_Stephen VAN RENSSELAER II____+
                                                         | (1742 - 1769) m 1764         
                             _Stephen VAN RENSSELAER III_|
                            | (1764 - 1839) m 1802       |
                            |                            |_Catherine LIVINGSTON ________+
                            |                              (1745 - 1810) m 1764         
 _Cortlandt VAN RENSSELAER _|
| (1808 - 1860)             |
|                           |                             _William PATERSON ____________
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|                           |_Cornelia Bell PATERSON ____|
|                             (1780 - 1844) m 1802       |
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|--Elizabeth Wadsworth VAN RENSSELAER 
|  (1848 - 1886)
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|                            _Benjamin LEDYARD __________|
|                           | (1779 - 1812)              |
|                           |                            |______________________________
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|_Catherine LEDYARD ________|
  (1811 - 1882)             |
                            |                             _Henry Brockholst LIVINGSTON _+
                            |                            | (1757 - 1823) m 1784         
                            |_Susan French LIVINGSTON ___|
                              (1789 - 1864)              |
                                                         |_Catherine KETTLETAS _________
                                                           (1761 - 1804) m 1784