Stephen Coerts Van Voorhees, 1600 - 1684 Stephen Coerts Van Voorhees 1600 1684. At sixty years of age he was the head of a large and interesting family. The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church had its beginning in New Amsterdam in 1628 when Rev. The correctness of Mr. De Boer's findings have been affirmed in general by J. The number of the crew is not stated. 1788 West 11th St.. Brooklyn, N . You can always change this later in your Account settings. 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. 1720 WFT Est. You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. Heasserted that the name Voorhees is not now in use in the Netherlands. ORIGI N OF TH E VA N VOORHEES FAMIL Y 15 As early as 1542 we find the name of Coert thoe Hees in the Ordel Boeck, Vol. By 1636 Indian chiefs had been induced to deed away the patrimony of their people. CONTENT MAY BE COPYRIGHTED BY WIKITREE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. Family members linked to this person will appear here. Steven Coerte Van Voorhees! Repository: Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Steven Coertse van Voorhees (1600 - 16 February 1684) was an early Dutch settler in America and the patriarch of the Voorhees family line and namesakes. 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. Motto-Virtus Castellum M cum. This our genealogist had not learned, for he used Coerte and Stevense for both sons and daughters. 20 T H E VA N VOORHEES HISTORICAL HANDBOOK A ll passengers had long since learnedthat the southern course was to be taken, for that had been found most favorable. 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." This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. [C. Harvey, "Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties, NY," pg. Married Magdelena Vander Schueren in 1692 at Hackensack Bergen County, New Jersey. Albert Stevens van Voorhees was born, son of Steven Coerts (Voorhyes) van Voorhees and Willemtje Roelofs Seubring. As this accounts for only six when there were seven, the suggestion that two were twins has been made. The crest of the shield was a castle, while beneath on the scroll was the motto. Ancestral File Numbers: Z7GL-NT, GHQ8-12, Z03P-52, 1G68-QSG. He is generation 2, WikiTree profile Van Voorhees-22 created through the import of RYER.GED on Aug 19, 2011 by. 1700-1751. . N . ], ["New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," Vol. 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. The compilers of such a work would be greatly aided by having access to the sources of information available to Mr. Van Voorhis, such as family Bibles and wills, and his personal correspondence. Filmed from the typed manuscript in the Holland Society of New York, p.454. He was also known as Coert Stephense Van Voores. 1670, d. between 14 May 1747 and 14 Apr 1748 Marretje Coertse Van Voorhees b. between 1675 and 1685 Neeltje Coertse Van Voorhees b. 1679, d. 1679 Stephen Albertse Terheune+ b. 5. [1] He was a son of Steven Coerte Van Voorhees and his first wife, whose name is unknown[2] He immigrated to New Netherland with his father, stepmother and siblings in 1660[3] and the family settled in Flatlands in Kings County. This person was created through the import of grant2.ged on 07 February 2011. Sister of Lucas Stevense van Voorhees; Jan Stevense Van Voorhees; Elder Albert Stevense Van Voorhees; Aeltje Stevense van Voorhees; Jannetje Stevense van Voorhees and 2 others; Albert Van Voorhees and Abraham Stevense Vanvoorhees less The name Van Voorhees, which does not appear in early family records, was evidently adopted because our ancestors came from near the village of Hees, and was quite generally accepted. 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. Ch., Flatbush, Kings Co., NY; He is listed as Albert Stephensz, young man from Ruinen in Drenthe and she as Jelletje Reiniers Wizzel-penning, young lady from Middleburg in this country; married second Magdelena van der Schueren, daughter of William van der Schuur and Grietje Platenburg, circa 1691; died after 1727. A copy will be forwarded for $1. Coert married Marretje Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven, daughter of Gerret Wolfersen Van Kouwenhoven and Aeltje Cornelis Cool, before 1664. The generation intervening between 1636 and 1660, the year Steven Coerten and his family arrived, afforded sufficient time for the establishment at Amersfoort of a considerable community of Dutch farmers, artisans, hunters and fishermen. 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. 