Family of Evert Jansz Van Wicklen
Evert^2 Jansz Van Wicklen (Jentie^1 Jeppes), bap. 17 June 1660 in Reformed Church at Wijckel, Friesland, Netherlands
(The previously unrecorded will of
Evert Van Wicklen was recently made public by the Lefferts family and is
published here with the permission of the New York Genealogical & Biographical
Society.)
**Recently discovered legal contract between Eevert Jansen
and Stoffel Jansen for Eevert embellish the house and outbuildings of Stoffel
Jansen for a sum of money plus some merchandise. See source section below for
details. [Document discovered by
Renee L. Dauven and transcribed and translated by Elizabeth Johnson on 1 June
2011]
Married: Mettye Simons Van Arsdalen (b. abt. 1670 on L.I.) 27 February 1690 in Reformed Church at Flatbush, Kings,
New York.
Children:
1. Sytje^3 Van Wicklen, b. abt. 1692, New Lots, Flatbush, Kings, NY
2. Pieterneltje^3 Van Wicklen, b. abt. 1694, New Lots, Flatbush, Kings, NY
3. Geertje^3 Van Wicklen, b. 23 April 1696, New Lots, Flatbush, Kings, NY
4. Jan^3 Van Wicklen, b. abt 1698, Amersfoort, L.I., NY
5. Simon^3 Van Wicklen, b. abt 1700, New Lots, Flatbush, Kings, NY
6. Grietje^3 Van Wicklen, b. abt 1708, New Lots, Flatbush, Kings, NY
7. Maria^3 Van Wicklen, b. abt 1710, New
Lots, Flatbush, Kings, NY
8. Metje^3 Van Wicklen, b. bet. 1712-1715, New Lots, Flatbush, Kings, NY
Parents:
Evert's parents are Jentie Jeppes and Tietske
Gerrits.
Mettye's parents are Simon Janszen Van Arsdalen and Pieterje Claes.
Background information:
Evert^2 Jansz Van Wicklen (Jentie^1 Jeppes) was baptised (as Eeuwe) in Wijckel, Friesland on June 17, 1660. He married
Mettye Simons Van Arsdalen on Feb. 27, 1690 in the Dutch Reformed Church of Flatbush, Kings, NY. Mettye is the daughter
of Simon Janszen Van Arsdalen and Pieterje Claes. Mettye was born about 1670 on Long Island, and married Philip Folkertse
after Evert's death in 1719. She lived in Somerset County, New Jersey where she died after 13 December 1740. Evert^2 signed
the Oath of Allegiance in 1687, as Evert Janssen Van Wickelen, stating that he had been in the country 23 years. (Go to Oath of
Allegiance site and look for Evert Janssen Van Wickelen off fflackland.) In 1697 he was paid 150 guilders for making benches for the
Flatlands Church.
The census of 1698 shows "Evert Wikly" in Flatbush--one man, one woman, three children, and one slave. On 29 March 1703,
Evert Van Wyckelyn with Gerardus Beekman and Leffert Peterse. all of Kings County, bought from Thomas Cardale of
Jamaica, L.I., for 200 pounds, a tract of 450 acres in Somerset County, NJ. (the same three individuals on 20 May 1703 sold to
John Harrison 400 acres previously purchased from Willem Dockwra by a deed of 20 September 1702. Both tracts were on the
south side of the Raritan River in what is now Franklin Township. It is doubtful that Evert ever lived on the property but his
son, Simon, eventually settled on part of it.
Unlike his brother, Gerrit, Evert signed his name to documents. In 1709 his 63 acres of property and possessions were valued at
43.3 pounds. "Evert Van Wickellen" was on 1715 roll of Capt. Vanderveer's Kings County Militia Company. He died about
1719 and was probably buried in the Flatbush Reformed Church yard.
Children: Sytje^3 Van Wicklen was born about 1692 and married Hans Jorisz BERGEN 16 Aug 1711 in Midwout (Flatbush) LI. Hans
and Sytje lived on the future site of the Brooklyn Navy Yard and ran a grist mill there 1713-1723. In 1723 they sold half the
property and moved to Hempstead, Long Island. Pieterneltje^3 Van Wicklen
was born about 1694 and married Rem HEGEMAN May 6, 1715. Geertje^3 Van Wicklin
was born April 23, 1696 and died aft. 23 June 1751. She married Hendrick
SUYDAM 24 April 1719. Jan^3 Van Wicklen was born about 1698 and died before 1734. He married Ida REMSEN who was b.
1708 in Flatbush, l.I. and baptized 3 January 1708. Ida’s parents were Jeremias REMSEN and Heyltje PROBASCO (of
Brooklyn). Jan^3 and Ida had a child, Heyltje^4 Van Wicklen bap. 22 September 1723 in New Utrecht, Kings, L.I. Jan^4 died
before 1732, the year Ida remarried to Nicholas WILLIAMSON of Somerset, NJ. Simon^3 Van Wicklin was born about 1700
and died about 1754 in Somerset County, New Jersey. He married Gerardina KOUWENHOVEN bef. Nov. 25, 1722. Simon
made his will Aug. 14, 1753 which was proved on Jan 3, 1755. His house on 1289 Easton Ave., Somerset, NJ 08873 is nationally
registered and open to the public. It is known as the Van Wickle house and is a typical one and a half story Dutch farmhouse
of the time. A picture of it can be seen in Rosalie Fellows Bailey, Pre-Revolutionary Dutch Houses and Families in Northern New
Jersey and Southern New York. 1936, pp. 466-69, 487 (Plate 140). Grietje^3 Van Wicklen was born about 1708 and died before
Feb. 5, 1762. She married Willem CORNEL about 1726.
