Voorhees, Aelte Stevense WFT Est. Hence we may believe that about the first of June De Bonte Kou sailed proudly into the lower bay, past Sandy STEVE N COERTEN'S MIGRATIO N 21 Hoek, with Coney Eylandt to the right ; then throughthe Narrows, and the inner harbor until she came to anchor off the southern tip of Manhattan. 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. Seven states are already represented on our membership list. 19. 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. Y., who was about "to depart for the Fatherland." Van Voorhees Association, "Steven Coerts (Coerte) (Coerten) Van Voorhees", New Netherland Connections Vol. 19 Nov 1679. Register of the Members from the Four Villages. 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. 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. During his lifetime Steven Coerten acquired several other tracts of land in and about Flatlands. During recent years Louis P. De Boer, A.M. , LL.B., a native of the Netherlands but for many years a citizen of the United States, a careful writer on Netherland genealogies, has studied with care T H E FAMIL Y COAT OF ARM S 9 available records in the province of Drente with interesting results, as set forth in the next chapter. 3 (2007): 12:75. . WIKITREE PROTECTS MOST SENSITIVE INFORMATION BUT ONLY TO THE EXTENT STATED IN THE TERMS OF SERVICE AND PRIVACY POLICY. Member of the Provincial Assembly of 1664. He was a magistrate, 1664 and 1673. 1, pg. Ethnologically, the present kingdom of the Netherlands is divisible into three sections, inhabited by the Friesians, Franks, and Saxons respectively. Vice-President. There is considerable fish in the rivers. Van Voorhees Association, "Steven Coerts (Coerte) (Coerten) Van Voorhees", New Netherland Connections Vol. Login to find your connection. N . Alberts Albertsz and wife Hendrikje Stephens. Thus a strong bond of union with the Fatherland was to hold, though former political ties must thereafter be relinquished. 8. Oops, we were unable to send the email. "When I was in England in 1872. it occurred to me to ascertain if the Voorhees or Van Voorhees family in Holland had ever in the past been entitled to any arms. On the De Bonte Kou passenger list ages only were given-22, 10, 8, 6, 4, and 2. Altje Coerte, married (first) Johannes Willemse; (second) Joost Rutfertse Van Brunt. Maria; parents: Jan Adamszen, Geertie Dircks. 4, page 92 (2007). He was Captain of the Militia in 1689. These were considered the correct forms at that time, thereafter Coerten and Coert most frequently appear. Each child found a place in the family economy, and began ihe real task of becoming adjusted to the new environment. 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. 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. Coert Stevense Van Voorhees was commissioned Captain of Militia by Lt Gov Jacob Leisler on December 27, 1689, when he was 52 years old. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. In the 'robur,' the oak of the Romans, was seen manly courage or virtue. Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? No animated GIFs, photos with additional graphics (borders, embellishments. When conditions proved especially favorable six weeks were sufficient for the voyage. 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. Clues are not wanting to the influences that encouraged this migration. A year after the church was built a great change took place in the political status of New Netherland, including New Amersfoort. They were the parents of at least 1 son. Co., 1979, 1989 . Geni requires JavaScript! He married Neeltje Hegeman on 13 April 1716. Ch. Gesbrechtje; parents: Klaas Jansz Romeijn, Stijntjen Alberts; op Amersfoort; witnesses: Albert Albertsz, Hendrikje Stephens. Ibid., page 433. THE FLATLAND S REFORME D CHURC H NOTE-The octagonal church illustrated on page 22 served the congregation for eighty-six years. 2008 - 2023 INTERESTING.COM, INC. So their motto in letters resplendent claimed VIRTUE their CASTLE or FORTRESS ; And "Virtue my Castle or Fortress" is the motto we proudly inherit. Had nine sons and five daughters. Married 2nd before 1650 Willempie Roelofse Seubering. The correctness of Mr. De Boer's findings have been affirmed in general by J. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. Children of Steven Van Voorhees and Aaltjen Wessels: +1. His name appears on the assessment rolls of Flatlands, Long Island, of 1675 and 1683. As to his family in Holland, I have a translation of letters written in Holland to his brothers in Flatlands, dated 1684, 1687, and 1699, which show that the family were both prosperous and well educated. ; 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. Capt. Sold his Gravesend Long Island property to his son, Albert Coerte, for 295 pounds, on 20 Jun 1699. Wife/Partner: ? 9. 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." EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The officers and -Irvin g Wilson Voorhees, M. D., 140 East 54th St., New York N . 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. 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. In 1687 he took the Oath of Allegiance to the British, was Captain of Militia in 1689. The land is described as 75 acres on the Hackensack River between David Akarman, formerly Jacques Larue, and John Berrie. Albert appears on the assessment rolls of Flatlands in 1683. In the Civic Center of Denver the Voorhees Colonnade occupies a prominent position. Roe Van Voorhis," pg. That cattle were available was stated, and also something respecting their cost. Children by Willempie Roelofse: Lucas Stephensen Van Voorhees b. ca. Van Voorhees, Stephen Albertse Van Voorhees, Jannetje Albertse Vanvoorhees, Willemtje Albertse Van Voorhees, Jan Albertsen Van Voorhees, Mar 8 1654 - Hees, De Wolden, Drenthe, Netherlands, May 24 1727 - Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA, n Coerts Van Voorhees (Born Van Voorhees), Willemtje Roelofs Willempie Van Voorhees (Born Van Voorhees) (born Seubering Seuberinge, Seuberg). Hendrickjen Stevense Van Voorhees of Holland and Flatlands, L.I. Born ca 1654/1658 in Drenthe, Netherlands. Putnam's Sons, 1888), page 10. https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Hendrickje_Van_Voorhees_%281%29, Name[3] Hendrickje Stevense van Voorhees Married Name[3] Kiers Gender Female Birth[3] abt 1634 Hees, Drenthe, Netherlands Marriage abt 1658 Hees, Drenthe, Netherlandsto Jan Kier Immigration[3] 1660 New Amsterdam, New York, New York, United StatesFrom Amsterdam on de Bonte Koe (the spotted cow) Alt Death? 28 Dec 1724 Jan Stephensz Van Voorhees b. ca. ["Holland Society Collection," 1891, pg. He died before 20 November 1735, in Flatbush, Kings, New York Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of . 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. Not a few variant spellings are due to frontier school teachers who registered incorrectly the names of the children who came to their schools. 1653 Hendrickje Stevens Van Voorhees b. ca. There were growing families in the homes of brothers and sisters. He emigrated to New Amsterdam with his family on 16 April, 1660 on de Bonte Koe "The Spotted Cow". Stephen Coerte Van Voorhees+ (c 1667 - 16. I&II by Ann P. Miles;Conover Lineage by Leona C. Meehan, Middletown, Ohio; !IGI;Monmouth Families, Vol I&II, by Ann P. Miles;Conover Lineage by Leona C. Meehan, Middletown, Ohio; A20843-8 D 11 Am pub M Vol1 p.16 B 14 A 71. 1650, d. ca. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? 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. Married Albert Albertse Terheune, son of Albert Albertszen and Geertje Dircks, circa 1676. On 31 Jul 1681 they sponsor at the same church for the son of Jan Clemente and Maria Bogert. With the exception of the eldest son, Coert, the other children were ten years of age or younger. 1, page 52 (1996): 1:53. The name Van Voorhees, which does not appear in early family records, was evidently adopted because our ancestors came from near the village of Hees, and was quite generally accepted. Now known as the Collegiate Reformed Church, it still exists in Manhattan, being the oldest church of uninterrupted activities along the Atlantic seaboard, if not in the entire United States. He was the son of Steven Coerts Van Voorhees and Aeltje Wessels. How we might wish to see a picture of this interesting group from Drente ! Aug. 13, 1651; d. (Will dated Feb. 3, 1704). 1734 WFT Est. Another reason was the general use by the Dutch of "pet" or home names, which differed from those given at baptism. !