Keywords: Rensselaer family COA.svg Coat of arms of the van Rensselaer family originating in the Netherlands and eventually moving to New Netherland with the founding of Rensselaerswyck Rensselaerswyck began with its founding by Kiliaen van Rensselaer and continued through the family until its last patroon Stephen van Rensselaer III founder of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute The family is the namesake of the town city and county in New York Multiple; see other versions below ZooFari 2009-08-27 This is an original piece of artwork using aspects from the following files also this http //www lib rpi edu/dept/library/html/Archives/gallery/symbols/van_rensselaer_coat_of_arms gif link <gallery> File Rensselaer Stained Glass Round png This stained glass from the manor house File Van Rensselaer Stained Glass Rectangular 2 jpg This stained glass from a church in Albany File Van Rensselaer Stained Glass Rectangular jpg Another photo of the previous stained glass File VanRensselaerFamilyCrest png Drawing found http //books google com/books id G1ITAAAAYAAJ pg PA214-IA1 v onepage q f false here </gallery> Patroons of Rensselaerswyck Coats of arms of families of the Netherlands |