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Family of Evert^5 Van Wicklen 

Note: It is Evert's family where the surname change to Van Vickle appears to have happened. Did Evert^5 deliberately change his surname? Here are Harry Macy's comments (letter to me dated 28 July 2000). " You mentioned that Evert^5 changed his name to Van Vickle, but remember that as long as they spoke Dutch they all pronounced the name that way (my note: i.e. "fahn vickle"). In the NY/NJ area they or the clerks that kept records knew the "W" spelling was correct even if it was pronounced "V"--but out in Virginia and Ohio apparently that wasn't understood. Clerks or schoolteachers may have told Evert or his children that Van Vickle was the "right" way to spell the name. I'm assuming that Evert himself was not very literate, and isolated from the rest of the family, he may have had no idea that he was using the "wrong" spelling. One sees this sort of thing a lot among the Dutch that migrated into non-Dutch areas."

Evert^5 Van Wicklen (Frederick^4, Evert^3, Gerrit^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes), b. 1748, Jamaica, Queens, NY

Married: wife unknown, bef. 1775

Children: 

(by marriage to wife unknown; sibling order uncertain)
1. Daniel^6 Van Vickle, b. 1770/5, prob. NY
2. Evert^6 Van Vickle, b. abt. 178-, Virginia
3. Nancy^6 Van Vickle, b. abt. 178-
4. Absalom^6 Van Vickle, b. abt. 1787, Virginia
5. Enoch^6 Van Vickle, b. abt. 1790
6. May be other sons and daughters...
7. Robert^6 Van Vickle, b. abt 1795

(by liaison with Lena (Covert) Golder):
6. Evert^6 Van Wyckle, b. 1773, bap. 12 October 1775 Success, NY (child reared in household of Walter Covert, father of Lena (Covert) Golder)

Parents:
Evert's parents are Frederick and Margretta (Springsteen) Van Wicklen


Background information:

Evert^5 Van Wicklen (Frederick^4, Evert^3, Gerrit^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes), b. 1748, Jamaica, Queens, NY and d. 182? is s/o Frederick and Margretta (Springsteen) Van Wicklen. He married (wife unknown) and had five children. He later moved to Pickaway Co., Ohio. The story quoted from Harry Macy (below) provides interesting details about Evert^5.


Children: (by marriage to wife unknown) Daniel^6 Van Wicklen, b. 1770/5, prob. NY and d. 183-, Pickaway Co., OH. He removed to Walnut Twp, OH and married 27 July 1812 Pickaway Co, OH, Christina Hott. Children; Evert^6 Van Wicklen, b. abt. 178-, Virginia; Nancy^6 Van Wicklen, b. abt. 1775-1785 and m. Richard Glaze 27 September 1804, Ross Co, OH; Absalom^6 Van Wicklen, b. 1 January 1788, 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 Duglar (b. 1791 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; Enoch^6 Van Wicklen, b. abt. 1790 and appears not to have married. In 1850 he is living in Ohio and is called "insane"; (by liaison with Lena (Covert) Golder) Evert^6 Van Wyckle, b. 1773, bap. 12 October 1775 Success, NY and d. 12 July 1852 Rockaway, NY. (child reared in household of Walter Covert, father of Lena (Covert) Golder and this family stayed on L.I.); Robert^6 Van Vickle, b. abt. 1795. He m. Elizabeth Parkison on 11 August 1812, Butler County, Ohio

(IGI, Familysearch.com records an Anna^7 Van Vickle, b. 1820, Scioto Twp, Pickaway (father is ___ Van Vickle and mother is Elizabeth (____) Van Vickle. Anna m. William Absalom Dechert abt. 1837. She could be the daughter of either Robert or Absalom above--both of whom married women named Elizabeth.)

In the article cited below, Macy writes...

"A branch of the family using the spellings Van Wickler/Van Wicklar descends from an Evert Van Wicken (1775-1852) of 
Jamaica, and Hempstead who appears to be connected to the line of Evert^3 (Gerrit^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes) though the link has never been proved. On 12 October 1775 a child, Evert, was baptized at Success, L.I. under the "parents" the record reads "Wouter Kouvert as father," with no mother as in other entries for the period. In his 1804 will Walter Couvert Senr. of Hempstead refers to sons Tunis and Isaac, daughter Lena Golder, and grandson Evert Van Wyckle. This Evert can be traced in the censuses of 1800-1840 in Jamaica and Hempstead and died at Rockaway 12 July 1852, age 79 which points to him being the child baptized in 1775. The fact that there does not appear to be any way for a daughter of Covert to have married a Van Wicklen and had this son, or for Evert to have been a step-grandson--coupled with the peculiar wording of the baptismal record--strongly suggests that this Evert was born out of wedlock to a daughter of Walter Covert (probably Lena), fathered by a Van Wicklen who probably was already married to someone else.

The question here is, who was the father? Walter Covert was a brother of Femmetje/Phebe, the wife of Gerrit^4 (Evert^3, Gerrit^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes) Van Wicklen, but that couple's oldest son was only 12 in 1775. Gerrit^4 himself might be the father, but he already had a son Evert and it seems improbable that he would allow this name to be given to another child. It is unlikely that his brother Johannes was the father as he was unmarried and thus free to marry the child's mother. Their father Evert^3 was alive but now 76 years old. their other brother, Frederick was probably dead by this time. His son Evert^5, however, was living in 1775. He was baptized 1748 and thus was the same age as Lena Covert (bap. 1749), and by 1775 he was also already married to someone else. Also, it was not unusual for an illegitimate son to be given the name of his reputed father. By 1782, Evert^5 was in Berkeley County, Va. (now W. Va.). Perhaps he left Long Island (and his mother and siblings also left Jamaica) to escape the situation. In any case, Evert^5 seems the most likely candidate for the father of the 1775 child." (Macy, p. 248) (Michael Wolfe in a 6 July 2000 email adds..."Evert had a liaison with Lena Covert, bap. 1749. She was then married (Lena Golder). She had issue Evert^6 Van Wickle, b. 1773, bap. 12 October 1775 Success, d. 12 July 1852 Rockaway, NY. This family stayed on Long Island.")

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.

Gateway to the West 1:106 Ross Morris 1798-1804 (for m. of Richard Glaze to Nancy Van Vickle)

1804 marriage Ross County Marriage, Vol GA, p 21. State of Ohio, Ross County. On Tuesday the 27th day of September 1804 was tained [joined?] in the holy state of matrimony Richard Glaze and Nancy Vanvickle both of Ross County by me a Justice of the Peace. George Williams. [information courtesy of Brian Christensen via 2 August 06 email]