Jan Baptist van Rensselaer
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Jan Baptist van Rensselaer
|office = 3rd Patroon of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck
|term = 1652 – 1658
|predecessor = Johannes van Rensselaer
|successor = Jeremias van Rensselaer
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|birth_date = 18 March 1629
|birth_place = Amsterdam, Netherlands
|death_date = {{d-da|24 October 1678|18 March 1629}}
|death_place = Amsterdam, Netherlands
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|occupation = Merchant, Patroon
|nationality = Dutch
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|spouse = Susanna van Wely
|children = 1
|parents = Kiliaen van Rensselaer
Anna van Wely
|relatives = See Van Rensselaer family
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Jan Baptist van Rensselaer (18 March 1629, in Amsterdam[https://stadsarchief.amsterdam.nl/archieven/archiefbank/indexen/doopregisters/zoek/search.nl.pl?v1=Ki*&b1=&a1=Rens*r&r1=0&v2=&b2=&a2=&r2=0&d1=&m1=&y1=1560&d2=&m2=&y2=1680&rs=0&x=54&y=5 Birth Certificate Amsterdam City Archive]{{dead link|date=July 2014}} – 24 October 1678, in Amsterdam[https://stadsarchief.amsterdam.nl/archieven/archiefbank/indexen/begraafregisters_voor_1811/zoek/index.nl.html Burial certificate Amsterdam City Archive]) was a Dutch merchant and landowner who was the second son of Kiliaen van Rensselaer, the first Patroon of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck.
Early life
Jan Baptist van Rensselaer was born in Amsterdam. He was the second son of Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1586–1643), and his first son by his second wife, Anna van Wely (c. 1601–1670). His father was a successful diamond and pearl merchant from Amsterdam who was one of the founders and directors of the Dutch West India Company, instrumental in the establishment of New Netherland.
Manor of Rensselaerswyck
In the spring of 1651, Jan Baptist sailed from Amsterdam on the Gelderse Blom (Gelderland Flower). With him travelled twelve employees hired by the Patroon,Nieuwenhuis, Pim. "Abstracts from Notarial Documents in the Amsterdam Archives", New Netherland Connections recruited from places where the Van Rensselaers had other interests. Jan Baptist was the first Van Rensselaer to visit the colony.Spooner, Walter Whipple (January 1907). [https://archive.org/details/vanrensselaerfam21spoo "The Van Rensselaer Family"], American Historical Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 1, p. 207.
In May 1652, he was appointed Director of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck representing his brother Johan van Rensselaer (1625–1663), the second Patroon. During his residence on the estate, he lived in a style befitting his position, having brought furniture, silverware, and other personal property of much value from Holland, including portraits of the members of the van Rensselaer family.{{cite journal |title=The Van Rensselaer Family |last=Spooner |first=W. W. |journal=American Historical Magazine |date=January 1907 |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=13 |url=https://archive.org/stream/vanrensselaerfam21spoo#page/13/mode/1up}} In 1656, he provided the window pane representing the van Rensselaer coat of arms in the Dutch Church of Beverwyck . Not long afterward he returned to Holland, becoming one of the leading merchants of Amsterdam.
When he returned to Holland in 1658, he was succeeded as Director of the Manor by his brother Jeremias van Rensselaer.[https://books.google.com/books?id=N_gLAAAAYAAJ&q=Patroon Van Rensselaer, Jeremias. Correspondence of Jeremias Van Rensselaer, 1651-1674, edited by A.J.F. Van Laer, University of the State of New York, 1932]
Personal life
Jan Baptist married Susanna van Wely, and together they had:
Gallery
File:Rensselaerswyck Original Map Small.png|Original Map of Rensselaerswyck, c. 1632|alt=A short, wide parchment map shows the "Noord Rivier" (North River) traveling from right to left along the center of the parchment, in addition to the proposed locations of small settlements. Another river is also shown, at the very right, traveling from the top of the parchment to its connection at the Noord. The map is entitled "RENSELAERSWYCK" [sic] in large letters and the contains two shields and two scrolls containing Dutch text.
File:Van_Rensselaer_Stained_Glass_Rectangular.jpg|Van Rensselaer Stained Glass
File:Rensselaer Stained Glass Round.png|Stained glass installed in the Manor House of Rensselaerswyck by Jan Baptist van Rensselaer
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:This article incorporates text from an article in [https://archive.org/stream/vanrensselaerfam21spoo#page/13/mode/1up American Historical Magazine], by W. W. Spooner (1907), a publication now in the public domain.
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