[2] On August 17, 1811, Bleecker was married to Sarah Elizabeth Fanning (1796–1881) in New York City.
[4] Together, they were the parents of eleven children, including:[5] Bleecker died on October 5, 1864.
[9] In 1792, his father John and cousin Garret Bleecker were among the twenty-six men who signed the Buttonwood Agreement, which was an effort to organize securities trading in New York City that preceded the formation of what became known as the New York Stock Exchange.
[11] From 1827 to 1830, he succeeded Edward Lyde as the fourth president of the New York Stock Exchange.
[12] Bleecker was, in turn, succeeded by Russell H. Nevins, and the Mohawk and Hudson Rail Road became the first railroad to be listed on the Exchange.