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The largest of these, the manor, or patroonship, of Rensselaerwyck went to Kiliaen van Rensselaer in 1630, and contained approximately one million acres on both banks of the upper Hudson.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

The English continued the Dutch patroonship system, granting large estates to a favored few families.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

In return, the shareholder who gained the patroonship promised to pay for the passage of at least thirty Dutch farmers to populate the colony.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

From this suggestion the scheme of patroonship was developed.

From Dutch and English on the Hudson A Chronicle of Colonial New York by Goodwin, Maud Wilder

His patroonship of Rensellaerwick lay immediately below Fort Aurania, and extended for several miles on each side of the Hudson, beside embracing the mountainous region of the Helderberg.

From Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete by Irving, Washington