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Note: He "settled on Lot 38 (Lodi) on lands now owned by L. Prince and William M. Wyckoff... (about 1800)." He was a member of the consistory of the Reformed Church of Lodi, ordained 2/11/1823.
Between the Lakes (Patterson 1976) on p.26-7 reports the following letter written from Anna Wyckoff to her brother Cornelius "living in Amwell near flemmen town there with care Mr. Tilchworth
"Ovid April 21, 1793
"Dear brother. I take this opportunity to inform you that we are all in good state of helth at present and hoping these fue lines may find you the same state of helth I am informed that you have purched land hear and I expect you mean to come to live hear witch pleases me very much for I shold be glad if all frends lived hear and liked it as well as i doe whe have had but middeling bad lich with our cattel this spring for we had one ox and one cow droped down very suddenly and whe could not find out what alled them I must inform you that I intend to marry in a very short time no more at present but our kind respects to all ingiving frends.
Anna Wykoff"
ibid p.28: siblings Anna, Joshua, and Cornelius Wyckoff came from NJ to lot 27 in 1790 "with" their mother and stepfather. Perhaps "with" doesn't mean "at the same time."
ibid p.49: "Peter and Cornelius Wyckoff settled on lots 31 and 38."
"Corenlius Wyckoff was 11 years old at the time of his father'd death in 1774. Evidently Cornelius remained in NJ when his mother and stepfather removed to NYS for there is in existence a letter dated Ovid, 4/27/1793 written to Cornelius by his sister Anna [above]. It is further established that Cornelius did go to what is now Lodi, Seneca Co., NY. His farm land, on part of Lot 38, township of Lodi, has remained in the family and the house which he built is now the home of his great grandaughter, Mrs. Frank R. Hurlbut.
"In 1879-80-81 William Forman Wyckoff had aroused considerable activity in the family circle about historical data and among the papers of that time there is a statement (presumably addressed to his nephew, the Rev. James Wyckoff) by John MINOR, dated 8/4/1880, referring to Cornelius so far as can be ascertained:
""Corenlius Wyckoff was a man above medium height, well formed and of modest behavior. A farmer possessing competence and moving in good society. Of quiet habits being inclined to silence rather than much talk. A good citizen and obliging neighbor, a kind husband, an affectionate father, and a friend to peace. A man of prayer, faith, ebenevlolence, piety. An elder in the Reformed Church, of sound mind and good judgment, and a well-wisher of all the world.
""The above is my view and judgment of the man - would to God we have more like now-a-days.""
- Some personailty sketches of the Cornelius Wyckoff Line, Interlaken Memorial Library
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