Grantham VAN DYKE

1800 - 1801  (~ 1 years)

• Name	Grantham VAN DYKE
  Birth	8 Mar 1800	St. Georges Hundred, New Castle, Delaware   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	15 Dec 1801	St. Georges Hundred, New Castle, Delaware
  Person ID	I9404	HHDHA
  Last Modified	17 Jan 2015

  
  

  Father	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)
  Mother	Mary VAN LEUVENIGH,   b. 13 Jun 1768, St. Georges Hundred, New Castle, Delaware d. 6 May 1831, St. Georges Hundred, New Castle, Delaware (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	6 Dec 1792	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   [2]
  Family ID	F3079	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S60] Google Books, (), Publications of the Gen. Soc. of Pennsylvania, Vol 7, Hendrick Van Leuvenigh p 214. Children of Hon. Nicholas Van Dyke, by his wife Mary Van Leuvenigh: i. Nicholas Van Dyke b. 28 Dec., 1793; d. 23 June 1820. ii. Ann Van Dyke b. 2 Feb. 1793; d. in 1814. iii. Kensey Johns Van Dyke, b. 25 Oct., 1797; d. 1 March 1829; m. (1), Delia Montgomery, who d. in 1825; m. (2) Henrietta Peacham, of Baltimore. He was a lawyer of unusual legal ability. iv. Grantham Van Dyke, b. 8 Mar 1800; d. 15 Dec., 1801. v. Charles Van Dyke b. 17 May 1802; d. 6 Sep 1832. vi. Dorcus Montgomery Van Dyke b. 4 Feb., 1806; d. in 1838; m. Charles Irenee du Pont, Esq. vii. Alfred Washington Van Dyke b. 28 Dec., 1809; d. 2 Nov., 1830. [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.