Stephen Van Rensselaer among the more important — for exploring a route for a proposed western canal. At the next gubernatorial election, 1795, he was chosen lieutenant-governor, with Hon. ), Extracted from writing of Uncle Frank in 1949: Frances, daughter of Alfred and Hazel Persons, is an M.D. the defection of his troops. He held the position of chairman of the committee on agriculture. An article "In Search of Old Homesteads" by Joyce Riedinger, 5th born of Stephen Van Rensselaer Persons and Mary Polly Ellsworth Stephen was given his earliest education at Albany by John Waters, who was what was then known as a professional schoolmaster, and, being His first wife, Susan Mackey Persons died 13 Aug 1836. United States triumphantly on the Heights of Queenstown. Gilbert was what they called well-to-do and left it to their son Hiram, who, with his wife, lived with them. In 1801, Governor John Jay directed the cavalry of New York to be divided from the infantry, and the cavalry First Publication,   Stephen Van Rensselaer was married twice. Died 10 June 1833 where he became a Harvard graduate in 1782. How well he kept his vow is known to all who are intimately acquainted with the manner of his life, for his In March, 1810, a commission was chosen by the legislature, consisting of seven persons — Gouverneur Morris, DeWitt Clinton and He is the father of Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, who was a politician and general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Then they bought a smaller farm at Jewitt Center, NY. His ballot on the presidency, in February, 1825, determined the vote of his state's delegation . The second farm in on the Johnston Hollow Road from the Prattsville and Grand Gorge Turnpike. home in New York City, and they took refuge in Kingston. After Hiram was grown up and married, Gilbert sold his small farm in Little Westkill and bought a very large one of about 500 acres in Johnston Hollow. His son Walton succeeded him as fire observer for 12 years. among the counties, which were to form county societies, with presidents, who should form a central board. From Johnston Hollow they moved to Little Westkill, the last farm at the head of the Hollow. General Van Rensselaer informed his antagonist that he should order a salute to be fired at his camp She was born 17 Feb 1810. They had two children: Althea Persons, born 12 Oct 1929, and Donald Frederick Persons, born 22 Feb 1934. They were married in 1861. His first wife was Margaret Schuyler, daughter of Philip Schuyler, another member of a famous Dutch family dating back to the early days of New Netherland. 1889, Nellie b.1892, Flossie b.1894, Mildred b.1896. and was thus the owner of "The Crailo" in Greenbush, called Rensselaer later. 1905 Emma Jane Persons and Joel Dickerman Pond had seven children. Death Date as 3-15-1905 ?? 1689, and had married Catharina Van Brough (or Verbrugge), whose share in the property left by their father, Jeremias, was the Claverack important member. He was an original Dutchman, born in Groeningen, known To: Catherine Hun and Margaret Hun, children of daughter Annatie Hun, and Maria Hun, wife of Richard hun. It was when he was building the hotel and boarding house at Lexington, New York, for Monroe Van Valkenburg, who wasn't any too prompt with paying his bills. Van Rensselaer made modest reforms of the fundamentally anachronistic feudal landholding system he had inherited. Buried Fleischmanns, Delaware County, NY. none of that morbid appetite for wealth which grows ravenous by what it feeds on.". In the midst of the state It was said that Uncle Edgar was disappointed in a love affair when he was a young man, so he never married, and made his home with my Grandfather & Grandmother (Stephen & Mary Polly), also Uncle John, at Jewitt Center". At the Livingston, Jun., twelfth mayor of Albany. He was not a loiterer, for in an incredibly short time he had thrown off the In 1807 he was elected to the assembly, with his friend, Abraham Van Vechten, as Uncle Frank writes in 1949 that they had 3 children. Fortunately he established a classical academy there under John Addison, a fine Will of Stephen Van Rensselaer 2nd - 1769 "In the name of God, Amen. The manor house was built on property originally granted to the Dutch-born Sons: Abraham and Evert. It was a great sport those days, and it was fun to watch." It then became necessary to supply the young man with an advanced Florence married Walter Bouck who was a descendant of Governor Bouck of the State of New York. In October, 1801, a state convention met at Albany to revise the constitution, and Mr. Van Rensselaer was a member, presiding during much of the Died 14 Dec 1916 Lexington, Greene County, NY, As copied from a letter from his granddaughter Frances Persons Huntley, daughter of Alfred O Persons. Spaulding passed away from complications from Multiple Myeloma on May 28th, 2020. This rifle team would shoot at targets and just before Thanksgiving, turkeys were the prize, and he usually got his share. the state convention were to be chosen from Albany county, and both Yates and Lansing, who had left the Philadelphia convention before its labors She was married, but I do not remember the name". Music,   temperance, simplicity, truth and purity. I, Stephen Van Rensselaer, Esq., Proprietor of the Manor of Rensselaerwyck, being in a reasonable state of health. Buried Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Ashland, Greene County, NY. The following year, he married Cornelia Patterson and she bore the patroon 10 more children. There was no limit to the number in a team.Sometimes they would choose sides. They were married 6 Aug 1837." They must have moved there about 1870; they lived there 'til they died, and the old home passed on to Uncle John, who had never married, and stayed with his father & mother as long as they lived, and after because he owned the place (by arrangements with the other children). She was the wife of Stephen Van Rensselaer III, sister of Angelica Schuyler Church, Philip Jeremiah Schuyler, and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, and sister-in-law of John Barker Church and Alexander Hamilton . Born 9 October 1848, Town of Roxbury, Delaware County, NY a service of the Delaware County Historical Association located at 46549 State Highway 10, Delhi, NY 13753, Welcome Page of the Delaware County NY Genealogy and History Site, Stephen's father - James Persons and link to Descendant Chart. the last Patroon by the name of Kiliaen — in other words, the younger brother of Stephen's great-grandfather. But his most appealing quality to his tenants was his laxity in collecting rents. Van Rensselaer's wife died in 1801, leaving him with three young children. : Maria Van Rensselaer. The mourners, composed of the Seated: Helen with Angelo Johnson, Ruth Pangman with Olive Louise, Nellie. Note: me share in sloop "Fair American." "Old" Saratoga (Schuylerville), New York, in 1783. language for the first fifteen or twenty years of his charge. Exec. Back Row:Kathryn, Hazel, Mrs. Redmond, Clifford, Rev Hewitt, Mrs. Hewitt, Clara, Louise, Lillian, Cora, Kenneth, In 1793 he declined further election in Master's Lodge, but in 1825 was installed feel too strongly the generous tribute which you propose to pay for my departed friend and chief, to be able to express the sense I entertain of it." The delegates from twenty-six county This must have been around 1860-1861. They took their milk to Grand Gorge, a distance of about five miles, where it was shipped to New York City. He became a very skilled carpenter and millwright. I, STEPHEN VAN RENSSELAER, of the Manor of Rensselaerwyck, in the County of Albany, Gentleman, being very sick.My body is to be buried in the new burying place, nigh the Manor House, a little above the middlemost Grist mill, to the south of the Fifth kill, where I desire a vault to be made for my … 6th born of Stephen Van Rensselaer Persons & Mary Polly Ellsworth same time, the plan was to attract votes for Livingston away from Jay. of major-general of cavalry to his death. Stephen was an important leader in New York’s politics, militia and civic affairs. colleague. At this time Stephen Van Rensselaer's mother was the wife of Dominie Eilardus Westerlo, whom she had married in Albany, July 19, 1775, and they rival candidates for the chief magistracy. He was later Supervisor of the Town of Jewett from the subsistence farm where they raised their family and took in boarders, as immortalized in Manuel Kamroff's "Big City Little Boy". Died 17 Mar 1927 Image of Stephen Van Rensselaer IV from Wikipedia judgment of the people. 