Hoffman family

The Hoffman family of New York is a prominent Baltic German family whose ancestor Martin Hoffman was born in Reval, then the capital of Swedish Estonia. He emigrated to the Dutch colony of New Netherland in 1657. Among his descendants were Governor of New York John T. Hoffman, Congressman Ogden Hoffman, New York Attorney General Josiah Ogden Hoffman, State Senator Anthony Hoffman, and several clergymen of the Dutch Reformed Church. More contemporary descendants of this lineage include actor Philip Seymour Hoffman and President Franklin D. Roosevelt.