John Jacob Astor - Descendants

Descendants

John Jacob Astor descendants
  1. Magdalen Astor (1788–1832), married 1st 1807 Adrian Bentzon, married 2nd 1820 John Bristed (1778–1855), 3 children:
    1. John Jacob Astor Bentzon (1818–?)
    2. Sarah Bentzon
    3. Charles Astor Bristed (1820–1874) (1 son from the 1st, 1 son from the 2nd marriage), married 1st 1847 Laura Brevoort (d. 1861), married 2nd 1867 Grace Ashburner Sedgwick (1833–1897)
  2. Sarah Astor (1790–1790) (died in infancy)
  3. John Jacob Astor II (1791–1869) (no issue)
  4. William Backhouse Astor, Sr. (1792–1875) president American Fur Company, married 1818 Margaret Rebecca Armstrong (1800–1872), 7 children:
    1. Emily Astor (1819–1841), married 1838 Samuel Ward, Jr. (1814–1884) (1 daughter)
    2. John Jacob Astor III (1823–1890), married 1846 Charlotte Augusta Gibbs (died 1887)
      1. William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor
        1. John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever
    3. Laura Eugenia Astor (1824–1902), married 1844 Franklin Hughes Delano (1813–1893) (no issue)
    4. Mary Alida Astor (1826–1881), married 1850 John Carey (1821–1881) (3 children)
    5. William Backhouse Astor, Jr. (1830–1892), married 1853 Caroline Webster Schermerhorn (1830–1908) (5 children)
    6. Henry Astor (1830–1918), married Malvina Dinehart (no issue)
    7. Sarah Astor (1832–1832) (no issue)
  5. Dorothea Astor (1795–1874), married 1812 Walter Langdon (1788–1847), 9 children:
    1. Sarah Astor Langdon (1813–1895), married 1834 Jonkheer François Robert Boreel (1806–1869) (6 children)
    2. Sarah Sherburne Langdon (no issue)
    3. John Langdon (1816–1837) (no issue)
    4. Eliza Astor Langdon (1818–1896), married 1842 Matthew Wilks (1816–1899) (6 children)
    5. Louisa Dorothea Langdon (1820–1894), married 1841 (Oliver) DeLancey Kane (1816–1874) (8 children)
    6. Walter Langdon (1822–1894), married Catherine Livingston (1847–?) (no issue)
    7. Woodbury Langdon (1824–1867), married Helen Colford Jones (1824–1895) (1 son)
    8. Cecilia Langdon (1827–1906), married 1840 Johann von Nottbeck, Consul General of Russia (4 children)
    9. Eugene Langdon (1831–1866), married 1859 Harriet Lowndes (2 daughters)
  6. Henry Astor (1797–1799) (died in infancy)
  7. Eliza Astor (1801–1838), married 1825 Vincenz Graf von Rumpff (1789–1867) (no issue)
  8. (son) Astor (1802–1802) (died in infancy)

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