My Genealogy Hound

JONATHAN WYCOFF, farmer, post office Elizabeth, is a grandson of Jonathan and Sarah C. (Lefevre) Wycoff, natives of New Jersey, who were among the Jersey settlers in this county, coming here some time prior to 1780. They settled on the farm now owned by Wilson Wall, and lived there until their deaths, in 1845. Isaac, the father of our subject, was the fourth son, and was born Nov. 11, 1794. He learned the carpenter’s trade, and built many of the first houses in Elizabeth borough. His wife was Gertrude, daughter of Joseph Van Kirk, Sr., of this township. They raised eight children, four of whom still live, namely: William V., Joseph V., Sarah (Mrs. P. A. Lyttle, of Forward township) and Jonathan, who was born on the homestead July 31, 1822, and has always followed farming. In 1850 he was married to Eliza C., daughter of George Rine, of Fayette county, who died April 16, 1887. They have seven children living: Anna R., Gertrude V., Yeurith M. (Mrs. Dr. H. T. Billick, of Washington county), Isaac O., Nathaniel R., Jennie E. and John W., all at home. Mr. Wycoff and some of the family are members of the Baptist Church. The father of Mr. Wycoff died in 1883, aged eighty-nine and a half years, and the mother in 1879.