Andrew Barclay

Andrew Barclay (October 1719 – June 19, 1775) was a Scottish-American merchant who served as the 4th president of the Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York.

Early life Barclay was born in Albany in the Province of New York in British America in October 1719. himself the son of East Jersey Governor John Barclay. Among his siblings was the Rev. William Henry Barclay, rector of Trinity Church in Manhattan Barclay married into the prominent Roosevelt family, which allied him to the Dutch families of the province, and he became a successful merchant. He owned a sugar house and works in conjunction with his brothers-in-law, Jacobus Roosevelt Jr. and Isaac Roosevelt. Helena's paternal grandfather was Nicholas Roosevelt (the last common ancestor of the Oyster Bay Roosevelts and the Hyde Park Roosevelts). Together they lived at 45 Hanover Square and were the parents of eleven children: Andrew H. Barclay, who died young. Sarah Ann Barclay (1745–1806), who married Anthony Lispenard, son of Leonard Lispenard.

His wife died in 1773, and Barclay died on June 19, 1775. In his 1763 will, he left his oldest son Thomas a special legacy of £100, in addition to the £600 he left to each living child.