Goelet family

Goelet

Current region	New York
Place of origin	La Rochelle, France
Connected families	Livingston family
Estate	Ochre Court Glenmere mansion

The Goelet family is an influential family from Huguenot origins of New York who owned significant real estate in New York City.

History

The Goelets are descended from a family of Huguenots of La Rochelle in France who escaped to Amsterdam.^[1] Francois Goelet, a widower with a ten year old son, Jacobus, arrived in New York in 1676. Returning to Amsterdam on business, he left the boy in the care of Frederick Philipse, but was apparently lost at sea. His son, John G. Goelet married Jannetie Cannon, daughter of merchant Jan Cannon.^[2]

Family tree

• Francois Goelet
  • Jacobus Goelet (1665–1731) ∞ Jannetje Coesaar (1665–1736)
    • John G. Goelet (1694–1753) ∞ Jannetje Cannon (1698–1778)
      • Peter Goelet (1727–1811) ∞ Elizabeth Ratse (1734–1769)
        • Robert R. Goelet
        • Peter P. Goelet (1764–1828) ∞ Almy Buchanan (1768–1848)
          • Peter Goelet (1800–1879)
          • Jean Buchanan Goelet (1802–)
          • Hannah Green Goelet (1804–1845) ∞ Thomas R. Gerry (1794–1848)
            • Elbridge Thomas Gerry (1837–1927) ∞ Louisa Matilda Livingston (1836–1920)
              • Angelica Livingston Gerry (1871–1960)^[3]
              • Mabel Gerry (1872–1930) ∞ 1925: Francis Saxham Elwes Drury (1859–1937)^[4]
              • Robert Livingston Gerry, Sr. (1877–1957) ∞ Cornelia Averell Harriman (1884–1966)^[5]
                • Elbridge T. Gerry II (1908–1999)
                • Robert L. Gerry Jr. (1911–1979) ∞ Martha Leighton Kramer^[6]
                  • Robert L. Gerry III (b. 1937)
                • Edward Harriman Gerry (1914–2003) ∞ Martha Farish (1918–2007)
                • Henry Averell Gerry (1914–2000)
              • Peter Goelet Gerry (1879–1957) ∞ (1) 1910; div. 1925: Mathilde Townsend ∞ (2) Edith Stuyvesant Dresser Vanderbilt (1873–1958)
          • Robert Goelet (1809–1879) ∞ Sarah Ogden (1808–1888)
            • Robert Goelet (1841–1899) ∞ (1) Sarah Ogden (1813–1879) ∞ (2) Harriette Louise Warren
              • Robert Walton Goelet (1880–1941) ∞ Anne Marie Guestier (1899-1988)
                • Beatrice Goelet (1922-2015) ∞ 1948: Hayward F. Manice
                • Robert Guestier Goelet (b. 1924)
                • Francis Goelet (1926-1998)
                • John Goelet
              • Beatrice Goelet (1885–1902)
            • Ogden Goelet (1851–1897) ∞ Mary Rita Wilson (1855–)
              • Mary Goelet (1878–1937) ∞ 1903: Henry Innes-Ker, 8th Duke of Roxburghe (1876–1932)
                • George Victor Robert John Innes-Ker, 9th Duke of Roxburghe (1913–1974) ∞ (1) 1935; div. 1953: Mary Evelyn Hungerford Crewe-Milnes ∞ (2) 1954: Margaret Elizabeth McConnel
                  • Guy David Innes-Ker, 10th Duke of Roxburghe (b. 1954)
                  • Lord Robert Anthony Innes-Ker (b. 1959) ∞ 1996: Katherine Pelly
              • Robert Walton Goelet (1846–1897) ∞ (1) 1904; div. 1914: Marie Elise Whelen Clews (1880–1959) ∞ (2) 1919; div. 1924: Donna Fernanda di Villa Rosa ∞ (3) 1925: Roberta Willard (1891–1949)
                • Ogden Goelet
                • Peter Goelet
                • Robert Walton Goelet, Jr. (1921–1989) ∞ (1) Jane Potter Monroe (1920–1999) ∞ (2) 1949; div. 1956 Lynn Merrick (1919–2007)
                • Mary Goelet

See also

• Livingston family
• Duke of Roxburghe
• Ochre Court

References

1. Lyman Horace Weeks, Prominent Families of New York: Being an Account in Biographical Form of Individuals and Families Distinguished as Representatives of the Social, Professional and Civic Life of New York City, New York: The Historical Company, 1897
2. "An Eccentric Man Gone", The New York Times', November 22, 1879
3. "ANGELICA L. GERRY DIES | 2 Ancestors Were Signers of Declaration of Independence". The New York Times. November 5, 1960. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
4. Robinson, Grace (November 1, 1925). "NEWS OF NEW YORK SOCIETY | Social Register at Gerry Wedding". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
5. New York Times article dated March 4, 1908
6. Staff (June 30, 1935). "Daughter to Mrs. R. L. Gerry Jr.". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 April 2016.