Family of Simon

Family of Simon^6 Van Wickle

Simon^6 Van Wickle (John^5, Nicasius^4 (Nicholas), Simon^3, Evert^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes), b. 14 October 1773, Raritan, NJ and d. 1829, Lyons, NY

(Photo of Catherine Van Wickle Voorhies Lyman, courtesy of Catherine Stanton Richert, 2006)

Married: Catherine^6 Van Wickle (b. 24 May 1800, Old Bridge, NJ) 11 February 1823, St. Peters Episcopal Church, Spottswood, NJ [Simon was Catherine's first cousin. Catherine marries second to James Van Voorhies and they had one chlld--Mary Ashley Van Voorhies. Catherine married third to Abel Lyman. See 1860 US Census information in source section below. Catherine appears to have had at least two children by marriage to Abel Lymen--William Remsen Lymen, b. abt 1839, and Amy Lymen, b. about 1849]

(Catherine Van Wickle's home in Lyons, NY, photographed in 2003, courtesy of Catherine Stanton Richert)

Children:
1. Charles^7 Lewis Van Wickle, b. 26 December 1823, Spottswood, NJ
2. Cephise^7 Laura Van Wickle b. 2 January 1826, Lyons, NY
3. Sarah^7 Maria Van Wickle, b. 8 June 1828, Lyons, NY

(from Catherine's second marriage to James Van Voorhies [1793-1833]):

4. Mary Ashley Van Voorhies, [b. 1832, Lyons, NY; d. 1901] abt. 1831

(from Catherine's third marriage to Abel Lymen [b. 1794] on 27 August 1837)

5. William Remsen Lymen, b. abt 1839, NY

6. Amy Lymen, b. abt 1849, NY

Parents:
Simon's parents are John and Ann (Rue) Van Wickle
Catherine's parents are Jacob^5 Charles and Sarah (Morgan) Van Wickle

Background information:

Simon^6 Van Wickle (John^5, Nicasius^4 (Nicholas), Simon^3, Evert^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes) b. 14 October 1773 and bap. 20 March 1774. He died 27 October 1829 and is bur. in Old Lyons Cemetery at age 59. He m. (18 February 1823) Catherine Van Wickle (b. 24 May 1800 and d. 23 March 1895 and bur. Old Cem. of Lyons, NY), his cousin, the d/o of Jacob and Sarah (Morgan) Van Wickle. (According to Harry Macy, Jr. Catherine appears also to have married a Mr. Lyman in that she appears as Catherine Lyman in her father's will. Her father died in 1854. IGI Index; familysearch.com lists Catherine Van Wickle m. to Abel Lyman on 27 August 1837, New Jersey Abel Lyman, b. abt. 1794 NH res. Lyons, NY in 1850. Her marriage to Abel Lyman was her third. Her second marriage was to James C. Van Voorhees. See note from Ellen Hutchison Stanton Reifenberger in source section below.)

Catherine m. 2nd to James G. Voorhees (b. Fishkill, NY and d. 26 Jan 1833 and bur. Lyons, NY) on 30 November 1830. One child: Mary Ashley Van Voorhies (b. 24 Sep 1832 and d. 7 June 1901 in Galveston, TX). She m. on 29 May 1852 to Gideon Townsend (b. abt. 1830, Fishkill, NY and d. 30 May 1899 in New Orleans, LA) She was a famous poetess (The Creed, The Captain's Story); Catherine m. third on 27 August 1837 to Abel Lyman (b. 29 Nov. 1795, Winchester, NH and d. 13 August 1872, Princeton, NJ. One child by that marriage: William Remsen Falken Lyman (b. 2 July 1838, Lyons, NY, d. 26 Oct 1927, Ruston, LA and bur. Metairie Cem, Sec. 10, Lyman Tomb, New Orleans. William was first president of the New Orleans Stock Exchange. He married first on 26 April 1866 in New Orleans to Mary Adelia Campbell (b. 26 April 1844, Philadelphia, PA and d. 12 August 1893, bur. Metairie Cem.). He m. second on 20 September 1894 to Alice Ingraham (b. 7 September 1844).

22 April 1957 letter from Cousin Lillian [Lillian Townsend Lyman Campbell] to Cousin Gideon [Gideon Townsend Stanton]...

"Our family name was Van Wickle and not Winkle. Originally the first ancestor in America came from the village of Wiclen in Hollard.

" I recall that Grandma Lyman was very careful to explain that she was Catherine Van Wickle. As were all the family connections around Lyons. They once owned large tracts of land about there. There is a well preserved house in Geneseo near here that was built by Evert Van Wickle, father of Simon Van Wickle, 1st husband of Catherine. I once asked our grandmother how she came to marry 3 times and she said, "I married Mr. Van Wickle because my father wanted me to. I married Mr. Van Voorhies because I wanted to, and I married Mr. Lyman because he wanted me to." [She never called her husbands by their first names.] -courtesy of Catherine Stanton Richert, 2006 [It appears that Lillian was in error about a few of these details. The family appears to have come via Jentie Jeppes from Wickel, Friesland. The house built by Evert is still standing in Angelica, NY. Evert's father was Nicasius^4. His grandfather was Simon^3 Van Wickle and Simon's home erected in 1722 in NJ is still standing as well.

