Colonial families of Philadelphia, Volume II, Part 48

Author: Jordan, John Woolf, 1840-1921, ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: New York : Lewis Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 978

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Alfred Irenée du Pont, b. May 12, 1864; m. Jan. 4, 1887, Bessie Gardner, had issue : Madeline du Pont, Bessie du Pont, Alfred Victor du Pont, Victorine du Pont.

Maurice du Pont, b. May 8, 1866, m. Margaret M. Fitzgerald; had issue: Char- lotte du Pont, Fitzgerald du Pont, Nesta P. du Pont;

Louis Cazonove du Pont, b. Jan. 27, 1868, d. 1892, unm .;

LAMMOT DU PONT, b. April 13, 1831, d. March 29, 1884; m. Mary Belin; of whom presently;

Alfred Victor du Pont, Jr., b. Apr. 18, 1833, d. May 16, 1893; unm .; entered Univ. Pa., 1847, grad. 1851; member of Zelosophic Society there and of the Ø K Z fraternity; was for a time connected with E. I. du Pont de Nemours Co .; later engaged in other manufacturing enterprises, in connection with younger brother, Antoine Bidermann du Pont, at Louisville, Ky., where he died; a year prior to his death he built and endowed a Manual Training School and presented it to city of Louisville;

Mary Sophie du Pont, b. Dec. 3, 1834, d. Dec. 27, 1869; m. Feb., 1862, Charles Irenée du Pont; had issue: Victorine Antoinette du Pont, Charles Francis Philip du Pont.

ANTOINE BIDERMANN DU PONT, b. Oct. 13, 1837; m. Ellen Susan Coleman; of whom presently ;

LAMMOT DU PONT, second son of Alfred Victor P. and Margaretta Elizabeth (Lammot) du Pont, born at "Nemours," New Castle county, Delaware, April 13, 1831, prepared for college at Crawford's School and Academy, Wilmington, under Rev. E. H. Gayley, and entered the University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated in 1849. Immediately on his graduation he entered the firm of E. I. du Pont de Nemours Company, and took especial charge of the chemical department of the business. By means of a series of experiments he greatly improved and increased the explosive power of the black powder manufactured by the firm. He became a member of the firm on coming of age, and his inven- tive genius resulted in revolutionizing the manufacture of powder; the processes introduced by him giving to the product of the Eleutherian Mills many times the

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explosive power of that formerly produced. Under the impetus of these im- provements, the business greatly expanded and the firm operated ten different plants in Delaware, and in different parts of Pennsylvania.

In 1880 Lammot du Pont withdrew from the firm of E. I. du Pont de Nem- ours Company and established a plant at Thompson's Point, New Jersey, specially designed for the manufacture of dynamite and atlas powder; forming the Repauno Chemical Company, with Gen. Henry du Pont, William du Pont, his brother Eleuthere Irenée du Pont, and his cousin Col. Henry A. du Pont, present U. S. Senator from Delaware. Lammot du Pont removed to Philadelphia in 1881, where the main offices of the company were located, and devoted himself with characteristic energy to the development and management of the business of the new company, until his untimely death on March 29, 1884, from injuries received in an explosion at the works in New Jersey. Lammot du Pont was a broad minded and public spirited man; frank and cordial in his manners, he invariably won the respect and esteem of all with whom he came in contact. During the Civil War he was an ardent supporter of the government, assisting materially in raising and equipping troops for the suppression of the Rebellion.

He married, October 13, 1865, Mary, daughter of Henry Belin. then of Wil- mington, Delaware, but formerly of Philadelphia.

