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| | Van Rensselaer - Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York, pages 1-7 |
 | | He was the first Patroon, and the founder of the colony of Rensselaerwyck in America, known to be a dealer in pearls and precious stones, to have had some reputation as a banker and general merchant, and owned large estates in Holland. |
 | | At last, in 1695, the vast estate of the old Patroon was settled, and the colony he founded in 1630, with its territory of practically twenty-four by forty-eight miles, was in possession of one family, consisting of Kiliaen, Johannes, Hendrick, Maria (wife of Mayor Pieter Schuyler), and Anna (wife of William Nicoll). |
 | | Patroon's creek was the southern demarcation of the property, spanned by a massive brownstone bridge, and at its edge stood the lodge where the keeper lived. |
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