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Derrick^5 Van Wicklen (Gerrit^4, Evert^3, Gerrit^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes), b. 1774, Jamaica, NY

Married: Magdelena Guest (b. 1782) before 1807

Children:
1. Garret^6 Van Wicklen, b. 24 October 1807, Jamaica, NY
2. John^6 Van Wicklen, b. 25 July 1809, Brooklyn, NY
3. Jane^6 Van Wicklen, b. 3 March 1811, Jamaica, NY
4. Phebe^6 Van Wicklen, b. 13 December 1812, Jamaica, NY
5. Richard^6 Van Wicklen, b. 13 November 1814
6. Evert^6 Van Wicklen, b. 21 April 1817, Jamaica, NY
7. Jacob^6 Lott Van Wicklen, b. 1819, Jamaica, NY
8. Libya Van Wicklen, b. 20 June 1821, Jamaica, NY
9. Maria^6 Van Wicklen b. 10 February 1823, Jamaica, NY
10. Gertrude^6 (Charity) Van Wicklen, b. 18 December 1825, Jamaica, NY

Parents:
Derrick's parents are Gerrit and Phebe (Covert) Van Wicklen
Magdelene's parents are Lewis and Jane [Van Siclen] Guest

Background information:

Derrick^5 Van Wicklen (Gerrit^4, Evert^3, Gerrit^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes) was b. 1774 (Jamaica, NY) and bap. August 1774, Jamaica RDC. He d. 4 July 1856, Jamaica at the age of 83 leaving a widow (Magdelene) and eight children (Two of their ten children, Richard and Gertrude, predeceased them.). He married Magdelene Guest (b. 10 August 1782; d. 22 March 1867 in Jamaica at age 87-7-12) before 1807. Magdelena is the d/o of Lewis and Jane [Van Siclen] Guest [b. abt 1749 and had a brother named Lewis Guest (b. 1772, d. 13 April 1848). Jane [Van Siclen] Guest was the daughter of Johannes and Geertje [Lott] Van Siclen who were the great grandparents of Abraham Van Siclen who married Phebe^7 Maria Van Wicklen, b. 1830.

Children: Garret^6 Van Wicklen, b. 24 October 1807, Jamaica, NY, bap. 1 December 1807, Jamaica RDC, d. 13 February 1886, Jamaica, bur. Cypress Hills Cemetery, NY, Lot 54, will made, 7 July 1884, will proved 8 April 1886 (Lib 37:121 Jamaica). Garret was Overseer of Highways, Jamaica, NY in 1842, 1857, 1862. He m. Ann Elizabeth McKee. They had seven children; John^6 Van Wicklen, b. 25 July 1809, Brooklyn and bap. 5 September 1809, Jamaica RDC. John m. Phoebe Ann Youngs 5 January 1837. He died 9 August 1886; Jane^6 Van Wicklen, b. 3 March 1811, Jamaica, NY and bap. 15 April 1811. She d. 23 April 1897 Cypress Hills Cemetery. Unmarried (A Jane Van Vickler, spinster, m. (lic.) Lewis Guest of Kings Co., butcher (Kenneth Scott, NY, Marriage Bonds, 1972, 457); the record calls her of Suffolk Co. This reference is puzzling because Jane's grandfather is named Lewis Guest and other records indicate she was unmarried); Phebe^6 Van Wicklen, b. 13 December 1812, Jamaica, NY and bap. 18 April 1813. She d. 14 July 1887, Jamaica at age 74, and was bur. Cypress Hills Cemetery, NY Lot 52. Unmarried; Richard^6 Van Wicklen, b. 13 November 1814, Jamaica, NY and d. November 1837 (at age 22) Jamaica South, bur. Cypress Hills Cemetery, NY Lot 52, next to Richard (Derrick) Sr.; Evert^6 Suydam Van Wicklen, b. 21 April 1817, Jamaica, NY, bap. 8 June 1817 Jamaica RDC, d. after 1887. He m. 23 October 1844 Jamaica RDC, Margaret Eldert (b. 27 June 1817, bap. 1 July 1817, d. 7 October 1904, Brooklyn, NY (240 Schermerhorn St., Brooklyn) bur. 16 October 1904 Green Wood Cemetery. Dau. of Cornelius and Margaret (Ryder) Eldert. Evert and Margaret had four children; Jacob^6 Lott Van Wicklen, b. 15 May 1819, Jamaica and bap. 11 July 1819. He married Cynthia Storms on 22 December 1842. For more information on the mill run by J. Lott Van Wicklin go to Jacob Lott Van Wicklen's mill and see below; Libya Van Wicklen, b. 20 June 1821, Jamaica, NY, bap. 22 July 1821, Jamaica RDC, d. after 1887; She m. 23 June 1846, (Jamaica RDC by Rev. J.H. Schoon) to Charles Paulson of NY; Maria^6 Van Wicklen b. 10 February 1823, Jamaica, NY and bap. 4 May 1823, Jamaica RDC. She d. 3 February 1916, bur. Cypress Hills Cemetery, NY, Lot 52; Unmarried; Gertrude^6 (Charity) Van Wicklen, b. 18 December 1825 Jamaica, NY and bap. 5 February 1826. She d. 15 January 1852 (not in father's will), bur. Cypress Hills Cemetery, NY, Lot 52

Frederick^8 Miller Van Wicklen includes the following news clipping about Jacob Lott Van Wicklin in his 16 March 1937 application for membership in the Holland Society.

