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Abram^6 Van Wicklen (Jacob^5, Jacob^4, Garret^3, Gerrit^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes), b. 1821, Wolver Hollow, NY

Married: Elizabeth Hall (b. 1822) August 1843, Huntington, L.I., NY

Children: (by first wife...Elizabeth)

1. Benjamin^7 Van Wicklen, b. abt 1842, NY

2. Jacob^7 Van Wicklen, b. 1844, NY
3. Phebe^7 Van Wicklen, b. abt 1846, NY

4. Hannah^7 Van Wicklen, b. 1849, Bayville, NY

(Census data below would appear to indicate that Jacob and Hannah had a brother, Benjamin, but more independent verification is needed. According to the 1860 US Census, Benjamin is 18 and therefore b. abt 1842, yet we have it that Abram and Elizabeth were married August of 1843. In the 1870 US Census, Benjamin is only 22 which would suggest a birth year of about 1848.)

Parents:
Jacob's parents are Jacob and Annatie (Snedeker) Van Wicklen
Elizabeth's parents are John and Annie (Lockwood) Hall.

Background information:

Abram^6 Van Wicklen (Jacob^5, Jacob^4, Garret^3, Gerrit^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes), b. 1821, Wolver Hollow, NY. He married Elizabeth Hall (b. 31 March 1822; d. 16 August 1879) in August 1843. She is daughter of John and Annie (Lockwood) Hall. Abram died 19 January 1886 at age 65 years and was bur. in Bayville Cem. His second wife was named Amelia.

Children: Benjamin^7 Van Wicklen, b. abt 1842, NY; Jacob^7 Van Wicklen (b. 1844), NY. He married Sarah Ann Ellison; Phebe^7 Van Wicklen, b. abt 1846, NY; Hannah^7 Van Wicklen (b. 14 February 1849), Bayville, NY. She married Henry E. Beatty. She died on 17 September 1925.

There is a Jacob Van Wicklen listed in the 1880 US Census for Oyster Bay, Queens, NY who may be this Jacob. The Abram listed on this page is located nearby in Oyster Bay.  1880 US Census for Oyster Bay, Queens, NY lists Jacob Van Wicklen, 31, Oysterman, NY (NY, NY) with wife Matilda, 23, keeps house, b. NY (NY, NY)

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. 244-5.

IGI, www.familysearch.com

Harry Macy research notes on Abram^6 and family Marriage of Mr. Abraham Van Wicklen of Mill Neck to Miss Betsey Hall at Huntington.

1850 census... Abraham not seen... In L.V. village... Jacob 30, oysterman; Matilda 23 wife, NY

1860 US Census for Oyster Bay, Queens, NY lists Abraham Van Wicklen, 36, with wife, Elizabeth, 36, and son, Benjamin, 18, boatman, Jacob, 16, Hannah, 12, Robert Hall, 50, farm hand, and Phoebe Van Wicklen, 14. 

Research note from Harry Macy, Jr.: Jacob Van Wicklen served as a Union Soldier in the Civil War in Co. F, 139th NY Infantry; 9-14-1892 #1131098, Cert. 1029766, NY; American Civil War Soldiers (Ancestry.com) lists Jacob Van Wicklan enlisting 28 Aug 1862 in Union Army at age 22. In Co F, 139 IR, NY on 9 Sep 1862, promoted to full corporal on 15 April 1864, and to full sergeant on 6 Feb 1865. Mustered out CoF, 139IR on 19 June 1865, Richmond, VA

American Civil War Soldiers (Ancestry.com) lists Benjamin Van Wicklin of Calumet, Indiana enlisting 16 August 1862 Union Army as Pvt; in Co E, 73rd IR Indiana on 16 Aug 1862. Mustered out Co.E, 73rd IR, IN on 1 July 1865, Nashville, TN. Pension application filed by Benjamin Van Wicklin for CoE, 73rd IR, IN on April 24, 1880? (date not clear) (Two problems with this being Benjamin Van Wicklen on this page is the "Van Wicklin" spelling of his surname and his location in Indiana. There may have been a Canadian Van Wicklin family that migrated to Indiana and this Benjamin may be from such a family. There are Van Wicklins in Indiana and Illinois that came from Canada and have not been mapped out.)

1870 US Census for Oyster Bay, Queens, NY lists Abram Van Wicklen, 50, and Elizabeth, 50 with Benjamin, 22, laborer, Hannah, 22, at home.

OBTR 8:234 - signed petition 1872 seeking restrictions on digging of clams

1880 US Census for Locust Valley, Queens, NY lists Abraham Van Wicklen, 58, widower, farmer, b. NY (parents b. NY)