hɪz ɡɹˈeɪtˈʌŋkəl, fɹˈæŋk wˈɪli jˈeɪl wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti fˈoːɹ, wʌz mˈæɹid tə fˈæni ɐmˈiːliə blˈiːkɚ, ɡɹˈændɔːɾɚɹ ʌv mˈeɪdʒɚ dʒˈɛnɚɹəl lˈɛnɚd blˈiːkɚ, ɐ mˈɛmbɚɹ ʌvðə blˈiːkɚ fˈæmɪli ʌv blˈiːkɚ stɹˈiːt, nˈuː jˈɔːɹk, ænd kˈoʊfaʊndɚɹ ʌvðə nˈuː jˈɔːɹk stˈɑːk ɛkstʃˈeɪndʒ θɹuː ðə bˈʌʔn̩wˌʊd ɐɡɹˈiːmənt.
His great-uncle, Frank Willey Yale (1854), was married to Fannie Amelia Bleecker, granddaughter of Major general Leonard Bleecker, a member of the Bleecker family of Bleecker Street, New York, and cofounder of the New York Stock Exchange through the Buttonwood Agreement.