_Hendrick VAN RENSSELAER _+
                                                    | (1667 - 1740) m 1688     
                          _Johannes VAN RENSSELAER _|
                         | (1707 - 1783) m 1734     |
                         |                          |_Catharina VAN BURGH _____+
                         |                            (1665 - 1730) m 1688     
 _Robert VAN RENSSELAER _|
| (1740 - 1802) m 1765   |
|                        |                           _Robert LIVINGSTON Jr_____+
|                        |                          | (1663 - 1725)            
|                        |_Engeltie LIVINGSTON _____|
|                          (1698 - 1746) m 1734     |
|                                                   |_Margarita SCHUYLER ______+
|                                                     (1682 - ....)            
|
|--James VAN RENSSELAER 
|  (1784 - 1847)
|                                                    __________________________
|                                                   |                          
|                         _Jacob RUTSEN ____________|
|                        | (1716 - 1762)            |
|                        |                          |__________________________
|                        |                                                     
|_Cornelia RUTSEN _______|
  (1747 - 1790) m 1765   |
                         |                           _Gilbert LIVINGSTON ______+
                         |                          | (1690 - 1746)            
                         |_Alida LIVINGSTON ________|
                           (1716 - 1798)            |
                                                    |_Cornelia BEEKMAN ________+
                                                      (1693 - 1742)