Wyckoff

Wyckoff is the last name chosen by Pieter Claessen after 1664 when the English required citizens of New Amsterdam to adopt a standardized surname. It signifies The Wykhof estate from where Pieter Claessen emigrated from Ost Friesland in Germany to America.

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