Descendants of Hendrick Willemsz

Family: Sen. Nicholas VAN DYKE / Mary VAN LEUVENIGH (F3079)

• Male Sen. Nicholas VAN DYKE

  
  

  Birth	20 Dec 1769	St. Georges Hundred, New Castle, Delaware
  Death	21 May 1826	St. Georges Hundred, New Castle, Delaware
  Burial		Immanuel Espiscopal Churchyard
  Marriage	6 Dec 1792  [1]	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  [1]
  Father	Gov. Nicholas VAN DYKE | F3074 Group Sheet
  Mother	Elizabeth NIXON | F3074 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Mary VAN LEUVENIGH

  
  

  Birth	13 Jun 1768	St. Georges Hundred, New Castle, Delaware
  Death	6 May 1831	St. Georges Hundred, New Castle, Delaware
  Burial		Immanuel Espiscopal Churchyard
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  Male Nicholas VAN DYKE

  
  

  Birth	28 Dec 1793	St. Georges Hundred, New Castle, Delaware
  Death	23 Jun 1820	New Castle, New Castle, Delaware
  Burial		Immanuel Espiscopal Churchyard

  
  

  Female Ann VAN DYKE

  
  

  Birth	2 Feb 1795	New Castle, New Castle, Delaware
  Death	29 Sep 1814	New Castle, New Castle, Delaware
  Burial		Immanuel Espiscopal Churchyard

  
  

  Male Kensey Johns VAN DYKE

  
  

  Birth	25 Oct 1797	St. Georges Hundred, New Castle, Delaware
  Death	1 Mar 1829	St. Georges Hundred, New Castle, Delaware
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  Spouse	Delia MONTGOMERY | F3081
  Marriage		New Castle, New Castle, Delaware
  Spouse	Henrietta PEACHAM | F3082
  Marriage	Abt 1826

  
  

  Male Grantham VAN DYKE

  
  

  Birth	8 Mar 1800	St. Georges Hundred, New Castle, Delaware
  Death
  Burial	15 Dec 1801	St. Georges Hundred, New Castle, Delaware

  
  

  Male Charles VAN DYKE

  
  

  Birth	17 May 1802	St. Georges Hundred, New Castle, Delaware
  Death	6 Sep 1832	St. Georges Hundred, New Castle, Delaware
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  Female Dorcus Montgomery VAN DYKE

  
  

  Birth	4 Feb 1806	New Castle, New Castle, Delaware
  Death
  Burial	1838	New Castle, New Castle, Delaware
  Spouse	Charles Irénée DUPONT | F3080
  Marriage	6 Oct 1824	New Castle, New Castle, Delaware

  
  

  Male Alfred Washington VAN DYKE

  
  

  Birth	28 Dec 1809	St. Georges Hundred, New Castle, Delaware
  Death	23 Nov 1830	St. Georges Hundred, New Castle, Delaware
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• Sources

  [S83] Jordan, John W., Colonial Families of Philadelphia, (Lewis Publishing Co. 1911), Vol 2, p 1288, https://books.google.com/books?id=Br0SAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1287-IA2&lpg=PA1287-IA2&dq=Colonial+Fam. Nicolas Van Dycke (4), father of Dorcus Montgomery (Van Dycke) du Pont, and son of Nicholas Van Dycke (3), by his first wife, Elizabeth Nixon, was born at New Castle, December 20, 1769. He entered the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) and graduated with high honors in 1788. He studied law under his brother-in-law, Chief Justice Kensy Johns, and was admitted to practice at the Delaware Bar in 1791. He rose rapidly and attained high distinction in the practice of his profession. He became a member of the House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in 1799, and was elected to Congress in 1809, and to the United States Senate in 1817, and served until his death on May 21, 1826. He married, December 6, 1792, Mary Van Leuvenigh born June 13, 1768, died May 6, 1831.