Gerrit Courten (Coerten) van Voorhees (1670 - 1704)

Born 1670 in Netherlands

Ancestors

Husband of Willemtje Pieters — married 26 Apr 1685 in Flatbush RDC, Long Island, New York

Descendants

Died 23 Sep 1704 at about age 34 in Flatlands, Brooklyn, Kings County, Long Island, New York colony

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Biography

Gerrit / Garrett Coerte Van Voorhees, a son of Coerte Stephense Van Voorhees...died 23 September 1704 ...

Name

Gerrit Coert /Van Voorhees/^[1]

Birth

ABT 1662 Oyster Bay, New York^[2]

Will & Probate

New York Wills, Vol 007, 1702-1704 page 200 - Garrett Coerte of Flatland, Kings Co, New York, his will dated 01 Oct 1702 Named his wife Willemtie to have all his lands, orchards and gardens, and their children Marike, Coert, the eldest son, Alke, Peter, Hendrick, Steven and Grietje. Widow "Williamke" to be exe. Overseers Peter Monfort and Cornelius Coert. Witnesses Garret Stoothoff, Wm Cowenhoven, Henry Ffilkin Probate: 23 SEP 1704. Inventory, translation of will and signatures 1705. Refer to the attached 4 images for this will and probate.

Corrections

Gerrit was not married to Meinsje (Meenske) "Mensje" Jans aka van Wicklen, de Vries. His marriage record states that he had not been married previously. This assumption was made due to the badly transcribed records of the Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church. ^[3][4]

Marriage

as noted below in RDC Flatbush church records: Garret Courten (V Voorhees) 12 April 1685 to Willemptie Peters ^[5]

Death

23 SEP 1704^[6]

Church records

1. 1685 Apr 26 Gerrit Courten, young man from Amersfort; with Willemtje Pieters, young lady also from Amersfort; both also residing there; married the 26th April at Amersfort. ^{[7] [8]}
2. 1685 Oct 04 Altie; parents: gerrit Coerten, willimtie pietersen; witnesses: pieter Cornelissen, Janneke Jansen. ^[7]
3. 1687 Oct 23 marijtie; parents: gerret Coerten, willemke pieters; witnesses: Coert stevensse, maijke gerretse. [Note: the year is given as 1686 at the top of the page. This is probably an error, as the first baptism, dated 29 March, follows a baptism dated 24 March 1687 on the previous page, 441]. ^[7] (another look at Flatbush church book 72 shows the year marked over to be 1687, they had a mix up on earlier pages.)
4. 1694 Dec 10 Pieter; parents: Gerrit Coerten, Willemtje Pieters. Wit.: Joost van Brunt, Aaltje Coerten. ^[9][10]

Land Deed

8 May 1697 Garrett Coerten and his wife Williamke of New Utrecht, deed John Hanse of Flatlands, a house and lot bound by the property of Tunis Janse, John Wyckoff and Claes Wyckoff. Genealogical Gleanings from Book No. 2 of Conveyances, Brooklyn, Kings Co., N.Y. ^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S06407 Data: Text: Date of Import: 27 Mar 2010
2. ↑ Source: #S06407 Data: Text: Date of Import: 27 Mar 2010
3. ↑ John Blythe Dobson. "Some Erroneous Marriages in Bergen's Kings County", New Netherland connections. vol. 6. num. 4. 1996. Berkeley, CA: Dorothy A. Koenig.
4. ↑ John Blythe Dobson. ResearchGate.net. Accessed 19 Oct 2016.https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261251741_Some_erroneous_marriages_in_Bergen's_Kings_County
5. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6961/42037_2421401696_0511-00171?pid=2080646
6. ↑ Source: #S06407 Data: Text: Date of Import: 27 Mar 2010
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} David William Voorhees, editor, Records of The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, Kings County, New York, Vol.1, 1677-1720 (New York: Holland Society of New York, 1998). via Chris Chester, "The Brouwer Genealogy Database".
8. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6961/42037_2421401696_0511-00171?pid=2080646
9. ↑ A. P. G. Jos van der Linde, Old First Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, New York: First Book of Records, 1660-1752, New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983)
10. ↑ Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Brooklyn and Flatbush NY, Book 72 Image 64 https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6961/images/42037_2421401696_0511-00064?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=f40a067ae2699f002eaa8e32995a1019&usePUB=true&_phsrc=IzZ5019&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.194538925.1207632286.1610577050-1670828725.1591635556&pId=81752
11. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/48331/LongIslandSrcRec-001908-53/295652

• New York Wills, Vol 007, 1702-1704 located on ancestry.com by Beryl Meehan at December 2016.
• NJGS. "Van Voorhees: Van Voorhees, Gerret Coerten" njgsbc.org. Accessed 20 Oct 2016. http://njgsbc.org/indexes/bergen-county-families/
• Chester, Chris. "The Brouwer Genealogy Database." freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata. Accessed May 23, 2016. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/index.htm Gerrit Coertsen Van Voorhees
• Source: S06407 Title: v134t0402.FTW Repository: Call Number: Media: Other
• family history
• Document provided to me by Barbara Voorhees Ellis That document is: "Descendants of Steven Coerte Van Voorhees" which I believe is a publication of the Voorhees Association. I am listed as a descendant of Kenneth J. Voorhees who is in the 11th generation. He is generation 3
• https://dcms.lds.org/view/action/ieViewer.do?dps_pid=IE931588&dps_dvs=1377117295748~250&dps_pid=IE931588&change_lng=en

Acknowledgments

• Will and probate documents as attached submitted by Beryl Meehan December 2016.
• WikiTree profile Van Voorhees-21 created through the import of RYER.GED on Aug 19, 2011 by Lawrence Schliessmann.
• Regarding Gail Smith need of proof regarding marriage data, please see this and other online accounts: http://www.conovergenealogy.com/connet/connet-o/p10.htm#i952
• Thanks to Joshua Allen for this profile. s.

Research notes

The following tree is from descendant Gail Smith, and needs to be independently verified: Gerrit Coerte Van Voorhees, b. 1670, d. bef 23-Sep-1704. He married (1) Mensie Janse Van Dyke. He married (2) Willemtje Pieters Luyster, married 26-Aug-1685, b. 1667, d. 1744. Children by Willemtje Pieters Luyster:

1. i Hendrick Gerritse Van Voorhees b. 1690. 276.
2. ii Coert Voorhees b. cir 1690, d. -Jan-1756.