She was the second daughter of Steven Coerts Van Voorhees to be named Hendricktje. A large and interested membership is deemed essential to the success of the Association. But the religious orders were left in full possession of their land holdings there by Emperor Charles V, king of Spain and Lord of the Netherlands, grandson and heir of the last of the Burgundians. "Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam and New York. 26-Feb-1699, d. before 9-Nov-1782 Rachel Alberts Van Voorhees+ b. It now seems that the name Van Voorhees was first used by relatives in the home land when addressing letters to those in America, as will be noted when these letters are quoted in another chapter. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. https://www.ancestry.ca/interactive/6961/42037_2421401696_0511-00229?pid=82153, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brouwergenealogydata/index.htm, Collections of the New-York Genealogical and Biographical Society, http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:New_Netherland_Settlers_-_Approval_System. I I T H E FAMIL Y COAT OF ARMS THA T Elias W. Van Voorhis was the first to publish a coat-ofarms of the Van Voorhees family is clearly stated in the Genealogy. I&II by Ann P. Miles;Conover Lineage by Leona C. Meehan, Middletown, Ohio; !IGI;Monmouth Families, Vol I&II, by Ann P. Miles;Conover Lineage by Leona C. Meehan, Middletown, Ohio; A20843-8 D 11 Am pub M Vol1 p.16 B 14 A 71. Similar lists of meyers of the manors of Middelhees and Achterhees are of but little interest to the Van Voorhees descendants in America. tevensen Van Voorheese, Wessell Van Voorheese, Lucas Stevens Van Voorheese, Jan Stevensen Van Voorheese, Aeltje Stevense Ryder (born Van Helletje Reiniers Van Voorheese (born Wizzelpenning). The will of Jan Kiersens of the town of Flattlands in Kings County on Nassau Island (Long Island) was dated 4 August 1705 and probated 3 September 1705. Coert Stevense (Van Voorhees) 1 man, 1 woman, 3 children, 2 slaves. II 1708-1728), Collections of the New York Historical Society (New York: Printed for the Society, 1893), page 29. Thereafter services were held with some regularity in the three places. "Through a Dutch Door," pg. Names from a Census of Kings Co., 1698. Abraham Lucase Van Voorhees 4. 27-Jul-1704, d. 23-Oct-1779 Petrus Van Voorhees b. MEMBERS Any descendant of Steven Coerte Van Voorhees may become a Member of the Association by registering with the Secretary, giving his line of descent so far as known, and paying the membersip fee of $1. Not a few have risen to prominence in business, as physicians, clergymen, lawyers, legislators, judges of lower and higher courts, authors and educators. Member of the Dutch Church of Flatlands and a deacon in 1677, magistrate in 1664 and 1673, captain of militia in 1689. He immigrated; He came over with his father in 1660, settled in Flatlands. Please enter your email and password to sign in. The Genealogy is in two parts. While the shield design, which in the most ancient instances was self-adopted by nobles, represented the entire family of the original bearer, and all descendants were hereditarily entitled to use it, sometimes different sons adopted varying crests, since the crest, unlike the shield, was of a more personalnature. Sometime later they returned to Holland to attend to their property at Stynwick in Drenthe as per letter from Hilbert Coert to Coert Stevense dated 9 Feb 1687. drove many of the Belgae and Franks across the river, which forced the Friesians northwestward, with the result that Netherland south of the Zuyder Zee is inhabited today chiefly by Frankish people, mixed with the Keltic and other earlier peoples and subsequent infiltrations of Friesians and Saxons. Upon the demise of CoertAlbertse in 1676, Jan Coerten, brother of the emigrant, became meyer of Voorhees Manor and remained such until 1700. Long Island generally was quite heavily wooded and much of it stony and difficult to till. On 11 June 1677 they sponsored for the son of Hendrick Jansen and Geurtjen Hendricks at the Brooklyn Ref. In the records of Dikninge Abbey it was spelled Avres or Overees, and we have the further suggestion that it "may be allied to the family name Avres, Overcs, and Verhees, which occur." XXI, pg. Maria Jean Pratt Hopper, The Hopper Family Genealogy, Descendants of Andries Willemszen Hoppe(n) of New Amsterdam 1651-1658, The First Six Generations (Montvale, N.J.: M.J.P. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. Father of Coert Albertsen van Voorhees; Neeltje van Voorhees; Mary van Voorhees; Antje Albertse Cortelyou; Cornelia Albertse Van Voorhees and 13 others; Steven Albertse Van Voorhees; Jannetje Albertie (Ackerman) Van Vorhees; Willemtje Slot; Jan Albertse Van Voorhees; Willem Albertse Van Voorhees; Margritie Albertse Van Voorhees; Lucas Albertse Van Voorhees; Jacobus Albertse Van Voorhees; Rachel Albertse Ackerman; Albert Albertse Albertsen Van Voorhees; Petrus Albertse Van Voorhees; Isack Albertse Van Voorhees and Femmetje Albertse Van Voorhees less If it resembled others of the time it was about 170 feet long, 49 feet beam, and about 20 feet depth of hold. 13-Aug-1682 Willemtje Terhune+ b. Here Steven Coerten and his family assembled for official inspection, and a final decision as to the cost of the passage. On 31 Jul 1681 they sponsor at the same church for the son of Jan Clemente and Maria Bogert. ], ["New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," Vol. (born Van Voorhies), Coert Stevense (Cheri) Van Voorhees, Wessel Van Voorhees, Lucase Stenese Van Voorhies, Lucas (Lucas Steven /vanvoorh orhees/ Steven Coert /vanvoorhees/) Van Voorhees, Willempje Roelofse Roelofse (Sebring/seubering/ Suerboring/) Van Voorhees (born Seubering). . He 'mmigrated. In the Condensed Genealogy have been included all the male lines as far as Mr. Van Voorhis was able to trace them. 1713 www.conovergenealogy.com/ancestor-p/p223.htm#i9119. 1677-1770 Neeltje Van Voorhees: Abt. All who thus register will receive an appropriate Membership Certificate. of State, Albany, N)Y) Vo. During the intervening forty-five years two generations have come upon the scene, the lives of whom are as worthy of record as were the lives of their ancestors. 155, 158, 161; E. Van Voorhis, "Ancestry of Wm. https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE3652 Flatlands, Kings, New York, United States. One other man is listed as a servant, one as a tailor, and one with a family as a shoemaker. Let us then the name of Van Voorhees and the family tradition and motto With ardor and kindling devotionuphold and protect and cherish. Soon Schreyers Hoek comes into view with its "Tower of Tears," erected in 1569, where friends and relatives of sailors and passengers were accustomed to gather, and, with much weeping, join in solemn farewells. (III) Coert Stevense, son of Steven Coert Van Voorhees, was born 1637, died after 1702. The organization was completed by the election of officers and an Executive Committee at a second meeting held in the Empire State Building, Manhattan, May 21, of that year. Toward this the family contributed from its savings, and offered in addition timbers from the wood lot so that the work went forward and was completed about three years later. Coert Stevense Van Voorhees was also known as Coert Steven Van Voorhees. Entry Cites John Reynolds Totten, "Van Der Beek Family Notes", New York Genealogical & Biographical Record Vol. Van Voorhees was spelled in many ways, and Voorhees in several others. In May 1696 a church meeting was held at the home of Elder Albert Stevense in Hackensack. The names of interested members of the family, and also of collateral relatives, arc desired, to whom copies of this folder may be sent. Roelof Lucasz Van Voorhees d. 1751 Ibid., page 161. The Life Summary of Coert Stevense. and his Descendants in America Published by the Van Voorhees Association Second and Revised Edition June, 1932 THE VAN VOORHEES ASSOCIATION Organized January 16, 1932 To commemorate in1935 the 275th anniversary of the coming to New Amsterdam in 1660 of Steven Coerte, Van Voorhees, his wife, five sons and three daughters, and their settlement at Flatlands on Long Island. On May 5, 1714, he bought from his brother, Lucas Stevense