The Roosevelt family is an American
political family
A political family (also referred to as political dynasty) is a family in which multiple members are involved in politics — particularly electoral politics. Members may be related by blood or marriage; often several generations or multiple si ...
from New York whose members have included two United States presidents, a
First Lady
First lady is an unofficial title usually used for the wife, and occasionally used for the daughter or other female relative, of a non- monarchical head of state or chief executive. The term is also used to describe a woman seen to be at the ...
,
and various merchants, bankers, politicians, inventors, clergymen, artists, and socialites. The progeny of a mid-17th-century
Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
Places
* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People E ...
immigrant to
New Amsterdam
New Amsterdam ( nl, Nieuw Amsterdam, or ) was a 17th-century Dutch settlement established at the southern tip of Manhattan Island that served as the seat of the colonial government in New Netherland. The initial trading ''factory'' gave rise ...
, many members of the family became locally prominent in New York City politics and business and intermarried with prominent colonial families. Two distantly related branches of the family from
Oyster Bay and
Hyde Park, New York, rose to national political prominence with the presidencies of
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ( ; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26t ...
(1901–1909) and his
fifth cousin Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933–1945), whose wife, First Lady
Eleanor Roosevelt
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt () (October 11, 1884November 7, 1962) was an American political figure, diplomat, and activist. She was the first lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945, during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four ...
, was Theodore's niece.
History
Claes Maartenszen van Rosenvelt (c. 1626 – 1659), the immigrant ancestor of the Roosevelt family, arrived in
New Amsterdam
New Amsterdam ( nl, Nieuw Amsterdam, or ) was a 17th-century Dutch settlement established at the southern tip of Manhattan Island that served as the seat of the colonial government in New Netherland. The initial trading ''factory'' gave rise ...
(present-day New York City) sometime between 1638 and 1649. About the year 1652, he bought a farm from Lambert van Valckenburgh, comprising 24
morgen
A morgen was a unit of measurement of land area in Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Lithuania and the Dutch colonies, including South Africa and Taiwan. The size of a morgen varies from . It was also used in Old Prussia, in the Balkans, ...
s (i.e., 20.44 ha or 50.51 acres) in what is now
Midtown Manhattan
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, including the present site of the
Empire State Building
The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The building was designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and built from 1930 to 1931. Its name is derived from " Empire State", the nickname of the ...
. The property included approximately what is now the area between
Lexington Avenue
Lexington Avenue, often colloquially abbreviated as "Lex", is an avenue on the East Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City that carries southbound one-way traffic from East 131st Street to Gramercy Park at East 21st Street. Along i ...
and
Fifth Avenue
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bounded by 29th St. and 35th St.
Claes' son
Nicholas
Nicholas is a male given name and a surname.
The Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglican Churches celebrate Saint Nicholas every year on December 6, which is the name day for "Nicholas". In Greece, the name and its ...
was the first to use the spelling Roosevelt and the first to hold political office, as an
alderman
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. Nicholas' children
Johannes
Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as " John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin variants (Ιωάννης, '' Ioannes''), itself derived from the Hebrew name '' ...
and Jacobus were, respectively, the progenitors of the
Oyster Bay and
Hyde Park branches of the family. By the late 19th century, the Hyde Park Roosevelts were generally associated with the
Democratic Party and the Oyster Bay Roosevelts with the
Republican Party
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Republican Party may also refer to:
Africa
* Republican Party (Liberia)
*Republican Party ...
. President
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ( ; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26t ...
, an Oyster Bay Roosevelt, was the uncle of
Eleanor Roosevelt
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt () (October 11, 1884November 7, 1962) was an American political figure, diplomat, and activist. She was the first lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945, during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four ...
, later wife of
Franklin Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (; ; January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. As the ...
. Despite political differences that caused family members to actively campaign against each other, the two branches generally remained friendly.
Coats of arms
In heraldry,
canting arms
Canting arms are heraldic bearings that represent the bearer's name (or, less often, some attribute or function) in a visual pun or rebus.
French heralds used the term (), as they would sound out the name of the armiger. Many armorial all ...
are a visual or pictorial depiction of a surname, and were and still are a popular practice. It would be common to find roses, then, in the arms of many Roosevelt families, even unrelated ones (the name Rosenvelt means "rose field"). Also, grassy mounds or fields of green would be a familiar attribute.
The Van Roosevelts of
Oud-Vossemeer in Zeeland have a coat of arms that is divided horizontally, the top portion with a white
chevron
Chevron (often relating to V-shaped patterns) may refer to:
Science and technology
* Chevron (aerospace), sawtooth patterns on some jet engines
* Chevron (anatomy), a bone
* '' Eulithis testata'', a moth
* Chevron (geology), a fold in rock la ...
between three white roses, while the bottom half is gold with a red lion
rampant
In heraldry, the term attitude describes the ''position'' in which a figure (animal or human) is emblazoned as a charge, a supporter, or as a crest. The attitude of an heraldic figure always precedes any reference to the tincture of the figure ...
