_Jeremias VAN RENSSELAER _____+
                                                      | (1632 - 1674) m 1662         
                            _Hendrick VAN RENSSELAER _|
                           | (1667 - 1740) m 1688     |
                           |                          |_Maria VAN CORTLANDT _________+
                           |                            (1645 - 1689) m 1662         
 _Johannes VAN RENSSELAER _|
| (1707 - 1783) m 1734     |
|                          |                           _Johannes Pieterse VAN BURGH _
|                          |                          | (1624 - 1697) m 1658         
|                          |_Catharina VAN BURGH _____|
|                            (1665 - 1730) m 1688     |
|                                                     |_Catharina ROELOFFS __________+
|                                                       (1629 - 1684) m 1658         
|
|--James VAN RENSSELAER 
|  (1747 - 1827)
|                                                      _James LIVINGSTON ____________+
|                                                     | (1646 - 1673)                
|                           _Robert LIVINGSTON Jr_____|
|                          | (1663 - 1725)            |
|                          |                          |______________________________
|                          |                                                         
|_Engeltie LIVINGSTON _____|
  (1698 - 1746) m 1734     |
                           |                           _Pieter SCHUYLER _____________+
                           |                          | (1657 - 1723)                
                           |_Margarita SCHUYLER ______|
                             (1682 - ....)            |
                                                      |_Engeltie VAN SCHAICK ________+
                                                        (1659 - 1689)