Ouke Voorhees, Husband of Mary Kershow and Lammetje Kershow

 Ouke Voorhees, Husband of Mary Kershow and Lammetje Kershow

The wife of Ouke Voorhees (#826)[i], Lammetje Kershow, was not the daughter of Jacob Kershaw and Jannetje Bogart, nor born on 10 Feb 1741 and did not marry Ouke on 24 May 1770.  Some background on the Kershow family is helpful in understanding who this Ouke Voorhees married.

Jacob Kershow, of Brooklyn, NY, married Rachel Smith by license dated 19 Nov 1783[ii].  Given his residence, he was probably the son of Jacob Casshow and Jannetje Bogart, mentioned in the will of his father dated May 23, 1765 at Brooklyn[iii].  The will of Jacob Kershaw Jr.[iv], dated 2/7/1822, initially mentions seven of his children.  He then makes a provision that after the death of his wife his estate is to be divided between his children:
"Jannetje the wife of Abraham Voorhees, and Lametje the widow of Ouke Voorhees deceased and my seven children herein before particularly named.”  This implies a somewhat different relationship with Jannetje and Lammetje.  Both are known to have been born before Jacob married Rachel in 1783; Jannetje being born on 1/1/1771 and Lammetje on 8/3/1781[v], from a biography of her son, David, and the 1850 Census of Bridgewater, Somerset, NJ for Henry McColm and Allema McColm which gives her age as 68.  Lammetje married 2nd Henry McColm by license dated 15 Mar 1824[vi].

The mother of Jannetje and Lammetje was most likely Lammetje Lupardus.  She was the daughter of Christian Lupardus and Lammetje Stryker, born about 1741, mentioned in the will of her father[vii], dated 14 October 1767, to receive an outset as her sisters had received, implying she was not yet married.  She is mentioned in the will of her brother, Whilemus[viii], dated 23 March 1777, as Lammetje Cushow, so she had married in the interim.  Given the fact that it appears that Jannetje, daughter of Jacob Kershow by his first wife, was named after her paternal grandmother, it is likely his daughter Lammetje was named after her maternal grandmother, presumably Lammetje Stryker.

An Ouke Voorhees married Mary Kershow, of Brooklyn, by license dated 5/24/1768[ix].  The date appearing in “Marriage Licenses Prior to 1784” of 5/24/1770 is incorrect, based on the reference to Liber 13.  Jacob Kershow was the bondsman, undoubtedly her brother.  Mary is also mentioned in her father's will. It is unknown if Ouke and Mary had any children,[1] or when either of them died.

It is possible that Ouke married as his 2nd wife, Lammetje Kershow.  The biography of David Voorhees referred to earlier gives the birth date of his father as 29 Aug 1743.  His brother, Peter, is mentioned, but not any half-siblings or a previous marriage for his father.  Though it seems unlikely that Ouke would have been 38 years older than his 2nd wife, and had his only children when he was 63 and 73 years old, I don't know of any alternatives for the husband of Lammetje Kershow.  Probably the same Ouke Voorhees (#826) married both Mary Kershow in 1768 and Lammetje Kershow about 1805.

 

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[1] VVFA, 1^st Six Generations, p. 284 lists a son, John, born 1 Nov 1771, but no source or further information is given

