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"My said three sons shall pay due and equal shares and portions out of the mentioned ap- praisement of said land to his and their sisters, without exception or fraud." "All my children shall divide my said estate equally." The son Abraham is not named in the will, which was executed "at Achquackenung, at my common dwelling house in the south chamber of said house, about four of the clock in the after- noon." Witnesses : Simon Jacobs van Winckel (a brother of the testator who was living at the date of probate of this will, and upon his testimony same was probated), Miggil Tades, John Conrad Codweis. Will probated Sep- tember 12, 1729, recorded in office of secretary of state at Trenton, New Jersey, in liber B of Wills, p. 133. The following is a photographic copy of the autograph of Judge Waling Jacob- sen van Winckel as signed to his will :
Children : Annetje, Jacob, Michael, Tryntje, Johannis (referred to below), Sarah and Abraham.
(III) Johannis, third son of Waling Jacob- sen and Catharina (Vreeland) Van Winckel, was born October 2, 1682. He was a member of the Acquackanonk church, and held the following offices therein: May, 1723, elected deacon ; May, 1754, elected elder and trustee ; April 23, 1756, was an elder of the Totowa Church, from Acquackanonk; June, 1756, re- tired as trustee ; 1759, retired as elder. Many records appear where he and his wife were sponsers at the baptism of children. He was evidently a farmer in the vicinity of Passaic. He married, September 30, 1710, Hillegond Sip, baptized August 28, 1687, daughter of Jan Adrianse and Johanna (van Vorst) Sip. Her father was born May 24, 1662, and her mother baptized April 16, 1666. Jan A. Sip was lieutenant of the Bergen militia 1703-II, and afterwards became captain. In the mar- riage record Johannis is called "Johannis Wal- ings van Winckel from Acquackanonk," and his bride, "Hillegond Sippe from Bergen." In his will, dated January 6, 1758, he is described as "Johannis walingse vanwinkel, of New bar- badoes Neck, in the county of Bergen and easterly division of New Jersey." To his "wife Hillegond vanwinkel" he leaves the use of one-third of his real and personal estate during the time she remains his widow and also "full possession and enjoyment of the rooms sellar upper room kitchen barn as now
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by us enjoyed, with full power to sell and dispose of the moveable goods and household furniture." If his wife "chuse to give up the management of the plantation unto my son Waling, then he shall find my wife a suitable decent and comfortable support of life, or such an annual sum of money during her widdowhood as she shall be willing to con- sent unto." He gives all his land in the county of Bergen, Essex, or elsewhere, to his "son waling vanwinkel forever." He also gives to each of his two daughters, "Catrina, the wife of Pieter H. Pieterse," (Merselis) and "annatje, the wife of Johannis Sip, one hun- dred and fifty pounds currant lawful money of New York." A true inventory of the move- able estate must be taken, and after the death or remarriage of his wife same is to be equally divided between his said three children. He appoints "my son waling vanwinkel and Pieter H. Pieterse my son-in-law executors." Wit- nesses : "David Marinus" (the pastor of the Acquackanonk Church), "Johannis J. Van- winkel" and Corneles Vanvorst." On probate of will, October 19, 1769, the testator is de- scribed as "Johannis Walings Van Winkel." The executors were then alive and qualified the same day. Will recorded in office of secre- tary of state, Trenton, New Jersey, in Book K of Wills, p. 155. Children: Catrina, Anna- tje, and Waling, referred to below.
(IV) Waling, only son of Johannis and Hillegond (Sip) Van Winkel, was born at "Aghqueecknonk." He was appointed a justice of the peace in the county of Bergen, Wednes- day, November 22, 1769, at a council held at Burlington, New Jersey, by His Excellency William Franklin, Esquire, son of Benjamin Franklin. His will is dated May 29, 1774, in which he describes himself as of New Barba- does, in the county of Bergen, in the eastern division of the province of New Jersey. At the date of his decease he owned lands, houses, barns, stables, horses, cattle and farm pro- ducts "in the county of Bergen," and also had land "Laying near the Great Falls ( Passaic Falls) within the limits of Achqueghenonck Patten in the county of Essex."" He refers to his wife in his will as follows: "My will is that my beloved wife Yannity shall possess and enjoy all my estate both real and personal during the time she doth continue to be my widow." He also names in his will his sisters "Annatje" and "Catriena." The will is wit- nessed by Morris Van Wagenen, Jacob Van Wagonen and Hessel Peterse. The following
is a photographic copy of the autograph of Waling Van Winkel as signed to his will :
Walling Jan Winkel
It was proved March 23, 1784, before Abra- ham Westervelt, surrogate, and is recorded in Liber M of Wills, p. 259, &c. It was ordered by the provincial congress of New Jersey, at New Brunswick, Wednesday, February 28, 1776, that "Walling Van Winkle" hold the office of ensign of the Pollifly militia company in the precincts of New Barbadoes, county of Bergen. He probably died about the first of the year 1784. He married, June 8, 1743, being then described as a "young man born and living at Aghqueecknonk," and she as Jannetje Van Houten, "maiden, born and living at Totua." She was born February 24, 1719, and died April 12, 1769, daughter of Jacob Van Houton, of Totowa, and Marietje Sickels, his wife. The children named in his will for whom he liberally provided are: John (re- ferred to below), Jacob, Cornelius, Hillegont, Waling, Maritje, Helmich (or Halmagh).
