The translation of this in English terms is Quarterly, 1st and 4th gules-a tower d'or (of gold) opened of the field. 1888-1977 Frank C. Kabe: August 16, 1891 WFT Est. Coert Stevense Van Voorhees married Marretje Gerritse Van Couwenhoven in 1664. 4 states that Aelbert Stevense was installed as elder for the west side 25 July 1686. No one member of the family could hope to do all the work unaided, much less to bear the entire cost of publication. Father, Steven Coerte immigrated to "Nieuw Amsterdam" with his wife and eight children (and one son-in-law) in 1660. The next year the people of Amersfoort began building a church. In addition to an extensive correspondence the officers have arranged and held fifteen Rallies ; five in New York state, six in New Jersey, two in Ohio, one in Illinois, and one in Washington, D. C. At all of these the objects in view have been explained, and at some of them important papers have been read on special lines of family history, involving much research. 1672-1702: Claudia Jurkiewicz: Private O'Connor, Joseph Charles Private: Emma E. Kabe: September 21, 1881 WFT Est. 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 ? Though two of Steven Coerten's daughters had married, seven children remained, of whom one son only had grown to manhood. 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. She willingly shared the fortunes of her husband in the new world. There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. A Jan Kiersen took the oath of allegiance in September of 1687 in New Utrecht, stating that he had been in the country for 38 years. Jan was 8 on arrival. Geni requires JavaScript! Thus it came about that in the third generation members of t. Geni requires JavaScript! V > van Voorhees > Hendrickje Stevense van Voorhees, Categories: New Netherland Settlers | New Netherland Project-Managed | New Netherland Settlers Project Needs Church Records, WIKITREE HOME | ABOUT | G2G FORUM | HELP | SEARCH. 1650, d. ca. 1892-1981 David Arthur Kalb: Private Van Antwerp, Elizabeth Ann Private: Michael Nakia Kalpakoff . 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." Son of Coert our ancestor was, and a cognomen Biblical bore he. Stevense VAN VOORHEES (4) ALBERT J. HOPPER(1717 - 1795)m. ALYEA(1723 - bef. The vessel proved staunch, the sailors faithful, and in the end the anticipated harbor came into view. On 26-Mar-1674 He was a delegate to the convention at New Orange. 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. J. All are ready to watch the work of weighing anchor, hoisting sails, and easing the vessel out into the channel. 1640, d. 28 Oct 1702 Hendrickje Stevense Van Voorhees b. ca. Amersfort. Here he lived for the remainder of his life. 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. He arrived in Nieuw Amst erdam with his family on 15 Apr 1660. Several documents indicate that his second son used Albert Coerten consistently, while his third son signed his will Gerrett Coerten. Entry Cites John Reynolds Totten, "Van Der Beek Family Notes", New York Genealogical & Biographical Record Vol. The appellation of Worshipful was applied only to Steven Coerten. She [Hendrickje Stevense] and Jan Kiers emigrated with her father and family on the ship "de Bonte Koe" 15 April 1660. * He gave oath of allegiance in Sep. 1687. 134 lists deed to land in Flatlands. Oct. 1757) (car). 3-Nov-1706, d. after 1765 Willemptie Albertse Van Voorhees b. Ibid., p.413. This information is part of Stamboom Gritter by Bert Gritter on Genealogy Online. Oscar M . He died before 20 November 1735, in Flatbush, Kings, New York Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of . Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? Ch., Flatbush, Kings Co., NY; He is listed as Albert Stephensz, young man from Ruinen in Drenthe and she as Jelletje Reiniers Wizzel-penning, young lady His correspondence would prove invaluable to those who are looking forward to the preparation and publication of another and more complete Genealogy of the Van Voorhees Family brought clown to date. Daughter of Steven Coerts van Voorhees and Willemtje Roelofs Seuberinge 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. They had 2 sons and 6 daughters. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. Ch. Officers and an Executive Committee were elected, and a series of By-laws accepted with directions that the Committee draft them in suitable form. Cornelis Coerte, married Antje Remsen. Fish with varifications from Cond.Gen.of Van Voorhees Families pg 5;Hist.Handbook of Van Voorhees Family pg 30-37;N.Y. K 2c pg 374-381,391,B5F13 pg 10-15;Abridged Comp. His forename of Coert was carried down succeeding generations to the shores of America. Similar lists of meyers of the manors of Middelhees and Achterhees are of but little interest to the Van Voorhees descendants in America. https://www.ancestry.ca/interactive/6961/42037_2421401696_0511-00229?pid=82153, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brouwergenealogydata/index.htm, Collections of the New-York Genealogical and Biographical Society, http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:New_Netherland_Settlers_-_Approval_System. 