To make the meaning evident the name Van Voorhees was frequently added within marks of parenthesis. !IGI;Monmouth Families Vol I&II by Ann P. Miles;Conover Lineage by Leona C. Meehan, Middletown, Ohio; !IGI;Monmouth Families Vol. Pending any such further research, the information set out above, which takes the line back continuously to just prior to 1500, should afford much pleasure to all descendants and inspire them to greater effort in honor of this outstanding family name, past and present. Witnessed the baptism of Jan Barentsz Ryder , son of Barent Juriaense Ryder and Aeltje Stevense Van Voorhees, on 14 November 1680 at New Utrecht, Kings Co., Long Island, New York, (witnesses Jan Stephensz, Hendrikje Stephensz). Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. He immigrated with his parents in 1660 and is listed in many records as Albert Coerten. In the will of his brother-in-law, John Kiersen, dated 1705, he is listed as Albert "Stevensen." Treasurer. (. "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. Baptisms from 25 December, 1639 to 27 December, 1730. Seven states are already represented on our membership list. Have you taken a DNA test? A point of interest was the Dutch Reformed Church that had been organized at New Amersfoort six years before their coming. He married Neeltje Hegeman on 13 April 1716. Married 2nd before 1650 Willempie Roelofse Seubering. Apr. 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 suggestion, made to a circle of descendants who reside on Long Island, that it would be appropriate to celebrate in 1935 the 275th anniversary of the coming to these shores of our ancestors, met with quite general approval, and those who accepted the invitation met in Flatlands on Saturday, January 16, 1932, in the parish house of the ancient Reformed Church, which, organized by Dutch settlers in 1654, at once welcomed our ancestors into its membership. Resend Activation Email. Hendrickje Stevens Van Voorhees died in 1692 or 1693. This account has been disabled. So, cousin, you see we need not be ashamed of our immigrant ancestor, or his family in the fatherland, and as to the arms given above, we have an undoubted right to their use." They had also had abundant opportunity to become acquainted with Captain Lucas, and with some members of the crew ; and, more important still, to learn to know their fellow passengers, something of the reasons for their voyage, and their plans for settlement in the new world. In1930 they joined in celebrating the 300dth anniversary of his coming to America. He was appointed magistrate and he and his wife were members of the church. They declare that to the best of their fnform that they have always known him as an honest and virtuous man. 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. Amersfoort was a town in Holland whence had emigrated in 1630 one Wolphert Gerritse, who with Andreas Hudde, probably acting as agents of the Dutch West India Company, obtained from Indian chieftains, in 1636, deeds to several thousand acres of land in this section. WIKITREE PROTECTS MOST SENSITIVE INFORMATION BUT ONLY TO THE EXTENT STATED IN THE TERMS OF SERVICE AND PRIVACY POLICY. The translation of this in English terms is Quarterly, 1st and 4th gules-a tower d'or (of gold) opened of the field. Rev William Schenck his Ancestors and his Descedants Coert Stevense Van Voorhees The Van Voorhees family Vol 1 The First Four Generations by Albert Stokes His birth was determined by the ship passenger list. 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. Verify and try again. 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. 5. 660. The original church was octagonal in form, which in the Netherlands signified a free church. 14 May 1727 Aeltje Stevense Van Voorhees b. ca. 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. Van Voorhees, Stephen Albertse Van Voorhees, Jannetje Albertse Vanvoorhees, Willemtje Albertse Van Voorhees, Jan Albertsen Van Voorhees, Mar 8 1654 - Hees, De Wolden, Drenthe, Netherlands, May 24 1727 - Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA, n Coerts Van Voorhees (Born Van Voorhees), Willemtje Roelofs Willempie Van Voorhees (Born Van Voorhees) (born Seubering Seuberinge, Seuberg). ["Holland Society Collection," 1891, pg. It elicited many cordial responses, and proffers of financial support. Stephen Courten and wife Willemtje Seubering. Member of the Dutch Church of Flatlands and a deacon in 1677, magistrate in 1664 and 1673, captain of militia in 1689. In 1574, coincident with the rising spirit of nationalism among the Dutch, the family name of thoe Hees began to be changed to van Hees, meaning "of Hees," although it was not until the next generation that the new form gained general use. These facts give to members of the family and their relatives cause for profound gratitude. The Friesians prevail in western 'By Calvin I . Another reason was the general use by the Dutch of "pet" or home names, which differed from those given at baptism. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. Learn more about managing a memorial . 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." 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. Thereafter services were held with some regularity in the three places. 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. 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. Jacob Leisler on Dec. 27 1689. His sons and daughters married into the "best families" of the settlement and appear also to have prospered. The land is described as 75 acres on the Hackensack River between David Akarman, formerly Jacques Larue, and John Berrie. THE FLATLAND S REFORME D CHURC H NOTE-The octagonal church illustrated on page 22 served the congregation for eighty-six years. 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). Their education in things nautical has just begun. Repository: Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. 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. Ancestral File (R). 1656, d. 1692 or 1693 Albert Stevensz Van Voorhees b. ca. Putnam's Sons, 1888). This our genealogist had not learned, for he used Coerte and Stevense for both sons and daughters. On 26-Mar-1674 He was a delegate to the convention at New Orange. He was also known as Coert Stevenz Van Voorhies. A CONDENSED VA N VOORHEES GENEALOGY T H E VA N VOORHEES FAMIL Y was issued in a limited edition, and copies are now highly prized by those who possess them, and by the libraries in which they are to be found. The castles, on red fields, told plainly of strength to protect and to cherish ; But the motto gave voice and expression to a meaningwider and deeper : For not in the oak or the castle but in his own heart a man's strength is. 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. 1699. But neither he nor his brothers adopted Van Voorhees as a surname ; nor did all his sons. He married Marretje Gerretse Van Couvenhoven b. Husband of Marretje Gerretse van Couwenhoven Was Kiers the second husband of Hendrickje? His name appears on the assessment rolls of Flatlands, Long Island, of 1675 and 1683. Jonas Michaelius, sent by the churches in old Amsterdam, gathered into a consistory the elders and deacons whom he found in the community, and began holding services in a loft over a horse mill. 1720 WFT Est. Steven was born in 1600, in Hees, De Wolden, Drenthe, Netherlands. Jan Kiersz and wife Hendrickje Stevens from Amersfoort are listed as members of the New Utrecht church 1680-81. Dutch thrift has made all this possible. I n that event, while the descendants of all the sons used the same shield, those of each branch often used different crests. Ch. There were also Steven's daughter, Hendrickje, and her husband, Jan Kevers-Kiers or K3fciead as later spelled-who also had decidedto become adventurers. The perils of the long voyage were well understood, but the call to adventure could not be denied. 1653 Hendrickje Stevens Van Voorhees b. ca. Each was inhabited by a branch ofthis family, whose name was thoe Hees, meaning "at Hees," just as the English name Atwater was derived from "at the water." Hendrickje Stevens Van Voorhees was Born circa 1656 at Netherlands (assumes age 20 at estimated time of marriage). Steven Coerte, married Agatha Janse. Thanks for your help! Try again later. No record has as yet been found indicating by what authority Coert Alberts, or an ancestor, was accorded the arms attested by the St. James College of Heraldry. 102 . He was active in church and civic affairs at Flatlands. 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.". Later many families dropped the "Van," and a few dropped the "Voorhees" also, and became Johnson, from Janse (son of Jan), Stevenson from Stevense (son of Steven), or Alberts or Albertson (son of Albertse). 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. That cattle were available was stated, and also something respecting their cost. Van Voorhees Association, "Steven Coerts (Coerte) (Coerten) Van Voorhees", New Netherland Connections Vol. 