. A traditional blazon suggested would be, ''Per fess vert a chevron between three roses argent and Or a lion rampant gules''.
The coat of arms of the namesakes of the Dutch immigrant Claes van Rosenvelt, ancestor of the American political family that included
Theodore
Theodore may refer to:
Places
* Theodore, Alabama, United States
* Theodore, Australian Capital Territory
* Theodore, Queensland, a town in the Shire of Banana, Australia
* Theodore, Saskatchewan, Canada
* Theodore Reservoir, a lake in Saskatche ...
and
Franklin D. Roosevelt, were white with a rosebush with three rose flowers growing upon a grassy mound, and whose
crest was of three ostrich feathers divided into red and white halves each. In heraldic terms this would be described as, ''Argent upon a grassy mound a rose bush proper bearing three roses gules barbed and seeded all proper'', with a crest upon a torse argent and gules of ''Three ostrich plumes each per pale gules and argent''. Franklin Roosevelt altered his arms to omit the rosebush and use in its place three crossed roses on their stems, changing the blazon of his shield to ''Three roses one in pale and two in saltire gules barbed seeded slipped and left proper''.
Members
* Claes Martenszen van Rosenvelt (1623–1660), m. Jannetje Samuels Thomas (1625–1660)
** Elsie Roosevelt (bap. 1652–1703), m. Hendrick Meyer, New York City assistant alderman
[
*** Catharina Meyer, m. Harmanus Rutgers][
**** Hendrick Rutgers (1712–1779), m. Catharina De Peyster, daughter of ]Mayor of New York City
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Johannes de Peyster
Johannes de Peyster or Johannes de Peyster II (September 21, 1666 – September 25, 1711) was the 23rd Mayor of New York City between 1698 and 1699.Wilson, James Grant (ed.The memorial history of the City of New-York, Vol. II p. 54 (1892)Allaben, ...
[
***** Henry Rutgers (1745–1830), Revolutionary War hero, philanthropist, namesake of ]Rutgers University
Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, and was ...
[
**** Eva Rutgers, m. John Provoost][
***** Samuel Provoost (1742–1815), Bishop of the Episcopal Church][
****** Maria Provoost, m. Cadwallader D. Colden, Mayor of New York City][
** Anna Margaret Roosevelt (1654–1706), m. Heyman A. Roosa (1643–1708)
** Nicholas Roosevelt (1658–1742), m. Heyltje Jans Kunst (1664–1730)
*** Nicholas Roosevelt (b. 1687), goldsmith
**** Nicholas Roosevelt (b. 1715), first lieutenant of the Hearts of Oak militia in the ]American Revolutionary War
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***** Nicholas Roosevelt (1758–1838), member of the New York Assembly from Warren County
****** Solomon Roosevelt (1778–1832)
******* Solomon Roosevelt (1807–1900), shipbuilder, built many steamships under the firm ''Roosevelt & Joyce'', including the USS '' Morse''. See Allaire Iron Works.
******** George Washington Roosevelt (1844–1907), Medal of Honor
The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians and coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves by acts of val ...
recipient for action at Bull Run, diplomat
*** Johannes Roosevelt
Johannes Roosevelt (bap. February 27, 1689 – April 4, 1750), known as John Roosevelt, was a New York City businessman and politician and the progenitor of the Oyster Bay Roosevelts, including Theodore and Eleanor Roosevelt.
Early life and ca ...
(1689–1750)
**** Margreta Roosevelt (bap. 1709), m. William de Peyster, son of Mayor of New York City
The mayor of New York City, officially Mayor of the City of New York, is head of the executive branch of the government of New York City and the chief executive of New York City. The mayor's office administers all city services, public property ...
Johannes de Peyster
Johannes de Peyster or Johannes de Peyster II (September 21, 1666 – September 25, 1711) was the 23rd Mayor of New York City between 1698 and 1699.Wilson, James Grant (ed.The memorial history of the City of New-York, Vol. II p. 54 (1892)Allaben, ...
**** Nicholas Roosevelt (b. 1717), merchant
***** Nicholas Roosevelt (bap. 1740), New York City alderman
**** Cornelius Roosevelt (b. 1731), chocolate maker, New York City alderman
***** Cornelius C. Roosevelt (bap. 1755), merchant, New York City alderman, member of the New York State Assembly, m. Alida Fargie, granddaughter of Albany and New York City mayor Edward Holland
***** Maria Roosevelt (1760–1821), m. John Duffie
****** Matilda Duffie, m. Gerard De Peyster, New York City alderman
******* Margaret De Peyster, m. Philip Milledoler Brett, President of Rutgers University
Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, and was ...