1900 US Census, Town of Jewitt - head of family, brother George & Family living with him. They would change off from one team range to another and then send their targets to the state range for their awards of honor. Cornelia Yates. Polly Ann, their first born, is buried with her father and mother by the old church, and Eli is in the New Cemetery, Grand Gorge. He was 88 and lived in Locust Valley, L.I. Never Married His numerous good works and amiable nature won Van Rensselaer the name the Good Patroon. About. Timeline Summary,   Daughter of Philip Schuyler, first wife of Stephen Van Rensselaer III, mother of Stephen Van Rensselaer IV, youngest of the “Schuyler Sisters,” sister-in-law to Alexander Hamilton. Rensselaer Institute. There was much talk about the marriage of Stephen and Peggy, and the lovebirds had to elope in order to marry in peace. Married 22 Feb 1866 Salina Sigsbee at Prattsville, Greene County, NY 6 children: Hester Beeckman, John I. Beeckman, Henry Beeckman, Annatie Beeckman, Cornelius Beeckman. Peggy Schuyler married her distant cousin Stephen Van Rensselaer III, who was much younger than her, in June 1783. Stephen was given his earliest education at Albany by John Waters, who was what was then known as a professional schoolmaster, and, being Seated: George and Luella abt. traverse the state near the route of the Erie canal, taking apparatus and specimens to aid the delivery of lectures before business men and farmers in property. She was a Jessie Mathews. He endowed it with professors, and it was incorporated in 1826 as the York, and the patriotic governor promptly obeyed, selecting Major General Stephen Van Rensselaer for the command. His heirs, Stephen Van Rensselaer III (1764-1839) and IV (1789 … education for the pursuit of war, was a Signer of the Declaration, and young Van Rensselaer, to avoid the seat of war, was sent to Cambridge, They first lived on a farm on what is now known as Ferris Hill, then bought the farm first one below and towards Roxbury, of the Railroad Station at Grand Gorge. Died 05 May 1922 ", Courtesy of Joyce Riedinger, along with background material of Frank George Persons (Joyce's Grand Uncle) - posted to dcnyhistory.org website 8 May 2017, 1st born child of Stephen Van Rensselaer Persons and 1st wife Susan Mackey He was a member of the Jewett Center Rifle team and was one of the best. Robert b.1882, Francis (Frank) b.1884, Bessie b.1886, Minnie b.1889, Ruth b.1891, Levira b.1894, Helen b.1899. 1900 Census states that "Mother Polly" is living with Sarah & Floyd. Walter Bouck is buried in the Prospect Hill Cemetery at Guilderland.". "Well, said Uncle Ed, "I think it will be Married Charles Myers in 1869 In ten days he arrived at Ogdensburgh, having inspected Sackett's Harbor The line of party were distinctly drawn, and the Federalists were charged with being hostile to the war as Very valuable to him had been the services of his aide, Colonel Peggy Schuyler got married to her distant cousin Stephen Van Rensselaer III who was much younger than her in June 1783. Margaret has gained recent fame as the character Peggy in the musical Hamilton. Uncle Edgar kind of coughed and said, "What do you want?" He had also been accustomed to send his schoolmaster among his tenants in the But I do not know much of her background or whatever became of her. His father was the Patroon and he grew up at the Van Rensselaer Manor House located north of Albany. The turkey shoot was usually held there at Jewett Center, where turkeys were plentiful and the surrounding farmers would bring in their turkeys to raffle. Alice b.1885, Irving b.1886, Maggie b.1888, Elwin b. They were then regarded as General Van Rensselaer entered the gubernatorial campaign against Daniel D. Tompkins in the spring of 1813, but his party was in the minority, even Buried in Fairview Cemetery, Grand Gorge, Delaware County, NY. under the plea of constitutional scruples, to march into the camp which had been won for them, he should have felt wroth; but he reported it as an By offering leases in fee or for long terms at a moderate rental, he readily succeeded in bringing a large proportion of his lands, comprising the Died 20 April 1919 The experiment was a success. Married 21 May 1882 Carrie May Van Valkenburg His benefactions were not only most liberal, but wisely devoted, and in those days these sums "I commit my Body to the Earth, to be buried in a manner decent and … commended him but the parties were at such great odds, the rancor so fearful, that it poisoned even whole families with hatred one for another. education, placing him at a school in Elizabethtown, New Jersey; but the troublous times of the Revolution drove Livingston with his family from his Ten Brouk & wife, Godfather & Godmother. Frederick Wiliam Persons born 20 Jul 1885, married Ethel M. Mulford. Margarita Schuyler was born on September 24, 1758, to General Philip Schuyler and Catherine Van Rensselaer, and was referred to as Meggy or Peggy. In 1742, his name was included on a list of freeholders living in the first ward. Under his direction the Manor House was erected. Reindeer Names,   Her father was General Philip Schuyler, commander of the Army of the North in 1777, and trusted Albany, and Mr. Van Rensselaer was unanimously named the candidate for governor. His nomination was enthusiastically seconded in New York greater portion of the counties of Albany and Rensselaer, into cultivation, thus acquiring a goodly income, yet those who knew him have said "he had In 1798 both were renominated and elected by handsome majorities. Her husband remarried in 1802, a year after her death, to Cornelia Paterson. Writing,   All Clement Moore's Poetry     This was another crisis in his life. Xmas,   General Brock by the engagement, and during the cessation of hostilities agreed upon for six days, both sides proceeded to humanitarian duties of Witherspoon abandoned soon as it was ready. 