Family of Geradina

Family of Geradina^5 Van Wickle

Geradina^5 Van Wickle (Nicasius^4, Simon^3, Evert^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes), b. 6 June 1754, Raritan, NJ

Married: Henry Dillatash, Jr (b. 1740, Crosswicks, Burlington, NJ) 12 April 1779, NJ (Anyone interested in learning/sharing more about the Dillatash/Delatush family may contact Anita Clayton by email at rclaytonsr@juno.com . Anita descends directly from Henry and Geradina Dillatash's son, John^6 Dillatash.)

Children:
1. Siche^6 (Sichey) Dillatash, b. 25 March 1779, NJ
2. Jacob^6 Dillatash, b. 21 March 1781, NJ
3. Dinah^6 Dillatash, b. 14 Jan 1783, NJ
4. Susanna^6 Dillatash, b. 31 May 1785, NJ
5. Elizabeth^6 Dillatash, b. 18 November 1787, NJ
6. John^6 Dillatash, b. 18 April 1792, NJ
7. Nicholas^6 Van Wickle Dillatash, b. 24 September 1797, NJ

Parents:
Geradina's parents are Nicasius and Tryntie (Boice) Van Wickle
Henry's parents are Henry and _____ Dillatash

Background information:

Geradina^5 Van Wickle (Nicasius^4, Simon^3, Evert^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes) was b. 6 June 1754, Raritan,NJ and was bap. 30 June 1754, New Brunswick RDC, NJ. She m. Henry Dillentash, Jr. (12 April 1779-license). She died January 1844 and was buried 22 January 1844 in St. Peter's, Spottswood--as "Mrs. Dillingtash". Her will was written 20 Nov 1827, proved 20 March 1844. Henry Dillatash, Jr. of Burlington Co. was b. abt 1740 and died before May 1810, S. Amboy Twp, Middlesex Co, NJ

Children: Siche^6 (Sichey) Dillatash, b. 25 March 1779, NJ. She married Joseph Mount; Jacob^6 Dillatash, b. 21 March 1781, NJ. He married Esther Cox abt. 1807 and he died 13 December 1852. (Based on information supplied in an email in the source section below, it appears that Jacob and Esther had at least three children: Eleanor, b. 1826, Henry, and John); Dinah^6 Dillatash, b. 14 Jan 1783, NJ and d. 2 Nov 1864, Long Branch, Monmouth, NJ. She married a Mr. Sutphin; Susanna^6 Dillatash, b. 31 May 1785, NJ and d. 31 Mar 1874, Crawford, PA. She married John Davison, 2 April 1807; Elizabeth^6 Dillatash, b. 18 Nov 1787, NJ and d. July 1869, Birdsall, Allegany, NY. She married a Mr. Davison. They eventually removed to Angelica, NY as did Geradina's brother, Evert; John^6 Dillatash, b. 18 April 1792, NJ and d. 7 Sept 1873, Newtown, Mercer, NJ. He married Elizabeth Yard; Nicholas^6 Van Wickle Dillatash, b. 24 Sep 1797, NJ and d. 6 Jan 1870, Union, Warren, OH. He married Catalina Yard.

Source:

Bible of Nicasius DeSille (1614) for bap/b. dates of Trintie Boice, and daughters, Geradina and Siche. (courtesy Michael Wolfe in 14 June 2000 email)

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. 251.

Harry Macy research notes on Nicasius^4 Van Wickle...
Henry Dillatash, Jr. was a first lieutenant in the Revolutionary War and probably some years her senior. Geradina filed a widow's pension application (Revolutionary War) but was rejected R2957 In 1810, she and brother Jacob took out LA on his estate. Her will names all children. Dates from George A. Delatush, Middletown, NJ. Name originally was de la Touche

Email dated 3 January 2002 from Bob MacAvoy
My GGF, James MacAvoy is the reason this quest started many years ago. He was a civil war soldier at the age of 15 under the alias of James Avoy. I wanted to know more about him, so I started my search in Troy, NY where family legend has it that he lived as a lad, supposedly born on the boat on the way over from Europe. My elderly relatives said that he was a bound boy to a storekeeper in New Brunswick. Basically that is how my search began. Eventually I got hold of his CW pension papers from Washington, and in them he explained that he was a bound boy (apprenticed so to speak) to a Henry Dillatush in New Brunswick, and that the reason he enlisted at 15 and dropped the "Mac" from his surname was to get away from his "employer."