****** Cornelius Roosevelt Duffie (1789–1827), Episcopal priest, founder and rector of Saint Thomas Church, m. Helena Bleecker, granddaughter of Anthony Lispenard Bleecker
Anthony Lispenard Bleecker (June 13, 1741 – April 26, 1816) was a prominent banker, merchant and auctioneer, and one of the richest men in New York. He worked as well as a vestryman and churchwarden for Trinity Church in Lower Manhattan. He is ...
******* Cornelius Roosevelt Duffie (1821–1900), first chaplain of Columbia College, founder and first rector of the Church of St. John the Baptist
***** Elbert Roosevelt (1767–1857), New York City merchant, early settler of Pelham Manor, New York
Pelham Manor is an affluent village located in Westchester County, New York. As of the 2020 census, the village had a total population of 5,752. It is located in the town of Pelham.
History
The Bolton Priory, Edgewood House, and Pelhamdale ar ...
, m. Jane Curtenius, daughter of merchant and politician Peter T. Curtenius
Peter Theobaldus Curtenius (April 3, 1734, in New York City – 1798 in New York City) was an American merchant and politician.
Early life
Peter Theobaldus Curtenius was born on April 3, 1734, in New York City. He was the son of Rev. Anthoniu ...
****** Clinton Roosevelt
Clinton Roosevelt (November 3, 1804 – August 8, 1898) was an American politician, lawyer, and inventor from New York. He was a member of the prominent Roosevelt family.
Early life
Roosevelt was born in New York City on November 3, 1804 and rai ...
(1804–1898), politician and inventor
**** Jacobus Roosevelt (1724–1777)
***** Johannes Roosevelt (bap. 1751), m. Mary Schuyler of the Schuyler, Van Rensselaer, and Van Cortlandt families.
****** Mary Roosevelt (1789–1837), m. William Sheriff de Peyster, son of Pierre Guillaume de Peyster (himself a brother of Arent de Peyster
Arent Schuyler DePeyster (27 June 1736 – 26 November 1822) was an American-born military officer best known for his term as commandant of the British controlled Fort Michilimackinac and Fort Detroit during the American Revolution. Following th ...
)
***** Nicholas Roosevelt (1767–1854), inventor, m. Lydia Latrobe, daughter of architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe
Benjamin Henry Boneval Latrobe (May 1, 1764 – September 3, 1820) was an Anglo-American neoclassical architect who emigrated to the United States. He was one of the first formally trained, professional architects in the new United States, dra ...
****** Samuel Roosevelt (1813–1878)
******* Nicholas Latrobe Roosevelt (1847–1892)
******** Henry Latrobe Roosevelt (1879–1936), Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Navy, m. Eleanor Morrow, daughter of California judge and U.S. Representative William W. Morrow
William W. Morrow (July 15, 1843 – July 24, 1929) was a United States representative from California, a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California and a United States Circuit Judge ...
********* Eleanor Katherine Roosevelt (1915–1995), m. Reverdy Wadsworth, son of U.S. Senator and Representative James W. Wadsworth Jr.
James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (August 12, 1877June 21, 1952) was an American politician, a Republican from New York. He was the son of New York State Comptroller James Wolcott Wadsworth, and the grandson of Union General James S. Wadsworth.
Ear ...
******* Samuel Montgomery Roosevelt (1858–1920), artist
***** James Jacobus Roosevelt (1759–1840), m. Maria Van Schaack (a descendant of the Schuyler family
The Schuyler family ( /ˈskaɪlər/; Dutch pronunciation: xœylər was a prominent Dutch family in New York and New Jersey in the 18th and 19th centuries, whose descendants played a critical role in the formation of the United States (especial ...
).
****** Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt Sr. (1794–1871), progenitor of the Oyster Bay Roosevelts (see below)
****** James John Roosevelt (1795–1875), politician, businessman and jurist, m. Cornelia Van Ness, daughter of Vermont politician Cornelius P. Van Ness
******* Marcia Ouseley Roosevelt (b. 1847), m. Edward Brooks Scovel, opera singer
******** Frederick Roosevelt Scovel, m. Vivien May Sartoris (1879–1933), daughter of Nellie Grant
Ellen Wrenshall "Nellie" Grant (July 4, 1855 – August 30, 1922) was the third child and only daughter of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant and First Lady Julia Grant. At the age of 16, Nellie was sent abroad to England by President Grant, and w ...
and granddaughter of President Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union A ...
****** Catherine Roosevelt (1803–1844), m. Michael Bourke
******* Margaret Jones Bourke, m. Thomas Edward Kenny
Thomas Edward Kenny (October 12, 1833 – October 25, 1908) was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Halifax in the House of Commons of Canada from 1887 to 1896 as a Conservative member.
He was born in Hali ...
