Ancestry of
Franklin D. Roosevelt

32nd U.S. President

William "Boss" Walton

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of Franklin D. Roosevelt — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 72 
  • Father:
  • Thomas Walton 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Lawrence   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1675 
  • Birth Location:
  • Richmond County, Staten Island, New York 
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  • Death Date:
  • 23 May 1747 
  • Death Location:
  • New York, New York 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Maria Santvoort
  • Marriage Date:
  • 7 Sep 1698 
  • Marriage Location:
  • New York, New York 
  • Child:

  Jacob Walton (Ahnentafel No:36 )

  • Notes: 
  • Some sources give William's death year as 1745. His mourning ring is engraved "W. WALTON, OB. 1747 AE 72, MAY 23" and published obituaries in The New York Gazette and the Weekly Post Boy confirm the date on the ring.

• Sources for William "Boss" Walton

  • ¹ The Essex Genealogist, 1986, Vol. 6, p. 159.
  • ² Johnson, Alvin Page, Franklin D. Roosevelt's Colonial Ancestors: Their Part in the Making of American History, Boston: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard (1933), 37-39.
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 564.
  • ⁴ Townsend, Annette, The Walton Family of New York, 1630-1940, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Historical Publication Society (1945), 11-17.