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.
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.