albert stevense van voorhees

Reference to an early map of Kings County shows that it is located several miles inland, near the shores of Jamaica Bay, a landlocked body of water having access to the Atlantic ocean through a narrow inlet at what is now Rockaway Point. He was a member and deacon of the Dutch Reformed Church in Flatlands in 1677 and captain of the militia in 1689, as well as representative of Flatlands in the Assembly held at city hall in New Amsterdam on 10 April 1664. In the will of his brother-in-law, John Kiersen, dated 1705, he is listed as Albert "Stevensen." 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. Albert Stevense Van Voorhees was born on month day 1654, at birth place, to Steven Coerte van Voorhees. Hence it is quoted in part. Between 1400 and ORIGI N OF TH E VA N VOORHEES FAMIL Y 13 1500 the monastery of Dikninge in Drenthe was granted overlordship of the three manors at Hees, and the branches of the ancient family that owned them became feudatories to that monastery, to which they paid a nominal annual rental, with the appellation of meyer or steward, i.e., one who manages the affairs of a landed estate. In 1881 Mr. Bergen published a more inclusive work entitled, "Register of the Early Settlers of Kings County to 1700." Steven Coerts Van Voorhees, Willemtje Roelofse Van Voorhees (born Seubering). Lucas Stevense Voorhees was born in 1650 in Hees, Drenthe, Netherlands, his father, Steven Coerte Voorhees, was 51 and his mother, Willemtje Roelof Seubring, was 31. At the call of the committee a second meeting was held in New York on May 21, 1932. You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. The organization was completed by the election of officers and an Executive Committee at a second meeting held in the Empire State Building, Manhattan, May 21, of that year. . In time the momentous decision was reached ; he and his family would seek a new home in New Netherland. Weve updated the security on the site. 4th Son of Steven Coerte and Willemptje Roelofse Seuberinge Van Voorhees. Steven Coerte at once purchased about fift y acres of land, including a home and a brewery, and set for himself the task of entering into the life of the new country. He appears on the Assessment Rolls for Flatlands in 1683. In the course of time arms were registered to prevent improper use, and the Herald's College in England came to be recognized as having more power than any similar institution on the continent. It is not thought necessary to copy all these unusual spellings. All the writers are of Van Voorhees ancestry, and with two exception, all bear the name, as does the artist who designed the illustrations. His sons and grandsons appear also to have had a flair for real estate. "Through a Dutch Door," pg. Long Island generally was quite heavily wooded and much of it stony and difficult to till. Brother of Merghin Stevense Van Voorhees; Hendrickje Stephense Kiersen (Van Voorhees); Wessel Stevense Van Voorhees; Aeltji VanVoorhees and Johannes Coerte Van Voorhees Then came the oldest son, Coert, who had encouraged the family migration. 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. A Record of the Family of Isaac Van Nuys (or Vannice) of Harrodsburg, Kentucky son of Issac Van Nuys of Millstone, New Jersey by Carrie Allen 1916, Chester, Chris. BIOGRAPHY: Albert was also an elder of the Hackensack Church, serving in 1695, 1700/02, 1704, and 1714. Ancestral File (R). The more prominent early settlers were buried within it ; others were buried around it. 4. He was born circa 1639 at Of, Ruenen, Drenthe, Netherlands. In Oct. 1667 Steven with others, patented the town of Flatlands. This is in accordance with the general American practice. In southern Drenthe, between Ruinen and Echten, is the small town of Hees. Witnessed the baptism of Willemyntie Albertse Terhune , daughter of Albert Albertse Terheune and Hendrickje Stevens Van Voorhees, on 2 April 1677 at Old First Dutch Reformed Church, Breuckelen (Brooklyn), Kings Co., Long Island, New York, (godfather Steve Coerten, godmother Willempie Roel(ofs?)). In July of that year the Dutch surrendered New Netherland to the English. There are no annual dues. A large and interested membership is deemed essential to the success of the Association. He was a magistrate, 1664 and 1673. He was also known as Coerte Stevens Van Vorhis. 