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Family of Tunis^5 Van Wicklen

(Photo is of the grave markers of Tunis and Mary Van Wicklen in Wyckoff Snediker Cemetery--Tunis' grave with the single flower and Mary's with the floral wreath--Courtesy, Allan Kaufmann via 30 June 2005 email.)

Tunis^5 Van Wicklen (Gerrit^4, Evert^3, Gerrit^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes), b. 1765 Jamaica, NY

Married: Mary (Smith) Van Wicklen (b. 1776) 28 February 1794, Jamaica Presbyterian Church

Children:
1. Maria^6 Van Wicklen, b. 7 July 1794, Jamaica RDC, NY
2. Femmetye^6 (Phebe) Van Wicklen, b. 20 Mary 1796, Jamaica RDC, NY

Parents:
Tunis' parents are Gerrit and Phebe (Covert) Van Wicklen
Mary's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Smith :-)

Background information:

Tunis^5 Van Wicklen (Gerrit^4, Evert^3, Gerrit^2, Jentie^1 Jeppes) was b. 3 January 1765 in Jamaica, Queens, NY and was bap. 16 February 1765, Jamaica RDC. He died 2 September 1852 at age 87-7-29, and was buried in the Lott/Snedker Burial Ground, Jamaica. He married Mary Smith (b. 31 March 1776 and bap. 31 March 1776; died 4 September 1844 at age 68-5-4, Jamaica) on 28 February 1794, Jamaica Presbyterian. (I have a copy of the will of Tunis Van Wicklen sworn before Morris Fosdick, County Judge and A.D. and John S. Snedeker, 20 October 1852, courtesy of Allan Kaufmann via email)

Children: Maria^6 Van Wicklen, b. 7 July 1794, and bap. 14 September 1794, Jamaica RDC, NY. She married Jerome Snediker, 7 December 1810, Jamaica, NY and she died 9 October 1873; Phebe^6 Van Wicklen who was b. 20 March 1796, bap. 22 May 1796, Jamaica RDC, NY. She died 4 April 1852 and age 56--0-15. Phebe m. Luke Eldert (b. 1786 and d. 1845) 9 March 1815 Jamaica RDC.

Luke and Phebe (Van Wicklen) Eldert had 12 children and two of them (Tunis and Garret) were give Van Wicklen as their middle name. The children of Luke and Phebe are: Samuel Eldert (b. 18 November 1815, 25 February 1870), Mary Elizabeth Eldert (b. 6 October 1817, d. 2 September 1819), Tunis Van Wicklen Eldert (b. 15 march 1820, d. 19 December 1877), Abraham Ditmas Eldert (b. 30 April 1823, d. 7 May 1823), Garret Van Wicklen Eldert (b. 5 April 1824, d. 19 Janurary 1890), Abraham Ditmas Eldert (b. 30 January 1827, d. 10 July 1827), Luke Eldert (b. 11 April 1828, d. 26 July 1828), Elizabeth Eldert (b. 9 March 1830, d. 25 February 1889), Aletta Maria Eldert (b. 5 May 1831, d. 15 January 1835), John Henry Eldert (b. 7 June 1834; d. 24 January 1835), Caroline Ditmas Eldert (b. 10 December 1834; d. 6 April 1836), and Luke Eldert (b. 17 May 1837, d. 11 March 1910). Note that seven of these twelve children died in childhood: Mary Elizabeth (23 months), Abraham Ditmas (one week), Abraham Ditmas "II" (5 months), Luke (3 months), Aletta Maria (3 years, 8 months), John Henry (7 months), and Caroline Ditmas (4 months). (This information courtesy of Richard Alan McCool, unpublished Eldert family document.)

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. 4 (October 1997); p. 246.

Richard Alan McCool, Unpublished notes on Eldert Family, p. 21.

In a 7 June 02 email, Richard McCool says...
A small book entitled "The Wyckoff-Snedeker Family Cemetery, Woodhaven, NY (2000)." by Dorothea and June McCowan is available at nominal cost through the Woodhaven Cultural and Historical Society: 9334 91st Avenue, Woodhaven, NY 11321-2739

Tunis Van Wicklen and his wife Maria Smith, plus two of their daughters, Maria Van Wicklen (wife of Jeromus Snedeker) and Phebe Van Wicklen (wife of Luke Eldert) are buried there. Also, the daughter of Garrett Van Wicklen and Gaertje Lott, Catherine Van Wicklen (wife of Samuel Eldert, Jr.) is buried here.

Harry Macy research notes for Tunis^5 Van Wicklen...
Will 26 August 1845/20 October 1852 (QCo 5:493) Prob records show next of kind, daughter Maria Snediker, wife of Jeromus Snediker of New Lotts; and children of daughter Phebe Eldert, deceased.

1800 US Census for Ward 6, NY, NY (p. 816, image 21) lists Tunis VanWickle (one male 16-25), one female, 16 to 25 (wife, Mary), and two females under age 10 (their two daughters).

War of 1812 Service Records lists Pvt. Jeromus Snedeker, 64 & 94 Consolidated Regiment, NY Militia.

1820 US Census for Ward 6, NY, NY lists household of Tunis Van Winkle with 6 males and 1 female in the household.

1850 US Census for Jamaica, Queens, NY lists Phebe Eldert, 50, with Garret V., 30, farmer, Tunis V., 28, farmer, Luke, 26, Elizabeth, 24, Tunis Van Wicklen, 85, gentlemen, and Egbert Berry, laborman. All b. NY.

1850 US Census for Jamaica, Queens, NY lists Jerome Snedeker, 65, with Maria, 50, Tarlton W., 24, and John, 18. All b. NY