, Canadian merchant, banker, and politician
****** William Henry Roosevelt (1806–1869), politician, land speculator (Illinois)
*** James Jacobus Roosevelt (1692–1776), m. Catharina Hardenbroek
**** Helena Roosevelt (1719–1772), m. Andrew Barclay, namesake of Barclay Street in Manhattan
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***** Charlotte Amelia Barclay (1760–1778), m. Richard Bayley, first professor of anatomy at Columbia College[
****** Guy Carlton Bayley, m. Grace Roosevelt (see below)][
******* James Roosevelt Bayley (1814–1877), Bishop of Newark and Archbishop of Baltimore][
**** Christopher Roosevelt (b. 1739)][
***** James Christopher Roosevelt (1770)][
****** ]James Henry Roosevelt
James Henry Roosevelt (November 10, 1800 – November 30, 1863) was an American philanthropist who, by bequest, founded Roosevelt Hospital in New York City.
Early life
Roosevelt was born on November 10, 1800 in New York City on Warren Street near ...
(1800–1863), founder of the Roosevelt Hospital
Mount Sinai West, opened in 1871 as Roosevelt Hospital, is affiliated with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Mount Sinai Health System.
The 514-bed facility is located in the Midtown West neighborhood of New York City. The fac ...
[
**** Isaac Roosevelt (1726–1794), merchant, co-founder of the ]Bank of New York
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, commonly known as BNY Mellon, is an American investment banking services holding company headquartered in New York City. BNY Mellon was formed from the merger of The Bank of New York and the Mellon Finan ...
, Federalist
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History Europe federation
In Europe, proponents of de ...
politician, served in the New York State Assembly
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The Ass ...
and the New York Constitutional Convention, m. Cornelia Hoffman
***** Jacobus Roosevelt (1760–1847), m. Maria Walton, a descendant of Wilhelmus Beekman
****** Grace Roosevelt, m. Guy Carlton Bayley (see above)
****** Isaac Daniel Roosevelt (1790–1863), progenitor of the Hyde Park Roosevelts, m. Mary Rebecca Aspinwall
***** Maria Roosevelt (b. 1763), m. Richard Varick, Mayor of New York City
Oyster Bay Roosevelts
* Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt Sr. (1794–1871), co-founder of Chemical Bank
Chemical Bank was a bank with headquarters in New York City from 1824 until 1996. At the end of 1995, Chemical was the third-largest bank in the U.S., with about $182.9 billion in assets and more than 39,000 employees around the world.
Beginning ...
** Silas Weir Roosevelt (1823–1870)
*** Cornelius Roosevelt (1847–1902), m. Anais Julia Carmencita Piorkque (1848–1941), m. Anastacia Anderpoll (1879–1962)
**** Andre Roosevelt (1879–1962), film director, m. Adelheid Lange (1879–1962), sculptress
**** Hilda Roosevelt (1881–1965), Parisian opera singer
*** Hilborne Roosevelt
Hilborne Lewis Roosevelt (December 21, 1849 – December 30, 1886) was a pioneering organ builder, telecommunication engineer, and a member of the Roosevelt family.
Life
Roosevelt was born in New York City to Silas Weir Roosevelt, a son of Corne ...
, (1849–1886), pioneering organ builder, m. Katherine Shippen
*** James West Roosevelt, (1858–1896), physician
**** Nicholas Roosevelt (1893–1982), American diplomat and journalist
** James Alfred Roosevelt
James Alfred Roosevelt (June 13, 1825 – July 15, 1898) was an American businessman and philanthropist. A member of the Roosevelt family, he was an uncle of President Theodore Roosevelt.
Early life
Roosevelt was born on June 13, 1825, to Corn ...
(1825–1898), banker
*** Alfred Roosevelt (1856–1891), banker, m. Katherine Lowell, daughter of Massachusetts businessman and industrialist Augustus Lowell
**** Elfrida Roosevelt, m. Sir Orme Bigland Clarke, 4th Baronet, military officer
***** Sir Humphrey Clarke, 5th Baronet (1906–1973)
****** Sir Toby Clarke, 6th Baronet
Sir Charles Mansfield Tobias Clarke, 6th Baronet (8 September 1939 – 16 September 2019), known as Sir Toby Clarke since 1973, was a British businessman.
Clarke was the son of Sir Humphrey Clarke, 5th Baronet and was educated at Eton, Christ Ch ...
(1939–2019), British businessman
******* Theodora Roosevelt Clarke (1985–), United Kingdom parliamentarian
******* Sir Lawrence Clarke, 7th Baronet (1990–), Olympic hurdler and investment banker
*** William Emlen Roosevelt (1857–1930), banker and telegraph executive
**** George Emlen Roosevelt
George Emlen Roosevelt (October 13, 1887 – September 4, 1963) a banker and philanthropist, was a first cousin once-removed of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt and one of the most prominent railroad financiers of his day, involved in no fewer t ...
(1887–1963), banker and philanthropist''
***** Julian Roosevelt
Julian "Dooley" Kean Roosevelt (November 14, 1924 – March 27, 1986) was an American banker and Olympic yachtsman who was a member of the Roosevelt family.
