John^6 Van Wicklen (Derrick^5, Gerrit^4, Evert^3, Gerrit^2, Jentie^1
Jeppes), b. 1809, Jamaica, NY
Married: Phoebe Ann Youngs (b. 28 Apr
1818, NY) on 5 January 1837 at Jamaica, NY (1900
US Census lists birth date of Feb 1819)
Children:
1. Magdalen^7 Van Wicklen, b. 1838, Jamaica, NY
2. Esther^7 Van Wicklen, b. abt 1840, Jamaica, NY
3. Cornelius^7 Nostrand Van Wicklen, b. 1843, New Lots, NY
4. Catherine^7 Jane Van Wicklen, b. 1846, New Lots, NY
5. Mary^7 Elizabeth Van Wicklen, b. 1848, Flatbush, NY
6. Elizabeth^7 Van Wicklen, b. 1850, New Lots, NY (from headstone inscription--died at birth)
7. John^7 Youngs Van Wicklen, b. 1851, New Lots, NY
8. Gertrude^7 Van Wicklen, b. 1865, New Lots, NY
Parents:
John's parents are Derrick and Magdelene (Guest) Van Wicklen
Phoebe's parents are John and Catherine Jane (Nostrand) Youngs
Background information:
John^6 Van Wicklen (Derrick^5, Gerrit^4, Evert^3, Gerrit^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes) was b. 25 July 1809, Jamaica, NY (bap. 5
September 1809) and d. 9 August 1886 at New Lotts, NY. He m. Phoebe Ann Youngs on 5 January 1837 in Jamaica, NY.
Phoebe was b. 29 April 1818 and d. at Flatlands, NY on 6 January 1907.(1900
US Census lists birth date of Feb 1819 for Phoebe.) John lived on a farm in New Lotts. He is buried at
Cypress Hills Cemetery.
Children: Magdalen^7 Van Wicklen was b. 14 September 1838, Jamaica, NY. She m. Stephen Ryder, Jr. (bap. 6 June 1841) on 14 November 1860 New Lots, RDC. They had a son, James (b. 1852); Esther^7 Van
Wicklen, b. abt. 1840, Jamaica, NY; Cornelius^7 Nostrand Van Wicklen, b. 6 August 1843 and bap. 7 January 1844, New Lots RDC, NY. He d. 19 June 1915, Brooklyn, bur. Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY (lot 56, sec. 4). Resided at 245 Bradford St., Brooklyn, NY at time of death. He was a farmer. He m. Elizabeth Hock (b. 14 February 1850, d. aft. 1923--will made 11 October 1923--no surviving issue.
(1920 US Census shows Elizabeth Van Wicklen,
widow, living in home of Harry B. and Francis Harvey. She is a servant to this
family. See source section below); Catherine^7 Jane Van Wicklen, b. 13 March 1846 and bap. 2 August 1846 New Lots, NY. She d. 18 May 1914. She m. 24
July 1867 New Lots to Samuel Lott (b. 25 July 1842, d. 20 February 1917 (from Headstone inscription at Cypress Hills
Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY [lot 56, sec. 4]). They had five children: Frederick, magdalene, Phebe Anna, Laura Adele, and William
Schenk; Mary^7 Elizabeth Van Wicklen, b. 20 August 1848, Flatbush, NY, bap. 5 February 1849, New Lots RDC,
and died 17 November 1923, and is buried in plot 22 of the New Lots Private
Cemetery. She m. Isaac Rapalje Snediker [b. 13 April 1843, d. 16 Sept 1929, bur. NLPC]
of Jamaica sometime after 10 Mar 1884 the date of his first wife's death; Elizabeth^7 Van Wicklen, b. 14 February 1850 New Lots, NY (from headstone inscription--died at birth);
John^7 Youngs Van Wicklen, b. 10 February 1851, bap. 5 September 1851 New Lots, NY, and d. at Brooklyn, NY in 1918. He married
Henrietta Kate Miller (b. 5 January 1853 at Greenpoint, NY) on 24 September 1874 at Greenpoint,
NY; Gertrude^7 Van Wicklen, b. 10 September 1865. and bap. 27 February 1866, New Lots, NY. She m. Fenwick W. Bergen. They had four children:
John Van Wicklen Bergen, Tallmage Bergen, Fenwick Willard Bergen, and Mary Gertrude Bergen.
Source:
Frederick Miller Van Wicklen's 16 March 1937 application for membership in the Holland Society.
Personal correspondence with Richard A. McCool (email dated 1 September 1999) in which he draws upon his research of
baptismal records for the New Lots Church.
Email correspondence with Michael^10 Wolfe (14 June 2000) for vital statistics on this family; most information based on group sheets supplied by Harry Macy, Jr.
1870 US Census for New Lots, Kings, NY lists John Van Wicklen, 61, with wife, Phebe, 52, and Ester, 27, at home, Cornelius, 25, laborer, Mary, 23, at home, and Gertrude, 4.
Brooklyn Eagle, 8 September 1879, page 4. Malicious trespass. E. Vogelsohn was arrested by Constable Taylor in East New York this morning on a charge of malicious trespass, made by Cornelius Van Wicklen, who alleged, before Justice Sherlock, that the accused broke into his boat house at the old mill, situated on a creek emptying into Jamaica Bay. Vogelsohn pleaded not guilty. (Cornelius' uncle, Jacob Lott Van Wicklen, is the owner of the old mill property.)
