John Megapolensis, whose son had studied at Harvard and knew something of English rule, secured the inclusion in the articles of capitulation of a clause insuring the independence" of the Dutch Reformed Church. He a deacon and member at Dutch Reformed Church, Flatlands, Kings County, New York, 1677. He passed away after 14 May 1727. Thereafter services were held with some regularity in the three places. The farm extended from the Hackensack to the Saddle River. This account has been disabled. 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. There were on board a company of eighteen soldiers, one with a wife and three children. in Stevense Van Voorhees, Coert Stevense Van Voorhees, Wessel Van Voorhees, Lucas Stevese Van Voorhees, Hendrickje Stevense Van Voorhees, 1652 - Hees, De Wolden, Drenthe, Netherlands, Steven Coerte Van Voorhees, Willemtje Roelofs Van Voorhees (born Seuberinge). Let us then the name of Van Voorhees and the family tradition and motto With ardor and kindling devotionuphold and protect and cherish. Married Albert Albertse Terheune, son of Albert Albertszen and Geertje Dircks, circa 1676. 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 rate was 36 guilders for each adult, but what reduction was made for small children is not stated. The location of the village of Hees is plainly indicated with a castle nearby on the older map. He captain of Militia in 1689 as Coert Stevense van Voorhuys, having been in the country 27 years. Married twice. Representatives are now found in neary every state of the Union. A serious illness, from which he is happily recovering, deprives us of the privilege of reading the story as he would have written it. 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. Voorhees 1S7S Coney Island Ave.. Brooklyn. Later it became recognized generally as a family emblem. 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 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. Father, Steven Coerte immigrated to "Nieuw Amsterdam" with his wife and eight children (and one son-in-law) in 1660. Hendrickje Stevense Van Voorhees was born in 1655 to Willempie Roelofse Seubering, age 36, and Steven Coerte Van Voorhees, age 55. Then came the oldest son, Coert, who had encouraged the family migration. . It was decided to organize a VA N VOORHEES ASSOCIATION, to elect temporary Officers, and a general Committee to work out a plan of procedure. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pdfamilytree/vool Ancestry.com U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; @R6@, Heritage Consulting Millennium File Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003; @R6@, Ancestry.com U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011; @R6@, Yates Publishing U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004; @R6@, Source number: 113.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Submitter Code: VVH. , Tre247.com Mng Qung Co Online Hiu Qu Cung Cp Chia S Thng Tin Sn Phm n Qu Khch Hng Nhanh Nht, Hiu Qu Nht, Uy Tn Nht, Tn Tm Nht 1, page 52 (1996): 1:53. The work proved far greater and costlier than he had anticipated. 64, pp.229-243; 367-387 (1933): p.235; Index Chart. Steven Coerten, six months after his arrival at New Amsterdam, now New York, purchased of Cornelius dircksen Hoagland, a farm or bouwery, with a residence 7 8 T H E VA N VOORHEES HISTORICAL HANDBOOK thereon. 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. Invitations to membership have been extended to nearly two thousand descendants of Steven Coerten, and certificates have been issued to more than four hundred applicants, all but twenty-six of whom have been able to trace their family lines completely. Brother of Merghin Stevense Van Voorhees; Hendrickje Stephense Kiersen (Van Voorhees); Wessel Stevense Van Voorhees; Aeltji VanVoorhees and Johannes Coerte Van Voorhees 210. In1930 they joined in celebrating the 300dth anniversary of his coming to America. He never married. Surely a beautiful motto and one to be ever remembered, One to be cherished and loved by all their long line of descendants. 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). 1672-1702: Claudia Jurkiewicz: Private O'Connor, Joseph Charles Private: Emma E. Kabe: September 21, 1881 WFT Est. But neither he nor his brothers adopted Van Voorhees as a surname ; nor did all his sons. Soon other communities began to attract settlers. Thus far nothing has been found to indicate that his correspondence has been preserved-a cause for sincere regret. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. Descendants of families that began worshipping there during the Dutch period find inspiration when privileged to gather within its sacred walls. He is generation 2, WikiTree profile Van Voorhees-22 created through the import of RYER.GED on Aug 19, 2011 by. In explanation he wrote on November 18, 1886, to Miss Josephine L. Voorhees of Amsterdam, N . Perhaps 1938, the fiftieth anniversary of the first edition, will see the work accomplished. Stevense VAN VOORHEES (4) ALBERT J. HOPPER(1717 - 1795)m. ALYEA(1723 - bef. The Council responded promptly, voting on June 7 the sum 24 T H E VA N VOORHEES HISTORICAL HANDBOOK of 250 guilders. He represented Amersfoor t at the Assembly in New Amsterdamin April 1664 and at Ne w Orange in 1674. 