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1742 - 1769  (27 years)

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Stephen van Rensselaer

1742 - 1769  (27 years)

Birth	Jun 1742	Albany, Albany County, New York, USA
Died	Thu 19 Oct 1769	Albany, Albany County, New York, USA
Father	Stephen van Rensselaer,   b. Mar 1707, Albany, Albany County, New York, USA
Mother	Elizabeth Groesbeck,   b. Aug 1707, Albany, Albany County, New York, USA
Married	Thu 00 Jul 1729	Albany, Albany County, New York, USA
Family	Catharina Livingston,   b. Aug 1745, Albany, Albany County, New York, USA
Married	Sat 00 Jan 1764	New York City, New York, USA

Catharina Livingston

1745 - 1810  (64 years)

Birth	Aug 1745	Albany, Albany County, New York, USA
Died	Apr 1810	Albany, Albany County, New York, USA
Family 1	Stephen van Rensselaer,   b. Jun 1742, Albany, Albany County, New York, USA
Married	Sat 00 Jan 1764	New York City, New York, USA
Family 2	Eilardus Westerlo,   b. 1738, Kantens, Groningen, Nederland
Married	Fri 00 Jul 1775	Albany, Albany County, New York, USA

Stephen van Rensselaer

1707 - 1747  (40 years)

Birth	Mar 1707	Albany, Albany County, New York, USA
Died	Jul 1747	Albany, Albany County, New York, USA
Father	Kiliaen van Rensselaer,   b. 1663, Albany, Albany County, New York, USA
Mother	Maria van Cortlandt,   b. 1680
Married	Fri 00 Oct 1701
Family	Elizabeth Groesbeck,   b. Aug 1707, Albany, Albany County, New York, USA
Married	Thu 00 Jul 1729	Albany, Albany County, New York, USA
Children	1. Stephen van Rensselaer,   b. Jun 1742, Albany, Albany County, New York, USA

Elizabeth Groesbeck

1707 - 1756  (49 years)

Birth	Aug 1707	Albany, Albany County, New York, USA
Died	Dec 1756	Albany, Albany County, New York, USA
Father	Stephanus Groesbeck,   b. 1662, Albany, Albany County, New York, USA
Mother	Elizabeth Lansing,   b. 1679, Albany, Albany County, New York, USA
Married	Thu 16 Jul 1699	Albany, Albany County, New York, USA
Family	Stephen van Rensselaer,   b. Mar 1707, Albany, Albany County, New York, USA
Married	Thu 00 Jul 1729	Albany, Albany County, New York, USA
Children	1. Stephen van Rensselaer,   b. Jun 1742, Albany, Albany County, New York, USA

Catharina Livingston

1745 - 1810  (64 years)

Birth	Aug 1745	Albany, Albany County, New York, USA
Died	Apr 1810	Albany, Albany County, New York, USA
Family 1	Stephen van Rensselaer,   b. Jun 1742, Albany, Albany County, New York, USA
Married	Sat 00 Jan 1764	New York City, New York, USA
Family 2	Eilardus Westerlo,   b. 1738, Kantens, Groningen, Nederland
Married	Fri 00 Jul 1775	Albany, Albany County, New York, USA

• Name	Stephen van Rensselaer
  Birth	Jun 1742	Albany, Albany County, New York, USA
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Albany, Albany County, New York, USA
  Patroon
  Death	Thu 19 Oct 1769	Albany, Albany County, New York, USA
  Person ID	I258780	Nederlandse voorouders
  Last Modified	Mon 16 Jan 2012

  
  

  Father	Stephen van Rensselaer,   b. Mar 1707, Albany, Albany County, New York, USA d. Jul 1747, Albany, Albany County, New York, USA (Age 40 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Groesbeck,   b. Aug 1707, Albany, Albany County, New York, USA d. Dec 1756, Albany, Albany County, New York, USA (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	Thu 00 Jul 1729	Albany, Albany County, New York, USA   [1]
  Family ID	F102435	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catharina Livingston,   b. Aug 1745, Albany, Albany County, New York, USA d. Apr 1810, Albany, Albany County, New York, USA (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	Sat 00 Jan 1764	New York City, New York, USA   [2]
  Family ID	F102436	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S9] Informele Bron, http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/g/elgroesbeck3292.html. Elizabeth Groesbeck was born in August 1707. She was the daughter of Albany leaders Stephanus and Elizabeth Lansing Groesbeck. She grew up in a State Street businessman's home with several siblings who would become prominent Albany and area residents. In July 1729, she married Stephen Van Rensselaer at the Albany Dutch church. He was the younger brother of the lord of Van Rensselaer Manor. By 1742, six children had been christened in Albany where she was a regular baptism sponsor. These Van Rensselaers were residents of Albany when Stephen succeeded to the Patroonship on the death of his brother in 1745. However, their elevated status was shortlived as the sickly Stephen died two years later at the age of forty. His will left Elizabeth with substantial assets and the right to reside at the Manor House. Owner of several Albany properties in and beyond Albany, "Mrs. Ranslow" was identified as the resident of a large house on a census taken by the British army during the summer of 1756. Elizabeth filed a will in November 1756. "Madame" Elizabeth Van Rensselaer died at the end of the year. She had lived forty-nine years. Her son became lord of the Manor and a daughter would be the wife of General Abraham Ten Broeck. [S9] Informele Bron, http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/l/calivingston5034.html. Catharina Livingston was baptized in the Albany Dutch church in August 1745. She was the third of the nine children born to Albany natives Philip Livingston and his wife, Christina Ten Broeck. She grew up in New York City and in her parent's country home on Brooklyn Heights. Hovever, these Livingstons were frequent visitors to Albany. Shy of her nineteenth birthday, she married Patroon Stephen Van Rensselaer II in New York City in January 1764. Their first son, Stephen, was born in New York that November. The marriage also produced another son and a daughter. Before long, the young patroon's family took up residence in a new Manor House built by Stephen in 1765. Catharina gave birth to three children before her husband died suddenly in October 1769. Surrounded by family and supported by servants, the twenty-four-year-old widow would raise her children in the Albany countryside as her world headed into an uncertain future. From childhood, Catharina had known the comfort of the Dutch Church. Her marriage to Stephen Van Rensselaer II had further elevated her status in the Albany church. In 1769, three seats in the patroon's pew were reserved for the "patrooness!" Her connection to the church became even stronger in 1775 when she married Dominie Eilardus Westerlo. For the next fifteen years, she was the minister's wife - ensuring her new husband's acceptance in the upper echelon's of regional society. By 1783, Catharina had given birth to three Westerlo children. Her new family lived at the manor house until her eldest son, Stephen Van Rensselaer III, came of age and became lord of the manor. By 1790, the Westerlos moved into the parsonage located on Market Street. Westerlo died in December of that year - leaving Catharina a widow again. For a time, she resided in the parsonage. A few years later, she moved her family to a comfortable home on Pearl Street. Catharina Livingston Van Rensselaer Westerlo died in April 1810 at the age of sixty-five.