Issue of Lammot and Mary (Belin) du Pont :-

Isabella d'Audslot du Pont, b. Oct. 22, 1866, d. June 29, 1871 ;

Louisa d'A. du Pont, b. June 25, 1868; m. 1904, Charles Copeland; issue : Lammot du Pont Copeland, b. 1905;

Pierre Samuel du Pont, b. Jan. 15, 1870;

Sophie Madeline du Pont, b. May 23, 1871, d. unm., 1904;

Henry Belin du Pont, b. Nov. 5, 1873; m. 1897, Eleuthera du Pont Bradford; issue: Edward Bradford du Pont, d. inf .; Henry Belin du Pont, Jr .;

William K. du Pont, b. March 29, 1875, d. Dec. 23, 1907; m. 1899, Ethel Halleck ; issue :

Lisa du Pont, b. Apr. 7, 1900, d. Oct. 17, 1900;

Samuel Halleck du Pont, b. Nov. 10, 1901 ;

Paulina du Pont, born August 18, 1903;

Wilhelmina H. du Pont, b. July 17, 1906;

Irenée du Pont, born Dec. 21, 1876; m. 1900, Irene Sophie du Pont, daughter of Francis Gurney and Elise Simons du Pont; had issue : Irene Sophia du Pont, b. Dec. 2, 1900; and four others;

Mary A. B. du Pont, b. Nov. 30, 1878; m. 1904, William W. Laird;

Lammot du Pont, b. Oct. 12, 1880; m. 1903, Nathalie D. Wilson; had issue : Nathalie Wilson du Pont, b. Aug. 4, 1904; and others.

Isabella M. du Pont, b. May 31, 1883; m. 1908, Hugh Rodney Sharp;

Margaretta du Pont, b. May 12, 1884; m. 1906, Richard R. M. Carpenter.

ANTOINE BIDERMANN DU PONT, son of Albert Victor P. and Margaretta Eliz- abeth (Lammot) du Pont, born at "Nemours," October 13, 1837; entered the Scientific Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1854, and graduated in 1856, was a member of the Zelosophic Society, and Ø K Z fraternity there. In 1857 he went to Louisville, Kentucky, and became interested in the manu- facture of paper there in connection with his elder brother Alfred Victor du Pont, and also in the management and development of steam and street railways, coal mining properties, and many other commercial and industrial enterprises in Kentucky and elsewhere. He was importantly connected with the Southern Ex- position in 1883, and was subsequently actively associated with the publication

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of a daily newspaper in Louisville. In 1894 he went abroad, where he resided for six years, and on his return made his home among his kindred in Delaware.

Antoine Bidermann du Pont married, April 18, 1861, Ellen Susan Coleman, daughter of Thomas Cooper Coleman, of Louisville, Kentucky, by his wife Dora Morgan.

Issue of Antoine Bidermann and Ellen Susan (Coleman) du Pont :-

Margretta Elizabeth du Pont, b. Louisville, Ky., Jan. 28, 1862; m. June, 1888, Michael Bannon Coleman; had issue: Arthur M. Coleman, Greta C. Coleman, Alfred C. Coleman.

THOMAS COLEMAN DU PONT, b. Dec. 11, 1863, Louisville, Ky .; m. Alice du Pont, of whom presently;

Antoine Bidermann du Pont, Jr., b. Apr. 26, 1865; m. June, 1892, Ethel Clarke; had issue : Alleen du Pont, Ethel du Pont, Victorine du Pont.

Dora du Pont, b. Jan. 17, 1867, d. April 15, 1891; m. Oct. 13, 1886, Henry R. Phillips ; had issue : Dora du Pont Phillips;

Zara du Pont, b. Louisville, Ky., Feb. 28, 1869; unm .;

Paulina du Pont, b. Louisville, Ky., July 6, 1871; m. Feb. 12, 1895, Henry Furlong Baldwin; had issue, Paulina du Pont, Richard du Pont, Henry du Pont and Mar- gretta du Pont Baldwin;

Evan Morgan du Pont, b. Dec. 15, 1872; m. 1901, Helen Augusta Quinn ; has issue : James Quinn du Pont, Bidermann Thomas du Pont, Rosina du Pont and Ellen Coleman du Pont.

