His entire life was passed in the city of New York, in the practice of his profession, in which he held an honorable position. In politics he was in early life a Whig, but at the formation of the Republican party he became one of its supporters, but his distaste for political life led him to take little part in public afiairs.

Mr. Dyckman married Eliza A., daughter of John and Jane Honeywell, of Greenburgh. Their only child. Miss Susan Dyckman, is now residing in New York. His country residence was on the east side of

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the old Albany post road, below Hastings, and is now in possession of bis daughter. He died September 12, 1871, soon after the decease of his wife, which occurred in April of the same year, and both rest in the cemetery at Yonkers.

William Dyckman, the second sou of Jacobus, was born August 23, 1725, and died August 10, 1787. He married Mary Turner, who was born February 4, 1728, and died February 14, 1802. They were the parents of nine children, -- Jacobus, Abraham, Michael, William, John; Maritje, wife of Jacob Vermilyea ; Jane, Joanna, wife of Evert Brown ; and Charity, wife of Benjamin Lent.

The oldest son, Jacobus, was born September 13, 1748. His children were William, Frederick, who married Eva Myers, John, Abraham, Jacob, James, Isaac, Michael, Hannah, who married Caleb Smith, and Maria. ^

Of these children, Abraham married Margaret, daughter of John and Jane Honeywell, and sister of Jane, wife of William X. Dyckman. His son, John