(Photos are of a vase most commonly identified on various Internet sites as "Jersey City pottery circa 1880 bearing the initials I.V.W. within a diamond stamp. The I.V.W. initials have now been adequately explained. Could they refer to Van Wickle pottery? Apparently the Morgan-Van Wickle pottery of the early 1800s was more utilitarian and plainer in appearance. The type of pottery shown in this photo appears to be ivory white ware that was hand painted by various artists. An 1880 date would place this item rather late to be a product of the Morgan-Van Wickle pottery of the early 1800s. Leaving this photo here did eventually lead to more accurate identification. Painted white ware bearing the I.V.W. stamp have sold at prices ranging from $50 to $750. Earthenware considered to be Morgan-VanWickle pottery have sold for as much as $3500-photos courtesy of vase owner, Steven Lemieux, via 12Oct2003 email.) See additional explanation in source section below from 29 September 2012 email.
Nicholas^6 Van Wickle, Jr. (Jacob^5 Charles, Nicasius^4,
Simon^3, Evert^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes), b. 7 January 1796, Old Bridge, NJ
Married: Ida Suydam (b. abt. 1796, d. 1 October 1837) 17 October 1821, Old Bridge, NJ
Children:
1. Albinia^7 Van Wickle, b. 1 November 1822, NJ (died in childhood)
2. Georgianna^7 Van Wickle, b. 23 July 1824, NJ
(There is debate as to whether Albina and Georgiana are children or sisters of Nicholas. See note on Jacob^5 Charles VW page.)
3. Jacob^7 Van Wickle, b. 31 December 1826, Manasquan, Monmouth, NJ
4. Henry^7 Suydam Van Wickle, b. 5 December 1828, NJ
5. Ida Stephen^7 Van Wickle, b. 7 August 1830, NJ (Harry Macy, Jr. lists Stephen as "prob. another son b. 1825-30")
(died in childhood)
6. Sarah^7 Letitia Van Wickle, b. 5 September 1832, NJ
7. Charles^7 Remsen Van Wickle, b. 9 November 1834, NJ
8. Arrietta^7 Van Wickle, b. 28 September 1836, NJ
9. William^7 H. Harrison Van Wickle, b. 20 September 1838 (died in infancy)
Parents:
Nicholas' parents are Jacob^5 Charles and Sarah (Morgan) Van Wickle
Ida's parents are Hendrick and Alletta (Rappleyea) Suydam
Background information:
Nicholas^6 Van Wickle, Jr. (Jacob^5 Charles,
Nicasius^4, Simon^3, Evert^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes) was b. 7 January 1796, Old Bridge, NJ and died 24
October 1865 at age 70 (will 15 October 1862 and proved 3 November 1865). He was buried on Suydam Farm,
Raritan, NJ. He married on 17 October 1821 to Ida Suydam (b. 8 August 1796, Raritan, NJ and d. 1
October 1857, bur. Suydam Farm, Raritan, NJ). He married second to Jane Ann Miles, a widow and his second cousin, (b. abt 1808, NY and d. abt 1862).
Mrs. Jane Miles was the widow of Judge Miles of Angelica, NY.
Record of Nicholas Van Wickle family
Father -- Nicholas Van Wickle, b. Jan 7th 1796; d. Oct. 24th 1865; Ida, b. August 8th 1796, d. Oct 1st, 1857 (See Goodspeed's Louisiana, page 430, where it is stated that her name was Suydam); Sister - Albinia, b. Nov. 1st 1822, d. Feb. 22, 1829; Georgiana, b. July 23, 1824; (no date of death given)
Jacob - b. December 31, 1826 (no date of death given but a handwritten note pasted on the same page with the newspaper clipping quoted above states that "Jacob Van Wickle, son of Nicholas and Ida Van Wickle was b. December 31st 1826 at Manasgeran, Monmouth County, NJ, Manasgeran River")
H. Suydam - b. December 5, 1828 (no date of death given)
Ida Stephen - b. August 7, 1830, d. Feb. 19, 1839
Sarah Liutitia - b. Sept 5, 1832 (no date of death given)
C. (Charles) Remsen - b. Nov. 9, 1834 (no date of death given); married Mary Cornelia Oliver, of Carroll Parish, LA
Arrietta - b. Sept 28, 1836, d. March 22, 1853
Wm H. Harrison - b. Sept 20, 1838; d. Dec. 27 1840
Van Wickle Pottery Factory 1828-1850;
State Highway 70 and Riviera Drive
Between 1824 and 1838, Nicholas Van Wickle purchased 400 acres of land on both sides of the road to Squan Village and along the west shore of
the Manasquan River to establish his pottery factory. Van Wickle supplied the local population and general stores with gray and blue jugs, crocks,
bowls, mugs, etc. In addition to the pottery business, Mr. Van Wickle served as Monmouth County Freeholder and as a New Jersey Assemblyman.
