_Jacobus ROOSEVELT __+
                                                   | (1724 - 1777)       
                         _James Jacobus ROOSEVELT _|
                        | (1759 - 1840)            |
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 _James John ROOSEVELT _|
| (1795 - 1875) m 1831  |
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|--James Nicholas ROOSEVELT 
|  (1836 - 1856)
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|                        _Cornelius P VAN NESS ____|
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|_Cornelia VAN NESS ____|
  (1810 - 1876) m 1831  |
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                        |_Rhoda SAVAGE ____________|
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