VANDERBILT, GEORGE W. 4064.

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VANDERBILT, GEORGE W. 4064.

New York City. Born in New York, November 14, 1862. Son of William
H. Vanderbilt and Mary Louise Kissam, grandson of Samuel Kissam and
Margaret H. Adams, great-grandson of Peter Rutgers Kissam and Deborah
Townsend, great'-grandson of Benjamin Kissam and Katherine Rutgers,
great'-grandson of Joseph Kissam and Deborah Whitehead, great'-grandson
of Daniel Kissam and Elizabeth Coombs, great'-grandson of John Kissam
and Susannah Thorne. John Kissam, who lived on Long Island, was of
English parentage and was the progenitor of the family in America.
Benjamin was the son of a farmer and leading citizen of Cow Neck
(now Manhasset), L. I., where he was born ; settled in New York,
and became a distinguished lawyer. He was a member of the Safety
Committee of One Hundred and of the First and Second Provincial Congresses.
His wife was a daughter of Peter Rutgers of New York City. In the
paternal line, the Vanderbilts are descended from Jan Aertsen Van
der Bilt, a Dutch farmer who settled near Brooklyn, N. Y.. about
1650.

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