Imprimis, I give and bequeath to Femmetje, my loving wife, all my estate of houses, lands, meadows, hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging situate, lying and being in the town of Flatlands, or else- where, for and during her natural life, to the sole and proper use, benefit, and behoof of my said loving wife, for and during her natural life. Married twice. 7. Y. EXECUTIV E COMMITTE E The ofhcers and I r v i ng \ V tison Voorh ees. Van Voorhees Association, "Steven Coerts (Coerte) (Coerten) Van Voorhees", New Netherland Connections Vol. Oops, some error occurred while uploading your photo(s). Afte r the secularization of these estates in 1598 Coert's heirs apparently succeeded to the manorof Voorhees, for in 1619 Albert Coerten (Albert, son of Coert), born circa 1573, was meyer of that property, while Jan Coerten (Jan, son of Coert) was meyer of Middelhees and Coert was meyer of Achterhees. 19. She married Albert Albertse Terhune Jr, son of Albert Albertse Terhune and Geertje Denyce, circa 1676 at Flatlands, Kings County, New York. You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. Nov 5th, 1682 ) 1683 Individual: Neeltje . Each Chart must be especially prepared. The names of interested members of the family, and also of collateral relatives, arc desired, to whom copies of this folder may be sent. https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE3652 Flatlands, Kings, New York, United States. Bought from John Tillman, 8 March 1691, all his real estate in Gravesend, Long Island for 295 pounds. Male. William Roe Van Voorhis was in the sixth generation of the Van Voorhees Family in America. 1658 Jannetje Stevense Van Voorhees b. ca. ). Stephen Courten and wife Willemtje Seubering. 1, page 52 (1996): 1:53. Enter a grandparent's name. Login to find your connection. Dutch thrift has made all this possible. Now they behold for the first time the ship that for six, perhaps eight long weeks was to be their sea-tossed home. Vice-President. Children by Willempie Roelofse: Lucas Stephensen Van Voorhees b. ca. In Oct. 1667 Steven with others, patented the town of Flatlands. Child of Jans Albertse Van Voorhees and Elizabeth Van Orden Member of the Provincial Assembly of 1664. 2-Apr-1678, d. circa 1680 Annetie Terhune b. Ch. A copy of this quaint and interesting document follows : "Praise to God. 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. Office of the Sec. Ethnologically, the present kingdom of the Netherlands is divisible into three sections, inhabited by the Friesians, Franks, and Saxons respectively. She was a great-great-granddaughter of Jan Stevensen Van Voorhees of Flatlands. [6], The following tree and data is from descendant Gail Smith, and is sourced from Bergen's Early Settlers of Kings Co, NY page 376 In the Civic Center of Denver the Voorhees Colonnade occupies a prominent position. Stephen Coerts Van Voorhees was born on month day 1600, at birth place, to Coert Albertse Van Voorhees and Mergin Van Voorhees. Stephen Robin Voris 2526 East 26th St.. Brooklyn, N . To illustrate, the German Rudolph became Ruloff in the Dutch, though spelled in several ways, and Ralph in English. 19 Nov 1679. Holland money payable by exchange in Holland in the next coming summer ; and the second installment in May 1662, 1000 glds ; and the third installment in May 1663, 1000 glds; and the fourth installment in May 1664, 1000 glds. Four of the families were from Drente, the fifth from Gelderland. During the long voyage she had kept her brood in health which was much to her credit. 1703-1796 Marretje Van Voorhees: Abt. (. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. He arrived in New Netherland in 1630, and near a tract purchased in 1636 many of his descendants have lived during all the succeeding generations. In 1555 Philip II , king of Spain, received, at the abdication of his father, Charles V, such rights in the Netherlands as the latter had possessed. The names of the Officers and of the Executive Committee, and the regulations governing membership, are printed elsewhere in this folder. Ancestral File (R). A first edition of this Folder was printed and widely distributed. Father of Stephen Coerten Voorhees; Albert Coerte Voorhees; Aeltje Coerte van Brunt; Neeltje Coertse van Voorhees; Cornelis Coert Voorhees and 3 others; Johannes Coert van Voorhees; Garret Coerten Voorhees and Willauetjs Pieters less 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 2,655 Van Voorhees profiles on Geni, 1664 - Flatlands, New York, British America, To 1684 - Flatbush, Kings, New York, British Colonial America, Stephen Coerts Van Voorhees, Willemtje Roelofs Van Voorhees (born Seuberinge), Aeltje