The original church was octagonal in form, which in the Netherlands signified a free church. 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. Annatje Coertia, married Jan Rapalje. He was the son of Steven Coerts Van Voorhees and Aeltje Wessels. 3 (2007): 12:75. This person was created through the import of grant2.ged on 07 February 2011. Midwout, as shown on the accompanying map, was centrally located, and was therefore se'ected as the place of residence of the ministers who served the churches of the section. ; b. ; d. ; m. , Jan Kiers; b. ; d. Hendrickje Stevense Van Voorhees, b. , d. ; m. 1, Jan Kierstead, b. ; d. ; m. 2d, Albert Albertse Terhune, of Flatlands, L.I., and afterwards of Hackensack, N.J., bap. [This deed is listed in book E. of East Jersey deeds as published in "Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey," Vol. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. Mar. On an unknown date he was one of two representatives of Flatlands in Assembly held at City Hall in New Amsterdam, April 10, 1664. Albert Terhuness. 4, page 92 (2007). & 3. d'argent, a l'arbre arr' de sinople. 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. I f a new genealogy is to be published it must be the result of concerted endeavor. 1892-1981 David Arthur Kalb: Private Van Antwerp, Elizabeth Ann Private: Michael Nakia Kalpakoff . Fortunately the ship's passenger list has been preserved, and reveals the presence of five families, in four of which there were twentythree children-though Steven Coerten's son Coert may be counted as an adult. A warm welcome was prepared when it was noised abroad that the minister, Rev. 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. Descendants of Jan Stevense Van Voorhees-Continued. Julius Caesar's campaign in northern Gaul in 57-52 B.C. Genealogies of more recent date give fuller informationon fewer pages. Aeltie Coertse Van Voorhees b. between 1665 and 1670, d. 12 Nov 1746 Stephen Coertsen Van Voorhees b. ca. 50 Vanderbilt Ave.. New Vork , N . Secretary, Harry Stephen Vorhis, A.B . Steven Coerte Van Voorhees! During his lifetime Steven Coerten acquired several other tracts of land in and about Flatlands. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. "Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vols.5- (1874-): 7:23. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. 1640 Wessel Stevensz Van Voorhees b. As few families of today have easy access to the Genealogy of the Van Voorhees Family published in 1888, the Association arranged during its first year to issue a Condensed Genealogy, wherein are traced in compact form the lines of descent from Steven Coerten of all persons bearing the Van Voorhees name so far as they appeared in the large volume or could be ascertained, carrying the lines in some cases to the ninth generation. Wollentje; parents: Albert Albertsz, Hendrikje Stephansz; op Amersfoort; witnesses: Jan Stephansz, Willemtje Seubering. 1683 - 10. She [Hendrickje Stevense] and Jan Kiers emigrated with her father and family on the ship "de Bonte Koe" 15 April 1660. In the Introduction, dated March 1, 1888, the author tells something of the effort required to finish the work. Connect to the World Family Tree to find out, Marretje Gerrestse Van couvenhoven, Marretje Gerritse Van Couwenhoven, Nov 15 1637 - Hees, De Wolden Municipality, Drenthe, Netherlands, June 20 1699 - Flatlands, Kings County, New York, tats-Unis, 1702 - Flatlands, Kings County, New York, tats-Unis, 1637 - Hees, Ruinen, Drenthe, Netherlands, From 1702 - Flatlands, Kings, New York Colony, British Colonial America, Stephen Coerts Van Voorhees, Aaltje Hauels Van Voorhees (born Wessels), Marritje Gerritse Van Voorhees (born van Couwenhoven). Hopper, 2005), page 13, no. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA. Then came Willempie Roeloffse Suebering or Sebring, Steven's second wife, and the mother of six sturdy children. Altje Coerte, married (first) Johannes Willemse; (second) Joost Rutfertse Van Brunt. 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. He was appointed a magistrate in 1673and was a deacon in the church in 1674. 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. https://archive.org/details/registerinalphab00berg. Jacob Leisler on Dec. 27 1689. Firm set of deep root were the oaks, unheeding the winds that assailed them, While under their wide-spreading branches they offer protection and shelter. 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. 