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. Connect to the World Family Tree to find out, Steven Coerte Van Voorhees, Unknown Van Voorhees, Cornelia Reiniers Stevens (born Wizzel-penning), Femmetje Aukes Van Voorhees (born Van Nuyse), 1652 - Ruinen, De Wolden Municipality, Drenthe, Netherlands, Nov 20 1735 - Flatbush-Long Island, NY, USA, Steven Coerte Van Voorhees, Willempie Roelofse Van Voorhees (born Seubering), Lucas Vanvoorhees, Lucas Janse Van Voorhees, Stephen Coerts Van Voorhees, Willempje Roelofse Van Voorhees (born Seubering). Child of Jans Albertse Van Voorhees and Elizabeth Van Orden 1830 ANDREW b. 1678 - ), Annetie Coerte Van Voorhees+ (5. Roelof Lucasz Van Voorhees d. 1751 Ibid., page 161. ). Hopper, 2005), page 13, no. 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. Category: Early Dutch immigrants to the United States. (born Van Voorhies), Coert Stevense (Cheri) Van Voorhees, Wessel Van Voorhees, Lucase Stenese Van Voorhies, Lucas (Lucas Steven /vanvoorh orhees/ Steven Coert /vanvoorhees/) Van Voorhees, Willempje Roelofse Roelofse (Sebring/seubering/ Suerboring/) Van Voorhees (born Seubering). The reports of the temporary officers were accepted and their actions approved, and a permanent organization effected. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. IMPORTANT PRIVACY NOTICE & DISCLAIMER: YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO USE CAUTION WHEN DISTRIBUTING PRIVATE INFORMATION. 4th Son of Steven Coerte and Willemptje Roelofse Seuberinge Van Voorhees. It has been stated in several trees and books that Hendrickje was married to a Jan Kiers/Kierse. 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. Long Island generally was quite heavily wooded and much of it stony and difficult to till. In 1673 the Amersfoort or Flatlands Town records were destroyed by fire, wiping out much evidence of prior land transfers, and making the tracing of early land titles very difficult. Aeltie Coertse Van Voorhees b. between 1665 and 1670, d. 12 Nov 1746 Stephen Coertsen Van Voorhees b. ca. 1888-1977 Frank C. Kabe: August 16, 1891 WFT Est. William Roe Van Voorhis was in the sixth generation of the Van Voorhees Family in America. 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. Gen. Vol 3 pg 461.Vol 6 pg 30,598,163;Vol 7 pg 112,258,8890,447;Colonial Families of the U.S. Vol 1 pg 456-9;___ an Ancestry Vol 1,3,4;___esis Oct1954 Dutch Settlers in N.J. by Tunia G Bergen Name(Coert),parents,Byr,Spouse,MD(bef 1666),Children-Flatlands,Kings,NY Record pg 376,378(copied) Name(Coert),parents,Byr,pla(Hees,Drenthe,Holl),Spouse,MD,End-TIB FHL film 1,262,345 *Mother also as Willempje Seubvering from Long Island Genealogies. Their last appearance together in the official records is at the baptism of their grandson Albert. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154682295/albert-stevense-van_voorhees. 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. He was appointed a magistrate in 1673and was a deacon in the church in 1674. 3 Jun 1678, Annetie Coerte Van Voorhees b. Y. Van Voorhees Association, "Steven Coerts (Coerte) (Coerten) Van Voorhees", New Netherland Connections Vol. At sixty years of age he was the head of a large and interesting family. Twenty-nine, including a servant from Meppel, were from Drente, four from Gelderland and one from Zeeland. Hendrickje (second daughter of the same name) married albert Albertse Terhun. It was not easy to give up a home and life in which the family had known much of happiness. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. The book was published in 1888, and is now out of print. In time the momentous decision was reached ; he and his family would seek a new home in New Netherland. Hendrickjen Stevense Van Voorhees of Holland and Flatlands, L.I. 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). He described the lands in the New World, and the crops they would bear. Similar lists of meyers of the manors of Middelhees and Achterhees are of but little interest to the Van Voorhees descendants in America. Male. xxciiil, f. 136. Voorhees, D.D. 2nd and 3rd argent (of silver)-a tree eradicated vert. Hendrickje Stevense Van Voorhees was the younger of two daughters named Hendrickje of father Steven Coerts Van Voorhees; her mother was Willemtje Roelofs Seuberinge. From the Atlas LeTheatre du Monde, by Guillaume and Jean Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1638. 