Peter P. Goelet Explained

Birth Date:18 August 1764
Birth Place:New York City, Province of New York, British America
Death Place:New York City, United States
Parents:Peter Goelet
Elizabeth Ratse
Children:4, including Robert
Relations:Robert Goelet (grandson)
Ogden Goelet (grandson)
Elbridge Thomas Gerry (grandson)

Peter P. Goelet (August 18, 1764 – October 23, 1828), was an American merchant and real estate investor.

Early life

Goelet was born on August 18, 1764, in New York City. He was the second son of Peter Goelet (1727–1811) and, his first wife, Elizabeth Ratse (1734–1769). His siblings were Alice Goelet,[1] Jannetje Goelet (wife of Lt. Colonel Robert Troup),[2] [3] John Goelet (who married Eliza Taylor Buncombe, a daughter of Edward Buncombe),[4] and Elizabeth Goelet (wife of William Cornelius Bucknor),[5] and Robert Ratse Goelet.

He was descended from a family of Huguenots of La Rochelle in France who, due to the Edict of Nantes, escaped in 1621 to Amsterdam.[6] His paternal great-grandfather, Jacobus Goelet, was ten years old when he arrived in New York in 1676 with his widowed father, François "Francis" Goelet. Francis returned to Amsterdam on business, and left Jacobus in the care of Frederick Philipse (who became 1st Lord of Philipsburg Manor in 1693), but was lost at sea before his return.[7] His grandfather was one of six children born to Jacobus Goelet and Jannetje (née Cossart) Goelet (daughter of Dutch-born Jacques Jacob Cossart).[8] [9]

Career

Goelet was a merchant with offices at 65 Water Street in Manhattan.[10] [11] He was also a member of the Western Inland Dock Navigation Company.[12] In addition, he inherited considerable real estate and other property which he added to through his lifetime, including from his marriage.[6] [13]

Goelet served as a director of many companies in New York, including the Columbian Insurance Company.[14] In May 1815, he was chosen among other stockholders as a director of the Bank of New-York.[15] In January 1828, he was elected as a director of the Eagle Fire Company of New York.[16] Goelet also served as a trustee of the New York Lying-In Hospital.[17]

Personal life

In 1799, Goelet married Almy Buchanan (1768–1848) at the Buchanan mansion on Wall Street. She was a daughter of Scottish-born merchant and director of the United States Bank, Thomas Buchanan.[18] [19] Buchanan, a member of the Committee of One Hundred, had a 13-acre farm surrounding 45th Street and Third Avenue where he grew turnips, corn and potatoes. His brother Robert Ratse Goelet married Almy's sister, Margaret Buchanan.[20] Together, they were the parents of:

Goelet died in New York City on October 23, 1828. He was buried in the churchyard of St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery in Manhattan.

Descendants

Through his youngest son Robert, he was a grandfather of Robert Goelet and Ogden Goelet,[29] [30] who were both prominent in New York and grew the Goelet family wealth further.[7] His brother's grandson, George Goelet Kip, was also a prominent landowner in Manhattan and a business associate of his cousins Robert and Ogden.[31] [32]

