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     Sarah Almeda Brewer was the daughter of Israel C. Brewer and Sally Brown. Sarah Almeda Brewer married Calvin Galusha Coolidge.

     Calvin Galusha Coolidge married Sarah Almeda Brewer, daughter of Israel C. Brewer and Sally Brown.

     John Calvin Coolidge was the son of Calvin Galusha Coolidge and Sarah Almeda Brewer. John Calvin Coolidge married Victoria Josephine Moor.

     Victoria Josephine Moor married John Calvin Coolidge, son of Calvin Galusha Coolidge and Sarah Almeda Brewer.

     President John Calvin Coolidge was born on 4 July 1872 at Plymouth, Windsor Co., VT. He was the son of John Calvin Coolidge and Victoria Josephine Moor. President John Calvin Coolidge married Grace Anna Goodhue in 1905. President John Calvin Coolidge died on 5 January 1933 at Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA, at age 60. He was buried at Notch Cemetery, Plymouth Notch, VT.

     Grace Anna Goodhue married President John Calvin Coolidge, son of John Calvin Coolidge and Victoria Josephine Moor, in 1905.

     Simon Huntington Jr. was the son of Simon Huntington and Margaret Barrett. Simon Huntington Jr. married Sarah Clark.

     Sarah Clark married Simon Huntington Jr., son of Simon Huntington and Margaret Barrett.

     Sarah Osborne was born on 20 July 1749 at New Haven, New Haven Co., CT.¹ She married Johathan Griswold, son of Ephraim Griswold and Experience Steadman, on 1 November 1770 at Woodbridge, New Haven Co., CT.¹ Sarah Osborne died on 5 October 1847 at Sheridan, Chautauqua Co., NY, at age 98.¹

     Mark Rork was born.¹ He married Rachel Young Doty.¹

     Lucia Ann Meacham was born on 1 September 1798 at Cortland, Cortland Co., NY.¹ She married John Ezekiel Griswold, son of Johathan Griswold and Sarah Osborne, on 24 May 1821.¹ Lucia Ann Meacham died on 27 February 1873 at Sheridan, Chautauqua Co., NY, at age 74.¹

     Hannah Perkins married Joshua Huntington, son of Simon Huntington III and Lydia Gager.

     Lydia Huntington was the daughter of Joshua Huntington and Hannah Perkins. Lydia Huntington married Ephraim Bill.

     Ephraim Bill married Lydia Huntington, daughter of Joshua Huntington and Hannah Perkins.

     Lydia Bill was born on 7 July 1753 at Norwich, CT.¹ She was the daughter of Ephraim Bill and Lydia Huntington. Lydia Bill married Joseph Howland, son of Nathaniel Howland Jr. and Abigail Burt, on 26 May 1772 at Norwalk, CT.¹ Lydia Bill died on 1 May 1838 at New York City, NY, at age 84.¹

     Joseph Howland was born on 30 September 1749 at Boston, Suffolk Co., MA.¹ He was the son of Nathaniel Howland Jr. and Abigail Burt.¹ Joseph Howland married Lydia Bill, daughter of Ephraim Bill and Lydia Huntington, on 26 May 1772 at Norwalk, CT.¹ Joseph Howland died on 11 March 1836 at New York City, NY, at age 86.¹

     Susan Howland married John Aspinwall Jr.. Susan Howland was born on 20 May 1779.¹ She was the daughter of Joseph Howland and Lydia Bill.

     John Aspinwall Jr. married Susan Howland, daughter of Joseph Howland and Lydia Bill.

     Mary Rebecca Aspinwall was the daughter of John Aspinwall Jr. and Susan Howland. Mary Rebecca Aspinwall married Isaac Roosevelt, son of James Roosevelt and Maria Eliza Walton.

     Isaac Roosevelt was the son of James Roosevelt and Maria Eliza Walton. Isaac Roosevelt married Mary Rebecca Aspinwall, daughter of John Aspinwall Jr. and Susan Howland.

     James Roosevelt was born on 16 July 1828 at Hyde Park, NY. He was the son of Isaac Roosevelt and Mary Rebecca Aspinwall. James Roosevelt married Sarah Delano, daughter of Warren Delano Jr. and Catherine Robbins Lyman, on 7 October 1880 at Algonac, NY. James Roosevelt died on 8 December 1900 at Hyde Park, NY, at age 72.