Early life
Roosevelt was born on November 14, 1924 to George Emlen Roosevelt and Juli ...
(1924–1986), Olympic gold medalist and IOC member
**** Philip James Roosevelt Sr. (1892–1941), U.S. Army captain during World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...
and banker, m. his second cousin Jean S. Roosevelt (see below)
** Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt Jr.
** Robert Barnwell Roosevelt (1829–1906), conservationist, m. 1st Elizabeth Ellis, m. 2nd Minnie O'Shea
*** John Ellis Roosevelt
John Ellis Roosevelt (February 25, 1853 – March 9, 1939) was a lawyer with the Wall Street firm of Roosevelt & Kobbe, the president of the Elkhorn Valley Coal Land Company and secretary of the Broadway Improvement Company. He owned the John ...
(1853–1939), m. Nannie Vance, daughter of New York City politician Samuel B. H. Vance
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**** Jean Schermerhorn Roosevelt, m. her second cousin Philip James Roosevelt Sr. (see above)
*** Granville Roland Fortescue
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(1875–1952), soldier and war correspondent, m. Grace Hubbard Bell, niece of Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell (, born Alexander Bell; March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-born inventor, scientist and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone. He also co-founded the American Telephone and T ...
**** Thalia Massie
Thalia Fortescue Massie (February 14, 1911 – July 3, 1963) was a member of a socially prominent U.S. family involved in a series of heavily publicized trials in Hawaii.
Family life
Thalia Fortescue was born February 14, 1911, in Washingto ...
(1911–1963), whose rape was the subject of the 1932 Massie Trial
**** Helene Whitney (1914–1990) (born Kenyon Fortescue), 1930s and 1940s film actress, m. Julian Louis Reynolds, son of Richard S. Reynolds Sr.
Richard Samuel Reynolds Sr. was the founder of the U.S. Foil Company.
Early life
Reynolds was born on August 15, 1881 in Madison County, North Carolina. He was the nephew of leading tobacco producer R.J. Reynolds and the son of Major Abraham ...
and heir to the Reynolds tobacco and aluminum fortunes
** Theodore Roosevelt Sr.
Theodore Roosevelt Sr. (September 22, 1831 – February 9, 1878) was an American businessman and philanthropist from the Roosevelt family. Roosevelt was also the father of President Theodore Roosevelt and the paternal grandfather of First Lady E ...
(1831–1878), m. Martha "Mittie" Bulloch
*** Anna "Bamie/Bye" Roosevelt (1855–1931), m. William Sheffield Cowles Sr.
**** William Sheffield Cowles Jr. (1898—1986), Connecticut
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State Representative, Mayor of Farmington, Connecticut
Farmington is a town in Hartford County in the Farmington Valley area of central Connecticut in the United States. The population was 26,712 at the 2020 census. It sits 10 miles west of Hartford at the hub of major I-84 interchanges, 20 miles ...
*** Theodore "T.R." Roosevelt Jr. (1858–1919), 1st m. Alice Hathaway Lee, 2nd m. Edith Kermit Carow, 5th Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 33rd Governor of New York, 25th Vice President of the United States, and 26th President of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ( ; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26t ...
**** Alice Lee Roosevelt (1884–1980), m. Nicholas Longworth IV
***** Paulina Longworth (1925–1957) (daughter with William Edgar Borah), m. Alexander McCormick Sturm
****** Joanna Mercedes Alessandra Sturm (b. 1946)
**** Theodore "Ted" Roosevelt III (1887–1944), m. Eleanor Butler Alexander
***** Grace Green Roosevelt (1911–1994), m. William McMillan
***** Theodore Roosevelt IV
Theodore Roosevelt V ( ) (born November 27, 1942), also called Theodore IV, is an American investment banker and managing director at Barclays Investment Bank. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Economic Club of New York, an ...
(1914–2001), m. Anne Mason Babcock
****** Theodore Roosevelt V (b. 1942), m. Constance Lane Rogers
******* Theodore Roosevelt VI (b. 1976), m. Serena Clare Torrey
***** Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt III (1915–1991)
***** Quentin Roosevelt II
Quentin Roosevelt II (November 4, 1919 – December 21, 1948) was the fourth child and youngest son of Theodore "Ted" Roosevelt III and Eleanor Butler Alexander. He was the namesake of his uncle Quentin Roosevelt I, who was killed in acti ...
(1919–1948), m. Frances Blanche Webb
****** Anna C. Roosevelt
Anna Curtenius Roosevelt (born 1946) is an American archaeologist and Professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois Chicago. She studies human evolution and long-term human-environment interaction. She is one of the leading American ar ...
(b. 1946), archaeologist
****** Susan Roosevelt, m. William Weld
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****** Alexandra Roosevelt
**** Kermit Roosevelt Sr. (1889–1943), m. Belle Wyatt Willard
***** Kermit Roosevelt Jr.
Kermit Roosevelt Jr. (February 16, 1916 – June 8, 2000) was an American intelligence officer who served in the Office of Strategic Services during and following World War II. A grandson of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United S ...
