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. The next year the people of Amersfoort began building a church. 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). Albertse John Terhune Terhuyne, Rachel Terhune, Stephen Albertse Steven Terhune, Willemtje Bogert, Marritie Maria Bertholf, Annette Terhu rhees, Aeltje Stevense Van Voorhees, Jannetje Stevens Jantje Van Voorhees, Jan van Voorhees, Albert van Voorhees, Abraham Stevense van Vo Circa 1656 - Voor Hees, , Drenthe, Holland, Ruinen, De Wolden, DR, Netherlands, Circa 1693 - Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, USA, Steven Coertse Van Voorhees, Willempje Roelofse Van Voorhees (born Seubering), oorhees, Jan Stevense Van Voorhees, Albert Stevense Van Voorhees, Janetje Stevense Simpson (born Van Voorhees), Van Voorhees, 1692 - Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, USA, Steven (Coerts) Van Voorhees, Willempje Roelofs Van Voorhees (born Seubering). Hendrickje Stevense Van Voorhees was the younger of two daughters named Hendrickje of father Steven Coerts Van Voorhees; her mother was Willemtje Roelofs Seuberinge. 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. Geni requires JavaScript! This action was certified on the margin of the document over the signature of Peter Stuyvesant, Director General, and C. V. Ruiven, Secretary. 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. Here the Canarsie Indians, the native bankers of the period, had their "mint." He came over with his father in 1660, settled in Flatlands. Secretary, Harry Stephen Vorhis, 50 Vanderbilt Ave., New York, N. Y. 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. 10 May 1698, d. 28 Oct 1734 5. Albert was chosen as an elder in the Hackensack Ref. Not a few have risen to prominence in business, as physicians, clergymen, lawyers, legislators, judges of lower and higher courts, authors and educators. His son Jan thoe Hees, born circa 1525, appears in the court records in the years 1558, 1573, and from 1575 to 1578. "The Imaginary Coert Stuyvesant,", The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Ancestral File. 1699. 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. 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. 3-Nov-1706, d. after 1765 Willemptie Albertse Van Voorhees b. He 'mmigrated. "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. Immigrant ancestor to America in 1660 from the farm of Voorhees in the Province of Drenthe to New Amersfoort (Flatlands), Long Island. m. Catrina Van Duyn. Half sister of Merghin Stevense Van Voorhees; Coert Stevense van Voorhees; Hendrickje Stephense Kiersen (Van Voorhees); Wessel Stevense Van Voorhees; Aeltji VanVoorhees and 1 other; and Johannes Coerte Van Voorhees less. No description of this ship has been found. N . For the accomplishment and fulfillment hereof the parties on either side, each in his capacity, pledge their persons and property, nothing excepted, in subjection to all laws and judges.Thus done and executed in Midwout upon Long Island, in presence of Witnesses hereunto invited. 22STATE AND CHURCH ON LONG ISLAND 23 In accordance with the Dutch method, church and civic life were closely associated. 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. Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church had its beginning in New Amsterdam in 1628 when Rev. 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). Albert Coerte, married (first) Sara W. Cornell, (second) Willentje Suydam (third) Ida Vanderbilt. They were the parents of at least 6 . Had nine sons and five daughters. Stephen Robin Voris 2526 East 26th St.. Brooklyn, N . During his lifetime Steven Coerten acquired several other tracts of land in and about Flatlands. Jan Stevense Van Voorhees was born about 1653, in Hees, Ruinen, Drenthe, Netherlands. Witnessed the baptism of Jannetje Albertse Voorhees , daughter of Albert Stevensz Van Voorhees and Helletje Reiniers Wizzelpenning, on 22 April 1690 at Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Bergen, (now Jersey City, Bergen Co., New Jersey), (sponsors Albert Albertse Terheun, Hendrickje Stevens). 1. Among the latter's children wereCoert, Jan, and Hilbert. 1, pg. 1581. b. ALBERT VOORHEES and NELLIE of Lamington, Somerset County, N. J. Dutch thrift has made all this possible. Shortly before this other families, especially those living in central New Jersey, had accepted the abreviated name, Voorhees. 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. Historical Person Search Search Search Results Results Albert Stevense Van Voorhees (1654 - 1727) Try FREE for 14 days Try FREE for 14 days. Father of Stephanus van Voorhees; Auke Janse van Vorhees; Willemptje Jans Wyckoff; Jan Janse van Voorhees; Roelof van Voorhees and 9 others; Magdelena Janse van Voorhees; Jacobus Janse van Voorhees; Lucas Janse van Voorhees; Albert Vorhees; Albert Janse van Voorhees; Femmetje van Voorhees; Abraham Janse van Voorhees; Steven Janse van Voorhees and Voorhies less This is in accordance with the general American practice. Steven Coerts Van Voorhees was also known as Steven Koerten Van Voorhees. A ll such arms fall short of the dignity that attaches to the more ancient arms of their ancestors. 