     Sarah Delano was born on 21 September 1854 at Algonac, NY.² She was the daughter of Warren Delano Jr. and Catherine Robbins Lyman. Sarah Delano married James Roosevelt, son of Isaac Roosevelt and Mary Rebecca Aspinwall, on 7 October 1880 at Algonac, NY. Sarah Delano died on 7 September 1941 at Hyde Park, NY, at age 86.²

     President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on 20 January 1882 at Hyde Park, NY. He was the son of James Roosevelt and Sarah Delano. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt married First Lady Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, daughter of Elliott Roosevelt and Anna Rebecca Hall, on 17 March 1905 at New York City, NY. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt died on 12 April 1945 at Warm Springs, GA, at age 63. He was buried at Hyde Park, NY.

from the whitehouse.gov web site:


Assuming the Presidency at the depth of the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt helped the American people regain faith in themselves. He brought hope as he promised prompt, vigorous action, and asserted in his Inaugural Address, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

Born in 1882 at Hyde Park, New York--now a national historic site--he attended Harvard University and Columbia Law School. On St. Patrick's Day, 1905, he married Eleanor Roosevelt.

Following the example of his fifth cousin, President Theodore Roosevelt, whom he greatly admired, Franklin D. Roosevelt entered public service through politics, but as a Democrat. He won election to the New York Senate in 1910. President Wilson appointed him Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and he was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in 1920.

In the summer of 1921, when he was 39, disaster hit-he was stricken with poliomyelitis. Demonstrating indomitable courage, he fought to regain the use of his legs, particularly through swimming. At the 1924 Democratic Convention he dramatically appeared on crutches to nominate Alfred E. Smith as "the Happy Warrior." In 1928 Roosevelt became Governor of New York.

He was elected President in November 1932, to the first of four terms. By March there were 13,000,000 unemployed, and almost every bank was closed. In his first "hundred days," he proposed, and Congress enacted, a sweeping program to bring recovery to business and agriculture, relief to the unemployed and to those in danger of losing farms and homes, and reform, especially through the establishment of the Tennessee Valley Authority.

By 1935 the Nation had achieved some measure of recovery, but businessmen and bankers were turning more and more against Roosevelt's New Deal program. They feared his experiments, were appalled because he had taken the Nation off the gold standard and allowed deficits in the budget, and disliked the concessions to labor. Roosevelt responded with a new program of reform: Social Security, heavier taxes on the wealthy, new controls over banks and public utilities, and an enormous work relief program for the unemployed.

In 1936 he was re-elected by a top-heavy margin. Feeling he was armed with a popular mandate, he sought legislation to enlarge the Supreme Court, which had been invalidating key New Deal measures. Roosevelt lost the Supreme Court battle, but a revolution in constitutional law took place. Thereafter the Government could legally regulate the economy.

Roosevelt had pledged the United States to the "good neighbor" policy, transforming the Monroe Doctrine from a unilateral American manifesto into arrangements for mutual action against aggressors. He also sought through neutrality legislation to keep the United States out of the war in Europe, yet at the same time to strengthen nations threatened or attacked. When France fell and England came under siege in 1940, he began to send Great Britain all possible aid short of actual military involvement.

When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Roosevelt directed organization of the Nation's manpower and resources for global war.

Feeling that the future peace of the world would depend upon relations between the United States and Russia, he devoted much thought to the planning of a United Nations, in which, he hoped, international difficulties could be settled.

As the war drew to a close, Roosevelt's health deteriorated, and on April 12, 1945, while at Warm Springs, Georgia, he died of a cerebral hemorrhage.

President Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and President Franlkin Delano Roosevelt were related; their common ancestor was Nicholas Roosevelt (1658-1742). ¹

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and President George Washington were related; their common ancestor was William Spencer. ¹

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and President George Herbert Walker Bush were related; their closest common ancestor was Elisha Hutchinson; they were also related through Henry Spencer ( -1477) and John Howland of the Mayflower. ¹

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and President John Calvin Coolidge Jr. were related; their common ancestors were Henry Spencer ( -1477), and Jacob Perkins. ¹

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and President Millard Fillmore were related; their common ancestor was John Perkins (1583-1654). ¹

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and President Richard Milhous Nixon were related; their common ancestors were Thomas Perkins ( - 1588), and Henry Howland ( -1635). ¹

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and President Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (Leslie Lynch King Jr.) were related; their common ancestor was Henry Howland ( - 1635).

