The Family of John Vandervoort and Elizabeth Andriessen

The Family of John Vandervoort and Elizabeth Andriessen

Their known child and probable children are:

1.      Jane, born about 1741.  She married Simon Duryea by license dated 17 DEC 1758[1].

2.      Lea, born about 1743.  She married 1^st Teunis Bogart by license dated 17 Oct 1760.[2]  She, as widow of Teunis Bogart, married 2^nd John Vandervoort at the DRC of Hopewell, NY [3]

3.      Paul, born about 1747.  He married Mary Banker.  “He was born on the shores of the Wallabout and taught in a Dutch school. Soldier in the Revolutionary War. He had a brother who was killed in the war. Paul served in Col. Jacobus Swarthout's Minute Men of the Dutchess Co. Militia. After the war he drifted north with other members of the family to Rensselaer Co., then Saratoga Co., but then returned to Dutchess Co.”[4].  See his brother, John, below.

4.      Lambert, born about 1749.  He married Elsje Van Enden by license dated 2 NOV 1769.[5]

5.      Elizabeth, baptized on 30 May 1752 at the DRC of Flatbush; sponsors were Andries Andriesse & wife Elisabeth Blom[6].   

6.      John, born about 1754, named after his father.  He died 15 Oct 1777 from wounds inflicted during the Revolutionary war.[7]  The other known John Vandervoorts who fought in the war all survived.

I have pieced this family together on the following assumptions:

1)      Elizabeth Andriessen, wife of John Vandervoort, is the daughter of Lambert Andriessen and Lea Lieverse.  Elizabeth, d/o John Vandervoort and Elizabeth Andriessen, was baptised 31 MAY 1752 DRC of Flatlands, sponsors: Andries Andriesse & wife Elisabeth Blom[8].  Andries was the son of Lambert Andriessen and Lea Lieverse, baptized 29 MAY 1705 DRC of Brooklyn, NY.[9]  Andries married Elizabeth Bloom on 17 MAY 1746 at the DRC of Flatbush, Kings Co., NY.[10] 

2)      John Vandervoort was the son of Paul Vandervoort and Jannetje Vandwater. Magdalena, daughter of Paul and Jannetje Vandervoort was baptized on 9 Apr 1727 at the DRC of New Utrecht.[11]  The witnesses were Jan Vandervoort and Helen, his wife.  They were the paternal grandparents.  Magdalena was named after her paternal grandmother, Magdalena/Helen Huysman.  The 1731 census of Brooklyn, NY lists Paul Vandervoort, 1 woman and 2 daughters.[12]  One of the daughters was Magdalena.  The other may have been their son, John, misclassified on the census.  Magdalena married Abraham Losee on 16 Nov 1751 at the DRC Fishkill, NY.[13]  The record states she was of Bedvoort.  Paul Vandervoort and his wife, Jannetje Vandewater, moved to Fishkill by 1744 when they joined the DRC of Fishkill, NY.[14]  Paul/Powell Vandervoort appears in the tax listings of Rombout, Dutchess Co., NY for 1747, 1748 and 1753-1763.[15]  Based on mortgage records, John and his father, Paul, owned adjacent land.[16]  John was probably living in Kings Co. NY, when his daughter, Elizabeth, was baptized at the DRC of Flatbush in 1752.  John begins to appear on the tax lists of Rombout, Dutchess Co., NY in 1758 and continues until 1771.[17]  One of the witnesses for John’s grandson, Jan Vandervoort, son of Lambert and Elsje Vandervoort, was Jannetje Vandervoort, the child’s great grandmother, so also John’s mother.

3)      The naming of their children suggests that John was the son of Paul Vandervoort and Jannetje Vandewater and that Elizabeth was the daughter of Lambert Andriessen and Lea Liverse:

-                  - Jane, named after her paternal grandmother,

-                 -  Lea, named after her maternal grandmother,

-                  - Paul, named after his paternal grandfather,

-                 -  Lambert, named after his maternal grandfather,

-                  - Elizabeth, named after her mother,

-                  - John, named after his father.

