Background
He was baptized on February 27, 1689 in Esopus, New York (near Kingston) while his father Nicholas Roosevelt was living there. Nicholas was the son of the Roosevelt immigrant ancestor, Claes Van Rosenvelt.
He was baptized on February 27, 1689 in Esopus, New York (near Kingston) while his father Nicholas Roosevelt was living there. Nicholas was the son of the Roosevelt immigrant ancestor, Claes Van Rosenvelt.
Johannes was a linseed oil manufacturer. He moved his family back to New York City, where he was born, by 1690. Johannes married Heyltje Sjoerts (Shourd) on September 25, 1708 at the Reformed Dutch Church of New New York
They had eleven children: Margreta (bap 1709), Nicholas (bap 1710, died in the West Indies), Johannes (bap 1712), Heyltje (bap 1714), Olphert (bap 1716), Jacobus (bap 1718, died in infancy), Maria (bap 1720), Jannetje (bap 1723, died 1724), Jacobus (bap 1724), Aeltje (bap 1726, died 1727), and Cornelius (bap 1731).
Johannes became a freeman in 1730. He was assistant alderman from 1717 to 1727 and alderman from 1730 to 1733.
Johannes Roosevelt"s slave, Quack, was one of the accused conspirators in the alleged slave rebellion that terrified New York City in 1741. He was convicted of setting fire to Fort George and executed by being burned at the stake.
(See Lepore, pp 59–60, 96–99, & 102–03)
He was the great-great-great-grandfather of United States President Theodore Roosevelt and the great-great-great-great-grandfather of Eleanor Roosevelt.