List of invited mourners to Jeremiah Van Rensselaer's funeral
List of those who are invited to the interment, bearing mourning, of the corpse of Mr. Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, deceased, Director of the Colony Rensselaerswyck: on Wednesday next, in the afternoon of one o'clock, being the 7/17 October 1674.


List 1
List2
Killian van Rensselaer Chief Officer - Jan [Gerritse] van marcken
Hendrick van Rensselaer Magistrate - Herman [Albertse] Vedder
Hon. Gerrit van Slichtenhorst Magistrate - Barent Janse
Mr. Andries Teller Lowes Cobus
Capt. Philip [Pieterse] Schuyler Mr. Jan [Juriaanse Becker]
Jacob Loockermans Theunis Cornelis Swart
Pieter Loockermans Jan Van Eps
pieter Schuyler Dirck Teunesse
Mr. Gerrit Swart Jan Hend: Bruyn
Lieutenant Willem Teller Gerrit Bancker
Mr. Marten Gerritse [Van Bergen] Adriaen [Janse] Appel
Ensign Jacob Sanderse Glen Sweer Teunesse [Van Velsen]
Dom. Gideon Schaets Gerrit Teunesse [Van Vechten]
The Hon. Commander A. Dreyer Jan [Cornelise] van Ness
Major Abram Staets Jacobus [Gerritse] van Vorst
Mr. Davidt Schuyler Jan [Janse] Oothout
Mr. Corns. van Dyck Casper Jacobse [Hallenbeck]
Capt. Lieutenant Volkert Janse Wouter Aertsen
Lieutenant Gosen Gerritse [Van Schaick] Sybrant Gosen [Van Schaick]
Cornet Jan. H: van Bael Corn. Stevense Muller
Lieutenant Jan Clute Andries Janse
Mr.(?) Dirck Wesselse ten Broeck Willem gysbertse [Van den Bergh]
Cornelis [Antonissen] Van Slyck Allert [Janse] Ryckman
Andries de Vos Wynant Gerretse [Van der Poel]
Cornelis [Hendrickse] Van Nes Maas Cornelisse [Van Buren]
Mr. Hendrick van Dyck Marten Cornelisse [Van Buren]
Mr.(?) Dirck [Teunise] Van Vechten Gerrit van nes
Sander Leendertse Glen Jan Hendrickse, - young Jan
Cornelis Segersen van Egmont Hermen Lievisse
Albert Andriesse Bradt Jurryaen Teunisse Tappen
Dom Fabriecyes Jacob Tysen van der Hyde
Jan Labatie Arenhout Corn: Viele
Abraham Tricht
Bastyan de Winter
Gysbert Cor. van der Bergh
----Janse-----
pieter Meeusen Vroman
Willem frederics Bout
Theunes Teunesse Metesl(-) [Meteslaer]
Harmen Rutgers
Jochum Wesselse Backer
Poulis Jurriaens
Barent Pieterse [Coeymans]


List 3
List 4
Myndert Frericks [Van Ieveren] Dirck Hesslingh
Wouter Albertse Cornelis Corn: Viele
Lourens van Alen Antoine Liepenard (Lispenard)
Hendrick Masen [Van Buren] pieter [Danielse] van Olinda
Gerrit Reyerse Steven Konigh
Cornelis Teunesse [Van Vechten] Evert Janse Cuyper
Adriaen [Janse] Van Ilpendam Onie Lagrance [Omie De La Grange]
Jacob Staets Elmer Otten
Claas Ripse (Van Dam) Symon [Symonse] Groot
Tames davitse Kekebul Symon Volckertse [Veeder]
Sander Sanderse Glen Adam [Hendrickse] Vroman
Johannis Sanderse Glen Hendrick Willemse
Gerrit Gysbertse [Van den Bergh] Jan Mangelse
Hendrick Bries Teunes Willemse
Hans Hendrics [Van Salsbergen] Ryck Claasen [Van Vranken]
Frans Janse pruyn Andries Hansen
Jacob Abramse [Van Deusen] Cornelis van der Haf [Hoef]
Storm van der Zee Jan Jansen noorman
Hendrick Coster Jan Bricken
Jan Gou Poulus Martensen [Van Benthuysen]
Hendrick Cuyler Jochem Kethelheyn
Arent van den Bergh
Tjerck Hermansen [Visscher]
Jan Janse Blycker
Pieter Lassingh
Teunes Jacobse [Van Schoenderwoert]
Jacob [Gerritse] van Laer
Jacob [Janse] van Noorstrant
Jan Burger
Claas [Janse] van Bookhoven
Barent Schoenmaker


Note: Schermerhorn states that "[I]t is difficult at the moment to determine whether the grouping of invited guest in three lists has any practical significance."


List of those who will carry the corpse of the Hon. Mr. Rensselaer, Director of the Colony of Rensselaerswyck, deceased

Johannis (--)
Adriaen gerritse [Papendorp]
teunis Spitsenbergh
Jacob [Janse] Schermerhorn
Johannis Provoost, Secretary
Barent Reyndertse
Evert [Janse] Wendel
(--)lel Janse
Jan [Dirckse] Vinhagen
Jan Thomasse [Witbeck]
Pieter Bogardus
pieter Winne
Hendrick [Cornelisse] van Ness
Martin Creiger
Besides all their wives,
viz: those of the bearers


Words in [ ] were inserted by Schemerhorn to help facilitate idenitication of the person in question.

Items contained in ( ) indicate that the information on the record was obscured.



from Schermerhorn, Richard, Jr., An Early Colonial Manuscript and Biographical Notes Thereon, NYGBR, Vol. 58, pg. 236-244 (July 1917)

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