The Goelet family is an influential family from
New York
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origins, that owned significant real estate in
New York City
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.
History
The Goelets are descended from a family of Protestant
Huguenots
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from
La Rochelle
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in
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, who escaped persecution to
Amsterdam
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.
[Lyman Horace Weeks, ''Prominent Families of New York: Being an Account in Biographical Form of Individuals and Families Distinguished as Representatives of the Social, Professional and Civic Life of New York City'', New York: The Historical Company, 189]
/ref> Francois Goelet, a widower with a ten-year-old son, Jacobus, arrived in New York in 1676. Returning to Amsterdam on business, he left the boy in the care of Frederick Philipse
Frederick Philipse (born Frederick Flypsen;Appleton, W.S. ''The Heraldic Journal, Recording the Amorial Bearings and Genealogies of American Families'', Wiggen & Lunt, Boston, 1867 1626 in Bolsward, Netherlands – December 23, 1702), first Lord ...
, but was apparently lost at sea. His son, John G. Goelet, married Jannetie Cannon, daughter of merchant Jan Cannon.["An Eccentric Man Gone", ''The New York Times', November 22, 1879]
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Peter Goelet acquired many of his holdings through underwater land grants from corrupt city officials. He also ran a hardware store.
Family tree
* Francois Goelet
** Jacobus Goelet (1665–1731) m. Jannetje Coesaar (1665–1736)
*** John G. Goelet (1694–1753) m. Jannetje Cannon (1698–1778)
**** Catharine Goelet (d. 1806) m. 1755 Peter Theobaldus Curtenius (1734–1798)
**** Peter Goelet
Peter Goelet (January 5, 1727 – October 11, 1811) was a merchant and real estate entrepreneur of New York City.
Early life
Peter Goelet was born on January 5, 1727, in New York City. He was the fifth of thirteen children born to Jan "John" Goe ...
(1727–1811) m. Elizabeth Ratsey (1734–1769)
***** Peter P. Goelet (1764–1828) m. Almy Buchanan (1768–1848)
****** Peter Goelet (1800–1879)
****** Jean Buchanan Goelet (1802–1882)
****** Hannah Green Goelet (1804–1895) m. Thomas Russell Gerry
Thomas Russell Gerry (December 8, 1794 – October 8, 1848) was an American sailor who was active in the Sons of the American Revolution and was a son of the fifth U.S. Vice President Elbridge Gerry.
Early life
Gerry was born on December 8, 1794 ...
(1794–1848)
******* Elbridge Thomas Gerry
Elbridge Thomas Gerry (December 25, 1837 – February 18, 1927), usually called "Commodore" Gerry due to the office he held with the New York Yacht Club from 1886 to 1892, was an American lawyer and reformer who was the grandson of U.S. Vice P ...
(1837–1927) m. Louisa Matilda Livingston (1836–1920)
******** Angelica Livingston Gerry (1871–1960)
******** Mabel Gerry (1872–1930) m. 1925: Francis Saxham Elwes Drury (1859–1937)
******** Robert Livingston Gerry Sr.
Robert Livingston Gerry Sr. (May 31, 1877 – October 31, 1957) was an American businessman and owner of thoroughbred racehorses.
Early life
Gerry was born on May 31, 1877 and was the son of Louisa Matilda Livingston (1836–1920) and Elbridge ...
(1877–1957) m. Cornelia Averell Harriman (1884–1966)
********* Elbridge T. Gerry II (1908–1999)
********* Robert Livingston Gerry Jr. (1911–1979) m. Martha Leighton Kramer
********** Robert Livingston Gerry III (b. 1937)
*********Edward Harriman Gerry
Edward is an English language, English given name. It is derived from the Old English, Anglo-Saxon name ''Ä’adweard'', composed of the elements ''wikt:ead#Old English, Ä“ad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and ''wikt:weard#Old English, weard'' "gua ...
(1914–2003) m. Martha Farish (1918–2007)
********* Henry Averell Gerry (1914–2000)
******** Peter Goelet Gerry
Peter Goelet Gerry (September 18, 1879 – October 31, 1957) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives and later, as a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island. He is the only U.S. Senator in American hi ...
(1879–1957) m. (1) 1910 (div. 1925): Mathilde Townsend m. (2) Edith Stuyvesant Dresser Vanderbilt (1873–1958)
****** Robert Goelet Sr. (1809–1879) m. Sarah Ogden (1813–1888)
******* Robert Goelet
Robert Goelet Jr. (September 29, 1841 – April 27, 1899) was an American heir, businessman and yachtsman from New York City during the Gilded Age.
Early life
Robert Goelet was born on September 29, 1841 in Manhattan, New York City, to Sarah ...