4)   Their sons, Paul, Lambert and John appear in the tax listing of Dutchess Co., NY beginning in 1772.  Their father, John, appears in the 1765, 1770 and 1771 listings.  He did not appear in the 1772 listing, so he apparently had died and his sons inherited his land.[18]

5)   Paul Vandervoort and Mary Baker’s children, John and Elizabeth, were named after their paternal grandparents, and their children, Nathaniel and Hannah, were named after the maternal grandparents.[19]

6)   Paul Vandervoort and Mary Baker had a son named Lambert, named after his paternal uncle, who appears as Lambert Vandervoort, age 16-26 in the 1800 US Census of Catskill, NY.[20]

7)   Lambert Vandervoort and Elsje Van Enden’s eldest son, Abraham[21], was named after his maternal grandfather, and their 2nd son, John,[22] was named after his paternal grandfather,   They may have had a 2^nd daughter, Elizabeth, named after her paternal grandmother.[23]

One other indication that John Vandervoort, husband of Elizabeth Andriessen, was the son of Paul Vandervoort and Jannetje Vandewater is the vague reference "he drifted north with other members of the family to Rensselaer Co." regarding Paul Vandervoort, husband of Mary Banker from the Banker genealogy.  I believe this is regarding John A. Losee, probable son of Magdalena Vandervoort, John’s sister, and her husband, Abraham Losee.

Magdalena Vandervoort, d/o Paul Vandervoort and Jannetje Vandewater, was baptized 9 APR 1727 DRC of New Utrecht, NY, witnesses John Vandervoort and Helen, his wife. She married Abraham Losee on 16 NOV 1751 at the DRC of Fishkill, Dutchess, NY They had two children baptized at the DRC of Hopewell:
1) Paul, baptized 27 AUG 1758
2) Abraham, baptized 18 SEP 1768

John A. Losee, b 16 APR 1753 (tombstone), married Sarah Banker, b 16 JUN 1756 (tombstone), d/o Nathaniel Banker and Hannah Conklin.[24] They had the following children:
1) Abraham
2) John Jr., b 12/19/1777, per tombstone. He married Elizabeth Secor.
3) Hannah
4) Elizabeth, b 26 MAR 1786, per baptismal record on 2/12/1792 at Schaghticoke Reformed Church,         Rensselaer Co., NY
5) Mary, b 23 DEC 1789 per baptismal record on 2/12/1792 at Schaghticoke Reformed Church,                 Rensselaer Co., NY
6) Jane

I think this John A. Losee was also a son of Abraham Losee and Magdalena Vandervoort, thus an “other” family member. Hannah was named after her maternal grandmother. I am guessing Abraham and Magdalena were named after the paternal grandparents.

John A. Losee and Sarah Banker eventually settled in Watertown, Jefferson Co., NY. A Vandervoort family settled nearby, but the head of the family had died by the 1830 census. I believe they were the children of John Vandervoort, b 1781.  The 1855 state census of Jefferson lists a Peter Vandervoort who was born in Jefferson in 1808.[25]  John A. Losee mentions a Betsey Vandervoort in his will. He does not mention his relationship with her, but she is probably the daughter of the nearby Vandervoort family.

John Vandervoort, husband of Catherine Sprong, did not marry 2nd Elizabeth Andriesse. I think Ledley [NYGBR July 1978] assumed that because he could not find any other John Vandervoort who could be the husband of Elizabeth Andriesse.  Anne, John and Catherine's youngest daughter[26], married Henry Bertholf on 21 NOV 1773. His pension record mentions her parents, John and Catherine Vandervoort.[27]  Anna was born 10 Jul 1757 and died 09 Jan 1849, buried in Locust Hill Cemetery, Warwick, Orange, NY,[28] so she was born long after John Vandervoort and Elizabeth Andriessen had their daughter Elizabeth baptized in 1752.

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[1] NY Licenses

[2] NY Licenses

[3] DRC of Hoepwell, NY, transcription by ?

[4] A Partial History and Genealogical Record of the Bancker or Banker families of America, page 146.

[5] NY Licenses

[6] Flatlands baptisms, www.olivetreegenealogy.com

[7] Known Military Dead During the American Revolutionary War, pg 170
Vander Voort, JohnPvt 4 NY10-15-1777
Also:
New York in the Revolution, pg 497
John Vandervoort, priv. Capt Wm Clark’s minute men 1775 – Mar 1776, the NJ Regiment, then Capt Darlings’s of Swartout’s in 1777.Beekman, Dutchess Co. AP 24-210.
Pg 210 First Company: Van Der Voort, John, Dec 4 ’76, war, died of wounds 10/15/77 MR

[8] Flatlands baptisms, www.olivetreegenealogy.com

[9] Brooklyn baptisms

[10] Flatbush marriages, Frost Collection.

[11] Record 112:

[12] Documentary History of New York, E. B. O'Callaghan, (c)1849, Vol. IV, pg 188-200.

[13] Abraham Losee, of Westchester, Magdalena Vandervoort of Bedvoort, Records of the DRC of Fishkill.