(V) John, eldest child of Waling and Jan- netje (Van Houton) "van Winkel," was born about 1744. He purchased on July 1, 1766, of Abraham Rittan, a farm of one hundred acres at "Toawetomack," lying in Saddle river (township) in the county of Bergen, on the Passaic river, and here settled and spent his life; he is described to this deed as "Johannis Van Winkle." In the fall of 1780 a part of the American army ( New Jersey and Pennsyl- vania troops) removing from Newburgh, was encamped on his farm, and some of the officers took their meals at his house. He was evi- dently an extensive landholder. A deed executed June 23, 1798, to "John Van Winkle," shows that he purchased of Jacob Smith, for $8,000, a farm and buildings at Little Falls, on the east side of the Passaic river. He pur- chased this as a home for his son Waling, who had recently married. About 1799, while re- turning from a visit to his son at Little Falls to his home at Totowa, he was rowed in a boat on the Passaic river by a negro slave. During the voyage he passed away from an attack of heart failure, and his body was carried home by the slave. At this time he was the owner of two hundred and fifty-two acres of land at Totowa, with live stock, houses, barns, stables and other buildings, as well as real estate and
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buildings at Little Falls. He also owned the lowermost island lying in the Passaic river below the Little Falls, between the counties of Bergen and Essex containing seven and thirty- five hundredths of an acre. He married, about 1765, Gerretje, of Acquackanonk, daughter of Helmich and Jannetje (Van Houten) Sip. Gerretje died before her husband. Children: Jannetje, Walling ( Isaac) (referred to below ), Helmich (William).
(VI) Walling Isaac, eldest son of John and Gerretje (Sip) "Van Winkle," was born June 6, 1772, and baptized on the 28th of same month, his sponsors being Hendrick Van Wagenen and Hillegont Van Winkel, uncle and aunt of the infant. He was a small boy during the war of the revolution, and remembered seeing some soldiers of the Continental army in camp at his father's farm. He recalled that his father had complained that they cut down a grove of fine trees which they used for fuel in their camp fires. One day while he was carrying a pail of milk to the house of a sick neighbor, he was met by several soldiers who drank the milk and returned to him the empty pail. Soon after his marriage he settled at Little Falls, on the farm purchased for him by his father, which on the death of the latter, intestate, together with the lowermost island lying in the Passaic river below the Little Falls, was released to him by his brother and sister. The father is described in these re- leases as "John Van Winkle, late of Totowa, deceased." On March 27, 1801, Walling Isaac purchased thirty-eight and three quarters of an acre of land in the township of Acquacka- nonk, beginning at the north corner of the road leading from Paterson to Peckman's river. Walling Isaac died July 8, 1857. He married, October 29, 1797, Sally (Sarah), daughter of Abraham and Maragrieta (Kingsland) Garra- brant, of Stone House Plains, New Jersey. Feb- ruary 6, 1802, Abraham Garrabrant conveyed to the trustees of the Dutch Church of Stone House Plains, for a meetinghouse, "a lot in the north- west corner of his farm, a few rods southwest of the Great-Rock, known by the name of Stone-House," consideration "one cent." The following is a copy of the autograph of Wall- ing Isaac Van Winkle in the year 1805 :
Malling & Van Winkle
Sally survived her husband nearly eleven years, dying June 19, 1868. Her will is dated October 19, 1866, and was probated February
9, 1869 ; her personal estate exceeded ten thous- and dollars. Children: Margaret (Peggy), Jane (Jennie), Abraham Garrabrant Waling, Mary Garrabrant (died young), Mary Ann, John Waling (referred to below).
