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John^6 (Johannes) Van Wicklen (John^5, Gerrit^4, Evert^3, Gerrit^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes), b. Sept 1827, Jamaica, Queens, NY

Married: Hannah M. _______ (b. Dec 1827, NJ; parents b. NJ) before 1854, NY

Children:
1. John^7 H. Van Wicklen, b. abt 1854, NY

2. Catharine^7 Van Wicklen, b. abt 1856, NY

3. Samuel^7 Van Wicklen, b. Jul 1857, NY

4. Sarah^7 Van Wicklen, b. Apr 1867, NY


Parents: 

John's parents are John and Sarah (Van Arsdalen) Van Wicklen
Hannah's parents are ___________________


Background information: John^6 (Johannes) Van Wicklen (John^5, Gerrit^4, Evert^3, Gerrit^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes), b. Sept 1827, Jamaica, Queens, NY. He married Hannah M. _______ (b. Dec 1827, NJ; parents b. NJ) before 1854, NY


Children:  John^7 H. Van Wicklen, b. abt 1854, NY; Catharine^7 Van Wicklen, b. abt 1856, NY; Samuel^7 Van Wicklen, b. 1857, NY. He married Mary D. ___ (b. June 1857, NY) abt 1877, NY. His children are by his first wife. He married second to Anna ____. He is married to Anna and an Engineer at the time of the 1920 US Census; Sarah^7 Van Wicklen, b. Apr 1867, NY. She married Fredrick Wortman (b. Feb 1856, NY; parents b. Germany) abt 1892, NY.

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.

Harry Macy research notes on John^5 (Johannes) Van Wicklen...
John^5 not baptized but named (as youngest) in father's will (1803). Brother Evert's will names his son, Johannes (1830). See also brother Gerrit's will 1828.

LIFarmer 6 Jan25: m at Jamaica South, Mr. John VW, aged 48 to Miss Sarah Simonson, aged 18. Gritman: 7 April 1848 "Susan" Simonson wd John VW adm to RDC, Jamaica (do 21 April 1848, 112-24)

John left all 30 September 1834 (F:111, Jamaica) to wife Sarah and to Abraham Van Ausdall of Bushwick. Elected an Inspector of Common Schools 1821, 1822 (JTR 4:255,257) GBR 111:100 Jamaica RDC - m 31 March 1838 - Walter Peck, New Lots and Sarah Simonson, widow of John Van Wicklen

Hennenlotter says Garret's son John VW and Sarah (Amerman) no issue; wife ___, d. before Civil War, bur. Cypress Hills.

1860 US Census for Jamaica, Queens, NY lists John Van Wicklen, 35, with wife, Hannah, 28, dressmaker, and John H., 6, and Catharine, 5

1870 US Census for Jamaica, Queens, NY lists John Van Wicklen, 45, farm laborer, with wife, Hannah, 40, keeping house, and John H., 16, works on farm, Catharine, 14, at school, Samuel, 10, at school, and Sarah, 3. 

1880 U.S. Census for Queens, NY, Dist. 276 lists Evart Van Wicklen, 48, head, with wife Hannah J., 46, son John E., 27, son Richard S., 22, son George W., 10, mother Sarah, 72, and daughter-in-law Mary A., 19. 

1888, 1889 Brooklyn Directory lists Samuel Van Wicklen of 208 Manhattan Ave., Brooklyn, NY as a foreman.

1900 US Census for South 4th Street, Brooklyn Ward 13, Kings, NY lists Hannah Van Wicklen, head, b. Dec 1827, NJ (NJ, NJ) 72, widow, no occ. listed.

1900 US Census for Young Street, Queens Ward 1, Queens, NY lists Samuel Van Wicklen, head, b. July 1857, NY (NY, NY), 42 (M-25), factory foreman, with wife, Mary D., b. June 1857, NY (NY, NY), 43, (M-23), and daughters, Hattie, b. July 1882, NY, 17, single, housekeeper, Ellie, b. Nov 1892, NY, 8, at school, Edna, b. Feb 1894, NY, 6, at school, and Mabel, b. Nov 1896, NY, 3.

1900 US Census for Harman Street, Brooklyn, Ward 29, Kings, NY lists Fredrick Wortman, head, b. Feb 1856, NY (Germ, Germ), 44, M-8, Electric worker, with wife, Sarrah, b. Apr 1867, NY (NY, NY), 33, M-8, and father-in-law, John Van Wicklen, b. Sept 1827, NY (NY, NY), 72, widower.

1910 US Census for 17th Ward, Brooklyn, Kings, NY lists Samuel Van Wicklen, b. 1856, NY (only checked index, did not locate family in the census pages)

1920 US Census for Queens, NY lists Samuel Van Wicklen, 64, b. NY (parents b. NY), Engineer, with wife, Anna, 58, b. NY (parents b. NY), keeping house.