Isaac Daniel Roosevelt (September 29, 1790 – December 24, 1863) was an American businessman and the paternal grandfather of U.S. President

Franklin D. 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 ...

Early life

Isaac Daniel Roosevelt was born on September 29, 1790 in New York City, He was the son of businessman and politician

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 Secr ...

(1760–1847) and Maria Eliza Walton (1769–1810), the daughter of Admiral Gerard Walton (d. 1821) and a descendant of

Wilhelmus Beekman Wilhelmus Hendricksen Beekman (April 28, 1623 – September 21, 1707) — also known as William Beekman and Willem Beekman (or Beeckman) — was a Dutch immigrant to America who came to New Amsterdam (now New York City) from the Netherlands in the ...

, who was the treasurer of the Dutch West India Company, Mayor of

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, Governor of

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from 1653 to 1664, and Governor of

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from 1658 to 1663. His paternal grandparents were merchant and politician Isaac Roosevelt (1726–1794), a

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and the

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, and Cornelia

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. He was the 3x-great-grandson of the first Roosevelt in America, Claes Maartenszen Van Rosenvelt (d. 1659).

Personal life

In 1825, he married Mary Rebecca Aspinwall (1809–1886), daughter of John Aspinwall (1779–1847) and Susan Howland (1779–1852). They had two sons: *

James Roosevelt I James Roosevelt I (July 16, 1828 – December 8, 1900), known as "Squire James", was an American businessman, politician, horse breeder, and the father of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd president of the United States. Early life Roosevelt was bor ...

(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. He died on December 24, 1863, at the age of 73 in

Hyde Park, New York Hyde Park is a town in Dutchess County, New York, United States, bordering the Hudson River north of Poughkeepsie. Within the town are the hamlets of Hyde Park, East Park, Staatsburg, and Haviland. Hyde Park is known as the hometown of Fran ...

Descendants

His eldest son,

, was the father of diplomat

James Roosevelt Roosevelt James Roosevelt "Rosy" Roosevelt (April 27, 1854 – May 7, 1927) was an American diplomat, heir, and the older half-brother of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States. Early life James Roosevelt "Rosy" Roosevelt wa ...

(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).

Legacy

Roosevelt's house at the center of his Rosedale estate, is known today as the

Isaac Roosevelt House The Isaac Roosevelt House is located on Riverview Circle in Hyde Park, New York, United States. It was the main house of Isaac Roosevelt's Rosedale estate on the Hudson River. His grandson, future United States president Franklin Roosevelt, spe ...

and still stands on Riverview Circle in Hyde Park. The home was listed on the

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in 1993, along with a cottage and boathouse on the

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nearby.

References

External links

Isaac Roosevelt (My Family) website

Isaac Roosevelt – families of royal people
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19th-century American businesspeople People from Hyde Park, New York American people of Dutch descent 1790 births 1863 deaths Businesspeople from New York City