(from http://www.oceancountygov.com/brickhst/default.htm in 24 Feb 2002 email from David Conroyd)
Children: (There is debate as to whether Albina and Georgiana are children or sisters of Nicholas. See note on Jacob^5 Charles VW page.) Albinia^7 Van Wickle, b. 1 November 1822, NJ and bap. 31 December 1822, Spottswood, NJ. She died in
childhood (22 February 1829); Georgianna^7 Van Wickle, b.
23 July 1824, NJ and bap. 9 December 1824, Spottswood, NJ. She never married. She lived for many years in the house of her father's sister, Mrs. S. H. Wood (Sarah
Hyacinth Van Wickle Wood). She died about 1898 in Baltimore, MD.
1860 US Census for New Orleans, LA
lists G. Van Wickle, b. NJ, in household of Sarah Woods, b. NJ; Jacob^7 Van Wickle, b. 31 December 1826, NJ and bap. 25 June 1827, Spottswood, NJ. He d. 18 July 1902, New Orleans, LA and was bur. Metairie Cem, New Orleans. He married
on 12 Aug 1858, East Baton Rouge, a widow, E. A. "Lalla" Duplessis (maiden name of Henderson) b.
8 August 1832, Baton Rouge, LA and d. 14 January 1879. Lalla was an invalid for many years.
(Obituary: Van Wickle - On Tuesday morning,
Jan 14, 1879 at 11 o'clock, Lalla, second dau. of the late Col. Stephen
Henderson, of Baton Rouge, and wife of Jacob Van Wickle of New Orleans) He remarried to ____ and secured a divorce from this woman. No children by second marriage. In 1902 he was still living in New Orleans but broken in health and fortunately taken care of by the widow of his brother, Remsen. He died 18 July 1902.
1860 US Census for New Orleans, LA lists
Jacob C. Van Wickle, 33, b. NJ, Cotton Prep., with wife, Eliza,
27, b. LA; Henry^7 Suydam Van Wickle, b. 5
December 1828, NJ. He married Carolyn S. (Carrie) McBride of New York and lived in Brooklyn; Ida Stephen^7 Van Wickle, b. 7 August 1830, NJ (Harry Macy, Jr. lists Stephen as "prob. another son b. 1825-30") He d. 19 February 1839 in childhood (per Mon Dem, Freehold
MCHA File); Sarah^7 Letitia Van Wickle, b. 5 September 1832, NJ, and d. 15 January 1894. She married William Gaylord
[a dentist][son of Samuel and Fanny [Starr] Gaylord of
Brooklyn, NY on 1 June 1870 in Brooklyn, NY (Brooklyn Eagle 6-8-70 by Rev. Dr. Paddock) They had one daughter who was in an insane asylum in 1902; Charles^7 Remsen Van Wickle, b. 9 November 1834 and shot and killed himself on 3 June 1896 in New Orleans, LA at age 62. He was bur. Metairie Cem., New Orleans, Sec. 10, J. Van Wickle Tomb, New Orleans. He
married Mary Cornelia Oliver (dau. of Sanders Day Oliver) of Carroll Parish, LA.
on 23 October 1873, Orleans. No children known. [See bio
in source section below] Arrietta^7 Van Wickle, b. 28 September 1836, NJ.
and d. 22 March 1853 She was named for her maternal aunt and was bur. in Bound Brook Cem.; William^7 H. Harrison Van Wickle, b. 20 September 1838 and d. 27 December 1840. (died in infancy)
(Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, LA; Charles
Remsen Van Wickle 1834-1896)
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)
(Additional information on children of Nicholas^6 VW from the Aiken Manuscript supplied by David Conroyd in 18 Feb 2002 email.)
Harry Macy, Jr. research notes on Nicholas^6 Van Wickle 1850 census lists Nicholas as farmer, $37,000
1860 census lists him with second wife and dau. Sarah Bailey -- 1 June 1838 - Ida's 2 sisters conveyed to Nicholas Van Wickle their 2/3s share in 166 acre farm of their father, which
had at one time been the Simon Van Wickle farm. In 1862 on 25 August, Nicholas Van Wickle and his 2nd wife, Jane Ann of
Franklin Twp. sold this farm out of the family, obtaining releases from Nicholas' five children by Ida.
1850 census, Franklin twp, Somerset Co., NJ, p.
296, Sep 14 lists Nicholas Van Wickel 54 M farmer $37,000
NJ, Ida Van Wickel 54 F NJ, Georgianna Van Wickel 24 F NJ, Sarah Van Wickel 18 F
NJ, Arietta Van Wickel 14 F NJ, Charles Remsen Van Wickel 16 M farmer
History of Mon Co., NJ by Franklin Ellis, 1885, p 646 -- 1828/9 Nicholas Van Wickle elected a chosen freeholder of Mon. Co
from Howell Twp.; p. 109 elected to the General Assembly of NJ from Mon. Co., 1832
1839, Nicholas was of Manasquan when son died.
