There are, and were, a number of streets, roads, and drives named after Wynkoops in the United States. Some of them I have notes about, which you will find below, some I don't. If you have more information about why these streets are named as they are or know of more places that should be added to this list, please contact me at chwynkoop@hotmail.com. I will gladly update the list or post the explanations, giving credit where credit is due.

    Some of this information comes from the online mapping service, MapBlast!. You can call up a map for most of these streets by clicking on the links below. Each street is marked by a red cross in the center of the map. Additionally, each map may be zoomed in or out depending on your viewing preference.

    [NOTE.--"Wynkoop street" was a name occasionally given to Bridge street, between Broadway and Broad street.--W. S. P.]

    See also: Misc. Surname Database, U-V:

Van Inburgh, Gilbert, dec'd [1761] house and lot in Broad St., at corner of Wynkoop St., in NYC, for sale; enquire of John Steuart at house where Wessel Wessels lives in Broad St., (Ref. 39).

Bob Protzmann, Robert.Protzman@akzo-nobel.com, wrote:

    Wynkoop Street is not listed in Moscow, Henry: The Street Book, An Encyclopedia of Manhattan's Street Names and Their Origins, Hagstrom Co., Inc., NY, NY, 1978. Bridge Street is:

"Bridge Street
The namesake: a bridge that crossed Broad Street when the thoroughfare was an East River inlet known as the Broad Canal, or de Heere Gracht. The bridge was built for the convenience of the residents of the houses that had risen on the sides of the canal. A mailbox nearby was specifically for trans-Atlantic mail. English and Dutch shopkeepers began in 1670 to gather there every Friday noon, giving rise to the first Merchant's Exchange."

    You can find Bridge Street on the following map of New Amsterdam from approximately 1660:

The Virtual New Amsterdam Project

    Bridge Street is on the left hand side of the map, marked by the letter "q".

    Cornelius Wynkoop's family lived in upstate New York, in the Albany area and later in Kingston and Hurley. The first member of the family to live in New York City, was Cornelius's youngest son, Benjamin Wynkoop, who probably moved there because his grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins, the Van Langedycks lived there. Benjamin became a Silver and Goldsmith, passing the trade on to his son, grandson and great-grandson. My guess is that Benjamin or one of his descendants had their workshop and/or home on that particular street. The original Benjamin voted in the South Ward on September 29, 1701.

    Howard Swain, hswain@ix.netcom.com, wrote:

    In 1683 the South Ward was made up of Blocks R, D, E, & F on the New Amsterdam map Bridge Street is in the area marked by the letter "q".

    (Source: Collections of the NY Historical Society, 1910, vol 43, in the Prefatory Note (no page no.)

    Benjamin, b. April 18, 1675, (one year before his father's death and four years before his mother's death), was married in New York City on October 21, 1697 to Femmetje Van der Heul the daughter of Abraham and Trijntje Hendricks (Kip) Van der Heul. Benjamin voted in the South Ward on September 29, 1701 and his name appears, with those of other residents of that ward, June 15, 1724, in a remonstrance against leasing the ground on which the market formerly stood.

    Also living in Block F at house F 17 was Dr. Hans Kierstede. Benjamin Wynkoop's older brother, Evert Wynkoop, married Dr. Kierstede's grand-daughter, Antje Kierstede, probably in 1706.

    It's interesting to speculate that Evert might have met his second wife through his youngest brother, perhaps on a visit to New York City on business or a family visit.

    Hendrick Hendricksen Kip, presumably the father of Trijntje Hendricks (Kip) Van der Heul, lived at or owned house numbers E 23 - E 25 in Block E. Houses E 13 through E 16 were owned by various other Kip family members, (Isaac and Jacob). Benjamin Wynkoop's grandfather, Jan Jansen Van Langedyck is listed as the owner of the house in Block K, House K 9 on the New Amsterdam Map.

    Het Marckvelt, (the Market), stood just north of Blocks D and E. Coupled with the identification of Bridge street as Brugh Straet on the New Amsterdam Map, I think it's a pretty safe bet that Benjamin Wynkoop probably lived somewhere on the Brugh Straet side of Block E, probably closer to the Bridge than farther away since the Wynkoop name was associated with it up until at least 1764.

Howard Swain wrote:

    E 12 belongs to Jan Wanshaer:

From History of the Kip Family in America, by Frederic E. Kip, 1928; pp 36-37:

    "Baertje Hendricks Kip married Jan. 17, 1649 Jan Janszen j.m. Van Tubingen, alias Jan Janszen Van St. Obyn, alias Jan Wanshaer." "At the baptisms of his children his name was variously recorded as Jan Janszen Van St. Cubis, Van St. Ubus, Van St. Obyn, Jan Van Sara, Jan Wanshaer Van St. Benen, Jan Wanshaer (Manshaer) and Jan de Caper, (the sailor)." [My Dutch dictionary defines kaper as a privateer.]

    "He resided on the south side of Brouwer Street between Broad and Whitehall, somewhat to the west of the houses of his brothers-in-law, Isaac and Jacob Kip."

    Maybe if you're a privateer, you need a lot of aliases. :)

    Jan Wanshaer was the ancestor of Judge Henry Wynkoop's wife, Susannah Wanshaer. Interestingly enough, in 1782 a Henry Wynkoop went into partnership with two other men to purchase a privateer, the Brigantine "Industry," which operated out of Philadelphia in the waning years of the Revolutionary War. (This may not have been Judge Henry Wynkoop of Bucks County, Pa., but his cousin, Henry Wynkoop of Philadelphia/Montgomery County, Pa., who was in business in Philadelphia with a man by the name of Paul Siemens-chw.)

    According to the following webpage 1859 McElroy's Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, City & Business Directory, part of Wyoming Street in Philadelphia suffered a name change to Wynkoop Street in 1859:

Wynkoop (Wyoming st) W from S 13th below Locust †

    Wynkoop street shared it's name with Wyoming Street for 41 years. According to McElroy's Philadelphia City Directory for 1866, (page 31), Wynkoop Street, (Wyoming St.), was placed more precisely as West from 13th Street to South Juniper above Spruce Street. §

    While I'm not absolutely sure who Wynkoop Street was named after, it now seems most likely that it was named after Alderman Henry Wynkoop of Philadelphia. I have earlier speculated that it could have been named after Col. Francis M. Wynkoop, Henry's nephew, who served in the Mexican War, but further reflection makes it more logical for it to have been named after a political figure from the Philadelphia community. An Alderman was a local Philadelphia judge, very politically connected, and Henry fills that bill perfectly. Henry died in 1861 of a heart attack. If anyone can confirm this or knows the real story, please don't hesitate to get in touch with me at chwynkoop@hotmail.com. I would really appreciate hearing from you.

    Finally, according to Philadelphia Street Name Changes in Gopsill's General & Business Directory R - Z(1900); Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, Wynkoop Street disappeared in 1900:

From				To
Wynkoop				Irving ‡

† 1859 McElroy's Philadelphia, Pennsylvania City & Business Directory, Philadelphia, Pa., A. McElroy & Co., 1859.

§ McElroy's Philadelphia City Directory for 1866,, Twenty-Ninth Edition, Philadelphia, Pa., A. McElroy, 1866, p. 31.

‡ Gopsill's Philadelphia PA General & Business Directory for 1900, Philadelphia, Pa., James Gopsill's Sons, 1900.

    Dear Wynkoop Family:
    There is a drive in Great Falls, Virginia named Wynkoop. Passing through there I always thought that he must have been an officer in the Confederate States Army. Is that true? If so, would you know what his rank was, unit of assignment, etc.?
    Thanks! Warren Curd