Antie Eldertse (Van Voorhees), in the third generation from Steven Coerten, had married Hans Bergen, and many facts respecting her ancestry and relationships were printed in a footnote on pages 138-40 of the enlarged edition. Children of Hendrickje Stevense Van Voorhees and Albert Albertse Terhune Jr: supposed Annell Terhuyne Willemtje Terhune b. In English, Virtue my Castle. In explanation he wrote on November 18, 1886, to Miss Josephine L. Voorhees of Amsterdam, N . You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. Coert Stevense Van Voorhees was born in 1637 at Hess, Drenthe, Netherlands. LL.M., D.C.L., Ph.D., member of the bar of the District of Columbia, and Past-President of the National Genealogical Society, from data derived from authentic sources, chiefly by Mr. Louis P. De Boer, an authority on Dutch genealogy. Later researches add something to the information here given regarding the family and its name in the Netherlands, as is revealed in the next chapter. If so, login to add it. Coert Stevense Van Voorhees married Marretje Gerritse Van Couwenhoven in 1664. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. Bought from John Tillman, 8 March 1691, all his real estate in Gravesend, Long Island for 295 pounds. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. It was a happy group indeed that, after six or more weeks-on shipboard, and a brief stay in New Amsterdam, arrived at the new settlement, and was welcomed by former fellow citizens of Drente, and by others whom they soon came to know as neighbors who were already well settled in their new homes with a hopeful look toward the future. Albert Stevensen and Cornelia Westervelt were sponsors at the baptism of his grandson, Albert, son of Lucas Albertsen and Annetje Kip, 14 May 1727 at Hackensack Ref. 19. Mar. He represented Amersfoor t at the Assembly in New Amsterdamin April 1664 and at Ne w Orange in 1674. IMPORTANT PRIVACY NOTICE & DISCLAIMER: YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO USE CAUTION WHEN DISTRIBUTING PRIVATE INFORMATION. Van Voorhees Association, "Steven Coerts (Coerte) (Coerten) Van Voorhees", New Netherland Connections Vol. She married Albert Albertse Terhune Jr, son of Albert Albertse Terhune and Geertje Denyce, circa 1676 at Flatlands, Kings County, New York. There were two decks, a high stern and low bows, three masts and a long bow sprit. 2008 - 2023 INTERESTING.COM, INC. That there was also a son Abraham was asserted by Mr. Bergen, and accepted by Elias Van Voorhis in his genealogy, but no dates respecting him have been found. HISTORICAL Handbook OF TH E VAN VOORHEES FAMILY IN TH E NETHERLANDS AND AMERICA WIT H ILLUSTRATIONS STEPHEN J. VOORHIES T H E VAN VOORHEES ASSOCIATION 193 5 Copyright 1935 by the V A N VOORHEE S ASSOCIATIO N Organized January 16. Sorry! Jacob Leisler on Dec. 27 1689. Coert Stevense Van Voorhees was commissioned Captain of Militia by Lt Gov Jacob Leisler on December 27, 1689, when he was 52 years old. The first signer was designated in the document as "the Worshipfull Steven Coerten, 79 years old," and the last, his son, as "Coert Stevensen, 42 years old." T H E CONDENSED GENEALOGY Because Elias Van Voorhis's monumental Genealogy of the Van Voorhees Family in America is not readily available, one of the first projects of the Van Voorhees Association was to compile a Condensed Genealogy of the family, which includes the information in the larger work arranged in abreviated form so that family relationships can be readily traced. To illustrate, the German Rudolph became Ruloff in the Dutch, though spelled in several ways, and Ralph in English. A church at New Utrecht was organized in 1677, and one in Gravesend about twenty years later, though a request for an organization had been made as early as 1660, and occasional services were held in the Session House that belonged to the community. 30 Jun 1676, d. 4 Aug 1750 Later arms were adopted, or granted in consequence of knighthood conferred on the field of battle or by a sovereign. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA. 3 (2007): 12:75. Some attention has also been paid to family migrations, and to variant spellings of the name. In the process of Anglicizing Dutch names we find one reason for variant spellings. He advised migration in the late winter so that planting might be started soon after arrival. He married Helletje Reiniers Wizzelpenning, daughter of Reynnier Wesselpenck and Jannetje Snediker, on 24-Apr-1682 at Dutch Reformed Church, Flatbush, Kings County, New York. He immigrated; He came over with his father in 1660, settled in Flatlands. 3 Jun 1678, Annetie Coerte Van Voorhees b. When Coert Stevense Van Voorhees was born on 16 October 1694, in Gravesend, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, his father, Gerrit Coertszen Van Voorhees, was 29 and his mother, Willemptje Pieterse Luyster, was 29. Up this they sailed to the docks of the Dutch West India Company, where were also its warehouses and office. He was the son of Steven Coerts Van Voorhees and Aeltje Wessels. A HOUSE AT HEES, PHOTOGRAP H 190 8 I I I ORIGIN OF THE VAN VOORHEES FAMILY1 T H E Va n Voorhees famil y is one of that group of eminent old Dutch families of colonial New York whose sturdy character was a potent factor in the making of our colonial and subsequent history and in the upbuilding of this great nation. An inducement, in addition to the evenness of the land, reminiscent of the fatherland, and its bordering on that body of inland water now known as Jamaica.Bay, also reminiscent of the Zuider Zee, was the fact that land tenure was fairly certain, and there were opportunities to purchase meadow and pasture lands, and also a home and a business. ], ["New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," Vol. The number of the crew is not stated. Albert VOORHEES (1691-1784) m. Ariaantje Jan Vandervoort, First Wife of Jan Stevense VAN VOORHEES: Cornelia Reiniers Wizzelpenning (????