Stephen van Rensselaer II (June 2, 1742 - d. 1769) Was the son of Stephen van Rensselaer I

Stephen van Rensselaer I

Stephen van Rensselaer I Was the second son of Kiliaen van Rensselaer and Maria van Cortlandt. He was the seventh patroon of Rensselaerwyck from 1743 to 1747. He was also the fourth Lord of Rensselaerwyck....

 and Elizabeth Groesbeck. He was the eighth patroon of Rensselaerwyck from 1747 to 1769. He was also the fifth Lord of Rensselaerwyck.

He inherited the affairs of the Manor of Rensselaerwyck when he was 5 years old and the Manor was administered by his brother in law Abraham Ten Broeck

Abraham Ten Broeck

Abraham Ten Broeck was a New York politician, businessman, and militia Brigadier General of Dutch descent. He was twice Mayor of Albany, New York and built one of the largest mansions in the area that still stands more than 200 years later.-Early life:Ten Broeck was the son of Dirck Ten Broeck...

 until he came of age. He built the new Manor House in 1765.

He married Catherine Livingston, daughter of Philip Livingston

Philip Livingston

Philip Livingston was an American merchant and statesman from New York City. He was a delegate for New York to the Continental Congress from 1775 to 1778, and signed the Declaration of Independence.-Family history:...

, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and his wife Christina Ten Broeck, in January 1764 and had the following children:

• Stephen van Rensselaer III, sixth and last Lord of Rensselaerwyck.
• Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, b. April 15. 1767 - d. September 25, 1824, Mayor of the city of Albany, New York
  Albany, New York
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• Elizabeth van Rensselaer, b. 1768, d. 1841, first marriage to John Bradstreet Schuyler May 18, 1787, son of General Philip Schuyler
  Philip Schuyler
  Philip John Schuyler was a general in the American Revolution and a United States Senator from New York. He is usually known as Philip Schuyler, while his son is usually known as Philip J. Schuyler.-Early life:...
  
   and second marriage to John Bleeker in 1800.

He was succeeded as Lord of Rensselaerwyck by his son, the sixth Lord of Rensselaerwyck, Stephen van Rensselaer III.