Jacobse van Voorhees (born Stryker). Learn more about managing a memorial . In the course of time arms were registered to prevent improper use, and the Herald's College in England came to be recognized as having more power than any similar institution on the continent. Here we found beautiful rivers, bubbling fountains flowing down into the valleys, basons of running water in the flat lands, agreeable fruits in the woods, such as strawberries, walnuts, wild grapes, etc. Ancestry.com U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; @R6@, Ancestry.com Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015 Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014; @R7@, Ancestry.com A genealogy of the Van Voorhees family in America, or, The descendants of Stephen Coerte Van Voorhees of Holland and Flatlands Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT; Date: 2005; @R7@, Ancestry.com North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016; @R6@, Book Title: A register of the ancestors of Dorr Eugene Felt and Agnes (McNulty) Felt, Ancestry.com Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; @R7@, Ancestry.com New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920 Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004; @R7@, The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (quarterly-1934) - Extracts; Publication Place: New York; Publisher: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society; Page Number: 8, !Source: The Van Voorhees Association, May 1999, Sources found by Rhonda BawdenName(Coert Van Voorhees),parents,Byr,pla,Spouse,Dyr,Bap,End,SP-Archive Record Sheet of Mattie B. On the receipt of the certificate from the College of Heraldry Elias Van Voorhis had a drawing made in the form now familiar, and printed it on a chart, and also in his book on William Roe Van Voorhis. 1643, d. 1708, married aft 1664. That cattle were available was stated, and also something respecting their cost. Hendrickje Stevense Van Voorhees was born in 1655 to Willempie Roelofse Seubering, age 36, and Steven Coerte Van Voorhees, age 55. He never married. IV STEVE N COERTEN'S MIGRATION 1 No RECORD has been discovered of the influence that led Steven Coerten, the ancestor of all who bear the Van Voorhees or Voorhees name in America, to leave in the year 1660 the manor of Voorhees in the province of Drente to make a new home in America. David William Voorhees, editor, Records of The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, Kings County, New York, Vol.1, 1677-1720 (New York: Holland Society of New York, 1998), p.418. Coert van Voorhees - article on Wikepediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coert_van_Voorhees. Wife/Partner: ? Marriage Hendrickje married Albert Albertse Terhune in Flatlands, New York, in 1675 when she was 20 years old. 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. Thus it came about that in the third generation members of t. Geni requires JavaScript! All this is new to them. Feb. 1723/24), Altje Coerte Van Voorhees+ (c 1667 - 12. Ibid., p.413. 1640, d. 28 Oct 1702 Hendrickje Stevense Van Voorhees b. ca. Van Voorhees Association, "Steven Coerts (Coerte) (Coerten) Van Voorhees", New Netherland Connections Vol. Y . At the same time his brother, Jan the Elder, Count of Nassau, became stadtholder of the three northern- 14 T H E VA N VOORHEES HISTORICAL HANDBOOK most provinces, Drenthe, Groningen, and Friesland. Jan Kiersz and wife Hendrickje Stevens from Amersfoort are listed as members of the New Utrecht church 1680-81. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. Roe Van Voorhis," pg. New Amersfoort was previously the site of an anc 25 VI T H EFAMIL Y ARRIVES A T NE W AMERSFOORT "WHEN Steven Coerten came to New Netherland it was with the purpose to make his home in New Amersfoort on the Island of Nassau where a number of Dutch families hadbeen living for some years. Soon other communities began to attract settlers. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. However commodious the homes at Hees they could not 'An address by Wheeler N. Voorhees given at a rally heldin Brooklyn, May 20, 1933, and since rewritten. Sold his Gravesend Long Island property to his son, Albert Coerte, for 295 pounds, on 20 Jun 1699. Birth of Hendrickje Stephense Terhune (Van Voorhees), "Hendrickje Stevense (Stevens) Van Voorhees", "Hendrickje Stevense Stevens Van Voorhees". The method used in the Condensed Genealogy has many advantages, the names of sons only appear, usually with their wives, grouped in their respective generations, Steven Coerten being in the 6 TiE VA N VOORHEES HISTORICAL HANDBOOK first generation, and his five sons, four of whom were also immigrants, composing the second. WIKITREE PROTECTS MOST SENSITIVE INFORMATION BUT ONLY TO THE EXTENT STATED IN THE TERMS OF SERVICE AND PRIVACY POLICY. Capt. Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. He married Marretje Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven, daughter of Gerret Wolfersen Van Kouwenhoven and Aeltje Cornelis Cool, before 1664. It is quite probable that a more comprehensive search at Assen, the capital of the province of Drente, would disclose considerably more data relating to the early history of this family. Brother of Merghin Stevense Van Voorhees; Hendrickje Stephense Kiersen (Van Voorhees); Wessel Stevense Van Voorhees; Aeltji VanVoorhees and Johannes Coerte Van Voorhees cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Preparations were begun with the purpose of sailing inthe spring of that year. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written. On 31 Jul 1681 they sponsor at the same church for the son of Jan Clemente and Maria Bogert. ], Document by Barbara Voorhees Ellis That document is: "Descendants of Steven Coerte Van Voorhees" which is a publication of the Voorhees Association. 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. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. He was a representative from Flatlands in the general assembly, held in New Amsterdam, April 10, 1664, and was delegate to the convention held at New Orange in 1674, to confer with Governor Colve. They were near the place that was to be their home. 1679, d. 1679 Stephen Albertse Terheune+ b. Hendrickje Stevense Van Voorhees was the younger of two daughters named Hendrickje of father Steven Coerts Van Voorhees; her mother was Willemtje Roelofs Seuberinge. . 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 represented Amersfoort at the Assembly in New Amsterdamin April 1664 and at New Orange in 1674. Coert Stevense (Van Voorhees) 1 man, 1 woman, 3 children, 2 slaves. 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. Albert van VOORHEES. Y . She was the second daughter of Steven Coerts Van Voorhees to be named Hendricktje. Y. " Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. He arrived in Nieuw Amsterdam with his family on 15 Apr 1660. [6], He was age 22 when he arrived in New Amsterdam on de Bonte Koe, He was one of two representatives of Flatlands in Assembly held at City Hall in New Amsterdam, April 10, 1664. 1683 - 10. Ch. of State, Albany, N)Y) Vo. If it resembled others of the time it was about 170 feet long, 49 feet beam, and about 20 feet depth of hold. 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. David William Voorhees, editor, Records of The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, Kings County, New York, Vol.1, 1677-1720 (New York: Holland Society of New York, 1998), page 353. 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. 14 May 1727 Aeltje Stevense Van Voorhees b. ca. Coert Stevense Van Voorhees was born in 1637 at Hess, Drenthe, Netherlands. Fortunately the ship's passenger list has been preserved, and reveals the presence of five families, in four of which there were twentythree children-though Steven Coerten's son Coert may be counted as an adult. Between 1400 and ORIGI N OF TH E VA N VOORHEES FAMIL Y 13 1500 the monastery of Dikninge in Drenthe was granted overlordship of the three manors at Hees, and the branches of the ancient family that owned them became feudatories to that monastery, to which they paid a nominal annual rental, with the appellation of meyer or steward, i.e., one who manages the affairs of a landed estate. ), Van Nice Family History 1661-1979, or Vannice, Van Nuis, Van Nuys. (Research):BIOGRAPHY: He came to New Amsterdam with his parents aboard the Bonte Koe in 1660. 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. A copy will be forwarded for $1. Names of Members from Amersfort. The death on February 5, 1932, of John R. Voorhis at the age of one hundred and two years, after a life of unusual service to the City of New York, has given the name nation-wide prominence. 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 (????-????) 641. He owned much land and appears in many transfers of property. 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. He came over with his father in 1660, settled in Flatlands. ense Van Voorhees, Jan (Stevense Van Vorhees) Voorhees, Aeltje Van Voorhees, Albert (Stevense) Van Voorhees, Jannetje Stevense Schenck (b Steven Coertse Van Voorhees, Willemtje Roelofse Van Voorhees (born Seubering). Category: Early Dutch immigrants to the United States. (III) Coert Stevense, son of Steven Coert Van Voorhees, was born 1637, died after 1702. At this crossing of Indian trails, however, were several small, treeless prairies or plains several thousand acres in extent, of rich black soil, elevated slightly above sea level, surrounded on the northeast and southwest by forestbordered streams, and on the south and east by sedge meadows and the waters of Jamaica Bay. It should be borne in mind, however, that in a genealogy all who are in the same numerical generation were not necessarily contemporaries. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154682295/albert-stevense-van_voorhees. He represented Amersfoor t at the Assembly in New Amsterdamin April 1664 and at Ne w Orange in 1674. The church was completed that year. 1684, at the ripe age of eighty-four, possessed of several tracts of land in and about Flatlands, as is evidenced by later conveyances made by his heirs. Notes for Coerten Stephense Van Voorhees: Immigrated in 1660 to New Amsterdam with his father. It has been stated in several trees and books that Hendrickje was married to a Jan Kiers/Kierse. Of conditions there many encouraging reports had been received. For the purchase of this aforesaid land and rights Steven Koerten, purchaser of the aforesaid land and belongings, promises to pay to the aforesaid Corneles Dercsen Hooghlant, or to whosoever may acquire his title, the sum of 400 guldens, Holland money and 3000 guldens in good strung negotiable sewan, viz., in four installments : the first installment of 400 glds. In- consequence of the religious persecutions in France during the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, thousands of Huguenot families were added to the population of the Netherlands. Shortly before this other families, especially those living in central New Jersey, had accepted the abreviated name, Voorhees. Good tillage land. J., at a local family reunion, will be deemed a fitting conclusion to this first publication of the VA N VOORHEES ASSOCIATION. Reference to an early map of Kings County shows that it is located several miles inland, near the shores of Jamaica Bay, a landlocked body of water having access to the Atlantic ocean through a narrow inlet at what is now Rockaway Point. He married Cornelia Reiniers Wizzel-penning on 17 March 1678, in Flatlands, Kings, New York, United States. The interest of all members of the Van Voorhees Family, however they spell their names, is confidently anticipated. A memorial tablet was placed in the Hackensack Church in memory of Albert Stevensen van Voorhees 10 Oct 1942 on the tenth anniversary of the Van Voorhees Association. Firm set, of deep root, were the oaks, unheeding the winds that assailed them, While under their wide-spreading branches they offered protection and shelter. Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. There are no annual dues. 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. A., p. 144. He married Marretje Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven, daughter of Gerret Wolfersen Van Kouwenhoven and Aeltje Cornelis Cool, b 1664. 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. Husband of Cornelia Reimers Wizzelpenning and Femmetje Aukes Van Voorhees While Mr. Van Voorhis succeeded in tracing many of these to the ninth, and some to the tenth generation, he was aware of many omissions and not a few errors. 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. M.D . 20 Apr 1683, d. 10 Oct 1757, On 14 May 1682 Court and Marritie were baptism sponsors for Court son of Meinard Courten Van Voorhees and wife Maria Pia (Pra? There was first father Steven Coerten, a patriarch indeed ! Internet I nformation from Michael Fromholt Died in 1677 in Flatlan d World Family Tree The Ancestors of Two Sisters by Helen a nd Carol Cortelyou Internet Edenfield Genealogical Societ y died after 1702 Internet John R Okerson Family Page d ied before 1702 Internet Roots Web - Chandler/Case Family T ree Internet - Darmi Genealogy - Gerrit Wolfert Van Couwenh oven Family Internet - Darmi Genealogy - Coert Van Voorhes s Family. Coert, born circa 1550, must have died early, leaving minor children. Among the latter's children wereCoert, Jan, and Hilbert. He married Elena Vander Schure after 1691, they had eight children baptised Dutch Church, Hackensack, NJ between 1694 and 1708. This Historical Handbook is the result. Hilbert apparently took over the stewardship of the manor of Voorhees after his brother Coert's death, for he is mentioned in 1584, -and in that office in 1592, when it was still nominally under the monastery of Dikninge. Coert Stevense Van Voorhees died after 20-Jun-1699. Later studies make it possible for us to come a little closer to the facts as the documents reveal them. His sons and daughters married into the "best families" of the settlement and appear also to have prospered. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. 51; H. Stoutenburgh, "Documentary History of Oyster Bay," pg. Albertse Van Voorheese, Stephen Albertse Van Voorheese, Jannetje Albertse Ackerman (born Van Voorheese), William Albertse Van Voorheese, oorhees), Stephen Van Voorhees, Stephen Albertse Van Voorhees, Jannetje Albertse Ackerman (born Vanvoorhees), Willemtje Albertse Van Voor May 24 1727 - Hackensack, New Jersey, United States, Steven Coerts Van Voorhees, Willemtje Roelofs Seubering. Had we cows and hogs and other cattle that are to be sent to us we would not wish to return. Geni requires JavaScript! 3. in 1695, 1700, 1702, 1704 and 1714. Y. Stephen Robin Voris, 2526 East 26th St., Brooklyn, N . 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. Was she divorced or separated from Albert? Jun. Their last appearance together in the official records is at the baptism of their grandson Albert. Entry Cites John Reynolds Totten, "Van Der Beek Family Notes", New York Genealogical & Biographical Record Vol. Voorhees, Cornelia Albertse Westervelt (born van Voorhees), Margritie Albertse Alyea (born Van Voorhees), Willemptje Albertse Van Voorhee 1654 - Hees, De Wolden, Drenthe, Nederland, May 14 1727 - Hackensack, Bergen County, Province of New Jersey, Steven Stephen van Voorhees, Willemtje Roelofs Willempie Seubering Seuberinge, Seuberg, Jelletje Reiniers Helletje Tilletje, Hilletje Wizzlepenning, Magdaleen Elena Helena, Magdalena van der Schuere. The executor was Koert Stevensen; witnesses Garitt Stoothoff, Dirk Amerman, Jan Terhunen and Samuel Garretsen. 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. Learn more about merges. Hence we may believe that about the first of June De Bonte Kou sailed proudly into the lower bay, past Sandy STEVE N COERTEN'S MIGRATIO N 21 Hoek, with Coney Eylandt to the right ; then throughthe Narrows, and the inner harbor until she came to anchor off the southern tip of Manhattan. Coert Stevense Van Voorhees was born in 1637 at Hess, Drenthe, Netherlands. May 17,1863, and he was admitted to the New York bar three days later. There were also Steven's daughter, Hendrickje, and her husband, Jan Kevers-Kiers or K3fciead as later spelled-who also had decidedto become adventurers. WIKITREE PROTECTS MOST SENSITIVE INFORMATION BUT ONLY TO THE EXTENT STATED IN THE TERMS OF SERVICE AND PRIVACY POLICY. Other spellings are Drent and Drenthe, but the "h" is not pronounced. 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. They settled in Amersfoort on Long Island, later named Flatlands, now in the Borough of Brooklyn of the City of New York. T H E FAMIL Y GENEALOGIST 3 World, which commenced April 15, 1660. Alberts Albertsz and wife Hendrikje Stephens. 54.] This action was certified on the margin of the document over the signature of Peter Stuyvesant, Director General, and C. V. Ruiven, Secretary. N.J . Coert married Marretje Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven, daughter of Gerret Wolfersen Van Kouwenhoven and Aeltje Cornelis Cool, before 1664. 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. Twenty-nine, including a servant from Meppel, were from Drente, four from Gelderland and one from Zeeland. He was born circa 1639 at Of, Ruenen, Drenthe, Netherlands. In the confusion that followed the disintegration of Charlemagne's Carolingian empire, the bishops of Utrecht gained secular power in A.D. 94L In A.D. 1024 the bishop of Utrecht became lord of Drenthe, where the people were at this belated hour emerging from their Saxon heathenism. 1, page 52 (1996): 1:53. He married Elizabeth Van Orden, daughter of Adam Jans Van Norden and Abeltie Slot, on 18 March 1721. 1656, d. ca. The book was published in 1888, and is now out of print. Steven Van Voorhees (1600 - 16 February 1684) was an early Dutch settler and the patriarch of the Voorhees family line and namesakes. You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. This Indian currency has been found as far north as Hudson Bay and Alaska. In 1664, he was a magistrate and founder of the Dutch Reformed Church in present day Flatlands, He emigrated with his family in April 1660 to the New Netherlands in the ship Bontekoe. 1637, d. ca. Altje Coerte, married (first) Johannes Willemse; (second) Joost Rutfertse Van Brunt. 12, 1662 ; d. On the assessment rolls of Flatlands of 1675 and 1683 and took the oath of allegiance there in 1687. [9] [10] He took his oath of allegiance in September 1687 as Coert Stevense Van Voorhuys, having been in the country 27 years. 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