_Stephen VAN RENSSELAER II_+
                                                                | (1742 - 1769) m 1764      
                                    _Stephen VAN RENSSELAER III_|
                                   | (1764 - 1839) m 1802       |
                                   |                            |_Catherine LIVINGSTON _____+
                                   |                              (1745 - 1810) m 1764      
 _William Paterson VAN RENSSELAER _|
| (1805 - 1871)                    |
|                                  |                             _William PATERSON _________
|                                  |                            |                           
|                                  |_Cornelia Bell PATERSON ____|
|                                    (1780 - 1844) m 1802       |
|                                                               |___________________________
|                                                                                           
|
|--William Peterson VAN RENSSELAER 
|  (1835 - 1854)
|                                                                _Moses ROGERS _____________
|                                                               |                           
|                                   _Benjamin Woolsey ROGERS ___|
|                                  | (1775 - 1859)              |
|                                  |                            |_Sarah WOOLSEY ____________
|                                  |                                                        
|_Elizabeth Bayard ROGERS _________|
  (1811 - 1835)                    |
                                   |                             _William BAYARD Jr_________
                                   |                            | (1761 - 1826)             
                                   |_Susan BAYARD ______________|
                                     (1787 - 1814)              |
                                                                |_Elizabeth CORNELL ________
                                                                  (.... - 1854)