(VII) John Waling, second son of Walling Isaac and Sarah (Garrabrant) Van Winkle, was born September 12, 1811, at Stone House Plains, and was baptized December I, of the same year. He was educated at the Acquack- anonk School (now Passaic), New Jersey, and subsequently settled in Philadelphia, Pennsyl- vania, where he engaged in the dry goods, silk and notion business, which he conducted for a number of years. He died February 26, 1902. His will is dated December 11, 1885. He mar- ried, in 1841, Margaret, born about 1815, daughter of Daniel and Priscilla (Warren) MacCurdy. Daniel MacCurdy, born 1776; died November 7, 1854, was a descendant of Robert Mackurdey, or Garachty, Scotland, and Janet Fraser, his wife. Daniel's wife, Priscilla Warren, was born about 1782 and died about 1862. Their daughter Margaret, wife of John Waling Van Winkle, died September 18, 1850. Children of John Waling and Margaret ( Mac- Curdy) Van Winkle: Albert Waling (re- ferred to below), Theodore MacCurdy (re- fered to below). Emma, John. The last two died in infancy.
(VIII) Albert Waling, eldest child of John Waling and Margaret ( MacCurdy ) Van Winkle, was born April 17, 1842, in Philadel- phia, Pennsylvania, and died December 30, 1909. He attended the grammar school of Columbia College, New York City, and subse- qently the academy at Bloomfield, New Jersey, where he graduated. He entered the law school of Harvard University, September 15, 1866, and graduated June 29, 1869, with the degree of LL. B. He was admitted by the New York supreme court at the city of New York, May 7, 1870, as an attorney and counsellor at law, and immediately entered upon the general practice of the law in said city. He was a member of the Collegiate Church of St. Nich- olas, corner of Forty-eighth street and Fiftlı avenue, New York City, one of the branches of the Old Dutch Church "in the Fort" of New Amsterdam, in which his first American an- cestor was married, and his children baptized, and of which he was a leading member. He was also a member of the Holland Society of New York. From April, 1903, he was presi- dent, director, counsel and a stockholder of the business corporation of R. S. Luqueer & Com- pany, of New York City, established in 1814,
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having previously been vice-president of the same organization. He was also a director and counsel of the Gas Stove Utensil Corpora- tion of New York City. Mr. Van Winkle spent much time in pursuing the record of his ancestors in New Netherland, New Jersey, and New York, and to his care and pains in this direction, is due much of the matter con- tained in this narrative.
(IX) Theodore MacCurdy, second son of John Waling and Margaret (MacCurdy) Van Winkle, was born September 15, 1844, and died May 21, 1868. He attended and graduated from the Bloomfield Academy at Bloomfield, New Jersey, under the principalship of James W. Rundell, a noted educator of his day. He was prepared for college at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, and was within a few days of graduating from this institution when he died. His sterling worth and great promise are abundantly testified to by the following :
Resolutions passed by the Class of '68, May 22, 1868, on the death of Theodore MacCurdy Van Winkle:
Whereas, It hath seemed good to our Heavenly Father, "who doth all things well," to remove from our number Theodore MacCurdy Van Winkle, whose premature death has defeated the most cherished anticipations of his friends, and his own proudest hopes on earth;
Resolved, That while we deeply mourn that one to whom we were bound by many ties of affection and respect, is thus early in life taken from us, yet we have reason to believe that he has entered upon a nobler and purer life.
Resolved, That we extend our sympathy to the bereaved family and friends, weeping with them in their sorrow.
Resolved, That in token of our respect and affec- tion for our deceased friend we wear the customary badge of mourning for thirty days.
Resolved, That copies of these resolutions be forwarded to the relatives of the deceased, and also be published in the "Andover Advertiser" and "New- ark Daily."
F. S. DENNIS, A. R. MERRIAM, G. E. CHURCH, Committee.
Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., May 22nd, 1868."
(For first generation see preceding sketch).
