Family of Absalom^6 Van Vickle
Absalom^6 Van Vickle
(Evert^5 Van Wicklen, Frederick^4, Evert^3, Gerrit^2, Jentie^1
Jeppes), b. 1787, Virginia
Married: Elizabeth Dulgar (b. 1790, VA,
d. 1873, OH) before 1805, OH
Children:
1. Jeptha^7 Van Vickle,
b. 1805, OH
(See Harry Macy, Jr. research note below which claims
Absalom had an unidentified son b. bet. 1804-1810.)
2.
Anna^7 Van Vickle, b. 1820, OH
(IGI, familysearch.com records an Anna^7 VanVickle, b. 1820,
Scioto Twp., Pickaway, OH whose father is ____Van Vickle and mother is Elizabeth
____ Van Vickle. Anna m. William Absalom Dechert abt 1837)
Pickaway County, Ohio...History of Franklin and Pickaway Counties, Ohio, p. 330
Absalom Vanvickle came from Virginia with his parents in 1806. They settled in Jackson Township. he served as a soldier in the war of 1812. In
1819 he married Elizabeth Duglar, by whom he had two children. He bought one hundred and twenty-five acres of land three miles west of
Commercial Point, in 1832. This he cleared by his own labor. He died in 1863, at the age of 75. His wife died in 1873, aged 82. His daughter, Mrs.
William Dechert, now owns the property.
Parents:
Absalom's parents are Evert and _____ Van Wicklen
Background information:
Absalom^6 Van Wicklen (Evert^5 Van
Wicklen, Frederick^4, Evert^3, Gerrit^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes) b. 1 January 1787, Berkeley Co, Virginia and d. 5 April 1863 at age 75-3-4, prob. Pickaway Co,
OH, bur. Presb. Cemetery, Scioto Twp. He m. Elizabeth Dulgar (b. 1790 VA, d. 1873, age 82, Presbyt. Cem., Scioto Twp. [Pickaway
Co. Cem. Inscriptions, by Ohio DAR, p. 111]. In 1850 Census, Absalom is age 63, farmer, Elizabeth, 63. Both to VA.
(Note that if Elizabeth is 63 in the 1850 census her year of birth might be 1787.)
Children: Jeptha^7 Van
Vickle, b. 1805, Ohio. He married (wife unknown) and had two boys. His second marriage was to Jane
Camper (b. abt 1822, VA) 16 June 1843, Parke County, IN; Anna^7
Van Vickle, b. 18 September 1820, Ohio. She married William Dechert (b. 9 February 1809, d. 20 January 1874 at age 65).
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. 245-8.
Also...research notes of Harry Macy, Jr. as forwarded in 6 July 2000 email by Michael Wolfe.
Letter with charts from Harry Macy dated 28 July 2000 and 2 August 2000 email from Michael Wolfe.
Research note from Harry Macy: There is an unidentified male born 1804-10 in the 1820 census of Evert^5 in Ohio.
Evert^6 who went to Illinois may have had more sons. Absalom^6 of Pickaway Co., Ohio had a son 1804-10 not identified. (The wills of
Elizabeth (Butler Co., OH 1822) and Robert (Darke Co., OH 1848) would probably help straighten out some other
uncertainties. (submitted by Harry Macy, August 2000)
Research notes and genealogical charts from John Plaat (October, 2000)
Index of Inscriptions from Grave Stones, Pickaway Co., Ohio, compiled by Pickaway County Plains chapter, Daughers of
American Revolution, Circleville, Ohio, 1936 (for vital stats on William and Ann Dechert and Absalom and Elizabeth (Dulgar)
Van Vickle --in Brian Christensen, Van Vickle Research, 1982-2000
1820 US Census for Scioto,
Pickaway, OH lists Absalom (indexed as Abraham) Vanvickel
in a household with one male 10 to 16 (Jeptha), one male 26 to 45 (Absalom), one
female < 10 (Anna) and one female 16 to 26 (Elizabeth)
1830 US Census for Scioto,
Pickaway, Ohio lists an Absalom Vanvickle, age 40 to 50 with a woman (presumably
his wife) age 30 to 40 and one female, age 10 to 15. This lines up well with the
information above in that Absalom would be in his 40s, Elizabeth would be 39 or
40, Jeptha is out of the household by 1830 and Anna would be about 10 years
old.
1840 US Census for Scioto,
Pickaway, OH lists Absalom Vanvickel in a household with
one male 40 to 50 and one female 40 to 50.
1850 US Census for Scioto, Pickaway, OH lists
Absalom VanVickle, 63, farmer, b. VA with wife, Elizabeth,
63, b. VA
1850 US Census
for Scioto, Pickaway, OH lists William Dechert, 41,
farmer, b. VA with Anna, 30, b. OH, Elizabeth, 15, Peter, 10, Absalom, 8, John,
4, Daniel, 1, and Mary A. Callaghan, 23. All children b. OH
1860 US Census for Scioto, Pickaway, OH lists
William Dechert, 51, b. VA, farmer, with wife, Anna, 40,
b. OH and Peter, 20, Absalom, 18, John, 14, Daniel B., 11, Harriet, 9, and
Alice, 4. All children b. OH
1870 US Census for Scioto, Pickaway, OH lists
William Dechert, 61, farmer, b. VA with Annie, 49, keeps
house, b. OH, Harriet, 18, helps mother, b. OH, Alice, 14, at school, b. OH, and
Elizabeth Van Vickle, 80, lives with daughter, b. VA