θɹuː hɪz ɡɹˈeɪtɡɹˈændmʌðɚ, mˈɑːɹɡɹət kˈɛmbəl ɡˈeɪdʒ, hiː hæd dˈʌtʃ ænd hjˈuːɡənˌɑːt ænsˈɛstɹəl ɹˈuːts fɹʌmðə ʃˈaɪlɚ, vˈæn kˈɔːɹtlənt, ænd ðə dᵻlˈænsi fˈæmɪliz ʌv bɹˈɪɾɪʃ nˈɔːɹθ ɐmˈɛɹɪkə.
Through his great-grandmother, Margaret Kemble Gage, he had Dutch and Huguenot ancestral roots from the Schuyler, Van Cortlandt, and the Delancey families of British North America.