Robert Doughty Weeks Explained

Office:	President of the New York Stock Exchange
Term Start:	1834
Term End:	1835
Predecessor:	Edward Prime
Successor:	David Clarkson
Term Start1:	1836
Term End1:	1837
Predecessor1:	John Ward
Successor1:	Edward Prime
Birth Date:	8 July 1795
Birth Place:	Oyster Bay, New York, U.S.
Death Place:	Oyster Bay, New York, U.S.
Spouse:
Relations:	Henry DeForest (grandson) Robert W. DeForest (grandson)

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.

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).

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

Career

A found and member of the New York Stock Exchange,^[2] 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.^[3]

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:

• John Abeel Weeks (1820–1900), who married Alice Hathaway Delano, a distant cousin of Franklin D. Roosevelt,^[4] in 1849.
• Julia Mary Weeks (1827–1896), who married Henry Grant DeForest.^{[5] [6]}

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.^[7] Together, they were the parents of:^[8]

• Sarah Strong Weeks (1833–1863), who married Edwin Carnes.^[8]
• Benjamin Strong Weeks (1834–1902)
• James Weeks (1836–1921), who married Kezia Seabury.^[8]
• 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.

Notes and References

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2. Barnard . Frederick Augustus Porter . Johnson's New Universal Cyclopaedia: S-Z . 1878 . 564 . 21 January 2020 . A.J. Johnson & son . en.
3. Book: One Hundredth Anniversary of the New York Stock Exchange: Brief Sketches of Wall Street of To-day . 1892 . J.B. Gibson . 21 January 2020 . en.
4. Web site: Mrs. Francis Laurens Vinton Hoppin (1863-1956) . www.nyhistory.org . . 28 July 2020.
5. Book: Bogart . Michele H. . The Politics of Urban Beauty: New York and Its Art Commission . 2006 . . 978-0-226-06305-8 . 57 . 21 January 2020 . en.
6. Book: Mayer . Roberta A. . Forest . Lockwood De . Lockwood de Forest: Furnishing the Gilded Age with a Passion for India . 2008 . Associated University Presse . 978-0-87413-973-0 . 25 . 21 January 2020 . en.
7. Book: Reynolds . Cuyler . 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 . 1914 . Lewis Historical Publishing Company . 1347 . 21 January 2020 . en.
8. Book: American Ancestry: Vol. X . 1895 . Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers . Albany, N.Y. . 90 . 21 January 2020 . en.
9. Book: Williams College Class of 1859 . Four Years in College and Twenty-five Years Out of College . 1884 . Smith & Bruce . 76 . 8 August 2019 . en.
10. Book: 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. . The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record . 1900 . . 245 . 8 August 2019 . en.
11. News: Mrs. Frank Hoppin . 28 July 2020 . . 30 March 1956.
12. News: Hoppin -- Weekes. . 28 July 2020 . . 4 June 1893.
13. News: HENRY DE FOREST, LAWYER, DIES AT 82; Leader in Financial and Rail Circles Many Years Also Noted Philanthropist . 8 August 2019 . . 29 May 1938.
14. News: Robert W. de Forest, Civic Leader, Dies After Long Illness . . 1, 14 . 1931-05-07 . en-US . 0362-4331 . mdy-all .