1880 US Census for New Lots, Kings (Brooklyn), NY lists John Van Wicklen, 70, farmer with Phobe Ana Van Wicklen, wife, 61 with children: Hester Ann Van Wicklen, 37, Cornelius W. Van Wicklen, 35, Mary Van Wicklen, 28 and Gertrude Van Wicklen, 14, at school.
Brooklyn Eagle, 25 October 1893, page 1. A dispute over boundary issues. Cornelius Van Wicklen, of 26 Crescent Street and James Daly, who runs a liquid saloon on a small island in Jamaica Bay, were in the Gates avenue police court before Justice Connelly. Van Wicklen accused Daly of stealing hay from a portion of the Carnesie meadows. Daly claimed to have cut it with the permission of a third party who says the property is leased to him. The dispute involves an intricate question of boundary lines which can only be determined by new surveys. Daly was discharged.
Brooklyn Eagle, 24 July 1896, page 7. Boathouse to be rebuilt. Jamaica, L.I., July 24 - Cornelius Van Wicklen, who claims to own about fifty acres of meadow land on the east side of Old Mill creek, a stream of water forming part of the boundary line between Jamaica and Brooklyn, was arrested and brought before Justice Hendrickson on a complaint brought by William J. Sheppard of the west end of the town of Jamaica, charging the prisoner with cutting down and destroying a building belonging to the plaintiff, 20 feet by 12 feet, used as a boathouse, and valued at $175. When the prisoner was arraigned before Justice Hendrickson Wednesday the plaintiff asked for an adjournment. The defendant's counsel being ready the justice refused to entertain the motion for a delay and the case was dismissed. Van Wicklen showed the justice a deed to about fifty acres of land bounded by the creek, which deed, he claims, covers the property in question. There are quite a number of boat houses erected on the property, from the owners of which Van Wicklen claims he collects ground rents. Mr. Van Wicklen refuses to record his deed in the Queens county clerk's office and a number of owners, finding that no deed is on record in the clerk's office, propose to contest his right to demand rent. Sheppard says he is going to put up the house again and defend it.
Brooklyn Eagle, 14 November 1896, p. 5. Damages awarded for land. Jamaica, L.I., November 14 - The jury appointed to award damages for laying out a private road 1,300 feet in length and 25 feet wide, extending from the Brooklyn city line at Crescent avenue to the property of the Old Mill Improvements company on Jamaica Bay, this morning awarded the damages as follows: Cornelius Van Wicklen, $15; Elizabeth Van Wicklen, $35, David S. Van Wicklen, $25.
Brooklyn Eagle, 24 January 1900, page 12. At Fairfield and Crescent avenues... a 1/3 acre plot of land from Cornelius Van Wicklen to Elizabeth, his wife...and heirs. Land adjoins other land owned by Cornelius and is bordered by property and house belonging to John Van Wicklen.
1900 US Census for Hubbard Ave, Brooklyn Ward 32, Kings, NY lists Fenwick Bergen, Jr., head, b. Nov 1864, NY (NY, NY), 35 (M-9), real estate, with wife Gertrude, b. Oct 1875, NY (NY, NY), 24, (M-9), and J. Van Wicklen Bergen, son, b. Apr 1892, NY, 8, at school, Talmadge Bergen, son, b. Nov 1894, NY, 5, and F. Willard, son, b. May 1897, NY, 3.
(next door to above) 1900 US Census for Hubbard Ave, Brooklyn Ward 32, Kings, NY lists Phebe Van Wicklen, head, b. Feb 1819, NY (NY, NY), 81, widow, and Esther A., dau., b. Apr 1847, NY (NY, NY) 52, single, housekeeper.
1910 US Census for 32nd Ward, Brooklyn, Kings, NY lists Esther Van Wicklen, b. 1849, NY (checked index only)
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Sat, Jun 19, 1915 article titled, "C.N. Van Wicklen dies of apoplexy. Foresaw Jamaica Bay Improvement 40 years ago, and bought 80 acres." Cornelius Nostrand Van Wicklen, 71 years old, a descendent of the Holland Dutch Van Wicklens, who came to this country and settled in Queens County in 1632, died this morning at his residence, 245 Bradford Street, from apoplexy, after an illness of five weeks. Mr. Van Wicklen was the holder of 80 acres of the meadow land at Spring Creek, adjoining the Jamaica Bay improvement now under way. He saw, forty years ago, the possibilities of this section as a harbour, and beginning then in a small way, gradually accumulated the property until he was one of the most extensive holders of land in that district. His ancestors ran the famous Old Mill at the foot of Crescent street, over 100 years ago. Mr. Van Wicklen is survived by a brother, John Y. Van Wicklen, a lumber dealer of Brooklyn, and four sisters, Mrs. Stephen Ryder and Mrs. Isaac Snedeker, both of Jaimaica, L.I., Mrs. Fenwick W. Bergen of Flatlands and Miss Esther Van Wicklen. The funeral services will be held on Monday evening at Mr. Van Wicklen's late home, conducted by the Rev. J. H. Heady, rector of St. Clement's Episcopal Church, and the interment on Tuesday morning will be in the family plot in Cypress Hills Cemetery.
1920 US Census for Queens, Queens, NY, ED329 lists Harry B. Harvey, head, 53, with wife, Francis, 50, and Elizabett Van Wicklin, servant, 69, widow, b. NY (both parents b. Germany)
26 Mar 2007 email from Allan Kaufmann provided additional details on Mary Van Wicklin above.