From The Peopling of New York City
Benjamin Wyncoop was very difficult to find in the beginning. When I first began my search I looked for Wyncoop, I found some information but not much. After a painstaking revision of all the documents and books I had already searched I got a break. I had previously found some documents that mentioned Peter Wyncoop as a possible ancestor of Benjamin. I later found a Peter Wynkoop with the same information. I continued my search for Benjamin Wyncoop, but this time searching documents using both variations of the name. This time I was able to find a lot more information.
The Wyncoop name originated in Holland. Benjamin Wyncoop's grandfather could have been Peter Wyncoop. Peter Wycoop (Wynkoop) immigrated to America as early as 1639 from New Netherland. [1] I found many sources that have different years listed as the year he came to America, this is one of the earliest. Peter Wyncoop's name also appears as head of household in Seneca, New York. [2]
Peter Wyncoop had at least one son named Cornelius (Cornelius). Benjamin Wynccop's father could have been Cornelias Wyncoop. He married Maria Janse Langendyck (she later appears as Maria Wyncoop). In his will seven children are listed: Johannes, Maria, Evert, Gerrit, Nicolas, Catherine and Benjamin. [3] Cornelius made sure to leave equal shares of his estate to all his children. He may have died in 1676. His wife Maria died a few years later in 1679 after becoming very ill. At the time of her death her children are still young so she designates Wessel Ten Broeck as guardian of her children. [4]
Benjamin Wyncoop was baptized in April 1765, so he might have been born in the same year. If this is true then he did not know his parents because they died when he was a baby. Benjamin would have been one year old when his father died and four years old when his mother died.
According to Lepore Benjamin Wyncoop was a Dutch silversmith. I was able to confirm this when I found several images of his work documented in several books. He is listed as Benjamin Wynkoop, I am positive this is the person I am looking for because his slave London was also mentioned in two of the books. I was very lucky to be able to find these images!
Beaker made by Benjamin Wyncoop[5]
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Engraving done by Benjamin Wyncoop[6]
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Wyncoop's work was admired by many. I found his name listed in several books that list the works of great American silversmiths. He worked as a silversmith from 1698-1740.[9]
Wyncoop lived in the South Ward and was a member of the Country Party. His wealth was estimated at 65 pounds, he was considerably wealthy. He owned a slave named London. London was a Spanish-Indian slave. He was accused of plotting to kill his master by the salve named Caesar (owned by John Pintard). London was not killed but was transported out of New York. I was very fortunate to stumble upon a picture of Wyncoop's slave London.
The Slave Conspiracy is mentioned[10]
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Wyncoop's slave London [11]
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I also found a Benjamin Wyncoop listed as part the fourth Battalion,
Record of Benjamin Wyncoop's marriage
[12] Fifth class under the command of Captain Rossbotham's company in the Philadelphia army. A Benjamin Wynkoop is also listed as a lieutenant in the Phladelphia army.
[13] I could find nothing to confirm that either one of these men is the one I was looking for.
Benjamin Wyncoop is listed as a Deacon of the Dutch Reformed Church of New York in 1706 and 1707.[14]
He married Femmie (Femmietje) Vanderhule on October 20, 1697.[15]There were two different marriage IDs on file for them : 2220275647 and 2220275736.
They had at least two children: Benjamin who was born in 1705 and Cornelius who was born in 1701. [16] Benjamin Wyncoop II married and may have moved to Philadelphia or Fairfield, Connecticut (his name appears in documents from both states). Cornelius followed his father's trade and became a silversmith. Coincidentally his wife, Elizabet Van der Spiegel, was the daughter of a silversmith!
References
- ↑ Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2006.
- ↑ History of Ontario County, New York : with illustrations and family sketches of some of the prominent men and families, 414.
- ↑ Gustave Anjou, Ulster County Probate Records, Vol. 1, 32
- ↑ Gustave Anjou, Ulster County Probate Records, Vol. 1, 32
- ↑ Catalogue of a Exhibition of Silver Used in New York, New Jesery and the South (New York 1911), 67, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- ↑ Catalogue of a Exhibition of Silver Used in New York, New Jesery and the South (New York 1911), 68, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- ↑ Catalogue of a Exhibition of Silver Used in New York, New Jesery and the South (New York 1911), 66, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- ↑ C. Louise Avery, American Silver of the XVII and XVIII Centuries, (New York), 26, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- ↑ C. Louise Avery, American Silver of the XVII and XVIII Centuries, (New York), 26, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- ↑ Catalogue of a Exhibition of Silver Used in New York, New Jesery and the South (New York 1911), 66, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- ↑ http://www.slaveryinnewyork.org/gallery_3_3.htm#
- ↑ New York Marriage Licenses 1696-1697, 583.
- ↑ Pennsylvania Archives, Vol. 5, 517
- ↑ Hugh Hastings, Historian, Ecclesiastical Records, State of New York (New York), 1444.
- ↑ New York Marriage Licenses 1696-1697, 583.
- ↑ Charles Burr, A General History of the Burr Family in America: With a Genealogical Record, (New York 1878), 147
