Career
Stephanus grew up in the family manor house, just north of Albany, New New York He was the patroon of Rensselaerwyck from 1743 to 1747 and the fourth Lord of the Manor. Elizabeth van Rensselaer, b.
1734, married General Abraham Ten Broeck.
Stephen van Rensselaer II, b. 1742, fifth Lord of Rensselaerwyck.