Robert Doughty Weeks

Robert Doughty Weeks (July 8, 1795 – June 16, 1854) was an American banker who was a founder and president of the New York Stock Exchange.

R. D. Weeks
President of the New York Stock Exchange
In office
1834–1835
Preceded byEdward Prime
Succeeded byDavid Clarkson
In office
1836–1837
Preceded byJohn Ward
Succeeded byEdward Prime
Personal details
Born
Robert Doughty Weeks

(1795-07-08)July 8, 1795
Oyster Bay, New York, U.S.
DiedJune 16, 1854(1854-06-16) (aged 58)
Oyster Bay, New York, U.S.
Spouse(s)
Julia Hall Brasher
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(m. 1819; died 1828)​

Harriet Thompson Strong
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(m. 1832; his death 1854)​
RelationsHenry DeForest (grandson)
Robert W. DeForest (grandson)

Early life

Weeks was born on July 8, 1795 in Oyster Bay, New York. He was a son of James Huggins Weeks of Cove Hill in Oyster Bay and Miriam (née Doughty) Weeks (1765–1854).[1]

His maternal grandparents were Elizabeth and Charles Doughty,[2] and his paternal grandparents were Jotham Weeks and Sarah (née Huggins) Weeks.[1]

Career

A found and member of the New York Stock Exchange,[3] Weeks served as president of the Exchange twice, first from 1834 to 1835 (when he was succeeded by Edward Prime), and second from 1836 to 1837, when he was succeeded by David Clarkson.[4]

Personal life

Weeks married twice. He married his first wife, Julia Hall Brasher (1802–1828), a daughter of Gasherie Brasher, on January 14, 1819. Together, they were the parents of:[1]

  • John Abeel Weeks (1820–1900), who married Alice Hathaway Delano, a distant cousin of Franklin D. Roosevelt,[5] in 1849.[1]
  • Julia Mary Weeks (1827–1896), who married Henry Grant DeForest.[6][7]

After her death, Weeks was married to Harriet Thompson Strong (1801–1864), a daughter of Benjamin Franklin Strong and Sarah (née Weeks) Strong, in 1832.[8] Together, they were the parents of:[1]

  • Sarah Strong Weeks (1833–1863), who married Edwin Carnes.[1]
  • Benjamin Strong Weeks (1834–1902)
  • James Weeks (1836–1921), who married Kezia Seabury.[1]
  • Francis H. Weeks (1844–1913)

Weeks died on June 16, 1854 in Oyster Bay, New York.[9][10]

Descendants

Through his eldest son John, he was a grandfather of Sarah Carnes Weeks (1863–1956),[11] the first wife of Francis L. V. Hoppin, an architect and artist.[12]

Through his daughter Julia, he was a grandfather of Henry Wheeler DeForest (1855–1938), who became a railroad executive, capitalist and industrialist,[13] and Robert Weeks DeForest (1848–1931), a lawyer, financier, and philanthropist.[14] Weeks was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.

References
  1. American Ancestry: Vol. X. Albany, N.Y.: Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers. 1895. p. 90. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  2. Colonists, Daughters of the American (1957). Lineage Book Supplementals. The Daughters of the American Colonists. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  3. Barnard, Frederick Augustus Porter (1878). "Johnson's New Universal Cyclopaedia: S-Z". A.J. Johnson & son: 564. Retrieved 21 January 2020. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. One Hundredth Anniversary of the New York Stock Exchange: Brief Sketches of Wall Street of To-day. J.B. Gibson. 1892. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  5. "Mrs. Francis Laurens Vinton Hoppin (1863-1956)". www.nyhistory.org. New-York Historical Society. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  6. Bogart, Michele H. (2006). The Politics of Urban Beauty: New York and Its Art Commission. University of Chicago Press. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-226-06305-8. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  7. Mayer, Roberta A.; Forest, Lockwood De (2008). Lockwood de Forest: Furnishing the Gilded Age with a Passion for India. Associated University Presse. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-87413-973-0. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  8. Reynolds, Cuyler (1914). Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 1347. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  9. Williams College Class of 1859 (1884). Four Years in College and Twenty-five Years Out of College. Smith & Bruce. p. 76. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  10. Greene, Richard Henry; Stiles, Henry Reed; Dwight, Melatiah Everett; Morrison, George Austin; Mott, Hopper Striker; Totten, John Reynolds; Pitman, Harold Minot; Forest, Louis Effingham De; Ditmas, Charles Andrew; Mann, Conklin; Maynard, Arthur S. (1900). The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. p. 245. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  11. "Mrs. Frank Hoppin". The New York Times. 30 March 1956. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  12. "Hoppin -- Weekes". The New York Times. 4 June 1893. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  13. "HENRY DE FOREST, LAWYER, DIES AT 82; Leader in Financial and Rail Circles Many Years Also Noted Philanthropist" (PDF). The New York Times. 29 May 1938. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  14. "Robert W. de Forest, Civic Leader, Dies After Long Illness". The New York Times. May 7, 1931. pp. 1, 14. ISSN 0362-4331.
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