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Maria^6 Van Wicklen (Tunis^5, Gerrit^4, Evert^3, Gerrit^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes), b. 1794 Jamaica, Queens, NY

Married: Jeromus Snedeker (b. 1788, Jamaica, NY; d. 1854, New Lots, NY) 7 December 1810, Jamaica, Queens, NY

Children:
1. Tunis^7 Van Wicklen Snedeker, b. 1811, Jamaica, NY

2. Rem^7 Snedeker, b. 1813, Jamaica, NY

3. Evert^7 Van Wicklen Snedeker, b. 1816, Jamaica, NY

4. Jeromus^7 Vanderviere Snedeker, b. 1819, Jamaica, NY

5. John^7 Snedeker, b. 1822, Jamaica, NY

6. Theodore^7 Snedeker, b. 1824, Jamaica, NY

7. Tarlton^7 Woodson Snedeker, b. 1826, Jamaica, NY

8. Phebe^7 Maria Snedeker, b. 1828, Jamaica, NY

9. Jane^7 Elizabeth Snedeker, b. 1831, Jamaica, NY (died in infancy)

10. Adriana^7 Snedeker, b. 1833, Jamaica, NY

11. Rem^7 Snedeker, b. 1836, Jamaica, NY (died in infancy)

Parents:
Maria's parents are Tunis and Mary (Smith) Van Wicklen
Jeromus' parents are Rem and Maritje (Vanderviere) Snedeker

Background information: Maria^6 Van Wicklen (Tunis^5, Gerrit^4, Evert^3, Gerrit^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes), b. 7 July 1794 Jamaica, Queens, NY (c. 17 Sept 1794, Jamaica RDC) and d. 9 October 1873. She married Jeromus Snedeker (b. 16 January 1788, Jamaica, NY (c. 22 Feb 1788, Jamaica RDC) and d. 29 October 1854, New Lots, NY) on 7 December 1810, Jamaica, Queens, NY. Jeromus' parents are Rem and Maritje (Vanderviere) Snedeker.

Children: Tunis^7 Van Wicklen Snedeker, b. 25 November 1811, Jamaica, NY (c. 2 Jan 1812, Jamaica RDC) and d. 3 May 1860 at age 49 years, 5 months, 8 days. He married Catharine ______(b. abt 1822, d. 12 Dec 1844 at age 21 years, 10 mos. and 8 days); Rem^7 Snedeker, b. 20 September 1813, Jamaica, NY and d. 16 November 1833 at age 20; Evert^7 Van Wicklen Snedeker, b. 9 April 1816, Jamaica, NY (c. 10 May 1816) and d. 24 Feb 1888; Jeromus^7 Vanderviere Snedeker, b. 21 August 1819, Jamaica, NY and d. 16 June 1849; John^7 Snedeker, b. 27 May 1822, Jamaica, NY (c. 10 August 1822) and died 2 March 1856, Jamaica, NY; Theodore^7 Snedeker, b. 25 May 1824, Jamaica, NY (c. 13 August 1824, Jamaica RDC) and d. 29 September 1856 at age 32 years, 4 months, and 4 days;Tarlton^7 Snedeker, b. 19 March 1826, Jamaica, NY (c. 14 May 1826, Jamaica RDC) and d. 28 August 1863; Phebe^7 Maria Snedeker, b. 10 September 1828, Jamaica, NY. She married William Shaw; Jane^7 Elizabeth Snedeker, b. 21 August 1831, Jamaica, NY (c. 18 May 1832, Jamaica RDC) and d. 20 September 1832 (died in infancy); Adriana^7 Snedeker, b. 17 February 1833, Jamaica, NY (c. 14 April 1833, Jamaica RDC) and d. 18 November 1923, Gravesend, Brooklyn, NY (bur. 21 Nov 1923, Jamaica, NY. She married first to James Hill Whelpley in 1849, and second to Daniel Dunlay in 1864; Rem^7 Snedeker, b. 12 July 1836, Jamaica, NY and d. 9 April 1837 (died in infancy)

Source:
Harry Macy, Jr. The Van Wicklen/Van Wickle Family: Including its Frisian Origin and Connections to Minnerly and Kranchheyt; The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 128, No. 4 (October 1997); p. 246.

Richard Alan McCool, Unpublished notes on Eldert Family, p. 21.

In a 7 June 02 email, Richard McCool says...
A small book entitled "The Wyckoff-Snedeker Family Cemetery, Woodhaven, NY (2000)." by Dorothea and June McCowan is available at nominal cost through the Woodhaven Cultural and Historical Society: 9334 91st Avenue, Woodhaven, NY 11321-2739

Tunis Van Wicklen and his wife Maria Smith, plus two of their daughters, Maria Van Wicklen (wife of Jeromus Snedeker) and Phebe Van Wicklen (wife of Luke Eldert) are buried there. Also, the daughter of Garrett Van Wicklen and Gaertje Lott, Catherine Van Wicklen (wife of Samuel Eldert, Jr.) is buried here.

Harry Macy research notes for Tunis^5 Van Wicklen...
Will 26 August 1845/20 October 1852 (QCo 5:493) Prob records show next of kind, daughter Maria Snediker, wife of Jeromus Snediker of New Lotts; and children of daughter Phebe Eldert, deceased.

1800 US Census for Ward 6, NY, NY (p. 816, image 21) lists Tunis VanWickle (one male 16-25), one female, 16 to 25 (wife, Mary), and two females under age 10 (their two daughters).

War of 1812 Service Records lists Pvt. Jeromus Snedeker, 64 & 94 Consolidated Regiment, NY Militia.

1820 US Census for Ward 6, NY, NY lists household of Tunis Van Winkle with 6 males and 1 female in the household.

1850 US Census for Jamaica, Queens, NY lists Phebe Eldert, 50, with Garret V., 30, farmer, Tunis V., 28, farmer, Luke, 26, Elizabeth, 24, Tunis Van Wicklen, 85, gentlemen, and Egbert Berry, laborman. All b. NY.

1850 US Census for Jamaica, Queens, NY lists Jerome Snedeker, 65, with Maria, 50, Tarlton W., 24, and John, 18. All b. NY