Wyckoff House collection
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This collection contains eleven Photostats of property maps and architectural drawings relating to property of the Wyckoff family in Flatlands. The maps and drawings detail original Wyckoff properties, purchases from Canarsie Indians, and other sales throughout the period 1628 to 1901. The Photostats date from 1973. Also included is The Wyckoff House: Its History and Structure by Oppenheimer, Brady, and Associates for the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.
Biographical Note
The Wyckoff family was a prominent Brooklyn family descended from Pieter Claesen Wyckoff, one of the most influential leaders during 17th-century settlement in New Amsterdam. Claesen-Wyckoff and his wife, Greitje van Ness, eventually settled in Flatlands, Brooklyn, in what is now the historic Wyckoff Homestead. Claesen-Wyckoff and his wife had a total of eleven children, who married into several different families, creating a vast and complex genealogy spanning the entire country.
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This collection contains eleven Photostats of property maps and architectural drawings relating to property of the Wyckoff family in Flatlands. The maps and drawings detail original Wyckoff properties, purchases from Canarsie Indians, and other sales throughout the period 1628 to 1901. The Photostats date from 1973. Also included is The Wyckoff House: Its History and Structure by Oppenheimer, Brady, and Associates for the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.
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Open to users without restriction.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date (if known); Wyckoff House collection, 1977.350, Box and Folder number; Brooklyn Historical Society.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source and date of acquisition unknown. Formally accessioned in 1977.
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Minimally processed to the collection level.
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