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 testimony whereof I have caused the Prerogative Seal of the said Province of New York to be hereunto affixed this twentieth day of November, 1735. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The officers and -Irvin g Wilson Voorhees, M. D., 140 East 54th St., New York N . "As to the immigrant, Steven Coerten, Van Voorhees, or his parents, or his family in Holland, being wretchedly poor or oppressed I am in a position to deny it in toto. 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. 1683 - 10. 1581. In 1660 the congregation in Breukelen withdrew from the collegiate arrangement, and built its own church. Ch. 9. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. 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. 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. He was also known as Steven Coerten van Hees. He died before 20 November 1735, in Flatbush, Kings, New York Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of . Those who kept church records seemed less careful than did the keepers of civic records. 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. When the westward expansion of the Saxons from Thuringia terminated late in the seventh century A.D., their dominion extended in Westphalia as far as the Ruhr river and in the Netherlands it embraced about three-fourthsof the province of Groningen and the provinces of Drenthe and Overyssel. May the book encourage not so much pride of ancestry as pride in achievement. While many loyal Dutchmen wept when they beheld their flag replaced by the English ensign, they had one triumph with which to console themselves. signed by Steven Coerte (Van Voorhees). A grand-daughter of Wolphert Gerritse married the oldest son of Steven Coerten, and became the ancestress of many of the Van Voorhees name. He was registered on De Bonte Koe as Steven Koerte, and similarly when making his first purchase of land, though all documents indicate that his father's name was spelled Coert. Steven Coerten died on February 16. He came over with his father in 1660, settled in Flatlands. Gesbrechtje; parents: Klaas Jansz Romeijn, Stijntjen Alberts; op Amersfoort; witnesses: Albert Albertsz, Hendrikje Stephens. T H E NAM E VAN VOORHEES No document has yet been found to prove that our common ancestor used the name Van Voorhees. Not a few of his descendants bear the name Conover. Histories have been published of theReformed Churches at Brooklyn, Flatbush, New Utrecht and Gravesend, which recount the beginnings of the several settlements, and of the development in them of civic and religious activities. 1689 WFT Est. He married Marretje Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven, daughter of Gerret Wolfersen Van Kouwenhoven and Aeltje Cornelis Cool, b 1664. The last sixty pages are devoted to an index. So one beautiful June morning they made their way to the ferry, were rowed across the East River, and at the ferry house found conveyance that took themup the hill to the little hamlet of Breukelen, and so on through Midwout until the plains of New Amersfoort greeted their eyes. No one member of the family could hope to do all the work unaided, much less to bear the entire cost of publication. 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). n Stevense Van Voorhees, Coert Stevense Van Voorhees, Wessel Stevense Van Voorhees, Lucas Stevense Van Voorhees, Jan Stevense Van Voorhee e Van Voorhees, Aeltje Stevense Ryder (born Van Voorhees), Albert Stevense Van Voorhees, Jannetje Stevense Van Voorhees, Abraham Stevense Steven (Steven Coert /vanvoorhees/ Steven Coert /vanvoorhees/) Van Voorhies, Willemptje Roelofse Van Voorhies (born Seubering). In a paper recorded at Albany of which I have a translation he is styled 'The Worshipful Steven Coerten' (Van Voorhees). Stephen Coert Van Voorhees and Willempie Roelofse Seubering were members of the at Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, Flatbush, Kings Co., Long Island, New York, in 1677 at Amersfort. 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). 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. During the long voyage she had kept her brood in health which was much to her credit. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. That there was also a son Abraham was asserted by Mr. Bergen, and accepted by Elias Van Voorhis in his genealogy, but no dates respecting him have been found. 