Will#4119R - Nicholas now of Bound Brook, Sommerset Co., wife Jane Ann, my children, my sons Jacob and Henry Suydam
Van Wickle, executors, 15 October 1862, pr 3 November 1865. Inventory 2 November 1865 $21,420.27 including spoons
marked 15, NIVW, HAS, IVW
1850 (October) - Mary C.
Oliver born
1860 Census, Floyd, Carroll par., LA, p. 409, Aug 10, enumerated by T. F. Oliver lists Sanders D. Oliver, 33, M, sheriff and planter, b. KY with Cornelia E. Oliver, wife, 29 F, b. DC; Mary C. Oliver, 9, F, LA, Charles H. Oliver, 7, M, LA, Anna Oliver, 3, F, LA, Edgar F. Oliver, 1, M, LA and Lucinda M. Oliver, 51, F, teacher, NH
1860 US Census for Franklin, Somerset, NJ lists Nich S VanWickle, 64, Farmer, b. NJ with Jane A., 52, b. NJ., and Sarah L., 26, b. NJ.
1860 US Census for New Orleans, LA lists Jacob C. Van Wickle, 33, b. NJ, Cotton Prep., with wife, Eliza, 27, b. LA
1860 US Census for New Orleans, LA lists G. Van Wickle, b. NJ, in household of Sarah Woods, b. NJ
1870 Census, Ward 4, New Orleans, LA, p. 729, June 1 lists S. D. Oliver, 43, M, notary public, KY, with Cornelia Oliver, 38, F, keeping house, DC, Mary Oliver, 18, F, at school, b. LA; Charles Oliver, 16, M, at school, b. LA, Anna Oliver, 13, F, at school, b. LA, and Gigie Oliver, 7, F, at school, b. LA
1870 census Brooklyn 10th wd, p. 120 - Henry S. 41 NJ comm merchant and Caroline S. NY, Adela 10 NY, Ida 8 VA, George 7 NJ, and Elena 1 NY
1873 marriage, New Orleans lists
Charles R. Van Wickle, spouse Mary C. Oliver, age 30 and 21
respectively. Marriage date 23 Oct 1873.
Confederate pension application, Louisiana State Archives (soldier - Charles Remsen Van Wickle; wife, Mary C. (Oliver) Van Wickle
Metairie Cemetery Inscriptions, Orleans Parish, LA: C.R. Van Wickle (1834-1896); Lalla Henderson, wife of Jacob Van Wickle (8/8/1832 to 1/11/1879), and Jacob Van Wickle (1826-1902)
1850 census (Franklin/Sommerset)
1860 census (Franklin)
PNJHS 54=128-9
RF Bailey, PreRevolutionary Dutch History pp. 468-9
Reichner
Will 4119R
Record of Nicholas Van Wickle Family provided by Elizabeth Knapp (sent to me via 24 February 2002 email from David Conroyd) Provides information of Albina and Georgiana as sisters of Nicholas, and also provides specific birth and death dates for
Nicholas' children. Also includes mention of Wm. H. Harrison VW.
(New Orleans city directory 1861 -- shows J.C. Vanwickle of Wood, Van Wickle & Co., cotton press, Canal corner of Robertson, d (domicile) 308 Canal. Also C. R. Vanwickle, clerk, Canal St. Cot. Press. Same in 1866 (no directories published 1862-5). C.R. Van Wickle, clerk, Canal St. Cotton Press, Jacob Van Wickle (J.C. Van Wickle & Co.), 11 Robertson; J.C. Van Wickle & Co. (Jacob Van Wickle and George Townsend), cotton press, Canal corner of Robertson, d. 23 Rampart. Note from Harry Macy: C.R. is Charles Remsen Van Wickle, whose identity isn't clear to me. He died 4 June 1896 per records of Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral, New Orleans (New Orleans Genesis 6:259). He m. a daughter of Sanders Day Oliver (Louisiana Genealogical Register 15:163).
