DYKBEWONER

THE VANDYKE FAMILY JOURNAL

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VOLUME 2, NUMBER 1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOVEMBER 1996

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Cecil VanDyke, Editor Post Office Box 2167, Shelby, North Carolina 28151

DYKBEWONER, THE VANDYKE FAMILY JOURNAL, is a newsletter for VANDYKE researchers. The purpose of the newsletter is to provide a place to exchange VANDYKE information and to learn more about our ancestors. For our Journal to be successful, it will require the input from all segments of our family. Suggestions for improvements, articles, family stories, Bible records, birth records, marriage records, and death records are needed for quarterly publication. Please make your comments heard by writing to the editor at the above address. For those that have an email address, your copy can be sent directly from my computer to yours. DYKBEWONER, will be published quarterly, in November, February, May and August. The annual subscription rate is $9.00 if the subscription is to be sent through the United States mail. For those that want the subscription sent by email, the annual subscription is $7.00. Prior copies, except the PREMIER EDITION issued in September 1995, will be $2.50 per single copy. The subscription year begins with the November edition. Checks should be made payable to Cecil VanDyke.

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QUERY

Jim, a member of America OnLine is seeking information about a Catherine VanDyke who was born about 1830. She is from Virginia or West Virginia and is married to a Joseph Jones. They had at least one child named Mary Matilda Jones who was born 10/24/1856 in Tazewell County, Virginia (this area had a lot of VanDyke's in the later part of the 1800's). Since I only have an email address for Jim, please send your information to me at PO Box 23486, Charlotte, North Carolina 28227.

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and the Kaptein's had a interesting occurance: four Van Dyke brothers and sisters married four Kaptein brothers and sisters, which makes for a very close family, since many of the in-laws are already related to each other through marriage. Most of the Van Dyke family in Conrad has since then mover to the Grand Rapids Michigan where the CRC has its roots. I am fourth genertion to this close-knit bunch of in-laws, and since we are so close and live so close, we have a picnic every year at a certain Hger-Hardwood park in Jenison with all the other fourth generation cousins."

I do not have Eric's postal mailing address but his email address is: ericscs@iserv.net

* Henry VanDyke b. About 1735 d. About 1773 m. Amy Bullock. This Henry first appears in the public records on a tax list during 1755 and then as a witness to a deed dated July 21, 1757. His father-in-law, Richard Bullock, deeded and in granville county to Henry and his grandchildren, David and Ann during 1758. Then on November 8, 1760, Henry received a grant of 495 acres on Smiths Creek. Richard and Henry deeded a total of 655 acres of land on Smiths Creek to Nathan Sims on July 23, 1764. At this time, Henry was living in Lunenburg County, Virginia. Richard Bullock's will was dated October 27, 1764. Henry received one shilling while Ann received a feather

bed and other furniture. The will was proved in court during November 1766.

In 1774, Special Agent William Duffy, who was pursuing claims for the British Merchant firm of Alexander, Donald & Company, claimed that Henry owed the firm money for a debt incurred. Mary Green (I do not know if this is his first wife or second wife), Henry's widow stated that she did not believe that the debt was due. This would put Henry's death around 1773.

Carolyn Meek Nelson has provided information that Henry died about 1794 in Lunenburg County, Virginia. It is possible that we have information about two different Henry's. Carolyn also provided information about Henry and Amy's son Freemen and his descendants.

* David VanDyke m. Margaret Ross

* William Summerfield VanDyke m. Emma Elizabeth Hall

* Melissa Ethel VanDyke m. James Clay Ray

* Thomas Jefferson VanDyke m. Margaret Ann Bellamy

* LeRoy Canfield VanDyke m. Carrie Ann Kurtz

* Bertha Estelle VanDyke m. Burton William Scheib

* Mabel Gertrude VanDyke m. Ray Herbert Redman

* Margaret Pearl VanDyke m. Richard Edward Scneder

* Ann VanDyke

* Freeman VanDyke b. _____ d. about June 1830 m. about 1790 Mary "Polly" Whittle d. 1856

* John H. VanDyke b. 1791 m. 27 Feb 1816 Phoebe Martin

* George M. VanDyke b. 27 Nov 1818 d. 15 Jul 1896 m. 23 Jan 1845 Hulda A. Davis b. about 1829 d. 16 Apr 1898

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* Victoria Caroline VanDyke b. 13 Dec 1846 d. 25 Sep 1914 m. 14 Jun 1863 Jesse E. H. Jackson

* John Warren VanDyke b. 6 Apr 1850 d. 14 May 1943 m. 13 Sep 1877 Annie "Astaminsa" M.

