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Antje Claes <I>Wickoff</I> Schenck

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Antje Claes Wickoff Schenck

Birth
Kings County, New York, USA
Death
15 Jul 1766 (aged 72)
Burial
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.6239611, Longitude: -73.9366167
Plot
Unmarked
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Mrs. Schenck, nee Antie Wickoff, died a month before her 73rd birthday. The daughter of Nicholas Claes Wyckoff and the former Sarah Monfoort, she was the wife of Steve Schenck, whom she married on October 23, 1713. In 2007 her gravestone, cut from brown sandstone, could be seen propped up against a tree, leaving her grave unmarked. Inscribed in Dutch, it features a soul effigy with a subtly tilted face and is largely illegible.Daughter of Nicholas Pietersz Wyckoff and Sara Monfoort.
John Reynolds Totten, "Van Der Beek Family Notes", New York Genealogical & Biographical Record Vol. 64, pp.229-243; 367-387 (1933): p.372.
William Forman Wyckoff, Wyckoff Family in America: A Genealogy (Summit, N.J.: Wyckoff Association in America, 1950), p.17.

Born in August 1693 at Kings Co., Long Island, New York.
Barbara Smith Buys, "Family Record: Schenck-Stryker", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vol. 111, pp. 133-34 (1980).

Married Stephen Janse Schenck, son of Jan Martensz Schenck and Jannetje Stevense Van Voorhees, at Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, Flatbush, Kings Co., Long Island, New York, on 23 October 1713 (banns 26 Sep 1713).
David William Voorhees, editor, Records of The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, Kings County, New York, Vol.1, 1677-1720 (New York: Holland Society of New York, 1998), page 305. Year 1713. The 26 September the marriage banns were registered of Steven Schenk, young man, and Antje Wijkof, young lady; both born and residing in N. Amersfort. Married the (blank) October.
Barbara Smith Buys, "Family Record: Schenck-Stryker", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vol. 111, pp. 133-34 (1980): "en het Seaman getrout in het ijaar 1713 den 23 october".

Witnessed the baptism of Neltje Williamsen , daughter of Aert Willemsen and Annatje Willemse Van Kouwenhoven, on 16 October 1720 at Reformed Dutch Congregations, Freehold and Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey, (witnesses Elbert Willemson, Anke Wiikof).
"Records of the Dutch Congregations of Freehold and Middletown", Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey Vols. 22-38 (1947-1963): 22:85. Nelke; parents: Aert Willemson, (blank) Kouwenhoven; witness: Elbert Willemson, Anke Wiikof.
Lincoln C. Cocheu, "The Van Kouwenhoven-Conover Family", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vol.70-71,81-83 (1939-40, 1950-52): 71:162.

Children by Stephen Janse:
Jannetje Schenck b. 25 Dec 1714, d. 20 Mar 1778
John Schenck b. 23 May 1718, d. 15 Dec 1775
Sarah Schenck b. 24 Nov 1720, d. 3 Dec 1797
Antie Schenck b. 1 Jun 1723, d. 1 Aug 1803
Willemtje Schenck b. 4 Oct 1726, d. 18 Dec 1802
Neeltie Schenck b. May 1730, d. Oct 1784
Nicholas Schenck d. 3 Apr 1810
Margarite Schenck
Marya Schenck b. 17 Mar 1739
New York (County) Surrogate's Court Abstracts of Wills on file in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York (Vol. VII. June 6, 1766-Nov. 29, 1771, Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year 1898 (New York: Printed for the Society, 1898), page 135. Abstracting Lib. 26, p. 165. Steven Schenck.
John Reynolds Totten, "Van Der Beek Family Notes", New York Genealogical & Biographical Record Vol. 64, pp.229-243; 367-387 (1933): p.372.

Antie Claes Wyckoff died on 15 July 1766.
Barbara Smith Buys, "Family Record: Schenck-Stryker", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vol. 111, pp. 133-34 (1980).