     First Lady Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born on 11 October 1884 at New York City, NY. She was the daughter of Elliott Roosevelt and Anna Rebecca Hall. First Lady Anna Eleanor Roosevelt married President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, son of James Roosevelt and Sarah Delano, on 17 March 1905 at New York City, NY. First Lady Anna Eleanor Roosevelt died on 7 November 1962 at New York City, NY, at age 78.

from the whitehouse.gov web site:


A shy, awkward child, starved for recognition and love, Eleanor Roosevelt grew into a woman with great sensitivity to the underprivileged of all creeds, races, and nations. Her constant work to improve their lot made her one of the most loved--and for some years one of the most reviled--women of her generation.

She was born in New York City on October 11, 1884, daughter of lovely Anna Hall and Elliott Roosevelt, younger brother of Theodore. When her mother died in 1892, the children went to live with Grandmother Hall; her adored father died only two years later. Attending a distinguished school in England gave her, at 15, her first chance to develop self-confidence among other girls.

Tall, slender, graceful of figure but apprehensive at the thought of being a wallflower, she returned for a debut that she dreaded. In her circle of friends was a distant cousin, handsome young Franklin Delano Roosevelt. They became engaged in 1903 and were married in 1905, with her uncle the President giving the bride away. Within eleven years Eleanor bore six children; one son died in infancy. "I suppose I was fitting pretty well into the pattern of a fairly conventional, quiet, young society matron," she wrote later in her autobiography.

In Albany, where Franklin served in the state Senate from 1910 to 1913, Eleanor started her long career as political helpmate. She gained a knowledge of Washington and its ways while he served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. When he was stricken with poliomyelitis in 1921, she tended him devotedly. She became active in the women's division of the State Democratic Committee to keep his interest in politics alive. From his successful campaign for governor in 1928 to the day of his death, she dedicated her life to his purposes. She became eyes and ears for him, a trusted and tireless reporter.

When Mrs. Roosevelt came to the White House in 1933, she understood social conditions better than any of her predecessors and she transformed the role of First Lady accordingly. She never shirked official entertaining; she greeted thousands with charming friendliness. She also broke precedent to hold press conferences, travel to all parts of the country, give lectures and radio broadcasts, and express her opinions candidly in a daily syndicated newspaper column, "My Day."

This made her a tempting target for political enemies but her integrity, her graciousness, and her sincerity of purpose endeared her personally to many--from heads of state to servicemen she visited abroad during World War II. As she had written wistfully at 14: "...no matter how plain a woman may be if truth & loyalty are stamped upon her face all will be attracted to her...."

After the President's death in 1945 she returned to a cottage at his Hyde Park estate; she told reporters: "the story is over." Within a year, however, she began her service as American spokesman in the United Nations. She continued a vigorous career until her strength began to wane in 1962. She died in New York City that November, and was buried at Hyde Park beside her husband.

     Warren Delano Jr. was born on 13 July 1809 at Fairhaven, MA. He was the son of Warren Delano and Deborah Church.² Warren Delano Jr. married Catherine Robbins Lyman, daughter of Joseph Lyman III and Anne Jean Robbins, on 1 November 1843 at Northampton, MA. Warren Delano Jr. died on 17 January 1898 at Algonac, NY, at age 88.

     Catherine Robbins Lyman was born on 12 January 1825 at Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA.¹ She was the daughter of Joseph Lyman III and Anne Jean Robbins. Catherine Robbins Lyman married Warren Delano Jr., son of Warren Delano and Deborah Church, on 1 November 1843 at Northampton, MA. Catherine Robbins Lyman died on 10 February 1896 at Algonac, NY, at age 71.¹

     Joseph Lyman III was born on 22 October 1767 at Northampton, MA. He was the son of Joseph Lyman Jr. and Mary Sheldon. Joseph Lyman III married Anne Jean Robbins, daughter of Lt. Gov. Edward Hutchinson Robbins and Elizabeth Murray, on 27 October 1811 at Milton, Norfolk, MA. Joseph Lyman III died on 11 December 1847 at Northampton, MA, at age 80.

