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Sarah^7 Amelia Van Wicklen (Abram^6, Daniel^5, Jacob^4, Garret^3, Gerrit^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes), b. 1836, L.I., NY

Married:
Peter Nostrand (b. 1827) 15 April 1859, NY

Children:
1. Everett^8 A. Nostrand, b. abt 1859, NY

2. John^8 Nostrand, b. abt 1862, NY


Parents:
Sarah's parents are Abram and Rebecca (Horten) Van Wicklen
Peter's parents are Isaac T. and Charity (Voorhees) Nostrand

Background information:

Sarah^7 Amelia Van Wicklen (Abram^6, Daniel^5, Jacob^4, Garret^3, Gerrit^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes), b. 20 May 1836, L.I., NY and d. 16 September 1917. She married Peter Nostrand (b. 21 August 1827) son of Isaac T. and Charity (Voorhees) Nostrand, on 15 April 1859. 

Children: Everett^8 A. Nostrand, b. abt 1859, NY; John^8 Nostrand, b. abt 1862, NY

Source:
Email correspondence with Michael^10 Wolfe, dated 13 June 2000.

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.

Stoutenburgh, Henry A.; A Documentary History of the Dutch Congregation of Oyster Bay, p. 652--for vital stats on Daniel^5 and family.

1850 US Census for Oyster Bay, Queens, NY lists Abraham Van Wicklen, 38, with wife Rebecca Van Wicklen, 35, and Jacob, 16 and Sarah, 13

1860 US Census for Brooklyn, Ward 10, District 3, Kings, NY lists Abram Van Wicklen, 45, b. NY, Milkman, with Rebecca, 41, Jacob, 25, Mary A., 22, Peter Nostrand, 30, milkman, Sarah A. (Van Wicklen) Nostrand, and Everett A. Nostrand. All b. NY

Harry Macy research notes on Abram^6 Van Wicklen and family... Stout 414: Peter Nostrand of Isaac T. and Charity (Voorhees) Nostrand, b. 21 August 1827 and m. Sarah Van Wicklen. He has been in business in Brooklyn many years. No issue. (But 1860 census shows son, Everett A. 7/12) Chr. Intell. 3 Nov 59 - By Rev. N. E. Smith, October 26, Jacob VW to Mary Amelia Wood all of Brooklyn.

1870 US Census for 10th Ward, Brooklyn, Kings, NY lists Abram Van Wicklen, 59, milk dealer, b. NY, with wife, Rebecca, 57, keeping house, b. NY. Next door are Peter Nostrand, 40, milk dealer, with wife, Sarah A., 33, keeping house, and Everett A., 9, son, attending school, and John, 8, son, attending school. (Sarah A. is the daughter of Abram and Rebecca)

1880 US Census for Brooklyn, Kings, NY lists Peter Nostrand, 50, milk dealer, with wife, Sarah, 43, and son, Everett, 20, clerk in store, and son, John, 18, clerk in store. Also in this household are Jennie Weeks, 27, boarder, and Rebecca Van Wicklen, 67, mother-in-law. (Abram was deceased by this time.)

1880: 547 Willoughby Ave., Brooklyn - Jacob 45, Mary A 41, William H. 18, Fulk A 14, Edward 10.

Brooklyn Eagle, 24 Dec 1889, Page 3 - Died. Van Wicklen -- Suddenly, Sunday, December 22, Rebecca, wife of the late Abram Van Wicklen, in her 76th year. Funeral service at the residence of her son in law, 381 Union street, Tuesday evening, December 24th, at 7PM.  Interment private. (Rebecca had been living in the household of her son-in-law, Peter, at the time of the 1880 US Census and perhaps since the time of her husband's death in 1873.)