Bell m. G. M. ?

* Phoebe Eliza "Lida" VanDyke b. about 1854 d. after Oct 1914 m. 16 Nov 1873 Thomas

Higgins

* Laura "Jeanie" VanDyke b. about 1853 m. 17 Dec 1876 James Rhea

* Marshall Davis VanDyke b. 10 Mar 1859 m. 21 Sep 1882 Mattie J. Roberts m. after 1902 Miss

? d. about 1902

* Malinda E. "Hetty" VanDyke b. 18 Jan 1861 d. 24 Jan 1947 m. 23 Dec 1880 John H. Ensley

* George H. VanDyke b. May 1863 d. Feb 1939

* Van Buren VanDyke b. about July 1865 d. 20 Jun 1945 m. 27 Dec 1894 Dorothy B. "Dollie"

Davidson b. 27 Mar 1875 d. 10 Dec 1956

* Kate Maurine VanDyke b. 27 Jul 1895 d. 18 Sep 1982 m. 24 Jan 1914 Pat Claybourne

McCown m. about 1925 Walter Craig m. about 1927 William Morrison m. about 1945 Floyd Miller

* Baby Boy Twin VanDyke b. Jan 1898 d. 21 Jan 1898

* Lela Ester VanDyke b. Jan 1898 d. 1 Apr 1898

* Lora DeWanda VanDyke b. 12 Sep 0902 m. 30 Apr 1927 James Dabbs Meek, Sr. b. 22 Nov

1892 d. 26 Mar 1975 "Married at 3:30 p. m. on Saturday at the home of Dr. B. V. Ferguson. The only attendant was the bride's mother, Mrs. Dorothy VanDyke."

* James Dabbs Meek, Jr. b. 14 Jan 1928 m. about 1960 Bobbie Cline m. 6 Aug 1964 Bettye June Gillion

* Roger Stanhope Meek b. 24 Jul 1932 m. 22 Nov 1953 Georgia LvVelle Hall

* Carolyn Wanda Meek b. 16 Feb 1935 m. 13 Apr 1957 Bert Wayne Green m. 8 Jan 1977 Dell Leo Nelson Carolyn attended Poteau Public Schools until the family moved to Fort Smith, AR in 1948.

* Vernice Burnel VanDyke b. 29 Mar 1904 d. 17 Aug 1904

* Reba Juanita VanDyke b. 1905 d. Sept 1908. She died because of Whooping Cough.

* Mary B. VanDyke b. about 1857 m. Sam Butler

* Pinkney D. VanDyke b. Feb 1828

* Martin Van Buren VanDyke b. 1 Apr 1830 d. 28 Apr 1908

* Francis Cooley VanDyke b. about 1834

Carolyn also writes that her mother, Lora Wanda VanDyke Meek, just celebrated her 94 th birthday this past September.

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Elizabeth VanDike, born in January 1824 in North Carolina. She was living in the Spartanburg County with her sister, Martha Moore.

Geo W. VanDyke, born in Dec 1853 in PA was living in Abbeville County as a boarder with Wiley A. Smith.

Henry J. Vandike, born in March 1867 in South Carolina. He was living in Dorchester County with his wife Carrie E. Carrie was born in April 1867 in South Carolina. Their children were: (1) Willie H., born August 1897 in South Carolina and (2) Jno. C., born in March 1899 in South Carolina.

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Susan VanDyke, born in 1860 in South Carolina. She was living with her children: (1) Rufus, born in 1885, (2) Lydia, born in 1886, (3) George, born in 1891, (4) Lester, born in 1893, (5) Robert, born in 1894, (6) McKinley, born in 1896, and (7) Hessie, bonr in 1898. Their color was listed as Black.

Howard Vandike, also a Black family, was born in 1867 in South Carolina. He was living in Charleston County with his wife Delia who was born in March 1866. Their children were: (1) James, born in December 1884, (2) William, born in October 1885, (3) Johnny, born in September 1889, (4) Howard, born in November 1892, (5) Meta, born in June 1896, and (6) Walter, born in December 1898.

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Luther VanDyke, age 25, born in North Carolina was living in Clover, SC with his wife Mary, age 23. Their children: (1) Mary Lee, age 5, born in NC, (2) Arthur, age 3, born in NC, (3) and Sarah, under the age of 1.

