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     Hans Jacob Liebengut Jr. was born at Alsace or Switzerland. He was the son of Hans Jacob Liebengut. He married Maria Margaretha Schafer, daughter of Hans Adam Schafer, on 9 December 1720 at Mertzwiller, BasRhin, Alsace. He immigrated on ship "Phoenix" on 28 August 1750. He died between 1751 and 1754 at Berks Co, PA..

     Maria Margaretha Schafer was born on 2 July 1698 at Ringensdorf, BasRhin, Alsace. She was the daughter of Hans Adam Schafer. She married Hans Jacob Liebengut Jr., son of Hans Jacob Liebengut, on 9 December 1720 at Mertzwiller, BasRhin, Alsace. She died circa 1755 at Berks Co, PA..

     Nancy Bonar was born on 26 June 1794 at Washington Co, PA.. She was the daughter of William Bonar and Catherine Estle. She married Jacob Waychoff Jr., son of Jacob Wyckoff and Barbara (---), after June 1816 at Greene Co, PA.. She died on 29 February 1880 at Greene Co, PA., at age 85. She was buried at Waychoff Cemetery, Greene Co, PA..
(Comment:
Nancy is listed in the will of her Grandfather, Daniel Estle, in 1816. By that year, both her parents had died. When Daniel Estle died in 1822, she had already married Jacob Waychoff, and he wrote the receipt for her share of the inheritance.)

     Jacob Waychoff Jr. was born circa 1789 at Frostburg, Alegany Co, MD.. He was the son of Jacob Wyckoff and Barbara (---). He married Nancy Bonar, daughter of William Bonar and Catherine Estle, after June 1816 at Greene Co, PA.. He was a farmer. He died on 17 March 1859 at Jefferson Twp, Greene Co, PA.. He was buried at Waychoff Cemetery, Greene Co, PA..

     Jacob Wyckoff was born circa 1759 at NJ. He was the son of Samuel Wyckoff and Geertje Wyckoff.³ Jacob Wyckoff first appears in the tax lists in year 1776, in the household of Samuel Wyckoff [Males were normally listed at starting at age 16, which would indicate he was born about 1759-60.] Samuel Wyckoff migrated with his young family from New Jersey to Loudoun County, VA. Samuel begins appearing in the annual Loudoun Co, tax records in 1768.

Jacob is listed in the 1776, 1777 and 1778 tax lists. In 1779, Samuel sold the 345 acres of land and the family disappear from the Loudoun tax records. In 1788, Jacob is listed as one of the settlers west of Cumberland, about 2 miles south of the current town of Frostburg, MD. He is listed there in the Census and tax records until the year 1804, when his widow Barbara is listed. When his property is sold in 1815, his children are listed: William, Samuel, Jacob, Matthias, Hannah and Cornelius Wicoff. He married Barbara (---). He died circa 1803 at near Frostburg, MD..
(Comment: There is proof that Barbara is a wife of Jacob Waychoff, but there remains the possibility that she might have been his second wife. Family legend is that Cornelius was a step brother of the others. Note the gap in birth years between Cornelius and the others. Also, there is the unproven family legend is that there was a wife "Susan Frost," which suggests that possiblity that Barbara was a second wife of Jacob.)

     Barbara (---) married Jacob Wyckoff, son of Samuel Wyckoff and Geertje Wyckoff. She died at Greene Co, PA.. She was buried at Cowell Cemetery, 6.5 miles east of, Waynesburg, Greene Co, PA; (this may have been the same Cemetery, that is now called Waychoff Cemetery.)¹
(Comment: There is proof that Barbara is a wife of Jacob Waychoff, but there remains the possibility that she might have been his second wife. Family legend is that Cornelius was a step brother of the others. Note the gap in birth years between Cornelius and the others. Also, there is the unproven family legend is that there was a wife "Susan Frost," which suggests that possiblity that Barbara was a second wife of Jacob.)

     John Wyckoff was born on 26 May 1734 at Flatlands, NY.. He was the son of Pieter Wyckoff Jr. and Sarah Amerman. He married Sarah Ammerman, daughter of Nicholas Ammerman and Neeltje Polhemus, in 1757.
(Comment: He died 1794 per 'Descendants of Amerman'; he died 1812 per "Wyckoff Family in America.") He died in 1812.

     Sarah Ammerman was born circa 1732 at NY or NJ. She was the daughter of Nicholas Ammerman and Neeltje Polhemus. She married John Wyckoff, son of Pieter Wyckoff Jr. and Sarah Amerman, in 1757.

     Pieter Wyckoff Jr. was born on 28 March 1704 at Flatlands, NY.. He was the son of Pieter Wyckoff and Willemtje Jansen Schenck. He married Sarah Amerman, daughter of Jan Derckse Amerman and Maria Wyckoff, on 5 August 1727. He died on 14 November 1776 at Middlebush, Somerset Co, NJ., at age 72.

