m. 26 Apr 1827 m. 27 Apr 1853 Facts and Events James Roosevelt,
Sr. (July 16, 1828 – December 8, 1900) was a businessman and
father of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the
United States. He was born in Hyde Park, New York to Isaac
Roosevelt (1790–1863) and his wife Mary Rebecca Aspinwall
(1809–1886). Roosevelt's father Isaac Roosevelt was a fourth-
generation descendant of Nicholas Roosevelt (1658–1742), who was
also a sixth-generation ancestor of Theodore Roosevelt. His wife
Mary Aspinwall was a sixth-generation descendant of Rebecca
Stoughton, sister of William Stoughton, judge and prosecutor
during the Salem Witch Trials. James Roosevelt graduated from
Union College (NY) in 1847. He was an eligible bachelor: tall,
slender and wealthy, with considerable society connections. In
1853, he married his first-cousin-once-removed Rebecca Howland
(b.1831). A year later, they had a son, James "Rosey" Roosevelt.
Howland died in 1876, leaving James Sr. a widower. Four years
later, at a party celebrating