Mary VAN LEUVENIGH^[1]

1768 - 1831  (62 years)

• Name	Mary VAN LEUVENIGH
  Birth	13 Jun 1768	St. Georges Hundred, New Castle, Delaware
  Gender	Female
  Death	6 May 1831	St. Georges Hundred, New Castle, Delaware   [2]
  Burial	Immanuel Espiscopal Churchyard   [3]
  Person ID	I9399	HHDHA
  Last Modified	17 Jan 2015

  
  

  Family	Sen. Nicholas VAN DYKE,   b. 20 Dec 1769, St. Georges Hundred, New Castle, Delaware d. 21 May 1826, St. Georges Hundred, New Castle, Delaware (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	6 Dec 1792	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   [4]
  Children	1. Nicholas VAN DYKE,   b. 28 Dec 1793, St. Georges Hundred, New Castle, Delaware d. 23 Jun 1820, New Castle, New Castle, Delaware (Age 26 years)   2. Ann VAN DYKE,   b. 2 Feb 1795, New Castle, New Castle, Delaware d. 29 Sep 1814, New Castle, New Castle, Delaware (Age 19 years)   3. Kensey Johns VAN DYKE,   b. 25 Oct 1797, St. Georges Hundred, New Castle, Delaware d. 1 Mar 1829, St. Georges Hundred, New Castle, Delaware (Age 31 years)   4. Grantham VAN DYKE,   b. 8 Mar 1800, St. Georges Hundred, New Castle, Delaware bur. 15 Dec 1801, St. Georges Hundred, New Castle, Delaware (Age ~ 1 years)   5. Charles VAN DYKE,   b. 17 May 1802, St. Georges Hundred, New Castle, Delaware d. 6 Sep 1832, St. Georges Hundred, New Castle, Delaware (Age 30 years)   6. Dorcus Montgomery VAN DYKE,   b. 4 Feb 1806, New Castle, New Castle, Delaware bur. 1838, New Castle, New Castle, Delaware (Age ~ 31 years)   7. Alfred Washington VAN DYKE,   b. 28 Dec 1809, St. Georges Hundred, New Castle, Delaware d. 23 Nov 1830, St. Georges Hundred, New Castle, Delaware (Age 20 years)
  Family ID	F3079	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2018

  
  

• Sources

  [S60] Google Books, (), Publications of the Gen. Soc. of Pennsylvania, Vol 7, Hendrick Van Leuvenigh pp 213-214. 5. Mary Van Leuvenigh (Zacharia, Esq., John, Hendrick), born at New Castle, 13 Jun 1768;died there in May 1831; married by the Rev. Samuel Barr, ( Dec, 1792, Hon. Nicholas Van Dyke, born at New Castle, 20 December 1769. [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. [S39] Findagrave.com, (www.findagrave.com). [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.