracie-King family)
    its preservation. The Patriotic New Yorkers—led by the writer May King Van Rensselaer, one of Gracie's descendants—had been contemplating taking over...
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    Stephanus Van Cortlandt in 1697 by King William III. Among the Van Cortlandt family tree are members of the Philipse family, van Rensselaer family, Schuyler...
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    Martha Van Rensselaer (June 21, 1864 – May 26, 1932) was a founding co-director of the College of Home Economics, which led to the establishment of the...
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  • Nicholas van Rensselaer (born in Amsterdam in September 1636 – died in Albany, New York, in November 1678) was a Reformed Dutch Church clergyman, and one...
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    of May Denning King (1848–1925), who married John King Van Rensselaer, a son of Henry Bell Van Rensselaer and grandson of Stephen Van Rensselaer III...
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  • King (1846–1846), who died young. Maria Denning King (1848–1925), an author who married John King Van Rensselaer, a son of Henry Bell Van Rensselaer and...
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    Connecticut closed in 2018. RPI was established in 1824 by Stephen Van Rensselaer and Amos Eaton for the "application of science to the common purposes...
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    Leisler's Rebellion (category Articles that may contain original research from March 2017)
     245. Van Rensselaer 1909, p. 472. Van Rensselaer 1909, p. 495. Van Rensselaer 1909, p. 467. Van Rensselaer 1909, pp. 476–477. Van Rensselaer 1909, p...
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  • current Albany, Rensselaer, and Columbia counties. In 1659, Jan Barentsen Wemp, with the permission of Jan Baptist van Rensselaer and Arent van Corlaer, purchased...
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    Manhattan, Albany, Rensselaer, and Brooklyn." Wolfert was born on 1 May 1579 in Amersfoort, Netherlands, one of three sons of Gerrit Suype Van Kouwenhoven and...
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    Elizabeth Ray King (1815–1900), who married Henry Bell Van Rensselaer (1810–1864), a United States Congressman and member of the Van Rensselaer family. John...
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    also collector's items. In 1911, the New York Times described May King Van Rensselaer's playing card collection of over 900 decks as the largest in the...
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    first married Nicholas van Rensselaer and then second, Robert Livingston the Elder, Brant Schuyler, who married Cornelia Van Cortlandt, Arent Schuyler...
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    Van Rensselaer Schuyler. Her parents were from wealthy Dutch families prominent since early colonial days. Catherine was a descendant of Kiliaen van Rensselaer...
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    Catherine Van Rensselaer (1734–1803) at Albany. In the Bible entry, he was called "Philip Johannes Schuyler" and she was called "Catherina Van Rensselaer". She...
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    was married to Louisa Van Rensselaer (1865–1945) at St. Thomas Church in Manhattan. She was the daughter of Alexander Van Rensselaer (1814–1878) and his...
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  • the 1840s. Johan van Rensselaer was the second patroon of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck, was the eldest son of Kiliaen van Rensselaer, and his first wife...
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    the Van Rensselaer Manor home of his daughter, Cornelia, and son-in-law, Stephen Van Rensselaer, in Albany, New York. He was laid to rest in the Van Renssalaer...
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    Jane Wyatt (category Van Rensselaer family)
    was a broker. Her mother was Euphemia Van Rensselaer Waddington, granddaughter of Henry Bell Van Rensselaer. Wyatt had two sisters and a brother. While...
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  • Alida van Rensselaer Livingston (née Schuyler; 1656–1727) was a Dutch businesswoman in Dutch Colonial America (New Netherlands) who exerted a considerable...
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  • Anne Dunkin Greene (category Van Rensselaer family)
    (née Dunkin) and Judge John Sanders Van Rensselaer and grandchildren of U.S. Representative Killian Van Rensselaer. Her paternal grandfather was Mary Ann...
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    List of richest Americans in history (category Articles needing additional references from May 2022)
    Stephen Girard A. T. Stewart Frederick Weyerhäuser Jay Gould Stephen Van Rensselaer Marshall Field Sam Walton Warren Buffett The following is a list compiled...
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    help of Clay and Stephen Van Rensselaer, a Congressman from New York. Despite his close ties with Van Buren, Van Rensselaer cast his vote for Adams, thus...
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    Rufus King (March 24, 1755 – April 29, 1827) was an American Founding Father, lawyer, politician, and diplomat. He was a delegate from Massachusetts to...
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