 Other members of the Roosevelt family resided in the village of Skaneateles, including Frederick Roosevelt, cousin of the president.His sister Maria Roosevelt married James Alexander Provoost, the brother of Bishop Samuel Provoost (1742–1815), and his niece through her, Mary Provoost, was married the Scottish born artist Alexander Robertson (1772-1841), and had two children, Catherine Robertson and Andrew Robertson.During the American Revolutionary War, Roosevelt lived in Esopus as New York City was evacuated and occupied by the British.