William F. Wyckoff papers 1695-1942

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

William F. Wyckoff papers 1695-1942

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/bhs/arms_1978_002_william_wyckoff/arms_1978_002_william_wyckoff.html

This collection contains the personal and family related papers of William Forman Wyckoff (1858-1930) spanning the years 1695-1942. Material types include deeds, indentures, property maps, bills of sale, and estate matters from 1695 through 1825. Later documents include extracts of financial records, clippings, reunion books, correspondence, and genealogical notes and research pertaining to many families in Brooklyn and other nineteenth century towns of Kings and Queens Counties, New York. The Eldert, Lott, Suydam, and Wyckoff families are prominent in this collection in deeds, estate inventories, and financial records. Also included in this collection are documents from the Revolutionary War period, those related to John Wyckoff's tenure as sheriff of Brooklyn about 1817-1833, and those concerning enslaved African-Americans.

3.25 Linear feet; in 3 manuscript boxes and 1 oversize flat box.

Center for Brooklyn History (2020-)

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6329707

Related Entities

There are 13 Entities related to this resource.

Wyckoff, Hendrick, 1733-1749

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60t5ksb (person)

Williamsburgh Turnpike Road and Bridge Company (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.).

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gw15k6 (corporateBody)

Suydam family

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xf6kkm (family)

Wyckoff family

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xb7w6r (family)

Eldert family

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61h654f (family)

Wyckoff, William Forman, 1858-1930

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63v06j1 (person)

William F. Wyckoff is a descendant of Pieter Claesen Wyckoff, the common ancestor of the Wyckoff family, and one of the most influential leaders during 17th century settlement in New Amsterdam. Claesen-Wyckoff and his wife, Greitje van Ness, eventually settled in Flatlands, Brooklyn, in what is now the historic Wyckoff Homestead. Claesen-Wyckoff and his wife had a total of eleven children, who married into several different families, creating a vast and complex genealogy spanning th...

Wyckoff, Cornelius, 1656-1748

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69j1j6t (person)

Wyckoff, John, 1771-1864

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n173wm (person)

Wyckoff, John

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69b44f2 (person)

Eldert, Johannes, fl. 1788

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65v9gtz (person)

Wyckoff, Cornelius, 1722-1789

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dw7g8j (person)

Eldert, Hendrick, fl. 1790

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s91crv (person)

Lott family

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d665v5 (family)