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    1. [NJHUNTER] Charity Wyckoff - Samuel Wheaton query from 2009
    2. Okay gang - I don't know why I didn't do a lookup in the Wyckoff genealogy; however, for Charity the line ends with her -- that is, she is named as a daughter with her siblings, but does provide the date of marriage as Jan. 30, 1788 to Samuel Wheaton. The unfortunate thing is it doesn't state where the marriage takes place, but thanks to Salt Lake, they digitized a record and it does tell us the county where the marriage took place. What would have been nice, and maybe some day they will, if they would film or digitize the docket books or the actual marriage returns. However, having been at the courthouse in Sussex county, I'm sure the return was nothing more than a scrap of paper the minister or justice of the peace scribbled on and turned in to the court house for recording. While there is no genealogical info for Samuel, perhaps there is a Wheaton genealogy out there in this great big world that might have his lineage published. As for Charity, her parents are Jacob Wyckoff (died 1803) and Catlytie (Unknown) and they resided in Somerset county,NJ. Jacob's parents were John Wyckoff (died 1746) and Gertje Styker (he married second to Neeltje Schenck. John Wyckoff's parents were Cornelius Wyckoff (1656-1746) and Gertje (Charity) Van Arsdalen. Cornelius is the son of Pieter Claesen and this line of descent is known as the Cornelius line. Okay - in this case Gertje was also Charity, so there is one example where she was known by both names. But I don't think this is the rule, just an exception. I'm by no means an expert in nicknames, so please don't jump all over me because I didn't know this. I learn every day something knew, so this is a new one for me. Christie

    03/23/2012 08:13:30