(1841–1899) m. Harriette Louise Warren (1854 - 1912)
******** Robert Walton Goelet
Robert Walton Goelet (March 19, 1880 – May 2, 1941) was a financier and real estate developer in New York City. He was one of the largest property owners in the city by the time of his death.
Early life
Robert Walton Goelet, nicknamed Bertie ...
(1880–1941) m. Anne Marie Guestier (1899-1988)
********* Beatrice Goelet (1922–2015) m. 1948: Hayward Ferry Manice
********* Robert Guestier Goelet
Robert Guestier Goelet (guh-LET; September 28, 1923 – October 9, 2019) was a prominent American philanthropist and former executive at Chemical Bank, founded by the Goelet family in 1824.
Early life
Goelet was born on September 28, 1923, at a ...
(1924–2019) m. 1976 Alexandra Creel (b. 1940)[
********* Francis Goelet (1926–1998)]
********* John Goelet
******** Beatrice Goelet (1885–1902)
******* Ogden Goelet
Ogden Goelet (June 11, 1851 New York City – August 27, 1897 Cowes, Isle of Wight) was an American heir, businessman and yachtsman from New York City during the Gilded Age. With his wife, he built Ochre Court in Newport, Rhode Island, his so ...
(1846–1897) m. Mary Rita Wilson (1855–1929)
******** Mary Goelet
Mary Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe ( Goelet; October 6, 1878 – April 26, 1937) was an American-born heiress and socialite who married into Scottish nobility.
Early life
Mary Goelet was born in 1878. Her parents were Mary Wilson Goelet (185 ...
(1878–1937) m. 1903: Henry Innes-Ker, 8th Duke of Roxburghe
Henry John Innes-Ker, 8th Duke of Roxburghe (24 July 1876 – 29 September 1932) was a Scottish peer and courtier.
Early life
Henry John Innes-Ker was born on 24 July 1876. He was the son of James Henry Robert Innes-Ker, 7th Duke of Roxburghe ...
(1876–1932)
********* George Victor Robert John Innes-Ker, 9th Duke of Roxburghe
George Victor Robert John Innes-Ker, 9th Duke of Roxburghe (7 September 1913 – 26 September 1974) was the son of Henry John Innes-Ker, 8th Duke of Roxburghe and Mary Goelet. He succeeded his father in 1932.
Early life
George Victor Robert Joh ...
(1913–1974) m. (1) 1935 (div. 1953): Mary Evelyn Hungerford Crewe-Milnes (1915–2014) m. (2) 1954: Margaret Elizabeth McConnel
********** Guy David Innes-Ker, 10th Duke of Roxburghe
Guy David Innes-Ker, 10th Duke of Roxburghe (18 November 1954 – 29 August 2019), was a British aristocrat.
Early life
Guy David Innes Ker was born on 18 November 1954, the eldest son of the 9th Duke by his second wife (Margaret) Elisabeth McC ...
(1954–2019)
*********** Charles Innes-Ker, 11th Duke of Roxburghe
Captain Charles Robert George Innes-Ker, 11th Duke of Roxburghe (born 18 February 1981), also known as Charles Innes or Charlie Roxburghe, is a British aristocrat and soldier.
Biography
Captain Charles Robert George Innes-Ker is the 11th Duke ...
(b. 1981)
********** Lord Robert Anthony Innes-Ker (b. 1959) m. 1996: Katherine Pelly
******** Robert Wilson Goelet
Robert Wilson Goelet (January 9, 1880 – February 6, 1966) was an American social leader, banker, and real estate developer who built Glenmere mansion.
Early life
Goelet was born in 1880. He was the son of Mary Wilson Goelet (1855–1929), a le ...
(1880–1966) m. (1) 1904 (div. 1914): Marie Elise Whelen Clews (1880–1959) m. (2) 1919 (div. 1924): Donna Fernanda di Villa Rosa (1885–1982) m. (3) 1925: Roberta Willard (1891–1949)
*********Ogden Goelet (1907–1969) m. Maria Virginia Zimbalist (1915–1981) m. Florence Enid Matthew (1912–1992) m. (5) Sara Sherburne Haigh (1908–1989)
********** Ogden Goelet
********** Enid Goelet (1934–2005) m. Ranald T. McNeil (1933–2013)
********* Peter Goelet (1911–1986)
********* Robert Walton Goelet Jr. (1921–1989) m. (1) Jane Potter Monroe (1920–1999) m. (2) 1949 (div. 1956): Lynn Merrick
Lynn Merrick (born Marilyn Llewelling, November 19, 1919 – March 25, 2007) was an American actress who appeared in over 40 films during the 1940s, mainly for Columbia and Republic Studios.
Early life
Merrick was born Marilyn Llewelling on ...