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. In a paper recorded at Albany of which I have a translation he is styled 'The Worshipful Steven Coerten' (Van Voorhees). 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. . The church that replaced it in 1794 continued until 1848, when the present church was erected. I n the Netherlands the Burgundian Heralds exercised large influence. The helmet above the shield is that of an Esquire, a title that in England ranks below that of Knight. The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church had its beginning in New Amsterdam in 1628 when Rev. Coert Stevense Van Voorhees was commissioned Captain of Militia by Lt Gov Jacob Leisler on December 27, 1689, when he was 52 years old. Albert and his wife Elena are last recorded together as sponsors at the baptism of their grandson, Albert, son of Willem Albertse and Susanna Laroe, 7 Jun 1719 at the Hackensack Ref. It soon became the custom for the schepens-the city 'From a letter written October 2d, 1934, by Hans Van de Waal, M.A., "Prentenkabinet der Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden." Jan was 8 on arrival. Afte r the fourth generation surnames only are given and these are arranged in columns numbered to indicate succeeding generations.However, the names of many wives are given so that those who know their grandparents, or better, their great grandparents, may readily [6] trace their ancestral lines. Hopper, 2005), page 13, no. This person was created through the import of Parker1778.ged on 25 March 2011. Later they sailed through the Strait of Dover, past Plymouth, where thirty-eight years earlier the Mayflower had tarried a few days before proceeding on its eventful voyage; and then on past Land's End and out upon the broad Atlantic. 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. 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. To all to whom these presents shall come or may concern, Greeting : Know ye, that at Kings County, the twentieth day of November instant, before Richard Stillwell, Es- quire, being thereunto duly authorized and appointed, the last Will and Testament of John Stevenson was proved, and now approved and allowed of by me, having while he lived, and at the time of his death, Goods, Rights, and Credits in divers places within this Province, by means whereof the full disposition of all and singular the Goods, Rights, and Credits of the said deceased and the granting administration of them, as also the hearing of accounts, calculations or reckoning, and the final discharge and dis- mission from the same, unto me solely and not unto any other inferior judge, are manifestly known to belong, and the administration of all and singular the Goods, Rights ? Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. Coert arrived in this country at New Amsterdam, April 1660 with his father on the "Bonte Koe". Wheeler N. Voorhees, 1878 Coney Island Ave., Brooklyn N . Had nine sons and five daughters. Y., a letter which contains a few statements in addition to those in the book itself. Born ca 1654/1658 in Drenthe, Netherlands. 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. Voorhees, Aelte Stevense WFT Est. He described how each could settle in the most economical manner according to the practice of the country, and thus earn a living. 1 RESPECTING HERALDRY A coat-of-arms was the insignia used by a military leader in the early middle ages for the guidance of his followers. Stephen Coerte Van Voorhees+ (c 1667 - 16. 1, page 52 (1996): 1:53. Rethicerl from an illustration in the Van Voorhees Genealogy. The immediate objective of the Association was to arrange to commemorate fittingly in 1935, on or near the site of the original family homestead in Flatlands, the 275th anniversary of the arrival in New Netherland in the early summer of 1660 of Steven Coerten, who came from the Manor of Voorhees, Province of Drente, Netherlands, with wife and seven children, and their settlement a few months later in Flatlands, Long Island. His name appears on the assessment rolls of Flatlands, Long Island, of 1675 and 1683. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. Feb. 1723/24), Altje Coerte Van Voorhees+ (c 1667 - 12. V > Van Voorhees > Coert Stevense Van Voorhees, Categories: Netherlands Project Needs Birth | New Netherland Settlers | New Netherland Project-Managed, WIKITREE HOME | ABOUT | G2G FORUM | HELP | SEARCH. Leave a message for others who see this profile. Some of the land had been crudely cultivated by the Indians. 12, No. On 26-Mar-1674 He was a delegate to the convention at New Orange. He married Elizabeth Van Orden, daughter of Adam Jans Van Norden and Abeltie Slot, on 18 March 1721. If it resembled others of the time it was about 170 feet long, 49 feet beam, and about 20 feet depth of hold. He married Marretje Gerretse Van Couvenhoven b. Johannes Coerte, married Barbara Van Dyck. There were growing families in the homes of brothers and sisters. To make the meaning evident the name Van Voorhees was frequently added within marks of parenthesis. About 342 B.C. Genealogies of more recent date give fuller informationon fewer pages. 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. 