William Wyckoff was born on 27. Dec. 1761 at Hunterdon County, New Jersey. William Wyckoff was born on 28. Dec. 1761 at Readington, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. William Wyckoff was born on 28. Dec. 1761 at Montoursville, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of
Peter Wyckoff and
Jane Cornell. William Wyckoff married
Isabella Cowenhoven, daughter of
Albert Covenhoven and
Sarah Wyckoff, on 17. Jan. 1786 at Hunterdon County, New Jersey. William Wyckoff died on 2. Apr. 1847 at Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York, at age 85. He was buried at Hopewell Cemetery, Ontario County, New York. DAR member 61962 Luella B Wagner Eade has this quote as to her patriot's service: "Peter Wyckoff 1724-1807 served as jury man 1777 and 1778, was captured by the Indians and taken to Canada. He was born ? Monmouth Co, NJ and died Lycoming Co, PA." Luella is descended thru Peter's 2nd wife Jane Cornell and their son William b 1761.
Pension application S11858 William Wickoff a 71 year old resident of Hopewell Co, NY, filed in Ontario Co, NY on 20th Nov 1832. He rec'd $61.54 per annum commencing 4 March 1831. Enlisted 8 June 1778 from his home in Muncy, Northumberland Co PA as a private under Capt Wm Hepburn, Col Henry Antes Regt. While tending their horses they were all attacked by Cayuga Indians and he was taken prisoner while at the same time as John Thompson and John Shuefelt were killed. William was taken first up Lycoming, then toward the Susquehanna River and up to Tioga River where New Town now stands, then to Cayuga Lake and remained until April 1779 and was taken place to place until Col Sullivan's Co came...taken to Fort Stanwix where Col Van Dyke commanded. William was sent under the order of a chief of the Oneida Indians for exchange, then to Albany where he was delivered to Col Van Schenck (sp?) who gave him a pass and sent him to New Burgh in a sloop onwards to Hunterdon Co, NJ where he arrived 26 Oct 1779, thus he served a term of 1 years 5 months.
While at Alexandria, Hunterdon Co, NJ he was again called out beginning 15 June 1781, as a private under Capt Christopher Johnson of the Reg commanded by Col Braun Reg't under Major Gronendike (sp?), he marched to Springfield for 2 week's duty. Then September 1781 again called out and marched to Morristown for one month's duty, during this time some prisoners broke jail and some of those had been confined for stealing horses. He claimed his term of service was 18 months 14 days about 1781. His brother Cornelius knew of his service as said brother was also captured by the Indians, also he names three men who could testify for him - Reverend Ebenezer Benham, Daniel Clark, John Rigner, Robert Hughes of Hopewell. He stated that he was born at Readington 27 Dec 1761 and at age 13 the family moved to Muncy in Pennsylvania, and after peace he lived there until about 40 years when he removed to Hopewell.
A statement by his brother Cornelius Wyckoff follows stating that in May of 1778 the brothers and their father Peter served under Capt Hepburn in Muncy, that William was taken prisoner and that Cornelius himself was being held prisoner at the time William was released and returned. He stated that they lived nearby to one another ever since.
His full pension file should be on LDS film #972571 which begins with the spelling Wicoff. I've read 972573 which begins Wikoff and 972653 which has Wyckoff.