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 other man is listed as a servant, one as a tailor, and one with a family as a shoemaker. This action was certified on the margin of the document over the signature of Peter Stuyvesant, Director General, and C. V. Ruiven, Secretary. It elicited many cordial responses, and proffers of financial support. He was shortly after his arrival made a deacon of the Church at Flatlands, and also a magistrate of the town-facts which to my mind go to prove that he was a man pretty well off in this world's goods, but was also above the majority of his fellow townsmen in culture and education. He was also known as Steven Coerten van Hees. Prior to the arrival of the Germanic Friesians perhaps as early as 1200-1000 B.C., that country was inhabited by Kelts and by mixed peoples of the seaports. Coert Stevense Van Voorhees was born in 1637 at Hess, Drenthe, Netherlands. Map of a part of the Province of Drenthe, Holland, showing the location of the village of Hees. 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. The castles, on red fields, told plainly of strength to protect and to cherish ; But the motto gave voice and expression to a meaningwider and deeper : For not in the oak or the castle but in his own heart a man's strength is. During the intervening forty-five years two generations have come upon the scene, the lives of whom are as worthy of record as were the lives of their ancestors. The Flatlands community maintained many rural characteristics until near the beginning of this century when it was absorbed with the Borough of Brooklyn into Greater New York. Resend Activation Email, Please check the I'm not a robot checkbox, If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the map. In the early pages of his work the author printed manyextracts from histories of New Amsterdam, New York, and Long Island; the New Netherlands Register, the Documentary History of New 4 T H E VA N VOORHEES HISTORICAL HANDBOOK York, and other sources, copying usually with great care the names as therein found and spelled. (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). Had nine sons and five daughters. No description of this ship has been found. Husband of Aaltje Stryker; Sarah Willemse Voorhees; Hilletje Reinier Wisselpenning; Barentje Van Voorhees and Elena (Magdalena) Willemse Van Voorhees A. Brouwer, Rijks Archieven in Drente, at Assen, the provincial seat. His son Jan thoe Hees, born circa 1525, appears in the court records in the years 1558, 1573, and from 1575 to 1578. 1658 Jannetje Stevense Van Voorhees b. ca. 1721-1814 Maria Van Voorhees: Abt. 26-Feb-1699, d. before 9-Nov-1782 Rachel Alberts Van Voorhees+ b. Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998. Then came Willempie Roeloffse Suebering or Sebring, Steven's second wife, and the mother of six sturdy children. 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. Old Members found here in the 4 Villages in the year 1677. Hopper, 2005), page 13, no. Ch. 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. Immigrated to New Netherland in November 1660 the "De Bonte Koe" (The Spotted Cow. She was baptized at the New Amsterdam Dutch Church 10 April 1644,[4] daughter of Gerrit Wolfertse Cowenhoven/Van Kouwenhoven and Altje Cool. Dutch thrift has made all this possible. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. He arrived in Nieuw Amsterdam with his family on 15 Apr 1660. He soon became a magistrate of Amersfoort. 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. To illustrate, the German Rudolph became Ruloff in the Dutch, though spelled in several ways, and Ralph in English. "Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam and New York. He was married to Elena van der Schure. Hendrickje Stevens Van Voorhees was Born circa 1656 at Netherlands (assumes age 20 at estimated time of marriage). A list of ten children of Steven Coerten, and another of eighty-six grandchildren, numbered consecutively in Roman numerals, with husbands and wives so far as then known, concludes this part of the volume. 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. The family of Steven Coerts VAN VOORHEES and Willemtje Roelofs Seuberinge who crossed the ocean with them in 1660 were, based upon most accounts: Coert Stevense VAN VOORHEES, Steven's oldest son from his first marriage Hendrickje Stevense VAN VOORHEES, Steven's youngest daughter from his first marriage, and her husband, Jan Kiers And the . 