Aleck VanDyke, age 43 was born in North Carolina. He was living with his wife Dici, age 41. Their children: (1) Pearl, age 19, (2) Robert, age 17, (3) John, age 14, (4) Lula, age 13, (5) Zona, age 7, and (6) Marvin, age 2 months. All of the children were born in North Carolina. John worked in the textile industry and became a preacher. He started a small church in Belmont, North Carolina. Marvin just recently passed away in September 1996.

His obituary published in the CHARLOTTE OBSERVER on September 20, 1996 reads as follows: "Mr. Marvin A. VanDyke, 86, of Charlotte died Wednesday, September 18, 1996."

"Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p. m. Saturday at McEwen Funeral Service, Charlotte (NC) Chapel, 727 East Morehead Street, with the Reverend Steve G. Byrd officiating. Interment will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends 7-9 p. m. Friday at the funeral home. At other times, they will be at the home of Katie VanDyke Fisher, 205 Taylor Drive, Stanley, NC."

"Mr. VanDyke was born in Dallas, NC, the son of the late Christy Alexander VanDyke and Dicie Smith VanDyke. He was a veteran of World War II, having served with the U. S. Army, a member of Garr Memorial Church, American Legion Post 221, Steele Creek Masonic Lodge 737 and the Steele Creek Chapter 339, Order of the Eastern Star. Mr. VanDyke was a retired steam fitter and pipe fitter. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lucille Clanton VanDyke."

"Survivors include a number of nephews and nieces."

"Memorials may be sent to Steele Creek Masonic Lodge 737, PO Box 7171, Charlotte, NC 28241; or Garr Memorial Church, 7700 Wallace Road, Charlotte, NC 28212."

Article #1:

"Joyce Beattie Vandyke of Lexington annoucnes the engagement of her daughter, Schron Denise Beattie to Milton R. Haksins, Jr., son of Carmen Riggins and Milton R. Haskins Sr. of Louisville."

"Miss Beattie is a graduate of Henry Clay High School and is attending McKendree University in Lebanon, Ill. She is employed by Nations Banc Mortgage Co."

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"Mr. Haskins is a graduate of Fern Creek High School and Louisville Technical Institute in Louisville. He is self-employed."

"The wedding will be a 1 p.m., Aug. 8. at St. John Baptist Church in Lexington."

ibid, page J6, published Sunday, July 26, 1992.

Article #2

"CHURCH, CIVIC WORKER CORA CHILDS, 65, DIES"

"Cora Jean VanDyke Childs, who was active in church and civic work in Lexington, died Monday {Feb 22, 1988} at Central Baptist Hospital after a long illness. Mrs. Childs, of 1862 Colchester Drive, was 65."

"Mrs. Childs was the wife of Shiloh Baptist Church's pastor, the Rev. G. H. Childs. She was president emeritus of the State Baptist Women's Missionary Convention of Kentucky and had seved as its president for four years during the 1980's. The group does missionary work to help support Simmons Bible College in Louisville, foreighn missions and other church activities."

"Simmons Bible College awarded her an honorary doctor of humanities degree for her work as president of the organization."

"She also was a member of the Ministers and Wives Council of Lexington and Vicinity and a member of the International Interdenominational Council of Lexington. She was a former member of the YWCA Exective Board of Ashland."

"At Shiloh Baptist Church she had been superintendent of the young adult department and a Sunday school teacher. She was a member of the church's Missionary Society."

"Mrs. Childs was born and raised in Harrodsburg. She lived in Louisville and Ashland for several years before she moved to Lexington in 1965."

"In addition to her husband, she is survived by two sons, George Childs, Jr. of Lexington and the Rev. Daniel R. Childs of Rochester, N. Y.; two brothers; and two grandchildren."

"Services will be 1 p.m. Friday at Shiloh Baptist Chruch. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the church. O. L. Hughes & Sons Mortuary is in charge of arrangements."

ibid, page B4, published Wednesday, February 24, 1988.

Article #3

"LEBANON - Richard VanDyke, 78, of Bradfordsville, a retired farmer, father of Freda Noel of Danville, died yesterday at the University of Chicago Hospital after a long illness. Services will be at 1 p. m. Thursday at Greater Mount Sinai Baptist Church. Visitation will begin at 9 a. m. Wednesday at Johnson Funeral Home."

ibid, page B8, published Tuesday, August 20, 1985.

