JOHN WYNKOOP
JOHN WYNKOOP, proprietor of the Buck Tavern, in
Southampton township, Bucks county, was born in Moreland township, Montgomery
county, Pennsylvania, July 22, 1837. His paternal grandfather, Philip WYNKOOP,
married a Miss NORCROSS and they had six children, namely: Henry, who
wedded Mary HOGELAND, and had three children, William H., Kate and Lucy;
John, who married Sarah YERKES, and had one son, Franklin; Mary, who
became the wife of Enos BOUTCHER, and had two children, George and
Albert; Garrett, who was born October 6, 1802, and wedded Mary CARR; Ann,
who became the wife Amos YERKES, and had two children, Albert and
Katherine; and Margaret, who became Mrs. BOUTCHER, and had six children;
Charles, Wynkoop, Catherine, Lucy, William and John. Garrett and Mary (CARR)
WYNKOOP had three children; John; Charles, who married Amy YERKES,
and has a daughter, Rebecca; and Theodore, who married Miss MORRISON.
John WYKOOP, eldest son of Garrett and Mary (CARR) WYNKOOP,
was reared in his native township and acquired a public school education, after
which he learned the miller’s trade and for forty years conducted Ridge’s
Mills, in Southampton, to which place he removed two years previous to his
marriage. Following his long and successful connection with the milling
business, Mr. WYNKOOP rented the famous Buck Tavern, which he has managed
since 1897. Prominent and active in community affairs, Mr. WYNKOOP has
filled several township and county offices. He was elected auditor in 1867, and
held that office for three years. From 1870 until 1881 he was school director,
and was then elected county commissioner, remaining in the office for three
years, after which he was again elected school director. He built the county
jail at Doylestown, and in all his relations to the public interests he has been
progressive and enterprising, fostering many measures for the general good. Mr. WYNKOOP
was married to Miss Mercy RILEY, a daughter of William RILEY, of
Yardleyville, and their children are: Mamie, who married Frank EASTBURN;
and Garrett, who married Emma FULMER, and has two children, Dorothy and
Helen.
Test taken from page 354-355 of:
Davis, William W. H., A.M., History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania [New
York-Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1905] Volume III
Transcribed May 2002 by Joan Lollis of IN.
as part of the Bucks Co., Pa., Early Family Project,
www.rootsweb.com/~pabucks/bucksindex.htm
Published June 2002 on the Bucks County, Pa., USGenWeb pages at
www.rootsweb.com/~pabucks/
|