Van Siclen family

The Van Siclen (also spelled Van Sicklen ) family resided in the New Lots district of Flatbush in Kings County (present-day Brooklyn), and the town of Gravesend in Kings County. The family was descended from one of the first Dutch families to settle on Long Island in the 17th century.

Little is known about the individuals most prominent in this collection. Materials pertaining to the branch of the Van Siclen family residing in Flatbush indicate that Abraham Van Siclen (d. circa 1830) was married to Cornelia Van Siclen, and that in his will he bequeathed his estate to her, stipulating that upon her death the estate would be equally split between his eldest sons, John Van Siclen, an inn-keeper, and Abraham Van Siclen, Jr, a yeoman. There are also documents that indicate that John Van Siclen was a soldier in several regiments of the New York State Militia.

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