First Two Generations of the Van Voorhees in America
Steven Coerts (Coerte)
(Coerten) Van Voorhees
Born: 1600 at the Farm of Voorhees in the Province of Drenthe,
the Netherlands
Emigrated 1660 with second wife, children (except
Marchien), and
son-in-law Jan Kiers to Nieuw Amersfoort
Died: 16 February 1684
Married: Aeltje Wessels Aeltje Wessels
Born: unknown
Died: was alive in 1642, probably died soon thereafter
Married: probably 1648-49, Willemtje Roelofs Seuberinge
Born: 1619 in the Netherlands
Died: 1690
Children of Steven Coerts and Aeltje
Wessels
1. Coert (Koert) Stevense (Stevensen) Van Voorhees
Born: 1638 in the Netherlands
Died: unknown, was living 20 June 1699
Married: date unknown, Marretje Gerretse (Van Couvenhoven)
Marretje Gerretse (Van Couvenhoven)
Baptized: 10 April 1644 at Nieuw Amsterdam
Died: between 1702 and 1709
2. Wessel
Baptized: 25 September 1640 in the Netherlands
Died: unknown, buried 14 January 1641
3. Marchien (Merghin) Stevense (Van Voorhees)
Born: unknown, probably around 1640, in the Netherlands
Died: unknown, perhaps 28 October 1702 in the Netherlands
(she did not emigrate)
Married: 14 December 1664, Roelof Oostinge
Married: perhaps Remmelt Willemse
4. Hendrickje Stevense (Stevens) (Van Voorhees)
Born: around 1640 in the Netherlands
Died: unknown, probably predeceased husband
Married: date unknown, Jan Kiers (Kiersen) (Kierz) in the
Netherlands Jan Kiers (Kiersen) (Kierz)
Born: unknown, in the Netherlands
Died: unknown, will dated 4 August 1705 and probated 3
September 1705
Children of Steven Coerts and Willemtje
Roelofs Seuberinge
1. Lucas Stevense Van Voorhees
[Should not be confused
with Lucas Stevensen, a member of the Dutch Reformed Church of
New York City at that time.]
Born: perhaps 1650, in the Netherlands
Died: unknown, was alive on 28 December 1724
Married: date unknown, Catherine Hansen Catherine
Hansen
Born: unknown
Died: unknown
Married: 26 January 1689, Jannetje Minnes
Jannetje Minnes
Born: unknown
Died: unknown
Married: Lucas did not marry a third time as thought by
some
(i.e., to Catherine Van Dyk)
2. Jan Stevense (Jan Stevenson) Van Voorhees
Born: unknown, in the Netherlands
Died: unknown, will dated 3 January 1723 and probated 20
November 1735
Married: 17 March 1678, Cornelia Reinier Wizzelpenning
(sister of Helletje)
Cornelia Reinier Wizzelpenning
Born: unknown
Died: about 1680
Married: about 1681, Femmetje Aukes Femmetje Aukes
Baptized: 12 March 1662 at Brooklyn
Died: unknown
3. 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: unknown
4. Aeltje Stevense (Van Voorhees)
Born: unknown, in the Netherlands
Died: unknown
Married: Barent Jurjansen Ryder Barent Jurjansen Ryder
Born: unknown, emigrated to Nieuw Amsterdam in
1658
Died: unknown, was alive on 7 October 1707
5. Jannetje (Jantje) Stevense (Van Voorhees)
Born: unknown, in the Netherlands
Died: unknown, but prior to second marriage of second husband
on 19 September 1709
Married: date unknown, Jan Martense Schenck Jan Martense Schenck
Born: unknown, emigrated from the Netherlands in 1650
Died: unknown, will dated 28 January 1688(69), proved 5
July 1694
Married: 29 February 1690, Alexander Simpson
6. Hendrickje Stevense (Van Voorhees)
[There are definitely
two daughters with the name of Hendrickje.]
Born: unknown, in the Netherlands
Died: around 1692-93 when husband married second wife
Married: around 1676, Albert Albertsz Terhuyne
Albert Albertsz Terhuyne
Baptised: 13 August 1651 at Flatbush,
Died: unknown, between 7 February 1707(08) and 20 September
1709
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