(changed to Sr. on father's death) (1916–2000), m. Mary Lowe Gaddis
****** Kermit Roosevelt III (changed to Jr. on grandfather's death)
******* Kermit Roosevelt IV (b. 1971, changed to III on great-grandfather's death), law professor and writer
****** Mark Roosevelt (b. 1955), President of St. John's College
***** Joseph Willard Roosevelt (1918–2008), pianist and composer
***** Belle Wyatt "Clochette" Roosevelt (1920–1985), m. John Gorham Palfrey Jr., great-grandson of Massachusetts congressman John G. Palfrey
****** John Gorham Palfrey III (b. 1945), m. Judith Sullivan
******* John Palfrey
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(b. 1972), law professor and Head of School at Phillips Academy
("Not for Self") la, Finis Origine Pendet ("The End Depends Upon the Beginning") Youth From Every Quarter Knowledge and Goodness
, address = 180 Main Street
, city = Andover, Massachusetts, Andover
, stat ...
******* Quentin Palfrey
Quentin Palfrey (born April 29, 1974) is an American lawyer, policymaker, and political candidate. He currently serves as Deputy General Counsel at the United States Department of Commerce. He previously served as the Executive Director of the ...
(b. 1974)
**** Ethel Carow Roosevelt (1891–1977), m. Richard Derby
***** Edith Roosevelt Derby (1917–2008), historian and conservationist
***** Sarah Alden Derby (1920–1999), m. Vermont State Senator Robert T. Gannett
Robert Tileston Gannett (September 26, 1917 – August 26, 2012) was an American politician and lawyer.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Gannett graduated from Milton Academy in 1935. He then graduated from Harvard University in 1939 and rec ...
**** Archibald Bulloch "Archie" Roosevelt Sr. (1894–1979), m. Grace Lockwood, municipal bond broker
***** Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt Jr.
Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt Jr. (February 18, 1918 – May 31, 1990), the first child of Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt and grandson of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, was a soldier, scholar, polyglot, authority on the Middle East, and career CI ...
(1918–1990), CIA
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officer, 1st m. Katherine Tweed, 2nd m. Selwa Carmen Showker
****** Tweed Roosevelt
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(b. 1942), businessman
***** Theodora Roosevelt (1919–2008), novelist, m. Tom Keogh
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***** Nancy Dabney Roosevelt (1923–2010), m. William Eldred Jackson, son of jurist Robert H. Jackson
Robert Houghwout Jackson (February 13, 1892 – October 9, 1954) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1941 until his death in 1954. He had previously served as Unit ...
****** Melissa Jackson (b. 1952), jurist and lawyer
****** Melanie Jackson, literary agent, m. Thomas Pynchon
Thomas Ruggles Pynchon Jr. ( , ; born May 8, 1937) is an American novelist noted for his dense and complex novels. His fiction and non-fiction writings encompass a vast array of subject matter, genres and themes, including history, music, scie ...
***** Edith Kermit Roosevelt (1926–2003), newspaper columnist, m. Alexander Gregory Barmine
****** Margot Roosevelt
Margot Roosevelt (born Margot Roosevelt Barmine; August 13, 1950) is an American journalist who covers economic and labor news for the ''Los Angeles Times''. She is a great-granddaughter of President Theodore Roosevelt.
Early life
Roosevelt is ...
(b. 1950), journalist, m. Ralph Hornblower III
Ralph "Ray" Hornblower III (born March 17, 1948) is chairman of Hornblower & Company, LLC, an investment firm specializing in early stage companies in the biomedical, alternative energy, health care, and transportation/logistics sectors.Hornblower ...
******* Samuel Roosevelt Hornblower (b. 1978), Emmy Award
The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with the ...
winning producer of 60 Minutes
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**** Quentin Roosevelt I (1897–1918)
*** Elliott Roosevelt (socialite) (1860–1894), m. Anna Rebecca Hall, a descendant of the Livingston family
**** Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962), First Lady of the United States, delegate to the United Nations, m. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Sr.
**** Elliott Roosevelt Jr. (1889–1893)
**** Gracie Hall Roosevelt (1891–1941), 1st m. Margaret Richardson, 2nd m. Dorothy Kemp
*** Corinne Roosevelt (1861–1933), m. Douglas Robinson, poet, lecturer, and orator
**** Theodore Douglas Robinson (1883–1934) m. Helen Rebecca Roosevelt
***** Douglas Robinson (1906–1964), m. Louise Miller, daughter of New York Governor Nathan L. Miller
Nathan Lewis Miller (October 10, 1868 – June 26, 1953) was an American lawyer and politician who was Governor of New York from 1921 to 1922.
Early life and education
Nathan Miller was born on October 10, 1868, the son of Samuel Miller, a ten ...
