HOORAY! Finally, someone researching the NY and
Michigan Van Sickle/Van
Sickel family.
Surname:
VANSICKLE,
VAN SICKLE,
Van Sickel, VANSICKEL,
BENHAM,
ELDRIDGE,
MONTROSSThank you for your time. I am interested in the family of Ryneer
VAN SICKLE and Jane
ELDRIDGE, they were married on 6 Feb 1833 in
Lima,
Livingston County, NY. Jane's parents were
Wheadon ELDRIDGE and Susannah Montross.This marriage is listed with LDS and also in the Early Settlers of New York-Their Ancestors and Descendants; Vol #1 by Jane
Wethy Foley. No parents at either of these sources are listed.
It is also interesting to note that on Feb 7, 1833, Eliza "Jane"
VAN SICKLE married Jacob
MONTROSS ELDRIDGE in Livonia,
Livingston County, NY. (This is a sister and brother
ELDRIDGE married a sister and brother
VAN SICKLE). This marriage is also mentioned in the Jane
Wethy Foley book, page 285.
I believe Ryneer died, about 1840-ish, and Jane moved to
Michigan be closer to her brothers, Isaac and Jacob. This is also about the time her parents,
Wheadon ELDRIDGE and Susannah
MONTROSS moved to
Michigan.
Jane (
ELDRIDGE)
VAN SICKLE also was in
Michigan as early as 1843, as she was remarried to Francis Hitchcock/Hickock and had a child, Henrietta or possibly Margaret H. in March of 1843. (Henrietta eventually married a Mr. Andrews.)
Jane (
ELDRIDGE,
VAN SICKLE)
Hitchcock died in 1845 and is buried in Avondale Cemetery in
Flint,
Michigan.
The children of Jane
ELDRIDGE and Rynear
VAN SICKLE were:
1) Henry
Watson Van Sickel - b. 5 Jan 1834 in Mt. Morris?,
Livingston County, NY
2) Egbert
VAN SICKLE - 19 May 1835 in Livingston CO, NY.
Henry
Watson Van Sickel married Anna
BENHAM on 16 Dec 1855/56 in
Flint,
Michigan (I thought, but no record can be found) That is why I am looking in Ann Arbor, because their first child,
Sanford Rionere
Van Sickel was born in Ann Arbor in 1857.
(Anna Benham's sisters,
Polly and Fanny, were also married to brother of Jane
ELDRIDGE VAN SICKLE, Abram
Clark Eldridge...confused yet?)
Sidenotes: Jane
ELDRIDGE Van Sickle's brother, Isaac Newton
ELDRIDGE was a prominent doctor of Homeopathy in Ann Arbor. Jacob
MONTROSS ELDRIDGE and Eliza "Jane"
VAN SICKLE eventually moved and were noted pioneers of
Flint, Genesee County,
Michigan.
I believe there must be someone in this family who had the surname
Watson, as this name is used as Henry's middle name and it seems this family used former surnames as given and middle names frequently. Hopefully someone else is doing this family and would be interested in a mutual sharing of information. I need blending point here, I have lots of fragments!
If any of this matches anything you have I'd love to share information. I have not found any evidence of Egbert and according to Henry
Watson Van Sickel's obit, he "remained in his native place until he was in his twenties". Who knows if this is true or not!
It is interesting to me to note the name patterning of this family. It is my guess that the Rev. Henry C. C. Van
Sickel of Mt. Morris,
Livingston County, NY needs to be further investigated. It seems that the first born child was always given the name of one of the grandfathers, in
Dutch family name patterning....So whatever that is worth!
Sincerely,
Annette Klosner Hoskins
