These civil divisions continued for eighteen years. ), Van Nice Family History 1661-1979, or Vannice, Van Nuis, Van Nuys. 1713 www.conovergenealogy.com/ancestor-p/p223.htm#i9119. 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. Wheeler X . In the early pages of his work the author printed manyextracts from histories of New Amsterdam, New York, and Long Island; the New Netherlands Register, the Documentary History of New 4 T H E VA N VOORHEES HISTORICAL HANDBOOK York, and other sources, copying usually with great care the names as therein found and spelled. It mattered not how proud the Dutch, nor how brave their governor, superior British cannon backing an imperial demand made surrender inevitable. Steven Van Voorhees. IMPORTANT PRIVACY NOTICE & DISCLAIMER: YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO USE CAUTION WHEN DISTRIBUTING PRIVATE INFORMATION. Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York. 1667-1687 WFT Est. She was the second daughter of Steven Coerts Van Voorhees to be named Hendricktje. 1, page 52 (1996): 1:53. Let us then the name of Van Voorhees and the family tradition and motto With ardor and kindling devotionuphold and protect and cherish. 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. 1683 - 10. They were God-fearing and persistent, and we give them honor. Thus passing down the I j the vessel sailed into the Zuider Zee and was headed northward, until at Texel Strom, a pilot was taken aboard, and the North Sea entered. Albert Stevense Van Voorhees, of Flatlands, L.I., and afterwards of Hackensack, Bergen Co., N.J., b. ; d. ; m. 1st, Barrentje Willemse, b. ; d. ; m. 2d, Apr. This has been done. Thereaft ;r no fixed regulations were adopted governing heraldry. Amersfort. 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. Aug. 13, 1651; d. (Will dated Feb. 3, 1704). Resend Activation Email. 3. He was born between 1697 and 1700 at Bergen County, NJ. Vorhees), Steven Albertse Van Voorhees, Coert Albertsen Van Voorhees, Jannetje Albertie Van Vorhees, Willemtje Slot (born Van Voorhees), May 14 1727 - Hackensack, Bergen Co., NJ, USA, Steven (Steven Coert /vanvoorhees/ Steven Coert /vanvoorhees/) Van Voorhees, Unknown Van Voorhees, Van Voorhees, Lucas Stevense Van Voorhees, Hendrickje Stevense Van Voorhees, Jannetje Stevense Stevenson Simpson Sympson (born Van Voorhees), May 24 1727 - Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, Telletje Reynierse Van Voorhees (born Wizzelpenning), Magdalena Helena Van Voorhees (born Van Der Schueren). 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. '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. 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. In 1584, when the Dutch Republic was formed under the sovereignty of the Lords States General, William the Silent, Prince of Orange, became supreme commander of the army and navy of the republic and also executive or stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, and Gelderland. Steven Coerts Van Voorhees, Willemtje Roelofse Van Voorhees (born Seubering). 4, page 92 (2007). 1672-1702: Claudia Jurkiewicz: Private O'Connor, Joseph Charles Private: Emma E. Kabe: September 21, 1881 WFT Est. Left behind were the meads of old Holland and his home near the village of Hees : Hence the surname he bore, as do we, the euphonious name of Van Voorhees. Representative from Flatlands in the general assembly held in new Amsterdam 10 Apr 1664 and a delegat to the convention held at New Orange in 1674. 30 Jun 1676, d. 4 Aug 1750 Barbara is listed as a descendant of Kenneth J. Voorhees who is in the 11th generation. There can be little doubt that Elder Steven Coerten was buried in the old church. There were heart burnings to be sure. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. From the Atlas LeTheatre du Monde, by Guillaume and Jean Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1638. If it resembled others of the time it was about 170 feet long, 49 feet beam, and about 20 feet depth of hold. No attempt has been made to compile a connected history of the family. "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. 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. Here Steven Coerten and his family assembled for official inspection, and a final decision as to the cost of the passage. Printed in the L'ntted States ot America By Thatcher-Anders in Company New Brunswick. Ch. In - heriting the patient, sturdy and self-reliant character of the Lowlanders who had expelled the Spaniards, and had adopted the evangelical Christian faith as it had been reestablished by the Reformation, Steven Coerten had no doubt long pondered over the question of migrating to the new world, where he and his family might acquire better land and live a freer life, less circumscribed by European conventions. Y . 1678 - ), Annetie Coerte Van Voorhees+ (5. 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. Born in 1600 at Drenthe, The Netherlands. EES, Cornelis VAN VOORHEES, Neeltje Coerts VANVORHEES, Altje VAN VOORHEES, Garrit STEVENSEN, Albert VAN VOORHEES, Gerrit Coerte VAN VOORH Stevense VAN VOORHEES, Stevenson (Van Voorhees) COERT, Johannes Coerte VAN VOORHIS, Cheri Stevense VAN VOORHEES, Lucas Stevense VAN VOOR Circa 1638 - Hees, Ruinen, Drenthe, Netherlands, After 1702 - Flatlands, Kings, Colony Of New York, British America, Steven Coerte VAN VOORHEES, Aaltje Hauels WESSELS, Marrichjen Stevense VAN VOORHEES, Wessel Coerte VAN VOORHEES, Hendrickje Stevense Van VOORHEES, 1638 - Ruinen, Gemeente De Wolden, Drenthe, Pays-Bas, 1637 - Voor Hees, Ruinen, Drenthe, Nederland, After 1702 - Flatlands, Kings, New York, Usa, Steven Koerts VAN VOORHEES, Aeltje Wessels UNKNOWN, Albert Coertesen VAN VOORHEES, Neeltje Coertesen VAN VOORHEES, Voor Hees, , Drenth, Holland, Ruinen, De Wolden, DR, Netherlands, Hendrickje Stephense Kiersen (Van Voorhees), Hendrickje Stephense Terhune (Van Voorhees), http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/hmgfm/voorhees-1.