Article #4

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James R. VanDyke, 80, of Lexington, husband of Brooksie VanDyke, died Saturday at Freindship Nursing Home, Danville. Arrangements incomplete at Cunningham Funeral Home."

ibid, page B7, Published, Monday, September 24, 1990.

Article #5

"James Robb VanDyke and Brooksie Ann Neal applied for a marriage license in Fayette County on May 24, 1987."

ibid, Published May 24, 1987.

Article #6

"Luther VanDyke, 66, of Bradfordsville, retired mail carrier, husband of Geneva VanDyke, died December 22, 1992."

ibid, Published December 23, 1996.

Article #7

"HARRODSBURG - Johnny Ralph Whittenhill VanDyke, 87, of 532 West Broadway, a former Southern Railroad employee of 40 years and widower of Iwlo Gene Jones VanDyke, died Saturday at Haggin Memorial Hospital. Services 1:30 p. m. Wednesday at Centennial Baptist Church. Visitation 3 to 5 p. m. and 7 to 9 p. m. Tuesday at Parks Funeral Home."

ibid, page B11, Published, Monday, January 26, 1987.

"Elizabeth, one of the daughters, married Henry VanDyke; they lived and died at Mapleton; had several children, namely, John, Simon, Jacob, Mary, the wife of Christopher ------, who for many years on the old Barcalow homestead Barcalow homestead, and raised a large family of children; and Ann, the wife of Isaac VanDyke." Elizabeth's maiden name was Barcalow. ibid, page 27.

"Nicholas [Stillwell] purchased a farm in 1639. The location is said to be near present 34th street, New York City. He was a tobacco planter. At one time he commanded a Dutch troop against the Indians. Later he became a magistrate at Gravesend, L. I., and, about 1664, settled on Staten Island. His English wife was Abigail Hopton (daughter of Robert Hopton), who perhaps, d. abroad. His second wife was Ann Van Dyke." ibid, page 41

"VanDyck-Van Dyke.---Thomas Janse Van Dyck came to America in 1652 with his wife Sytie Dirks and a large family, and settled in Brooklyn. One of his sons, Jan, and his wife, Tryntje Achias Haegen, settled at New Utrecht, where he became magistrate, commissioner, etc.; d. 1673. Sons were Thomas, Carll, Achias, jan and hendrick, all b. in Holland except Hendrick. The Somerset families [New Jersey] descend from the last named Jan." ibid, page 45

First Reformed Church, Raritan (Somerville) Baptisms --- "Van Dyke, Benjamin and Elsie Smith --- William Smith" ibid, page 74

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John Piatt's "Cobbler's Census," 1765-1772 ---- "Alty Van Dyck" "Ferdinand Van dyck" ibid, page 94

John Piatt was the cobbler for the Three-Mile Run district of Somerset County. The above came from one of his account books.

Additional Slaveholders' List in Somerset --- Franklin Township ---"Jacob Van Dike, 1805; James C. Van Dyke, 1810." ibid, page 97

Both Jacob and James had slaves born in their household during the years listed after their names.

Middlebush Cemetery (Cedar Grove) Inscriptions --- "V.D., S., aged 40, 1787. [Sophia (VanDyke) Van Doren (wife of Benjamin), b. Jan. 17, 1748; d. Dec. 26, 1787]." ibid, page 144

Middlebush Cemetery (Cedar Grove) Inscriptions --- "Van Dyke, Francis (col.), (no dates obtained)." "Van Dyke, Henrietta (col.; wife of Louis), d. Dec. 23, 1911, aged 26 yrs." "Van Dyke, Samuel, Sr. (col.), d. mar. 8, 1907." "Van Dyke, Samuel, Jr. (col.), d. May 15, 1911, aged 42 yrs." ibid, page 146

Franklin Township Historical Notes --- "About three hundred yards above the house of Tunis Quick on the Middlesex side of the road, where Benjamin Baird now lives, in 1766 was the house of Jacob Van Dyke. He married three wives. One was a sister of John Van dyke, of harlingen, who married Garreta Bergen, of Rocky Hill; another was a widow of Hendrick Cortelyou, of Ten-mile Run. When married to her, he gave his pastor, Dr. James S. cannon, for whom he had great esteem, fifty dollars as a marriage fee. The name of the other wife is not know. He died in 1809, and by his will he left to the children of his brothers and sisters then living, the sum of fifty-eight thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight dollars, which was divided among them, being thirty or more in number." ibid, page 187