Additional information provided by David Conroyd in 12 Dec 2004 email on Jacob Van Wickle, Sr, his wives, Sarah and Susan, and children of both Jacob and son, Nicholas
1880 Census for 302 Canal St., New Orleans, LA, June 7 lists Geo. W. Collier, self, M, 70, b. MA, farmer (MA, MA) with wife Annie T. Collier, 53, b. ENG, housewife (Eng, Eng), J. Van Wicle, male, 53, b. NJ, proprietor Cotton Press, (NJ, NJ), A. D. Wykoff, male, 33, b. NJ, clergyman, (NJ, NJ), C.J.? Van Wicle, male, 43, b. NJ, cotton merchant, (NJ, NJ), Mary J. Van Wicle, female, 24, b. TX, housekeeper, Mary Wykoff, S, female, 26, b. NJ (NJ, NJ), Annie Shean, S, female, 24, b. LA, teacher; Mary ONiel, S, female, 24, b. LA, teacher, Betsie Keen, widow, female, 53, b. MA
1892 Biographical and Historical Memoirs of
Louisiana, Vol. 2
"Charles R.
Van Wickle is the proprietor of the Parlor Cotton Picking company, which
business is located on the corner of Orange and Tchoupitoulas streets, New
Orleans, La., and is in a very prosperous and flourishing condition, owing
to the efficient management and business ability of Mr. Van Wickle. He was
born in New Jersey in 1834, and in his native state was reared and
educated. After attaining his majority he determined to seek his fortune in
the far West, but after one year spent on the wind-swept prairies of the
Mississippi valley he returned to his former home. He subsequently came
South and in 1860 took up his residence in New Orleans, and had barely
settled in business when the great strife between the North and South caused
him to take part with the confederacy. He joined the First Louisiana
cavalry and served in the Army of Tennessee under General Hood, and was also
with Gen. Kirby Smith on his famous raid into Kentucky. He was a high
private and was offered the commission of major, but did not accept it. He
entered the army in 1861 and was released when the war closed in 1865, being
honorably discharged as captain of commissary. Upon his return to New
Orleans, he accepted the position of clerk in a cotton press, and
subsequently entered the cotton pickery business for himself. His is one of
the oldest enterprises of the kind in the city, and has been in active
operation for over twenty-one years, during which time Mr. Van Wickle has
borne himself with dignity and honesty, and has become noted for his shrewd
yet honorable business transactions and his thrift. He is a son of Nicholas
and Ida (Suydan) Van Wickle, the former of whom was born in Old Bridge, N.
J., where he followed the calling of a merchant for many years. He was a
politician of high standing in his section of the country, and was a man
whom all honored and respected. The mother's people were of German
Transcription, and became wealthy citizens of the New England states. His
maternal grandfather was of old Knickerbocker stock. The paternal
grandmother was a French lady and a daughter of Governor Morgan of New
Jersey, who was a native of France. C. R. Van Wickle was married in
Louisiana to Miss Mary Oliver, a native of Carroll parish of this state.
They move in high social circles, and are among the honored and useful
residents of New Orleans." [courtesy of David Conroyd
via 26 Mar 2011 email]
1900 Census for 1819 Annunciation St.,
Mary C. Van Winckle, head, widow, female, b. Oct 1850, 49, 0/0
b. LA (KY, DC), NG (meaning not gainfully employed) with Cornelia Oliver,
mother, b. Dec 1829, 70, widow, 8/4, b. DC (Ger, Ger), Jacob Van Winckle,
brother in law, b. Dec 1826, 73, widow, b. NY (NY, NY) manager of cotton press;
Nellie Delamore, servant, single, b. Oct 1862, 37, b. LA (LA, LA) cook.
1910 US Census for Ward 13, New Orleans, New Orleans, LA lists William Lynd, head, 61, M1-36, b. LA (Ire, Ire), manager, with wife Anna E., 58, M1-36, b. LA (OH, PA), no occ., Anne Tracy, dau., 33, b. PA (Eng, PA), widow, no occ., and Mary Van Wickle, 23, dau., widow, b. LA (KY, MD). (This entry was formerly on the strays page; however, David Conroyd via 2 July 06 email, confirms that this Mary is Mary [Oliver] Van Wickle, wife of Charles Remsen Van Wickle. Two inaccuracies in this 1910 listing throw things off: 1) she is not the daughter of William Lynd and is not 23.)
1927 New Orleans, LA Death Records lists Mary Oliver Van Wickle, 76, death date of 16 July 1927, page 1541, Vol. 194.
29 Sept 2012 email from Don Gill and Patti
Bourgeois [Patspots.com] provide this note on I.V.W.
based on Barber's Encyclopedia of Marks. According to Atlee Barber, the IVW
mark was actually intended to be IWW, for Ivory White Ware. There was an
error in the stamp that was not caught until many pieces were stamped, so
the owners decided to leave it as it was. We have had a number of these
vases, some dated, some with artists initials, always in the 1880s or 1890s,
none earlier. Oftentimes these pieces are only marked IVW. According to
Barber, these white ware vases and pitchers were decorated by female
artisans who would come in to paint vases a few hours a day...sort of a
cottage industry for potters whose primary output was utilitarian. These
white ware pieces were their first efforts at true art pottery. We love
them!