He is a son of Anne Homer Polk and Samuel S. Polk of Bedford , N.Y . The bridegroom 's mother is a landscape designer and a trustee of the John Jay Homestead in Katonah , N.Y. , and of Westmoreland Sanctuary , a nature preserve in Bedford Corners , N.Y. His father retired as a partner in Milbank , Tweed , Hadley & McCloy , the New York law firm .