GENERAL THOMAS COLEMAN DU PONT, present head of the E. I. du Pont de Nemours Company, founded by his great-grandfather in 1802, is the eldest son of Antoine Bidermann and Ellen Susan (Coleman) du Pont, and was born in Louisville, Kentucky, December 11, 1863. He was educated at Urbana Univer- sity, Urbana, Ohio; the Chauncey Hall School, Boston, Massachusetts, and in 1884 graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston. On his graduation he engaged in the occupation of a mining engineer in Kentucky. In 1894 he went to Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and became prominently identified with the steel manufacturing interests there, and later participated in the con- struction, development and operation of electric railways. In March, 1902, he became executive liead of the E. I. du Pont de Nemours Company at Wilmington, Delaware, a position he still fills. He has of late years taken an active interest in political affairs, and was chairman of the Republican State Committee of Delaware during the Roosevelt administration. He also fills the position of Brigadier General on the staff of Governor Lea, of Delaware.

Gen. T. Coleman du Pont married, January 17, 1889, Alice, daughter of Victor and Alice (Hounsfield) du Pont, of Wilmington, an account of whose ancestry has been already given.

Issue of T. Coleman and Alice (du Pont) du Pont :-

Ellen Coleman du Pont, b. Dec. 23, 1889; Alice Hounsfield du Pont, b. Dec. 15, 1891 ; Francis Victor du Pont, b. May 28, 1894; Rene de Pelleport du Pont, b. May 25, 1897; Eleuthere Irenée du Pont, b. June 18, 1902.

HENRY DU PONT, third son of Eleuthere Irenée du Pont de Nemours, born at "Nemours," the family seat on the Brandywine, near Wilmington, Delaware, August 8, 1812. He was appointed a cadet to the United States Military Acad- emy at West Point, graduated there, July 1, 1833, and was commissioned Sccond Lieutenant in the Fourth United States Artillery. His career in the regular army

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of the United States was however brief; he resigned June 15, 1834, returned to "Nemours," and became identified with the firm of E. I. du Pont de Nemours Company, of which he became a member after the death of his father, the same year of his return home. He was for many years closely identified with the development of the business of the firm, of which he continued a member until 1880, when he joined his nephews in the formation of the Rapauno Chemical Company, and the erection of the large plant at Gloucester Point, New Jersey, for the manufacture of dynamite and atlas powder. He was actively identified with the affairs of his native State, and many years an officer of the State militia. He died August 8, 1889, on his seventy-seventh birthday. He married, in 1837, Louisa Gerhard, and they had issue :-

COL. HENRY ALGERNON DU PONT, b. July 31, 1838; m. Mary Pauline Foster; of whom presently ;

Evalina du Pont, b. Oct. 9, 1840, unm., living near Wilmington;

Ellen du Pont, b. March 29, 1843;

Sarah du Pont, b. Jan. 29, 1847, d. April 29, 1876; Louisa du Pont, b. Feb. 23, 1845, d. July 2, 1863 ; Victorine du Pont, b. March 1, 1849;

Sophie du Pont, b. Jan. 1, 1851;

Constance du Pont, d. inf .;

William du Pont, b. Ang. 21, 1855, living in Orange, Virginia; m. Mary Lammot du Pont.

