John I. Van Vlack

Male 1785 - 1871  (86 years)


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  • Name John I. Van Vlack 
    Born 15 Jan 1785  Fishkill,Dutchess Co.,NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 9 Dec 1871  Cambria Mills,Woodbridge Twp.,Hillsdale Co.,MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Devine Cem,Woodbridge Twp.,MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I520  Marinus (M1) Tree
    Last Modified 1 Jun 1999 

    Father Jan (John) H. Van Vleckeren,   b. 19 Aug 1744, Fishkill,Dutchess County,NY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jul 1838, Fishkill,Dutchess Co.,NY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth (Elisabeth) Brinckerhoff,   b. Abt 1747,   d. 2 Oct 1830, Poughkeepsie,Dutchess County,NY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married Bef 1774 
    Family ID F87  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Wright,   b. 22 Jun 1782, Dutchess Co.,NY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1862, Cambria Mills,Woodbridge Twp.,Hillsdale Co.,MI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married Abt 19 Jan 1804  RDC Fishkill,Dutchess Co.,NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Cornelia Van Vlack,   b. 26 Jan 1804, Fishkill,Dutchess County,NY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 May 1874, Dutchess County,NY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
    +2. Jane Van Vlack,   b. 25 Sep 1808, Fishkill,Dutchess County,NY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jul 1879, prob. Cambria Tw,MI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     3. Maria Van Vlack,   b. 13 Oct 1811, Fishkill,Dutchess County,NY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Sep 1815, Dutchess County,NY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 3 years)
     4. Alanson Van Vlack,   b. 4 Apr 1814, Fishkill,Dutchess County,NY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Sep 1815, Dutchess County,NY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
    +5. Alanson Van Vlack,   b. 10 Jul 1816, Fishkill,Dutchess Co.,NY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1895, Linn Co.,KA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    +6. Edmund Van Vlack,   b. 3 Sep 1819, Fishkill,Dutchess County,NY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Feb 1894, Cambria,MI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    +7. Catherine Maria Van Vlack,   b. 18 Jun 1823, Fishkill,Dutchess County,NY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jan 1910, MI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    +8. Elizabeth Van Vlack,   b. Abt 18 Dec 1825, Fishkill,Dutchess Co.,NY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Sep 1857, prob. MI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 31 years)
    Family ID F114  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • John I. Van Vleckeren (Van Vlack) b. Jan. 15, 1785 in Fishkill, Dutchess Co., NY; m. Jan. 19 (or 29), 1804 (RDC, Fishkill, Rec.) or Feb. 17, 1803 (Pension Rec.) or 'about 1802' (JCN)to Elizabeth Wright; she b. June 22, 1782 (as per Alonso Van Vlack's [F56] ledger) or June 24 (JCN) in Dutchess Co., NY, d. 1862 (g.s.). Other source says possibly d. Dec. 1860; John d. Dec. 9, 1871, in Cambria Mills, Woodbridge Twp. Hillsdale Co., MI. Both bd. Divine Cemetery, Woodbridge Twp., MI. John served in the War of 1812. He may have been the John Van Vlack living in Fishkill in 1820 and listed in the 1820 Census as having a family of 1 male and 1 female between 26 and 45, 1 female between 16 and 26, and 1 female between 10 and 16. He and his wife purchased land from his father and later he and his father sold two parcels, one to John V. Storm and another to Bartholomew Strang (Dutchess Co. Deeds, Lib. 40, pp. 37, 51; Lib. 42, p. 427). They raised their children into adulthood in Fishkill and all were married there. Then, about 1838, at age 52, moved west to Cambria, Michigan Territory; then to Reading Twp., 3 mi. northeast of Reading, MI. He was a farmer. Children:

      Cornelia, b. 1804
      Jane, b. 1808
      Maria, b. 1811
      Alanson, b. 1814, d. young
      Alanson, b. 1816
      Edmund, b. 1819
      Catherine Maria, b. 1823
      Elizabeth, b. 1825

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  • Sources 
    1. [S6] Northrup - The Van Vlack Family, John Clifford Northrup, (self (6 pages)), 929,2., 1, 15 Mar 2013.