Van Wickle House
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| The Meadows (a/k/a Symen Van Wickle House) | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Location: | Somerset, New Jersey  United States |
| Built/Founded: | 1722 |
| Added to NRHP: | December 4, 1973 |
The Van Wickle House is an historical house located at 1289 Easton Avenue in Somerset, New Jersey. It was built in 1722 by Symen Van Wickle aka Symen Van Wicklin.
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[edit] Evert Van Wickle
Evert Van Wickle was a carpenter from the Netherlands who emigrated to New Amersfoort, which is now Flatlands, Brooklyn, and married Elizabeth Van Liew. Around 1700, Evert purchased almost 800 acres (3.2 km²) of land on the Raritan River in Somerset, New Jersey. Evert had a son: Symen Van Wickle (c1700-1754) who married Geradina Couwenhoven (1705-?).
[edit] Symen Van Wickle
Symen built his home facing the Raritan River in 1722. The location was called the "upper fording place". Behind the house was the link between Middlebush, New Jersey and Raritan Landing, New Jersey called "Old Middlebush Road" (now DeMott Lane in Somerset, New Jersey). Evert and Geradina had the following children: Elsje Van Wickle (c1723-?); Evert Van Wickle (c1726-?); Nicholas Van Wickle (c1728-?); Mattje Van Wickle (c1730-?); Seytje Van Wicklin (1732-?); Anne Van Wickle (c1734-?); Dinah Van Wickle (1734-?); and Mary Van Wickle (c1738-?).
[edit] Delaware and Raritan Canal
Around 1835, the Delaware and Raritan Canal was built between the Raritan River and the Van Wickle House. The house was restored and is now operated by the Meadows Foundation. The Symen Van Wickle House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, it is building #73001134.
[edit] References
- Harry Macy, Jr.; The Van Wicklen/Van Wickle Family: Including its Frisian Origin and Connections to Minnerly and Kranchheyt; The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 128, No. 3 (July 1997); p. 184.
[edit] Map
- Van Wickle House is at coordinates Coordinates:
