Roosevelt was born on October 25, 1759, in New York City.
He was the sixth of seven children born to Jacobus James Roosevelt (1724–1777) and Annetje Bogert (1728–1773).
[4] During the American Revolutionary War, Roosevelt was a commissary for the troops in New York.
[6] On February 28, 1835, due to the fact that he was a native or resident of what is now the City or State of New York prior to the year 1785, his son James was elected a member of the Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York, upon its inception.
Upon his death, he bequeathed a large fortune to his children, making his son Cornelius one of the five richest men in New York City.