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Page 364 The Howlands subsequently engaged heavily in the Mexican trade where they suffered losses because of a dishonest agent. Another disastrous venture was the building of two frigates for the Greek, a business in which they were associated with Leroy, Bayard & Co. Despite such setbacks, the House of Howland prospered, extending its business heavily in the Mediterranean and in England. G.G.& S.Howland also survived the cotton panic in 1826, when hundreds of merchants failed. In 1832, the Howlands took the son of their elder sister Susan, William Henry Aspinwall, into the business as a partner. They offered him a 25% stake in the commission business, then netting $60,000 a year. A similar proposal was made to Moses Taylor, who was a clerk along with Aspinwall. Taylor refused and started his own business, in time becoming the multi-millionaire president of the New York City Bank. Five years later Gardiner Greene and Samuel Howland retired as active partners, remaining financially interested in the firm, each to the extent of $100,000. The firm was thereafter renamed Howland & Aspinwall and was directed by William Edgar Howland, Gardiner's eldest son, and by William Henry Aspinwall. By singular coincidence, which was of little importance at the time, the Aspinwalls and the Howlands today are both known for their family relations to one of America's greatest personalities: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. . Mary Rebecca Aspinwall (1809-1886), the youngest daughter of John Aspinwall Jr and Susan Howland, married Dr. Isaac Roosevelt, the president's grandfather in 1827. Thus, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in addition to his Roosevelt and Delano ancestries was related to both the Howlands and the Aspinwalls of the great shipping merchant house. (2) Gardner was for many years a prominent director of that pioneer financial institution, the old Bank of New York, which has always been one of the best managed and most honorable institutions in America. He was also connected with insurance and many other associations of commercial facilities, and also with many charitable and other useful institutions. But the great enterprise which remains as a monument to his memory, and could not have gone into operation at the time it was commenced without his most efficient and valuable aid and exertions, is the Hudson River railroad. No work of that day, of such magnitude and expense, has been carried through in the same space of time; and in the great task of obtaining the large subscriptions and loans necessary for the purpose, none were so influential and effective as Mr. Howland. Nor did he rest satisfied with subscribing largely from his own means and interesting his friends to do likewise, but continued an active director in the board, sharing in its labors until the work was accomplished, and this important avenue open to New York from the interior. Few of our merchants have been favored with a longer or more honorable career than Mr. Howland, and he left behind him a fame as a good and useful citizen, of more value than the wealth which his family inherited from the result of his commercial enterprise. (3)
Footnotes (1) Howland, Franklyn, A Brief Genealogical and Biographical History of Arthur, Henry and John Howland and their Descendants of the United States and Canada (New Bedford, Mass.; privately printed; 1885), p. 356 (2) “A Classification of American Wealth” as posted to the Internet: http://www.raken.com/american_wealth/shipping_merchants/howland_aspinwall1.asp] Page 365 Roosevelt was a descendant of at least 11 Mayflower passengers, including Richard Warren and Francis Cooke (two of our ancestors) and John Howland, brother of our Henry Howland. Here is the descent from John Howland mentioned in the text above: 1. John Howland m. Elizabeth Tilley 2. Joseph Howland m. Elizabeth Southworth 3. Nathaniel Howland m. Martha Cole 4. Nathaniel Howland m. Abigail Burt 5. Joseph Howland m. Lydia Bill 6. Susan Howland m. John Aspinwall 7. Mary Rebecca Aspinwall m. Isaac Roosevelt 8. James Roosevelt m. (2) Sara Delano 9. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Source: “Descent of Franklin Delano Roosevelt” as posted to the Internet http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~pmcbride/rfc/lodus32mfjt.html (3) Howland, Franklyn, p. 380
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