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[i] The Van Voorhees Family in America, the First Six Generations, Compiled and Edited by Florence A. Christoph, pages 103, 284.
[ii] 1783, Nov. 19.  Smith Rachael, of Brooklyn, spinster, and Jacob Cershow - Jacob Cershow, of Brooklyn, Kingss Co., John Cershow, of Kings Co., farmer (40:122)
 New York Marriage Bonds, 1753 - 1783 Compiled by Dr. Kenneth Scott, pg 386.
[iii] In the name of God, Amen, May 23, 1765. I, JACOB Cassow,of Brookland, in Kings County, being sick, do make and ordain this my last will. My Body to the earth, to be buried in a decent, Christian-like manner, and all debts to be paid. I leave to my wife Femmitie, in whom I am well pleased, one third of all the income of my estate, after all charges of husbandry and family expenses are paid, and so long as she remains my widow and continues in my son's family. Also the use of half the house, and firewood at the door. But if she inclines to remove from my house, she shall have all the things and goods she brought with her when I married her, and one third of the income, the expense of the blacksmith first to be taken out. I leave to my son Tunis all my land and meadows in Boswick, in Kings County, and he is to pay £300. I leave to my son Jacob my house, barn, orchard, and all land and woodland in the township of Brookland, and he is to pay £400. I leave to my two sons all my salt meadows. I leave to my daughter Maria £40, as a outsett when she comes to be married, and £80 after my wife s death. I leave to my wife's daughter Belitie £40. I leave to my son Isaac £40, as an outset when married, and £80 after my wife's death, and a good saddle horse when of age. I leave to my wife's son, Michael Van Cleef, £40. To my wife's daughter Femmitie £40, for an outset, and £40 after my wife's death. To my daughter Jannettie £40, and £120 after my wife s death. These are to be paid by my sons, and the rest used to pay my debts. I leave to the children of my first wife, viz., Maria, Tunis, Jacob, and Isaac, all my household goods. All the rest of my movable estate to my sons Tunis and   Jacob, and I make them, and my good friends, Cornelius Duryee, of Cripplebush, and Abraham Schenck, executors. Witnesses, Jacob Benson, Joris Remsen, Tunis Rapelye. Proved, June 14, 1766, before John French, Surrogate. Abstracts of wills on file in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York (Volume VII. June 6, 1766-Nov. 29, 1771) ABSTRACTS OF WILLS LIBER 25. Page 250.
[iv] My abstract of Jacob Kershow, Jr.’s will:
Jacob Kershow (indexed as Cershow), of Bridgewater Twp, Somerset, NJ.  Youngest daughter, Hannah, and daughter, Catherine, to receieve what other daughters have had, when of age or married. Wife, Rachel.  Children: Jacob, Rachel, wife of Peter Burger, Mary, wife of Gilbert Stryker, Phebe, wife of Jacob Low, Ann, wife of Garret Stryker, Catherine, Hannah.  After the decease of his wife to his children: daughter, Jannetje, wife of Abraham Voorhees, daughter, Lammetje, widow of Ouke Voorhees, and the
seven children mentioned previously.  Executors: wife, Rachel, friend John M. Schenck, Isaac Voorhees, son of Hans Voorhees and Aaron Lane. Witnesses: William Shades(?), Geeretje Van Dooren, Peter D. Vroom.  Dated 2/7/1822, Proved 12/14/1822
"New Jersey, Probate Records, 1678-1980," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-29823-4308-28?cc=2018330&wc=MQTC-TTG:338012501,341304501 : accessed 05 Aug 2014), Somerset > Wills 1820-1843 vol C-E > image 68 of 702.
[v] History of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, New Jersey, compiled by James Snell, p. 850.
[vi] Somerset County Historical Quarterly, Vol 7, p. 148.
[vii] 1767, Oct 5.  Lupardus, Christianus, of Piscataway, Middlesex Co.; will of.
Daughters Antje and Lammetje, goods that were my wife's, deceased.  Son William £600.  Son Christianus, £400.  Daughter, Anatie Druie, wife of Cornelius Durie on Long Island, £200.  Daughter Atnje, £200.  Daughter Lammetje, £280 as she had no outset and the others had.  Son, Rem £50.  Granddaughter, Anne Van Winkle, £50.  All real and personal to be sold, except what is stated above.  Executors - my eldest son, William, Peter Lot of Flat Bush, Long Island and Cornelius Durre, of Brooklant, on said island.  Witnesses - Azariah Dunham, Isaac Elbertson, William Oake.
1767, Oct. 14.  Codicil.  Son, Christianus, two horses, etc.  Son, William, silver tankard.  Witnesses- William Oake, Nathaniel Manning, Stephen Campbell.  Proved March 5, 1768.  Lib. I, p. 224.
Documents Relating to the Colonial and Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey, First Series, Vol 34, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol 33, p. 263.
[viii] 1777, March 23. Lupardus, Wilhelmus, of Piscataway, Middlesex   Co.; will of.
My wearing apparel I give to my loving brother. Rem Lupardus, his son, my brother, Cristian Lupardus, and Christian, the son of Cornelius Duryea. Niece, Anne Beach, my silver tankard.  My real and rest of personal estate to be sold. Brother, Rem, £100.  Niece, Anne Beach, £125. Sister, Annatye Duryea, £100. Brother, Christian Lupardus, 1/3 of the rest. To the children of my late sister, Anna Probasco, 1/3. Sister, Lamitje Cushow, 1/3. Executors — brother, Rem Lupardus, of Hunterdon, my brother-in-law, Cornelius Duryea, of Long Island, and friend, Abraham Beach, of Somerset Co. Witnesses — Frances Brasier, Denys Vanduyn, John Van Duyn. Proved  May 6, 1778.
 1778, Jan. 29. Inventory, £358.15.6, made by George Anderson and Jeromus Rappelye. Lib. 20, p. 237.
Documents Relating to the Colonial and Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey, First Series, Vol 34, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol 34, p. 324.
[ix] 1768, Mary 24.  Voorhas, Oke, and Mary Carshauw, of Kings Co, spinster - Oke Voorhas, Jacob Carshow (13:112) New York Marriage Bonds, 1753 - 1783 Compiled by Dr. Kenneth Scott, p. 75

Jan Harmense Van Amersfoort and the Gisbertsen / Giberson Family

The Family of Jan Harmense Van Amersfoort

The family, including four children, emigrated to New Netherland in 1659.  Jan was a tailor from Amersfoort.