"The great ancestor of the Van Dyke family in this country was Thomas Janse Van Dyke. We have no certain evidence that he ever came here, but his sons, Jans, Claus (or Nicholas) and Hendrick Thomas Van Dyke came about 1652, from Amsterdam, in Holland. Jans died prior to 1673; married first -------; second, Tryntje Achias (who later married Tileman Joacobse Van Der Meyer) and settled in New Utrecht. His children were: 1st, Thomas; 2nd, Derrick; 3rd, Carel; 4th, Peter; 5th, Achias; 6th, Hendrick; 7th, Jan; 8th, Antje; 9th, Angenetie; 10th, Mayke (or Mariche). Thomas married Maritje Anderson. Had issue, of whom were Tierk, of New Utrecht; John, of Middlesex county, New Jersey; Andrew, of Newcastle, Delaware; and Isaac, of Middlesex county, New Jersey. Isaac and his wife Barbara were members of the Dutch Reformed Church of New Brunswick at its organization in 1717, and in that church he was ordained an elder in 1718. Carel, or Charles, emigrated from Amsterdam in 1652, and died in 1734; married Elizabeth Aards Van Der Hard, of Neuskop, Holland, took the oath of allegiance in New Utrecht, in 1687, and afterwards settled at Shrewsbury, New Jersey. Nicholas Thomas (Claus) Van Dyke, the ancesor of the Delaware Van Dykes, resided at first in Brooklyn. In 1683 he resided on the Raritan, at Three-Mile Run. His son Nicholas settled at Newcastle, Delaware, and was Governor of that State before the adoption of the Federal Constitution." ibid, page 187

"There was another branch of the family to whom Hendrick Van Dyke, Fiscal of New York and Albany, belonged. About 1730, a Nicholas Van Dyke, of Albany, came to New Brunswick; lived in Albany street , and was ordained a Deacon of the church there in 1740. A Rev. Mr. Van Dyke was a minister in the Episcopal church in New Brunswick in 1791." ibid, page 188

"A Nicholas Van Dyke and his wife, Maria Van Norden, had a child baptized at Harlingen in 1742, named John." ibid, page 188

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"Jacob Van Dyke, son of Achias, in 1710, owne done of the lots or tracts of land, called the Harlingen tract, bought of Peter Sonman, which contained in all 9,000 acres." ibid, page 188

"There was a John Van Dyke, Jr., son of John Van Dyke, Sr., who lived and died on the Van Dyke property, which was afterwards owned and resided on by his son-in-law, Martin Voorhees, lying a short distance southeast of the village of Harlingen. John Van Dyke, Jr., married two wives. By the first, who was Rebecca Van Dyke, his first cousin, he had several children, one of which we will call John the third; of whom, sometime after his death, his old neighbors, Major John Baird and John Ten Broek, being interviewed by a citizen of the county, gave the following history:" ibid, page 188

'"Before the Revolution he, John the third, had been elected to minor offices under the British Crown, of which one was a Justice of the Peace, another in the militia; he was a man of most determined will, inflexibl courage and bearing. When the storm of the Revolution burst forth, his feeling were strongly with the Patriots, but on account of the offices, having in each case taken the oath of allegiance to the British Crown, as required by law, they stood in his way. His oaths, his honor, and his religious principles staggered him, and he became greatly perplexed. His neighbors and friends were anxious to have him dash into the affray and become their leader, but he hesitated and did not act one way or the other. He was in a hot-bed of impatient and impetrous revolutionists. They began to call him Tory, and to heap upon him other opprobious and offensive names, which he could not and would not receive nor bear from any one. The result was that he was brought into immediate collision with the party he desired to serve, and was driven over to the other side and accepted a Colonel's commission in the British army, signed by Lord Howe. History does not tell whether he did anything of much consequence in that service. The British government made him a grant of 1,000 acres of land in Nova Scotia, not very valuable, and also a pension yearly of a guinea a day, and for a long course of years his heirs and representatives were making unavailable efforts to recover it after his death. He spent some time in England after the close of the war; he then returned and took possession of lands in Nova Scotia, where he remained until the act prohibiting his return to the States was repealed, when he came home to his family in Harlingen, where he lived until hd died. In the year 1856, Judge John Van Dyke, of New Brunswick, was appointed an agent, by his heirs, to proceed to Nova Scotia and to dispose of the property there, which he did, and distributed to the proceeds arising therefrom to his lawful heirs and their representatives.'" ibid, pages 188 and 189

