Harmen
Coerten
Born in Voorthuizen, Gelderland, Nederland
Son of Mathias Coerten
[uncertain]
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Aertje Gerrits
— married
[date unknown] in Dutch Church, Bergen, New Jersey, USA
Descendants 
Died
at about age 79
in Bergen, New Jersey
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Biography
COERTEN, Harmen, b. 1610; emigrated from Voorthuyzen in Gelderland in Feb. 1659, with wife and 5 children and settled in N. U. Jan. 15, 1664. He with others made an affidavit before the notary Pilgrom Clock relating to Capt. John Scott's raid on the Dutch towns on L. I., especially on N. U., as per p. 480 of Vol. II. of Doc. of Col. History of N. Y. Made his mark to documents. [1]
Event
- Arrival
- 1664 New York, NY
- Age: 53-54
Death
- 26 NOV 1689 Bergen, New Jersey
- Age: 78-79
Research Note
Harmen Coerten, his wife and five children are listed among the passengers on the ship De Trouw: De Trouw
Amsterdam, Netherlands to New Netherland (New York) sailed 12 February 1659 arrived May 1659 Captain: Jan Jansen Bestevaer De Trouw (In The Faith) sailed from Amsterdam February 12, 1659 under Captain Jan Jansen Bestevaer arriving at New Amsterdam May, 1659.
- 46 Harmen Coerten from Voorhuysen
47 Mrs. Coerten (wife) 48 - 52 five children Coerten, ages 5, 6, 8, 9 and 17 years
Would appear to be the person named as a brother in this will:
1671, Feb. 5. Coerten, Guert, from Voorthuysen in Guelderlant, now living at Bergen; will of (in Dutch). Made before Claes Arentsen Toers, constable of Bergen. Annuls testament made with his wife Geertje Jacobs Dueunaers January 15, 1657, because she has been unfaithful; also testament of March 24, 1664; and names as legatees the son of his sister, Pieter Hesselse, brother Thomas Jurianses, oldest son Ryckje Harmens, Mathys Hendricksen Smack, oldest son of
Guertje Harmens, his brother's daughter, Jan Harmensen, brother's son, Christyntje Claes, dau. of Claes Christiansen, universal heir brother Harmen Coerten. East Jersey Documents, Lib. 3, p. 146.
[2]
Sources
- NJGS. "Courter: Coerten, Harmen" njgsbc.org. Accessed 15 Oct 2016. http://njgsbc.org/indexes/bergen-county-families/
- https://www.immigrantships.net/v10/1600v10/detrouw16590500.html
- ↑ Page 66 Early Settlers of Kings Co, NY was Teunis G Bergen. https://ia802607.us.archive.org/32/items/registerinalphab00berg/registerinalphab00berg.pdf
- ↑ Page 558 https://ia902700.us.archive.org/1/items/calendarofnewjer01newj/calendarofnewjer01newj.pdf
Acknowledgments
- WikiTree profile Coerten-3 created through the import of wolfefamily.ged on Jun 26, 2011 by Herbert Wolfe. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Herbert and others. Record ID Number: MH:I795 User ID: D5591774-050C-4813-8A9F-CCB8EC337BA3
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1) The 1689 marriage is impossible, and is clearly confused with this man's death date and location, which is the same, but makes sense for his death.
2) Daughter was Born 1642 in Voorhuysen, Guelderland, Holland, and married 1660 in New York. So this man appears to be the immigrant, sometime before 1660.
3) Coerten as a surname for all three generations is odd. It does not make sense as a patronymic for any of them. Although perhaps it may have started as a patronymic for the grandfather, and may have been Coertense, or Coertse. It needs some sourcing to figure out the origin of the Coerten name in this line.