1681 Gerebrecht Terhune b. Jun. Close this window, and upload the photo(s) again. Examples are the ter Linden, ten Broeck and ten Eyck, and ver Donck family names. 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. Names of Members from Amersfort. 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. 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. He received a patent for a tract of land near Kinderkamack, north of Hackensack, NJ, dated 27 April 1696. 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. T H E GENEALOGICAL CHART An}' member who furnishes sufficient information to fully link himself to our common ancestor may have a Chart showing graphically his ancestral line and containing much information respecting his ancestors. His will is not extant, but on a copy of a document of 1679, five years before his death, the name is written Steven Coerten. Stephen Coert Van Voorhees died on 16 February 1684 at New Amersfoort (Flatlands), Kings Co., Long Island, New York. The Netherlands continued old style until 1700 ; Great Britain until 17S2. Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York. Jan; parents: Barend Jurriaansz, Aaltje Stephens; op Utrecht; witnesses: Jan Stephensz, Hendrikje Stephensz. To illustrate, the German Rudolph became Ruloff in the Dutch, though spelled in several ways, and Ralph in English. 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. 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. In a paper recorded at Albany of which I have a translation he is styled 'The Worshipful Steven Coerten' (Van Voorhees). J. Coert Stevense (Van Voorhees) 1 man, 1 woman, 3 children, 2 slaves. IMPORTANT PRIVACY NOTICE & DISCLAIMER: YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO USE CAUTION WHEN DISTRIBUTING PRIVATE INFORMATION. She married Albert Albertse Terhune Jr, son of Albert Albertse Terhune and Geertje Denyce, circa 1676 at Flatlands, Kings County, New York. 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. Resided in flatlands. 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. Albert had 5 siblings: Lucas Stevense van Voorhees, Coert Stevense Stephense Van Voorhees and 3 other siblings. Upon the demise of CoertAlbertse in 1676, Jan Coerten, brother of the emigrant, became meyer of Voorhees Manor and remained such until 1700. 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. Marriage Hendrickje married Albert Albertse Terhune in Flatlands, New York, in 1675 when she was 20 years old. These facts give to members of the family and their relatives cause for profound gratitude. In 1664 he became a Magistrate, a post of dignity and influence. IV STEVE N COERTEN'S MIGRATION 1 No RECORD has been discovered of the influence that led Steven Coerten, the ancestor of all who bear the Van Voorhees or Voorhees name in America, to leave in the year 1660 the manor of Voorhees in the province of Drente to make a new home in America. Ibid., page 341. He was a grandson of William Roe Van Voorhis of Fishkill Village, New York, who had been a major of the 149th New York State Infantry in the War of 1812. https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE3652 Flatlands, Kings, New York, United States. Long Island generally was quite heavily wooded and much of it stony and difficult to till. Such literal accuracy is not necessary in this work. 1818 RoBERT M. b. r822 WM. Maria Van Voorhees: Abt. 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. 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. The Genealogy is in two parts. On the De Bonte Kou passenger list ages only were given-22, 10, 8, 6, 4, and 2. No one member of the family could hope to do all the work unaided, much less to bear the entire cost of publication. Van Voorhees Association, "Steven Coerts (Coerte) (Coerten) Van Voorhees", New Netherland Connections Vol. Domine John Megapolensisand members of his consistory were there to give friendly counsel, and to advise as to their movements. Neeltje Coerte, married Jarret R. Schenck, of Monmouth county, New Jersey. 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.". . The more prominent early settlers were buried within it ; others were buried around it. 19. The work proved far greater and costlier than he had anticipated. Hendrickje Stevens Van Voorhees and Albert Albertse Terheune were members of the at Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, Flatbush, Kings Co., Long Island, New York, on 19 November 1679 "fom Amersfort." 