(II) Symon, third son VAN WINKLE and fifth child of Jacobse Walenjse (Jacob Wal- ing) and Tryntje (Jacobs) Van Winkle, was born in Pavonia, Bergen township, East New Jersey, and baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church at Bergen, August 24, 1653. In 1684 he received grants from the governor-general and the council of East New Jersey of the
Acquockanonk Patent, and was one of the first settlers on the land thus granted. In the original patent his name is given as Symon Jacobse, thus designating him as a son of Jacobse Van Winkle. The farm obtained through this grant is now covered by Aycrigg avenue and the Boulevard extension ; his house stood on the River Drive, a little to the north of Aycrigg avenue, and the land was purchased from his descendants in 1812 by Adrian M. Post. Symon Van Winkle had another farm at Weasle (now Clifton), New Jersey, and his property was largely increased at the time of his marriage, as his wife was richly dowered with valuable lands and other possessions. He was married, December 15, 1675, to Annetje Adrianse Sip, in the Dutch Reformed Church at Bergen (Jersey City), where they both lived at the time, later settling on the farm at Ac- quockanonk, where all their children were born. Children : I. Margretje, born about 1676; married Martin Winne. 2. Jacob, see forward. 3. Johannes, born August 18, 1682; married Magdeline Speer; children: Simeon, Alex- ander, Jacob, Abraham, Marinus, John, Cath- erine, Hannah, Mary, Leah, Rachel and Sarah. 4. Simeon, baptized August 6, 1686; married (first) Printje Van Gieson, and had: Jan- nette and Helena; married (second) Antje Peitrina, widow, March 3, 1734, and had a son, Johannas. 5. Trintje, born April 2, 1688; married, March 23, 1706, Isaac C. Vreeland. 6. Rachel, baptized October, 1690; married, March 13, 1708, Johannes Kosinman. 7. Arie, married, October 2, 1705, Annetje Michaels. 8. Aeltje, married, June 12, 1714, Jurian T. Van Riper. 9. Gideon, married Jannetje Kosinman. 10. Abraham, married, January, 1753, Martje Van Dyke, and had son Simeon. II. Leah, married Isaac Thasce. 12. Marinus, married, September 2, 1721, Geesje Van Wag- oner, and died about 1767.
(III) Jacob, eldest son and second child of Symon and Annetje Adrianse (Sip) Van Winkle, was born in Acquockanonk, August 9, 1678. He married, April 21, 1701, Jacomentje Mattheuse Van Nieuwkerck (Van Newkirk), and had: Simeon (see forward) and Jacob, both mentioned in his will.
(IV) Simeon, eldest son of Jacob and Jacomentje Mattheuse (Van Nieuwkerck) Van Winkle, was born about 1725, and was a soldier during the revolutionary war, serving with the New Jersey militia. He married, about 1750, Margaretta Geretson.
(V) Simeon, son of Simeon and Margaretta (Geretson) Van Winkle, was born April 4,
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Theodore Mc C. Van Winkle
Edgar D. Van Winkle
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1752. He married Annetje Marselis, who was born March 28, 1755, and died April 19, 1809. Children : I. Jacob S., born December 6, 1776; married, March 2, 1806, Elizabeth Vanderhoff ; children: Catherine and Cornelius. 2. Edo, born October 14, 1779, died February 14, 1852; see sketch. 3. Peter, see forward. 4. Cor- nelius S., born January 13, 1785; died Febru- ary 2, 1843; was printer, corner Wall street, and Broadway, author and publisher of "The Printer's Guide;" married Lucinda Eveline Sherman ; children: Angeline, Lucinda, Au- gusta, Cordelia, Albert, Cornelius S., John S., born April 26, 1787, and Yanike, died young. (VI) Peter, third son and child of Simeon and Annetje (Marselis) Van Winkle, was born June 27, 1782, in Bergen, New Jersey, and died in New York City, January 14, 1822. For many years he was a successful merchant in the city of New York, where he was a mem- ber of the firm of Van Winkle & Van Ant- werp. He served for some time in the militia, in which he was a commissioned officer. His circle of acquaintances was wide, and he was well and favorably known in business and social life. He married, October 20, 1805, Phoebe, born in Morristown, New Jersey, No- vember 26, 1782 ; died March 16, 1871, daugh- ter of General Abraham Godwin, a soldier of the revolution, who joined the army of Wash- ington at Morristown as a volunteer, and came out of the struggle a colonel of the Continental army. Children: I. Henry Edwin, born De- cember 4, 1806; was author of a novel which met with no marked success, yet bore traces of considerable originality and force ; he married, June 20, 1827, Maria Jackson, who died in September, 1881 ; children : John Peter, Mary Elizabeth, daughter who died young, Henri- etta, Julia, Isabel and Eugene R. 2. Peter Godwin, born 1808; died April 15, 1872; was a distinguished lawyer, and a devoted son of the muses, writing incessantly in the style of Cowper and Goldsmith; his devotion had not abated when he was crowned in mature life with senatorial honors as the representative at Washington of the new state of West Virginia. He married Juliette Rathbone, and had chil- dren: Rathbone, Godwin and Mary. 3. Ed- gar Simeon, see forward. 4. Adolphus Wall- ing, born August 16, 1812 ; died July 10, 1876; married, October 27, 1836, Petrina, daughter of Walling W. and Catharine (Van Voorhis) Van Winkle ; she was born November 6, 1818, and died July 5, 1877. Children: Catharine, Peter Godwin, Adolphus Walling, Edgar Simeon, Walling Walingen, Emeline and Clara.
