Person:Catharine Van Wyck (1)

Watchers
Catharine Van Wyck
chr.5 Dec 1742 New York
m. 18 Aug 1737
  1. Helena Van Wyck1741 -
  2. Catharine Van Wyck1742 - 1784
  3. Abraham Van Wyck1748 -
  4. David Van Wyck1760 -
  1. John Mitchel Mason1770 - 1829
  2. Margaretta Mason1772 - 1838
  3. Helen Mason
Facts and Events
Name Catharine Van Wyck
Gender Female
Christening[3] 5 Dec 1742 New York
Marriage to John Mason, D.D.
Death[1][2] 30 Jun 1784 New York, United States
References
  1. Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York; Louis Effingham De Forest; Florence Evelyn Pratt Youngs; and Charles H Wenham. Genealogical record, Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1998).
  2. Van Vechten, Jacob. Memoirs of John M. Mason, D.D., S.T.P: with portions of his correspondence. (New York: R. Carter and brothers, 1856)
    10.

    ... She died June 31, 1784. ...
    ... She bore him nine children, of whom only three lived to maturity. ...

  3. The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society)
    6 (1870):11.

    4. Catharine Van Wyck, bap. Dec. 5, 1742 ; m. Rev. John Mason, from Scotland; came to New York in June, 1761, and became pastor of the Cedar Street Scotch Presbyterian Church ; was distinguished for his learning, and regarded as one of the most accomplished preachers of his day. He was banished from the city during the Revolution, the greater part of which time he was Chaplain to the American Garrison at West Point ; his first wife, Catharine Van Wyck, "was a woman of solid understanding and solid piety;" she d. June 3r, 1784.

    He m. 2d, Sarah Van Alstyne, by whom he had no issue ; she survived him many years.

    He d. April 19, 1792. Issue, nine children, of whom only three lived to maturity, as follows : ...