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Family of John^7 Van Wickle

John^7 Van Wickle (Evert^6, Evert^5, Frederick^4, Evert^3, Gerrit^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes), b. abt 1805, Success, NY

Married: Hannah Kelley [b. 13 December 1795, New Bedford, MA] abt 1827, New York

Children: (by marriage to wife unknown; sibling order uncertain)
1. John^8 Foster Van Wickler, b. 12 March 1828, Inwood, NY

Parents:
John's parents are Evert^6 and ______ Van Wickle.

Hannah's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Kelley

Background information:

John^7 Van Wickle (Evert^6, Evert^5, Frederick^4, Evert^3, Gerrit^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes), b. abt 1805, Success, NY and married Hannah Kelley [b. 13 December, 1795, New Bedford, MA] abt 1827, NY. They had a son, John^8 Foster Van Wickler, b. 12 March 1828, Inwood, NY and d. 22 March 1908, NY


Children: John^8 Foster Van Wickler, b. 12 March 1828, Inwood, NY and d. 22 March 1908, NY

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.

25 Feb 2012 email from Diane Matthews in which she claims descent from John Foster Van Wickler [her Great Great Grandfather. On John Foster's death certificate he was b. 12 March 1828, Inwood, NY and d. 22 March 1908, NY. His father was John Van Wickler, b. NY and his mother was Hannah Kelley, b. MA. She also includes:

1850 US Census [M432 Reel 583, p. 156A] Foster Van Wicklen, age 22 boatsman and Cornelia Van Wicklin, age 21, and Susan Van Wicklen, age 3. Next door was John Van Wicklen, age 45, farmer, Hannah, age 55, and Hannah J. Pearsall. The 1840 US Census lists John Van Wickle, Males 30 to 40 = 1 [John]; Males 10 to 15 = 1 [John Foster], Females 30 to 40 = 1 [Hannah?] and females 5 to 10 = 1

1860 US Census lists John Van Wyck [T653, Reel 844, P284] [father and son living next door] John Van Wyck, age 56, Coaster; Hannah Van Wyck, age 63, some younger kids [grandkids?]; next dwelling is Foster Van Wyck, age 32, coaster, Sarah Van Wyck, Emma I, age 1 and Catherine A, age 3.

In the 1870 US Census, Hannah is living with Foster [John Foster] and Sarah.