_James VAN RENSSELAER ____+
                                                              | (1747 - 1827) m 1789     
                             _Philip Schuyler VAN RENSSELAER _|
                            | (1797 - ....)                   |
                            |                                 |_Elsie SCHUYLER __________+
                            |                                   (1759 - 1838) m 1789     
 _Gratz VAN RENSSELAER _____|
| (1834 - ....)             |
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|                           |_Henrietta Ann SCHUYLER _________|
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|--John VAN RENSSELAER 
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|                                                              _James VAN RENSSELAER ____+
|                                                             | (1747 - 1827)            
|                            _John VAN RENSSELAER ____________|
|                           | (1784 - 1870)                   |
|                           |                                 |_Catharine VAN CORTLANDT _
|                           |                                   (1754 - 1786)            
|_Catharine VAN RENSSELAER _|
                            |
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                            |_Elizabeth VAN CORTLANDT ________|
                              (1787 - 1868)                   |
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