<P> Martin Van Buren was born on December 5 , 1782 , in the village of Kinderhook , New York about 20 miles ( 32 km ) south of Albany on the Hudson River . He was the first President not born a British subject , or even of British ancestry . He was a descendant of Cornelis Maessen of the village of Buurmalsen , near the town of Buren in the Netherlands , who had come to North America in 1631 and had purchased a plot of land on Manhattan Island ; his son Martin Cornelisen took the surname Van Buren . His father , Abraham Van Buren ( 1737 -- 1817 ) , owned and operated an inn and tavern , and Martin was born in a house that was attached to the tavern . Abraham Van Buren supported the Patriot cause during the American Revolution as a captain in the Albany County Militia 's 7th Regiment , and later joined the Jeffersonian Republicans . He was active in local politics and government , and served as Kinderhook 's town clerk from 1787 to 1797 . In 1776 , Abraham Van Buren married Maria Hoes ( or Goes ) Van Alen ( 1747 -- 1818 ) , the widow of Johannes Van Alen . </P>
<P> Martin Van Buren was born on December 5 , 1782 , in the village of Kinderhook , New York about 20 miles ( 32 km ) south of Albany on the Hudson River . He was the first President not born a British subject , or even of British ancestry . He was a descendant of Cornelis Maessen of the village of Buurmalsen , near the town of Buren in the Netherlands , who had come to North America in 1631 and had purchased a plot of land on Manhattan Island ; his son Martin Cornelisen took the surname Van Buren . His father , Abraham Van Buren ( 1737 -- 1817 ) , owned and operated an inn and tavern , and Martin was born in a house that was attached to the tavern . Abraham Van Buren supported the Patriot cause during the American Revolution as a captain in the Albany County Militia 's 7th Regiment , and later joined the Jeffersonian Republicans . He was active in local politics and government , and served as Kinderhook 's town clerk from 1787 to 1797 . In 1776 , Abraham Van Buren married Maria Hoes ( or Goes ) Van Alen ( 1747 -- 1818 ) , the widow of Johannes Van Alen . </P>
who was the first american president born in the united states
who was the first american president born in the united states
Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren