text: Van Buren was also the only President who spoke English as a second language .
simplified: Van Buren was the third born of five children .93 His father , Abraham Van Buren , was a farmer and a tavern owner . His mother was Maria Hoes Van Buren , the granddaughter of a Dutch immigrant .157 Martin Van Buren went to school at the Kinderhook Academy in the village where he lived .