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Family of Jonathan^6 Underhill Van Wicklen 

 

Jonathan^6 Underhill Van Wicklen (Garret^5, Garret^4, Garret^3, Gerrit^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes), b. 1818, Newtown, L.I., NY

Married: Hannah Sharp Williams (b. 1827; Absecon, NJ) 14 November 1844 Brooklyn, NY

Children:
1. Lenora^7 Van Wicklen, b. 1846, Kings County, NY
2. David^7 Van Wicklen, b. 1848, Kings County, NY

Parents:
Jonathan's parents are Garret and Sarah (Underhill) Van Wicklen
Hannah's parents are Capt. David and Rebecca (Chamberlain) Williams

Background information:

Johathan^6 Underhill Van Wicklen
(Garret^5, Garret^4, Garret^3, Gerrit^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes) was b. 6 Jan 1818 in Newtown, L.I. and was bap. 12 April 1818 in Newtown RDC. He died 4 July 1894 in Brooklyn and was bur. in Cypress Hills Cemetery. He married Hannah Sharp Williams (born 9 December 1827 in Absecon, NJ and died 30 September 1917 in Brooklyn, NY) 14 November 1844 Williamsburg, NY by Rev. J.P. Johnson.

Children: Lenora^7 Van Wicklen was b. 24 Mar 1846 and m. Charles Spencer Young (b. 14 June 1841 and d. 11 December 1908). Charles and Lenora had two children: Ida Young (b. 1869, Brooklyn and d. 1876) and Frank S. Young (b. 1873, Brooklyn, NY) David^7 Van Wicklen was b. 15 Jun 1848 in Kings Co., 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. 242.

Harry Macy, Jr. research notes for Jonathan Underhill Van Wicklen
> member of firm of Gay and Van Wicklen, old time builders in Williamsburgh (UG 3:704)
>when USA Committee visited Cypress Hills his plot contained monument with his name, dates of birth and death and Masonic Emblem and three separate Young graves.

>1870 Brooklyn ward 13 (Williamsburgh) #74
Van Wicklen, John W. 52 builder NY
Hannah 43
David 21
Young, Charles S. 29
Lenora 24
Ida 9/12 in Sept
Williams, Rebecca 64 New Jersey

1880 US Census for Brooklyn, Kings, NY - lists John Van Wicklen, 61, carpenter, with wife Hannah, 51, and son, David, 32, carpenter, and mother-in-law, Rebecca Williams, 76, boarder. All b. NY

>Hennenlotter - David son of Jon V m. Mary W. and had Garret b. 1 April 1900

IGI; www.familysearch.com

Personal correspondence with Michael Thomas Wolfe, grandson of Frederick^8 Miller Van Wicklen.

1920 US Census information for Brooklyn, Kings, NY lists Lenora Young, head, widow, 73, b. NY (father b. NY, mother, b. NJ) with brother, David, 71, married, b. NY (NY, NJ) and David's wife, Mary W., 57, b. NY (NY, NY) and David and Mary's son, Garrett W., 19, b. NY (courtesy, Cheryl Viger via 11 Dec 2002 email)