[14] 21 SEP 1744 Joined the RDC of Fishkill, NY, Paulus Vandervoort, Janneke Vandewater.

[15] Eighteenth Century Records of the portion of Dutchess County, New York, that was included in the Rombout Precinct and the original Town of Fishkill", collected by William Willis Reese, edited by Helen Wilkinson Reynolds, Collections of the Dutchess County Historical Society, vol VI.

[16] Mortgages # 32, page 132
Liber I, page 309, dated 16 Jun 1758.
Mortgagee: John Vandervoort, yeoman, Rumbout Precinct
Mortgagor: Jacob Bloom, blacksmith, Bedford, NY
Loan: £215. Security: 23 acres, 21 perches & parcel of 27 acres on the south side of Fishkill. Included right of way over land of Powel Vandervoort.

Mortgage # 98, page 143
Dated 5 Jun 1771
Mortgagor: Cornelius Van Wyck
Mortgagee: Executors of the estate of Theodorus Van Wyck
mentions land adjoining John Vandervoort and another parcel adjoining the house of Powell Vandervoort.

[17] Eighteenth Century Records of the portion of Dutchess County, New York, that was included in the Rombout Precinct and the original Town of Fishkill", collected by William Willis Reese, edited by Helen Wilkinson Reynolds, Collections of the Dutchess County Historical Society, vol VI.

[18] Tax listings of Rumbout, Dutchess Co., NY
Runbout                 1765  1770  1771  1772  1773  1774  1775
Jacob Vandervoort      -----------   Y-----Y-----Y-----Y----
John Vandervoort --Y------ Y-----Y
John Vandervoort Jr-----------------------Y-----Y-----Y-----Y
Hans Kronck -------------------------------Y-----Y
Lambert Vandervoort---------------------Y-----Y-----Y-----Y
Paul Vandervoort Jr ----------------------Y-----Y-----Y-----Y

"Eighteenth Century Records of the portion of Dutchess County, New York, that was included in the Rombout Precinct and the original Town of Fishkill", collected by William Willis Reese, edited by Helen Wilkinson Reynolds, Collections of the Dutchess County Historical Society, vol VI.

[19] Elizabeth, baptized 15 OCT 1786 DRC of Fishkill, NY

Hannah, baptized 12 FEB 1792 Schaghticoke Reformed Church, NY

Jan #418; Birth Date: 5 May 1781; Bapt. Date: 24 Jun 1781; Parents: Paul van de Voort, Maria Banker

Source: Hopewell Dutch Reformed Church, Hopewell, Township of East Fishkill

Nathaniel Banker Vandervoort was b 16 Aug 1783 and baptized 15 Feb 1784 at Fishkill

Records of the Dutch Reformed Church of Fishkill: Dutchess County, N.Y., 1731-1850. (1930) page 90

[20] (Handvort in index)
John Vandvort, Catskill, Greene, NY 1800 0 0 1 0 0 / 1 0 1 0 0
Powel Vandvort, Catskill, Greene, NY 1800 0 0 0 0 1 / 0 1 0 0 0
Lambert Vandvort, Catskill, Greene, NY 1800 0 0 1 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 1

United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRZ-4Q7 : accessed 27 March 2017), Lambert Handvort, Catskill, Greene, New York, United States; citing p. 1055, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 22; FHL microfilm 193,710.

[21] Baptised 27 OCT 1770 DRC of Hopewell, NY

[22] Baptised 19 JAN 1772 DRC of Hopewell, NY

[23] https://sites.google.com/site/elginbranchogs/Home/ancestor-indexes/military/civil-war-veterans.  This site does not identify the parents of Elizabeth Vandervoort.  That is my supposition.

[24] A Partial History and Genealogical Record of the Bancker or Banker families of America, page 146.

[25] "New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6Q2-RJV: 19 November 2014), Peter Vandervoort, Rodman, Jefferson, New York, United States; count clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 895,243.

[26] Documents Relating to the Colonial, Revolutionary and Post Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey, Vol 38, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol 9, page 381

17, April 9. Vandervort, John of Somerset Co. will of.  daughters, Nelly, Charity, Elizabeth, Caty, Elsey, and Anne each 36 Pounds, Daughter Elsey, also to have a negro boy named Pompe. Sons, Gabriel and Paul, remainder of real and personal, to be divided between them. Executors-sons; Gabriel and Paul, Witnesses Abm. Staats, Nicholas [C]ovenhoven and Joseph Cowenhoven.   Proved Dec. 12, 1799.  Lib 39, p. 421: File 1123R

[27] Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files

[28] https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=2318368&GRid=49698814&