ANNA VAN WYCK Sampler, NY, 1757
"Abraham Van W / yck and Sarah / his wife and tha / re children Abrh/ am • Anna • Sarah • Isaac • Theodor / us Anna Van Wyc / k her sampler w / rought in 1757"
"This you ma / y have when I am dead and la / id in [c]rave and / all my bones ar / e consumed"
Small marking sampler worked in silk on linen, 44V 40H, in cross stitch.
***Cornelius Barentse Van Wyck, from whom most of the van Wycks in America descend, was born in Holland, and emigrated to this country, A.D. 1660. He settled at Midwout, now Flatbush, on the west end of Long Island, and was one of the patentees of that tract of land. His name appears on the tax list as early as 1604 when he bought 100 acres of land on the east side of land owned by Johannes Christofel. The farm of 100 acres has been located as being about 1000 feet south of the old Dutch church and running to the old Coney Island Road, Ave. A, now called Albemarle Road, runs through the center of it.
DATE:
1757
SIZE:
Frame: 7.25" x 10.75"
PROVENANCE:
Jacy & Ray Van Gelder (Conway, MA)
CONDITION:
Some ground or stitch loss, with 2 small holes. Conservation mounted by Glee. Perry Hopf frame.