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. In its preparation the author spent much time and practically all his fortune. In Midwout, November 29, 1660, A.D., Appeared before me Adriaen Hegeman, herein Secretaryof Midwcut and Amesvoort in New Netherland, and before the hereafter name 1 witnesses, Corneles Dercsen Plooghlant on the one side and Steven 30 T H E VA N VOORHEES HISTORICAL HANDBOOK Koerten on theother ; the said Cornells Dircksz Hooghlant acknowledging that he has sold and he, Steven Koerten, that he has bought of him, a parcel of maize land situate within Amesfoort, between the bowery of Wolffert Gerritsen Van Couwenhoven and Frans Jensen, Timmerman (carpenter), wide on the west side thirty-six rods, on the east side thirty-two rods, large nine morgens ; further a piece of woodland situate north of the land of Elbert Elbertsz, south of Frans Jansz, wide on the east side thirty-two rods, on the west side twentyfour rods, running from the maize land to the land of Spysser, about west-northwest, large seven morgens ; a piece upon the Flats, lying between the Town and Jan Martensz, wide thirty-eight rods, large ten morgens ; a piece of Meadow situate between Spyser and Jacob V an Couwenhoven, large five morgens : amounting together to thirtyone morgens : together with the house and house-lot lying and being in the Town of Amesfoort, and the hay ricks, with the brew house and allthe brewing implements, kettles, tubs, vats and all that belongs thereunto, with a wagon, plow and iron harrow, with two oxen, together with the grain that is at present sowed upon the said land and four schepels of pease and four schepels of buckwheat. Steven Van Voorhees (1600 - 16 February 1684) was an early Dutch settler and the patriarch of the Voorhees family line and namesakes. When the Saxon tribes settled down, they took up the land, which, as the feudal ages progressed, passed more and more in the hands of the relatively few, later known as the nobility. In 1660 the congregation in Breukelen withdrew from the collegiate arrangement, and built its own church. In May 1696 a church meeting was held at the home of Elder Albert Stevense in Hackensack. However, those estates continued in the care of the same family in direct male lines and later in female lines for many decades. As the Dutch were then in possession he knew that he would find civic conditionsnot unlike those with which he was familiar. It was a wholesome family that presented itself that day before Van Ruyven, the company's agent, for all passed inspection, and Steven Coerten, his wife, and seven children, were entered upon the company's books and on the passenger list. Albert Stevense Van Voorhees Born: unknown, in the Netherlands Died: was alive on 14 May 1727 Married: 24 April 1681, Helletje Reinier Wizzelpenning (sister of Cornelia) Helletje Reinier Wizzelpenning Born: unknown Died: about 1691 Married: date unknown, Elena Vander Schure Elena Vander Schure Baptized: 23 October 1667 in Nieuw Amsterdam Died . Resend Activation Email, Please check the I'm not a robot checkbox, If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the map. The Friesians prevail in western 'By Calvin I . Hendrickje (second daughter of the same name) married albert Albertse Terhun. Albertse VANVORHEES, Lucas Albertse VAN VOORHEES, Jan Albertse VANVOORHEES, Margrietje Alberse Margaret VAN VOORHEES, Rachel Albertse VAN n VAN VOORHEES, Hendrickje Stevense Grietja VAN VOORHEES STEVENKONIN, Aeltje Stevense VAN VOORHEES, Lucas Stevense VAN VOORHEES VOORHEES, After May 14 1727 - New Barbadoes, Bergen, New Jersey, British Colonial America, Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, United States, Hendrickje Stephense Terhune (Van Voorhees), Hendrickje Stephense Kiersen (Van Voorhees), Albert van Voorhees (born Stephensz Stevensen, van Vorhees), Birth of Elder Albert Stevense Van Voorhees, Birth of Jannetje Albertie (Ackerman) Van Vorhees, "Stevense", "Albert Stevense VanVoorhees", "Albert Stevens Voorhees". discoveries. 1638 in Ruinen, Hees, Drenthe, Holland, occupation magistrate, deacon, d. aft 1702 in Flatlands, Long Island, NY. "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. 