James Jacobus Roosevelt

Roosevelt was born on October 25, 1759, in New York City. He was the sixth of seven children born to Jacobus James Roosevelt (1724–1777) and Annetje Bogert (1728–1773).{{cite book|last1=Ross|first1=Peter|last2=Pelletreau|first2=William Smith|title=A History of Long Island: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time|date=1905|publisher=Lewis Publishing Company|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y4c-AAAAYAAJ&q=James+Jacobus+Roosevelt++August+13%2C+1840&pg=PA136|access-date=17 April 2017|language=en}} His paternal grandfather was Johannes Roosevelt (1689–1750), the founder of the Oyster Bay branch of the Roosevelt family.{{cite book|title=The Amazing Roosevelt Family, 1613–1942|last=Schriftgiesser|first=Karl|year=1942|publisher=Wildred Funk, Inc.}} His father was a first cousin of Isaac Roosevelt (1726–1794), a patrilineal great-great-grandfather of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

During the American Revolutionary War, Roosevelt was a commissary for the troops in New York.{{cite book|last1=Burke|first1=Arthur Meredyth|title=The Prominent Families of the United States of America|date=1908|publisher=Genealogical Publishing Com|isbn=9780806313085|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3-78JbUTUewC&q=James+Jacobus+Roosevelt+%281759%E2%80%931840%29&pg=PA116|access-date=17 April 2017|language=en}}

In 1818, after his son Cornelius left Columbia College, Cornelius became his partner in importing hardware, and at Cornelius' insistence, the focus of the business changed from hardware to plate glass.McCullough 2001, p. 24.

On February 28, 1835, due to the fact that he was a native or resident of what is now the City or State of New York prior to the year 1785, his son James was elected a member of the Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York, upon its inception.{{cite book|last1=York|first1=Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New|title=Genealogical Record of the Saint Nicholas Society: Advanced Sheets, First Series|date=1902|publisher=Society|url=https://archive.org/details/genealogicalreco00sain|page=[https://archive.org/details/genealogicalreco00sain/page/99 99]|quote=James Jacobus Roosevelt (1759–1840).|access-date=17 April 2017|language=en}} His son served as president of the Society in 1862 and 1864.{{cite book |url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/portraits-of-the-presidents-of-the-society-1835-1914/oclc/682402324?title=&detail=&page=frame&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.hathitrust.org%2Fapi%2Fvolumes%2Foclc%2F7568718.html%26checksum%3D414fd18f4a7b2a46eedcba9bc05e5aa4&linktype=digitalObject |title=Portraits of the presidents of the society, 1835-1914 |last1=Youngs |first1=Florence Evenlyn Pratt |year=1914 |publisher=The Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York |oclc=682402324 |access-date=24 December 2011}}

On March 8, 1793, he married Maria Helen Van Schaak (1773–1845), the daughter of Cornelius Van Schaack Jr. (1734–1797), and the niece of Peter van Schaack (1747–1832). Her paternal grandparents were Cornelius Van Schaack (1705–1776) and Lydia Van Dyck (1704–1785). Her great-grandmother, Lydia's mother, was Maria Schuyler (1666–1742), of the prominent Schuyler family,{{cite web|title=Theodore Roosevelt Family|url=http://www.theodore-roosevelt.com/trfamily.html|website=www.theodore-roosevelt.com|publisher=Alamanac of Theodore Roosevelt|access-date=1 September 2016|archive-date=22 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122053608/http://www.theodore-roosevelt.com/trfamily.html|url-status=dead}} who was the daughter of Catharina Verplanck (1639–1690) and David Pieterse Schuyler (1636–1690), who died in 1690 as a result of the Schenectady massacre of 1690,[http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/resources/patent/09.html "An account of the burning of Schenectady by Mons. De Monsignat, comptroller General of the marine in Canada to Madam de Maintenon, the morganatic wife of Louis XIV.", Doc. Hist. N. Y., I, p. 186, noted in Pearson (1883), A History of the Schenectady Patent], Schenectady History Digital Archives and the niece of Philip Pieterse Schuyler (1628–1683), an early Dutch-American settler.[http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/resources/patent/09.html Jonathan Pearson, Chap. 9, "Burning of Schenectady"], History of the Schenectady Patent in the Dutch and English Times, 1883, pp. 244-270 Together, they had two surviving sons and one surviving daughter:

• Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt (1794–1871), a businessman and real estate investor.{{cite news|title=OBITUARY {{!}} Cornelius V.S. Roosevelt.|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1871/07/18/78768446.html?pageNumber=1|access-date=1 September 2016|work=The New York Times|date=July 18, 1871}} In 1821, married Margaret Barnhill (1799–1861), a daughter of Robert Craig Barnhill.{{cite web|title=Cornelius Van Schaak Roosevelt/Margaret Barnhill|url=http://latrobefamily.com/genealogy/familygroup.php?familyID=F145&tree=mytree|publisher=latrobefamily.com}}
• James John Roosevelt (1795–1875),{{cite news|title=THE DEATH OF JUDGE ROOSEVELT. {{!}} ACTION OF THE CITY AND STATE COURTS TRIBUTES OF RESPECT TO HIS MEMORY.|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1875/04/07/82028158.html?pageNumber=2|access-date=12 September 2016|work=The New York Times|date=April 7, 1875}} who served as a United States Congressman from New York from 1841 until 1843.{{cite web|title=ROOSEVELT, James I. - Biographical Information|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000427|website=bioguide.congress.gov|publisher=United States Congress|access-date=1 September 2016}} In 1831, he married Cornelia Van Ness (1810–1876), the daughter of Cornelius Van Ness (1782–1852) and the niece of William P. Van Ness and John Peter Van Ness.{{cite news|title=OBITUARY. {{!}} MRS. CORNELIA ROOSEVELT.|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1876/02/20/81683100.html?pageNumber=7|access-date=12 September 2016|work=The New York Times|date=February 20, 1876}}
• Catherine Angelica Roosevelt (1803-1844).{{Cite web|url=https://bradfordmuseums.org/cliffe-castles-american-links/|title = Cliffe Castle's American links - Bradford Museums & Galleries|date = 4 July 2016}}

On August 13, 1840, Roosevelt died. Upon his death, he bequeathed a large fortune to his children, making his son Cornelius one of the five richest men in New York City.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_kfYEAAAAYAAJ|title=Theodore Roosevelt, Patriot and Statesman: The True Story of an Ideal American|last=Meyers|first=Cornelius V.|year=1902|publisher=P.W. Ziegler & Co.}}{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/merchantsnation00hubegoog|year=1903|last=Hubert|first=Philip G.|title=The Merchants' National Bank of the City of New York|publisher=bank}}{{cite news|title=JUDGE ROOSEVELT'S WILL.|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1875/04/17/82029732.html?pageNumber=8|access-date=12 September 2016|work=The New York Times|date=April 17, 1875}}

Roosevelt's great-grandchildren include Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919), the future President of the United States, John Ellis Roosevelt (1853–1939), William Emlen Roosevelt (1857–1930),{{cite book| first1 =Robert K | last1 = Murray | first2 = Tim H | last2 = Blessing|title= Greatness in White House|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uPe7YMR4g1AC&pg=PA9 | year = 2004|publisher= Pennsylvania State U.P.|pages=8–9, 15|isbn=978-0-271-02486-8}} and Granville Roland Fortescue (1875–1952), an author and soldier.{{cite web |url=http://www.theblacketts.com/articles/156-the-link-to-the-roosevelt-presidents |title=The Blacketts of North East England |publisher=Theblacketts.com |access-date=2013-08-17 |archive-date=2014-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508062227/http://www.theblacketts.com/articles/156-the-link-to-the-roosevelt-presidents |url-status=dead }}

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• {{cite book|last=McCullough|first=David|title=Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt|year=2001|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=0671227114}}

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070102060415/http://www.theodore-roosevelt.com/trgenes.html Almanac of Theodore Roosevelt Family Tree]
• {{Cite Appletons'|wstitle=Roosevelt, Nicholas I.|year=1900|author=Isa Carrington Cabell |short=x}}

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