Jan Harmensz, tailor, from Amersfoort, wife and four children, 5,7,8,9 years old

Holland Society Year Book, 1902, p. 10

His daughter, Sophia, is recorded once (see below) as “van Putten.”  Putten and Amersfoort are about 11 miles apart in the Netherlands.  More research should be done, but it is likely that Jan and his oldest son were born in Amersfoort and the younger children were born in Putten.

He may be the Jan Hermens who married Anneke Cornelis on 5 or 25 Nov 1649 in Putten:

Den 5 (or 25) 9bris 1649  + Jan Hermensz j.g. van Amesfoort en tot Putten getroúdt Anneken Cornelisz z.[zaliger] Cornelis Lambertsz Cools? Dochter (transcription by Chris Brooks of record online at http://www.vpnd.nl/bronnen/ge/putten/putten_1310-1_01_tr_1647-1654.pdf        

Jan took the oath of allegiance in Kings Co., NY in 1687, stating he had been a resident for 29 years.

Roll of Those Who have taken the oath of Allegiance the 26,27,28, 29 and 30th day of Sept. 1687

Van Amesfoort ;Jan Harmenessen ; 29 yrs
http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/nn/census/oath1687.shtml

Source: The Documentary History of the State of New York Vol 1. Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan.

His wife’s given name, Annetje, is known from the baptism of his grandson, Andries Rees, at the DRC of Flatbush.

            1682 Mar 12; Johannes Rees, Jacobje Jans; Andries; Rynier van Siklen, Annetje grandmother.

Jan’s will names several of his children; Jacobje, Sophia and Hendrick.  Two grandchildren are also named: Annetje, daughter of Jacobje, and Harmen Gysbertse, son of Sophia.

Will of Jan Harmense. Dated March 30, 1695. Daughter Jaapyse's child by name Annetie Jans. Daughter Sophia's son by name Harmen Gysbertse. Eldest son, Hendrick Jansen. Witnesses: Peter Stryker and Johannes Van Ekelen. The above will was revoked May 4, 1695 (Flatbush Town Records, Liber A, p. 209.) NOTE: Jan Harmense was a master tailor.

            Long Island Source Records, by Henry Bainbridge Hoff, p. 102.   

Jan created a retirement plan for himself by selling his land to his son-in-law, Gysbert Jans, with the provision that he would be able to live there for the rest of his life.  He died before 1696 as Gysbert had sold the property by then.

a) Jan Harmense sold land to Gysbert Jans Van Dyke on 16 Jul 1695, with the provision he could live there the rest of his life.  Kings Co. Deeds, Lib 2, p. 64.

b) Gysbert Jans sold the land above on 12 Dec 1695, Flatbush records, Lib A, p. 462.

The children of Jan and Annetje Harmense (order unknown):

2    Hendrick Jans

3    Sophia Jans Van Putten

4    Jacobje Jans

5    other child who came to New Amsterdam.  No further trace.

2. Hendrick

Hendrick was the oldest son, according to his father's will, shown above.  He married Hester Vidette at the DRC of Flatbush, At his betrothal was recorded as being from Amersfoort and living in Flatbush at the time:

            1688 21 Jan; Hendrick Jansen, ym of Amersfort liv Flatbush; Hester Hidette, yd of NY liv Bedford

Several of their children were baptized at the DRC of Brooklyn:

Annetje, bap 7 OCT 1688, witnesses: Hendrik Claasen, Jannetje Cortors.
Annetje, bap 3 SEP 1693, witnesses: Jan Thyssen, Wolfje Jans.
Anna Maria, bap 29 NOV 1695, witnesses: Hieronimus Remsen, Tryntje Berrien.
Geertje, bap 11 AUG 1700, witnesses: Cornelis Lowize, Geertje, his wife.

His family is listed in the 1698 Census of Bushwick, Kings, NY with three children, so there was another child whose baptism in not listed above.

hendkJansz Van Amesfoort    1   1   3   -   -

http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Census/1698.Kings.Census.html

Source: The Documentary History of the State of New York, by E.B. O'Callagahan, Volume III, pp. 87-89.

3. Sophia Jans

She married Gysbert Jans Van Dyck by 1677, though no marriage record has been found.  Several of their children were baptized at the DRC of Flatbush.  Her sister, Jacobje, was a witness at the baptism of her neiece, Gertruyd.

·         1678 May 12; O. Gijsbert Jansz. Sophia Jansz van Putten; Heijltje; Elsje Barents, Jan Aukesz.

·         1680 Nov 14; Gisbrecht Jansz, Sophia Jans; Gertruyd; Jacobje Jans

·         1683 May 27; Gisbrecht Jans van Dyk, Sophia Jans; Martha; Jan Wouters van den Bosh, Adriantje van Ditmarsen.

