Arent van Curler, later van Corlaer, (1619 or 1620 - 1667) was the grandnephew of Kiliaen van Rensselaer.[1] In 1637 Rensselaer commissioned him as his secretary and accountant at Rensselaer's patroonship Rensselaerswyck in the Dutch colony of New Netherland.