Simeon (Symons) van Winckle (bef. 1686 - 1775)

Ancestors

Husband of Treyntje Van Giesen — married 27 May 1710 in Bergen, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 19 Apr 1775 after age 88 in Acquackanonck, New Jersey

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Biography

Witness to his baptism were Johannes Steynmets, and Joanna Vandervoort.

Of the male issue of Symon Jacobse and Annetje Sip;

1. Jacob born Aug 9 1678 was a member of the Acquackanonk church in 1726 and married first Jacomyntje Mattheuse Van Nieuwkerck April 21 1 701 his second wife was Catharina Bekling maiden of Acquackanonk His homestead was at Wesel
2. Johannis born Aug 18 1682 married first Oct 14 1704 Antje Sanders and second Magdalena Spier He removed from Acquackanonk about 1720 to the new settlement of Springfield west of Elizabethtown being the first Dutchman to settle among the New Englanders in that region
3. Simeon baptized Aug 6 1686 married first Prientje Van Giesen (daughter of Abraham Van Giesen and Fytie Andriessen); and second a widow Antje Pietersen. His house one story high one hundred and three feet long was situated on the west bank of the Passaic river in the Bogt or Paterson sub division at the foot of a hill where there was a ford across the river This house was of stone whitewashed on the outside and became known far and wide as De Witte Huis the White House. There was a driftway between Simeon's land on the south and his neighbor Jan Van Blarcom's property which in 1719 was formally laid out as a highway which was the east end of Willis street. In the survey then made the Pompton road referred to is the present Vreeland avenue Simeon having a fine spring near his house established a tannery and currying shop which he carried on for many years. He was the father of twenty children, thirteen by his first wife and seven by his second wife of whom seven died young. The White House stood as a well known landmark until about 1828 when it was torn down by Henry Doremus the material being used in the building of a new house on the other side of the river. Marinus another son married Geesje Hendrickse Van Wageninge but left no male issue. By his first marriage Simeon Symon Jacobse (Simeon of the White House) had four sons of whom only Jacob who married Froutje Sophronia Gerritsen Dec 8 1749 became identified with the territory around Paterson. Soon after his marriage he bought in the Paterson subdivision a lot lying on the north side of Broadway and lived in an old stone house that afterwards became known as the Passaic Hotel. Like his father he was a tanner and established himself in that business in a favorable swamp through which flowed the Dublin spring brook the vats being situated in the middle of what is now Main street near Fair street In excavating for a sewer on Main street about 1869-70. some of the frame work of one of the ancient vats was brought to the surface. His son Johannis by his second marriage took as a wife Jane a sister of Michael Slingerland and by his will dated March 27 1778 he described himself as a farmer of Bergen. He bequeathed to his wife all his moveable estate excepting four negro wenches Quack Pol Nance and Prince also one large Dutch Bible. She was to have the use of all his lands and effects during her widowhood. The testator seems to have had no children.^[1]

Marriage

Wife: Pryntje Van Giesen (Child of Abraham Van Giesen and Fijtie Andriessen), born September 28, 1692 in New York Dutch Reformed church; died Abt. 1732 in Acquackanonck, New Jersey. She married Symon Van Winkle ^[2][3][4] May 27, 1710 in Bergen, New Jersey; born April 06, 1686 in Bergen Dutch Reformed church, New Jersey; died April 19, 1775 in Acquackanonck, New Jersey. Notes for Pryntje Van Giesen: She was born 26 July, 1692 based on the Bergen DRC baptisms (Number 244). In this record her name is written as either Peyntje or Treyntje. She was a member of the Acquackanonck DRC in 1726. Witness to her baptism were Pryntie Michiels, and Reynier Van Giesen.

Simeon Van Winkle of the White House and his first wife, Pryntje, had their eighth child,

1. Johannes Van Winkle, in 1723. Johannes was the great-grandson of patriarch Jacob Walingen, the first Van Winkle in America and the grandfather of the murdered judge. Johannes would go on to build the oldest part of the home at 868 Goffle Road, but he did not claim the property until after his father, Simeon of the White House, passed away in 1774.

Notes for Symon Van Winkle: Simeon was well known in his day, and he lived in his father's white house which became larger by the decade for he continued to add to its size. After his death in 1775 the house was occupied for a short while, and then was abandoned, and in the early 1800's local school boys would view the big old broken down house, and they called it "the old bellows", and they swore that it was haunted. the house was finally torn down about 1828. In 1782 his large farm was partitioned off to Jacobus Post, and Adrian Van Houten. HIs wife Antye Pietersen lived on in the house, and inherited some of Simeon's property as well. Simeon was a planter, and he lived on lot number 7 of the East Bogt near Paterson, New Jersey. He also ran his own Tannery on the property, and he was quite well off compared to many of his neighbors. He also cured leather goods, as well as Tanning them. He inherited his father's ship, and would bring produce to New York Harbor on many occasions. Simeon lived several miles north of the ford at the Bogt on the west side of the Passaic river, now located in the eastern part of Paterson.In 1745 he, and his family purchased lot number 7 of the East Bogt patent, and he is listed as one of the original Patentees of this tract of land. His farm extended from Willis street on the south side to 13th avenue on the north, and on the east from 18th street to the Passaic river. On 18 May, 1722 he inherited 150 acres of farm land from his father located in the Wessel area. By his house on the Passaic river, at the foot of the hill on his property you could ford the river and cross it by foot, or on horse and wagon. On 18 Sept., 1719 a formal highway was laid across this ford which made Simeon's property worth even more. It was by this formal highway that he built his Tannery, and anchored his ship. Simoen's will was published on 19 April, 1775, and he left his wife Antye one of his bedsteads, and all the furniture, and the wearing apparel belonging to her. He also gave his wife 100 lbs, and to his sons Abraham ten shillings, and his son John also 10 shillings. His real estate in Essex, and Bergen counties was divided amongst his children, Abraham, Simeon, and Jacob, and his daughters Antye, Feytye, Saertye, Trientye, Rachel, Yenneke, Leena, Marregritye, Geertye, and his grand daughter Marritye the daughter of Abraham Cadmus, also received a one thirteenth part of the real estate. His friends Jacobus Post, and Hessel Peterse were executors of his will.

Sources

1. ↑ William Nelson, Charles Anthony Shriner, History of Paterson and Its Environs (the Silk City): Historical- Genealogical - Biographical, Volume 2, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1920 - Paterson (N.J.) pg 6-7
2. ↑ Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, calendar of New Jersey Wills..,
3. ↑ Clayton, W. Woodford, and William Nelson "History of Bergen and Passaic counties.".,
4. ↑ "Vital Records of the Protestant Dutch Reformed church at Acquackanonock, Passaic, N.J.Volumes 1-3. "..