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Family of Phebe^6 Van Wicklen
Phebe^6 Van Wicklen (Gerrit^5,
Gerrit^4, Evert^3, Gerrit^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes), b. 1790, Jamaica, Queens, NY
Married: Winant Ferdinand Bennet, 14 March 1809
Children:
1. Ferdinand^7 Bennet, b. 1810
2. Gitty^7 Ann Bennet, b. 1812
Parents:
Phebe's parents are Gerrit and Geertye (Lott) Van Wicklen
Winant's parents are Ferdinand and Ann (Suydam) Bennet
Background information:
Phebe^6 Van Wicklen (Gerrit^5, Gerrit^4, Evert^3, Gerrit^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes) was b. 17 February 1790 and died 27 October
1813. She is the daughter of Gerrit and Geertye (Lott) Van Wicklen and was named for her grandmother, Phebe or
Femmetie, (Covert) Van Wicklen. She married Winant Ferdinant Bennet 14 March 1809. Winant was bap. 3 September 1786 and died 9
August 1827. Phebe is buried in New Lots in the plot of her daughter, Gitty and son-in-law, Joseph Hegeman, and her
memorial was still visible as of 1992. A nearby gravestone, no longer visible is likely the memorial of her husband, Winant.
Children: Ferdinand^7 Bennet was born 15 February 1810 and died sometime past 9 August 1877. He was bap. at Flatbush on
18 March 1810 as the son of Wynant F. Bennet & Phebe Van Wilkelen, witnessed by Ferdinand and Anna (Suydam) Bennet at
Flatbush RDC. Gitty^7Ann Bennet was b. 26 January 1812 and died 4 March 1889. She married Joseph Hegeman and they had
at least one son, Winant Bennet Hegeman.
Source:
Richard A. McCool, The Descendents of Ferdinandus Van Sichlaer and Eva Antonise Jansen Van Salee, (Typescript, 1995)
Harry Macy, Jr. provided information to Richard McCool (above) on Gerrit and Geertye (Lott) Van Wicklen from Gerrit's will
(Queens County wills G:56)
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