Children: Charles^7 Lewis Van Wickle b. 26 December 1823, Spottswood, NJ and bap. 26 August 1824 in Saint Peter's Episcopal Church, Spottswood, NJ. He died 17 May 1849 at age 25-4-21 (never married) and is bur. in Old Lyons Cem. in Lyons, NY with his father; Cephise^7 Laura Van Wickle was b. 2 January 1826 and bap. 25 June 1826. She m. John Budd Slawson on 6 October 1846 in Grace Episcopal Church of Lyons, Wayne, NY. John was b. 14 February 1814, Orange, NJ and d. 12 February 1886, New York. Their daughter, Alice^8 Hyacinthe Slawson, m. William D. Aiken and their daughter, Cephise^9 Hyacinthe Aiken m. Louis Irving Riechner. Cephise^9 and Louis have two sons, Aiken^10 Reichner and Morgan^10 Stephens Riechner; Sarah^7 Maria Van Wickle, b. 8 June 1828, Lyons, NY and bap. 1 November 1828 and she d. 31 May 1896 in Riverside CA. She married Ebenezer Griffin Brown (b. in Maine and d. 31 May 1896, Riverside, CA) 14 August 1850 in NY. (from Catherine's second marriage to James Van Voorhies [1793-1833]): Mary Ashley Van Voorhies, [b. 1832, Lyons, NY; d. 1901] abt. 1831. ["Aunt Matie" or Mary Ashley Van Voorhies Townsend, was b. 1832, Lyons, NY. She settled with her husband, Gideon Townsend of New Orleans, in New Orleans on the eve of the Civil War, and lived there with frequent travels to Mexico til her death in 1901. She was a celebrated writer, publishing under several pseudonames. Her works include The Brother Clerks (NY, 1859) and The Captain's Story [1874]. A "google search of Mary Ashley Townsend will reveal a considerable amount of information on her. - information courtesy of Catherine Stanton Richert, in a 5 June 2006 compilation received by mail titled "My dear Gideon"] (from Catherine's third marriage to Abel Lymen [b. 1794] on 27 August 1837) William Remsen Lymen, b. abt 1839, NY; Amy Lymen, b. abt 1849, NY

Source:
familysearch.com

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. 250-1.

Harry Macy research notes for Simon Van Wickle
28 November 1829 Katherine Van Wickle widow of Simon Van Wickle, deed granted LA (Wayne Co.)
Simon noted as a resident of Lyons 1808 by Cowles Landmarks of Wayne Co (p. 228)
23 October 1809 one of 22 organizing members of Presb. Society of Sodus (changed 1820 to Lyons)
1830 she near John Rue had m 5-10 and 10-15, f 0-5, 0-5, 0-5, 20-30
By second husband she had William b. abt 1838, NY

L. Irving Reichner, Reichner and Aiken Genealogies; 25 March 1931 (copy #22 of 25 in possession of New York Genealogical and Biographical Society) Pages sent to me courtesy, Harry Macy, Jr.

IGI; familysearch.com for Charles Lewis VW

1850 US Census for Lyons, Wayne, NY lists Abel Lyman, 56 (b. abt. 1794, NH) as head of household with wife, Catherine Lyman, 51 (b. abt. 1800, NJ) with son, William Lyman, 12 (b. abt 1838, NY), Sarah Van Wickle, 22 (b. abt 1828, NY) and other residents. Catherine (Van Wickle) Lyman is d/o Jacob Charles and Sarah Morgan Van Wickle and first wife of Simon Van Wickle. William is Abel and Catherine Lyman's son. Sarah Van Wickle is d/o Simon and Catherine Van Wickle.

1860 US Census for Lyons, Wayne, NY lists Abel Lyman, 64, head, with wife, Catherine, 60, and daughter, Amy, 11. Also residing in this household is Lucelia Van Wickle, 30.

11 Mar 2006 email from Ellen Hutchison Stanton Reifenberger - My great grandparents were Lewis Hutchison Stanton and Adele Cephise Townsend. Adele's mother was Mary Ashley Van Voorhis Townsend and Mary Ashley's parents were Catherine Van Wickle and James Van Voorhies.

10 May 2006 email from Catherine Stanton Richert who is working on a project she calls the Campbell letters. Lillian Lyman Campbell was one of Catherine Van Wickle's grandchildren, and in the late 1950s at the end of her life she corresponded with her cousin Gideon T. Stanton, my grandfather, remembering and sharing family stories. One of Catherine's research paths took her to Lyons, NY in June 2003. "Ever since I was a little girl, I'd heard the story of Catherine Van Wickle and her three husbands. I found her home there in town, the place nearby in the country where her daughter, my great-great-grandmother, Mary Ashley Van Voorhis Townsend was born...and finally...with the help of my doggedly determined husband, Catherine's grave, where she rests with all three of the husbands she survived." In Fall, 2006 I received from Catherine Stanton Richert her compilation dated 5 June 2006 and titled "My Dear Gideon" Catherine Richert's compilation confirms and informs much of the information on this and other family pages and adds a richness of personal information on the family and friends of Catherine Van Wickle.