1905 & 1910 Census, Town of Jewitt - living with brother George & Family Born 4 Nov 1834 in Roxbury, Delaware Co., New York Margarita " Peggy " Schuyler Van Rensselaer (September 19, 1758 – March 14, 1801) was the third daughter of Continental Army General Philip Schuyler. Dau. experience in warfare and dealing with decidedly impracticable material in the make-up of fighters. On August 13th he was in camp at Lewiston, just one month from his call, and just two months later, on October 13th, he was engaged He bore the commission being the president of the Albany Lyceum of Natural History. occasion for the young man, then nineteen years of age, to fight. - no children, Mary Persons born 24 Sept 1889, married Arthur L. Peck - no children, 9th born of Stephen Van Rensselaer Persons and Mary Polly Ellsworth Born 29 Jan 1842, Town of Roxbury, Delaware County, NY Water Vliet [New York] November 6. The religious was originally planned that Fort George should also be stormed by regular troops. Margarita (Peggy) Schuyler was born on September 24, 1758 in Albany, New York and died on March 14, 1801 in Albany, New York at the rather young age of 42. When, however. . Instead, he turned his attention to matrimony, and married Margaret Schuyler, at Games. He is buried at Jewitt Heights in the Rice Cemetery with his mother and brother John; up to this date they have no stone or marker of any kind. elected to the assembly, and in March the canal commissioners, with Mr. Van Rensselaer at their head and acting as chairman, presented their report He was also deservedly popular and a man of great energy in affairs of moment. He was 83 years ol Buried in Frank Rice Cemetery, Jewitt, Greene County NY, 1850 US Census, Town of Roxbury - John living with his parents This society elected him annually through fifteen years, until his death. She had three children but only one survived to adulthood. 1797. In January, 1801, a convention was held at the Tontine Coffee House in He perceived the were residing in the Manor House, which she had a right to do as the Patroon's widow. have been one pampered with wanton and luxurious excesses, he deliberately chose, by a formal profession of religious faith and a personal vow of He was connected with the institution of Masonry, having been initiated in 1786, when twenty-two years old, and was placed in official station, His father died October 19, 1769, at the age of twenty-seven, when the son was less than six years old, so the care of the He was president of that board for fifteen One day while waiting for lumber, etc., he got to taking a few drinks, so he was quite tight. Charles Yale Persons and wife Adella Sanford - 2nd photo - 50th Wedding Anniversary (click photos for larger view), ID FOR 50TH ANNIVERSARY PHOTO 1929 made one of great celebration, and from miles around the tenantry and the social set of the city flocked to participate in his hospitality. Front Row: Earl, June, Bobby, Ralph Jr., Ruth, Marjorie, Elizabeth, 10th born of Stephen Van Rensselaer Persons and Mary Polly Ellsworth street, which had served as an ample parsonage. This farm was known as the MacIntyre place. From time to time Charles' great great grand children have worked at the ski center, including Harold Persons great granddaughter, great grandson, as well as Ralph Srs. Y. Married 28 Oct. 1881 Joel Dickerman Pond I, Joyce Riedinger, (Edgar was my gr-grand uncle) have been unable to verify the following: music murmured — solemn, slow and silent the vast throng moved through the highway to the north. General Ten Broeck was a participant in this military movement to the north, and was the twenty-eighth Margarita "Peggy" Schuyler Van Rensselaer (September 24, 1758 – March 14, 1801) was the third daughter of Continental Army General Philip Schuyler. Illos,   Land in Schodack Landing .... which I now have in partnership with John C. Shermerhorn, Esq." Although gaining a complete victory, unfortunately it was of brief duration, on account of Bios,   the Manor House was erected. She was Polly Elsworth. Scholars,   It was also said that he liked to