  

Their son, Harmen, was mentioned in his grandfather’s will, so born before 1696.  He was part of the Kings Co. Militia in 1715, “A True List of the Respective Officers and Soldiers Belonging to the Regiment of Militia in Kings County; 1715” DHSNY, vol 3, p. 183.

Harmanus Gisberse

Probably John Gysbertsen

Besides Harmen, mentioned in her father's will, she probably also had a son, John, who sold land to his brother, Harmen.

Sept. 21, 1717, John Gysbertsen of Neversink, in the township of Crosswicks in the Jersies, conveyed to brother Harmon of Flatbush, a garden, house, barn, orchard in Flatbush.  It was bordered by Symon Hanse and John Waldron.  John acknowledged the deed on 7 Apr 1724 in New Jersey.

Source: Old Times in Old Monmouth also in Kings Co., Deeds, Liber 5 folio 5.  Crosswicks became Upper Freehold about 1737.

Gysbert Jans Van Dyck sold land that his father-in-law had owned in 1695 to Johannes Symonse.  Gysbert lived in Flatbush, but I don’t know if he owned other land that bordered this property.

He is probably the same person as the John Gybertsen below:

“We find Daniel Hendrickson first mentioned in Book C of Deeds, p. 78, in our county clerk's office. An agreement dated September 23, 1693, is here recorded between Daniel Hendrickson and "John Gibbonson" as name is spelled, of Flatbush, Kings County, L. I., of the one part, and William Whitlock of Middletown, Monmouth County, of the other part. It seems they had on September 22d, 1692. leased of Whitlock 104 acres of land, described as partly bounded by Mahoras brook, and they now agree to pay him £25 in yearly installments until whole is paid by 10th of March, 1697, and Whitlock agrees to convey it when whole sum is paid. Daniel Hendrickson conveyed 28 acres of this tract to Gybertsen or Guisbertsen as name is spelled, who with Ester his wife, by deed dated December 22d, 1701, conveys it to John Ruckman. This Guisbertsen was the progenitor of the Giberson family as name was afterwards spelled, and I think was really a VanPelt.”

George C. Beckman. Early Dutch Settlers Of Monmouth. page 121.  My note: Mahoras brook is on the other end of Monmouth Co. from Upper Freehold, so the connection between the two Johns is not clear.  He would probably have been born by 1670, early to have been Gysbert Jans’ son, but possible.  I cannot find that this John was a son of Gysbert Lane, much less a Van Pelt.  Others have suggested he is a van Meter descendant.

            John Gysbertson, of Middletown, Monmouth, NJ and his wife Esther, sold a tract of land called Strawberry Field in Monmouth Co. on 20 Mar 1701.  Signed Yanis Geysebertson, Esther Giberson.

            East New Jersey Land Records, 1702 – 1717, Books H, I and “Little K”, abstracted by Richard S. Hutchinson, p. 51, from Book I

He purchased land at New Castle with several other residents of Kings Co., NY in 1694 which he sold in 1702 to one of the other original purchasers:

            1 May 1702, John Gysbertson of Monmouth to Isaac Gooding of New Castle, Pennsylvania 
            John Gysbertson, grantor, to Isaac Gooding, Book B, Vol 1, p. 205, yr 1702. image 203

            John Ghisbertson, of Freehold Twp., Monmouth Co., NJ, purchased land on 25 Jul 1705 at Crosswicks, NJ from William Dockwra.

John Gibertson is noted in a deed dated 28 Apr 1719 as being as having sold that tract of land in Middletown, Monmouth, NJ to the current owner as one of the executors of the will of James Grover.

East New Jersey Land Records, 1766 – 1772, Books D3, E3 and F3, by Richard Hutchinson, p. 106, from Book D3,

John Guisbortson’s land in Upper Freehold bordered that of Samuel Cox which he sold on 5 Dec 1737.  Gisebart Giberson and Harmon Guisbartson were witnesses. 

East New Jersey Land Records, 1747 – 1757, Books G2 and H2, abstracted by Richard Hutchinson, p. 77, from Book H2

John Gysberts is probably the same person whose abstract of his estate record in New Jersey reads:

1741, Dec. 15.  Guisbertson (Gisberson), John, of Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., yeoman.  Int.  Adm’r John Guisbrton, of Upper Freehold, yeoman.  Robert Smith, of City of Burlington, Esquire, fellow bondsman.  Lib 4. p. 316.

New Jersey Calendar of Wills, Vol. 30, 1730-1750, p. 208.

Probable descendants of John Gysbertsen:

1758 Tax Rateables Upper Freehold
   Gibberson, Guisbert
   Gibberson, John
      - History of Monmouth County, New Jersey, Upper Freehold Township, p. 614.