     Sarah Amerman was born on 5 May 1705 at Flatlands, NY.. She was the daughter of Jan Derckse Amerman and Maria Wyckoff. She married Pieter Wyckoff Jr., son of Pieter Wyckoff and Willemtje Jansen Schenck, on 5 August 1727. She died on 20 June 1792 at age 87.

     Nicholas Ammerman was born circa 1709 at Flatlands, NY.. He was the son of Jan Derckse Amerman and Sara Wyckoff. He married Neeltje Polhemus, daughter of Daniel Polhemus and Cornelia (Neeltje) Van Der Veer. He moved to Sourland, NJ. He died between April 1777 and October 1777 at Hillsborough, Somerset Co, NJ..

     Neeltje Polhemus was born circa 1706 at Flatlands, NY.. She was the daughter of Daniel Polhemus and Cornelia (Neeltje) Van Der Veer. She married Nicholas Ammerman, son of Jan Derckse Amerman and Sara Wyckoff. She moved to Sourland, NJ. She died circa 1777 at Hillsborough, NJ..

     Pieter Wyckoff was born circa 1675 at Flatlands, NY.. He was the son of Nicholas "Claes" Wyckoff and Sara Monfoort. He married Willemtje Jansen Schenck, daughter of Jan Martense Schenck and Jannetje Stevense Van Voorhees, in 1696 at Flatlands, NY.. He moved to New Jersey, and lived in Middletown, Monmouth Co, but in 1714 he returned to the Wyckoff House, in Flatlands. He married Ann Elizabeth Van Pelt on 5 September 1716. He died circa 1759 at Flatlands, NY..

     Willemtje Jansen Schenck was born circa 1673 at Flatlands, NY.. She was the daughter of Jan Martense Schenck and Jannetje Stevense Van Voorhees. She married Pieter Wyckoff, son of Nicholas "Claes" Wyckoff and Sara Monfoort, in 1696 at Flatlands, NY.. She died circa 1716 at Flatlands, NY..

     Nicholas "Claes" Wyckoff was born on 2 April 1646 at Beverwyck, NY.. He was the son of Pieter Claesen Wyckoff and Grietje Van Ness. He married Sara Monfoort, daughter of Pieter Monfoort and Sarah De Plancken, circa 1674. He died circa 1730 at Flatlands, Long Island, NY..

     Sara Monfoort was born in 1656 at Wallabout, Long Island, New Netherlands. She was the daughter of Pieter Monfoort and Sarah De Plancken. She was baptized on 2 April 1656 at New Amsterdam. She married Nicholas "Claes" Wyckoff, son of Pieter Claesen Wyckoff and Grietje Van Ness, circa 1674. She died on 31 December 1704 at Flatlands, NY..

     Pieter Claesen Wyckoff was born circa 1620 at Norden, East Friesland, Germany. He was from Norden, East Friesland, Germany. He came to New Netherlands on the ship Rensselaerwick, which left Amsterdam on 25 Sept 1636 and arrived at Ft. Orange (now Albany NY.) on 7 Apr 1637. He was one of the laborers at the estate of Killian Van Rennselaer and was under the employ of Simon Walischez for a six year contract. He married Grietje Van Ness, daughter of Cornelius Hendrick Van Ness and Mayke Hendricksdr Burghgraeff, before 1646. He moved to Flatlands, Brooklyn, where he lived in the house, which is now preserved as the Wyckoff House and Museum. He took on the surname "Wijckoff," and is the ancestor of nearly all the persons in the United States today with the various surname spellings of Wyckoff. He died on 30 June 1694 at Flatlands, NY..

     Grietje Van Ness was born between 1624 and 1630 at Netherlands. She was the daughter of Cornelius Hendrick Van Ness and Mayke Hendricksdr Burghgraeff. She married Pieter Claesen Wyckoff before 1646. She died between 1699 and 1703 at Flatland, NY..

     Pieter Monfoort was born circa 1616 at Valenciennes, France. He was baptized on 20 January 1616 at Valenciennes, Hainault, France. He immigrated (for the first time) on ship Eendract in 1624. He married Sarah De Plancken on 23 March 1636 at Waloon Church, Amsterdam, Netherlands. He was a lace weaver at Amsterdam, Nethelands. He Immiigrated for a second time in 1639. He obtained a patent on the Wallabout (now Brooklyn) on 29 May 1641. He died on 4 January 1661 at Wallabout, Brroklyn, Long Island, NY..

     Sarah De Plancken was born circa 1615 at Netherlands. She married Pieter Monfoort on 23 March 1636 at Waloon Church, Amsterdam, Netherlands. She married Lambert Janse Bosch in 1663 at Brooklyn, NY.. She died after 23 July 1664 at Wallabout, Long Island, NY..