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.
[1] 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.
[8] Together, they were the parents of:[1] Weeks died on June 16, 1854, in Oyster Bay, New York.
[9][10] 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.