Cortlandt Van Rensselaer
BIRTH
May 26, 1808
Albany, New York, US
DEATH
July 25, 1860
Burlington, New Jersey, US
FAMILY
FATHER:
Stephen Van Rensselaer
(1764-1839)
MOTHER:
Cornelia Paterson Van Rensselaer
(1780-1844)
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Rensselaer, Cortlandt Van
(1808-1860)
Cortlandt Van Rensselaer (1808–1860) was associated with the American Revolutionary era as a lawyer, governor, farmer. The biographical details in this entry are based on the record titled “Cortlandt Van Rensselaer.”
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SISTER
Cornelia Paterson Van Rensselaer
(1780-1844)
BROTHER
Henry Bell Van Rensselaer
(1810-1864)
BROTHER
William Paterson Van Rensselaer
(1805-1872)
SISTER
Euphemia White Van Rensselaer Cruger
(1816-1888)
BROTHER
Philip Stephen Van Rensselaer
(1806-1871)
BROTHER
Alexander Van Rensselaer
(1850-1933)
WIFE
Catherine Ledyard Cogswell
(1811-1882)
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DIED:
Burlington, New Jersey, US
Jul 25, 1860
Cortlandt Van Rensselaer was born on May 26, 1808 in Albany, New York, US. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
The available biographical record identifies Cortlandt Van Rensselaer with work or public activity as a lawyer, governor, farmer. Those roles provide the clearest documented basis for including this person in the database and should be read in the political, military, professional, or household context of the period. Cortlandt Van Rensselaer died on Jul 25, 1860 in Burlington, New Jersey, US. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.