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). Taken as a whole, the population of northern Netherlands is probably more purely Nordic than the nations to the east or south. This church under succeeding clergymen continued to minister to the religious life of Manhattan and surrounding communities. He died October 26, 1892, in his fortyninth year, survived by his sister, and by a son and a daughter of his deceased brother, Barker. In this vicinity they laboriously cut out and polished the shell beads called sewan or wampum then used as money throughout the Atlantic seaboard. , 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 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. Willemtje; parents: Lucas Stevense, Jannetje Minnes. NEW AMERSFOORT Some historians hold that New Amersfoort was the earliest white settlement on Long Island. He was one of the original patentees of Flatlands. Ch. 236 stating that David Ackerman purchased 420 acres with the southwest corner abutting Major John Berrie and Albert Stevense. It was named the Et Stoel or Seat of Law. 3 (2007): 12:75. In English, Virtue my Castle. He was also known as Cheri Stevense Van Voorhees. Coert, born circa 1550, must have died early, leaving minor children. Abstracting Lib. Coert Stevense (Van Voorhees) was commissioned Captain of foot soldiers by Lieut.-Gov. Oscar M. Voorhees, 3531 78th St., Jackson Hts., L. I. , N. Y, Vice President, Sadie Estelle Voorhees, (Mrs. Edward Dawson), 127 Passaic Ave., Passaic, N. J. WIKITREE PROTECTS MOST SENSITIVE INFORMATION BUT ONLY TO THE EXTENT STATED IN THE TERMS OF SERVICE AND PRIVACY POLICY. Born in 1600 at Drenthe, The Netherlands. Translation from the Dutch of the N)Y. colonial Manuscripts. He passed away after 14 May 1727. In its preparation the author spent much time and practically all his fortune. New Bams wick. Van Voorhees was spelled in many ways, and Voorhees in several others. The record says "Jan Kiers, farmer and wife from Drenthe." 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. William Cosby, Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of the Provinces of New York and New Jersey, and the Territories thereon depending in America, Vice-Admiral of the same, and Colonel in his Majestie's Army, etc. I n the Netherlands the Burgundian Heralds exercised large influence. For his purpose the method was justified, for it saved him from the charge of misquoting. The date of the first permanent settlement at New Amersfoort is not definitely known. 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 Jans Albertse Van Voorhees M, b. between 1697 and 1700 Jans Albertse Van Voorhees died at Bergen County, NJ. On 31 Jul 1681 they sponsor at the same church for the son of Jan Clemente and Maria Bogert. In his Introduction to his Genealogy the author wrote : "The writer does not claim the work to be complete-few genealogies are-but having exhausted all known sources of information, and having written forfamily records to all the members of the family whose addresses he has been able to obtain, he has thought it advisable to publish what he has collected, in the hope that some other member of the family may some time in the future take it up where he has left it and bring it to fuller completion for the benefit of the Van Voorhees posterity." He was married to Elena van der Schure. Old Members found here in the 4 Villages in the year 1677. I T H E FAMIL Y GENEALOGIST AN D HI S WOR K I T IS fortunate that there is available so complete and valuable a genealogy of the Van Voorhees Family as that monumental workcompiled by Elias W. Van Voorhis and published in 1888, but now out of print. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. Oops, we were unable to send the email. Albert appears again at the baptism of another grandson on 14 May 1727, without Elena. All the writers are of Van Voorhees ancestry, and with two exception, all bear the name, as does the artist who designed the illustrations. in 1695, 1700, 1702, 1704 and 1714. The sacred command to honor father and mother bids us offer filial reverence and a due meed of praise to those worthy souls through whom, in the mystery of the generations, we have drawn our lives. Y. Stephen Robin Voris, 2526 East 26th St., Brooklyn, N . 20 Apr 1683, d. 10 Oct 1757, On 14 May 1682 Court and Marritie were baptism sponsors for Court son of Meinard Courten Van Voorhees and wife Maria Pia (Pra? In1930 they joined in celebrating the 300dth anniversary of his coming to America. Coert Stevensen was born in the Province of Drenthe in the Netherlands about 1637. In time the momentous decision was reached ; he and his family would seek a new home in New Netherland. CONTENT MAY BE COPYRIGHTED BY WIKITREE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 4. 