Van Voorhees, 280 acres of land in Middlesex Co., New Jersey, " beginning 80 chains from the Raritan river by the land of Cornelius Langstreet, running thence S. W. 80 chains, from thence at right angles 35 chains the course being N. 45 degrees W., thence N. E. 80 chains, from thence to the place of beginning.". He was one of the original patentees of Flatlands. It was prepared and executed before three Justices on October 10, 1679, to affirm the ancestry and good character of Jan Elten of Kingston, N . He married Elizabeth Van Orden, daughter of Adam Jans Van Norden and Abeltie Slot, on 18 March 1721. At sixty years of age he was the head of a large and interesting family. The original subscription list, preserved among the papers of the Flatlands Church, shows that Steven Coerten's widow contributed f. 18, Coert Stevensen for himself and his son Albert f. 48, Lucas Stevensen f.30, and that the total was florins 556. Member of the Provincial Assembly of 1664. Taken as a whole, the population of northern Netherlands is probably more purely Nordic than the nations to the east or south. In 1536, the heirs of the Burgundian dynasty that had gained the supremacy in the Netherlands and had in 1486 for the first time called the meeting of a constitutional body, the Lords States General, obtained from the bishopric of Utrecht the supremacy over the landof Drenthe. Albert Lucasz Van Voorhees b. Wheeler N. Voorhees, 1878 Coney Island Ave., Brooklyn N . Rev William Schenck his Ancestors and his Descedants Coer t Stevense Van Voorhees The Van Voorhees family Vol 1 The F irst Four Generations by Albert Stokes His birth was dete rmined by the ship passenger list. He was shortly after his arrival made a deacon of the Church at Flatlands, and also a magistrate of the town-facts which to my mind go to prove that he was a man pretty well off in this world's goods, but was also above the majority of his fellow townsmen in culture and education. He was also known as Coert Steven Van Voorhees; Koert Stevensen Van Voorhees; Coerte Stevens Van Vorhis; Coert Stephense Van Voores; Coert Stevensen Van Hees; Coert Stevenz Van Voorhies; Cheri Stevense Van Voorhees; Coerte Stevens Van Voorhees. 1882-1975 Ernest H. Kabe: June 03, 1887 WFT Est. Witnessed the baptism of Willemyntie Albertse Terhune , daughter of Albert Albertse Terheune and Hendrickje Stevens Van Voorhees, on 2 April 1677 at Old First Dutch Reformed Church, Breuckelen (Brooklyn), Kings Co., Long Island, New York, (godfather Steve Coerten, godmother Willempie Roel(ofs?)). 1656, d. 1692 or 1693 Albert Stevensz Van Voorhees b. ca. "The Old Church on the Green" pg. Born ca 1654/1658 in Drenthe, Netherlands. Children by Willempie Roelofse: Lucas Stephensen Van Voorhees b. ca. Although no records has been found to confirmthis fact,it is stated ere for FYI. Opportunity is given to those who wish to offer larger financial assistance to be appropriately listed ; those who give $5 as Contributing Members, and those who give $10, as Sustaining Members. He was a member of the Dutch church of Flatlands and a deacon in 1677; a magistrate in 1664 and 1673; captain of militia in 1689. . Y . s, Wessell Vanvoorhees, Lucas Stevense Van Voorhees, Albert Stevense Van Voorhees, Aeltje Stevense Van Voorhees, Hendrickje Stephense Ter Ruinen, Drenthe, Overijssel, Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden, Flatbush, Kings County, Province of New York, Brooklyn, Kings County, Province of New York, Hendrickje Stephense Terhune (Van Voorhees), Hendrickje Stephense Kiersen (Van Voorhees), "Stevense", "van Vorhees", "Jan Stevensen Van Voorhees", Flatbush, Kings, Colony of New York, British Colonial America, Cornelia was the sister of Helletje who married Jan's brother Albert, Stephen VAN VOORHEES (????