drink something stronger than water once in awhile and it was reported he had a great sense of humor. John, born 15 Sept 1882, who married Pearl Soule in 1927. Mr. Van Rensselaer took ground promptly, and was pronouncedly in favor of the constitution. After considerable shaking, he roused up a bit; then the man said, "Ed, what will the hotel be covered with?" On May 5, 1824, the Albany Institute was organized for the purpose of engaging in fields of observation of the natural sciences, for study of new foot, not a carriage being in use. .....QUOTE: Addison Harrison Persons was a school teacher in a one room school in Spruceton, NY where he met a student, Carrie Van Valkenburg who went as his wife when he became a teacher at the Jewett Free Academy. Hendrick was born in 1667, died in Van Rensselaer and Cornelia. Born 23 Jan 1855, Town of Roxbury, Delaware County, NY and given command of a regiment. with the young Patroon and his bride, the latter couple leaving the parsonage to occupy the Manor House. Died 11 Oct 1938 Will of Stephen Van Rensselaer - 1747 In the name of God, Amen. Her grandchildren. Born 17 Feb 1863, Prattsville, Greene County, NY on the way. Cem Records Show Wife Mary Ann Stephen Born 12-30-1904 ?? 1850 US Census, Town of Roxbury shows Edgar living with Thomas Dent Family The following year, he married Cornelia Patterson and she bore the patroon … becoming successively junior and senior warden, and then master. Heights and old Saratoga, or Schuylerville. Earl Persons served in World War I. Vernon and Ralph moved to Schenectady at an early age., and raised families there. Born 17 Nov 1840, Town of Roxbury, Delaware County NY friend of Washington, who was born in Albany, November 11, 1733, married September 17, 1755, and died in Albany, November 18, 1804. deliberations as chairman, although Aaron Burr was its president. Buried Maplewood Cemetery, Jewett, Greene County, NY. DeWitt Clinton was named as his opponent. by a surveyor, he traveled by horseback inspecting a route for the projected undertaking which resulted in the Erie canal, and they gave their findings They are listed in the 1900 Census. advantage of placing knowledge before the people, and his first movement was to employ Professor Eaton, with several competent assistants, to Married Phoebe J. Rappleyea yet Mr. Van Rensselaer, urged by his party to uphold their moral force in the controversy, consented to stand as a candidate for the assembly, and As Dominie Westerlo, and his wife, the mother of Stephen, were occupying the Manor Had they remained by him, he could have retained the peninsula of the upper province of Canada for the winter, for it Hamilton was in Albany when Margaret died in 1801, and he wrote to his wife to break the news of her sister’s death. It helped in large measure to turn the tide, and Mr. Van Rensselaer Charles and his wife Adella resided in Pine Hill for many years. Quest to Prove Authorship,   Scotchman possessing thorough scholarship and who was later a state senator. question settled, was elected by an enormous majority. Born 24 Dec 1858, Town of Roxbury, Delaware County, NY Stephen was 19 while Peggy was 25 years of age. Eli and Lucy accumulated quite a fortune for their time, and left most of it to their nephew, Dr. Eli S. Persons, who was named after his uncle, and who took good care of them in their old age; and saw to it that they had a nice burial and monument in the new cemetery at Grand Gorge. Historical Articles About Authorship, Many Ways to Read Henry Livingston's Poetry, Arguments,   A little later, his grandfather, Philip Livingston, took charge of his unvarnished relation of facts, telling the truth plainly, but without complaints or reproaches, for he had done his full duty. On standing committees, of which there were few then, he was always an Born 14 Oct 1861, Prattsville, Greene County, NY He had a type of voice that is very rare - when he was speaking, it sounded like music. Born 03 Feb 1853, Town of Roxbury, Delaware County, NY about 1908 or 9 for 21 years. George Persons Family years, succeeding DeWitt Clinton in April, 1824., and serving until his death in 1839. Fun Fact: Stephen’s first wife was Peggy Schuyler, who has recently become famous as one of the Schuyler sisters in the musical ‘Hamilton’. 1875 NYS Census and 1880 US Census, 1892 Census, Town of Jewitt - living with his parents Wife: Hendrickie (Van Buren, dau. Broeck. great landed and feudal estate, which had fallen exclusively to him by the rule of primogeniture, was committed to his uncle, General Abraham Ten to the legislature, requesting that body to adopt immediate measures for prosecuting the enterprise.