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1903 Family Reunion at Vredenshoff.
NEWTOWN ENTERPRISE
JULY 25, 1903
HENRY WYNKOOP.
HIS GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN HOLD REUNION
AT THE OLD HOMESTEAD AND ORGANIZE
"HENRY WYNKOOP MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION."
On the Fourth of July the descendants of Henry Wynkoop met at the old homestead, two and a half miles southwest of Newtown, on the Richboro road. He named it "Vredens Hoff," which, translated from the Dutch, means "Verdant Court." Here, where Henry Wynkoop had so often gathered his children and grandchildren together to celebrate the Nation's birthday, his posterity assembled to do honor to his memory.
The day was all that could be desired, the weather perfect and the place inspiring. The surroundings were indeed historic. In the background stood the famous old house, dating hack to pre-Revolutionary times, with its thick stone walls, its heavy doors hung on curious hinges and its flagged pavement in front. Not far away could be seen the old ash tree under which Wynkoop's slaves lie buried. Near by are the old outbuildings, the barn and spring-house, all reminders of days Colonial.
There are about four hundred living descendants, scattered all over the United States. The Wynkoops in the vicinity of Newtown, although they revere his memory as much as do any of his own descendants, were not included in Saturday's celebration, being the descendants not of Henry, but of his cousin, Gerardus Wynkoop.
After luncheon, which was served on the lawn in front of the house, by a caterer from Germantown, the "Henry Wynkoop Memorial Association," a permanent organization, was formed. The following officers were elected:
President, Reading Beatty; vice president, Alfred Halberstadt Wynkoop; treasurer, Mary Mays Beatty; secretary, John Sparhawk Wurts, 1109 Land Title Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
Board of Governors, elected to serve for one year: Mrs. Samuel Dawes Harvey, Miss Susan Assheton Beatty, Mrs. P. Mortimer Hirst, Mrs. Edward A. Stitt, Miss Lillie Arndt Williams, Mrs. Theodore Frelinghuysen Wurts, Miss Mary Helen Radford, Mrs. William Stevens Bean, Miss Mary Patterson Watson, Mrs. William Lewis Puffer, Mrs. Charles Walter and Miss Laura E. Lefferts.
BY-LAWS.
NAME - This organization shall be known as the HENRY WYNKOOP MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION.
MEMBERSHIP - Any descendant of Henry Wynkoop, or the husband or wife of any descendant, is eligible to membership in this Association, and upon payment of the entrance fee, as hereinafter provided, shall be entitled to enjoy all the privileges of such membership.
ENTRANCE FEE - Applicants for membership in this Association shall pay into the treasury an entrance fee of one dollar.
DUES-Each member hereof shall pay into the treasury, as annual dues, the sum of twenty-five cents, payable at the time of the annual meeting, as hereinafter provided.
OFFICERS - The officers of this Association shall be a president, vice president, secretary and treasurer. They shalt be elected annually to serve for the ensuing year, and until their successors shall have been elected.
GOVERNORS - There shall he two Governors elected annually from each branch of the descendants. It shall the the duty of the Governors, on all questions presented, to ascertain the wishes of the members in the branch they represent, and to vote in accordance therewith.
GOVERNMENT - This Association shall be governed by an advisory board composed of its officers and governors. The officers of the Association being ex-officio members of such board.
REGULAR MEETINGS - Regular Meetings shall be held once in each year. The time and place to be designated by the Board of Governors.
SPECIAL MEETINGS - Special Meetings of the Board of Governors may be held at any time at the call of the president.
QUORUM - A majority of the whole number of those composing the Board of Governors shall constitute a quorum, and all decisions at any meeting of the Board shall be by a majority of all of the members of said Board.
FUNDS - Funds to carry on any special work undertaken by this Association shall be raised by subscription.
Judge Henry Wynkoop had eight children, as follows:
The eldest, Christina Wynkoop, who married Dr. Reading Beatty, of Fallsington.
Ann Wynkoop, who married James Raguet, of Newtown.
Margaretta Wynkoop, who married Herman Joseph Lombaert, of Philadelphia.
Nicholas Wynkoop, who married Francenia Murray, and after her death, Sarah Campbell.
John Wanshaer Wynkoop, who died in Philadelphia, during the terrible scourge of yellow fever, in 1793.
Mary Helen Wynkoop, who married Christian Wirtz, Jr., of Philadelphia.
Jonathan Wynkoop, who married Ann Dick, of Philadelphia.
Susannah Wynkoop, who married Jan Lefferts, of Northampton.