1778 Tax Rateables Upper Freehold:
   Guis* Giberson* son of James 200; 3h, 2c, 2p
   Guisbert Giberson 200; 4h, 12c, 7
   Isaiah Giberson* sm
   James Giberson hh, 25; 2c (lh , lc)
   William Giberson sm
   Harman Giberson hh, 12; 2h, 5c, 4p; ex (Harmon 10; lh ; h&l)
   Guisb* Giberson son of Harman hh; 2c
   Hezekiah Giberson hh; 2h
   Harman Giberson Junr* sm

1780 Tax Rateables UpperFreehold:
   Gisbert Giberson 100; 3h, 3c
   Guisb* Giberson 2h, 5c, lp
   Harman Giberson 10; lh ; h&l
   (Hezekiah) Kiah son D° lh, 4c, 2p
   James Giberson lh , lc
   Meribah Giberson 200; 3h, 11c, lp (wife of one of the 1778 Gisberts?)
   William Giberson 200+ 6u; 5h, 12c, 7p)
      - 1778-1780 Tax Rateables, Upper Freehold, Monmouth, NJ, Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, Vol 50. p. 81-94.

Bergen [Register of the Settlers of Kings Co., p. 128] stated he was listed in the 1675 tax rate lists of Kings Co in Flatbush, but that was not found in the published record [Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol 4, p. 102].  A Jan Gisbertse is listed in New Utrecht, after Crein Jansen, who probably was Jan Gisbertse's son. A Jan Gisbertse is listed as a member of the DRC of Flatbush, just before Crein Jansen.  He died in February 1681 [Flatbush Church Records, vol 1, p. 349].  Bergen considered him to be the same person as the John Gysbertse above who later sold land in Flatbush, but he was not.  The Jan Gisbertse of New Utrecht was probably Jan Gysberts Van Mater.

“Jan on ass roll of Flh of 1675 Suppose he removed to NJ for Sept 21 1717 John Gysbertse of Neversings in the township of Croswiks in the Jersies …”

Other theories about his ancestry include:

1)      he was Jan Gysberts Van Mater  - A Genealogy of the Duke-Shepherd-Van Metre Family, by Samuel Gordon Smyth, 1909, p. 25

2)      he was a son of Gysbert Lubberts and Tryntje Jans

3)      he was a Van Pelt

Gysbert Janse is included in the Flatbush list of 1709, as published in The American Genealogist, Vol 37, #1, p. 1.  This is the last reference to him that I know of.

Sophia’s daughter, Hilletje, is often said to have married Isaac Bragaw.  That was shown to be incorrect by Perry Streeter in his article, “True Ancestry of Hilletje, wife of Isaac Bragaw“, New Netherland Connections (Volume 9, Number 3).  Hilletje may be one of the witnesses in the following baptism at Brooklyn:

8 Sep 1700.  Joosje.  Jan Banham, Wolfje, parents.  Witnesses: Hendrick Jansz, Helena Gysberts. No further trace of has been found of Hilletje, Geertje or Martha.

They likely had another daughter, Eversie, who married Daniel Hendricksen, who had dealings with her probable brother, John, see above:

Daniel Hendricksen, b 1673 in Flatbush, m Eversie Giberson. History of Old Tennent Church, by Frank Rosebrook Symmes, p. 453.

The family is listed in the 1698 census of Flatbush, Kings Co. NY as having four children at the time. 

            Gysbert Jantz           1   1   4   -   -

 Source: see above.  Given there was no further trace of Geertje or Martha after their birth, it is likely they died young and the children in the household were John, Hilletje, Harmon and Eversie. 

4. Jacobje Jans

Jacobje married Johannes Rees. At her marriage at the DRC of Flatbush she was said to be from Flatbush (where her father lived) living in Gravesend.

1681 27 Mar; Johannes Reest, ym of NY; Jacobje Jans, yd of Midwood both liv Gravesend.
 

The 1698 Census of Flatbush, Kings Co., NY indicates the family had 8 children living with them.

Joannes Rees            1   1   8   -   -

Source: see above

Of these possible eight children, only two are known:

1.      Andries, baptized at the DRC of Flatbush on 12 Mar 1682 (see above).

2.      Annetje, mentioned in her grandfather’s will

5. Other Child – Wolfje?

Nothing is known for certain about their other child.  Based on only a few baptisms, Wolfje could be their daughter, though likely not the one born in the Netherlands.  Baptisms:

3 SEP 1693. Annetje.  Hendrick Jansen, Hester Jans.  Witnesses: Jan Thyssen, Wolfje Jans.  Brooklyn
23 Oct 1698; Antie; Jan Benham, Vulpie; Witnesses: George Herr, Willemtie.  NYC

8 Sep 1700.  Joosje.  Jan Banham, Wolfje, parents.  Witnesses: Hendrick Jansz, Helena Gysberts.  Brooklyn. Hendrick was probably the son of Jan Harmense Van Amerfoort and Helena was probably Jan Harmse’s granddaughter.  Note the use of the patronymic name by Hendrick and especially Helena/Hilletje.

