Pedigree: Cornelius `Commodore' VANDERBILT

The PEDIGREE of

Cornelius `Commodore' VANDERBILT

(great industrialist of steamships and railroads; operated largest railroad, built Grand Central Depot, etc.; 2nd wealthiest American ever; 11th Wealthiest Person ever; eponym)

Born: Staten Isl. 1794 Died: 1877 N.Y.

Male.

Wives/Partners: Sophia JOHNSON ; Frankie Armstrong Crawford ; (mistress) Tennessee Celeste Claflin
Children: William Henry VANDERBILT ; George Washington (d. in Civil War) ; Phebe Jane ; Ethelinda ; Eliza ; Emily Almira ; Sophia Johnson ; Maria Louisa ; Frances Lavinia ; Cornelius Jeremiah ; Mary Alicia ; Catherine Juliette

________	________	________	________	_______	_______	_______
					/	-- Aert van der BILT
				/	-- Jan Aertsen van der BILT (1627? - 1705)
			/	-- Jacob Janse van der BILT
			\|	\	/ or: poss. Aris (Jacob's brother)
			\|	\	-- poss. Annetje (Anneken) HENDRICKS +		====> [ 2]
			/			/ or: Dierber (Dieber) CORNELIS
		/	-- Jacob van der BILT
		\|	\	-- poss. Hillitje (Hillegonde) REMSEN +			====> [ 6]
		/			/ or: prob. Maritje van der VLIET (Marretje van DERVLIET)
	/	-- Jacob van der BILT (1723 - 1768)
	\|	\	/	-- Denijs (THEUNISZEN) NYSSEN +			====> [ 5]
	\|	\	-- Neeltje Denyse TEUNNISON
	/		\	-- Helena CORTELYOU van BRUNT +			====> [ 4]
/	-- Cornelius van der BILT (1764 - 1832)
\|	\		/	-- Edward SPRAGG +			====> [ 3]
\|	\|	/	-- Jacob SPRAGUE (SPRAGG) (1694? - 1745?)
\|	\|	\|	\	/ OR: Jacob SPRAGUE [alt ped] +			&&&> [ 255 ,eNs,TX,&]
\|	\|	/	\	-- Abigail SOUTHARD +			====> [ 255 ,e,&]
\|	\	-- Mary SPRAGUE (Staten Isl. 1729 - 1781)
\|		\	-- Dorothy
/				/ or: poss. Sarah STODDER
- Cornelius `Commodore' VANDERBILT
\				/	-- Stephen HAND +		====> [ 5]
\|			/	-- poss. Joseph HAND (1664? - 1713)
\|			/	\	-- Sarah Bancroft STRATTON +		====> [ 255 ,n,&]
\|		/	-- Nehemiah HAND (? - 1775)
\|		/	\	-- poss. Elizabeth
\|	/	-- Samuel HAND (1730? - ?)
\|	\|	\	/ or: Jacob HAND
\|	/	\	-- Lydia (1701? - 1775)
\	-- Phoebe HAND (1767 - 1854 Staten Isl.)
	\		/	-- poss. Matthew LUM +			&&&> [ 255 ,Es,TX,&]
	\|	/	-- Obadiah LUM (Long Isl. 1708 - 1783)
	\	-- Phebe LUM
		\	-- poss. Susannah

His Great Grandchildren: Cornelia Stuyvesant VANDERBILT ; Reginald Claypoole VANDERBILT ; Alfred Gwynne VANDERBILT ; Consuelo VANDERBILT ; William Kissam (II) VANDERBILT ; Harold Stirling VANDERBILT

His 3-Great Grandchild: Anderson Hays COOPER