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Herman Melville

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Herman Melville

Author of Moby Dick


    Jeremias Van Rensselaer

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    • 4th Great-grandfather of Herman Melville — 7th Generation
    • Ahnentafel No:
    • 108 
    • Birth Date:
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    • Christening Date:
    • 18 May 1632 
    • Christening Location:
    • Amsterdam, Holland 
    • Death Date:
    • 12 Oct 1674 
    • Death Location:
    • Manor of Rensselaerwyck, New York 
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    • Marriage Date:
    • 12 Jul 1662 
    • Marriage Location:
    • New Amsterdam 
    • Notes: 
    • 3rd Director, 4th Patroon, and 2nd Lord of the Manor of Rensselaerwyck

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  • Sources for Jeremias Van Rensselaer

    • 1 Glenn, Thomas Allen, ed., Some Colonial Mansions: and Those Who Lived in Them, Vol. 1, Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates and Company (1898), 165.
    • 3 Van Rensselaer, Florence, The Van Rensselaers in Holland and in America, New York: The American Historical Company, Inc. (1956), 7-9.