Developer Buys Old Van Wicklen Estate in Brooklyn Property of 17 Acres in New Lots Ave. Sections; Held by Family 105 Years, bought by Harry Levey

Harry Levey, developer, has purchased the well-known J. Lott Van Wicklen estate in the New Lots section of Brooklyn. the property lies at the foot of Crescent Street on the borderline of Kings and Queens Counties. It consists of seventeen acres and projects into Jamaica Bay. It is bounded by the former estate of Mrs. Popalyea, through which the city has just extended Pine Street; on the north by Vandalia Avenue, on the east by Mill Creek and Railroad Avenue; on the south by a branch of Jamaica Bay.

This property has been in the Van Wicklen family for over 105 years and was originally a grant from King George, the elder Van Wicklen having conducted a grist mill on the property which still stands.

The Van Wicklens came to this country in 1664 and located on the land now known as New Lots, about 1700. they bought 800 acres on Raritan Bay paying less than 200 pounds for the entire tract. A boardwalk now runs the full length of the property and along this walk are sixty five bungalows and stores. The southern portion of the land is connected by a bridge with an island and for crossing this bridge the Van Wicklens have collected a toll for fifty years. The property will be improved by Mr. Levey. The transaction is reported to involve nearly $250,000. The broker was Marcy Shoener and the attorney, Samuel Hirschenstein.

(date and name of paper not listed on the newsclipping). For additional information on this property go to Jacob Lott Van Wicklen's mill.

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. 246-8.

Frederick Miller Van Wicklen's 16 March 1937 application for membership in the Holland Society. (Lists Derick Van Wicklen d. 4 July 1856, Jamaica, NY)

Jamaica Township Records (JRT4; Constable 1834-41) for information on Garret^6 Van Wicklen

Genealogical Data of Many Families by Charles Gritman, NYPL, p. 2717 lists Derrick Van Wicklen died 4 July 1856, Jamaica, NY

1850 US Census for Jamaica, Queens, NY lists Derrick Van Wicklen, 78 with wife, Magdalene, 68 and daughters Jane, 35, Phebe, 36, and Maria, 25.

1860 US Census for Jamaica, Queens, NY lists Magdalene Van Wicklen, 70, with Jane, 37, Phebe, 36, and Jacob L., 34, farmer (all b. NY). Also, Egbert Berry, 50, farm laborer, b. NY and Edward Lyon, 30, b. Ireland.

1870 US Census for Jamaica, Queens, NY lists Jane Van Wicklen, 55, b. NY, with Phebe Van Wicklen, 51, b. NY, and Maria Van Wicklen, 43, b. NY with Edward Lyons, 36, farm laborer, b. Ireland, and William Hyde, 68, farm laborer, b. Germany. (Jane, Phebe, and Maria are sisters.)

1880 US Census for Jamaica, Queens, NY lists Phoebe Van Wicklen, 66, keeping house, with Jane Van Wicklen, 68, boarder, Garrett Van Wicklen, 72, farmer, and Maria Van Wicklen, 59, boarder. All b. NY (parents b. NY). These are grown children of Derrick and Magdalen Van Wicklen all living together in the same household.

Harry Macy research notes for Derrick^5 Van Wicklen...
Will QCo 7:294 1-1-55/9-15-56 wife Magdalen and all children, exec. Richard and Charity. (Gritman 2717)

Did Phebe marry Mr. Crum? (LID 18 Nov 1851 - Rev PD Oakley, Nov. 6, Theophilus Crum of NY to Phebe E. Van Wicklen of this v.) If so, marriage didn't last. [8 May 09 email from Virginia Crum Talmo: "I am the great grandaughter of Theophilus Hanford Crum. I have two conflicting family trees passed down to me. One says he married Phoebe Elizabeth Fogerty on 11/6/51. The other states he married Phebe Elizabeth Van Wicklen in Lawrence, Long Island on 6/5/51. States she was born 6/10/1830 [Lawrence, L.I.] and d. 2/26/92. Theophilus Hanford Crum was a builder [Crum & Golding or Crum & Walters Builders] who lived in Englewood, NJ b. 4/12/1830 in NYC and d. 6/30/1917 in Englewood, NJ. They had four children. He remarried Kezia Donald on 8/19/1897 and did not have any children with her."]

Was Charity--Gertrude? LID 20 Jan 1852 - Brooklyn Thurs eve 15 inst of pleurisy, Miss Gertrude VW, youngest daughter of Mr. Derrick VW, about 17 (so born 1827) of this place. Eagle, 17 January, City 15th inst., Miss Gertrude VW

Van Wicklen Cem on old South Rd, Jamaica South (JCF LI Cem Inscrs 1-25) Lewis Guest d. 4-13-1848 at age 76 (1772) p. 73 says brother of Magdalene Van Wicklen (revised list) and Lewis Guest of New Bruns., NJ m lic 27 June 1743 Reeltje Van Cleef prob niece of Joseph - Ledley revised p. 19)

His sons Every, Garrit, Jacob L., and John and daus. "J, P, and M" owned lots 48-56 in sec 4 of Cypress Hills Cem (1880)

Brooklyn Eagle 26 April 1897, page 14, Obituary. The death of Miss Jane Van Wicklen, a daughter of the late Derrick Van Wicklen, occurred on Friday at her home, 655 Macon street, aged 87 years, after a protracted illness. Her father was one of the largest property holders of the township of Jamaica. She was descended from one of the earliest settlers of that part of Long Island, the ancestral acres consisting of the land now occupied by the town of Ozone Park and Woodhaven. Her last church connection was with the Presbyterian church of Woodhaven.