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He moved to Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey in 1701. In collaboration with seven other Dutch farmers, they bought 10,000 acres (40 km²). Cornelius' portion was 1,200 acres (5 km²) which was divided for his four sons: John Wyckoff, Jacob Wyckoff, Peter Wyckoff, and Simon Wyckoff. John was the first to move onto the land, near Middlebush, New Jersey around 1709-1710. In 1730, he built the first half of the house. He brought in a Dutch craftsmen from Brooklyn and used white oak.
So Cornelius came to Franklin Township in 1701, with seven other prosperous Dutch farmers, and bought up 10,000 acres. Cornelius purchased approximately 1,200 acres which were parceled out to four of his sons John, Jacob, Peter and Simon. John was the first to move onto the land, near Middlebush, about 1709-10. However, he must have lived in a different structure until 1730 when he built the first half of the current house (left side). He must have become prosperous because he built well, bringing in Dutch craftsmen from Brooklyn to construct this house entirely of white oak.
If this is not a copyvio, then much too close parphrasing, with the tell-tale error of poor minor rewrites (changing "Dutch craftsmen" to "a Dutch craftsmen"). The text follow the structure exactly, but has used a few synonyms here and there, and added the surname Wyckoff four times in a row to make the copyvio less obvious and the resulting text more awkward (and possible less correct: "four of his sons" is not the same as "his four sons") ... Fram (talk) 08:26, 3 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