"Tradition states that John, the third, on his return from Nova Scotia, coming to New Brunswick, unexpectedly met his wife, whom he had not seen for many years, at the execution of John Pullen, who was hung for the murder of his father, and which she with many other citizens of the surrounding country had assembled to witness." ibid, page 189

"This John was married to Rebecca Van Dyke April 17th, 1761; had eight children: Margaret, born January 17th, 1763, married Abner Horton; Ruloff, born May 4th, 1764, lived and died at Rocky Hill, unmarried; Catharine, born April 19th, 1766, died unmarried; Anne, born December 28th, 1767, died unmarried; Rebecca, born June 7th, 1769, married Garret Beekman and lived and died at Griggstown; Elizabeth and Sally, twins, born March 28th, 1772. Elizabeth married Benjamin Gulick and lived and died at Rocky Hill; Sally died unmarried. There was also John." ibid, page 189

"John, son of John the third, had four children: First, John, who married Martha, daughter of Garret Beekman; they had ten children; all deceased. Second, James, who died unmarried; was well known as a portrait and miniature painter. Third, Rebecca, who married Jacob Lane, of Princeton; both living. Fourth, Alexander, who married Fanny Stout; both living at Rocky Hill; had seven children, three of whom survive, viz.: J. Stout Van Dyke, who married Mary Whitlock, of Rocky Hill, and lives

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at Franklin Park; Mary, who married E. S. Cook, of Trenton, and Eliza Ann, who married P. V. Silcocks, of Rocky Hill." ibid, page 189

"John Van Dyke, Jr., married second, Garretie Bergen, of Rocky Hill; had nine children, all of whom were baptized at the Six-Mile Run Church, at the brook, a dsitance of nine miles from their home; the cause doubtless was that there was no stated minister at Harlingen from 1751 to 1762; also the difficulties connected with the Conferentie and Coetus parties. Leyt, the minister at Six-Mile Run, belonged to the Coetus party." ibid, page 189

"Of their children the first was Fredrick, born October 4th, baptized November 3rd, 1751, married Lydia Cole, December 11th, 1778, a daughter of James Cole, of New Germantown. Fredrick kept a store for some tine at Van Dyke's Mills on the Lamington, and afterwards removed to New Brunswick, and was a merchant there; lived in Albany street when he died. He also owned a farm adjoining the Schureman and Brunson properties. had children as follows: 1st, Hannah, born Jan. 29th, 1780; 2nd, John born Feb. 6th, 1782; 3rd, James C., born September 27th, 1784; 4th, Lydia, born Feb. 12th, 1787, never married; lived and died in New Brunswick; 5th, Frederick Augustus, born Feb. 3rd, 1790; 6th, Rachel, born Feb. 28th, 1793, married a Henry Jackson, of England, settled in New York, lived and died there. Frederick Augustus was a practicing physician in Philadelphia, lived and died there. His son Rush received his education at Rutgers College, marrie dRebecca Williamson of Philadelphia, is an M. D. and resides in New Brunswick. James C. and his sister Lydia (both unmarried) during their lives resided in the house in which their father had lived, which is still standing in Albany street. James C. was in 1824 a Major in the militia and died some time in 1840 suddenly on the road between Princeton and the Railroad Station, to which he was hurrying to reach the cars." ibid, pages 189 and 190

"Second, Abraham, son of John Van Dyke, baptized Nov. 3, 1751, and who owned the mill on the Lamington, who had a son Abraham, who married Sarah Honeyman. Abraham was baptized in the church at Six-Mile Run October 29th, 1780; they lived and died at Lamington, had several children, of whom John was a Member of Congress in 1850, afterwards President of the Bank of New Jersey at New Brunswick, Judge of the Court in the Fourth District, recently a member of the Legislature of Minnesota, and now resides at Wabasha in that State. [The father of Prof. John C. Van Dyke, of New Brunswick. ---Editor]." ibid, page 190

"Third, Jacob, sometimes called 'little Jacob,' baptized January 20th, 1755, married a Miss Schenck of Penn's Neck, and had children John, Jacob, and Sarah, who married Banjamin Oppee. The father, Jacob, was a large landholder and died at Griggstown, having owned fifteen hundred acres of land in his day." ibid, page 190

