Ancestry of
James Roosevelt

(1828–1900)

Robert Nelson

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of James Roosevelt — 8th Generation
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  • 220 
  • Father:
  • Robert Nelson 
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  • Helen Provost   
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  • Mary Temple
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  John Nelson (Ahnentafel No:110 )

  Margaret Nelson

• Sources for Robert Nelson

  • ¹ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1856, Vol. 10, p. 76.
  • ² American Society of Genealogists, The Genealogist, Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, Spring 1981, Vol. 2, Iss. 1, p. 126.
  • ³ Dwight, Benjamin W., The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong, of Northampton, Mass., Vol. 1, Albany, New York: Joel Munsell (1871), 619-620.
  • ⁴ Johnson, Alvin Page, Franklin D. Roosevelt's Colonial Ancestors: Their Part in the Making of American History, Boston: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard (1933), 69.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 184.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants to the American Colonies, Quebec, or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company (2018), 355.
  • ⁷ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 430.