-------------------------------------------------------. Sadie Estelle Voorhees (Mrs. Edward Dawson) 127 Passaic Ave.. Passaic. Coert took the Oath of Allegiance in Flatlands in Sep 1687. Witnessed the baptism of Maria Janse , daughter of Jan Adamszen and Grietje Dircx, on 14 January 1665 at Reformed Dutch Church, New York City, New York, (sponsors Steven Courtszen, Agniet Lodovycksz). 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. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. A grand-daughter of Wolphert Gerritse married the oldest son of Steven Coerten, and became the ancestress of many of the Van Voorhees name. We encourage you to research and . 2008 - 2023 INTERESTING.COM, INC. The Friesians prevail in western 'By Calvin I . THE GENEALOGY The book is a quarto of 725 pages, and contains as a frontispiece a fine steel engraving of the author ; and also two maps, of 1638 and 1878, showing a portion of the Province of Drente1 in the Netherlands. He was also known as Coert Stevenz Van Voorhies. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. It also states that the bell was brought to Amersfoort on the 27th of August, 1686, by Jan Alberts (Terhune). All photos uploaded successfully, click on the Done button to see the photos in the gallery. This third day of January in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and twenty-three, I, John Stevenson, of Flatlands, in Kings County, on the Island of Nassau, Yeoman, being very well and in good health, and of perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto Almighty God calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament that is to say Principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it, and for my body I recommend it to the earth to be buried in a christianlike and decent manner at the discretion of my executors, nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life, I give, devise and dispose of the same in manner following. Nov. 1746), Albert Coerte Van Voorhees+ (c 1673 - c 1748), Neeltje Coertse Van Voorhees+ (30. Member of the Dutch Church of Flatlands and a deacon in 1677, magistrate in 1664 and 1673, captain of militia in 1689. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. VII , page 128, in the session held at Anloe eight days after Saint Magnus in 1604, as having died a short time earlier, leaving orphan children. Jun. Descendants of families that began worshipping there during the Dutch period find inspiration when privileged to gather within its sacred walls. Let each so live and so labor as worthy to be of the fathers , And mothers of past generations through whom we ve received our being. 2. Since first to these shores came the name two centuriesand more must be reckoned. Register of the Members from the Four Villages. ). Children of Hendrickje Stevense Van Voorhees and Albert Albertse Terhune Jr: supposed Annell Terhuyne Willemtje Terhune b. 1, page 52 (1996): 1:53. discoveries. He gave the name of his native town to the new settlement. There were on board a company of eighteen soldiers, one with a wife and three children. Albert Stevense VanVoorhees Birth 1656 - Hees, De Wolden, Drenthe, Netherlands Death Aft. Mar. Mother of Jan Terhune; Stephen Albertse Terhune; Antje Albert Zabriskie; Gerebrecht Hausman (Terhune); Willemtje Terhune and 4 others; Maritie Terhune Bertholf; Marretje Bartholf (Terhune); Rachel Albertse Hoppe and Wilemptje Terhune less We have sprung from an honored line, a brave, a noble and ancient. 1684, at the ripe age of eighty-four, possessed of several tracts of land in and about Flatlands, as is evidenced by later conveyances made by his heirs. He was also known as Koert Stevensen Van Voorhees. Only four years later the English took possession of New Amsterdam, and all those of Dutch ancestry became of necessity subjects of Great Britain. 1674 He was a delegate to the convention at New Orange. Kephart. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. He died 1702 in New York. 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. 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. Coert was born in 1537, in Hees, Soest, Utrecht, Netherlands. N . The rate was 36 guilders for each adult, but what reduction was made for small children is not stated. 12, No. 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. The record says "Jan Kiers, farmer and wife from Drenthe." 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). 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. 4, page 92 (2007). The castles on red fields told plainly of strength to protect and to cherish; But the motto gave voice and expression to a meaning wider and deeper ; For not in the oak or the castle, but in his own heart a man's strength is. 641. 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. Jan Stevensen van Voorhees Collection: MyHeritage Family Trees Site name: Ohmann Web Site Site manager: Janet Ohmann Birth: 1652 - Hees, Ruinen, Drenthe, Netherlands Death: Nov 20 1735 - Flatbush, Kings, Colony of New York, British Colonial America Parents: Steven Coerte Van Voorhees, Willemptje Roelofse Van Voorhees (born Suebering) Bio includes data from The Brouwer Genealogy Database. Ch. Later they sailed through the Strait of Dover, past Plymouth, where thirty-eight years earlier the Mayflower had tarried a few days before proceeding on its eventful voyage; and then on past Land's End and out upon the broad Atlantic. This church under succeeding clergymen continued to minister to the religious life of Manhattan and surrounding communities. 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. About 342 B.C. The people, however, held to the name Amersfoort for seevral generations, but finally Flatlands came into general use. Their authority came to an end and all royal authority as well when the seven united provinces of the Netherlands became in 1581 the Dutch Republic. Thanks for your help! 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. 13-Aug-1682 Willemtje Terhune+ b. 7, p. 546. Item, It is further my will that immediately after my loving wife's decease, all my whole estate of houses, lands, meadows, hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging, or in any ways appertaining, either in the Town of Flatlands or elsewhere, shall be sold to the best advantage, and the moneys as shall arise by the sale of my aforesaid estate shall be equally divided among my eleven children, by name, Stephen, Auken, Willemtie, John, Roelof, Magdelena, Lucas, Albert, Abraham, Femmetje, and Jacobus, unto them and each of them, and every of their heirs and assigns forever. For the purchase of this aforesaid land and rights Steven Koerten, purchaser of the aforesaid land and belongings, promises to pay to the aforesaid Corneles Dercsen Hooghlant, or to whosoever may acquire his title, the sum of 400 guldens, Holland money and 3000 guldens in good strung negotiable sewan, viz., in four installments : the first installment of 400 glds. 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. 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. . Steven Coerts Van Voorhees was born in 1600 at Hees, Drenthe, Netherlands. ), Van Nice Family History 1661-1979, or Vannice, Van Nuis, Van Nuys. 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." 30 Jun 1676, d. 4 Aug 1750 Treasurer. He was active in church and civic affairs at Nieuw Amersfoort, represented Amersfoort at the Assembly in Nieuw Amsterdam in April, 1664 and at New Orange in 1674. Van Voorhees Association, "Steven Coerts (Coerte) (Coerten) Van Voorhees", New Netherland Connections Vol. In 1664 a British man-of-war came to anchor off the tip of Manhattan facing the guns of the Dutch fort, and demanding the surrender of the colony from Peter Stuyvesant, the testy governor. 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. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. 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. 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