They declare that to the best of their fnform that they have always known him as an honest and virtuous man. Albert Terhuness. Ancestral File (R). It now seems that the name Van Voorhees was first used by relatives in the home land when addressing letters to those in America, as will be noted when these letters are quoted in another chapter. Close this window, and upload the photo(s) again. 1637, d. ca. Ch. It should be borne in mind, however, that in a genealogy all who are in the same numerical generation were not necessarily contemporaries. -------------------------------------------------------. Examples are the ter Linden, ten Broeck and ten Eyck, and ver Donck family names. He was living on 20 Jun 169 9, when he conveye d property in Gravesend to his son Albert Coert. It has been stated in several trees and books that Hendrickje was married to a Jan Kiers/Kierse. (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). Part Second, which fills the remaining pages of the book, contains genealogical data respecting these eighty-six grandchildren and their descendants, many lines being carried to the eighth generation. Try again later. 250, 304, 247, 308, 309. Born ca 1654/1658 in Drenthe, Netherlands. Household goods that could not be taken along must be disposed of and many purchases made. Birth of Hendrickje Stephense Terhune (Van Voorhees), "Hendrickje Stevense (Stevens) Van Voorhees", "Hendrickje Stevense Stevens Van Voorhees". At the call of the committee a second meeting was held in New York on May 21, 1932. The book was published in 1888, and is now out of print. 2-Apr-1678, d. circa 1680 Annetie Terhune b. Son of Steven Coerts van Voorhees and Willemtje Roelofs Seuberinge 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. If it resembled others of the time it was about 170 feet long, 49 feet beam, and about 20 feet depth of hold. 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. There can be little doubt that Elder Steven Coerten was buried in the old church. 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. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. Item, It is also my will that if any of my above-named children shall happen to be unmarried at my loving wife's decease, them that are then unmarried shall have so much out of my whole estate as those have had that are mar- ried, for their setting out, besides their or any of their equal proportion. Signed his name "Koert, Stevensen" and at times "Koert Stevensen Van Ruinen". They settled in Amersfoort on Long Island, later named Flatlands, now in the Borough of Brooklyn of the City of New York. To make the meaning evident the name Van Voorhees was frequently added within marks of parenthesis. He wasliving on 20 Jun 1699, when he conveyed property in Gravesend to his Albert Coert. Here the early Dutch immigrants found lands ready for immediate cultivation with a minimum of labor-almost a complete counterpart of the lands in Holland which they had left for homes in the New World. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. Jan; parents: Barend Jurriaansz, Aaltje Stephens; op Utrecht; witnesses: Jan Stephensz, Hendrikje Stephensz. 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. Quite possibly it was for them a wedding journey. Coert Stevensen married Marritje Cowenhoven. and Coert Stevense(Van Voorhees). 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. The translation of this in English terms is Quarterly, 1st and 4th gules-a tower d'or (of gold) opened of the field. ees), Coerte Stevens Van Voorhees, Stevenson Van Voorhees, Johannes Coerte Van Voorhees, Cheri Stevense Van Voorhees, Lucas Stevense Van 1634 - Voor Hees, Ruinen, Drenthe, Holland, 1709 - New Amsterdam, New York County, NY, USA, Steven Coertse Van Voorhees, Aaltje Hauels Van Voorhees (born Wessels). Daughter of Steven Coerts van Voorhees and Willemtje Roelofs Seuberinge One other man is listed as a servant, one as a tailor, and one with a family as a shoemaker. It was a wholesome family that presented itself that day before Van Ruyven, the company's agent, for all passed inspection, and Steven Coerten, his wife, and seven children, were entered upon the company's books and on the passenger list. 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 ? Coert Stevense Van Voorhees was born in 1637 at Hess, Drenthe, Netherlands. These facts give to members of the family and their relatives cause for profound gratitude. 1678 Marriage / Union: Jan Stevense van Voorhees (m. Mar 17th, 1678 ) 1681 Marriage / Union: Jan Stevense van Voorhees (m. ~1681 ) 1681 Marriage / Union: Albert Stevense van Voorhees (m. Apr 24th, 1681 ) 1681 Individual: Stephen Schenck (bpt. 12, no. [Stokes, "The Van Voorhees Family," pg. Amersfort. In the will of his brother-in-law, John Kiersen, dated 1705, he is listed as Albert "Stevensen." The Lex Saxonum, in its most primitive form, survived the longest in the ratherbarren country of Drenthe. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pdfamilytree/vool Ancestry.com U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; @R6@, Heritage Consulting Millennium File Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003; @R6@, Ancestry.com U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011; @R6@, Yates Publishing U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004; @R6@, Source number: 113.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Submitter Code: VVH. Ralph S. Voorhees, LL.B . 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. 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. Names of Members from Amersfort. Half brother 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. 2. 13-Aug-1682 Willemtje Terhune+ b. Albert Stevense Van Voorhees Born: unknown, in the Netherlands Died: was alive on 14 May 1727 Married: 24 April 1681, Helletje Reinier Wizzelpenning (sister of Cornelia) Helletje Reinier Wizzelpenning Born: unknown Died: about 1691 Married: date unknown, Elena Vander Schure Elena Vander Schure Baptized: 23 October 1667 in Nieuw Amsterdam Died . The banks, still in evidence, were immense heaps or banks of oyster, clam and other sea shells, the refuse of an extensive "sewan" or "wampum" manufacturing industry carried on by the Indians from time immemorial. He was 60 years old. So their motto in letters resplendent claimed Virtue, their castle or fortress ; And 'Virtue my Castle or Fortress'-the motto we proudly inherit : Surely a beautiful motto and one to be ever remembered, One to be cherished and loved by all their long line of descendants. Geni requires JavaScript! By 1636 Indian chiefs had been induced to deed away the patrimony of their people. Neeltje Coerte, married Jarret R. Schenck, of Monmouth county, New Jersey. 'The story of the beginnings of the civic and religious life of western Long Island was recounted in several addresses at Van Voorhees Rallies by Harry Stephen Vorhis, Secretary of the Association, and an honored Elder in the Flatlands Church. 3 (2007): 12:75. Some must look elsewhere for places for home making. Germichje; parents: Albert Albertsz, Hendrickje Stephens. 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 The generation intervening between 1636 and 1660, the year Steven Coerten and his family arrived, afforded sufficient time for the establishment at Amersfoort of a considerable community of Dutch farmers, artisans, hunters and fishermen. Married Magdelena Vander Schueren in 1692 at Hackensack Bergen County, New Jersey. Steven Coerte Van Voorhee came to America in April 1660 on the ship: DeBonte Koe (the Spotted Cow). There is but one Van Voorhees family in this country, for all are descendants of Steven Coerten-from the manor of Voorhees in Drente. He married Marretje Gerretse Van Couvenhoven b. 28 Dec 1724 Jan Stephensz Van Voorhees b. ca. 4. 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. Only four years later the English took possession of New Amsterdam, and all those of Dutch ancestry became of necessity subjects of Great Britain. 2008 - 2023 INTERESTING.COM, INC. This action was certified on the margin of the document over the signature of Peter Stuyvesant, Director General, and C. V. Ruiven, Secretary. He was active in chur ch and civic affairs at Flatlands. 15 &23; A. Stokes, "The Van Voorhees Family," pg. The price is $1. Y. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. 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. 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 Barbara is listed as a descendant of Kenneth J. Voorhees who is in the 11th generation. How we might wish to see a picture of this interesting group from Drente ! Names from a Census of Kings Co., 1698. Hopper, 2005), page 13, no. His Will dated, Jan. 3, 1723, proved Nov. 20, 1735, re- corced in the Surrogate's Office, New York City, in Liber 12, p. 356, is as follows : " In the name of God, Amen. 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. All who thus register will receive an appropriate Membership Certificate. [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. Apr. 1818 RoBERT M. b. r822 WM. 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. Steven Coerte's children married in due time, and in three generations relationships were established with many important Dutch families, including those of Ackerman, Bennett, Bergen, Bertholf, Bloodgood, Bougaert, Bryant, Cortelyou, Couwenhoven (also spelled Kouwenhoven and Conover), Ditmars, Dorlant, Dumont, Eldert, Garretson, Hendricks, Hopper, Housman, Janse, Kershow, Kierstead, Kipp, Laroe, Lott, Minas, Nevius,Pieters, Rapelje, Remsen, Riker, Roeloffs, Romeyn, Ryder, Ryerson, Schenck, Souebring, Stillwell, Stoothoff, Sutphen, Suydam, Terheune, Teunisson, Van Brunt, Van Derbeek, Van Derveer, Van Dyck, Van Duyckhuysen, Van Gelder, Van Giesen, Van Orden, Wessell, Wil - liams, Wyckoff, and Zabriskie. , 1698 13, no, dated 1705, he is listed as ``! Kings Co., 1698 times `` Koert, Stevensen '' and at times `` Koert Stevensen... Elder Steven Coerten was buried in the Borough of Brooklyn of the committee a second meeting held... 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