Nicholas Van Dyck

The New Netherland Ancestors of

NICHOLAS VAN DYCK



House of Representatives, Senator, State Assembly, State Attorney General, State Senate




			     __Jan Thomaszen Van Dyck1
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			__Thomas Janszen Van Dyck2
		       |    |
		       |    |__Tryntje Achias1
		       |
		   __Nicholas Van Dyck2
		  |    |
		  |    |__Maritje Andriensen2
		  |
	      __Nicholas Van Dyck2
	     |    |
	     |    |__Fransyntie Hendricks2
	     |
       __NICHOLAS VAN DYCK2
      |      |
      |      |__Lydia Dircks2
      |
NICHOLAS VAN DYCK2
      |
      |__(__)2



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Biography of NICHOLAS VAN DYCK

 
VAN DYKE, Nicholas, (son of Nicholas Van Dyke [1738-1789]), a Representative and a Senator from Delaware; born in New Castle, Del., December 20, 1770; graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1788; studied law; was admitted to the bar in New Castle, Del., in 1792 and commenced the practice of law; member, State house of representatives 1799; elected as a Federalist to the Tenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James M. Broom; reelected to the Eleventh Congress, and served from October 6, 1807, to March 3, 1811; member, State senate 1815-1816; elected as a Federalist to the United States Senate in 1817; reelected in 1823, and served from March 4, 1817, until his death in New Castle, Del., on May 21, 1826; chairman, Committee on Pensions (Sixteenth Congress); interment in Immanuel Churchyard.
 

 


Notes and Sources


   1.  Aitken, William Benford, Distinguished Families in America Descended from
       Wilhelmus Beekman and Jan Thomasse Van Dyke.  New York:  The
       Knickerbocker Press, 1912.  174-177.
   2.  Ibid., p. 178-180.

 

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