10 T H E VA N VOORHEES HISTORICAL HANDBOOK and county magistrates-to affix their wax seal to all deeds and papers attested by them. What family, allied by marriage, is indicated by the oak trees, has not been learned. He married Elena Vander Schure after 1691, they had eight children baptised Dutch Church, Hackensack, NJ between 1694 and 1708. Married Magdelena Vander Schueren in 1692 at Hackensack Bergen County, New Jersey. [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. There is evidence that as early as 1624 farmers were cultivating fenced-in lands leased from the Indians. She willingly shared the fortunes of her husband in the new world. A list of ten children of Steven Coerten, and another of eighty-six grandchildren, numbered consecutively in Roman numerals, with husbands and wives so far as then known, concludes this part of the volume. Y STATE AN D CHURC H O N LON G ISLAND 1 ML- CH attention has been given to the early settlements on Long Island, and several comprehensive works are available. She died in 1692 or 1693 at Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey. Something also should be said respecting the ancient documentquoted in part above. 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 the parents of at least 1 son. Steven Coerts Van Voorhees, Willemtje Roelofse Van Voorhees (born Seubering). 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. Coert van Voorhees - article on Wikepediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coert_van_Voorhees. But as they had planned to settle in New Amersfoort they sought early in the week to begin the journey thither. 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. He took the oath of allegience in Sep 1687. In 1664 a British man-of-war came to anchor off the tip of Manhattan facing the guns of the Dutch fort, and demanding the surrender of the colony from Peter Stuyvesant, the testy governor. 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. 27-Jul-1704, d. 23-Oct-1779 Petrus Van Voorhees b. In its preparation the author spent much time and practically all his fortune. XXI, pg. Filmed from the typed manuscript in the Holland Society of New York, p.454. To that end I caused a search to be made at the St. James College of Heraldry for arms, if any, belonging to the Holland family of Van Voorhees, and on the return of the search received the following description of the Van Voorhees arms with a herald's certificate under the seal of the College : V AN VOORHEES E c aux 1. and Credits of the said deceased, and his last Will and Testa- ment in any manner or way concerning, was granted unto Femmetje Stevenson, the Executrix, in the within Will named, chiefly of well and truly administering the same, and of making a just, and true, and perfect Inventory of all and singular, the Goods, Rights, and Credits of the said deceased, and exhibiting the same into the registry of the Prerogative Court in the Secretary's Office for the Province of New York, and that on or before the twentieth day of May next ensuing, and of rendering a just and true account, calculation and reckoning when thereunto required. She was the second daughter of Steven Coerts Van Voorhees to be named Hendricktje. This browser does not support getting your location. Up this they sailed to the docks of the Dutch West India Company, where were also its warehouses and office. He became a member of the New York Historical Society, the Pennsylvania Historical Society, the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, and the Holland Society of New York. Amersfort. 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. On the De Bonte Kou passenger list ages only were given-22, 10, 8, 6, 4, and 2. 6. To day the 10th of Oct. 1679 appeared before us, cap. 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. Father of Coert Albertsen van Voorhees; Neeltje van Voorhees; Mary van Voorhees; Antje Albertse Cortelyou; Cornelia Albertse Van Voorhees and 13 others; Steven Albertse Van Voorhees; Jannetje Albertie (Ackerman) Van Vorhees; Willemtje Slot; Jan Albertse Van Voorhees; Willem Albertse Van Voorhees; Margritie Albertse Van Voorhees; Lucas Albertse Van Voorhees; Jacobus Albertse Van Voorhees; Rachel Albertse Ackerman; Albert Albertse Albertsen Van Voorhees; Petrus Albertse Van Voorhees; Isack Albertse Van Voorhees and Femmetje Albertse Van Voorhees less The next year the people of Amersfoort began building a church. December 4, 1660, A.D. 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