_Robert VAN RENSSELAER _+
                                                        | (1740 - 1802) m 1765   
                               _James VAN RENSSELAER ___|
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                              |                         |_Cornelia RUTSEN _______+
                              |                           (1747 - 1790) m 1765   
 _John Cullen VAN RENSSELAER _|
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|                             |_Susan De Lancey CULLEN _|
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|--Schuyler VAN RENSSELAER 
|  (1845 - 1884)
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|_Cornelia Josepha CODWISE ___|
  (1810 - 1890)               |
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