Roderick Terry

Roderick Terry (April 1, 1849 - December 28, 1933) was an American Presbyterian clergyman and philanthropist. Early life Terry was born in Brooklyn, New York on April 1, 1849. He was the son of Elizabeth Roe ( Peet) Terry (1826–1899) and merchant and banker John T. Terry, an associate of Edwin D. Morgan. Among his siblings were Frederick Peet Terry (who married Ellen Mills Battell), and John Taylor Terry Jr. (who married Bertha Halsted, sister of William Stewart Halsted). His maternal grandparents were Frederick Tomlinson Peet and Elizabeth Roe ( Lockwood) Peet. His paternal grandparents were Harriet ( Taylor) Terry and Roderick Terry, a member of the Connecticut General Assembly who was president of The Exchange Bank in Hartford. Terry traced his lineage to Gov. William Bradford of Mayflower and Plymouth Colony fame as well as Continental Army Col. Nathaniel Terry.