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. 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. Household goods that could not be taken along must be disposed of and many purchases made. (III) Coert Stevense, son of Steven Coert Van Voorhees, was born 1637, died after 1702. On Nov. 17, 1693, he bought of Roelof Martense Schenck his farm lying in the " Pardegat," in Flatlands. 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. From that village as a center, one trail led southwestwardly toward Gravesend and beyond to the Narrows near Fort Hamilton, and northeastwardly to the East River at Newtown Creek, corresponding generally to the present Kings Highway ; the other led northwestwardly in the general direction of the present Flatbush Avenue toward what is now downtown Brooklyn, and southeastwardly a short distance tothe "Shell Banks" at Mill Island on the shores of Jamaica Bay. 1678 - ), Annetie Coerte Van Voorhees+ (5. 1672-1702: Claudia Jurkiewicz: Private O'Connor, Joseph Charles Private: Emma E. Kabe: September 21, 1881 WFT Est. He died 1702 in New York. 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. Try again later. 1698-1734. 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. Albert Stevense "Voohys" and his wife Jelleties Reyniers Wisselpenninck are listed as members of the Hackensack Ref. He 'mmigrated. 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. Both volumes came from the Knickerbocker Press, and were printed for private distribution only. If there had been seasickness at the first it had been forgotten. Domine John Megapolensisand members of his consistory were there to give friendly counsel, and to advise as to their movements. 1721-1814 Maria Van Voorhees: Abt. Capt. It frequently happened that descendants of younger sons of an armorial family, after several generations, forgot the arms of their ancestors, and adopted their own designs. They were God-fearing and persistent, and we give them honor. He married Neeltje Hegeman on 13 April 1716. The Netherlands continued old style until 1700 ; Great Britain until 17S2. 1689 WFT Est. He was also known as Coerte Stevens Van Vorhis. She was the second daughter of Steven Coerts Van Voorhees to be named Hendricktje. In 1664, he was a magistrate of what is now Flatlands [4] and founder of the Dutch Reformed Church in present-day Flatlands, Brooklyn . NEW AMERSFOORT Some historians hold that New Amersfoort was the earliest white settlement on Long Island. 641. They settled in Amersfoort on Long Island, later named Flatlands, now in the Borough of Brooklyn of the City of New York. Abbreviation: Ancestral File (R) Title: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R) (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998) Subsequent Source Citation Format: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R) BIBL The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. of State, Albany, N)Y) Vo. There were two decks, a high stern and low bows, three masts and a long bow sprit. 12, No. A HOUSE AT HEES, PHOTOGRAP H 190 8 I I I ORIGIN OF THE VAN VOORHEES FAMILY1 T H E Va n Voorhees famil y is one of that group of eminent old Dutch families of colonial New York whose sturdy character was a potent factor in the making of our colonial and subsequent history and in the upbuilding of this great nation. Teunis Bergen identified one of the representatives for those years as "Coert Stuyvesant,"[8] and the same name appears in a more recent carefully compiled list. Soon the men begin examining the capstan and the windlass, and other gear for hoisting the sails. He wasliving on 20 Jun 1699, when he conveyed property in Gravesend to his Albert Coert. They were near the place that was to be their home. 3 (2007): 12:75. 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. His oldest son signed his name Steven Koerten. 26-Feb-1699, d. before 9-Nov-1782 Rachel Alberts Van Voorhees+ b. Abstracting Lib. No animated GIFs, photos with additional graphics (borders, embellishments. "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. He received a patent for a tract of land near Kinderkamack, north of Hackensack, NJ, dated 27 April 1696. In the records of Dikninge Abbey it was spelled Avres or Overees, and we have the further suggestion that it "may be allied to the family name Avres, Overcs, and Verhees, which occur." The reports of the temporary officers were accepted and their actions approved, and a permanent organization effected. Ibid., page 341. 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