Bio includes data from The Brouwer Genealogy Database.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/surname_index.htm
Mrs. Schenck, nee Antie Wickoff, died a month before her 73rd birthday. The daughter of Nicholas Claes Wyckoff and the former Sarah Monfoort, she was the wife of Steve Schenck, whom she married on October 23, 1713. In 2007 her gravestone, cut from brown sandstone, could be seen propped up against a tree, leaving her grave unmarked. Inscribed in Dutch, it features a soul effigy with a subtly tilted face and is largely illegible.Daughter of Nicholas Pietersz Wyckoff and Sara Monfoort.
John Reynolds Totten, "Van Der Beek Family Notes", New York Genealogical & Biographical Record Vol. 64, pp.229-243; 367-387 (1933): p.372.
William Forman Wyckoff, Wyckoff Family in America: A Genealogy (Summit, N.J.: Wyckoff Association in America, 1950), p.17.

Born in August 1693 at Kings Co., Long Island, New York.
Barbara Smith Buys, "Family Record: Schenck-Stryker", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vol. 111, pp. 133-34 (1980).

Married Stephen Janse Schenck, son of Jan Martensz Schenck and Jannetje Stevense Van Voorhees, at Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, Flatbush, Kings Co., Long Island, New York, on 23 October 1713 (banns 26 Sep 1713).
David William Voorhees, editor, Records of The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, Kings County, New York, Vol.1, 1677-1720 (New York: Holland Society of New York, 1998), page 305. Year 1713. The 26 September the marriage banns were registered of Steven Schenk, young man, and Antje Wijkof, young lady; both born and residing in N. Amersfort. Married the (blank) October.
Barbara Smith Buys, "Family Record: Schenck-Stryker", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vol. 111, pp. 133-34 (1980): "en het Seaman getrout in het ijaar 1713 den 23 october".

Witnessed the baptism of Neltje Williamsen , daughter of Aert Willemsen and Annatje Willemse Van Kouwenhoven, on 16 October 1720 at Reformed Dutch Congregations, Freehold and Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey, (witnesses Elbert Willemson, Anke Wiikof).
"Records of the Dutch Congregations of Freehold and Middletown", Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey Vols. 22-38 (1947-1963): 22:85. Nelke; parents: Aert Willemson, (blank) Kouwenhoven; witness: Elbert Willemson, Anke Wiikof.
Lincoln C. Cocheu, "The Van Kouwenhoven-Conover Family", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vol.70-71,81-83 (1939-40, 1950-52): 71:162.

Children by Stephen Janse:
Jannetje Schenck b. 25 Dec 1714, d. 20 Mar 1778
John Schenck b. 23 May 1718, d. 15 Dec 1775
Sarah Schenck b. 24 Nov 1720, d. 3 Dec 1797
Antie Schenck b. 1 Jun 1723, d. 1 Aug 1803
Willemtje Schenck b. 4 Oct 1726, d. 18 Dec 1802
Neeltie Schenck b. May 1730, d. Oct 1784
Nicholas Schenck d. 3 Apr 1810
Margarite Schenck
Marya Schenck b. 17 Mar 1739
New York (County) Surrogate's Court Abstracts of Wills on file in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York (Vol. VII. June 6, 1766-Nov. 29, 1771, Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year 1898 (New York: Printed for the Society, 1898), page 135. Abstracting Lib. 26, p. 165. Steven Schenck.
John Reynolds Totten, "Van Der Beek Family Notes", New York Genealogical & Biographical Record Vol. 64, pp.229-243; 367-387 (1933): p.372.

Antie Claes Wyckoff died on 15 July 1766.
Barbara Smith Buys, "Family Record: Schenck-Stryker", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vol. 111, pp. 133-34 (1980).

Bio includes data from The Brouwer Genealogy Database.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/surname_index.htm

Gravesite Details

Source of birthdate and parents' names: Walter Stander



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  • Created by: Nikita Barlow
  • Added: Sep 5, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21374723/antje_claes-schenck: accessed ), memorial page for Antje Claes Wickoff Schenck (29 Aug 1693–15 Jul 1766), Find a Grave Memorial ID 21374723, citing Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; Maintained by Nikita Barlow (contributor 46508077).