COLONEL HENRY ALGERNON DU PONT, United States Senator from Delaware, eldest son of Henry and Louise (Gerhard) du Pont, was born at "Nemours," Brandywine Hundred, New Castle county, Delaware, July 30, 1838. He received his early education in private schools, and entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1855, Class of 1859, but left in his Junior year to enter the United States Mili- tary Academy at West Point, to which he had been appointed a cadet, July 1, 1856. He graduated at West Point on May 6, 1861, at the head of his class, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant of the Engineer Corps, U. S. A. On May 14, 1861, he was promoted to First Lieutenant, in Fifth Regiment, U. S. Artillery, and served in the defences of Washington, D. C., with Company D, Fifth Penn- sylvania Volunteers, to July 1, 1861, and with his own regiment at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1861, to April 18, 1862; at Fort Hamilton, New York, April 19, 1862, to July 4, 1863; was Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, April, 1862, to July, 1863, of troops in New York Harbor. He was Adjutant of the Fifth U. S. Artillery from July 6, 1861, to his promotion as Captain in command of Light Battery B in that regiment at its organization in 1862; was on detached service from regimental headquarters with this Battery from July 5, 1863, to. March 24, 1864, during which time he was in the field in Pennsylvania, Mary- land, Virginia and West Virginia ; during Siegels' campaign in the Valley of Vir- ginia he participated with Battery B in the battle of New Market, May 15, 1864. He was Chief of Artillery, Department of West Virginia, May 24 to June 28, 1864; commanded Battery B, with Fifth U. S. Artillery, during Hunter's Lynch- burg campaign; at battle of Piedmont, June 5; engagement at Lexington, June II; battle of Lynchburg, June 17-18; Liberty, June 19; Mason's Creek, June 24, 1864. On July 28, 1864, made Chief of Artillery of West Virginia, and served in Sheridan's campaign in the Valley of Virginia, commanding the Artillery

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Brigade of Crook's Corps, and taking part in engagements at Cedar Creek, Au- gust 12; Halltown, August 23-25-27; Berryville, September 3; Winchester, Sep- tember 19; Fisher's Hill, September 22 ; Cedar Creek, October 13-19, 1864. Was Chief of Artillery, Department of West Virginia, January 8, 1864, to close of the war, in command of Light Battery B, Fifth U. S. Artillery, at Cumberland, Md .. July 20, to October 20, 1865, and at Hampton, Va., October 21 to October 30; and at post of Fortress Monroe, October 31 to December, 1865. He was trans- ferred to the command of Light Battery F, Fifth U. S. Artillery; in Camp Will- iams, October 18, 1866, to June 7, 1867, when he was detached and ordered to temporary command of post of Fortress Monroe, Va. Rejoining his battery July 17, 1867, he received the thanks of Major-General Schofield, commanding First Military Department, for "his efficiency at Fortress Monroe." He com -. manded post of Camp Williams, and Light Battery F, Fifth U. S. Artillery, July 15, 1867, to October 1, 1868; was in command at Sedgwick Barracks, Washing- ton, D. C., and of Battery F, October 7, 1868, to July 3, 1870; served at Fort Adams, Newport, R. I., with same battery, July 5. 1870, to May 17, 1872. He resigned from the army March 1, 1875.

Colonel du Pont was made Brevet Major, U. S. A., September 29, 1864, "for gallant and meritorious conduct at Opequan and Fisher's Hill, Virginia ;" Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, U. S. A., October 19, 1864, "for distinguished services at the battle of Cedar Creek;" was awarded a Congressional Medal of Honor, "for most distinguished gallantry and voluntary exposure to the enemy's fire during this battle."

Returning to his native State on his resignation from the army, Colonel du Pont was president and general manager of the Wilmington & Northern Rail- road Company, 1879 to 1899. He was one of the incorporators of the Rapauno Chemical Company, and largely interested in a number of other industrial and business enterprises. He however retired from active business several years ago and devoted himself chiefly to agricultural pursuits at his beautiful country seat, "Winterthur." On June 13, 1906, he was elected to the United States Senate for the unexpired term beginning March 4, 1905, and expiring March 4, 1911, taking his seat December 3, 1906.

Colonel Henry A. du Pont married Mary Pauline, daughter of Herman Ten Eyck Foster, and they have issue :-

Louise Eleuthera du Pont: Henry du Pont, unm.

