Cornelis Willemse (Couwenhove) van Couwenhoven (abt. 1672 - 1736)

Born about 29 Nov 1672 in Flatlands, Brooklyn, Kings County, Long Island, Province of New York

Ancestors

Husband of Margrietie (Schenck) Couwenhoven — married 8 Sep 1700 in New Jersey

Descendants

Died 16 May 1736 at about age 63 in Pleasant Valley, Monmouth County, Province of New Jersey

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Biography

Cornelis Willemse Van Couwenhoven

Birth

Cornelis Willemse Van Kouwenhoven (Sep 29, 1672 - May 16, 1736) bp. Nov. 20, 1672; m1. on Sept. 8, 1700, Margrietje R. Schenck; d. Mar. 17, 1736. Removed to N. J. and resided in 1707 at Middletown, Monmouth Co. New Jersey^[1].^[2][3][4]

Parents' Marriage

Husband: William Gerretse Couwenhoven

Wife: Jannetje Monfoort

12 FEB 1664^[5][6]

Christening

20 Nov 1672, Kings, Flatlands, New York

Marriage

Husband: Cornelius Williamse Couwenhoven

Wife: Margaretta Schenck^[2][3][7]

September 3, 1700

Children

Cornelis mentioned thirteen children (two sons and eleven daughters) in his will. "William" was identified as the eldest son. The following are his identified children, not necessarily in order of birth:

1. Willem Cornelis Couwenhoven
2. Aeltie Couwenhoven
3. Leah Cowenhoven
4. Anke (Kouwenhoven) van Horne
5. Neeltje (Van Couwenhoven) Vanderbilt
6. Roelof Covenhoven
7. Jannetje (Couwenhoven) Vanderbilt
8. Maria (Cowenhoven) Schenck
9. Sara Cowenhoven
10. Rachel Cornelis Kowenhoven
11. Margaretta Cowenhoven
12. Jacomijntje (Van Kouwenhoven) Schenck
13. Caterina (Cowenhoven) Hendricksen

Will

Cornelius Couwenhoven made his will on 22 November 1735. It was proved on 22 June 1736. Abstract of will:

1735, Nov. 22. Couwenhoven (Covenhoven), Cornelius, of Middletown Township, Monmouth County, yeoman; will of. Wife, Margaret, all estate, and the old negro woman, Hannah. Eldest son, William. negroes Sam and Tom, 156 acres of land sold to testator by William Bowne, March 1, 1704, and January 20, 1705, and 120 acres received from Daniel Hendricks, John Schenck, Garrat Schenck and Peter Weycoff, July 18, 1716. Son, Roeloffe, negroes James and Toney, and residue of land and meadow received July 18, 1716, 2 1/2 acres received from James and Rachel Hubbard, July 27, 1706, 2 acres from Jonathan Holmes, June 23, 1719, 10 acres from John Bowne, May 4, 1703, and 125 acres from Garrat and John Schenck, Dec. 24, 1700. Son. William, to pay legacies to testator's daughters--Leah, Catherine, Yacominekey, Margaret and Rachel. Son, Roeloffe, to pay legacies to daughters Mary, Sarah, Neelkye, Allkye, Yannikee and Anne. Executors-wife, and sons William and Roeloffe. Witnesses--Gerret Schenck, Johannis Bennet and Robert Dodsworth. Proved June 22, 1736. NJ Wills Lib. C, p. 107.