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. "Through a Dutch Door," pg. Holland money payable by exchange in Holland in the next coming summer ; and the second installment in May 1662, 1000 glds ; and the third installment in May 1663, 1000 glds; and the fourth installment in May 1664, 1000 glds. Neeltje Coerte, married Jarret R. Schenck, of Monmouth county, New Jersey. The name of the mother of these older children has not been learned. Thus, the Saxon blood, speech, and customs prevail today in those areas. T H E NAM E The English requirement respecting patronimics brought to an end the Dutch system of names, in accordance with which both sons and daughters bore as their second names the first name of their father ; as Coert Stevense and Altj e Stevense, children of Steven Coerte or Korten, whose father was Coert or Kort. Julius Caesar's campaign in northern Gaul in 57-52 B.C. Gen. Vol 3 pg 461.Vol 6 pg 30,598,163;Vol 7 pg 112,258,8890,447;Colonial Families of the U.S. Vol 1 pg 456-9;___ an Ancestry Vol 1,3,4;___esis Oct1954 Dutch Settlers in N.J. by Tunia G Bergen Name(Coert),parents,Byr,Spouse,MD(bef 1666),Children-Flatlands,Kings,NY Record pg 376,378(copied) Name(Coert),parents,Byr,pla(Hees,Drenthe,Holl),Spouse,MD,End-TIB FHL film 1,262,345 *Mother also as Willempje Seubvering from Long Island Genealogies. In Midwout, November 29, 1660, A.D., Appeared before me Adriaen Hegeman, herein Secretaryof Midwcut and Amesvoort in New Netherland, and before the hereafter name 1 witnesses, Corneles Dercsen Plooghlant on the one side and Steven 30 T H E VA N VOORHEES HISTORICAL HANDBOOK Koerten on theother ; the said Cornells Dircksz Hooghlant acknowledging that he has sold and he, Steven Koerten, that he has bought of him, a parcel of maize land situate within Amesfoort, between the bowery of Wolffert Gerritsen Van Couwenhoven and Frans Jensen, Timmerman (carpenter), wide on the west side thirty-six rods, on the east side thirty-two rods, large nine morgens ; further a piece of woodland situate north of the land of Elbert Elbertsz, south of Frans Jansz, wide on the east side thirty-two rods, on the west side twentyfour rods, running from the maize land to the land of Spysser, about west-northwest, large seven morgens ; a piece upon the Flats, lying between the Town and Jan Martensz, wide thirty-eight rods, large ten morgens ; a piece of Meadow situate between Spyser and Jacob V an Couwenhoven, large five morgens : amounting together to thirtyone morgens : together with the house and house-lot lying and being in the Town of Amesfoort, and the hay ricks, with the brew house and allthe brewing implements, kettles, tubs, vats and all that belongs thereunto, with a wagon, plow and iron harrow, with two oxen, together with the grain that is at present sowed upon the said land and four schepels of pease and four schepels of buckwheat. 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. In- consequence of the religious persecutions in France during the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, thousands of Huguenot families were added to the population of the Netherlands. In the census of 1698 the family is listed as 1 man 1 woman and 1 servant. 12, No. 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. In the earliest documents the family name does not appear. Steven was born in 1600, in Hees, De Wolden, Drenthe, Netherlands. William Roe Van Voorhis was in the sixth generation of the Van Voorhees Family in America. He took the oath of allegience in Sep 1687. Hence it is quoted in part. It is thus described in an early document : "The Course lies toward the Canary Islands, thence to the Indian Islands,then toward the mainland of Virginia, steering right across, leaving the Bahamas on the left, and the Bermudas on the right, where the winds are variable with which the land is made." AUXILIAR Y ASSOCIATIONS It is hoped that during the intervening years gatherings or reunions may be arranged in places where several families are within easy traveling distance, to which collateral relatives should be invited. Married twice. In the will of his brother-in-law, Jan Kiersen or Kierstede. In 1664, he was a magistrate and founder of the Dutch Reformed Church in present day Flatlands, He emigrated with his family in April 1660 to the New Netherlands in the ship Bontekoe. To make the meaning evident the name Van Voorhees was frequently added within marks of parenthesis. Four of the families were from Drente, the fifth from Gelderland. We have sprung from an honored line, a brave, a noble and ancient. Several of these have been given publicity in local papers. She was the second daughter of Steven Coerts Van Voorhees to be named Hendricktje. Y . HISTORICAL Handbook OF TH E VAN VOORHEES FAMILY IN TH E NETHERLANDS AND AMERICA WIT H ILLUSTRATIONS STEPHEN J. VOORHIES T H E VAN VOORHEES ASSOCIATION 193 5 Copyright 1935 by the V A N VOORHEE S ASSOCIATIO N Organized January 16. 