Nicholas van Dyke

1770 - 1826  (55 years)    Has 14 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Nicholas van Dyke
  Birth	20 Dec 1770	New Castle County, Delaware, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	21 May 1826	New Castle County, Delaware, USA
  Burial	Immanuel Churchyard, New Castle, Del.
  Siblings	3 Siblings
  1. Nicholas van Dyke,   b. 20 Dec 1770, New Castle County, Delaware, USA d. 21 May 1826, New Castle County, Delaware, USA  (Age 55 years) + 2. Nancy Ann van Dyke ▻ Kensey Johns,  m. 1784   3. Mary van Dyke   4. Henry van Dyke
  Person ID	I362951	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2002

  
  

  Father	Nicholas van Dyke,   b. 25 Sep 1738, New Castle County, Delaware, USA d. 19 Feb 1789, New Castle County, Delaware, USA (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Charlotte Stanley
  Family ID	F143747	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  a Representative and a Senator from Delaware; graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1788; studied law; was admitted to the bar in New Castle, Del., in 1792 and commenced the practice of law; member, State house of representatives 1799; elected as a Federalist to the Tenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James M. Broom; reelected to the Eleventh Congress, and served from October 6, 1807, to March 3, 1811; member, State senate 1815-1816; elected as a Federalist to the United States Senate in 1817; reelected in 1823, and served from March 4, 1817, until his death; chairman, Committee on Pensions (Sixteenth Congress)