Ancestry of
James Roosevelt

(1828–1900)

Nathaniel Sylvester

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of James Roosevelt — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 218 
  • Father:
  • Giles Sylvester 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Arnold   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1610 
  • Birth Location:
  • Amsterdam, Holland 
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  • Death Date:
  • from 19 MAR 1679/1680 to 02 OCT 1680 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Sylvester Manor Burial Ground, Shelter Island, Suffolk, New York 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Grizzell Brinley
  • Marriage Date:
  • from 6 Jul 1653 to 8 Aug 1653 
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  • Child:

  Grizzell Sylvester (Ahnentafel No:109 )

• Sources for Nathaniel Sylvester

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 10/05/2011).
  • ² New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1863, Vol. 17, p. 238.
  • ³ New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Jan 1994, Vol. 125, pp. 15-17.
  • ⁴ Johnson, Alvin Page, Franklin D. Roosevelt's Colonial Ancestors: Their Part in the Making of American History, Boston: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard (1933), 63-68.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, "#88 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources Additions to Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition", www.americanancestors.org/additions-to-ancestors-of-american-presidents, (accessed 10/26/2014).
  • ⁶ Wikipedia, "Nathaniel Sylvester", (accessed 10/05/2011).
  • ⁷ Wikipedia, "Shelter Island (town), New York", _New_York, (accessed 10/05/2011).