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 In the Civic Center of Denver the Voorhees Colonnade occupies a prominent position. In 1568 the United Provinces, which then included Belgium, began their revoltagainst his rule. Leave a message for others who see this profile. Voorhees, Coert Stevense Van Voorhees, Cheri Stevense Van Voorhees, Johannes Coerte Van Voorhees, Hendrickje Stevense Van Voorhees, &quo Vorhees), Steven Albertse Van Voorhees, Coert Albertsen Van Voorhees, Jannetje Albertie Van Vorhees, Mary Van Voorhees, Willemtje Slot ( 1719 - Hackensack, Bergen County, Province Of New Jersey, Steven Stephen VAN VOORHEES, Willemtje Roelofs Willempie SEUBERING SEUBERINGE. Steven Coerts Van Voorhees was born in 1600 at Hees, Drenthe, Netherlands. 3 (2007): 12:75. STEVEN COERTEN, LAND OWNER Our common ancestor must have been possessed of substantial means, or at least of excellent credit, for it is of record that, on November 29, 1660, within six months after his arrival, he purchased from Cornelius Diercksen (Hooghlant) for 3400 guilders ($2000) - a very considerable sum of money for those days-several scattered parcels of landaggregating some thirty-one morgens, or sixty-two acres ; also, a house, houselot and brewery. 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." For a third of a century Dutch families had been removing to New Netherland, where there was room in abundance. Thus it came about that in the third generation members of t. Geni requires JavaScript! Household goods that could not be taken along must be disposed of and many purchases made. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. 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. It is hoped that the appended lines, that form the beginning and closing stanzas of a poem that was read on July n , 1905, at High Bridge, N . 1735-1828 Neeltje Coerts Van Voorhees: WFT Est. IMPORTANT PRIVACY NOTICE & DISCLAIMER: YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO USE CAUTION WHEN DISTRIBUTING PRIVATE INFORMATION. 1882-1975 Ernest H. Kabe: June 03, 1887 WFT Est. The crest of the shield was a castle, while beneath on the scroll wasthe motto. Albert was chosen as an elder in the Hackensack Ref. He was the son of Steven Coerts Van Voorhees and Aeltje Wessels. 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. It is an ancestral line of noble origin in which any descendant may take just pride. The number of the crew is not stated. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Our common ancestor, Steven Coerte, came from the village of Hees in the Province of Drenthe in the Netherlands in 1660, bringing with him his wife, whose name is not recorded, three daughters, and five sons, the youngest, Abraham, being about two years of age. 1788 West 11th St.. Brooklyn, N . Ca 1691 Albert Stevense married Elena (Magdalena) VANDER SCHUERE (N). Both volumes came from the Knickerbocker Press, and were printed for private distribution only. However, those estates continued in the care of the same family in direct male lines and later in female lines for many decades. He never married. 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. He was living on 20 Jun 169 9, when he conveye d property in Gravesend to his son Albert Coert. 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. 12, 1662 ; d. On the assessment rolls of Flatlands of 1675 and 1683 and took the oath of allegiance there in 1687. Good tillage land. 3 Jun 1678, Annetie Coerte Van Voorhees b. He married Marretje Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven, daughter of Gerret Wolfersen Van Kouwenhoven and Aeltje Cornelis Cool, b 1664. We have set your language to Try again later. Thus amid increasingly friendly surroundings Steven Coerten and his family were carried forward, rejoicing when breezes were favorable, and keeping up courage when winds were contrary, or storms lashed the deep into a fury. "The Brouwer Genealogy Database. [9] In the brief article "The Imaginary Coert Stuyvesant," Henry Hoff observed that there was no such person in the well-documented Stuyvesant family, but "since the somewhat unusual name of Coert was used by the Van Voorhees family of Kings County, it seems probable that the assembly representative was really Coert Stevense Van Voorhees, who was known as Coert Stevensen."[10]. All of the income of the former orders was dedicated to education under the supervision of the stadtholder and the estates of Drenthe. Children by Aeltje: Coert Stephense Van Voorhees b. ca. Married 2nd before 1650 Willempie Roelofse Seubering. Willemeijntie; father: Albert Albertsz. s, Wessell Vanvoorhees, Lucas Stevense Van Voorhees, Albert Stevense Van Voorhees, Aeltje Stevense Van Voorhees, Hendrickje Stephense Ter Ruinen, Drenthe, Overijssel, Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden, Flatbush, Kings County, Province of New York, Brooklyn, Kings County, Province of New York, Hendrickje Stephense Terhune (Van Voorhees), Hendrickje Stephense Kiersen (Van Voorhees), "Stevense", "van Vorhees", "Jan Stevensen Van Voorhees", Flatbush, Kings, Colony of New York, British Colonial America, Cornelia was the sister of Helletje who married Jan's brother Albert, Stephen VAN VOORHEES (????