5. Anna M., born April 14, 1814; died June 3, 1873. 6. Emeline, born March 17, 1816; died May 17, 1845; married, September, 1838, An- thony Yoeman; one son, Anthony. 7. Child, died in infancy. 8. Margaret Elizabeth, born May 6, 1820; died November 2, 1897. 9. Abram John, born May 30, 1822; died July 27, 1898; married, December 24, 1847, Eliza Oldis, born May 14, 1825; died April 16, 1891 ; children: Son, died in infancy ; Francis Oldis and Anna.
(VII) Edgar Simeon, third son and child of Peter and Phoebe (Godwin) Van Winkle, was born August 3, 1810, and died December 9, 1882. On his father's death in 1822, the family removed to New Jersey, where he con- tinued his earlier education. The same in- dustry, rectitude, and steadiness of character which marked his after life, marked also the days of his boyhood. He pursued classical studies until he was fourteen at Nassau Hall Academy, the principal of which, Dr. Sythoff, in a letter written to him soon after he left it, said : "I feel gratified to receive from you the pleasing expression of your attachment to Nas- sau Hall Academy. your Alma Mater, and I can in return say that she will ever be proud to recognize Edgar Van Winkle as one of her choicest sons." This was high praise from such a source for a boy of fourteen. After leaving Nassau Hall he commenced the study of law in the office of Hon. John P. Jackson, an eminent lawyer of Newark, in which he re- mained for some time, until he entered the office of William Slosson, Esq., of New York, a lawyer of highest repute, with whom he con- tinued until his admission to the bar in 1831. From that time until his last illness, a period of more than fifty years, he was steadily engaged in the practice of his profession with the exception of a part of 1873, in which he visited Europe and saw much of public men and the courts, both in England and on the Continent.
Among his fellow students in Mr. Slosson's office were Mr. John Slosson, afterwards a judge of the superior court; Jonathan Law- rence, a brilliant and promising young man, who died early; and the late Cornelius Du Bois, who became and until his embarkation in com- mercial pursuits continued to be Mr. Van Winkle's professional partner. It is not extrava- gent to say of Mr. Van Winkle that he was a model lawyer. His close attention to his studies and duties was soon rewarded by a large clientage and full practice. Early and always a diligent and untiring student, he be- came master of the general principles of juris-
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prudence, and especially familiar with that re- lating to trusts, wills, real estate and com- mercial law. Among his leading clients were banks, trust companies, executors, guardians, and other trustees, and large commercial houses. He drew the charters and conducted the organization of several of the large monied corporations of the city and was their stand- ing counsel. Of one of the banks he was coun- sel for fifty years.
Endowed by nature with rare power of con- centrated and continuous thought, and with a sedate but active mind and strong good sense, he gave to every case in which he was engaged patient and thorough investigation and thought : and his cool, clear conclusions and judgment had as nearly the certainty of mathematics as pertains to the solution of questions of law. Such was the character of his mind that in every case submitted to him he sought for the intrinsic right rather than to discover whether, because of some particular decision, his client's case could possibly, right or wrong, be sustain- ed. If it were not clearly tenable he advised and in most cases secured, reasonable and proper adjustments and settlements. Had it not been, as it was absolutely with him, a matter of principle to take this course, it would have been wise as a matter of policy for, where he did proceed with litigation, there was almost a presumption that the right was on the side he advocated, and courts and juries would feel that it had the sanction of his judgment and convictions. In cases thus considered he was very generally successful. As an illustra- tion of this we may mention that he prevailed in nine of the last eleven cases which he argued in the court of appeals. One of his most marked traits was his imperturbable coolness and self-possession. Though quick and sen- sitive he was never flurried, and his even bal- ance and judgment were never more conspicu- ous, as well as prompt, than in emergencies. So, too, in the affairs outside of his profession. Instead of giving the reins to his imagination, the action of his mind was always to discover how much he could prune and brush away that was unreal or extrinsic, to reduce the adverse matter to its least dimensions, and then to bring all his strength to its avoidance or removal. Hence his serene and cheerful life and calm judgment in the important mat- ters confided to his care. No man had more fully the respect, confidence and warm per- sonal regard of the courts, his brethren of the bar, and of those whose interests were in- trusted to him. Invariably dignified, he was
courteous toward all, and nobody could be otherwise toward him. Such was his personal and professional standing that when Daniel Webster determined to remove to and practice law in New York, Mr. Van Winkle was se- lected as his associate, and continued in part- nership with him during his residence here and until public affairs called him to a different sphere. The high repute of Mr. Van Winkle's office attracted to it as students many young men preparing for the profession, and among its graduates are numbers since distinguished at the Bar, in public life and as men of letters.
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