1658, d. before 10 Sep 1709 Pamela J. Sears, "Who was Catrina: wife of Stephen Jansz Van Voorhees of Jamaica? Coert Stevense (Van Voorhees) was commissioned Captain of foot soldiers by Lieut.-Gov. This was two years after the latter's son, Steven Coerten, the eldest of seven children, had emigrated to America. Y. " Albert van VOORHEES. In 1730, when forty-seven years of age, Johannes Van Voorhees removed from Freehold, New Jersey, to Dutchess County, New York, where he had purchased for 670 pounds an estate extending from the Hudson river northeasterly beyond the village of Fishkill, about six miles in all, containing "2790 acres more or less," and became the progenitor of the Fishkill branch of the family. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. On an unknown date he was one of two representatives of Flatlands in Assembly held at City Hall in New Amsterdam, April 10, 1664. 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. On February 9, 1654, Rev. The prevailing mode of writing it now, however, is Voorhees, without the prefix 'Van,' such being the spelling used in the counties [5] of New Jersey, except Bergen where it is almost universally written Voorhis without the 'Van.' Is anyone with access able to verify: (Jan Kiers) "His will was dated on 4 August 1705 proved 3 Sep 1705. https://archive.org/details/vanvoorheesvoorh00vori/page/n5/mode/2up, https://ia800202.us.archive.org/21/items/colonialfamilie00rhoagoog/colonialfamilie00rhoagoog.pdf, http://www.purfeerst.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I052642&tree=purfeer, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175017336/hendrickje-stevens-terheune, New Netherland Settlers Merge Approval System, New Netherland Settlers Project Needs Church Records. Secretary, Harry Stephen Vorhis, A.B . The farm extended from the Hackensack to the Saddle River. It is thus evident that the name, though having its origin in Drente, is American, and not Dutch as our genealogist believed. Mr. Kephart is a member of the Association through his great grandmother. This our genealogist had not learned, for he used Coerte and Stevense for both sons and daughters. Here Steven Coerten and his family assembled for official inspection, and a final decision as to the cost of the passage. Hendrickje Stevense Van Voorhees was born in 1655 to Willempie Roelofse Seubering, age 36, and Steven Coerte Van Voorhees, age 55. Aeltie Coertse Van Voorhees b. between 1665 and 1670, d. 12 Nov 1746 Stephen Coertsen Van Voorhees b. ca. 5 Dec 1680, Johannes Coerte Van Voorhees b. 1735-1828 Neeltje Coerts Van Voorhees: WFT Est. Examples are the ter Linden, ten Broeck and ten Eyck, and ver Donck family names. 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. A serious illness, from which he is happily recovering, deprives us of the privilege of reading the story as he would have written it. Similar lists of meyers of the manors of Middelhees and Achterhees are of but little interest to the Van Voorhees descendants in America. Failed to report flower. No description of this ship has been found. 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. 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. Motto-Virtus Castellum M cum. 1699. She and Albert Albertse Terhune Jr were members of the Dutch Church, Flatlands, Kings County, Long Island, NY. 1720 WFT Est. Surely a beautiful motto and one to be ever remembered, One to be cherished and loved by all their long line of descendants. You can always change this later in your Account settings. Christianity was brought first to the inhabitants of the present Netherlands about A.D. 696, when the bishopric of Utrecht was founded. 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. 