The strenuous life
Subtitle: the "Oyster Bay" Roosevelts in business and finance
By: by Wm. T. Cobb.
Publisher: William E. Rudge's Sons
Published: 1946
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 99
Subjects: Roosevelt family (Claes Martenszen van Roosevelt, fl. 1649)
Description: Claes Martenszen Van Rosenvelt (d.1659) arrived in New Amsterdam (New York) in 1648. Claes had at least one son, Nicholas (1658-1742) who, in turn had at least three sons. Little is known about the first son, Nicholas. The third son, Jacobus (1692-1776) was the founder of the Hyde Park Roosevelts from whom Franklin Delano Roosevelt descended. The middle son, Johannes (1689-?) was the founder of the Oyster Bay Roosevelts from whom Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) descended.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 99.
Genealogical table on lining-paper.