Following is a list of Henry Wynkoop's descendants arranged in each branch:
THE BEATTY BRANCH.
Mrs. Samuel D. Harvey,
Mary Steel Harvey,
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Carroll Harvey,
Alexander Duer Harvey,
Mrs. George Fisher Curwen,
Susan Assheton Beatty,
Mr. and Mrs. George Fisher Curwen, Jr.,
Elinor Ewing Curwen,
Alice Osborne Curwen,
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Moore Curwen,
Mr. and Mrs. John Curwen,
Maskell Ewing Curwen,
Rancis Randolph Packard, M.D.,
Reading Beatty,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lorton Beatty,
Dorothy Moore Beatty,
Ralph Assheton Beatty,
Mr. and Mrs. George Bastert,
George Bastert, Jr.,
Mary Assheton Bastert,
Emily Curwin Beatty,
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Moorhead Beatty,
Joseph Moorhead Beatty, Jr.,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clinton Beatty,
Boyd Reading Beatty,
Mr. and Mrs. John Beatty,
John Reading Beatty,
Elizabeth Moorhead Beatty,
Mrs. Robert Holmes,
Frances Augusta Assheton Holmes,
Emily Assheton Holmes,
Milton Brayton McKnight,
Helen McKnight,
Katharine McKnight,
Elizabeth Henry Holmes,
John Beatty Holmes,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Holmes, Jr.,
Joseph Valentine Connard,
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Henry Beatty,
Mary Mays Beatty,
Frances Augusta Beatty,
Emily Assheton Beatty,
Stella Steel Beatty,
Reading Karns Beatty,
Charles Henry Beatty,
John Edmund Beatty.
THE RAGUET BRANCH.
Claudine Raguet Shaw,
Mr. and Mrs. James Preston,
Lily Livingston Preston,
Mrs. Ferdinand V. Hayden,
Mr. and Mrs. Israel H. Johnson, Jr.,
Edward Woodruff Johnson,
Benjamin Ferris Gilman,
Dr. and Mrs. Alvin C. Kraenzlein,
Dr. and Mrs. Charles L. Ashley,
George F. Scott,
Charles R. Scott,
Dr. and Mrs. Edward A. Stitt,
Edward Wynkoop Stitt,
Mary Raguet Stitt,
William A. P. Martin, D. D.,
W. Robert Martin,
Newell Martin,
Grinnell Martin,
Helen Martin,
Janet Martin,
Mrs. P. Mortimer Hirst,
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Fitler,
Mr and Mrs. --- Quinley,
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Conde Raguet,
Evelyn Raguet,
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Faller,
Mr. and Mrs. James Raguet Vansant,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles McMicken Raguet,
Charles Henry Raguet,
Mr. and Mrs. Conde Raguet Thorn,
L. Mortimer Thorn,
Miss Emily A. Thorn.
THE LOMBAERT BRANCH.
Mr. and Mrs. James Lynde Vanuxem,
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Percival Walden,
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Frelinghuysen Wurts,
Jeannette Lathrop Wurts,
John Sparhawk Wurts,
Louisa Vanuxem Wurts,
Natalie Doughty Wurts,
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Vanuxem Wurts,
Elizabeth Reed Wurts,
Theodore Maximillian Wurts,
Anne Bronson Wurts,
Mrs. Alfred Vanuxem,
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin R. Smith,
Margaretta Wynkoop Lombaert Holmes,
Clara M. Holmes,
Samuel Stryker Kneass, M.D.,
Edward Randolph Wood,
Juliana Wood,
Mr. and Mrs Charles Randolph Wood,
Mariane H. Wood,
Edward Randolph Wood, Jr.,
Mrs. Samuel H. Kneass,
Herman Lombaert Kneass,
Franklin Kneass,
Sallie Engle Lombaert,
Dr. and Mrs. Francis Marion Holden,
Catharine Holden,
Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. French,
Elizabeth Pentz,
James Allyn Pentz,
Anna Lombaert Williams,
Lillie Arndt Williams,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Henry Scobey,
Hellen Lombaert Scobey,
Dr. and Mrs. Henry Drennan Lindsay,
Griffith Williams Lindsay,
Mary Drennan Lindsay,
Lillian Arndt Lindsay,
Robert MacBurney Lindsay,
Mr. and Mrs. Griffith Llewellyn Williams,
Eunice Williams,
Jean Marie Williams,
Grace Elizabeth Williams,
Mr. and Mrs. Elias Steel Gilbert,
Anna Lombaert Gilbert,
Mrs. Henry Wynkoop Givirner,
Mrs. Henry Wynkoop Lombaert.
