Van Dyke Family papers

Dates

1746 - 1947
Majority of material found in ca. 1830 - ca. 1930

Scope and Contents

Papers of several generations of the Van Dyke family which consist primarily of estate documents (wills, letters of administration, accounts, etc.), certificates, photographs, newspaper clippings, and genealogical materials (correspondence, family Bible records and compilations, including charts) on the Van Dyke and Willet(t)s families. Certificates represented include membership and appointment certificates, as well as a certificate (1827) regarding Peter, a black servant of Matthew Van Dyke, and a certificate (1837) indicating Lydia Van Dyke's eligibility for a government pension based on her husband's Revolutionary War service. Two items are undated broadsides: a (ca. 1840s?) "Genealogy of the Willets Family, " and a memorial "Sacred to the memory of Elizabeth Neill..." (printed on wove paper with watermark "T Stains / 1804").

Extent

0.8 Cubic Feet (1 manuscript box and 1 oversize box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

Residents, in earlier generations, of the Mapleto(w)n section of South Brunswick Township (now Plainsboro), Middlesex County, New Jersey; included Jan Van Dyke (d. 1764), his grandson Matthew (1752-1832) and Matthew's spouse Lydia (d. 1843), their son William J. (1795-1865), William's son Henry L.R. (1837-1917), a lawyer of Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, and Henry's sons James R. (1872-1934) and Hendrick A. (1878-1947).

Arrangement

Container Inventory (Box 2 is for oversize materials)

Jan Van Dyke (d. 1764)

Box 1 / Folder 1: ESTATE DOCUMENTS [see also oversize box]; Letters of administration, 1765

Matthew Van Dyke (1752-1832)

Box 1 / Folder 2: CERTIFICATES; Certificate regarding black servant, 1827

Box 1 / Folder 3: ESTATE DOCUMENTS; Will, 1832, and letters of administration, 1832

Lydia Van Dyke (d. 1843) [see also oversize]

Box 1 / Folder 4: ESTATE PAPERS; Will, 1842, and letters of administration, 1843

William J. Van Dyke (1795-1865)

Box 1 / Folder 5: LEGAL DOCUMENTS; Deed, 1839 Box 1 / Folder 6: ESTATE DOCUMENTS; Will, letters of administration, deeds and account, 1865-1867 Box 1 / Folder 7: Account book recording detailed disposition of estate, 1865 (1867) 1875

Henry L.R. Van Dyke (1837-1917) Box 1 / Folder 7: BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS, 1889 and undated Box 1 / Folder 8: CERTIFICATES [see also oversize box]; Appointment as special master in Chancery, 1875 Box 1 / Folder 9: GENEALOGICAL CORRESPONDENCE; Letters received, 1864-1904

James R. Van Dyke (1872-1934) [see also oversize] Box 1 / Folder 10: CORRESPONDENCE; Letter received, 1901, and [his] wedding invitation, 1902

Hendrick A. Van Dyke (1878-1947) Box 1 / Folder 11: GENEALOGICAL CORRESPONDENCE; Letter received, 1936 Box 1 / Folder 12: CERTIFICATES [see also oversize box]; Masonic certificate, 1935/SAR certificate, 1944

Lilly B. Van Dyke Box 1 / Folder 13: ESTATE DOCUMENTS; Bill in Chancery, 1935 [re. land division in Princeton Township]

Van Dyke Family [see also oversize]

Box 1 / Folder 14: GENEALOGICAL COMPILATIONS/PROSE; "The Name and Family of Van Dyke or Van Dyck," undated

Box 1 / Folder 15: GENEALOGICAL COMPILATIONS/PROSE; "The Name and Family of Willet," undated

Box 1 / Folder 16: MISCELLANY; Verse, press clippings, etc., 1868-1905 Box 1 / Folder 17: PHOTOGRAPHS; Portraits, 1860s-ca. 1906

Box 1 / Folder 18: PHOTOGRAPHS; Houses, 1897? and undated

Box 1 / Folder 19: PHOTOGRAPHS; Album, 1860s-1947 Box 1 / Folder 20: FAMILY BIBLE RECORDS; Family of Mathys & Neltye Van Dyke, 1746-1758 [in a Dutch Testament, 1737?, bound with a Dutch Psalm Book, 1726]

Box 1 / Folder 21: FAMILY BIBLE RECORDS; Descendants of Matthew & Lydia Van Dyke [from an English language Bible lacking its title page, but with a special title page dated 1817]

Jan Van Dyke (d. 1764) [see also box 1]

Box 2 / Folder 1: ESTATE DOCUMENTS; Will, 1757 [FRAGILE: encased in GLASS]

Lydia Van Dyke (d. 1843) [see also box 1]

Box 2 / Folder 2: CERTIFICATES; Revolutionary War pension certificate, 1837

Henry L.R. Van Dyke (1837-1917) [see also box 1]

Box 2 / Folder 3: CERTIFICATES; [Various], 1862, 1873 and 1875

James R. Van Dyke (1872-1934) [see also box 1]

Box 2 / Folder 4: CERTIFICATES; Masonic certificate, 1902

Hendrick A. Van Dyke (1878-1947) [see also box 1]

Box 2 / Folder 5: CERTIFICATES; Commission re. Bicentennial of Washington's birth, 1932

Van Dyke Family [see also box 1]

Box 2 / Folder 6: GENEALOGICAL COMPILATIONS/CHARTS; Ancestry of Henry H.L. & Julia (Willets) Van Dyke, undated Broadside "Genealogy of the Willets Family," undated [ca. 1840s?]

Box 2 / Folder 7: MISCELLANY; Broadside commemorating Elizabeth (Van Dyke) Neill (1782-1809), undated [printed on wove paper with watermark: "T Stains / 1804"]

Box 2 / Folder 8: FAMILY BIBLE RECORDS; Children of Henry L.R. and Julia Van Dyke, 1869-1878 [photostat]

Related Materials

Related materials (additional Jan Dyke papers): Van Dike family papers, MC 505, Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.