John Simeon Van Winkle (1784 - 1850)

Born 13 Nov 1784 in Hawthorne, Passaic, New Jersey, United States

Descendants

Died 9 Jan 1850 at age 65 in Hawthorne, Passaic, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

John Simeon Van Winkle was born on 13 November 1784 in Hawthorn, New Jersey. He married Jannetje Kip, daughter of Pieter Kip and Wyntie Van Winkle, on 24 March 1805. John S Van Winkle murdered on 9 January 1850 in Hawthorne, New Jersey. John is buried in Section 17, Lot 14 of Cedar Lawn Cemetery in Paterson, New Jersey.

Research Notes

• Simeon's son Judge John S. Van Winkle, born November 13, 1784, lived on his grandfather's place at the Goffle and built the main part of the present house in 1811. He ran a grist mill here. On March 24, 1805 he married Jannetje, daughter of Pieter Kip, born January 14, 1788. He and his wife were foully murdered the night of January 9, 1850, by John Johnson, an English farmhand who Judge Van Winkle sympathetically released from jail, where he had been lodged on some complaint. Their surviving son Cornelius Van Winkle, born September 9, 1806, died May 26, 1873, married May 31, 1826, Catrina Leah Van Dean, born March 4, 1809. They lived at the Goffle, at Riverside, and later in Paterson. The place at the Goffle was inherited by their only son Simon Peter Van Winkle, born July 6, 1831, married October 10, 1852 Maria Ackerman; they lived however, at Paterson. Their daughter Jennie Van Winkle married Aaron Van Houten of Passaic, and the property at the Goffle was sold by her estate about 1901. It was purchased by Thomas Arnold whose son Ivan Arnold became owner (1936). Until the Arnolds purchased it, the house had been occupied for many years by farmhands, tenants of the Van Winkles. In 1942, Dr. Claude Van Stone purchased the house in an auction and passed it down to his daughter, Jean Brennan, who sold it in 2002^[1]

Research Notes: Murder of Judge and Mrs. Van Winkle

• On January 9, 1850, Judge John Van Winkle and his wife, Jane, were brutally stabbed to death by their former farm hand, John Jonston.^[2]
• "Murder at Paterson New Jersey" newspaper article^[3]
• Murder near Paterson New Jersey" newspaper article^[4]
• John Van Winkle, and his wife, an aged couple were hewn to pieces in their bed by a knife and hatchet^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ “Historical References: National Register.” Environmental Resource Inventory. Hawthorne, New Jersey: Borough of Hawthorne, New Jersey, 2006. chrome-exhttps://hawthornenj.org/DocumentCenter/View/503/Historical-Resources-PDF.
2. ↑ The Goffle Road Murders of Passaic County: The 1850 Van Winkle Killings (True Crime). Accessed June 18, 2023. https://www.montclairbookcenter.com/product/3962862/The-Goffle-Road-Murders-of-Passaic-County-The-1850-Van-Winkle-Killings-True-Crime-Jr-Don-Everett-Smith.
3. ↑ The Evening Post. “Murder at Paterson New Jersey.” January 9, 1850.
4. ↑ The Buffalo Daily Republic (Buffalo, New York) Fri, Jan 11, 1850, page 3
   Newspapers Clip: 122449987 (accessed 18 June 2023)
5. ↑ * Portland Press Herald (Portland, Maine) Mon, Jan 14, 1850, page 2
   Newspapers Clip: 126663862 (accessed 18 June 2023)

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55436377/john-simeon-van_winkle: accessed 30 September 2023), memorial page for John Simeon Van Winkle (13 Nov 1784–9 Jan 1850), Find a Grave Memorial ID 55436377, citing Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA; Maintained by Vicki (contributor 47181961).
• RootsWeb.com; Vreeland Family Project; Second Generation: John Simeon Van Winkle; (accessed 30 Sep 2023); https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~vreelandproject/genealogy/ged2html/g0000864.html#I14957
• GSBC, Genealogical Society of Bergen County, NJ; Family Files, John Simeon Van Winkle; 25 January 2023, page 1052 (accessed 30 Sep 2023). http://dutchgenie.net/GSBC-familyfiles/familyfiles/g1/p1096.htm#i41068
• Van Winkle, Daniel (1913). A Genealogy of the Van Winkle Family Account of its Origin and Settlement in This Country with Data 1630-1913, 73, 100. Datz Press, Jersey City, NJ, (#206).
• https://archive.org/details/agenealogyofthevanwinklefamilybydanielvanwinkle/page/n105/mode/2up