Ancestry of
Herman Melville

Author of Moby Dick

Claes Van Wenckum

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• • 8th Great-grandfather of Herman Melville — 11th Generation
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  Nelle Van Wenckum (Ahnentafel No:865 )

• Sources for Claes Van Wenckum

  • ¹ Van Rensselaer, Florence, The Van Rensselaers in Holland and in America, New York: The American Historical Company, Inc. (1956), 3.