ALEXIS IRENÉE DU PONT, youngest son of Eleuthere Irenée du Pont de Nem- ours, the founder of the Eleutherian Powder Mills, in New Castle county, by his wife, Sophie Madelline Dalmas, was born at "Nemours," his father's seat in Brandywine Hundred, New Castle county, February 14, 1816. He was educated at Mount Airy School, near Philadelphia, and at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating at the latter institution in 1836. He became identified with the busi- ness of the firm of E. I. du Pont de Nemours Company on his graduation, be- came a member of the firm on arriving at the age of twenty-one years, and was actively interested in the business of manufacturing powder until his death on August 23, 1857, from injuries received in an explosion of a portion of the powder works on the day preceding. He was prominent in church and philan-

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thropic work, and was the principal founder of Christ Church, in Christiana Hundred, New Castle, and wholly the founder of St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church of Wilmington. He was also active in securing the renewal of religious services at Old Swedes, Trinity Church, Wilmington.

Alexis Irenée du Pont married, December 16, 1836, Joanna, daughter of Francis Gurney Smith, of Philadelphia, who survived him, and died August 29, 1876.

Issue of Alexis Irenec and Joanna (Smith) du Pont :-

Frances Elizabeth du Pont ;

EUGENE DU PONT, m. July 5, 1866, Amelia Elizabeth, dau. of Hon. Charles Irenée du Pont, by his second wife, Ann Ridgely; of whom presently;

Alexis Irenée du Pont, Jr., born June 5, 1843; entered Sophomore class, Univ. of Pa., 1860, grad. 1863, and from Medical Dept. 1866; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Hon. Edward Bradford, of Wilmington, Del .;

Irene Sophia du Pont, m. son of Mr. Dimmick;

Eleuthera Pauline du Pont ;

FRANCIS GURNEY DU PONT, b. May 27, 1850, d. Nov. 7, 1904; m. Elise W. Simons, of whom presently;

Joanna Maria du Pont.

EUGENE DU PONT, eldest son of Alexis Irenée and Joanna (Smith) du Pont, was born on the banks of the Brandywine, in New Castle county, Delaware, November 16, 1840, and was educated at the University of Pennsylvania, gradu- ating there in 1861 ; was a member of the Ø. K. Z. Fraternity there.

On the reorganization of the firm of E. I. du Pont de Nemours Company, after the death of his father and his uncle, Alfred Victor du Pont, he became a member of the firm with his uncle, Gen. Henry du Pont, his younger brother, Francis Gurney du Pont, and his cousins, Eleuthere Irenée and Lammot du Pont, sons of Alfred Victor, and took an active interest in the growing business of the firm, continuing actively associated with the home plant at the Eleutherian and other mills in New Castle county, when other members of the old family firm withdrew to form the Rapauno Chemical Company. He was a member of Sterling's Independent Company of Delaware, U. S. Volunteers, and saw active service during the Civil War.

Eugene du Pont married, July 5, 1866, Amelia Elizabeth, daughter of Hon. Charles Irenée du Pont, by his second wife, Ann Ridgely.

Issue of Eugene and Amelia Elizabeth (du Pont ) du Pont :-

Ann Ridgely du Pont, b. April 22, 1867; m. June 26, 1894, William C., son of Bernard and Estelle Peyton, of San Francisco, California, and has issue :

Bernard Peyton, b. Jan. 29, 1897.

Alexis Irenée du Pont Jr., b. Aug. 2, 1869;

Eugene du Pont Jr., b. July 7, 1873:

Amelia Elizabeth du Pont;

Julia Sophia du Pont, m. Nov. 3, 1903, James Newman Andrews, son of Gen. John Newman and Lucy (McEntee) Andrews, and they have issue :

Lucy Andrews, b. Oct. 21, 1904.

FRANCIS GURNEY DU PONT, youngest son of Alexis Irenee and Joanna (Smith) du Pont, born May 27. 1850, graduated from the University of Penn- sylvania in the Class of 1870, and became at once identified with the firm of E. I. du Pont de Nemours Company, and a partner after coming of age. He died

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November 7, 1904. He married, October 17, 1871, Elise Wigfall Simons, daugh- ter of J. Hume Simons, and they had issue :-

Francis Irenée du Pont, b. Dec. 3, 1873; m. Sept. 1, 1897, Marianna Rhett; had issue : Emilie Francis du Pont, Hubert Irenée du Pont, Elise du Pont, Francis du Pont, Edmund du Pont.

