Ancestry of
Franklin D. Roosevelt

32nd U.S. President

Robert Benson

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of Franklin D. Roosevelt — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 70 
  • Father:
  • Samson Benson 
  • Mother:
  • Tryntje Van Deusen   
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  • Christening Date:
  • 1 Jan 1686 
  • Christening Location:
  • New York 
  • Death Date:
  • ABT 1715 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Cornelia Roos
  • Marriage Date:
  • 14 Mar 1708 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Reformed Dutch Church, New York, New York 
  • Child:

  Tryntje (Catharine) Benson (Ahnentafel No:35 )

• Sources for Robert Benson

  • ¹ New Netherlands Connections, Berkeley, California: Dorothy A. Koenig (1996-2010), 1997, Vol. 2, Page 85.
  • ² New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 1890, Vol. 21, Page 86.
  • ³ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, SAR #16304, Membership application for Egbert Benson.
  • ⁴ Brogan, Hugh and Charles Mosley, American Presidential Families, New York: Macmillan Publishing Company (1993), 648.
  • ⁵ Chamberlain, General Joshua L., editor-in-chief, Universities and their Sons: History, Influence and Characteristics of American Universities . . ., Vol. 3, Boston: R. Herndon Co. (1899), 261.
  • ⁶ Hoffman, Eugene Augustus, Genealogy of the Hoffman Family: Descendants of Martin Hoffman, with Biographical Notes, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1899), 125, 488-489.
  • ⁷ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 570.
  • ⁸ Whittelsey, Charles Barney, The Roosevelt Genealogy 1649-1902, Hartford, Connecticut: J. B. Burr and Company (1902), 26.