641. SOURCES In preparing his Genealogy Mr. Van Voorhis had access to the extensive data concerning branches of the family that had been gathered by the late Teunis G. Bergen of Brooklyn, much of which is to be found in his great work, "The Bergen Family," first published in 1866, and in an enlarged edition in 1876. These civil divisions continued for eighteen years. Voorhees, D.D. 5. By 1636 Indian chiefs had been induced to deed away the patrimony of their people. PUTNAM'S SONS The Knickerbocker Press 1888. "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. Stephen Courten and wife Willemtje Seubering. In witness of the truth they sin this with their own hands at New Amesfoort on L.I.,in America, date as above. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. 1677-1770 Neeltje Van Voorhees: Abt. Coert Stevense Van Voorhees was born in April 1637 in Hees, De Wolden, Drenthe, Netherlands, to Aeltje Wessels, age 32, and Steven Coerte Van Voorhees, age 37. 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. He described the lands in the New World, and the crops they would bear. b. ALBERT VOORHEES and NELLIE of Lamington, Somerset County, N. J. Coert Stevensen was born in the Province of Drenthe in the Netherlands about 1637. He soon became a magistrate of Amersfoort. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogyd Burial: First Dutch Reformed Churchyard Hackensack Bergen County New Jersey, USA, Created by: cchldrss Record added: Jan 07, 2017 Find A Grave Memorial# 175017336. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174969553/stephen-coert-van_voo Stephen Coert Van Voorhees. Albert Coerte, married (first) Sara W . He sometimes signed his name as Coert Stevensen van Ruinen. It can then be determined whether it will be practicable to publish a new and complete edition of the Van Voorhees Genealogy. He He conveyed this property to his son Albert on 20. 4-Apr-1680 Annetje Terhune+ b. He was a magistrate, 1664 and 1673. Rev William Schenck his Ancestors and his Descedants Coer t Stevense Van Voorhees The Van Voorhees family Vol 1 The F irst Four Generations by Albert Stokes His birth was dete rmined by the ship passenger list. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Albert Stevense Van Voorhees I found on Findagrave.com. Ca 1691 Albert Stevense married Elena (Magdalena) VANDER SCHUERE (N). Auxiliary organizations may grow out of such reunions. New Bams wick. Thus far nothing has been found to indicate that his correspondence has been preserved-a cause for sincere regret. Born in 1600 at Drenthe, The Netherlands. Left behind were the meads of old Holland and his home near the village of Hees : Hence the surname he bore, as do we, the euphonious name of Van Voorhees. !Cond Gen of Van Voorhees Fam pg 5-6; Hist Handbook of Van V. Fam pg 36; NY K 2 c pg 375,377, 380; Mattie B. There were therefore in addition to the soldiers and sailors, fortynine passengers, twenty-one men, five wives with twenty-three children, and three maidens. Ann Voorhees who married Benjamin Hyde. Several of these have been given publicity in local papers. 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. We have sprung from an honored line, a brave, a noble and ancient. 1.] Ibid., page 433. The original subscription list, preserved among the papers of the Flatlands Church, shows that Steven Coerten's widow contributed f. 18, Coert Stevensen for himself and his son Albert f. 48, Lucas Stevensen f.30, and that the total was florins 556. Children of Steven Van Voorhees and Aaltjen Wessels: +1. Here the Canarsie Indians, the native bankers of the period, had their "mint." 9. He emigrated to New Amsterdam with his family on 16 April, 1660 on de Bonte Koe "The Spotted Cow". 12, no. 1637, d. ca. It therefore becomes necessary to find what may be deemed the correct spelling, and show more consistency than the records exhibited. ["Documentary History of New York," Vol. He came over with his father in 1660, settled in Flatlands. Ch. Germichje; parents: Albert Albertsz, Hendrickje Stephens. Though the burgers of New Amsterdam, and of New Amersfoort as well, had to accept a new government and avow a new allegiance, the ancient church order, coming out of the Reformation through the independence of the United Provinces under William of Orange, and finding its latest interpretation in the rules adopted in 1619 by the Synod of Dordrecht, was still to prevail. 