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.
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.