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coert_van_Voorhees. 1, page 52 (1996): 1:53. 1670, d. between 14 May 1747 and 14 Apr 1748 Marretje Coertse Van Voorhees b. between 1675 and 1685 Neeltje Coertse Van Voorhees b. His forename of Coert was carried down succeeding generations to the shores of America. Or if not a lineal descendant you have found your place in the clan By lovingly joining your fortunes with one or another or other Of those who proudly inherit the name, or the blood of Van Voorhees. He was born in 1638 at Hees, Drenthe, Netherlands. On its spacious grounds a large and well equipped Church House, and a commodious parsonage indicate healthy church activities, and the adjoining cemetery, a constant reminder of the loyal generations of the past, insures to the church freedom from encroachments. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. 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. 1658 Jannetje Stevense Van Voorhees b. ca. 19 Nov 1679. 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 There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. rhees, Jan Stevense Van Voorhees, Aeltje Stevense Van Voorhees, Hendrickje Stephense Van Voorhees Stevenkonin, Kiers, Kierz, Kiersen, Jan Hilletje Reinier Wisselpenning (born Wizzelpenning), Elena (Magdalena) Willemse Van Voorhees (born Van Der Schueren), Sarah Willemse Voorhees (born Cornelisse). Ann Voorhees who married Benjamin Hyde. It is hoped that the stories assembled will serve toarouse interest, and to encourage a wider feeling of kinship in view of a common inheritance. Albert Stevense Van Voorhees died after 14-May-1727. It was first called New Amersfoort, after a city in the Province of Utrecht, near which Wolphert Gerritse "Van Couwenhoven, one of the earliest patentees, was born. On an unknown date he was one of two representatives of Flatlands in Assembly held at City Hall in New Amsterdam, April 10, 1664. To use this feature, use a newer browser. Jan was 8 on arrival. On February 9, 1654, Rev. 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. in 1695, 1700, 1702, 1704 and 1714. Albert Terhuness. If a person who had no arms was made a schepen he was practically obliged to assume a coat-of-arms, and these remained in almost all instances the arms of the family. "As there was only one Van Voorhees family in Holland, which in early times (we know not how early) took its name from residing 'voor' (meaning before or in front of) the village of Hees, it follows clearly that the arms above were those of the family, and as such, all of his descendants are equally entitled to their use. She died in 1692 or 1693 at Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA. 54.] However, those estates continued in the care of the same family in direct male lines and later in female lines for many decades. 12, no. Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. Jan; parents: Barend Jurriaansz, Aaltje Stephens; op Utrecht; witnesses: Jan Stephensz, Hendrikje Stephensz. Drag images here or select from your computer for Albert Stevense Van Voorhees memorial. Is anyone with access able to verify: (Jan Kiers) "His will was dated on 4 August 1705 proved 3 Sep 1705. https://archive.org/details/vanvoorheesvoorh00vori/page/n5/mode/2up, https://ia800202.us.archive.org/21/items/colonialfamilie00rhoagoog/colonialfamilie00rhoagoog.pdf, http://www.purfeerst.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I052642&tree=purfeer, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175017336/hendrickje-stevens-terheune, New Netherland Settlers Merge Approval System, New Netherland Settlers Project Needs Church Records. One written in 1624 may be quoted in part : "We were much gratified on arriving in this country. Entry Cites John Reynolds Totten, "Van Der Beek Family Notes", New York Genealogical & Biographical Record Vol. And I do hereby consti- tute and appoint my loving wife Femmetje to be whole and sole Executrix of this, my last Will and Testament, and I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke, and disannul all and every other former Testaments, Wills and Legacies, Bequests, and Executors by me in any way before this time named, willed and bequeathed, ratifying and confirm- ing this and no other to be my last Will and Testament. She was baptized at the New Amsterdam Dutch Church 10 April 1644,[4] daughter of Gerrit Wolfertse Cowenhoven/Van Kouwenhoven and Altje Cool. Coert Stevensen married Marritje Cowenhoven. Learn more about merges. Coert Stevense Van Voorhees died after 20-Jun-1699. He a deacon and member at Dutch Reformed Church, Flatlands, Kings County, New York, 1677. They declare that to the best of their fnform that they have always known him as an honest and virtuous man. !IGI;Monmouth Families Vol I&II by Ann P. Miles;Conover Lineage by Leona C. Meehan, Middletown, Ohio; !IGI;Monmouth Families Vol. Historical Person Search Search Search Results Results Albert Stevense Van Voorhees (1654 - 1727) Try FREE for 14 days Try FREE for 14 days. 1652. d. (will proved Nov. 20, 1735) ; m. I st , March, 17, 1678, Cornelia Reiniers Wizzel-penning, dau. 10 May 1698, d. 28 Oct 1734 5. 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 (????-????) 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. Amsterdam, 1638 Jun 1676, d. 4 Aug 1750 Barbara is listed as a descendant of Kenneth J. who! 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