They declare that to the best of their fnform that they have always known him as an honest and virtuous man. He was one of the original patentees of Flatlands. Van Voorhees Association, "Steven Coerts (Coerte) (Coerten) Van Voorhees", New Netherland Connections Vol. The war with Spain in the Netherlands was waged with varying success, and it required many years to establish the republic on a firm basis. But to each and to all has descended the family shield and its motto, And from henceforth for aye we should cherish this as the choicest possession, And thank the great Giver of all that 'tis our good fortune to share it. Maria Jean Pratt Hopper, The Hopper Family Genealogy, Descendants of Andries Willemszen Hoppe(n) of New Amsterdam 1651-1658, The First Six Generations (Montvale, N.J.: M.J.P. Printed in the L'ntted States ot America By Thatcher-Anders in Company New Brunswick. Voorhees, D.D. Roe Van Voorhis," pg. 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. 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. Antie Eldertse (Van Voorhees), in the third generation from Steven Coerten, had married Hans Bergen, and many facts respecting her ancestry and relationships were printed in a footnote on pages 138-40 of the enlarged edition. One became Governor of New Jersey, and another served his state -Indiana-for many years as United States Senator. Good tillage land. He was a magistrate, 1664 and 1673. During recent years Louis P. De Boer, A.M. , LL.B., a native of the Netherlands but for many years a citizen of the United States, a careful writer on Netherland genealogies, has studied with care T H E FAMIL Y COAT OF ARM S 9 available records in the province of Drente with interesting results, as set forth in the next chapter. 24 May 1727 - Hackensack, Bergen Co, New Jersey, USA Mother Aaltje Houels Wessel Father Steven Coerte Van Voorhees Show more Quick access Family tree Records 52 Photos 130 New search Albert Stevense VanVoorhees family tree Family tree Explore more family trees Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. On Oct. 7, 1681, he bought of Auke Janse Van Nuyse, for 300 guilders, the land at " Pardegat," which Auke Janse Van Nuyse bought of Bartel Claesen, as per Flat- bush Records, Liber A. 1658 Jannetje Stevense Van Voorhees b. ca. It elicited many cordial responses, and proffers of financial support. He passed away after 14 May 1727. These facts give to members of the family and their relatives cause for profound gratitude. Examples are the ter Linden, ten Broeck and ten Eyck, and ver Donck family names. I n the Netherlands the Burgundian Heralds exercised large influence. The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church had its beginning in New Amsterdam in 1628 when Rev. On July 23, 1716, he bought of William Couenhoven 7 acres of land in the town of Flatlands. He arrived in Nieuw Amsterdam with his family on 15 Apr 1660. Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998. In 1881 Mr. Bergen published a more inclusive work entitled, "Register of the Early Settlers of Kings County to 1700." May 17,1863, and he was admitted to the New York bar three days later. Stephen Coert Van Voorhees and Willempie Roelofse Seubering were members of the at Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, Flatbush, Kings Co., Long Island, New York, on 19 November 1679 "fom Amersfort." The Life Summary of Coert Stevense. He was appointed Magistrate in 1673 and w as a Deacon in the church on 1674 In 1687 he took the Oat h of Allegiance to the British. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. Y. Ralph S. Voorhees, 1788 West nt h St., Brooklyn N . 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. Son of Coert our ancestor was, and a cognomen Biblical bore he. ; 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. Similar lists of meyers of the manors of Middelhees and Achterhees are of but little interest to the Van Voorhees descendants in America. Brother of Lucas Stevense van Voorhees; Jan Stevense Van Voorhees; Hendrickje Stephense Terhune (Van Voorhees); Aeltje Stevense van Voorhees; Jannetje Stevense van Voorhees and 2 others; Albert Van Voorhees and Abraham Stevense Vanvoorhees less A large and interested membership is deemed essential to the success of the Association. 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. The name of the mother of these older children has not been learned. 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. 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). 54.] 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. Gerrit Coerte, see forward. Vice-President. 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. It can then be determined whether it will be practicable to publish a new and complete edition of the Van Voorhees Genealogy. On the same document his oldest son's name was written Coert Stevenseu. His forename of Coert was carried down succeeding generations to the shores of America. His name appears on the assessment rolls of Flatlands, Long Island, of 1675 and 1683. Albert Stevensen and Cornelia Westervelt were sponsors at the baptism of his grandson, Albert, son of Lucas Albertsen and Annetje Kip, 14 May 1727 at Hackensack Ref. 1. Jun. Verify and try again. On 26. 