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Solomon van Vechten van Rensselaer (August 9, 1774 – April 23, 1852) was a United States representative from the state of New York , a lieutenant colonel during the War of 1812 , and postmaster of Albany for 17 years.
Early life
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Solomon van Rensselaer was born on August 9, 1774, in Greenbush in the Province of New York ,[1] Hendrick Kiliaen "Henry" Van Rensselaer (1744–1816) and Alida Bratt.[2] [3]
Career
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He appointed as a cornet in the United States Army in 1792, was promoted to captain in July 1793, and then to major in January 1799, before being honorably discharged in June 1800. He was Adjutant General of New York from 1801 to 1809, 1810 to 1811, and 1813 to 1821. He served in the War of 1812 as a lieutenant colonel of New York State Militia.[4]
He was elected as a Federalist to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth United States Congresses , and served from March 4, 1819, to January 14, 1822, when he resigned. He was postmaster of Albany, New York from 1822 to 1839, and from 1841 to 1843 and a delegate from New York at the opening of the Erie Canal on November 4, 1825.[4] [5]
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In January 1797, he married his cousin, Harriet "Arriet" Van Rensselaer (1775–1840), the daughter of Philip Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1747–1798), granddaughter of Robert Sanders , and the owner of the Cherry Hill mansion. Of their many children, only five daughters and one son survived to maturity:[1]
Adaline "Alida" Van Rensselaer (1797–1858)[2]
Elizabeth Van Rensselaer (1799–1835),[2] [6]
Rensselaer Van Rensselaer (1802–1850),[2] [7]
Van Vechten Van Rensselaer (1806–1812),[2]
Rufus King Van Rensselaer (1809–1809),[2]
Margarita Van Rensselaer (1810–1880)[2]
Stephen Van Rensselaer (1812–1813),[2]
Harriet Maria Van Rensselaer (1816–1896),[2] [8] [9]
Catharine Visscher Van Rensselaer (1817–1891),[2] [7]
Van Rensselaer died near Albany, aged 77. He was interred in the North Dutch Church Cemetery, in Albany, and reinterred in Albany Rural Cemetery . His home at Albany, Cherry Hill , was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[10] [9]
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^ a b c d e f g h i j Munsell, Joel (1871). Collections on the History of Albany: From Its Discovery to the Present Time; with Notices of Its Public Institutions, and Biographical Sketches of Citizens Deceased Albany, NY : J. Munsell. p. 184e.
^ Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, Part 6, p. 25; Catharina Van Rensselaer Bonney, Legacy of Historical Gleanings (J. Munsell, Albany, N.Y., 1875)[1 ] , pp. 10, 91.
^ a b "VAN RENSSELAER, Solomon Van Vechten - Biographical Information" . bioguide.congress.gov . United States Congress. Retrieved August 25, 2016 .
^ "Congress slaveowners" , The Washington Post , January 13, 2022, retrieved July 5, 2022
^ Ancestry.com indicates that Elizabeth married her cousin Richard Van Rensselaer (1797–1880) and had 4 children with him. Richard was the son of Kiliaen Killiense VanRensselaer (1763–1845) and was previously married to Matilda Fonda Van Rensselaer (1804–1863).
^ a b V. R. Bonney, Catharina (1875). A Legacy of Historical Gleanings Albany, NY : J. Munsell.
^ Blackburn, Roderic H.; Piwonka, Ruth (1988). Remembrance of Patria: Dutch Arts and Culture in Colonial America, 1609–1776 ISBN 9780939072064
^ a b "The Elmendorf Household Collection Third & Fourth Generations: 1814-1920" . www.historiccherryhill.org . Historic Cherry Hill. Retrieved August 29, 2016 .
^ "National Register Information System" . National Register of Historic Places National Park Service . March 13, 2009.
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