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. Jun. What family, allied by marriage, is indicated by the oak trees, has not been learned. ", Hoff, Henry B. Christianity was brought first to the inhabitants of the present Netherlands about A.D. 696, when the bishopric of Utrecht was founded. cemeteries found in will be saved to your photo volunteer list. 1658 Jannetje Stevense Van Voorhees b. ca. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. It is thus evident that the name, though having its origin in Drente, is American, and not Dutch as our genealogist believed. In 1665 the inhabitants of New Amersfoort applied to the English governorat Albany for a patent of confirmation. She married Albert Albertse Terhune Jr, son of Albert Albertse Terhune and Geertje Denyce, circa 1676 at Flatlands, Kings County, New York. 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. New Amersfoort was previously the site of an anc Baptisms in the Reformed Dutch Church of Brooklyn as per the records of said Church from Oct. 31, 1660 to Dec 13, 1719: From Corporation Manual of the City of Brooklyn, 1869, pages 448 to 504; FHL film #0017529, item 4 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1939), Copied and translated from the Dutch by Teunis G. Bergen. 12, no. All the writers are of Van Voorhees ancestry, and with two exception, all bear the name, as does the artist who designed the illustrations. Jan Stevensen van Voorhees Collection: MyHeritage Family Trees Site name: Ohmann Web Site Site manager: Janet Ohmann Birth: 1652 - Hees, Ruinen, Drenthe, Netherlands Death: Nov 20 1735 - Flatbush, Kings, Colony of New York, British Colonial America Parents: Steven Coerte Van Voorhees, Willemptje Roelofse Van Voorhees (born Suebering) 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. The Flatlands community maintained many rural characteristics until near the beginning of this century when it was absorbed with the Borough of Brooklyn into Greater New York. FOUNDERS All those who attended one or both of the meetings for organization and those also who contributed to its financial support are termed Founders. He was Captain of the Milit ia in 1689. 5 Dec 1680, Johannes Coerte Van Voorhees b. They examine the bunks where they are to STEVE N COERTEN'S MIGRATIO N 19 sleep, the tables at which they are to eat, and the decks where children may play, and men and women take needed exercise. He gave the name of his native town to the new settlement. 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. Children of Steven Van Voorhees and Aaltjen Wessels: +1. "Baptisms in the Village of Bergen in New Jersey Beginning 1666", Yearbook of the Holland Society of New York Bergen Book (1913): page 35, no. Enter a grandparent's name. 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. "Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vols.5- (1874-): 7:23. No description of this ship has been found. 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. 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. Failed to remove flower. John Megapolensis organized the people of the three villages of Amersfoort, Midwout and Breukelen into a collegiate church. 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). Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. Kephart. Let each one take as a motto and a strong incentive to duty The words on the scroll of our scutcheon, so dear to the heart of our fathers, And say, as we go forth to labor, each in his calling appointed, VIRTUS CA.STEX.LUM MEUM, Virtue's my Castle or Fortress. Witnessed the baptism of Gerebreght Claese Romeyn , daughter of Niclaes Romeyn and Styntje Alberts, on 11 December 1681 at Amersfoort, Kings Co., Long Island, New York, (sponsors Albert Albertsz, Hendrikje Stephens). Coert Stevense Van Voorhees married Marretje Gerritse Van Couwenhoven in 1664. There can be little doubt that Elder Steven Coerten was buried in the old church. The progenitors of the Van Voorhees family thus gained a large tract of land and established a manorial estate centering on the village of Hees, from which they took their name. BIOGRAPHY: After his marriage to Elena, Albert obtained land near Kinderkamack, north of Hackensack, securing a patent for 75 acres on the Hackensack River. Annatje Coertia, married Jan Rapalje. Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York. Member of the Provincial Assembly of 1664. They declare that to the best of their fnform that they have always known him as an honest and virtuous man. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. He was Captain of the Militia in 1689. Ibid., page 402. Child of Jans Albertse Van Voorhees and Elizabeth Van Orden We greet you with welcome most hearty, and praise the discrimination That led to a choice so happy and gave you a place in our circle. 1, page 52 (1996): 1:53. 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. 1683 - 10. Y. 1734 WFT Est. 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. Of conditions there many encouraging reports had been received. [9] In the brief article "The Imaginary Coert Stuyvesant," Henry Hoff observed that there was no such person in the well-documented Stuyvesant family, but "since the somewhat unusual name of Coert was used by the Van Voorhees family of Kings County, it seems probable that the assembly representative was really Coert Stevense Van Voorhees, who was known as Coert Stevensen."