-????) The preparation of this work has proved exacting owing to the many existing family lines. He emigrated to New Amsterdam with his family on 16 April, 1660 on de Bonte Koe "The Spotted Cow". In a paper recorded at Albany of which I have a translation he is styled 'The Worshipful Steven Coerten' (Van Voorhees). [5], Coert (Koert) Stevens(e) (Stephense) was born in 1637 in the Netherlands. They observe the sailing instruments, the compass, the cross, staff or astrolabe, the sand glass, rules and dividers, the spy glass, the log line, and the 600 foot headline for soundings. He was born in 1637 at Hess, Drenthe, Netherlands. No record has as yet been found indicating by what authority Coert Alberts, or an ancestor, was accorded the arms attested by the St. James College of Heraldry. The far-seeing pastor of the Church of Man- 28 T H E VA N VOORHEES HISTORICAL HANDBOOK hattan, Rev. 1, page 52 (1996): 1:53. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. GREAT NEWS! This third day of January in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and twenty-three, I, John Stevenson, of Flatlands, in Kings County, on the Island of Nassau, Yeoman, being very well and in good health, and of perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto Almighty God calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament that is to say Principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it, and for my body I recommend it to the earth to be buried in a christianlike and decent manner at the discretion of my executors, nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life, I give, devise and dispose of the same in manner following. Of such value did this new material seem to the officers, especially that concerning those members of the family who have attained a degree of prominence, that it was deemed fitting to assemble it in form for publication. Soon the men begin examining the capstan and the windlass, and other gear for hoisting the sails. While no names are mentioned, all are assured of deep gratitude for their helpfulness. Daughter of Steven Coerts van Voorhees and Willemtje Roelofs Seuberinge VII , page 128, in the session held at Anloe eight days after Saint Magnus in 1604, as having died a short time earlier, leaving orphan children. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. Though Elias W. Van Voorhis was a Lif e Member of the New York Historical Society, to which he donated copies of his books, its recordsdo not contain any recognition of his work, nor was any resolution of appreciation adopted at the time of his death. Steven Coerts Van Voorhees was born in 1600 at Hees, Drenthe, Netherlands. The Lex Saxonum, in its most primitive form, survived the longest in the ratherbarren country of Drenthe. 10 May 1698, d. 28 Oct 1734 5. The field of the shield was quartered and tinctured and blazoned most nobly ; Two quarters emblazoned with oak trees, and two were with castles resplendent, Noting a union of lines of equal position and standing. On 29 Mar 1696 Jan Kiersen and Hendrickje Jans were sponsors at Brooklyn for the son of her half-brother Jan. A., p. 144. Children of Coert Stevense Van Voorhees and Marretje Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven, Stephen Coerte Van Voorhees b. circa 1667, d. 16 Feb 1723/24, Altje Coerte Van Voorhees b. circa 1667, d. 12 Nov 1746, Albert Coerte Van Voorhees b. circa 1673, d. circa 1748, Neeltje Coertse Van Voorhees b. Thanks for your help! SOURCES In preparing his Genealogy Mr. Van Voorhis had access to the extensive data concerning branches of the family that had been gathered by the late Teunis G. Bergen of Brooklyn, much of which is to be found in his great work, "The Bergen Family," first published in 1866, and in an enlarged edition in 1876. Some of the third generation sought homes in the Hudson valley along the Fishkill, others in New Jersey, principally in Passaic, Middlesex, Monmouth and Somerset counties. On the same document his oldest son's name was written Coert Stevenseu. Albert Coerte, married (first) Sara W . Hendrickje Stevense is 14 degrees from Jennifer Aniston, 17 degrees from Drew Barrymore, 18 degrees from Candice Bergen, 21 degrees from Alexandre Dumas, 15 degrees from Carrie Fisher, 27 degrees from Whitney Houston, 16 degrees from Hayley Mills, 15 degrees from Liza Minnelli, 15 degrees from Lisa Presley, 16 degrees from Kiefer Sutherland, 16 degrees from Bill Veeck and 20 degrees from Brian Nash on our single family tree. Albert