     Anne Jean Robbins was born on 3 July 1789 at probably Milton, MA. She was the daughter of Lt. Gov. Edward Hutchinson Robbins and Elizabeth Murray.¹ Anne Jean Robbins married Joseph Lyman III, son of Joseph Lyman Jr. and Mary Sheldon, on 27 October 1811 at Milton, Norfolk, MA. Anne Jean Robbins died on 25 May 1867 at Somerville, MA, at age 77.

     Joanna Cooke was the daughter of Aaron Cooke III and Sarah Westwood. Joanna Cooke married Samuel Porter Jr..

     Samuel Porter Jr. married Joanna Cooke, daughter of Aaron Cooke III and Sarah Westwood.

     Aaron Porter was the son of Samuel Porter Jr. and Joanna Cooke. Aaron Porter married Susanna Sewall.

     Susanna Sewall married Aaron Porter, son of Samuel Porter Jr. and Joanna Cooke.

     Susanna Porter was the daughter of Aaron Porter and Susanna Sewall. Susanna Porter married Aaron Cleveland III.

     Aaron Cleveland III married Susanna Porter, daughter of Aaron Porter and Susanna Sewall.

     Aaron Cleveland IV was the son of Aaron Cleveland III and Susanna Porter. Aaron Cleveland IV married Abiah Hyde.

     Abiah Hyde married Aaron Cleveland IV, son of Aaron Cleveland III and Susanna Porter.

     William Cleveland was the son of Aaron Cleveland IV and Abiah Hyde. William Cleveland married Margaret Falley, daughter of Richard Falley Jr. and Margaret Hitchcock, on 19 December 1793 at Westfield, Hampden Co., MA.¹

     Margaret Falley was born on 25 November 1766 at Westfield, Hampden Co., MA.² She was the daughter of Richard Falley Jr. and Margaret Hitchcock.¹ Margaret Falley married William Cleveland, son of Aaron Cleveland IV and Abiah Hyde, on 19 December 1793 at Westfield, Hampden Co., MA.² Margaret Falley died on 10 August 1850 at Black Rock, NY, at age 83.²

     Richard Falley Cleveland married Anne Neal. Richard Falley Cleveland was born on 19 June 1804 at Norwich, New London Co., CT. He was the son of William Cleveland and Margaret Falley.

     Anne Neal married Richard Falley Cleveland, son of William Cleveland and Margaret Falley.

     President Stephen Grover Cleveland was born on 18 March 1837 at Caldwell, NJ.¹ He was the son of Richard Falley Cleveland and Anne Neal. President Stephen Grover Cleveland married Frances Folsom on 2 June 1886 at The White House, Washington, DC.¹ President Stephen Grover Cleveland died on 24 June 1908 at age 71.

     Frances Folsom was born on 21 July 1864. She married President Stephen Grover Cleveland, son of Richard Falley Cleveland and Anne Neal, on 2 June 1886 at The White House, Washington, DC.¹ Frances Folsom died on 29 October 1947 at Baltimore, Baltimore Co., MD, at age 83.

     Nathaniel Lewis was born on 1 October 1676 at Farmington, Hartford Co., CT. He married Abigail Ashley on 25 November 1699. Nathaniel Lewis married Thankful Pomeroy, daughter of Deacon Medad Pomeroy and Experience Woodward, after 14 October 1723. Nathaniel Lewis died on 24 February 1752 at Farmington, Hartford Co., CT, at age 75.

     Abigail Ashley was born on 27 April 1681 at Westfield, MA. She married Nathaniel Lewis on 25 November 1699. Abigail Ashley died on 11 April 1723 at Farmington, Hartford Co., CT, at age 41.

     James Roosevelt was the son of Isaac Roosevelt and Cornelia Hoffman.

     Isaac Roosevelt was the son of James (Jacobus) Roosevelt and Catherina Hardenbroeck.