-1680). No description of this ship has been found. In noble family names in the Netherlands, the preposition thoe, an early form, means "at" and van means "of." There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. Apparently the father died in 1662, leaving six out of nine children surviving, and this son then became sole meyer. rhees, Albert Van Voorhees, Aeltje Stevense Van Voorhees, Hendrickje Stevense Grietja Van Voorhees Stevenkonin, Kiers, Kierz, Kiersen, Ja Jan 7 1652 - Ruinen, Drenthe, Overijssel, Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden, Nov 20 1735 - Flatbush, Kings County, Province of New York. At sixty years of age he was the head of a large and interesting family. Ca 1691 Albert Stevense married Elena (Magdalena) VANDER SCHUERE (N). They declare that to the best of their fnform that they have always known him as an honest and virtuous man. Of the wealth of this world it would seem some store had they gathered together, [7] Yet were they rich in their name and the purpose to keep it untarnished, For they had a line to sustain, a family shield and a motto. 27-Jul-1704, d. 23-Oct-1779 Petrus Van Voorhees b. . But neither he nor his brothers adopted Van Voorhees as a surname ; nor did all his sons. 7-Aug-1684 Maritie Terhune b. Failed to remove flower. Prior to the arrival of the Germanic Friesians perhaps as early as 1200-1000 B.C., that country was inhabited by Kelts and by mixed peoples of the seaports. Voorhis David Demarest, The Demarest Family: A record of the desMarets family in France, the Holy Land in the Crusades, again in France, Holland, the Palatinate (Germany) again in Holland and the migration to America, 1663 (Hackensack, NJ: n.pub., 1964), iii-4. In 1660 the congregation in Breukelen withdrew from the collegiate arrangement, and built its own church. A. Brouwer, Rijks Archieven in Drente, at Assen, the provincial seat. Albert Coerten was meyer of the manor Voorhees around 1640, and from 1650 conjointly with his elder son Coert Albertse, born about 1595. 6-Oct-1702 Albert Albertse Van Voorhees+ b. If so, login to add it. Witnessed the baptism of Maria Janse , daughter of Jan Adamszen and Grietje Dircx, on 14 January 1665 at Reformed Dutch Church, New York City, New York, (sponsors Steven Courtszen, Agniet Lodovycksz). signed by Steven Coerte (Van Voorhees). Had eight sons and three daughters. Parents were entered in one way when a child was baptized, and in a very different way when later other children were presented. (III) Coert Stevense, son of Steven Coert Van Voorhees, was born 1637, died after 1702. Hendrickje Stevense van Voorhees was a New Netherland settler. This aforesaid land, house-lot and house and the above are sold and shall be surrendered to the purchaser free and unincumbered, without any burdens resting thereupon or eminating therefrom, savings the Lord's right. Rethicerl from an illustration in the Van Voorhees Genealogy. It therefore becomes necessary to find what may be deemed the correct spelling, and show more consistency than the records exhibited. Kings Co. Conveyances II pg. 102 . Mar. Van Voorhees Association, "Steven Coerts (Coerte) (Coerten) Van Voorhees", New Netherland Connections Vol. Husband of Aaltje Stryker; Sarah Willemse Voorhees; Hilletje Reinier Wisselpenning; Barentje Van Voorhees and Elena (Magdalena) Willemse Van Voorhees xxciiil, f. 136. Officers and an Executive Committee were elected, and a series of By-laws accepted with directions that the Committee draft them in suitable form. May 17,1863, and he was admitted to the New York bar three days later. Now on the soil ofthe new world at New Amersfoort Steven Coerten and Mother Willempie, with their vigorous brood shod in wooden shoes, and dressed as fashion decreed for the well-to-do of Drente, looked about for a location for a home. 236 stating that David Ackerman purchased 420 acres with the southwest corner abutting Major John Berrie and Albert Stevense. Old Members found here in the 4 Villages in the year 1677. One other man is listed as a servant, one as a tailor, and one with a family as a shoemaker. 250, 304, 247, 308, 309. [9] [10] He took his oath of allegiance in September 1687 as Coert Stevense Van Voorhuys, having been in the country 27 years. Coerte Stevense Van Voorhees, b. Y. EXECUTIV E COMMITTE E The ofhcers and I r v i ng \ V tison Voorh ees. The Premonstratenian and Cistercian Monks, popularly known as "The White Friars" and "The Gray Friars," obtained large land holdings in Drenthe under the bishop's sanction and founded monasteries there. All photos uploaded successfully, click on the
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