Van Rensselaer (surname)

This article is about the surname "Van Rensselaer". For other uses, see Van Rensselaer (family) and Rensselaer.

Van Rensselaer is a toponymic surname of Dutch origin. It derives from the farmstead of De Renselaar, situated near Putten in Gelderland.^[1] Van is a preposition meaning "from" and is a common prefix in Dutch-language surnames. In Dutch, "van" is written with a lower-case "v"; in the United States it is usually capitalized, but individual usage should be followed.^[2]

De Renselaar, Gelderland

List of people with the surname Van Rensselaer

• Alexander Van Rensselaer (1850–1933), tennis player
• Charles W. van Rensselaer (1823–1857), first officer on the SS Central America
• Cortlandt Van Rensselaer (1808–1860), Presbyterian clergyman.
• Hendrick van Rensselaer (1667–1740)
• Henry Bell Van Rensselaer (1810–1864), US Representative from New York, and Union Army general
• Henry K. Van Rensselaer (1744–1816), General in the American Revolution
• Jacob R. Van Rensselaer (1767–1835)
• James van Rensselaer (military figure) (1747-1827)
• James Van Rensselaer (1783-March 12, 1847), founder of Rensselaer, Indiana^[3][4]
• Jan Baptist van Rensselaer (1629–1678), third patroon of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck
• Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (1738–1810), US Representative from New York, and Lt. Gov. of New York
• Jeremias van Rensselaer (1632–1674), Director of Rensselaerwyck
• Jeremias Van Rensselaer (sixth patroon) (1705–1745), sixth patroon of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck
• Johan van Rensselaer (1625–1663), second patroon of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck
• John Sanders Van Rensselaer (1792–1868), lawyer and soldier
• Kiliaen van Rensselaer (fourth patroon) (d. 1687), fourth patroon of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck
• Kiliaen Van Rensselaer (fifth patroon) (1663–1719), fifth patroon of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck
• Kiliaen van Rensselaer (merchant) (1586–1643), one of the founders and directors of the Dutch West India Company
• Kiliaen van Rensselaer (colonel) (1717–1781), Colonel in the American Revolution
• Killian K. Van Rensselaer (1763–1845), US Representative from New York
• Margarita "Peggy" Schuyler Van Rensselaer (1758–1801), daughter of Gen. Philip Schuyler and wife of Stephen Van Rensselaer III
• Mariana Alley Griswold Van Rensselaer (1851–1934), critic, author
• Martha Van Rensselaer (1864–1932), founding director of Cornell University’s New York State College of Home Economics (now the New York State College of Human Ecology)
• Rev. Dr. Maunsell Van Rensselaer (1819-1900), first president of Deveaux College
• Nicholas Van Rensselaer (military figure) (1754–1848), Colonel in the Revolutionary War
• Nicholas van Rensselaer (minister) (1636-1678), New York Reformed Church clergy
• Philip Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1747–1798), storekeeper, military storekeeper and Commissary for the Northern Department
• Philip S. Van Rensselaer (1767–1824), Mayor of Albany, New York
• Robert Van Rensselaer (1740–1802), Brigadier General in American Revolution, New York politician
• Solomon Van Rensselaer (1774–1852), US Representative from New York
• Stephen van Rensselaer I (1707–1747), seventh Patroon and fourth Lord of the Manor
• Stephen van Rensselaer II (1742–1769), eighth Patroon and fifth Lord of the Manor
• Stephen Van Rensselaer III (1764–1839), ninth Patroon and sixth Lord of the Manor
• Stephen Van Rensselaer IV (1789–1868), tenth and last Patroon and seventh and last Lord of the Manor

See also

• Van Rensselaer (family)

References

1. De Vries, W. (1949). "De Van Rensselaer's in Nederland" (PDF). De Nederlandsche Leeuw. 66. The Hague: Koninklijk Nederlandsch Genootschap voor Geslacht- en Wapenkunde: 153. De naam Van Rensselaer is ongetwijfeld een herkomstnaam, ontleend aan de thans nog bestaande kapitale hofstede 'de Renselaar' in de buurschap Hell onder Putten.
2. U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual; Chapter 3 - Capitalization Rules; Rule 3.14: "In anglicized names such particles are usually capitalized...but individual usage...should be followed."
3. Hamilton, Lewis H. and Darroch, William (1916). A standard history of Jasper and Newton counties, Indiana, Vol. 1, p. 137. Lewis Publishing Company.
4. Spooner, Walter Whipple (January 1907). "The Van Rensselaer Family", American Historical Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 1, p. 207.