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Subject: Wyckoff
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 20:15:08 EDT


Does anyone know precisely why he came up with the name Wyckoff?
Does it exist in the Netherlands? Just what does it mean? This has come
up before and someone mentioned a municipal building or courthouse; is
that accurate?

Gary Radcliffe

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My
> ancestor, Pieter Claesen, took the name Wyckoff (Wijckhoff) when the
English
> made all the Dutch come up with surnames.

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