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Family of Margaret^6 Sophia Van Wickle
Margaret^6 Sophia Van Wickle
(Jacob^5, Nicasius^4, Simon^3, Evert^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes), b. 26 December 1793, Old Bridge,
Middlesex Co., NJ
Married: (Brig. Gen.)Obadiah Herbert, III (b. 13 June 1775 Mt. Pleasant, NJ, d. January 1856, NJ) 27 May 1811, Middlesex
Co., NJ
Children:
1. (Major) Jacob^7 Van Wickle Herbert, b. 25 April 1812, Herbertsville, Middlesex, NJ
2. Sarah^7 Eliza Herbert, b. abt. 1814, NJ
3. Margaret^7 Sophia Herbert, b. 2 March 1816, NJ
Parents:
Margaret's parents are Jacob Charles and Sarah (Morgan) Van Wickle
Obadiah's parents are Obadiah and Elizabeth (Warne) Herbert
Background information:
Margaret^6 Sophia Van Wickle (Jacob^5, Nicasius^4, Simon^3, Evert^2, Jentie^1
Jeppes)was b. 26 December 1793, Middlesex Co., NJ. She died 2 March 1816 and was bur. St. Peters,
Spottswood, NJ. She married on 27 May 1811 to Brig. General Obadiah Herbert, III of Herbertsville, NJ (b. 13 June 1775 Mt.
Pleasant, NJ and d. January 1856, Herbertsville, NJ--bur. Old Bridge Cem. with 2nd wife). Obadiah's second marriage in 1836 was to Catherine Stout. Obadiah's Herbertsville residence was
18,000 acres. Obadiah started as a Lt. in 1806 and eventually rose to rank of Brig. General.
Children: (Major) Jacob^7 Van Wickle
Herbert, b. 25 April 1812, Herbertsville, Middlesex, NJ. He died 9 June 1899. He
married Eliza Jane Smock (b. 1812) on 5 May 1836. Margaret was the dau. of
Garret Smock; Sarah^7 Eliza
Herbert, b. abt. 1814, NJ and d. 7 August 1888. She married James C. Stout (b abt. 1807/8 and d. 29 January 1878;
Margaret^7 Sophia Herbert, b. 2 March 1816, NJ. Her mother probably died in
childbirth having her. She married George Alexander Willis (of Brooklyn, NY) on 12 December 1833 in St. Peters,
Spottswood, NJ
Source:
Manuscript records of the Van Wickle and Morgan Families (a handwritten book in a library in Philadelphia; also on
microfilm with LDS) From the cover page of the book -- "These records were collected and copied by James Hugh Aiken of
Winsboro, South Carolina who died September 15, 1915" James Hugh Aiken was the great, great grandson of Judge Jacob
Van Wickle of Middlesex County, NJ and the great great great grandson of Captain James Morgan of Middlesex County, NJ.
(This note and three pages of information on three generations of Jacob Charles VW, Sr. family provided in an email from David Conroyd, dated 16
February 2002)
Harry Macy research notes on Margaret^6 Sophia Van Wickle
Marriage records from Rev. John Fountain, Cheasequakes Bapt. Church, Middlesex Co, NJ
GMNJ 4:137 shows marriage with Samuel Van Wickle and John Herbert, witnesses
NYGBR 21:43 (Labaw (see Ann Amanda's form, p. 589, also 266-7)
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