Stevense Van Voorhies was born circa 1654 at Drenthe, Holland.1,3 He was the son of Steven Coerte Van Voorhies and Willempie Roeloffse Seuberine. In the "robur," the oak of the Romans, was seen manly courage or virtue. Thus it came about that in the third generation members of t. Geni requires JavaScript! Oops, something didn't work. The castles were evidently the insignia of the male line. Item, It is further my will that immediately after my loving wife's decease, all my whole estate of houses, lands, meadows, hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging, or in any ways appertaining, either in the Town of Flatlands or elsewhere, shall be sold to the best advantage, and the moneys as shall arise by the sale of my aforesaid estate shall be equally divided among my eleven children, by name, Stephen, Auken, Willemtie, John, Roelof, Magdelena, Lucas, Albert, Abraham, Femmetje, and Jacobus, unto them and each of them, and every of their heirs and assigns forever. When the westward expansion of the Saxons from Thuringia terminated late in the seventh century A.D., their dominion extended in Westphalia as far as the Ruhr river and in the Netherlands it embraced about three-fourthsof the province of Groningen and the provinces of Drenthe and Overyssel. Just one grandparent can lead you to many Albert Stevense Van Voorhees was born on month day 1654, at birth place, to Steven Coerte van Voorhees. Married twice. It is folio 136 in Volume XXXII I of New York Colonial Manuscripts, a photostat of which has been secured. So one beautiful June morning they made their way to the ferry, were rowed across the East River, and at the ferry house found conveyance that took themup the hill to the little hamlet of Breukelen, and so on through Midwout until the plains of New Amersfoort greeted their eyes. 1892-1981 David Arthur Kalb: Private Van Antwerp, Elizabeth Ann Private: Michael Nakia Kalpakoff . Resend Activation Email. Ruinen, De Wolden, Drenthe, Netherlands 1702 He conveyed this property to his son Albert on 20-Jun-1699. KINDLY PRESERVE THIS FOLDERSTEVEN COERTE VAN VOORHEES and His Descendants in America Any one who has examined even casually the genealogy compiled by Elias W. Van Voorhis, and entitled "TH E VA N VOORHEES FAMILY " must have been impressed by the vitality of this family that has entered so widely into the life of our country. This church under succeeding clergymen continued to minister to the religious life of Manhattan and surrounding communities. Your Scrapbook is currently empty. Children: Willemptje Jansen VAN VOORHEES (1683-????) He left a will datd August 25, 1677 of which no copy is extant. All were interested in reports of progress, for the end of the voyage was constantly in mind. When Albert Coert Van Voorhees was born about 1670, in New Amsterdam, New Netherland, his father, Coert Stevense van Voorhees, was 34 and his mother, Marritje Gerritse van Couwenhoven, was 11668. T H E NAM E VAN VOORHEES No document has yet been found to prove that our common ancestor used the name Van Voorhees. s, Wessell Vanvoorhees, Lucas Stevense Van Voorhees, Jan Stevense Van Voorhees, Albert Stevense Van Voorhees, Aeltje Stevense Van Voorhee Circa 1728 - Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, USA. He served as a deacon and was a member at Dutch Reformed Church, Flatlands, Kings County, New York, 1677. (. Albert Stevens van Voorhees was born, son of Steven Coerts (Voorhyes) van Voorhees and Willemtje Roelofs Seubring. He took the oath of allegience in Sep 1687. He is generation 2, WikiTree profile Van Voorhees-22 created through the import of RYER.GED on Aug 19, 2011 by. Sorry! 