[10]. Jan; parents: Barend Jurriaansz, Aaltje Stephens; op Utrecht; witnesses: Jan Stephensz, Hendrikje Stephensz. A n elder brother, Barker Van Voorhis, served as an ensign throughout the Civil War, and an elder 1 2 T H E VA N VOORHEES HISTORICAL HANDBOOK sister, Sarah A., married John C. Brintnall of New York City. II 1708-1728), Collections of the New York Historical Society (New York: Printed for the Society, 1893), page 29. Capt. She and Albert Albertse Terhune Jr were members of the Dutch Church, Flatlands, Kings County, Long Island, NY. ees), Coerte Stevens Van Voorhees, Stevenson Van Voorhees, Johannes Coerte Van Voorhees, Cheri Stevense Van Voorhees, Lucas Stevense Van 1634 - Voor Hees, Ruinen, Drenthe, Holland, 1709 - New Amsterdam, New York County, NY, USA, Steven Coertse Van Voorhees, Aaltje Hauels Van Voorhees (born Wessels). He was appointed a magistrate in 1673and was a deacon in the church in 1674. When purchasing a tract of land in 1730 his youngest son was named Johannes Koerten, though, when entering in the family Bible the names of children born between 1704 and 1713, he wrote Van Voor Hees; three younger children were entered as Van Voorhees, and thus he signed his will in 1755. 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. 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. THE FLATLAND S REFORME D CHURC H NOTE-The octagonal church illustrated on page 22 served the congregation for eighty-six years. of Auke Janse Van Nuyse and Magdalena Pieterse ; bap. Oops, some error occurred while uploading your photo(s). Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. Here the early Dutch immigrants found lands ready for immediate cultivation with a minimum of labor-almost a complete counterpart of the lands in Holland which they had left for homes in the New World. Here the Canarsie Indians, the native bankers of the period, had their "mint." This simple form of organization continued until the English occupation in 1664. It is an ancestral line of noble origin in which any descendant may take just pride. Ann Voorhees who married Benjamin Hyde. Officers and an Executive Committee were elected, and a series of By-laws accepted with directions that the Committee draft them in suitable form. of Reinier Wizzel-penning and Jannetje Snediker, b. ; d. ; m. 3d, Helena Van der Schure, b. ; d. Albert Stevense van Voorhees; born circa 1654 at Drenthe, Netherlands; married first Helletje Reiniers Wizzelpenning daughter of Reynier Wizzelpenning and Jannetje Snedeker, 24 Apr 1681 at Ref. The original church was octagonal in form, which in the Netherlands signified a free church. This was two years after the latter's son, Steven Coerten, the eldest of seven children, had emigrated to America. 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. He was one of the original patentees of Flatlands. The prevailing mode of writing it now, however, is Voorhees, without the prefix 'Van,' such being the spelling used in the counties [5] of New Jersey, except Bergen where it is almost universally written Voorhis without the 'Van.' Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? Albert Coerten was meyer of the manor Voorhees around 1640, and from 1650 conjointly with his elder son Coert Albertse, born about 1595. Some must look elsewhere for places for home making. 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. The names New Utrecht and Gravesend were not changed, but the other villages became known officially as Brooklyn, Flatbush. Our ancestors came, they tell us, in the year sixteen hundred and sixty, And the vessel that brought him and his, the fair Bontekoe was christened. 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. Similar lists of meyers of the manors of Middelhees and Achterhees are of but little interest to the Van Voorhees descendants in America. ). 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. 8. Y. EXECUTIV E COMMITTE E The ofhcers and I r v i ng \ V tison Voorh ees. Was Kiers the second husband of Hendrickje? N . 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. signed by Steven Coerte (Van Voorhees). You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. Ancestry.com North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016; Book Title: The Bergen family : or the descendants of Hans Hansen Bergen, one of the early settlers of New York. 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. Willemeijntie; father: Albert Albertsz. For about thirty years the church families at Amersfoort were called together by the beating of a drum. Flatlands, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, Un. 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. The book was published in 1888, and is now out of print. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. CONTENT MAY BE COPYRIGHTED BY WIKITREE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WikiTree profile Van Voorhees-23 created through the import of Mimi.ged on Sep 15, 2011 by, WikiTree profile Vanvoorhees-15 created through the import of Lent_Vise_2011-05-11aa.ged on May 26, 2011 by. New Brunswick, N. J. OSCAR M. VOORHEES, May 15, 1935. 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