Jeremias van Rensselaer (1632-1674)
Patroon of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck, New York
He came from Holland in 1655 and in 1658 succeeded his brother, Jan Baptist Van Rensselaer, as a Director of the Colony of New Amsterdam, becoming the Third Director, Fourth Patroon, and Second Lord of the Manor of Rensselaerwyck. He was the father of six children of whom four (listed) married and had issue.