3. TMPLT TID 0 FIELD Name: Footnote VALUE The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R) (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998) FIELD Name: ShortFootnote VALUE The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R) FIELD Name: Bibliography VALUE The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Y. 21-Apr-1690, d. 27-May-1787 www.conovergenealogy.com/ancestor-p/p223.htm#i9127. of Reinier Wizzel- penning and Jannetie Snediker, b. , d. . His forename of Coert was carried down succeeding generations to the shores of America. Coert Stevense Van Voorhees was born in 1637 at Hess, Drenthe, Netherlands. Thereafter new methods were introduced, and the use of Dutch names was discouraged. Willemeijntie; father: Albert Albertsz. We have set your language to It was published in the summer of 1932 in a limited edition, and has enabled many applicants for membership to trace unbroken lines of descent from Steven Coerten, the common ancestor of the family in America. Van Voorhees Association, "Steven Coerts (Coerte) (Coerten) Van Voorhees", New Netherland Connections Vol. December 4, 1660, A.D. "Cornelis Diercksen Steven Koers Nicholaes de Meyers Aucke Yans" T H E FAMILY ARRIVES AT NEW AMERSFOORT 31 It will be noted that the down payment for these lands was exactly nothing, and that the bulk of the deferred payments-3000 gulden (guilders)-was payable in "sewan" or strings of Indian money. He was a magistrate in 1664 and 1673. On July 1, 1714, he bought of Engelbert Lott, Pieter Stryker and Daniel Polhemus, 15 morgens of land in the town of Flatbush for the consideration of 70 pounds. 51; H. Stoutenburgh, "Documentary History of Oyster Bay," pg. V > van Voorhees > Hendrickje Stevense van Voorhees, Categories: New Netherland Settlers | New Netherland Project-Managed | New Netherland Settlers Project Needs Church Records, WIKITREE HOME | ABOUT | G2G FORUM | HELP | SEARCH. If this record refers to Jan Kiers, husband of Hendrickje van Voorhees he was in the colony as early as 1649. Brother of Lucas Stevense van Voorhees; Jan Stevense Van Voorhees; Hendrickje Stephense Terhune (Van Voorhees); Aeltje Stevense van Voorhees; Jannetje Stevense van Voorhees and 2 others; Albert Van Voorhees and Abraham Stevense Vanvoorhees less This error we hope to avoid. New York (County) Surrogate's Court Abstracts of Wills on File in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York (Vol. This title, applied to our ancester, the oldest son of Coert Alberts, gives some indication of the status of the family in the Netherlands, and also of the respect accorded this member in the land of his aa option. Though the burgers of New Amsterdam, and of New Amersfoort as well, had to accept a new government and avow a new allegiance, the ancient church order, coming out of the Reformation through the independence of the United Provinces under William of Orange, and finding its latest interpretation in the rules adopted in 1619 by the Synod of Dordrecht, was still to prevail. and on 16 Sept they sponsored for Steven the son of her half-brother Lucas at the Flatbush Ref. Have you taken a DNA test? His Will dated, Jan. 3, 1723, proved Nov. 20, 1735, re- corced in the Surrogate's Office, New York City, in Liber 12, p. 356, is as follows : " In the name of God, Amen. He received a patent for a tract of land near Kinderkamack, north of Hackensack, NJ, dated 27 April 1696. We now know that they all grew to maturity, as did one other son, Abraham, born after the family had arrived.- These chil- 26 T H E FAMIL Y ARRIVES AT NE W AMERSFOORT 27 dren were introduced to their neighbors as Lucas, who was ten, Jan, Albert, Aeltje, Jannetje, and Hendrickje. m. 2 d , Oct. 8, 1680, Femmetje Aukes Van Nuyse, dau. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. As these copies are inaccessible to most members of the present generation it is deemed fitting to print a Condensed Genealogy to enable those who are interested to trace their ancestral lines, and the degree of rela tionship they bear to other members of the family. A little later families moved to Pennsylvania, to Central and Western [4] New York, and the more venturesome to Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan. Register in Alphabetical Order, of the Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island, N.Y., from Its First Settlement by Europeans to 1700: With Contributions to Their Biographies and Genealogies, Compiled from Various Sources. Names of Members from Amersfort. . (New York: G.P. J., at a local family reunion, will be deemed a fitting conclusion to this first publication of the VA N VOORHEES ASSOCIATION. It elicited many cordial responses, and proffers of financial support. Try again later. He married Elena Vander Schure in 1693 at Dutch Reformed Church, Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey. Good tillage land. He was also known as Steven Coerte Van Voorhees. 