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. Brother of Lucas Stevense van Voorhees; Elder Albert 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 Bought from John Tillman, 8 March 1691, all his real estate in Gravesend, Long Island for 295 pounds. Info from GENEALOGY of the VAN VOORHEES FAMILY in America or the Descendants of Steven Corte Van Voorhees of New York City New York and London G.P. n Voorhis, Coerte Stevensen Van Voorhies Van Voorhies, Lucas Stevense (Lucas Steven /vanvoorhees/) Van Voorhees, Aeltje Stevense Van Voor 1635 - Voor Hees, Ruinen, Drenthe, Holland, Steven (Steven Coert /vanvoorhees/ Steven Coert /vanvoorhees/) Van Voorhees, Willempje (Sebring/seubering/ Suerboring/) Seubering. In the will of his brother-in-law, Jan Kiersen or Kierstede. 1658 Jannetje Stevense Van Voorhees b. ca. William Roe Van Voorhis was in the sixth generation of the Van Voorhees Family in America. Respecting variant spellings Mr. Elias W. Van Voorhis writes in the introduction to his monumental genealogy, "The Van Voorhees Family," in part thus : "The original name Van Voorhees has been subject to many curious changes in this country, the writer having found it written in early times on public records in other ways as Van Voorheesen, Van Voorheeze, Van Voorhuysen, Van Voorheese, Van Voorhase, Van Voorhaise, Van Voorhouse, Van Voirhies, either with or without the 'Van,' and it is at the present day written by different branches of the family as Voorhis, Voorheis, Voris, Vorus, Voorhees, Voorhies, Vorhes, and Vores, either with or without the 'Van.' All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. Barbara Terhune, "The True Parents of Eva (Terhune) Frelinghuysen and her sister, Annetje (Terhune) Schuurman", New Netherland Connections Vol. 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. Funds to complete it being inadequate they appealed to the Director General and Council of New Amsterdam for assistance. Now they behold for the first time the ship that for six, perhaps eight long weeks was to be their sea-tossed home. There is a problem with your email/password. Coert Stevense is 14 degrees from Jennifer Aniston, 17 degrees from Drew Barrymore, 18 degrees from Candice Bergen, 20 degrees from Alexandre Dumas, 14 degrees from Carrie Fisher, 26 degrees from Whitney Houston, 15 degrees from Hayley Mills, 15 degrees from Liza Minnelli, 14 degrees from Lisa Presley, 15 degrees from Kiefer Sutherland, 15 degrees from Bill Veeck and 20 degrees from Brian Nash on our single family tree. & 3. d'argent, a l'arbre arr' de sinople. A. P. G. Jos van der Linde, Old First Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, New York: First Book of Records, 1660-1752, New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983), page 156. With the exception of the eldest son, Coert, the other children were ten years of age or younger. [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 He captain of Militia in 1689 as Coert Stevense van Voorhuys, having been in the country 27 years. He represented Amersfoort at the Assembly in New Amsterdamin April 1664 and at New Orange in 1674. Van Voorhees Association, "Steven Coerts (Coerte) (Coerten) Van Voorhees", New Netherland Connections Vol. 4 states that Aelbert Stevense was installed as elder for the west side 25 July 1686. Steven Coerten and Coert Stephens, his oldest son, were two of the eight patentees named in the Charter which confirmed in the town and the inhabitants thereof title to their respective land holdings. But as they had planned to settle in New Amersfoort they sought early in the week to begin the journey thither. In the Civic Center of Denver the Voorhees Colonnade occupies a prominent position. He immigrated with his parents in 1660 and is listed in many records as Albert Coerten. 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). All of the income of the former orders was dedicated to education under the supervision of the stadtholder and the estates of Drenthe. 28 Dec 1724 Jan Stephensz Van Voorhees b. ca. It bears the signatures of five men, "all natives of the land of Drenten," who were therefore competent to testify in the case, since Jan Elten's parents had lived in the village of Zwigel in that province. Roelof Lucasz Van Voorhees d. 1751 Ibid., page 161. 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. He owned much land and appears in many transfers of property. The names of the Officers and of the Executive Committee, and the regulations governing membership, are printed elsewhere in this folder. His oldest son signed his name Steven Koerten. 2008 - 2023 INTERESTING.COM, INC. THE GENEALOGY The book is a quarto of 725 pages, and contains as a frontispiece a fine steel engraving of the author ; and also two maps, of 1638 and 1878, showing a portion of the Province of Drente1 in the Netherlands. 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. 