"Fourth, Jane, baptized Nov. 20, 1757, married Gerardus, son of Thomas Skillman, and lived and died at Ringoes. The children of Gerardus were Joseph, Peter, John, Gerardus, Mary, Charity, and Catharine. John lived and died at Princeton. Mary married John Joline. Their children were Eliza, William, Dr. John V. D., Jane, Mary, Catharine, Cornelia, and Charles. Eliza and Jane died early. Mary married Ashbel Green and died at New Orleans. Cornelia married Charles maurice and resides at Sing Sing. Catharine married Rev. Silas Billings; lives at Winchester, Virginia. William is at Princeton. John V. D. married Alice, a daughter of Peter Voorhees, Esq., of Blawenburgh, and lives at Camden." ibid, page 190

"Fifth, Teunche, baptized July 15, 1759; married Jacob Bergen at Rocky Hill." ibid, page 190

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"Sixth, Elsha, baptized July 5, 1761: married Martin Voorhees of Blawenburg; had eight children: Peter, who married jane Schenck, of Amwell, Leah, Dr. F. S. Schenck, of Six-Mile-Run, and Frederick Van Dyke who married Cornelia, a daughter of Rev. Henry Polhemus. They lived and died on a part of the old homestead farm near Harlingen." Ibid, page 191

"Seventh, Poeloff, baptized Arpil 3rd, 1762, died unmarried." Ibid, page 191

"Eighth, Catrena, baptized February 3rd, 1765; married Cornelius Vanderveer; lived and died at Griggstown. Children: Charity, Peter, John, Jacob, Cornelius, Jane, Catharine, Sarah, and Lydia, Issac and Mary." Ibid, page 191

"Ninth, Sarah, baptized Ocober 25th, 1767; married John Van Cleef, of Six-Mile-Run; had children: Margaret, who, in her 82nd year, lives with her nephew, George W. Vroom near Raritan; Sarah, who married Ralph Voorhees, of Middlebush, Nov. 16, 1819, and died June 27th, 1876, aged 76 years; Garreta, born April 27th, 1802, married Abraham Quick, of North Branch, and lives at Somerville." Ibid, page 191

"Garretta Bergen, wife of John 2nd, in her will left to four of her daughters each a female slave as a part of their outset according to a custom prevailing at that time, viz: To Jane, Jude; to Catharine, Kate; to Elsha, Rachel; to Sarah, Sill." Ibid, page 191

"From an ancient will preserved in the Matthew Van Dyke family of Mapleton we find that John, the first, had ten children: Teuncha, born 1707; Catrena, 1708; John, 1709; Roeloff, 1711; Mathys, 1714; Abram, 1716; Simon, 1718; Issac, 1721; Jacob, 1723, and Anna, 1728. Of the daughters Teunche, Catrena, and Anna, nothing is known. Mathys had sons John and Matthew, and three daughters daughters, Anna, Nellie, and Trinte. Matthew, the son of Mathys, was given a farm at Mapleton where he lived and died; had children, Isaac, John, and William, and daughters, Mary, Lydia, and Gertrude. William lived and died on the homestead at Mapleton; married Margaret, daughter of David Nevius, Esq., of Pleasant Plains. Their son, H. L. R. VanDyke, is a counselor-at-law at Jersey City. John had a farm near Harlingen containing 230 acres. Simon was given a farm of 300 acres near Fresh Ponds, Middlesex county. Isaac was given a farm in Mapleton containing 264 acres. Jacob was given a tract of land of 200 acres near Rocky Hill." Ibid, page 191

"In Sabine's History of British Loyalists, we read that a Van Dyke, meaning doubtless John the third, in 1777 or '78 was commissioned to raise a corps of Loyalists, and in May of the latter year he had embodied a force consisting of three troops of light fragoons and one hundred and seventy-four foot soldiers; total number three hundred and six." Ibid, page 191

"John the third, after returning to Harlingen, went to Montreal twice each year to receive his pension, putting up for a night in New Brunswick at the Indian Queen tavern in Albany street, now Hart Moore's, where in the Winter he would amuse himself by hiring a sleigh drawn by four hourses and giving the boys a sleighride. In the Sumer he bought with him a bag of English pennies, scattering them broadcast in the street, enjoying himself in seeing the boys scrambling to see who would get the most of them." Ibid, page 191 and 192

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