This is the generation in which the spelling of the family name Falkinburg changes to Falkenburg. By 1880, the Solomon Falkenburg family is consistently using the new spelling.
Solomon Falkinburg {SOL.1} was born in about 1843 to Captain George H. Falkinburg and Rachel W. Line. Home was Little Egg Harbor Township, Burlington County, New Jersey. Solomon's father died in 1849 when he was about seven years of age. Young Solomon appears in the 1850 census (age 8) with his mother Rachel and a younger brother George. Rachel Falkinburg does not appear in any subsequent census records; my assumption is that she has remarried. I have no further information about young Solomon until 1864, and his marriage to Ann Lippincott.
Marriage to Ann Nancy Lippincott
The International Genealogical Index-North America (FamilySearch.org) contains a record of the marriage (ABT 1864) of Solomon Falkinburg and Ann Nancy Lippincott {SOL.2}. Ann is the daughter of Samuel A. Lippincott (b. 11 OCT 1816) and Mary Elizabeth Cranmer (b. 1 FEB 1816). Solomon would have been about twenty-two years of age when he married Ann, who was one year younger than he.
The first census record of the Solomon Falkinburg family appears in the 1870 US Census {SOL.3}.
At age 28, Solomon's occupation is listed as a sailor, carrying on the family tradition begun by his grandfather Captain Samuel Falkinburg. . Ann L. Falkinburg is age 27. There are three children: Samuel L. (5), Cordelia (3), and George H. (7 months). A further examination of the census record shows that Solomon and Ann live in proximity to Ann's parents Samuel and Mary Lippincott. Sarah Lippincott who lives with the young Falkenburg family is Ann's sister. She has probably moved next door to help Ann with the children. Documentation of these facts can be found on the page devoted to the pedigree of Ann Lippincott.
The map shown above is an 1878 map of Tuckerton, NJ {SOL.4} showing family residences. When this map was published, the young Solomon Falkenburg family had moved to Brooklyn, New York. By examining the census record from 1870, it is possible to identify neighbors of Solomon and Ann. Generally, the census record is a residence-by-residence account made by the census agent walking the neighborhood. The record shows the the residences as Andrews, Lippincott, Falkinburg...We cannot assert this with certainty, because families may not be home when the census taker arrivers, and that family will be visited at a later date. However, it is likely that this this location on the New Gretna Road just past the intersection of Main St. was the Falkinburg home in 1870.
| Notes | |
| {SOL.1} | It is in this generation within our branch of the family that Solomon began using the spelling Falkenburg instead of Falkinburg.Early records use the older spelling, while records from the latter part of the nineteenth century use Falkenburg. |
| {SOL.2} | IGI Record: Solomon Falkinburg (FamilySearch.org). There is another earlier citation for Solomon Falkinburg (b. 1834) and Ann Nancy Lippincott (b. ABT 1836). This is likely an error. Solomon is reported to be the son of Hezekiah Falkinburg (another son of Captain Samuel Falkinburg) and Nancy Rockhill. It is likely that there was a son named Solomon born to this couple. However, there appears to be a mix up in the marriage data. This Solomon is said to have married Ann Nancy Lippincott born 1836. There was another Ann born to Samuel A. Lippincott and Mary Elizabeth Cranmer, documented in Families of Burliwngton County. This reference reports her birth as 1837 and her death as 26 SEP 1838. My conclusion is that data contained in the IGI link above is correct and the earlier reference is incorrect. |
| {SOL.3} | Ancestry.com: 1870 U.S. Census Solomon Falkinburg (transcription error: Falkingtusg) pdf file |
| {SOL.4} | Tuckerton, NJ 1878 (David Rumsey Collection). |
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