Van Rensselaer Family Commissions (Boxes 21 and 68)

Item NumberCommission Description
Item 1Commission to Kiliean Van Rensselaer as cornet of a troop of horse in the County of Albany, December 15, 1684, D.S. Thomas Dongan.
Item 2Commission to Kiliean Van Rensselaer as cornet of the troop of horse in the City and County of Albany, September 10, 1688, D.S. Edmund Andros.
Item 3Commission to Kiliean Van Rensselaer, Sr., as Justice of Peace for the County of Albany, New York, November 1, 1686, D.S. Thomas Dongan
Item 4Commission to Kiliean Van Rensselaer as captain of the troop of horse of dragons in the City and County of Albany, July 7, 1693, D.S. Benjamin Fletcher.
Item 5Commission to Kiliean Van Rensselaer as captain of the troop of horse in the City and County of Albany, May 1, 1691, D.S. Henry Sloughter.
Item 6Commission to Kiliean Van Rensselaer as lieutenant colonel of the regiment of militia in the County of Albany of which Peter Schuyler was colonel, July 31, 1702, D.S. Edward Viscount Cornbury.
Item 7Commission to Kiliean Van Rensselaer as lieutenant colonel of the regiment of militia of the County of Albany of which Peter Schuyler was Colonel, October 15, 1717, D.S. Robert Hunter.
Item 8Commission to Kiliean Van Rensselaer as captain of the second company of militia in the Manor of Rensselaerswyck in the County of Albany, April 8, 1731, D.S. John Montgomerie.
Item 9Commission to Jeremiah Van Rensselaer as captain of a troop of militia in the City and County of Albany, September 29, 1719, D.S. Peter Schuyler.
Item 10Commission to Jeremiah Van Rensselaer as mayor of a regiment of militia in the City and County of Albany, November 29, 1728, D.S. John Montgomerie.
Item 11Commission to Jeremiah Van Rensselaer as lieutenant colonel of the regiment of militia in the City and County of Albany, November 17, 1733, D.S. William Cosby.
Item 12Commission to Stephen Van Rensselaer as captain of the second company of militia in the Manor of Rensselaerswyck in the County of Albany, November 17, 1753, D.S. William Cosby.
Item 13Commission to Stephen Van Rensselaer as commissioner for Indian affairs in the County of Albany, April 2, 1745, D.S. George Clinton.
Item 14Commission to Stephen Van Rensselaer as lieutenant colonel of the regiment of militia in the City and County of Albany, June 2, 1745, D.S. George Clinton.
Item 15Commission to Stephen Van Rensselaer as captain of the troop of horse in the Albany battalion of the regiment of militia in the City and County of Albany, January 17, 1764, Cadwallader Colden.
Item 16Commission to Stephen Van Rensselaer as lieutenant colonel of the regiment of troop horse in the County of Albany, February 13, 1768, D.S. Henry Moore.
Item 17Letters of freedom and citizenship of the City of Albany granted to Stephen Van Rensselaer, July 9, 1763, D.S. Volckert P. Douw (Mayor of Albany).
Item 18Letters of freedom and citizenship of the City of Albany granted to Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, November 24, 1733, D.S. Edward Holland (Mayor of Albany).
Item 19Certificate that Kiliean Van Rensselaer served as cornet to Captain George Lockharts 301 days in the Late Expedition in Albany, May 10, 1684, D.S. Thomas Dongan.
Item 20Draft of commission to Tuenis Van Der Volgen as deputy ranger of the County of Albany, April 14, 1732, D.S. John Montgomerie (Contains a reference to Jeremiah Van Rensselaer's commission as ranger of the County of Albany).
Item 21Commission to Kiliean Van Rensselaer as captain of the troop of horse in the City and County of Albany, December 24, 1698, D.S. Richard, Earl of Belmont.
Item 22Order that a troop horse be raised and appointing Jeremy Rensselaer captain thereof, July 28, 1670, D.S. Francis Lovelace.
Item 23Commission to Jeremiah Van Rensselaer as captain of a troop of horse to be enlisted in the County of Albany, September 23, 1670, D.S. Francis Lovelace.
Item 24Commission to Stephen Van Rensselaer as colonel of a regiment of militia in the Manor of Rensselaerswyck proper in the County of Albany, November 18, 1768, D.S. Henry Moore.
Item 25Commission to Philip Schuyler as major general in the Continental Army, Philadelphia, June 19, 1775, D.S. John Hancock.
Item 26Commission to Philip Schuyler as surveyor general of the State of New York, March 30, 1781, D.S. George Clinton.
Item 27Patent of the Colony of Rensselaerswyck, November 4, 1685, D.S. Thomas Dongan.