***** Elizabeth Mary Douglas Robinson (1909–1979), m. Jacques Blaise de Sibour, son of architect Jules Henri de Sibour
Jules Gabriel Henri de Sibour (December 23, 1872 – November 4, 1938) was a French architect who worked in Washington, DC.
Early life
He was born in Paris, France, to Vicomte Gabriel de Sibour and Mary Louisa Johnson of Belfast, Maine. He mov ...
**** Corinne Douglas Robinson (1886–1971), twice elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives
The Connecticut State House of Representatives is the lower house in the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The house is composed of 151 members representing an equal number of districts, with ...
, m. Joseph Wright Alsop IV
Joseph Wright Alsop IV (April 2, 1876 – March 17, 1953) was an American politician and father of Joseph Wright Alsop V and Stewart Alsop. He served in the Connecticut General Assembly and ran for Congress on the Bull Moose Party ticket.
Earl ...
***** Joseph Wright Alsop V (1910–1989), journalist and syndicated newspaper columnist
***** Corinne Roosevelt Alsop (1912–1997), m. Percy Chubb II, grandson of the founder of Chubb Limited
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***** Stewart Johonnot Oliver Alsop Sr. (1914–1974), American newspaper columnist and political analyst
****** Joseph Wright Alsop VI, software executive and venture capitalist
****** Ian Alsop
****** Elizabeth Winthrop Alsop (b. 1948), children's book author,
****** Stewart Johonnot Oliver Alsop Jr. (b. 1952), investor and pundit
****** Richard Nicholas Alsop, missionary with FamilyLife
Cru (until 2011 known as Campus Crusade for Christ—informally "Campus Crusade" or simply "crusade"—or CCC) is an interdenominational Christian parachurch organization. It was founded in 1951 at the University of California, Los Angeles by B ...
****** Andrew Alsop
***** John deKoven Alsop
John deKoven Alsop (July 4, 1915 – April 6, 2000) was an American soldier, insurance executive, and politician who served in the Connecticut State House of Representatives and was an unsuccessful candidate for the governor of Connecticut in 19 ...
(1915–2000), insurance executive and Connecticut
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state legislator
**** Monroe Douglas Robinson (1887–1944)
**** Stewart Douglas Robinson (1889–1909), committed suicide by jumping from his college dormitory window after a party.
Hyde Park Roosevelts
* Isaac Daniel Roosevelt (1790–1863) m. Mary Rebecca Aspinwall
** James Roosevelt
James Roosevelt II (December 23, 1907 – August 13, 1991) was an American businessman, Marine, activist, and Democratic Party politician. The eldest son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, he served as an official Secret ...
(1828–1900), 1st m. Rebecca Howland, 2nd m. Sara Ann Delano
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*** James Roosevelt "Rosey" Roosevelt (1854–1927) m. Helen Schermerhorn Astor
**** Helen Rebecca Roosevelt (1881–1962), m. Theodore Douglas Robinson (see above)
**** James Roosevelt "Tadd" Roosevelt Jr. (1879–1958)
*** Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (; ; January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. As the ...
(1882–1945), m. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, 12th Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 44th Governor of New York and 32nd President of the United States
**** Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1906–1975), m. 1st Curtis Bean Dall, m. 2nd Clarence John Boettiger
Clarence John Boettiger (March 25, 1900 – October 31, 1950) was an American journalist and military officer. He was the second husband of Anna Roosevelt, the daughter and first child of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor ...
, m. 3rd Dr. James Addison Halsted
***** Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Dall (b. 1927) m. Van H. Seagraves 1948
****** Nicholas Delano Seagraves (b. 1949)
****** David Delano Seagraves (b. 1952)
****** Anna Eleanor Seagraves (b. 1955)
***** Curtis Roosevelt Dall (1930–2016)
***** John Roosevelt Boettiger (b. 1939), m. Leigh McCullough Leigh McCullough (June 5, 1945 – June 7, 2012) was an American psychotherapist, researcher, educator, and the pioneer of short-term dynamic psychotherapy (STDP). Her treatment model focused on the learned fears of experiencing certain emotions, o ...
**** James Roosevelt II (1907–1991), m. 1st Betsy Cushing, m. 2nd Romelle Schneider, m. 3rd Irene Owens, m. 4th Mary Winskill
***** Sara Delano Roosevelt
Sara Ann Roosevelt ( Delano; September 21, 1854 – September 7, 1941) was the second wife of James Roosevelt I (from 1880), the mother of President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt, her only child, and subsequently the mother ...
, (1932–2021), m. pianist Anthony di Bonaventura
Anthony di Bonaventura (November 12, 1929 – November 12, 2012) was an American pianist and Professor of Music at Boston University's College of Fine Arts for 40 years. He was the director of a Piano Institute at Colby College Piano Institu ...