4 states that Aelbert Stevense was installed as elder for the west side 25 July 1686. This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. Repository: Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. 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. Hendrickje Stevense Van Voorhees was born in 1655 to Willempie Roelofse Seubering, age 36, and Steven Coerte Van Voorhees, age 55. 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. There are no annual dues. 1699. 19. Half brother of Lucas Stevense van Voorhees; Jan Stevense Van Voorhees; Elder Albert Stevense Van Voorhees; Hendrickje Stephense Terhune (Van Voorhees); Aeltje Stevense van Voorhees and 3 others; Jannetje Stevense van Voorhees; Albert Van Voorhees and Abraham Stevense Vanvoorhees less. T. CONTENTS PAGE I THE FAMILY GENEALOGIST AND HIS WORK 1 II THE FAMILY COAT OF ARMS 7 III ORIGIN OF THE VAN VOORHEES FAMILY 11 IV STEVEN COERTEN'S MIGRATION 16 VSTATE AND CHURCH ON LONG ISLAND 22 VI THE FAMILY ARRIVES AT NEW AMERSFOORT 26 VII LETTERS FROM THE HOME LAND 38 VIII THE VAN VOORHEES FAMILY AT GRAVESEND 42 IX VAN VOORHEES FAMILIES IN NEW JERSEY 47 X THE DUTCH COLLEGE ON THE RARITAN 54 XI THE FIRST CLERGYMAN 58 XII IN THE WAR FOR AMERICAN INDPENDANCE 61 XIII FRIENDS OF WASHINGTON 63 XIV CAPTAIN PETER VOORHEES, HERO AND MARTYR 66 XV THE WILDERNESS TRAIL 69 XVI A TALE FROM THE WAR OF 1812 75 XVII A VOORHEES IN NAVAL ANNALS 79 XVIII THE FAMILY IN LOUISIANA 83 XIX FOUNDERS OF A CENTURY-OLD FIRM 92 XX DANIEL VAN VOORHIS, SILVERSMITH 95 XXI A STORY FROM MEXICO 97 XXII MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY IN POLITICAL LIFE 101 XXIII THE VOORHEES COLONNADE IN DENVER 109 XXIV A UNIQUE EDUCATIONAL PROJECT 112 XXV Two MEMBERS OF SPIRITUAL VISION 116 XXVI Two VOORHEES REUNIONS 119 FOREWORD The plan to form a Van Voorhees Association was approved at a meeting held in the Church House of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatlands, Brooklyn, New York, January 16, 1932. This Historical Handbook is the result. She and Albert Albertse Terheune were members of the at Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, Flatbush, Kings Co., Long Island, New York, in 1677 at Amersfort. The helmet above the shield is that of an Esquire, a title that in England ranks below that of Knight. At the same time his brother, Jan the Elder, Count of Nassau, became stadtholder of the three northern- 14 T H E VA N VOORHEES HISTORICAL HANDBOOK most provinces, Drenthe, Groningen, and Friesland. As the Dutch were then in possession he knew that he would find civic conditionsnot unlike those with which he was familiar. Coert Stevense is 14 degrees from Jennifer Aniston, 17 degrees from Drew Barrymore, 18 degrees from Candice Bergen, 20 degrees from Alexandre Dumas, 14 degrees from Carrie Fisher, 26 degrees from Whitney Houston, 15 degrees from Hayley Mills, 15 degrees from Liza Minnelli, 14 degrees from Lisa Presley, 15 degrees from Kiefer Sutherland, 15 degrees from Bill Veeck and 20 degrees from Brian Nash on our single family tree. Albert VOORHEES (1691-1784) m. Ariaantje Jan Vandervoort, First Wife of Jan Stevense VAN VOORHEES: Cornelia Reiniers Wizzelpenning (????-1680). ckje Stevense van Kiersen (born Voorhees), Coert Stevensen Van Voorhees, Wessel Coerte Van Voorhees, Lucas Stevensen Van Voorhees, Eldert After May 14 1727 - Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, British Colonial America, Telletje Reynierse Van Voorhees (born Wizzelpenning), Magdalena Helena Van Voorhees (born Van Der Schueren). 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. William Cosby, Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of the Provinces of New York and New Jersey, and the Territories thereon depending in America, Vice-Admiral of the same, and Colonel in his Majestie's Army, etc. This error we hope to avoid. At the call of the committee a second meeting was held in New York on May 21, 1932. The earliest settlement was made near an open area that, following the English occupation in 1664, was named Flatlands. He described how each could settle in the most economical manner according to the practice of the country, and thus earn a living. Here he lived for the remainder of his life. He represented Amersfoor t at the Assembly in New Amsterdamin April 1664 and at Ne w Orange in 1674. 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