In the above, I am assuming that Vulpie is the same as Wolfje and they are all the same Wolfje Jans.  Wolfje was a witness for one her presumed brother Hendrick’s children and presumably he was for one of hers as well.  Helena Gysberts was likely Wolfje’s niece, Hilletje.  John Benham’s oldest child is said to have been name John, born in Bergen on 15 Aug 1692, source unknown.  If so, his oldest son and oldest daughter would have been named after their maternal grandparents.  At some point Jan Benham is said to have married Neeltje Kymber.  She or his final wife, Elsje, may have been the mother of the rest of his children.  1700 would be late to have children for a woman born in 1655, the last date for children of Jan Harmens who emigrated to the US.  She would have been much younger than her husband, Jan Benham, who was born in 1671.  Wolfje could have been born in New York, but would still have been younger than her husband.

The parents and family of Annetje Cornelis were as follows:

CORNELIUS LAMBERTSZ¹ COOTS married FEUS HENDRICKS 15 Jul 1612 in Putten, The Netherlands. 

Cornelis Lambers, Lambert Jans sone ende Feus Henricks, Henrick Claesen dochter hebben oere 3 opgeboden hier gehat sonder tegensprecken: ersten den 21 Julij ao. 1611 ende hebben oeren kerckganck alhier gedaen den 15 Julij ao. 1612.

       

Children of CORNELIUS COOTS and FEUS HENDRICKS are:

     i. AELTJE² CORNELIS, b. Bef. 13 Dec 1612, near Putten, The Netherlands.

    ii. HENDRICKJE² CORNELIS, b. Bef. 13 Aug 1615, near Putten, The Netherlands.

  iii. MAES ² CORNELIS, b. Bef. 05 Oct 1617, near Putten, The Netherlands; m. LUYNTIJEN JANSZ, 13 Nov 1642, Putten, The Netherlands.

den 13e 9bris

Maes Cornelisz, z. Cornelis Lambertsz soon van Putten ende

Luyntijen Janss, z. Jan Woltersz dochter van Nieuckerck.

Den 11e 10brs 1642 tot Putten getrouwt.

   iv. DAUGHTER² CORNELIS, b. 1620, near Putten, The Netherlands.

    v. LAMBERT² CORNELIS, b. Abt. 16 May 1622, near Putten, The Netherlands; m. GERRITJEN HEIJMENS, 15 May 1653, Putten, The Netherlands.

item (24 April)

Lambert Cornelissen, Cornelis Lambertsens soon van Putten

Gerritjen Heijmens van Domseler, wed. van Barnevelt.

Attest. op Barn. den 15 Meij.

   vi. ANNETJE² CORNELIS, b. Abt. Jul 1626, near Putten, The Netherlands; d. Bef. 10 Apr 1695, Flatbush, NY; m. JAN HARMENSE VAN AMERSFOORT; d. Bet. 04 May - 12 Dec 1695, Flatbush, Kings Co., NY.

in 8bris

Jan Hermensz, j.g. van Amersfoort ende

Anneken Corneliss, z. Cornelis Lambertsz Coots dochter.

   vii. JANNETJE² CORNELIS, b. Bef. 30 Nov 1628, near Putten, The Netherlands.

  viii. GEERTJE² CORNELIS, b. Abt. 1630, The Netherlands; m. JORIS ABRAMSEN, 12 Oct 1651, Putten, The Netherlands.

den 5 Octob.

Joris Abramsen, Abram Davids soon, j.m. van Amersfoort

Geertjen Cornelis, Cornelis Lambertsens dr. van Putten.

Attest. op Hoevelaken den 12 Oct.

The Wives of Auke Jans Van Voorhees and Auke Jans Van Nuys

Who was the wife of Auke Jans Van Voorhees,
son of Jan Van Voorhees and Femmetje Van Nuys?

Auke Jans Van Voorhees is thought to have married Catherine Sebring.[1]  However, she almost certainly was the wife of Auke Jans Van Nuys.

The children and parents of Catherine Sebring, wife of Auke Jans Van Nuys, were discussed by Renee Dauven, Cynthia Zuber and others on the Dutch-Colonies Rootsweb mailing list:[2]  Cynthia proposed, “I think her [Catherine's] parents were the emigrants Jan Roelofs Seubering and wife, Adrianna Johannes Polhemus”.  The following are exceprts from Cynthia analysis:
“the known children of Auke Jans Van Nuys (later called Auke Johnson), all children baptized in the Raritan, Somerset Co, NJ First Reformed Church:[3]
1.  Barbara Janse, bap. 21 April 1702 wit: Jan Sebrege and wife.
2.  Arriantje Janse, bap. 20 April 1704 wit: Jacob and Maria Sebrige.
3.  Jan Janse, bap. 3 April 1706 wit: Daniel and Lisebet Sebrige.
4.  Willem Janse, bap. 4 Aug. 1708 wit: Rolef Sibrige; Seyne Van Neste.
5.  Ouke Janse, bap. 25 Oct 1710 wit: Derck Middagh and wife.
6.  Ida Janse, bap. 25 Aug 1715 wit: Jan and Janneetie Bulin.
7.  Abraham Janse, bap. 23 Mar 1718 wit: Johannis and Aaltje Sebringh.”

