_Hendrick VAN RENSSELAER _+
                                                      | (1667 - 1740) m 1688     
                            _Johannes VAN RENSSELAER _|
                           | (1707 - 1783) m 1734     |
                           |                          |_Catharina VAN BURGH _____+
                           |                            (1665 - 1730) m 1688     
 _James VAN RENSSELAER ____|
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|                          |                           _Robert LIVINGSTON Jr_____+
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|                          |_Engeltie LIVINGSTON _____|
|                            (1698 - 1746) m 1734     |
|                                                     |_Margarita SCHUYLER ______+
|                                                       (1682 - ....)            
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|--John VAN RENSSELAER 
|  (1784 - 1870)
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|_Catharine VAN CORTLANDT _|
  (1754 - 1786)            |
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