Eleanor Ball du Pont, b. April 17, 1875; m. Feb. 24, 1897, Robeson Lea Perot; Irene Sophie du Pont,

Alexis Felix du Pont, b. Apr. 14, 1879; m. Apr. 9, 1902, Mary Richards Chichester; had issue;

Alexis Felix du Pont, Jr., b. October 2, 1905.

Ernest du Pont, born Dec. 5, 1880; m. Feb. 5, 1903, Josephine Lapsley Brinton; had issue :

Ernest du Pont, Jr., Nov. 17, 1903.

Lionel du Pont, b. May 20, 1882, d. Sept. 20, 1882;

Theodore Hume du Pont, b. Oct. 6, 1884;

Reginald Ashley du Pont, b. Oct. 22, 1885, d. inf .;

Eleuthere Paul du Pont, b. Apr. 24, 1887;

Archibald Marion Lasesne du Pont, b. Feb. 1, 1889.

VAN DYCKE FAMILY.

JAN TOMASSE VAN DYCKE emigrated from Amsterdam, Holland, in 1652, and settled at New Utrecht, Long Island, in 1657, being one of the patentees of that town in that year. On October 2, 1659, he was appointed Sergeant, "to keep order," and is on record as constable of the town in 1671. He also appears of record as a local magistrate. He died prior to August 1I, 1678, on which date his widow married Tielman Jacobus Van der Meyer. Jan Thomas Van Dycke was twice married. By his first wife (name unknown), he had sons: Thomas Janse, Derick Janse, Carel Janse and Pieter Janse. He married (second) Tryntje Achies Haegan, who survived him, and had by her five children: Achies Janse; Hendrick Janse, settled in Bucks county, Pennsylvania; Jan Janse; Annetje Janse, married Adrien Willemse Van Pelt; and Marretje Janse.

THOMAS JANSE VAN DYCKE, son of Jan Thomas Van Dycke, born in Holland, accompanied his father and brothers to New Netherlands, 1652, and was a patentee at New Utrecht, Long Island, December 26, 1661, and a schepen, or magistrate, there in 1673. Soon after the latter date he located at Gowanus, now Brooklyn, where he was assessed in 1675-76. He owned a farm there which he sold to Wouter Van Pelt, September 17, 1695. The date of his death is unknown. He married Marytje Andriessen, and had at least five sons: Claes, or Nicholas, of whom presently ; Isaac, settled in Middlesex county, New Jersey ; Jan, or John, also of Middlesex, New Jersey ; and Andreas.

CLAES or NICHOLAS VAN DYCKE, thought to have been the eldest of the sons of Thomas Janse and Marytje ( Andriessen) Van Dycke, took the oath of alle- giance at Gowanus ( Brooklyn) in 1687. He married (first), April 20, 1689, Tryntje Rienerse, daughter of Reiner Arendts, of Flatbush, Long Island; (second), July 3, 1692, Fransyntje (Frances) Hendricks, of Flatbush. He possibly resided for a time with his brothers on the Raritan, in New Jersey, where a Nicholas Van Dycke appears in 1702, but if so, returned to Brooklyn, and April 6, 1724. sold his farm there and removed with his family to St. George's Hundred, New Castle county, now Delaware. According to an entry on the flyleaf of the old Van Dycke Bible, printed in Holland in 1710, now in possession of Mary Van Dycke du Pont, of Wilmington, Delaware, which contains a record of the mar- riage of Nicholas Van Dycke and Fransyntje Hendricks, and of the birth of their children, Nicholas Van Dycke removed to Delaware at a much earlier date than that above given, and it is probable that he resided in Delaware some years prior to conveying his Brooklyn farm. The entry, is as follows, so far as it refers to Nicholas Van Dycke, first,-

"Nicholas Van Dyke, the Ist, was born at New Utrecht, Long Island. He was the son of Thomas Janse Van Dyck and grandson of Jan Thomas. He removed to Delaware, 1711, and lived on a farm at Berwick, Dutch Neck, New Castle County. He was a deacon of the Reformed Dutch Church in Brooklyn, New York, before removing to Delaware. In 1715 he was a member of Captain Daniel Nersen's Company of Militia."