(1919–2007)
********* Mary Eleanor Goelet (b. 1927) m. (1) 1949 (div.): James Eliot Cross (1921–1997)
********* Rosemary Goelet (b.1931) Micheal Browdy m. (1952)
**********Francine Browdy (b.1959) m.(1979) Charles Pannell
********** Jennifer Del Ponte (b.1981-2020) m.(2005) Paul DelPonte (b.1961)
*********** Andrew DelPonte (b.2005) Avery DelPonte (b.2008)
***** Robert Ratsey Goelet (1769–1824) m. Margaret Buchanan (1769–1848)
****** Elizabeth Goelet (1808–1882) m. Elbert Samuel Kip (1799–1876)
******* George Goelet Kip
George Goelet Kip (January 15, 1845 – June 27, 1926) was a New York lawyer, heir and member of the Goelet family during the Gilded Age.
Early life
Kip was born on January 15, 1845, in New York City. He was the son of Elbert Samuel Kip (1799†...
(1845–1926) m. Anna Margaret Geissenhainer (1847-1893)
******** Charles Augustus Kip (1870–1940) m. Marie Gilmour Bryce (1878–1940)
******** Elbert Samuel Kip (1874–1950) m. Alice Alden Bushnell (1872–1952)
********* Elbert Bushnell Kip (1901–1975) m. Doris Frederica Pantaenius (1904–1983)
********* Hendrik Kip (1906–1970) m. (1) Virginia Hastings (1909–1991) m. (2) Juliana Soule (1912–1969)
********* Josephine Alden Kip (1909–1978) m. Sherburn Edward Edgerly (1910–1962)
******** Anna Elizabeth Kip (1880–1918) m. A. Paul Olmsted (1882–1948)
******* Margaret Goelet Kip (1847–1854)
***** Jannetje Goelet (1758–1840) m. Robert Troup
Robert Troup (1757 – January 14, 1832) was a soldier in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New York. He participated in the Bat ...
(1757–1832)
****** Charlotte Troup (1792–1872) m. James Lefferts Brinckerhoff (1791–1846)
******* Maria Louisa Brinckerhoff (1816–1866) m. 1836: Robert Livingston Pell
Robert Livingston Pell (May 8, 1818 – February 11, 1880) was an American landowner and descendant of several prominent colonial families of New York.
Early life
Pell was born at the old Pell mansion in Pelham on May 8, 1818. He was a son of Al ...
(1811–1880)
******* Charlotte Brinckerhoff (1818–1861) m. Frederic Bronson (1802–1868)
******** Frederic Bronson
Frederic D. Bronson, Jr. (July 20, 1851 – March 29, 1900) was a prominent American lawyer during the Gilded Age in New York City.
Early life
Bronson was born on July 20, 1851 in New York City. He was the son of Frederic Bronson (1802–1868), ...
(1851–1900) m. Sarah Gracie King (1850–1931)
********* Elizabeth Duer Bronson (1877–1914) m. Lloyd Carpenter Griscom (1872–1959)
***** John Goelet (1759–1853) m. Eliza Taylor Buncombe (1766–1840) (daughter of Edward Buncombe
Edward Buncombe (1742–1778) was a plantation owner from the Province of North Carolina who served as a colonel in the North Carolina militia and Continental Army (the army of the Patriot side) in the American Revolutionary War. He is the namesak ...
)
***** Elizabeth Goelet (1766–1856) m. William Cornelius Bucknor.
****** William Goelet Bucknor (1798–1852) m. Emily Beelow
******* Cornelia Bucknor (1838–1914) m. John Howard Van Amringe
John Howard Van Amringe (April 3, 1836 – September 10, 1915) was an American educator and mathematician.
Life and career
Van Amringe was born in Philadelphia on April 3, 1835. He was a son of William Frederick Van Amringe (1791–1873) and S ...
(1835–1915)
******** Guy Van Amringe (1869–1936)
See also
*Duke of Roxburghe
The Duke of Roxburghe () is a title in the peerage of Scotland created in 1707 along with the titles ''Marquess of Bowmont and Cessford'', ''Earl of Kelso'' and ''Viscount Broxmouth''. John Ker, 5th Earl of Roxburghe became the first holder ...
*Glenmere mansion
The Glenmere mansion is a luxury hotel and spa overlooking Glenmere Lake, approximately 50 miles northwest of New York City in Orange County, New York. It was built in 1911 as the residence of real estate developer Robert Wilson Goelet (not to b ...
*Livingston family
The Livingston family of New York is a prominent family that migrated from Scotland to the Dutch Republic, and then to the Province of New York in the 17th century. Descended from the 4th Lord Livingston, its members included signers of the Unite ...
*Ochre Court
Ochre Court is a large châteauesque mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. Commissioned by Ogden Goelet, it was built at a cost of $4.5 million in 1892. It is the second largest mansion in Newport after nearby The Breakers. These two ...
References
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Political families of the United States