1672-1702: Claudia Jurkiewicz: Private O'Connor, Joseph Charles Private: Emma E. Kabe: September 21, 1881 WFT Est. Opportunity is given to those who wish to offer larger financial assistance to be appropriately listed ; those who give $5 as Contributing Members, and those who give $10, as Sustaining Members. 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. There were also three maidens. . Fantastic spellings at times appear, as Luijkes for Lucas, which later became Luke. Correspondence looking to such family gatherings is solicited. He married Marretje Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven, daughter of Gerret Wolfersen Van Kouwenhoven and Aeltje Cornelis Cool, b 1664. The rate was 36 guilders for each adult, but what reduction was made for small children is not stated. ckje Stevense van Kiersen (born Voorhees), Coert Stevensen Van Voorhees, Wessel Coerte Van Voorhees, Lucas Stevensen Van Voorhees, Eldert After May 14 1727 - Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, British Colonial America, Telletje Reynierse Van Voorhees (born Wizzelpenning), Magdalena Helena Van Voorhees (born Van Der Schueren). Born ca 1654/1658 in Drenthe, Netherlands. Albert Stevense Van Voorhees was the son of Steven Coerts Van Voorhees and Willemtje Roelofs Seuberinge. In 1730, when forty-seven years of age, Johannes Van Voorhees removed from Freehold, New Jersey, to Dutchess County, New York, where he had purchased for 670 pounds an estate extending from the Hudson river northeasterly beyond the village of Fishkill, about six miles in all, containing "2790 acres more or less," and became the progenitor of the Fishkill branch of the family. He 'mmigrated. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. 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. He took the oath of allegience in Sep 1687. 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. In the will of his brother-in-law, John Kiersen, dated 1705, he is listed as Albert "Stevensen." Johannes T. Polhemus was comingon Sunday to hold a service in a neighboring loft, and consult with the people about the church they were to build when funds would allow. He sometimes signed his name as Coert Stevensen van Ruinen. Much was involved in this decision. 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). Immigrant ancestor to America in 1660 from the farm of Voorhees in the Province of Drenthe to New Amersfoort (Flatlands), Long Island. He was married on April 24, 1681 to Helletje Reinier Wizzelpenning. 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. I f Sunday were near they remained in New Amsterdam and worshipped with the congregation in theChurch in the Fort, giving devout thanks that the long voyage was safely over. ["Holland Society Collection," 1891, pg. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. Lucas Stevense VOORHEES ; Jannetje Stevense van VOORHEES ; Jan Stevense van VOORHEES ; Aeltje Stevense van VOORHEES [ Start] FabPed Genealogy Vers. (Research):BIOGRAPHY: He came to New Amsterdam with his parents aboard the Bonte Koe in 1660. He soon became a magistrate of Amersfoort. The names New Utrecht and Gravesend were not changed, but the other villages became known officially as Brooklyn, Flatbush. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. He married Sarah Willemse Cornell in 1690, in Flatbush, Kings, New York Colony, British Colonial America. It was published in the summer of 1932 in a limited edition, and has enabled many applicants for membership to trace unbroken lines of descent from Steven Coerten, the common ancestor of the family in America. Thereafter new methods were introduced, and the use of Dutch names was discouraged. In the will of his brother-in-law, Jan Kiersen or Kierstede. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. 11 12 T H E VA N VOORHEES HISTORICAL HANDBOOK Groningen, Friesland, northwestern Gelderland, North Holland, and the Franks in the remainder of Gelderland, Utrecht, and South Holland. If you come hither with your family you will not regret it. " If so, login to add it. 140 East 54th St.. New Vork, N . Login to find your connection. Your family you will not regret it. he had anticipated found here in year... 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