THE NICHOLAS BRANCH.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace M. Tabor,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Henry Bayard Fisher,
Atwood M. Fisher,
Percy Fisher,
Emily Fisher,
Louise Fisher,
Frederick Fisher,
Mrs. John Estill Wynkoop,
Augusta Howell Wynkoop,
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Halberstadt Wynkoop,
Marion Wynkoop,
John Estill Wynkoop,
Mrs. Lewis Grant,
Lewis Grant, Jr.,
Jean Grant,
Anne Grant,
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Ver Planck Wynkoop,
Harriet Wynkoop,
May Wynkoop,
Mrs. Edward Wanshaer Wynkoop,
Edward Estill Wynkoop,
Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin,
Angeline Catharine Wynkoop,
Francis Murray Wynkoop,
Charles Wanshaer Wynkoop,
Herman Wynkoop,
Thomas Atwood Wynkoop,
Rose Wynkoop,
George Campbell Wynkoop,
Anna Wynkoop,
Etta Wynkoop,
Mr. and Mrs. Jonas White Cole,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Clark,
Isabel Wynkoop Cole Clark,
Barbara K. Clark,
Grace Frances Cole,
Mrs. Nicholas Wynkoop,
Mr. and Mrs. Al Fenton Reed,
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Harvey,
Mr. and Mrs. George Campbell Wynkoop,
Mary Amanda Wynkoop,
Beatrice Wynkoop,
George Heebner,
Mrs. John Paxson,
Clara A. Wynkoop,
Helen Campbell Wynkoop,
William Hughes Wynkoop,
Mr. and Mrs. George Campbell Wynkoop,
Dr. and Mrs. James Henry Brown Warfield,
William Kenworthy,
Henry Leroy Kenworthy,
Harold Brown Warfield Kenworthy,
Mr. and Mrs. James Lester Dumont Warfield,
Mr. and Mrs. John Lloyd,
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Batey,
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Johnson,
Mr. and Mrs. George Campbell Wynkoop, Jr.,
George Campbell Wynkoop, 3d,
Mr. and Mrs Richard Dorsey Warfield,
Henry Dickinson Warfield,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beck,
Mr. and Mrs. Harry P. Beck,
Gula Beck,
Martha Beck,
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac H. Beck,
Charles M. Beck,
Mr. and Mrs. George Campbell Wynkoop Beck,
Mr. and Mrs. S. F. McDaniel,
Thelma McDaniel,
Mr. and Mrs. J. Harry Douglass,
Isabella Douglass,
Fannie Douglass,
C. B. Douglass,
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wallace,
William Lacey Wallace,
S. Cressler Wallace,
Morris Wallace,
Adaline I. Wallace,
Elenore Wallace,
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Paxson,
Mr. and Mrs. Norris Paxson,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Weir,
William Weir,
Frank Weir,
Charles Weir,
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wynkoop Beck,
Jeane Beck,
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wilson,
Ruth Heston Paxson,
Mary Helen Radford,
William Stevens Bean, Jr.,
Helen Elmira Bean,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wynkoop Pierson,
Mrs. John Wesley Pierson,
Charles Watkins Elliott.
THE JONATHAN BRANCH.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wynkoop Watson,
Mary Patterson Watson,
James Cummin Watson,
Mary Irvin Watson,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Belville Watson,
Laura Grafius Watson,
Mary Grafius Watson,
Grace Hall Watson,
Jonathan Edwards Van Doren,
Mr. and Mrs. William Lewis Puffer,
Isabella Puffer,
Lewis Richardson Puffer,
Dorothy Haynes Puffer,
Fanny Bailey Puffer,
Mr. and Mrs. William Robins Wright,
Winthrop Robins Wright,
Elizabeth Wright,
Harman Kline Wright.
THE LEFFERTS BRANCH.
Mrs. George Pease,
Anna Covert,
Newton Covert,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gwinner Lefferts,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Walter,
Margaret Walter,
Carl Walter,
Alice Walter,
Lucine Walter,
Kenneth Walter,
Walter Ross Lefferts,
Mrs. Edward V. Lefferts,
Laura B. Lefferts,
Mary Lefferts,
Harry B. Lefferts,
Mr. and Mrs. Worth Lefferts.
Source:
Spruance Library
Bucks County Historical Society
84 South Pine Street
Doylestown, PA 18901
MSS 445
Folder 5
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