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 1761 - 1833
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| Born |
11 Mar 1761 |
Newton, L.I. NY  [1] |
| Gender |
Female |
| _UID |
B3C04AAF9EC945D1B6E59D90ABEB32E65F9D |
| Died |
3 Apr 1833 |
New York City, NY [1, 2] |
- She is buried at Trinity Church.
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| Person ID |
I4187 |
OuthouseLine2014 |
| Last Modified |
29 Aug 2004 |
| Father |
John MOORE, b. 5 Jul 1730, Newton, L.I. NY , d. 18 Oct 1827, Newton, L.I. NY |
| Mother |
Hannah WHITEHEAD, b. 1727-1728, Newton, L.I. NY , d. 4 Aug 1772, Newton, L.I. NY |
| Married |
2 May 1752 |
Newton, L.I. NY |
| Family ID |
F1560 |
Group Sheet |
| Family |
John MCVICKAR, b. 26 May 1759, Larne, County Antrim, Ireland , d. 15 May 1812, New York City, NY |
| Married |
20 May 1781 |
Newton, L.I. NY [1] |
| Children |
| > | 1. James MCVICKAR, b. 28 Feb 1784, d. Bef 1863 |
| | 2. Archibald MCVICKAR, b. 14 Dec 1785, d. Bef 1863 |
| > | 3. John MCVICKAR, b. 10 Aug 1787, d. 29 Oct 1868 |
| > | 4. Mary Elizabeth MCVICKAR, b. 23 Feb 1789, d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 5. Hannah Augusta MCVICKAR, b. 11 Nov 1790, d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 6. Henry MCVICKAR, b. 16 Mar 1792, d. Between 1824 and 1830, Atlantic Ocean |
| > | 7. Edward Cope MCVICKAR, b. 11 Feb 1795, d. Aft 1863 |
| | 8. Nathan MCVICKAR, b. 10 Oct 1797, New York City, NY , d. Jan 1820 |
| > | 9. Benjamin Moore MCVICKAR, b. 12 Nov 1799, New York City, NY , d. 4 Nov 1883, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI |
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| Last Modified |
29 Aug 2004 |
| Family ID |
F1564 |
Group Sheet |
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| Notes |
- Doran-Wood citation: S.R. Durand: "John McVickar's wife survived him for most of 21 years. She had been a social leader in New York City. At the age of 70, she began to settle her affairs. She made over the family shares in the Society Library and the Tontine Coffee House, also a claim acquired from the Dongan Domain on Staten Island for 'all ponds, water coarses[sic], and mines,' and other rights and possessions indicative of the family's association with the development of the urban community. Then, on the 3rd of April in 1833, Anne McVickar succumbed to a 'rapid but not painful attack of the prevailing influenza, leaving the families of her seven surviving children to carry on the ideals she had set.' She was buried in the family vault at Trinity Church with her husband."
From 'Old Merchants of New York City,' Second Series, Chapter XXVIII, pages 281-290, as quoted by S.R. Durand:
"[In about] 1806, the first ladies of New York City began to discover that there was a great field open for their aid in relieving suffering and misery, and they commenced to band together in organizing societies. The first was the Orphan Asylum. It was founded in March, 1806. Mrs. McVickar was one of the trustees, and associated with her were Mrs. Bethune (Divie Bethune's wife), Mrs. Fairlie (wife of the Major), and other leading ladies. They appealed to the public, and started off with the bold declaration that no institution so much merited the aid of the well-inclined as this, - to feed and clothe the infant bereft of father and mother. They said: 'We believe charity in this country consists more in finding employment for the needy, than in supporting them in their idleness.' 'Pity, I own, to the distrest is due; But when the afflicted may themselves relieve, The fault's their own if they will suffer on' The next year a Society was started for the 'Relief of Poor Widows,' of which also Mrs. McVickar was a first manager, and so such female works have gone on almost sixty years in our midst."
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