Maria^3 Van Wicklen, b. abt 1710, New Lots, Flatbush, Kings, NY.
(Maria is only known to us because of her mention
in the recently published will of Evert^2. She may have died unmarried as aside
from this will there is no record of her existence.) Metje^3 Van Wicklin was born bet. 1712-1715 and died about 1799 in
Somerset, NJ. She married Bergon BROKAW who was bap. 6 Aug 1712 in the Raritan Dutch Church, NJ.
Somerset Historical Quarterly lists several items related to Philip Folkertse, 2nd husband of Mettye Van Wicklen (wife of
Evert^2 Jansz Van Wicklen: Philip's brother Dirck bought the Millstone land for the mill they co-owned in 1704; Philip bought Lot 9 in Franklin Township
from five land speculators in 1713 for 332 pounds; in 1725 he bought 100 additional acres of "upland" from the heirs of Mr.
Dockwra, another early Somerset settler, for 108 pounds; he had a mill on a little stream that ran through his property, east of
Cedar Grove Lane, as late as 1778; a military map drawn by a Robert Erskine showed the location of Philip's house (then
occupied by Richard Fulkerson) and mill (now a sawmill, operated by J. Vandervoort); and finally that Philip's old house
survived for a long time, incorporated into a larger structure and used as a restaurant.
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. 3 (July 1997); pp. 179-180.
Somerset Historical Quarterly
Will of
Evert^2 Van Wicklen, courtesy of Harry Macy, Jr. and the New York
Genealogical & Biographical Society.
A legal document that mentions Eevert Jansen discovered by Renee
Dauven and transcribed and translated by Elizabeth Johnson, 1 June 2011
iris.gates@gmail.com
Roelof Martensen, in dese clerk
Today the 21
April Anno 1681 appeared before me the clerck of Amersfoort, Roelof
Martensen___Stoffel Jansen romy the one, and Evert Jansen together declare their
agreement. Stoffel Jansen acknowledges to have hired as one of his laborers and
Eevert Jansen acknowledges to have hired himself [to work] on Stoofel Jansen's
house, where he will serve for the time of three years following, with
conditions: that Stoffel Jansen before named [requires] Eevert Janse before
named to embellish his house [with carpentry] and other outbuildings there to
the best of his abilities, as far as possible, with these conditions: Stoffel
Jansen before named promises and is stipulated for [this and] earlier service to
pay a sum of four hundred fifty gulden and a persian rug and a hassock of twenty
gulden and free washing of his bed linens with soap during the forementioned
time and [which was] the period beginning the year as written a[nno] 1680 in the
month of August this [?] the stated and stipulated conditions [are] fast binding
and to be held as a contractural obligation by the year, persons, and the
contract by law legally signed and witnessed by the undersigned witnesses. Done
in the [ ] Amersfoort on the date as above 1681 - 26 [ ]
Stoffel
Jansen
Heindrick Asweriuss this is his mark
Geret
Heyn__en Evert [V] Jansen
Roelof martensen, clerk
[Source: Town Records of Kings County. Flatlands Deeds, Town Orders, Road
Records 1674-1828. Miscellaneous Papers 1661-1831. Municipal Archives of the
City of New York, NY Town Records of Long Island Series Microfilm No. 75, item
4000 (includes item 4006, Flatlands Miscellaneous Records (Indian Deeds,
Petitions, Awards, Court Records, Quitrent Receipts) 1661 - 1864, p. 141)
Renee emailed me 3 June 2011 wondered if I
thought this could be Evert Jansz Van Wicklen. I emailed Harry Macy and got this
reply.
"What an interesting
discovery! Our Evert Jansen was 21 in 1681, and is documented as a resident of
Flatlands and a carpenter. He is also the only Evert Jansen on the 1687 oath of
allegiance roll of Kings County. Therefore, I don't think there can be any doubt
that he is the man named in this agreement. It was certainly nice of Renee to
pass it on to us, and for Elizabeth Johnson to suggest it. When I have a chance
I'll have to go down to the Municipal Archives and look at the Flatlands town
records. I've made good use of similar records for other Kings County towns, but
was misled into believing that few of the Flatlands records survived. It looks
like that's not the case, and there might be more to be discovered there".
--Harry Macy via 4 June 2011 email [to
which Renee responded..."please let Mr. Macy know that he has not been
misinformed about the state of the Flatland records. For this period there are
few records left. I am not very good at reading the old scripts, being just a
beginner at it, so I cannot really say exactly what is there. It looks like
there might be a few other gems but I am not really sure. I do know that the
names Elbert Elbertsen and Kouwenhoven appear a number of times as does Pieter
Claesen. The most interesting set of documents has to do with the 1719 division
of land among the then current landholders but much of that may have been
covered in the book "Keskachauge" by Frederick Van Wyck but I have not yet
obtained a copy. However, the map at the following link was taken from the book
and corresponds exactly to the names and numbers on one of the lists. Thus I am
assuming that Van Wyck did cover these documents although they are later than
what appears to have been the focus of his work, based on the table of contents
for his book.
http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Map/1719.html ]