Family of Simon^3 Van Wickle(n)
Simon^3 Van Wickle(n) (Evert^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes), b. abt. 1700, New Lots, Flatbush, NY
Note: Pictures of Simon Van Wickle(n) house, built abt. 1722, and located in Somerset County, NJ. Interior photo is of living
room. Additional pictures of this house (inside and outside) as well as other 18th Century Dutch houses, including one built by
Van Liews and Suydams, can be seen on The Meadows Foundation
website. Van Wicklen's/Van Wickle's intermarry with Suydams, Van Liews, and Hageman/Hegemans--the surnames listed on the Meadows
Foundation site.
Married: Geradina Kouwenhoven (b. abt. 1705 in Brooklyn, NY) 25 November 1722
Children:
1. Elsje^4 Van Wickle(n), b. abt. 1723, New Utrecht, L.I.
2. Evert^4 Van Wickle(n), b. 1725, Somerset, NJ
3. Nicasius^4 Van Wickle(n), b. 1728, Somerset, NJ
4. Metje^4 Van Wickle(n), b. abt. 1730, Somerset, NJ
5. Sietje^4 Van Wickle(n), b. abt. 1732, Somerset, NJ
6. Antje^4 Van Wickle(n), b. abt. 1734, Somerset, NJ
7. Maria^4 Van Wickle(n), b. abt. 1736, Somerset, NJ
8. Dina^4 Van Wickle(n), b. abt. 1738, Somerset, NJ
Parents:
Simon's parents are Evert and Metje Simons (Van
Arsdalen) Van Wicklen
Geradina's parents are Nicasius and Elsie (Janszen) Van Couwenhoven
Photo is of a page in a coloring book obtained by Fred Van Wicklin in a Fall 1999 visit to the Van Wickle house in Somerset,
NY. Caption at bottom reads... "1722 - Symen Van Wickle nailing round-end shingles on his
house."
Background information:
Simon^3 Van Wickle(n) (Evert Jansz^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes) was born about 1700 in New Lots, Flatbush, L.I. and died about 1754
in Somerset County, NJ. He married Gerardina Kouwenhoven 25 Nov 1722. She was born 1705 in Brooklyn, bap. 7 Aug 1705
in the Brooklyn Dutch Church and died after 1754. Simon^3 made his will 14 August 1753 and it was proved 3 January 1755 in
Somerset County, NJ where he was a yeoman. The will mentions his wife and children Evert, Nicholas, Anne, Mary, Dinah,
Elsee, Mattje, and Seytje. Simon^3’s house, a typical one and a half story Dutch farmhouse, still stands and is open to the
public (The Van Wickle house, 1289 Easton Ave, Somerset, NJ 08873). Pictures of it may be seen on
The Meadows Foundation website and in Rosalie Fellows Bailey “Pre-Revolutionary Dutch Houses and Families in Northern New Jersey and Southern
New York” pages 466-69, 467 (plate 140).
Children: Elsje^4 Van Wickle(n) was b. abt 1723 in New Utrecht, L.I. and died about 1756.
Evert^4 Van Wickle(n) was b. 1725 and bap. 1Jan1726 in Somerset County, NJ and died March 3, 1757 in Raritan, Somerset County, NJ. Evert m. Cornelia
Lupardus. Nicasius^4 Van Wickle(n) was b. 1728 in Somerset, NJ and died 1801 in Middlesex County, NJ.
Metje^4 Van Wickle(n) was b. abt 1730 in Somerset, NJ.
Sietje^4 Van Wickle(n) was b. abt 1732 in Somerset, NJ and d. after December
1775. Antje^4 Van Wickle(n) was born abt. 1734 in Somerset, NJ and d. after 1805.
Maria^4 (Mary) Van Wickle(n) was b. abt 1736 in Somerset, NJ and d. bet. 1753-1757.
Dina^4 Van Wickle(n) was b. abt 1738 in Somerset, NJ and died aft. April 1789.
Will of Symen van Wickle (Calendar of NJ Wills; Vol. III 1751-1760
Date: 14 August 1753, Somerset County, NJ
Yeoman, will of. Wife, Dinah. Children--Evert, Nicholas, Anne, Mary, Dihan, Elsee, Mattje, and Seytje. Homefarm on Raritan
River; a lot of 31 acres over the river and on the Northside of the Raritan Road, bought of son-in-law, Joseph Mount; 10 acres
of meadow.
Personal estate, incl. negroes and plate. Executors--the two sons. Witnesses--Dirrik
Rappaljee, Cornelus Sebring, Barnardus Lagrange, Proved 3 January 1755.
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. 3 (July 1997); p. 184.
Calendar of NJ Wills, Vol III 1751-1760: Symen van Wickle (submitted by Georgi Sills in 24 July 2000 email)
The Meadows Foundation website
(http://www.themeadowsfoundation.org/)
Photo of Gov. Christine Todd Whitman visiting the Van Wickle house, hosted by the Meadows Foundation, May 2002