[Auke and Catherine’s children were named as follows:] “
1.  Barbara, named for Auke's mother.
2.  Arriantje, named for Catryntie's mother.
3.  Jan, named for both Gfathers.
4.  Willem, named for Auke's brother.
5.  Ouke, named for Auke's paternal Gfather.
6.  Ida, named for Catryntie's sister.
7.  Abraham named for Auke's half-brother.”

 [The witnesses for the children of Auke and Catherine Van Nuys listed above:] “
1.  Jan Sebrege and wife could be either Catryntie's father or her brother Johannes.
2.  Jacob and Maria Sebrige. Could be an unknown brother or her paternal uncle, Jacob Roelofs                 Seubering. Maria would be her sister Maritie.
3.  Daniel and Lisebet Sebrige. Could be Catryntie's brother and sister.
4.  Rolef Sibrige; Seyne Van Neste. Could be Catryntie's brother and her paternal aunt by marriage,             wife of Jacob Roelofs Seubering.
5.  Derck Middagh and wife. Derck's wife was Catalyn Pieterse Van Neste, sister of Seyne Van Neste.
6.  Jan and Janneetie Bulin. I believe this to be Jan Billiou & wife, he the son of Catryntie's sister, Ida.
7.  Johannis and Aaltje Sebringh. Should be Catryntie's brother and his wife, Aeltje Pieterse.”

In addition to Cynthia's analysis, a secondary source confirms Catherine, wife of Auke Van Nuys, was the daugther of Jan Roelofs Seubering:
    “The valley house occupied by Lucas [Billou] and his wife, Barbara Jansen (whose mother was Ida         Sueberingh's sister Catherine)”[4]

If a Catherine Sebring was the wife of Auke Van Voorhees, she was not the daughter of Jan Roelofse Sebring.  Jan Roelofse Sebring’s only known granddaughter named Catherine married John Hibon.  Given the likely marriage dates of his other sons, any unknown granddaughters named Catherine would only have been old enough to have been a second wife for Auke Van Voorhees.

I believe that Isaac should be added to the above list of children of Auke Janse Van Nuys and Catherine Sebring, based on the following baptismal record:[5]
    1721 Jan 08; Auke Jansz, Catharina Sebering; Isaak; Rem Van der Beek, Isaak Balin

In this baptism, Isaac was named after Catherine's brother-in-law, Isaac Billiou, husband of Catherine's sister, Ida.  The witness, Isaac Balin, was the son of Isaac Billiou and Ida Sebring, just as their son Jan Billiou was earlier the witness for Ida Janse, named after Isaac Billiou's wife, Ida.  Auke Jansz in the baptismal record above is sometimes thought to be Auke Jans Van Voorhees, but given the known associations with the Van Nuys family in this record, the connection to the Van Voorhees family is probably misplaced.

Who then was the wife of Auke JansVan Voorhees?  One possibility is Barentje Praal.

Oreck Hopper is named as the husband of Barentje Praal in the abstract of the will of her father, Arent Praal.[6]  However, his name was a pseudonym, the abstractor admitting that his name “is spelled apparently in so many different ways as to make the true name uncertain”.  Indeed, the editor of the Corrections volume[7] posits his name as Oreck Twarfe and adds several variations on his given name as well.

Luckily, the original copy of Arent’s will[8] has survived.  The name of his son-in-law, Oreck Hopper, is written five times in the will and once in an attached probate record.  The first name is consistently written "Ouck" in the will and as "Ouke" in the probate record.  The surname is less certain, but is definitely not Hopper, nor Twarfe, as appears in the abstract and corrections.  My best reading is, in order of appearance:
Herfe, Harfor, Harfor, Haafe, Hanfe
In the probate record the surname is Harfe.
The "or" ending on two instances is not clear, but it does not appear to be simply a flourish.  The best reading appears to be as the name appears in the probate records, Harfe.

Though Harfe is definitely not Voorhees, it could be a misrecording of Hanse or Hansen.
1.  Though the “f” in Harfe is not the medial-s () that can resemble an “f”, whoever wrote the      will could have been unfamiliar with how the medial-s was used.  The will liber copy of the will             uses the medial-s, though not in the name Harfe (compare to the s in ÿanse in the next                             paragraph where it is used).

