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Sytje^5 (Siche) Van Wickle(n) (Nicasius^4, Simon^3, Evert^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes), b. 1757, Raritan, Somerset County, NJ

Married: Archibald Gordon (b. 1748, NJ) 12 April 1779 (license), NJ

Children:
1. Peter^6 Gordon, b. 1781, NJ
2. Nicholas^6 Gordon, b. abt 1783, NJ
3. Archibald^6 (Archie) Gordon, b. abt 1785, Cranbury, NJ
4. Catharine^6 Gordon, b. 1791, NJ
5. Eliza^6 Gordon, b. 1794, NJ
6. Mary^6 Ann Gordon, b. abt 1795, NJ

Parents:
Sytje's parents are Nicasius and Tryntie (Boice) Van Wickle
Archibald's parents are Peter and Mary (Craig) Gordon.

Background information:

Sytje^5 (Siche) Van Wickle(n)
(Nicasius^4, Simon^3, Evert^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes), b. 10 August 1757, Raritan, Somerset County, NJ and was bap. as Seytie on 28 August 1757 at New Brunswick RDC, NJ. She m. Archibald Gordon 12 April 1779 (license). Archibald made his will in 1826 in Middlesex Co., NJ. Sytje was living as late as 1838 when she made application for a widow's pension. She made this pension application for her husband's Revolutionary War service (#7547). Archibald Gordon was an Ensign in the Revolutionary War.

Children: Peter^6 Gordon, b. 23 February 1781, NJ. He married Catherine Van Liew and he died 25 August 1843; Nicholas^6 Gordon, b. abt 1783, NJ. He married Margaret Vanderhoof, Cranbury, NJ 21 April 1825; Archibald^6 (Archie) Gordon, b. abt 1785, Cranbury, NJ. He died unmarried; Catharine^6 Gordon, b. 30 July 1791, NJ. and bap. 15 August 1791, Cranbury, NJ Presbyterian Church. She married John Hays, Jr. on 17 December 1812 in Cranbury, NJ; Eliza^6 Gordon, b. 1 January 1794, NJ and bap. 29 April 1794. She married Christian Van Nortwick and died 1882; Mary^6 Ann Gordon, b. abt 1795, NJ. She died 1826.

Source:

Bible of Nicasius DeSille (1614) for bap/b. dates of Trintie Boice, and daughters, Geradina and Siche. (courtesy Michael Wolfe in 14 June 2000 email)

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. 251.

Harry Macy research notes on Nicasius^4 Van Wickle...
Stryker 453 shows Archibald Gordon, Ensign, from Middlesex County. An inventory of estate of A. Gordon filed Trenton, NJ 
1826. See 54-128. Siche (Van Wickle) Gordon--as widow-- made application for pension for her husband's Revolutionary War service on 3 May 1838 (gmnj 3-161)