Death

16 MAY 1736 Flatlands, Kings Co, NY^[2][3][4]

Burial

Pleasant Valley, Monmouth, New Jersey

Church Records

Children's baptisms

1. 1700 Sep 08 Willem; parents: Cornelis Couwenhove, Margrietje. Wit.: Willem Couwenhove, Jannetje, his wife. ^[8]
2. 1705 May 29 Neeltje; parents: Cornelis van Couwenhove, Margrieta. Wit.: Jan Luikasse, Maeike, his wife. ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island, NY., p. 77
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} American Historical Society, Cyclopedia of New Jersey biography in six volumes. Memorial History Company; New York; 1916. Digitized by Internet Archive, 2008, page 89-90.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} DESCENDANTS OF GERRIT WOLFERT VAN COUWENHOVEN, Webpage; Cornelius Van Kouvenhoven (accessed 3 Oct 2023) https://www.angelfire.com/ny/chickened/vancouwenhovenfamily.html
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Elizabeth Berryhill-LaMonda's Family Tree; citing Descendants of Gerritt Jansz Van Kouwenhoven; Cornelius Van Kouwenhoven. (accessed 3 Oct 2023). https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~berryhilltree/genealogy/kouwenhoven.htm
5. ↑ Source: #S011686 Data: Text: Date of Import: 5 Mar 2010
6. ↑ Source: #S011680 Data: Text: Date of Import: 19 Mar 2010
7. ↑ Marriage: "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900"
   Source number: 885.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CGK
   Ancestry Record 7836 #1252544 (accessed 3 October 2023)
   Cornelis Van Couwenhoven marriage to Margarieta Schenck in 1700 in NY.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} 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). via Chris Chester, "The Brouwer Genealogy Database".

• Allen, Marguerite H.. A record of the ancestry and descendants of Henry & Sarah (Thompson) Hendricks of Monmouth Co., New Jersey : Henry Hendricks genealogy (1730-) : with notes on related families including Dorris, Frost, Parsell, Hinton, Schenck, Couwenhoven, Van Pelt and Wyckoff, page 546. Hendricks Family Organization, 1963; Woodruff Printing & Litho, Salt Lake City, UT. https://archive.org/details/recordofancestry00alle/page/n6/mode/1up
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• Beekman, George Crawford. Early Dutch Settlers of Monmouth County, New Jersey. Freehold, New Jersey: Moreau Brothers. 1901, pages 24-26. 2nd edition, 1915, pages 25-26.
• Cornelis Willemszen Van Kouwenhoven, "Brouwer Genealogy Database." Accessed 6 Oct 2023. https://sites.rootsweb.com/~brouwergenealogydata/p674.htm#i98982
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• Wardell, Patricia A. Early Bergen County Families. "Conover, Kowenhoven: Cornelis Willemse Couwenhoven" njgsbc.org. Accessed 04 Dec 2016. http://njgsbc.org/indexes/bergen-county-families/
• American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA.
• New Jersey EASy - Indexing Project (batch) # B07194-1; source file # 584573; Ref # v X p 392.
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Ancestral File Ancestral File Number: S92K-M8 Ancestral File Number: G95X-2S Ancestral File Number: 1G68-P6K
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• Family Data Collection - Births: Author: Edmund West, comp.: Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001
• Family Data Collection - Individual Records: Author: Edmund West, comp.: Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
• * Marriage: "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900"
  Source number: 885.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CGK
  Ancestry Record 7836 #1252544 (accessed 12 October 2023)
  Cornelis Van Couwenhoven marriage to Margarieta Schenck in 1700 in NY.
• Van Ness family history
• Ancestry Family Trees. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Page: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/12021732/person/287911065/facts
• Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
• Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Births Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.
• Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Deaths Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.
• Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.

• Note N2060 Ancestry Record worldmarr_ga #1252544 Note N2061 Ancestry Record genepoolb #2615571 Note N2062 Ancestry Record genepool #581495 Note N2063 Ancestry Record worldmarr_ga #283568 Note N2064 Ancestry Record genepool #581492 Note N2065 Ancestry Record genepoold #1523147 Source: S-216310990 Public Member Trees Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.

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• HERBERT(4).FTW
• HERBERT2.FTW

Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of family.ged on 21 September 2010.
• This person was created through the import of grant2.ged on 07 February 2011.
• The WikiTree profile VanKouwenhoven-3 was created through the import of Liles - Craig Family Tree.ged on 08 March 2011.

• WikiTree profile VanKouwenhoven-5 created through the import of Liles - Craig Family Tree_2012-03-21_01.ged on Mar 21, 2012 by Paul Liles.