Through his daughter Hannah, he was a grandfather of Elbridge Thomas Gerry,[33] [34] who married Louisa Matilda Livingston (a granddaughter of Maturin Livingston),[35] [36] and Almy Goelet Gerry,[37] [38] who married Federic Gallatin (a grandson of Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin and cousin of Albert Eugene Gallatin).[39] [40] [41]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Phillips . Alexander Van Cleve . The Lott family in America, including the allied families: Cassell, Davis, Graybeal, Haring, Hegeman, Hogg, Kerley, Phillips, Thompson, Walter and others . 1942 . Edwards Brothers sold by Traver's Book Store, Trenton, N. J. . 30 . 20 August 2019 . en.
  2. Web site: Bielinski . Stefan . Robert Troup . exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov . . 20 August 2019.
  3. Web site: Robert Troup Papers . archives.nypl.org . . 20 August 2019.
  4. Book: Wheeler . John Hill . Reminiscences and Memoirs of North Carolina and Eminent North Carolinians . 1884 . Columbus Print. Works . 422 . 20 August 2019 . en.
  5. Book: Bayne . Howard Randolph . The Buckners of Virginia and the Allied Families of Strother and Ashby . 1907 . Genealogical Association . 299 . 20 August 2019 . en.
  6. Book: Weeks . Lyman Horace . 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 . 1898 . The Historical Company . New York . 20 August 2019 . en.
  7. Book: Bergen . Tunis Garret . Genealogies of the State of New York: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation . 1915 . Lewis Historical Publishing Company . 509 . 20 August 2019 . en.
  8. Book: Wheatley . Robert Evan . The Cossart Chronicles: A Family History Narrative . 2011 . Robert Evan Wheatley . 9781463768355 . 20 August 2019 . en.
  9. Book: Barrett . Walter . The Old Merchants of New York City: Vol. II--Part 1 . 1870 . M. Doolady . New York . 34–36 . 20 August 2019 . en.
  10. News: PETER P. GOELET . 4 August 2021 . . 23 September 1799 . 5.
  11. Book: Mayson . Richard . Madeira: The islands and their Wines . 22 August 2016 . Infinite Ideas . 978-1-909652-92-7 . 183 . 4 August 2021 . en.
  12. Book: Hall . Henry . America's Successful Men of Affairs: The city of New York . 1895 . New York tribune . 259 . 4 August 2021 . en.
  13. News: Supreme Court . 4 August 2021 . The Evening Post . 25 June 1810 . 4.
  14. News: To the President and Directors of the Columbian Insurance Company . 4 August 2021 . The Evening Post . 11 February 1804 . 3.
  15. News: Stockholders of the Bank of New-York . 4 August 2021 . The Evening Post . 8 May 1815 . 3.
  16. News: NOTICE . 4 August 2021 . The Evening Post . 14 January 1828 . 1.
  17. News: NEW-YORK LYING-IN HOSPITAL . 4 August 2021 . The Evening Post . 19 April 1813 . 3.
  18. Book: The World Almanac and Encyclopedia . 1916 . Press Publishing Company (The New York World) . 626 . 19 August 2019 . en.
  19. Book: Genealogical Record of the Saint Nicholas Society: Advanced Sheets, First Series . 1902 . . 27 . 20 August 2019 . en.
  20. Book: Scoville . Joseph Alfred . The Old Merchants of New York City . 1968 . Greenwood Press . 46 . 19 August 2019 . en.
  21. News: An Eccentric Man Gone; Death of Peter Goelet, in His Eightieth Year. Yielding to the Advance of Old Age-- Peculiarities of Mr. Goelet's Career --Economy Without Meanness--Tenacious Hold of Real Estate. . 19 August 2019 . . 22 November 1879.
  22. News: Miscellaneous City News; Peter Goelet's Funeral. the Interment in a Vault in St. Mark's Church-Yard. . 19 August 2019 . . 25 November 1879.
  23. News: PETER GOELET'S WILL.; DIVIDING AN ESTATE THAT MAY BE WORTH TWENTY MILLIONS.. 29 November 2016. The New York Times. December 6, 1879.
  24. News: MISS GOELET'S BEQUESTS. . 4 August 2021 . . 25 October 1882.
  25. Book: The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. 1898. J. T. White Company. 242. 28 February 2018. en.
  26. Book: Billias. George Athan. Elbridge Gerry: Founding Father and Republican Statesman. 1976. McGraw-Hill. 9780070052697. 404. registration. 28 February 2018. en.
  27. News: Death of Robert Goelet. . 19 August 2019 . . 23 September 1879.
  28. Book: Hone, Philip . The Diary of Philip Hone . 2009 . Applewood Books . 9781429021166 . 384 . 19 August 2019 . en. Philip Hone .
  29. News: DEATH OF ROBERT GOELET Heart Disease Causes the End Unexpectedly at Naples. CAREER OF THE MILLIONAIRE His Public Spirit and Benevolence Were of Material Benefit to New York and Newport. . 19 September 2018 . . April 28, 1899.
  30. News: DEATH OF OGDEN GOELET; American Millionaire Expires on His Yacht, Mayflower, at Anchor in Cowes Roads. ILL FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS He Worried over Family Affairs, Particularly the Proposed Marriage of His Daughter to the Duke of Manchester.. 29 November 2016. The New York Times. 28 August 1897.
  31. News: Society At Home and Abroad. 26 February 2018. The New York Times. April 8, 1906.
  32. Book: Yearbook . 1900. Association of the Bar of the City of New York. New York City. 112. 20 May 2019. en.
  33. News: ELBRIDGE T. GERRY, 89, BREAKS HIP IN A FALL; Banker and Philanthropist Slips on a Polished Floor in His Home.. 28 February 2018. The New York Times. 1 February 1927.
  34. News: ELBRIDGE T. GERRY DIES IN 90TH YEAR; Chief Founder of Children's Society Succumbs to Injury Caused by a Fall. TRIBUTES TO HIS MEMORY Called Emancipator of Helpless Childhood -- Lawyer, Banker and Yachtsman.. 28 February 2018. The New York Times. 19 February 1927.
  35. New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999
  36. News: COMMODORE ELBRIDGE T. GERRY A SKETCH. 11 September 2016. The Tammany Times. Tammany Publishing Company. 1 January 1896. en.
  37. News: Mrs. Amy Goelet Gallatin. 28 February 2018. The New York Times. 28 March 1917.
  38. News: ESTATE OF MRS. GALLATIN; It Exceeds $1,000,000 and Husband Gets $30,000 a Year for Life.. 27 September 2017. The New York Times. 4 April 1917.
  39. News: INHERIT GALLATIN ESTATE.; Six Children Named in Will to Share Fortune Equally.. 28 February 2018. The New York Times. 8 October 1927.
  40. Book: New York University Alumni Association. Biographical Catalogue of the Chancellors: Professors and Graduates of the Department of Arts and Science of the University of the City of New York .... 1894. Alumni Association. 96. 28 February 2018. en.
  41. News: FREDERIC GALLATIN DIES AT AGE OF 86; Grandson of a Former Secretary of the Treasury -- Admitted to Bar Here in the '60's.. 28 February 2018. The New York Times. 9 September 1927.

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