2.  the “or” ending could be “er” or “en”.  In the liber copy of the will, the ending is “er” as                             transcribed in the abstract.  It looks like “or” until compared with other words in the text.  The final        “r” is constricted so could actually be an “n”.  Dutch patronymic names often added an “en” or “on”      to the end of the name.  Such variations are not common elsewhere, suggesting this name is a             patronymic.
3.  Hans and Jans are variations of the name Johannes.  Though not interchangeable, they might be         mistakenly switched.  Given the angular quality of the "ÿ" as in the example below and its unfamiliarity to the English, it could be mistaken for an H.

The suggestion that Ouck/Ouke Harfe is actually Auke Janse Van Voorhees is based on the following:
1.   He was an elder in the Dutch Reformed Church of Flatlands and often referred to as Ouke Van

      Voorhees and on at least one occasion as just ouke ÿanse  (on 12 Oct 1725);[9]

2.   He is listed as Auken Janse Van Voorhees in the 1719 map of New Lots in Flatlands;[10]

3.   On a receipt for wheat, related to the patent for Flatlands, his name appears as Oque Johnston;[11]

4.   The limited usage of the names Ouke and Barentje and their convergence in the family of                       Abraham, son of Auke Janse Van Voorhees; and

5.   The naming of Auke’s son, Aaron, presumably after his maternal grandfather.

In an extensive, though not exhaustive, review of the records of Dutch Reformed Churches of New York and New Jersey from 1640 through 1760, I have found only 33 men with the given name of Auke or Ouke.  All but two of these are probably descendants of Auke Jans Van Nuys.  The first, Auke, son of Claes (no surname given) and Grietje Alberts, was baptized at the DRC of New Amsterdam in 1668.  No further trace has been found, but given his father’s first name, he would not have been known as Auke Janse.  The second, Auke, son of Jan Albertse Terhune and Margaret Van Sicklen, is mentioned only in his father’s will and is thought to have died by 1707.  Of the descendants of Auke Jans Van Nuys, Auke Jans Van Voorhees is the only known possibility as the husband of Barentje Praal.

Similarly, only 28 women were found during this time period with the name of Barentje.  The name is a diminutive of Barent and was generally bestowed on an older daughter in honor of a grandmother or on a younger daughter whose father, named Barent, had no sons to name after himself.  Of these 28, 17 appear in just 3 or 4 families, being passed down.  After 1700 there are only 8 women named Barentje and all but 1 is a member of one of those 3 or 4 families.

These two names converge in the children of Abraham,[12] son of Auke Jans Van Voorhees, and his wife, Sarah.  Their oldest son was named Ouke, after his paternal grandfather.  Their second (and third) daughter was named Barentje.  Given her place in the order of their children and the normal use of the name, it is likely she was named after one of her grandmothers.  Auke Jans Van Voorhees’ oldest son was named John, in honor of his paternal grandfather.  His second son, Aaron, may have been named in honor of his maternal grandfather, Arent Praal.

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[1] Florence Christoph, Van Voorhees in America, The First Six Generations, pg. 6.
[2] Renee Dauven, Dutch-Colonies Rootsweb mailing list, 11 Aug 2008
Cynthia Middaugh Zuber, Dutch-Colonies Rootsweb mailing list, 16 Aug 2008
[3] First Reformed Church, Raritan (Somerville) Baptisms, Vol 2: Barbara, pg. 41; Jaentien/Arriantje, pg. 42; Jan, pg. 43; Willem, pg. 45; Ouke, pg. 139; Ida, pg. 142; Abraham, pg. 145.  For Arriantje, see estate record for Catherine Johnson of Somerset Co., NJ on 15 Jun 1752, Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, vol. 32, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, vol. 3, pg. 177.
[4] North of the Raritan Lotts a History of the Martinsville, New Jersey Area. by Edward J Maas, Martinsville Historical Committee, 1975, pg. 58
[5] Collections of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Volume IV, Staten Island Church Records, by Tobias Alexander Wright, Records of the Dutch Reformed Church of Port Richmond, Staten Island, N.Y., p. 25
[6] Abstracts of Wills on File in the Surrogate’s Office, City of New York, Vol. 2. pg. 323.
[7] Abstracts of Wills on File in the Surrogate’s Office, City of New York, Vol. 16, Corrections, Abstracts of Wills Vol. 1-5, pg. 92.
[8] See Early Original New York Will, by Kenneth Scott, File No. 739, LDS Film 501145, DGS 007626286.
[9] Flatlands Reformed Dutch Church (Brooklyn, New York), (Main Author) Church records FHL US/CAN Film 888716, image 66.
[10] online at: bklyn-genealogy-info.stevemorse.org/Map/1719.html
[11] see article in Brooklyn Eagle, 29 December 1895, Page 18 for description of the consideration of the patent.
[12] Florence Christoph, Van Voorhees in America, The First Six Generations, pg.103.