Brief Life History of Cornelius
When Cornelius Wyckoff was born in 1776, in Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States, his father, Peter Wyckoff, was 22 and his mother, Magdalena Vandervoort, was 27. He married Mercy Garret Covenhoven about 1799, in Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 9 August 1883, in Greenwich Township, Warren, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 107.
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New Jersey is the 3rd state.
1804
Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of East Frisian Wykhoff: habitational name from a farm named Wykhoff, near Norden in East Frisia, Germany. Compare Waychoff , Wikoff , Wycoff , and Wykoff .
History: The name is first recorded in North America in 1687, when it was used as a surname by Pieter Claesen (c. 1619–94), who in 1655 had become superintendent of the Bowery and cattle of Peter Stuyvesant in New Amersfoort, NY, moving into the house in Brooklyn now known as the Pieter Claesen Wyckoff residence. Pieter Claesen Wyckoff originated from the Wykhoff farm in East Frisia.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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