1, page 52 (1996): 1:53. If so, login to add it. The church that replaced it in 1794 continued until 1848, when the present church was erected. For most of the adventurers on De Bonte Kou farewells were final, for they never had opportunity to return to meet again those who were bidding them God speed. cktje Stevense Terhune (born Van Voorhees), Merghen Stevense Van Voorhees, Coert Stevense, Stephense Van Voorhees, Wessel Coerte Van Voor Voorhees, Ruinen, De Wolden, DR, Netherlands, New Amersfoort Flatlands, Long Island, New York, Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, United States, Hendrickje Stephense Kiersen (Van Voorhees), Hendrickje Stevense Terhune (born van Voorhees), Hendrickje Stephense Terhune (born van Voorhees), Hendrickje Stevense Grietja van Voorhees Stevenkonin, Kiers, Kierz, Kiersen, Hendricktje Stevense Terhune (born Vanvoorhees), Hendrickje Stevense Kiers Kiersted (born van Voorhees). T HE SPELLING OF NAMES I n the preparation of his Genealogy Elias Van Voorhis became familiar with Dutch carelessness in the spelling of names. Connect to the World Family Tree to find out, Marretje Gerrestse Van couvenhoven, Marretje Gerritse Van Couwenhoven, Nov 15 1637 - Hees, De Wolden Municipality, Drenthe, Netherlands, June 20 1699 - Flatlands, Kings County, New York, tats-Unis, 1702 - Flatlands, Kings County, New York, tats-Unis, 1637 - Hees, Ruinen, Drenthe, Netherlands, From 1702 - Flatlands, Kings, New York Colony, British Colonial America, Stephen Coerts Van Voorhees, Aaltje Hauels Van Voorhees (born Wessels), Marritje Gerritse Van Voorhees (born van Couwenhoven). The first part of twenty-five pages, consists of introductory matter, something respecting sources of information concerning members of the family in Holland, translations of letters received from them, and such information as had been secured respecting Steven Koerte, as the name appears on the passenger list of De Bonte Kou on its voyage from Holland to the New 'This province is spelled on the earlier map, Drentia; on the later, Drente. They were the parents of at least 1 son. Not a few of his descendants bear the name Conover. He was Captain of the Militia in 1689. Stephen Coerte Van Voorhees+ (c 1667 - 16. 1. It can then be determined whether it will be practicable to publish a new and complete edition of the Van Voorhees Genealogy. Lucas Stevense Voorhees was born in 1650 in Hees, Drenthe, Netherlands, his father, Steven Coerte Voorhees, was 51 and his mother, Willemtje Roelof Seubring, was 31. On May 19, 1729, he bought of John Waldron two lots of woodland in Flatbush, " lying in the 2d Keuters division, known as lots Nos. "The Brouwer Genealogy Database. He a 'deacon' and member at Dutch Reformed Church, Flatlands, Kings County, New York, 1677. Families were advised to provide for two years in case crops failed the first year. Not a few variant spellings are due to frontier school teachers who registered incorrectly the names of the children who came to their schools. If there had been seasickness at the first it had been forgotten. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. 12, no. Close this window, and upload the photo(s) again. "When I was in England in 1872. it occurred to me to ascertain if the Voorhees or Van Voorhees family in Holland had ever in the past been entitled to any arms. Abbreviation: Ancestral File (R) Title: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R) (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998) Subsequent Source Citation Format: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R) BIBL The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Many cordial responses, and Voorhees in several others Church of Man- 28 T H E E... York, 1677 of which has been secured Nakia Kalpakoff: 1:53 Record.! 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