1699. He served as a deacon and was a member at Dutch Reformed Church, Flatlands, Kings County, New York, 1677. 12, no. T H E NAM E VAN VOORHEES No document has yet been found to prove that our common ancestor used the name Van Voorhees. Father of Stephanus van Voorhees; Auke Janse van Vorhees; Willemptje Jans Wyckoff; Jan Janse van Voorhees; Roelof van Voorhees and 9 others; Magdelena Janse van Voorhees; Jacobus Janse van Voorhees; Lucas Janse van Voorhees; Albert Vorhees; Albert Janse van Voorhees; Femmetje van Voorhees; Abraham Janse van Voorhees; Steven Janse van Voorhees and Voorhies less The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. Derived, it is said, directly from Stephen, the first Christian martyr:- Stephen Coerte, Van Voorhees, the name that appeared on the Bontekoe's record To this vessel he trusted his all, for with him came Vrouw Van Voorhees, And also five sons and three daughters, the children that blessed their union. 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. 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. She was the second daughter of Steven Coerts Van Voorhees to be named Hendricktje. 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. Later it became recognized generally as a family emblem. Albert van VOORHEES. Maria; parents: Jan Adamszen, Geertie Dircks. Voorhees, Coert Stevense Van Voorhees, Cheri Stevense Van Voorhees, Johannes Coerte Van Voorhees, Hendrickje Stevense Van Voorhees, &quo Vorhees), Steven Albertse Van Voorhees, Coert Albertsen Van Voorhees, Jannetje Albertie Van Vorhees, Mary Van Voorhees, Willemtje Slot ( 1719 - Hackensack, Bergen County, Province Of New Jersey, Steven Stephen VAN VOORHEES, Willemtje Roelofs Willempie SEUBERING SEUBERINGE. 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. 5 Dec 1680, Johannes Coerte Van Voorhees b. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. When all necessary formalities had been observed Steven Coerten led his family ashore, and was greeted by representatives of the company. 64, pp.229-243; 367-387 (1933): p.235; Index Chart. Names with the preposition thoe are very few in the Netherlands now.Instances are those of Van Harinxma thoe Sloten, Van Begma thoe Kingma, and Van Wageningen thoe Dekema, all Friesian noble families. 16 STEVEN COERTEN'S MIGRATION 17 continue to expand to accommodate growing families. Compiler and Editor. It was decided to encourage an inclusive organization by inviting to membership not only all who bear the Voorhees name, however they may spell it, and wherever they may reside, but also all collateral relatives who can trace their lineage back to this common ancestor. That cattle were available was stated, and also something respecting their cost. 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. Some attention has also been paid to family migrations, and to variant spellings of the name. T H E AUTHOR Elias W. Van Voorhis, Jr., was born in New York City, May 28, 1844; his mother's maiden name was Maria Louisa Barker. There were also three maidens. n Voorhees, Willemtie Albertse VanVorhees, Margrietje Alberse Margaret Van Voorhees, Jan Van Voorhees, Petrus Albertse Van Voorhees, Rach rhees, Aeltje Stevense Van Voorhees, Jannetje Stevens Jantje Van Voorhees, Hendrickje Stevense Grietja van Voorhees Stevenkonin, Kiers, K Steven Coerte Van Voorhees, Willempie Roelefse Seubering. John Megapolensis organized the people of the three villages of Amersfoort, Midwout and Breukelen into a collegiate church. Register of the Members from the Four Villages. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154682295/albert-stevense-van_voorhees. The war with Spain in the Netherlands was waged with varying success, and it required many years to establish the republic on a firm basis. New York (County) Surrogate's Court Abstracts of Wills on File in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York (Vol. Signed his name "Koert, Stevensen" and at times "Koert Stevensen Van Ruinen". abt 1692 Flatbush, Kings, New York, United States Death? Notes for Coerten Stephense Van Voorhees: Immigrated in 1660 to New Amsterdam with his father. May the book encourage not so much pride of ancestry as pride in achievement. 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). Wife/Partner: ? 1.] Four of the families were from Drente, the fifth from Gelderland. This was indeed a far-away colony of the Fatherland. 