Andrew Barclay | |
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4th President of the Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York | |
In office 1759–1761 | |
Preceded by | John Morin Scott |
Succeeded by | William Alexander |
Personal details | |
Born | October 1719 Albany, Province of New York, British America |
Died | June 19, 1775 | (aged 55)
Spouse |
Helena Roosevelt
(m. 1737; died 1773) |
Relations | Thomas Henry Barclay (nephew) |
Children | 11 |
Parent(s) | Anna Dorothea Drauyer Barclay Rev. Thomas Barclay |
Andrew Barclay (October 1719 – June 19, 1775) was a Scottish-American merchant who served as the 4th president of the Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York.[1]
Barclay was born in Albany in the Province of New York in British America in October 1719.[2] He was the son of Anna Dorothea (née Drauyer) Barclay, a Dutch speaker,[3] and the Rev. Thomas Barclay, a native of Scotland who became the first rector of St. Peter's Church in Albany,[4] himself the son of East Jersey Governor John Barclay.[5] Among his siblings was the Rev. William Henry Barclay, rector of Trinity Church in Manhattan[6] who graduated from Yale College in 1734 and was the father of Thomas Henry Barclay.[1]
Barclay, who was educated in Albany,[6] was the maternal grandson of Gertrud (née Van Schaick) Drauyer (a daughter of Levinius Van Schaick) and Capt. Andries Drauyer, a Dane in the Dutch navy.[2]
Following the death of his father in 1726, he was sent from Albany to New York City to learn business.[3] Barclay married into the prominent Roosevelt family, which allied him to the Dutch families of the province, and he became a successful merchant.[6] He owned a sugar house and works in conjunction with his brothers-in-law, Jacobus Roosevelt Jr. and Isaac Roosevelt.[6]
From 1759 to 1761, he served as the fourth president of the Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York, of which he was a founder in 1756. He had previously served as vice-president from 1758 to 1759.[6]
On June 14, 1737, Barclay was married to Helena Roosevelt (1719–1772), daughter of James Jacobus Roosevelt and Catharina Hardenbroek.[7] Helena's paternal grandfather was Nicholas Roosevelt (the last common ancestor of the Oyster Bay Roosevelts and the Hyde Park Roosevelts).[8] Together they lived at 45 Hanover Square and were the parents of eleven children:[6]
His wife died in 1773,[12] and Barclay died on June 19, 1775.[2] In his 1763 will, he left his oldest son Thomas a special legacy of £100, in addition to the £600 he left to each living child.[6]