Robert Doughty Weeks (July 8, 1795 – June 16, 1854) was an American banker who was a founder and president of the
New York Stock Exchange.
Early life
Weeks was born on July 8, 1795 in
Oyster Bay, New York. He was a son of James Huggins Weeks of Cove Hill in Oyster Bay and Miriam (
née
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Doughty) Weeks (1765–1854).
His maternal grandparents were Elizabeth and Charles Doughty,
and his paternal grandparents were Jotham Weeks and Sarah (née Huggins) Weeks.
Career
A found and member of the
New York Stock Exchange,
Weeks served as president of the Exchange twice, first from 1834 to 1835 (when he was succeeded by
Edward Prime
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Early life
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), and second from 1836 to 1837, when he was succeeded by
David Clarkson.
Personal life
Weeks married twice. He married his first wife, Julia Hall Brasher (1802–1828), a daughter of Gasherie Brasher, on January 14, 1819. Together, they were the parents of:
* John Abeel Weeks (1820–1900), who married Alice Hathaway
Delano, a distant cousin of
Franklin D. Roosevelt,
in 1849.
* Julia Mary Weeks (1827–1896), who married Henry Grant DeForest.
After her death, Weeks was married to Harriet Thompson Strong (1801–1864), a daughter of Benjamin Franklin Strong and Sarah (née Weeks) Strong, in 1832.
Together, they were the parents of:
* Sarah Strong Weeks (1833–1863), who married Edwin Carnes.
* Benjamin Strong Weeks (1834–1902)
* James Weeks (1836–1921), who married Kezia Seabury.
* Francis H. Weeks (1844–1913)
Weeks died on June 16, 1854 in Oyster Bay, New York.
Descendants
Through his eldest son John, he was a grandfather of Sarah Carnes Weeks (1863–1956),
the first wife of
Francis L. V. Hoppin
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Early life
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, an architect and artist.
Through his daughter Julia, he was a grandfather of
Henry Wheeler DeForest (1855–1938), who became a railroad executive, capitalist and industrialist,
and
Robert Weeks DeForest (1848–1931), a lawyer, financier, and philanthropist.
Weeks was buried at
Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.
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1795 births
1854 deaths
American bankers
Presidents of the New York Stock Exchange
19th-century American businesspeople
Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery