Wy12 Pieter Claesen Wyckoff
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Born: Pieter Claesen was born in the village of Norden in the
Holy Roman Empire (present day East Friesland, Germany). Pieter emigrated
to America in 1636, as an indentured servant to Killian Van Rensselaer,
in Rensselearwyck (now Albany, New York). After Claesen worked off his
indenture, he labored as a tenant farmer, leasing land from the Rensselaer
patroonship.
Buried: Married: Mar 1645/49, Margrietje "Grietje" VAN NESS, b, Abt 1627,
Eberland, Netherlands, d, 1699/1703, Flatlands-Brooklyn, NY dau of Cornelius Hendrick Van Ness and Mayke Hendricksdr Burghgraeff,
Died: - in 1694 and his body may be buried under the Flatlands Dutch
Reformed Church at the juncture of Flatbush Avenue and Kings Highway in
Brooklyn.
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Pieter Claesen Wyckoff (c. 1625 – June 30, 1694) was a farmer and
landowner in Kings County, New York. All references to the name Wyckoff,
including derivations in spelling, can be traced to his family.
He was the son of Wy13 Claes Cornelisze Wyckoff born on 3 Apr 1597 in Boda On Oland 1 and died about 1674 1. Claes married Margaret Van Der Goes, daughter of Martyn Van Der Goes and Margaretha Tysen, on 9 Nov 1623 1. Margaret Van Der Goes died on 2 Aug 1631 in Zierickzee 1. He was the grandson of Wy14 Cornelius Petersson Wyckoff was born in 1550
in Walcheren, Holland 1 and died about 1599 1. Cornelius married
Johanna Van Der Goes, daughter of Jacob Van Der Goes, on 12 May 1593 1.
(data from http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/8048/Wyckoff/D2.htm#g2)
He was the great grandson of Wy15 Peter Ericksson Wyckoff and Matilda Van Houdes. (data from http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/8048/Wyckoff/D1.htm#g1) |
There are references indicating that Pieter Claesen signed a contract
"to superintend the Bowery and cattle of Peter Stuyvesant in New Amersfoort"
in 1655. When the British took over the Dutch colony in 1664, Pieter Claesen
coined the family name of Wyckoff, because until then the Nordic tradition of Patronymics
instead of family names had been observed while the English official needed family names for their records.
Had he not given this name he and his children would have been Claesen, a colloquial
Friesian form for son of Nicholas/Niklaus
It is believed that this name was based
on two Dutch words, "Wyk" means parish or magistrate and "hof" means court or farmyard.
He came to America in 1636 on the schooner Rensselaerwyck, was an indentured servant at Rensselaer (Albany, NY) for six years later moving to New Amersfoort (Flatlands/Brooklyn, NY) where he took charge of Gov. Peter Stuyvesant's bowery (farm) later became a schepen/magistrate, landowner and rose to become one of the wealthiest men in New Amersfoort although he was illiterate and signed his name with a mark, never having learned to read or write. |
Notable Descendants
Pieter was the common ancestor to a number of notable people, including: Lou Henry (wife of Herbert Clark Hoover), John Ellis Wool, Walter Percy Chrysler, William Cornelius Van Horne, Owen Young, the Wright Brothers, Earl Van Dorn, Marvin John Nance, Virginia Apgar, Willis Van Devanter, Benjamin Strong, Willard Frank Libby, Dixie Carter (wife of Hal Holbrook), Chuck Jones, Lee Van Cleef, Frank Wykoff, Georgia O'Keeffe (wife of Alfred Stieglitz), Garry Trudeau (husband of Jane Pauley), and Horatio Seymour. Other notables who married Wyckoff descendants are: Pearl Buck, Robert Ralph Young, Isaac Ferris, Charles S. Fairchild, Roscoe Conkling, Philip Freneau, and Baron Klemens August Freiherr von Ketteler. |
Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum The original Wyckoff family farmhouse is at 5816 Clarendon Road in Brooklyn. It is the oldest surviving structure in New York City and a National Historic Landmark. The museum's mission is to educate visitors about the diverse peoples of Brooklyn's Colonial farms. |
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Wy11-1 |
Nicholas Pieterse Wyckoff (1646-1714) who married Sara Monfoort (1656-1704) | Wy10 Pieter Wyckoff
M, b. circa 1675 at Flatlands NY d. circa 1759
moved to New Jersey, and lived in Middletown, Monmouth Co, but in 1714 he returned to the Wyckoff House, in Flatlands and married second d circa 1759 at Flatlands, NY.
m1 in 1696 at Flatlands Willemtje Jansen Schenck + 7 ch dau of Jan Martense Schenck and Jannetje Stephens Van Voorhees, NY
m2 on 5 September 1716 Ann Elizabeth Van Pelt + 2 ch
Wy10-1 Jacobus Wyckoff b 30 Sep 1676, d. 1720 m Sarah Amerman, dau of Jan Derckse Amerman and Maria Wyckoff, on 5 August 1727 Wy10-2 Nicholas Wyckoff b. 16 Feb 1679 Wy10-3 Sara Wyckoff+ b. 27 Feb 1681, d. a 1747 Wy10-4 Cornelius Wyckoff b. 5 Aug 1683, d. 1762 Wy10-5 Antie Wyckoff b. 1 Sep 1693, d. 15 Jul 1766 |
Wy9 Nicholas Wyckoff b. 1 Nov 1699, d. 1778 m Elizabeth Dalgyn
Wy9-2 Pieter Wyckoff Jr.+ b 28 Mar 1704 d 14 Nov 1776 Wy9-3 John Wyckoff b 1705 Wy9-4 Jacobus Wyckoff b c 1708 Wy9-5 Antie Wyckoff b 18 Feb 1711 Wy9-6 Jannetie Wyckoff b 31 Mar 1713 Wy9-7 Cornelius Wyckoff b 16 Sep 1715 Wy9-8 Sarah Wyckoff Wy9-9 Martin Wyckoff b 30 Jun 1718 Wy10-1-1 John Wyckoff b 26 May 1734, d. 1812 |
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>Margrietje Pieterse Wyckoff (c. 1648-?) who married Matthys Brouwer | |||||||
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Annetje Pieterse Wyckoff (1650-1688) who married Roelof Martensen Schenck, Captain (1619-1704) | |||||||
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Mayken Pieterse Wyckoff (1653-1721) who married Willem Willemsen (c. 1637- c. 1722) | |||||||
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Willemptje Pieterse Wyckoff (c. 1654- c. 1693) who married Adrian Pieterse Kenne; | |||||||
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Cornelius Pieterse Wyckoff (c. 1656-1746) who married Gertje Charity Van Arsedalen | |||||||
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Hendrick Pieterse Wyckoff (c. 1658-?) | |||||||
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Geertje Pieterse Wyckoff (c. 1660-c. 1711) who married Christoffel Janse Romeyn (c. 1641- c. 1748) | |||||||
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Garret Pieterse Wyckoff (1662-1701) who married Catherine Johanna Nevius | |||||||
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Marten Pieterse Wyckoff (c. 1663- c. 1699) who married Hanna Willemse (c. 1660- c.1724) | |||||||
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Jan Pieterse Wyckoff (1665- c. 1730) who married Neeltje Williamse Couwenhoven. | |||||||
http://www.stipak.com/vanderveer/maria/bios/8.HTM shows this pedigree:
Tenth Generation
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512 Jan ADRIAENSE.6 Born about 1500.6
Jan married Jacobmijne UNKNOWN.6
They had one known child:
256 i. Domenicus Jansse (ca.1525-)
513 Jacobmijne UNKNOWN.6
528 Joannes DE MANDEVILLE. Born about 1565 in Holland.
Joannes married Unknown UNKNOWN.
They had one known child:
264 i. Michael Johannis (~1585-1635)
529 Unknown UNKNOWN. Born about 1555 in Holland.
530 Aegidius Gillis VAN DE RAEDE. Born before 1580 in Gelderland, Netherlands. Alias/AKA: Aegidius Gillis VAN DE RADE, Aegidius VAN DE RADE.
Aegidius Gillis married Sara UNKNOWN.
They had one known child:
265 i. Maria (~1585-1636)
531 Sara UNKNOWN. Born before 1580 in Gelderland, Netherlands.
576 Erik ERIKSSON.7
From Marguerite H. Allen, The Ancestry and Descendants of Henry and
Sarah Thompson Hendricks of Monmouth, Co., New Jersey, pp.575:7
"Erik ERIKSON was of Borgholm, island of Oland."
From Marguerite H. Allen, The Ancestry and Descendants of Henry and
Sarah Thompson Hendricks of Monmouth, Co., New Jersey, pp.572-575:7
[Page 572]
From the Wyckoff Family Bulletin(1) Nov. 15, 1958 we find the following
on p. 18.
PIETER CLAESEN WYCKOFF'S ENGLISH ANCESTORS
by Emily M. Durham
To those of us who find fascination in delving among the records of the past, and to those others who may experience delight in a faded coat-of-arms and the "Knights of Old"...we are told that King Harold of England, who died in 1066 in the Battle of Hastings, was not just the son of Earl Godwine of Wessex, in England, but of the true Saxon royal house of England, from King Aethelred I, older brother of King Alfred the Great and grandson of King Egbert, who died 839.
In the Wyckoff Genealogy, under Chapter I, "European Progenitors," Dr. Gustave Anjou [WARNING: Gustav Anjou is infamous for fradulent research and for falsifying lineages! -- Webmaster], tells us that Pieter Claesen Wyckoff was seventeen generations removed from Godwin, Earl of Wessex and Kent, England, and his wife Gytha, through their son Harold, King in England, 1035-1040, and his daughter Gyda.
The line runs as follows:
1. King Egbert, died 839.
2. King Aethelwulf, d. 858.
3. King Aethelred I, brother of King Alfred the Great,
Aethelred d. 871, Alfred 899.
4. Earl Aethelhelm d. 898.
5. Earl Aethelfrith, d. 924.
6. Earl Eadric, d. 949.
7. Earl Aethelweard I, the Historian, d. 1002 and his wife
Aethelflaed.
8. Earl Aethelmaer, d. c. 1017; and his wife Aethelthrith.
9. Thegn Wulfnoth of Sussex, d. 1015.
10. Earl Godwine of Wessex, d. 1053 and his wife Gytha.
11. Harold Godwinesson, d. 1066.
The above information comes from a long article in the January, 1957
Quarterly of the New England Historical and Genealogical Society, pages
30-38, written by Lundie W. Barlow and communicated by the Committee on
English and Foreign Research and is thoroughly documented and substantiated
by two pages of references to English Wills, Deeds, Domesday entries, Anglo-Saxon
Wills and Writs, Royal Charters, etc.
The following is taken from the Wyckoff Family in America(2).
EUROPEAN PROGENITORS
The Roots of the Wyckoff Family run deep into Scandinavia, and, like
most lines in the sixteenth century and earlier, have no sharp racial definition.
The two generations immediately behind our earliest ancestor in the New
World, Pieter Claesen (Wyckoff), were
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linked by marriage with Holland, validating the claim of Dutch descent.
But back of these female connections is a long line of coastal traders
who trace through Swedish and Danish ancestors who were more truly citizens
of the world than subjects of organized nations. It is not strange, therefore,
that the line of Old World progenitors becomes increasingly unsure with
each stage of the voyage back into that dim and largely uncharted past.
Somewhere in the late 1920's, William Forman Wyckoff engaged Dr. Gustave
Anjou [WARNING: Gustav Anjou is infamous for fradulent research and for
falsifying lineages! -- Webmaster], who was going abroad for genealogical
research for other families, to give some time to following back the line
in which Pieter Claesen descended. The report turned in, like that of many
another similar quest, begins plausibly and then proceeds from the known
to the unknown with no clear break between the two. Not every member of
a Scotch clan could claim blood relationship with "the Head" whose name
spread like a mantle over his loyal followers. It is quite as untenable
to assume that we have established consanguinity by merely matching names
in times when nomenclature was largely personal and patronymics generally
non-existant. Dr. Anjou's report [WARNING: Gustav Anjou is infamous for
fradulent research and for falsifying lineages! -- Webmaster],, condensed
to a skeleton genealogical line, follows; but few will accept it in toto
as more than a fantastic possibility; certainly not as the water-tight
line of descent of a single family.
THE ANJOU CHART
[WARNING: Gustav Anjou is infamous for fradulent research and for falsifying
lineages! Included here for your reference only, not as an endorsement
of its contents -- Webmaster],
ERIK, "king in Sweden," 800 A.D.
Son,
+ EDMUND.
EDMUND, "king of Upsala," 810-850; married a daughter of Ragnar Lodbrok.
Son,
+ ERIK VADERHATT.
ERIK VADERHATT, "king of Svea Valda," 860-822.
Son,
+ BJORN.
BJORN, "king," 882-932; married Ingeborg, daughter of Thrand, Military
Governor of Norway.
Son,
+ OLOF BJORNSON.
OLOF BJORNSON ("son of Bjorn").
Son,
+ STYRBJORN.
STYRBJORN, married Thyra.
Children:
+ GYDA, or GYTHA.
ULF JARL.
GYDA, or GYTHA; married Godwin, Earl of Essex and Kent, England.
Son,
+ HARALD.
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HARALD, born circa 1022; king in England, 1035-1040; married Ealdgyth.
Daughter,
+ GYDA.
GYDA, born 1065; married Vladimir, grand duke of Russia.
Son,
+ HARALD.
HARALD, grand duke of Russia, 1076-1132; married Kristina of Sweden.
Daughter,
+ INGEBORG.
INGEBORG; married Knut, duke of Denmark.
Son,
+ VALDEMAR II.
VALDEMAR II, born 1170; married (1) Margrete of Bohemia, (2) Berangeria,
daughter of King Sancho V of Portugal; king of Denmark; died 1241.
Son,
+ KNUT VALDEMARSON.
KNUT VALDEMARSON, 1211-1260; duke of Reval; married Hedvig.
Son,
+ SVANTEPOLK KNUTSON.
SVANTEPOLK KNUTSON, senator and knight of Viby and Hendelo; married
Bengta Folkunge; died 1280.
Daughter,
+ INGEBORG.
INGEBORG; married Jon Jonson Bla.
Son,
+ KNUT JONSON BLA.
KNUT JONSON BLA, of Groneborg; senator, 1303; judge, 1312; married Katrina
Bengtadotter.
Son,
+ IVAR KNUTSON BLA.
IVAR KNUTSON BLA, of Aspenas; married Elin Larsdotter.
Daughter,
+ ELIN IVERSDOTTER BLA.
ELIN IVARSDOTTER BLA; married Simon Kristoferson Strale.
Son,
+ KNUT SIMONSON.
KNUT SIMONSON; married Barbro Knus, of Kymene.
Children:
OLOF KNUTSON.
+ ERIK KNUTSON.
ABRAHAM KNUTSON.
HANS KNUTSON.
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ERIK KNUTSON; married Cajsa Brita Gregorsdotter.
Children:
+ ERIK ERIKSON.
HANS ERIKSON.
Erik married Anna Olofsdotter.
They had the following children:
288 i. Peter (1527-1590)
ii. Olof7
iii. Nils7
iv. Hans7
577 Anna Olofsdotter.
From Marguerite H. Allen, The Ancestry and Descendants of Henry and
Sarah Thompson Hendricks of Monmouth, Co., New Jersey, pp.575:7
"Anna Olofsdotter was the widow of Erik Carlson."
578 Cornelius VAN HOUDEN. Occupation: merchant trader on the Zuyderzee
and the Baltic.7
Cornelius married Unknown UNKNOWN.
They had one known child:
289 i. Matilda
640 Jan ADRIAENSE. Same as 512.
641 Jacobmijne UNKNOWN. Same as 513.
656 Joannes DE MANDEVILLE. Same as 528.
658 Aegidius Gillis VAN DE RAEDE. Same as 530.
659 Sara UNKNOWN. Same as 531.
Eleventh Generation
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1024 Adriaen JANSSE.6 Born about 1480.6
Adriaen married Margriete UNKNOWN.6
They had one known child:
512 i. Jan (ca.1500-)
1025 Margriete UNKNOWN.6
1280 Adriaen JANSSE. Same as 1024.
1281 Margriete UNKNOWN. Same as 1025.