Isaac Roosevelt (businessman)
John Aspinwall Roosevelt
Maria Eliza Walton
Isaac Daniel Roosevelt (September 29, 1790 – December 24, 1863) was an American doctor and farmer. He was the paternal grandfather of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Early life
Roosevelt was born on September 29, 1790, in New York City,[1] he was the oldest surviving son of businessman and politician James Roosevelt (1760–1847) and Maria Eliza Walton (1769–1810),[2] the daughter of Admiral Gerard Walton (d. 1821) and a descendant of Wilhelmus Beekman, who was the treasurer of the Dutch West India Company, Mayor of New York City,[3][4] Governor of Delaware from 1653 to 1664, and Governor of Pennsylvania from 1658 to 1663.[5][6]
His paternal grandparents were merchant and politician Isaac Roosevelt (1726–1794), a New York State Assemblyman and the New York State Constitutional Convention, and Cornelia Hoffman. He was the 3x-great-grandson of the first Roosevelt in America, Claes Maartenszen Van Rosenvelt (d. 1659).[7]
Career
Roosevelt attended Princeton University before graduating in 1808. He then attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, receiving the degree of M.D. in 1812.[8][9] He continued his medical studies until 1820 with Dr. David Hosack.[1] Despite his extensive training, Roosevelt never practiced medicine,[7] reportedly due to his inability to "bear the sight of human suffering."[10]
Instead, Roosevelt's passions were with farming and when his father purchased Mount Hope, a large tract of land in Hyde Park, New York, along the Hudson River, Roosevelt left New York City to live there permanently.[1] In 1832, near his father's home, Roosevelt built a house at the center of his estate called Rosedale. Today it is known as the Isaac Roosevelt House and still stands on Riverview Circle in Hyde Park. The home was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993, along with a cottage and boathouse on the Hudson River nearby.[11]
Personal life
In 1825, he married Mary Rebecca Aspinwall (1809–1886), daughter of merchant John Aspinwall (1779–1847) and Susan (née Howland) Aspinwall (1779–1852) of New York.[1] Together, they had two sons:[7]
- James Roosevelt I (1828–1900), who first married Rebecca Brien Howland (1831–1876). After her death, he married Sara Ann Delano (1854–1941)
- John Aspinwall Roosevelt (1840–1909), who married Ellen M. Crosby (1837–1928), daughter of William Henry Crosby, on June 6, 1866.[7]
He died on December 24, 1863, at the age of 73 in Hyde Park, New York.[12] His elder son, James, inherited Mount Hope (which burnt down in 1866 and the land was sold to the state of New York after which he purchased Springwood in Hyde Park), and his younger son, John, inherited Rosedale.[1]
Descendants
His eldest son, James Roosevelt I, was the father of diplomat James Roosevelt Roosevelt (1854–1927), with Howland, and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882– 1945), with Delano. Younger son, John Aspinwall, was the father of tennis players Grace Walton Roosevelt (1867–1945) and Ellen Crosby Roosevelt (1868–1954).[7]
References
- ^ a b c d e Society, Dutchess County Historical (1928). Year Book of the Dutchess County Historical Society. Dutchess County Historical Society. pp. 65–66. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
- ^ "Roosevelt Genealogy". fdrlibrary.marist.edu. Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
- ^ Acrelius, Israel; Collin, Nicholas (1841). "New Sweden, or The Swedish Settlements on the Delaware". Collections of the New York Historical Society. 2. 1: 421.
- ^ Van Rensselaer, Mrs. Schuyler (1909). History of the City of New York in the Seventeenth Century. Vol 2. New York: Macmillan Company. pp. 247, 269.
- ^ Bernstorf, Mrs. Philip W. (2003). Directory of the Hereditary Order of Colonial Governors Prior to 4 July 1776. Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors. p. 24.
- ^ Charles, Michael Harrison (2006). List of the Colonial Governors Prior to 4 July 1776. Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors. p. 30.
- ^ a b c d e Whittelsey, Charles Barney (1902). The Roosevelt Genealogy, 1649–1902. Hartford, Connecticut: Press of J.B. Burr & Company. ISBN 9780722288979. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
- ^ "The Clan Spirit Still Conquers All Jealousies Within The Family Roosevelt" (PDF). Chicago Sunday Tribune. December 3, 1933. p. 4. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
- ^ University, Columbia (1916). Catalogue of Officers and Graduates of Columbia University from the Foundation of King's College in 1754. Columbia University. p. 310. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
- ^ "The Roosevelt Family". LIFE. Time Inc. September 9, 1940. pp. 61–64. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
- ^ Bonafide, John (January 1993). "National Register of Historic Places nomination, Isaac Roosevelt House". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on May 28, 2012. Retrieved May 18, 2009.
- ^ "DIED". The New York Times. October 24, 1863. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
External links
- Isaac Roosevelt (My Family) website
- Isaac Roosevelt – families of royal people Archived July 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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- The Roosevelt Story 1947
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- Eleanor and Franklin 1976, The White House Years 1977
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- James Roosevelt I (father)
- Sara Ann Delano (mother)
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- Isaac Roosevelt (grandfather)
- Warren Delano Jr. (grandfather)
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