Nicholas Van Dycke died in New Castle county, October 27, 1729, and his widow Frances died there, January 25, 1749-50. By his first wife, Tryntje Arendts, he had one child, Tryntje, baptized at Brooklyn, August 24, 1690.

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Issue of Nicholas and Frances (Hendricks) Van Dycke .-

Thomas, b. Apr. 1, 1693:

George, b. Oct. 4, 1694;

Maria, b. July 3, 1696;

Henricus, b. May 3, 1698, died young ;

Johannes, b. Mar. 22, 1700;

Abraham, b. Jan. 22, 1702:

Antje, b. July 5, 1704;

NICHOLAS, b. Jan. 6, 1706, of whom presently;

Henricus, "of the Raritan" b. Feb. 10, 1709;

Margeretje, b. Jan. 11, 1711.

Daniel, b. Nov. 3, 1713.

NICHOLAS VAN DYCKE (2), eighth child of Nicholas Van Dycke the elder, by his second wife, Fransyntje Hendricks, born at Brooklyn, Long Island, January 6, 1706, removed with his parents to New Castle county, and married there, May I, 1734, Rachel Allee. He died February 20, 1755, and she on August 1, 1791, "aged nearly 75."

NICHOLAS VAN DYCKE (3), son of Nicholas and Rachel ( Allee) Van Dycke, was born at New Castle, September 25, 1738. He studied law and attained high eminence in the practice of his profession in the Three Lower Counties. At the outbreak of the Revolution he was one of the foremost patriots of the Colony, and took an active part in civil and military matters relating to the establishment of independence. He was a Major of Militia; a deputy to the Convention that framed the first State Constitution of Delaware, and became President of the State. He was a member of Continental Congress, and as such signed the Articles of Confederation under which the United Colonies were governed until the adoption of the National Constitution in 1787, in the framing of which he also participated. He was Governor of Delaware from February 8, 1783, to October 27, 1786. He died at New Castle, February 19, 1789. Nicholas Van Dycke (3) married (first), September 11, 1766, Elizabeth Nixon. She died January 2, 1770, "aged 24 years, six months, 8 days, and 3 hours, having been born July 1, 1745, about 8 o'clock, A. M." He married (second), November 2, 1774, Charlotte Stanley.

NICHOLAS VAN DYCKE (4), father of Dorcas Montgomery (Van Dycke) du Pont, and son of Nicholas Van Dycke (3), by his first wife, Elizabeth Nixon, was born at New Castle, December 20, 1769. He entered the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) and graduated with high honors in 1788. He studied law under his brother-in-law, Chief Justice Kensy Johns, and was ad- mitted to practice at the Delaware Bar in 1791. He rose rapidly and attained high distinction in the practice of his profession. He became a member of the House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in 1799, and was elected to Congress in 1809, and to the United States Senate in 1817, and served until his death on May 21, 1826. He married, December 6, 1792, Mary Van Leuvenigh, born June 13, 1768, died May 6, 1831, sixth child of Zachariah Van Leuvenigh, of New Castle, by his third wife, Ann Armitage; granddaughter of John Van Leuvenigh, a "shopkeeper," of New Castle, who died in 1754 (Will dated Jany. 14, 1753, proven Dec. 31, 1754), by his wife Catharine; and great-granddaughter

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Colonial families of Philadelphia, Volume II, Part 48

Author: Jordan, John Woolf, 1840-1921, ed Publication date: 1911 Publisher: New York : Lewis Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 978

Author: Jordan, John Woolf, 1840-1921, ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: New York : Lewis Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 978