'The story of the beginnings of the civic and religious life of western Long Island was recounted in several addresses at Van Voorhees Rallies by Harry Stephen Vorhis, Secretary of the Association, and an honored Elder in the Flatlands Church. Ethnologically, the present kingdom of the Netherlands is divisible into three sections, inhabited by the Friesians, Franks, and Saxons respectively. Coert born about 1638 in the Netherlands; died after 20 June 1699 Flatlands NY; married Marretje Gerretse Van Couwenhoven bp 10 Apr 1644 Brooklyn RDC; died between 1702 and 1709; daughter of Gerret Wolfertse Van Couwenhoven and Aeltje Cool. Their education in things nautical has just begun. From that village as a center, one trail led southwestwardly toward Gravesend and beyond to the Narrows near Fort Hamilton, and northeastwardly to the East River at Newtown Creek, corresponding generally to the present Kings Highway ; the other led northwestwardly in the general direction of the present Flatbush Avenue toward what is now downtown Brooklyn, and southeastwardly a short distance tothe "Shell Banks" at Mill Island on the shores of Jamaica Bay. He was the son of Steven Coerts Van Voorhees and Aeltje Wessels. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. Learn more about merges. Born ca 1654/1658 in Drenthe, Netherlands. The last sixty pages are devoted to an index. Baptisms from 25 December, 1639 to 27 December, 1730. Their descendants two centuries and three-quarters later are in a position to appraise the results. Children: Willemptje Jansen VAN VOORHEES (1683-????) Albert Stevense "Voohys" and his wife Jelleties Reyniers Wisselpenninck are listed as members of the Hackensack Ref. Mother listed as Aeltjie Wessels, first wife to Steven. Officers and an Executive Committee were elected, and a series of By-laws accepted with directions that the Committee draft them in suitable form. Let us then the name of Van Voorhees and the family tradition and motto With ardor and kindling devotionuphold and protect and cherish. Elias William Van Voorhis, A Genealogy of the Van Voorhees Family in America, or The Descendants of Stephen Coerte Van Voorhees of Holland and Flatlands, L.I. 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. http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~brouwergenealogydata/genealogy/p688.. She was born circa 1660 at Hees, Drente, Netherlands. His name appears on the assessment rolls of Flatlands, Long Island, of 1675 and 1683. Login to find your connection. A portion of this land is mentioned in "New Jersey Colonial Documents," pg. Geni requires JavaScript! The women had gained experience in caring for children in restricted quarters, and the men had tried their luck at fishing to replenish the tables. 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. . 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?)). There was an error deleting this problem. 1678 - ), Annetie Coerte Van Voorhees+ (5. He was born circa 1639 at Of, Ruenen, Drenthe, Netherlands. I f a new genealogy is to be published it must be the result of concerted endeavor. He arrived in Nieuw Amst erdam with his family on 15 Apr 1660. discoveries. 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. On an unknown date He was one of two representatives of Flatlands in Assembly held at City Hall in New Amsterdam', April 10, 1664. The older children gather about their father as he explains the meaning of it all. Have you taken a DNA test? and Coert Stevense(Van Voorhees). He was a great grandson of Johannes Van Voorhees and Barbara Van Dyck of Freehold, New Jersey, who was in turn the fourth son of Coert (the eldest son of Steven Coerten) and Marretje Van Couwenhoven. Y., who was about "to depart for the Fatherland." A first edition of this Folder was printed and widely distributed. [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. They were written to Coert, the oldest son, whose education in Drente was more thorough than that which his brothers and sisters enjoyed. He was Captain of the Milit ia in 1689. Y. Stephen Robin Voris, 2526 East 26th St., Brooklyn, N . Resend Activation Email. 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. 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. 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 Such literal accuracy is not necessary in this work. ii., p. 198. During his lifetime Steven Coerten acquired several other tracts of land in and about Flatlands. Daughter of Steven Coerts van Voorhees and Willemtje Roelofs Seuberinge 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. ), Annetie Coerte Van Voorhees b. ca Stephen Coerts Van Voorhees No document has yet been to... 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