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. Register of the Members from the Four Villages. 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. There were on board a company of eighteen soldiers, one with a wife and three children. The other signers were William Roeloffs, Jan Strycker, and Jan Suebering. 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." 1, page 52 (1996): 1:54. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The officers and -Irvin g Wilson Voorhees, M. D., 140 East 54th St., New York N . Co., 1979, 1989 . How do we create a person's profile? n Voorhis, Coerte Stevensen Van Voorhies Van Voorhies, Lucas Stevense (Lucas Steven /vanvoorhees/) Van Voorhees, Aeltje Stevense Van Voor 1635 - Voor Hees, Ruinen, Drenthe, Holland, Steven (Steven Coert /vanvoorhees/ Steven Coert /vanvoorhees/) Van Voorhees, Willempje (Sebring/seubering/ Suerboring/) Seubering. Roeloff Lucasse Van Voorhees. The land is described as 75 acres on the Hackensack River between David Akarman, formerly Jacques Larue, and John Berrie. 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). Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. He represented Amersfoort at the Assembly in New Amsterdamin April 1664 and at New Orange in 1674. of Auke Janse Van Nuyse and Magdalena Pieterse ; bap. On July 23, 1716, he bought of William Couenhoven 7 acres of land in the town of Flatlands. Stephen Courtz. 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. Van Voorhees Association, "Steven Coerts (Coerte) (Coerten) Van Voorhees", New Netherland Connections Vol. A tradition persists in the family of one of the name, who visited Drente some decades ago, that they were given because of heroic deeds in warfare, for which there had been abundant opportunity. http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~brouwergenealogydata/genealogy/p688. She was born circa 1660 at Hees, Drente, Netherlands. Johannes Coerte, married Barbara Van Dyck. Y. Category: Early Dutch immigrants to the United States. Y . This church under succeeding clergymen continued to minister to the religious life of Manhattan and surrounding communities. 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. Children by Aeltje: Coert Stephense Van Voorhees b. ca. It is folio 136 in Volume XXXII I of New York Colonial Manuscripts, a photostat of which has been secured. 1, page 52 (1996): 1:53. Ibid., page 402. Abstracting Lib. Later arms were adopted, or granted in consequence of knighthood conferred on the field of battle or by a sovereign. 1667, d. 16 Feb 1723/24 Albert Coertsen Van Voorhees b. ca. How we might wish to see a picture of this interesting group from Drente ! Office of the Sec. However commodious the homes at Hees they could not 'An address by Wheeler N. Voorhees given at a rally heldin Brooklyn, May 20, 1933, and since rewritten. Y. Ralph S. Voorhees, 1788 West nt h St., Brooklyn N . Hendrickje Stevens Van Voorhees was Born circa 1656 at Netherlands (assumes age 20 at estimated time of marriage). Apparently the father died in 1662, leaving six out of nine children surviving, and this son then became sole meyer. 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.". ; 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. Rev. Willemtje; parents: Lucas Stevense, Jannetje Minnes. In 1568 the United Provinces, which then included Belgium, began their revoltagainst his rule. Hendrickje Stevens Van Voorhees died in 1692 or 1693. He was active in chur ch and civic affairs at Flatlands. 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? You can always change this later in your Account settings. He was the youngest of three children. Ibid. ", New Netherland Connections Vol. He is generation 2, WikiTree profile Van Voorhees-22 created through the import of RYER.GED on Aug 19, 2011 by. Roelof Lucasz Van Voorhees d. 1751 Ibid., page 161. The church was completed that year. He married Neeltje Hegeman on 13 April 1716. Coert arrived in this country at New Amsterdam, April 1660 with his father on the "Bonte Koe". Coert Stevense Van Voorhees was born in 1637 at Hess, Drenthe, Netherlands. She died in 1692 or 1693 at Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey. 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. ", Evans, Thomas Grier. 12, No. Up this they sailed to the docks of the Dutch West India Company, where were also its warehouses and office. Descendants of families that began worshipping there during the Dutch period find inspiration when privileged to gather within its sacred walls. Not a few variant spellings are due to frontier school teachers who registered incorrectly the names of the children who came to their schools. Married twice. 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. Failed to report flower. You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. 