I never did locate any information on him in Troy, NY but I put a query on the Middlesex County GenConnect site and was contacted by Anita Bryant of Port Republic, NJ, a descendent in the Dillatush/Delatush/Dillentush etc. family who is related to Henry Dillatush--my ggf's mentor in New Brunswick. She sent me a Delatush descendency chart, but naturally it didn't mean much to me other than to show how Henry fit into the overall scheme of things. It said nothing about James MacAvoy. I checked the census for 1860 in New Brunswick and sure enough James was listed in the household of Henry Dilatush and his mother. I seemed to have dead ended at this point. Then several weeks ago while going through some additional pension papers for James MacAvoy I made two startling discoveries.

There is a letter from Eleanor D. Thompson of Boston, Mass. dated 11 April 1898. An excerpt from the letter states "have known James McAvoy since he was seven years of age, at which time my mother (Esther Cox Delatush) took him in our family, and he lived in the family until my mother's death in 1861. We were then living in Jamesburg, NJ. When he was about 12 years old, we moved to New Brunswick, NJ."

There is another letter from James T. Dillentush dated 7 April 1898. An excerpt from this letter states "I have known him since he was a boy and he was bound to my Uncle Henry Dillentush."

By checking the descendancy chart for Henry Dilatush, I believe the following is correct. It looks to me that Eleanor Delatush (1826- ) married 1st George VanHorn, and 2nd ____ Thompson. Her father was Jacob Delatush and her mother was Esther Cox. Henry Dillentush (the man my GGF James was bound to) was the brother of Eleanor (Delatush) Thompson. James T. Dillentush was the son of John Delatush and Martha Sutphen, and was the nephew of both Eleanor (Delatush) Thompson and Henry Dellentush.

Recently I put a query on the Cox GenForum page and received only one response which proved irrelevant to my search.

So, where does that leave me? Well, I have many questions to answer. Esther Cox's husband Jacob Delatush died 13 December 1852, and in 1853 Esther took in my GGF James MacAvoy to live with her and her children. Why? Was he an orphan? Was he homeless? Esther had grown children by then. Was James an illegitimate child of one of Esther's daughters? Was he the child of one of Esther's sisters, cousins, etc.? Did James mother (a relative?) die young? Was his father a bum and dumped him off? In the 1870 Middlesex County Census for New Brunswick James states that he was born in "NY" and that both his parents were born in NY. Is this true? I have no reason to doubt it because he had no reason to lie, but am I being naive? How does this all fit in?

Esther moved to New Brunswick in 1859 to live with her son Henry Dillatush (eventually James' mentor) who ran a "canal store" there. Esther died in 1861, and that is pretty much where I stand right now. (If anyone has information that might be helpful to Bob...please email him at macavoy@ix.netcom.com or me at john.vanwicklin@houghton.edu.)

21 May 2006 email correspondence with Anita G. Clayton provided dates of birth/death for Henry and Geradina's children. The dates were taken from an old family Bible in possession of John Dilatush, Salida, CO whose great-great-grandmother was Elizabeth [Yard] Dilatush, wife of John.

11Feb07 email from Cyndy Mack:

My name is Cyndy Mack, I am of Henry Delatush & Geradina Van Wickles so Jacob, I have been to St Peters Episcopal Church and there are many Van Wickle stones there, the had a fire so the records were redone, the book has Geradina as Mrs-------------------Dillingtash with her death date and they do not know where her stone is. Her Husband Henry's Stone is at the Youth Prison, and a correction it does not has the angel with the flowing hair, the stone next to it does. (Anna Johnstone), in remarkable shape. There is also another stone that is not in such great condition, can not make out a thing, then there are stones of the boys and other unknown merchant marine stones that are remarkable, one with a big anchor.

I was only allowed to take pictures of the stones, not any buildings, but there was an old wooden house very large house that was the original of Nicholas Van Wickle or Henry & Geradina, the farms were next to each other, and then a very large wooden barn falling apart also, Then there is a very large brick barn with the date of 1885 in the top of the bricks, it was in great shape and had arched windows with a very large archway for the door. Amazing, it is really ashame that such a historical place is just wasting away to nothing, with our revolutionary war soldier Henry buried there. I would love to get pictures of it, if you have any let me know. I'm going to the historical house in Jamesburg to see if they have anything there.

And there is a stone of Joseph & Sophia Mount's 1 year old son there too, in great shape. Henrys stone has more of the tree shape like in the sign for the Home for boys on the top. It looks like maybe a family member build the barn after Henry passed, it looks like the old Dutch Style with the date in the top.