-????) The Council responded promptly, voting on June 7 the sum 24 T H E VA N VOORHEES HISTORICAL HANDBOOK of 250 guilders. Each Chart must be especially prepared. About 342 B.C. 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. 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. 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. Nov 5th, 1682 ) 1683 Individual: Neeltje . The four mothers could count on the young wife of Jan Kiers and the three maidens to help them with the care of the children. Changing his mother from Seubering-2 to Wessels-29 as has been pointed out, he was having children about 1660 which makes him too old to have been the son of Willempie. "The Imaginary Coert Stuyvesant,", The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Ancestral File. '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. Ethnologically, the present kingdom of the Netherlands is divisible into three sections, inhabited by the Friesians, Franks, and Saxons respectively. Representatives are now found in neary every state of the Union. Van Voorhees Association, "Steven Coerts (Coerte) (Coerten) Van Voorhees", New Netherland Connections Vol. 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. 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. Some of the land had been crudely cultivated by the Indians. of Reinier Wizzel- penning and Jannetie Snediker, b. , d. . 3 (2007): 12:75. 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. Enter a grandparent's name. The original church was octagonal in form, which in the Netherlands signified a free church. in 1695, 1700, 1702, 1704 and 1714. 1650, d. ca. https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE3652 Flatlands, Kings, New York, United States. Taken as a whole, the population of northern Netherlands is probably more purely Nordic than the nations to the east or south. He married Marretje Gerretse Van Couvenhoven b. Their last appearance together in the official records is at the baptism of their grandson Albert. 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. The helmet above the shield is that of an Esquire, a title that in England ranks below that of Knight. He was a member of the Dutch church of Flatlands and a deacon in 1677; a magistrate in 1664 and 1673; captain of militia in 1689. Al l that had appeared in the earlier work respecting the Van Voorhees family, and much in addition, is found in the later book. Some who bear these names may still find it possible to trace their connection with the family, for they also descended from our common ancestor. 1643, d. 1708, married aft 1664. Ancestry.com North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016; Book Title: The Bergen family : or the descendants of Hans Hansen Bergen, one of the early settlers of New York. Let us then the name of Van Voorhees and the family tradition and motto With ardor and kindling devotionuphold and protect and cherish. A competent historian is awaited. Van Voorhees was spelled in many ways, and Voorhees in several others. It mattered not how proud the Dutch, nor how brave their governor, superior British cannon backing an imperial demand made surrender inevitable. James Hubbard at the request of JanElten, a resident of Kingston, now about to depart for the Fatherland, the worshipful Steven Corte (Van Voorhees) seventy-nine years old,and Coert Stevense(Van Voorhees) forty-two yrs.old, all natives of land of Drenthe,who declare that it is true tha the above named petitioner is the lawful son of Roeloff Elten. He was one of the original patentees of Flatlands. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. There was an error deleting this problem. 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 339 Register of the Members from the Four Villages. 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. He was active in church and civic affairs at Flatlands. The appellation of Worshipful was applied only to Steven Coerten. 1677-1770 Neeltje Van Voorhees: Abt. Albert appears on the assessment rolls of Flatlands in 1683. 1683 - 10. 