_Cornelius VANDERBILT _____+
                                                       | (1764 - 1832)             
                             _Cornelius VANDERBILT ____|
                            | (1794 - 1877) m 1813     |
                            |                          |_Phebe HAND _______________+
                            |                            (1767 - 1854)             
 _William Henry VANDERBILT _|
| (1821 - 1885) m 1841      |
|                           |                           _Nathaniel JOHNSON ________+
|                           |                          | (1765 - 1802) m 1791      
|                           |_Sophia JOHNSON __________|
|                             (1795 - 1868) m 1813     |
|                                                      |_Elizabeth SIMONSON _______+
|                                                        (1770 - 1841) m 1791      
|
|--Margaret Louisa VANDERBILT 
|  (1845 - 1924)
|                                                       _Peter Rutgers KISSAM _____
|                                                      |                           
|                            _Samuel KISSAM ___________|
|                           | (1796 - 1868)            |
|                           |                          |_Deborah TOWNSEND _________
|                           |                            (1757 - 1815)             
|_Maria Louisa KISSAM ______|
  (1821 - 1896) m 1841      |
                            |                           _Archibald Hamilton ADAMS _
                            |                          | (1769 - 1811)             
                            |_Margaret Hamilton ADAMS _|
                              (1796 - 1872)            |
                                                       |_Mary Danielse MCKINNEY ___
                                                         (1777 - 1810)