James Roosevelt

Jacobus "James" Roosevelt III (January 10, 1760 – February 6, 1847) was an American businessman and politician from New York City. A member of the Roosevelt family, he was the son of Isaac Roosevelt and great-grandfather of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Early life Jacobus Roosevelt III was born on January 10, 1760, in New York City to Isaac Roosevelt (1726–1794) and Cornelia Hoffman. Isaac was the great-grandson of Claes Maartenszen Van Rosenvelt, the first Roosevelt in America. He was baptized on January 23, 1760, and graduated from Princeton University in 1780.

His interest in politics was less than previous Roosevelts, including his father; he was the last of his branch of the family to engage in politics until his great-grandson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. governor of Delaware from 1653 to 1664, and governor of Pennsylvania from 1658 to 1663. Their children who survived infancy were: Isaac Roosevelt (1790–1863), who married Mary Rebecca Aspinwall (1809–1886). Grace Roosevelt (1792–1828), who married Guy Carlton Bayley (1786–1859), the son of Richard Bayley. James Roosevelt (1794–1823)

Roosevelt died on February 6, 1847. Through his daughter, Grace Roosevelt Bayley, he was the grandfather of James Roosevelt Bayley (1814–1877), the first Bishop of Newark (1853–72) and the eighth Archbishop of Baltimore (1872–77).