1672-1702: Claudia Jurkiewicz: Private O'Connor, Joseph Charles Private: Emma E. Kabe: September 21, 1881 WFT Est. 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. Derived, it is said, directly from Stephen, the first Christian martyr:- Stephen Coerte, Van Voorhees, the name that appeared on the Bontekoe's record To this vessel he trusted his all, for with him came Vrouw Van Voorhees, And also five sons and three daughters, the children that blessed their union. It mattered not how proud the Dutch, nor how brave their governor, superior British cannon backing an imperial demand made surrender inevitable. 7, p. 546. 1640, d. 28 Oct 1702 Hendrickje Stevense Van Voorhees b. ca. rhees, Albert Van Voorhees, Aeltje Stevense Van Voorhees, Hendrickje Stevense Grietja Van Voorhees Stevenkonin, Kiers, Kierz, Kiersen, Ja Jan 7 1652 - Ruinen, Drenthe, Overijssel, Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden, Nov 20 1735 - Flatbush, Kings County, Province of New York. Terhune), Annette Terhune, Stephen Albertsen Terhune, Gerebrecht Terhune, Willemtje Bongaert (born Terhune), Marritje Albertse Bertholf 1655 - Hees, DeWolden, Drenthe, Netherlands, Steven Stephen van Voorhees, Willemtje Roelofs Willempie Seubering Seuberinge, Seuberg, Albert Albertse Terhune Terhunen, Jr., Jan Kierse. 24, 1681, Tilletje Reiniers Wizzel-penning, dau. It may be the order of their birth, though there are reasons to indicate that the three girls were older than Albert, and that Aeltje and Jannetje were twins. 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. Under date of October 4, 1667, Governor Nicolls issued a patent, known as the Nicolls Charter, to eight named inhabitants of "Amesfort als Flatlands." The compilers of such a work would be greatly aided by having access to the sources of information available to Mr. Van Voorhis, such as family Bibles and wills, and his personal correspondence. Coert married Marretje Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven, daughter of Gerret Wolfersen Van Kouwenhoven and Aeltje Cornelis Cool, before 1664. In English, Virtue my Castle. Johannes Coerte, married Barbara Van Dyck. Hopper, 2005), page 13, no. NEW AMERSFOORT Some historians hold that New Amersfoort was the earliest white settlement on Long Island. LL.M., D.C.L., Ph.D., member of the bar of the District of Columbia, and Past-President of the National Genealogical Society, from data derived from authentic sources, chiefly by Mr. Louis P. De Boer, an authority on Dutch genealogy. T H E NAM E VAN VOORHEES No document has yet been found to prove that our common ancestor used the name Van Voorhees. This far inland location became the site of a very early, if not the earliest, white settlement on Long Island for a very sound reason. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. At the call of the committee a second meeting was held in New York on May 21, 1932. The names of interested members of the family, and also of collateral relatives, arc desired, to whom copies of this folder may be sent. On 26-Mar-1674 He was a delegate to the convention at New Orange. Albertse VANVORHEES, Lucas Albertse VAN VOORHEES, Jan Albertse VANVOORHEES, Margrietje Alberse Margaret VAN VOORHEES, Rachel Albertse VAN n VAN VOORHEES, Hendrickje Stevense Grietja VAN VOORHEES STEVENKONIN, Aeltje Stevense VAN VOORHEES, Lucas Stevense VAN VOORHEES VOORHEES, After May 14 1727 - New Barbadoes, Bergen, New Jersey, British Colonial America, Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, United States, Hendrickje Stephense Terhune (Van Voorhees), Hendrickje Stephense Kiersen (Van Voorhees), Albert van Voorhees (born Stephensz Stevensen, van Vorhees), Birth of Elder Albert Stevense Van Voorhees, Birth of Jannetje Albertie (Ackerman) Van Vorhees, "Stevense", "Albert Stevense VanVoorhees", "Albert Stevens Voorhees". On the De Bonte Kou passenger list ages only were given-22, 10, 8, 6, 4, and 2. A warm welcome was prepared when it was noised abroad that the minister, Rev. 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). In 1555 Philip II , king of Spain, received, at the abdication of his father, Charles V, such rights in the Netherlands as the latter had possessed. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. To clear and prepare the land for cultivation T H E FAMIL Y ARRIVES AT NE W AMERSFOORT 29 would involve much time and strenuous labor. He died 1702 in New York. based on information from your browser. "Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vols.5- (1874-): 7:23. How do we create a person's profile? Kings Co. Conveyances II pg. 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. Stevense VAN VOORHEES (4) ALBERT J. HOPPER(1717 - 1795)m. ALYEA(1723 - bef. One other man is listed as a servant, one as a tailor, and one with a family as a shoemaker. Hopper, 2005), page 13, no. He was also known as Steven Coerte Van Voorhees. When Rev the original patentees of Flatlands ) 1987, June 1998 data. M. ALYEA ( 1723 - bef 1717 - 1795 ) m. ALYEA ( 1723 - bef, June,... Daughter of Gerret Wolfersen Van Kouwenhoven and Aeltje Cornelis Cool, before 1664,... Before 1664 Church in New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vols.5- ( 1874- ): 7:23 when was! 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