_Stephen VAN RENSSELAER _+
                                                         | (1706 - 1747) m 1729    
                              _Stephen VAN RENSSELAER II_|
                             | (1742 - 1769) m 1764      |
                             |                           |_Elizabeth GROESBECK ____
                             |                             (1707 - 1756) m 1729    
 _Stephen VAN RENSSELAER III_|
| (1764 - 1839) m 1802       |
|                            |                            _Philip LIVINGSTON ______+
|                            |                           | (1715 - 1778) m 1740    
|                            |_Catherine LIVINGSTON _____|
|                              (1745 - 1810) m 1764      |
|                                                        |_Christina TEN BROECK ___+
|                                                          (1718 - 1801) m 1740    
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|--Alexander VAN RENSSELAER 
|  (1814 - 1878)
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|_Cornelia Bell PATERSON ____|
  (1780 - 1844) m 1802       |
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