***** Kate Roosevelt (1936–2002), m. journalist and politician William Haddad
William Haddad (July 25, 1928 – April 30, 2020) was an American political operative, lobbyist, and journalist who held a series of high-profile jobs during his lifetime. He is most known for being an aide to the Kennedy Family, during which he ...
***** James Roosevelt III (b. 1945), attorney and Democratic Party official, m. Ann Martha Conlon
****** Kathleen Ann Roosevelt (b. 1978), m. Jeffrey Walker
****** Theresa Marie Roosevelt (b. 1982), m. Robert O'Loughlin
****** Maura Amy Roosevelt (b. 1984), m. Joshua Fisher
***** Michael Anthony Roosevelt (b. 1946)
***** Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (b. 1948)
***** Hall Delano Roosevelt (b. 1959), served on the Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city in Los Angeles County, California. It is the 42nd-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 466,742 as of 2020. A charter city, Long Beach is the seventh-most populous city in California.
Incorporate ...
City Council in the 1990s
***** Rebecca Mary Roosevelt (b. 1971)
**** Franklin Roosevelt (1908–1909), died in infancy
**** Elliott Roosevelt Sr. (1910–1990), United States Army Air Forces officer and author, m. 1st Emily Browning Donner, daughter of businessman William Donner
William Henry Donner (1864–1953) was an American businessman and philanthropist, born in Columbus, Indiana. He graduated from Hanover College in 1887.
Business career
Early in adulthood, Donner managed the family-owned grain mill, and in his tw ...
, m. 2nd Ruth Josephine Googins, m. 3rd Faye Margaret Emerson, m. 4th Minnewa Bell, m. 5th Patricia Peabody
***** William Donner Roosevelt (1931–2003), investment banker and philanthropist
***** Ruth Chandler Roosevelt (1934–2018)
***** Elliott Roosevelt Jr. (b. 1936), Texas oilman
***** David Boynton Roosevelt (b. 1942)
***** Livingston Delano Roosevelt (b. 1962, died as infant)
**** Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., lawyer, politician, and businessman (1914–1988), m. 1st Ethel du Pont
Ethel du Pont Roosevelt-Warren (January 30, 1916 – May 25, 1965) was an American heiress and socialite and a member of the prominent du Pont family. She is known for her widely publicized marriage to Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., son of the ...
, m. 2nd Suzanne Perrin, m. 3rd Felicia Schiff Warburg Sarnoff, m. 4th Patricia Luisa Oakes, m. 5th Linda McKay Stevenson Weicker
***** Franklin Delano Roosevelt III
Franklin Delano Roosevelt III (born July 19, 1938) is an American retired economist and academic. Through his father, he is a grandson of 32nd U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, and through his mother, he is related to th ...
(b. 1938), economist, m. Grace R. Goodyear, great-granddaughter of businessman Charles W. Goodyear
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and granddaughter of Presbyterian minister Norman Thomas
Norman Mattoon Thomas (November 20, 1884 – December 19, 1968) was an American Presbyterian minister who achieved fame as a socialist, pacifist, and six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America.
Early years
Thomas was the ...
****** Phoebe Louisa Roosevelt (b. 1965)
****** Nicholas Martin Roosevelt (b. 1966) (twin)
****** Amelia Roosevelt (b. 1966) (twin), concert violinist
***** Christopher du Pont Roosevelt (b. 1941) m. Rosalind Havemeyer, a great-granddaughter of sugar refiner Henry Osborne Havemeyer
***** John A. Roosevelt
***** Nancy Roosevelt Ireland
***** Laura Delano Roosevelt, m. Charles Henry Silberstein
**** John Aspinwall Roosevelt II (1916–1981), m. Anne Lindsay Clark
***** Haven Clark Roosevelt (b. 1940)
***** Anne Sturgis Roosevelt (b. 1942)
***** Sara Delano Roosevelt (1946–1960); killed in a horseback-riding accident
***** Joan Lindsay Roosevelt (1952–1997)
** John Aspinwall Roosevelt (1840–1909), m. Ellen Murray Crosby
*** Grace Walton Roosevelt (1867–1945), tennis player, m. Appleton LeSure Clark
**** Roosevelt Clark (1897–1928)
**** Russell Clark (1900–1967)
*** Ellen Crosby Roosevelt (1868–1954), tennis champion
See also
* Roosevelt & Son
Roosevelt & Son was an American investment banking firm connected with the Roosevelt family for nearly two centuries. The firm was among the oldest banking houses on Wall Street. Many of the male members of the Roosevelt family worked for the fi ...
* '' The Roosevelts: An Intimate History'' – 2014 television documentary miniseries
References
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External links
''Booknotes'' interview with Peter Collier on ''The Roosevelts: An American Saga'', August 7, 1994.
''Booknotes'' interview with Betty Boyd Caroli on ''The Roosevelt Women'', May 9, 1999.
''Booknotes'' interview with Susan Dunn on ''The Three Roosevelts: Patrician Leaders Who Transformed America'', May 6, 2001.
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