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. The language spoken was that of the fatherland. This person was created through the import of grant2.ged on 07 February 2011. He was also known as Coerte Stevens Van Voorhees. In1930 they joined in celebrating the 300dth anniversary of his coming to America. Ancestry.com U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; @R6@, Ancestry.com Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015 Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014; @R7@, Ancestry.com A genealogy of the Van Voorhees family in America, or, The descendants of Stephen Coerte Van Voorhees of Holland and Flatlands Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT; Date: 2005; @R7@, Ancestry.com North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016; @R6@, Book Title: A register of the ancestors of Dorr Eugene Felt and Agnes (McNulty) Felt, Ancestry.com Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; @R7@, Ancestry.com New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920 Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004; @R7@, The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (quarterly-1934) - Extracts; Publication Place: New York; Publisher: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society; Page Number: 8, !Source: The Van Voorhees Association, May 1999, Sources found by Rhonda BawdenName(Coert Van Voorhees),parents,Byr,pla,Spouse,Dyr,Bap,End,SP-Archive Record Sheet of Mattie B. It may be that members of the Council, and perhaps also the doughty Director General, Peter Stuyvesant, came down to welcome them. 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. . There were two decks, a high stern and low bows, three masts and a long bow sprit. 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." 'This was April 4 according to the calendar now in use. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. On May 19, 1729, he bought of John Waldron two lots of woodland in Flatbush, " lying in the 2d Keuters division, known as lots Nos. 1932 OFFICERS President. Mindf ul of advice to prepare for emergencies, Steven Coerten has secured extra supplies of food which are safely stowed away after the custom of the time. Please enter your email and password to sign in. Sister of Lucas Stevense van Voorhees; Jan Stevense Van Voorhees; Elder Albert Stevense Van Voorhees; Aeltje Stevense van Voorhees; Jannetje Stevense van Voorhees and 2 others; Albert Van Voorhees and Abraham Stevense Vanvoorhees less 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. Marretje Coerte, married Jacob Remsen. The business completed Steven Coerten and his family go aboard and see for the first time the conditions amid which they are to live during the voyage. If it resembled others of the time it was about 170 feet long, 49 feet beam, and about 20 feet depth of hold. [5], Coert (Koert) Stevens(e) (Stephense) was born in 1637 in the Netherlands. 1667-1687 WFT Est. ", Hoff, Henry B. Then came Willempie Roeloffse Suebering or Sebring, Steven's second wife, and the mother of six sturdy children. The far-seeing pastor of the Church of Man- 28 T H E VA N VOORHEES HISTORICAL HANDBOOK hattan, Rev. in Stevense Van Voorhees, Coert Stevense Van Voorhees, Wessel Van Voorhees, Lucas Stevese Van Voorhees, Albert Stevense Van Voorhees, Hen Before Nov 20 1735 - Flatlands, Long Island, NY, Steven Coerte Van Voorhees, Willempie Roelefse Seubering. The affairs of Steven Coerten seem to have prospered. It was not easy to give up a home and life in which the family had known much of happiness. Another reason was the general use by the Dutch of "pet" or home names, which differed from those given at baptism. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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). Wollentje; parents: Albert Albertsz, Hendrikje Stephansz; op Amersfoort; witnesses: Jan Stephansz, Willemtje Seubering. In May 1696 a church meeting was held at the home of Elder Albert Stevense in Hackensack. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. Kings Co. Conveyances II pg. Van Voorhees Association, "Steven Coerts (Coerte) (Coerten) Van Voorhees", New Netherland Connections Vol. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. Putnam's Sons, 1888). 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. ["Holland Society Collection," 1891, pg. m. Catrina Van Duyn. 6-Oct-1702 Albert Albertse Van Voorhees+ b. [6], The following tree and data is from descendant Gail Smith, and is sourced from Bergen's Early Settlers of Kings Co, NY page 376 A system error has occurred. 1830 ANDREW b. Albert van VOORHEES. discoveries. Login to find your connection. All of the income of the former orders was dedicated to education under the supervision of the stadtholder and the estates of Drenthe.