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. Hendrickje Stevense Van Voorhees was the younger of two daughters named Hendrickje of father Steven Coerts Van Voorhees; her mother was Willemtje Roelofs Seuberinge. A church at New Utrecht was organized in 1677, and one in Gravesend about twenty years later, though a request for an organization had been made as early as 1660, and occasional services were held in the Session House that belonged to the community. and Credits of the said deceased, and his last Will and Testa- ment in any manner or way concerning, was granted unto Femmetje Stevenson, the Executrix, in the within Will named, chiefly of well and truly administering the same, and of making a just, and true, and perfect Inventory of all and singular, the Goods, Rights, and Credits of the said deceased, and exhibiting the same into the registry of the Prerogative Court in the Secretary's Office for the Province of New York, and that on or before the twentieth day of May next ensuing, and of rendering a just and true account, calculation and reckoning when thereunto required. 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. This search has not been exhaustive, and many other data may yet be found. Of conditions there many encouraging reports had been received. !Source: 1) The IGI, film # 1396345 2) Church Archive record submitted by Mattie B Fish, 586 East 2nd Ave, Mesa, Ariz. 3) The Ancestral File of the Church of Jesus Christ of LDS shows this person to be the son of Steven Coerte VAN VOORHEES and Willempje SEUBERING, adds Stevens to the name, gives death date and the following temple ordinance dates: B: 28 Sep 1929, E: 13 May 1931, and SP: 28 May 1943. Later it became recognized generally as a family emblem. The work proved far greater and costlier than he had anticipated. In 1536, the heirs of the Burgundian dynasty that had gained the supremacy in the Netherlands and had in 1486 for the first time called the meeting of a constitutional body, the Lords States General, obtained from the bishopric of Utrecht the supremacy over the landof Drenthe. Before winter set in lie made a purchase, as will be told in another chapter, and soon all the home furnishings they had brought with them, and additional purchases, were duly distributed, and the routine of pioneer life had begun. [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 19. Those who kept church records seemed less careful than did the keepers of civic records. It also states that the bell was brought to Amersfoort on the 27th of August, 1686, by Jan Alberts (Terhune). There can be little doubt that Elder Steven Coerten was buried in the old church. Now on the soil ofthe new world at New Amersfoort Steven Coerten and Mother Willempie, with their vigorous brood shod in wooden shoes, and dressed as fashion decreed for the well-to-do of Drente, looked about for a location for a home. Several of these have been given publicity in local papers. ["Holland Society Collection," 1891, pg. Married twice. 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. Rethicerl from an illustration in the Van Voorhees Genealogy. No one member of the family could hope to do all the work unaided, much less to bear the entire cost of publication. (Research):BIOGRAPHY: He came to New Amsterdam with his parents aboard the Bonte Koe in 1660. How all were impressed with the, view of the fort over which floated the ensign of the Dutch West India Company, within which was the Dutch Church ; and with the glimpses they had of the city lying beyond ! Please note that membership is not confined to those who bear the ancestral name, forcollateral relatives are welcomed. 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. The women had gained experience in caring for children in restricted quarters, and the men had tried their luck at fishing to replenish the tables. He married Helletje Reiniers Wizzelpenning, daughter of Reynnier Wesselpenck and Jannetje Snediker, on 24-Apr-1682 at Dutch Reformed Church, Flatbush, Kings County, New York. Drag images here or select from your computer for Albert Stevense Van Voorhees memorial. Secretary, Harry Stephen Vorhis, A.B . The system adopted has merit, though leaving much unused space on many pages. Very sick and weak in body he mentions his brothers and sisters in Holland (who are not named), his brother Koert Stevensen, his wife's sister Maritie who lived in Holland, his wife's half-brothers and half-sisters names Lucas Stevensen, John Stevensen, Albert Stevensen and the heirs of Aeltie Stevensen, the heirs of Jannetje Stevensen and the heirs of Hendrickkie Stevensen. 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