Coert Stevense van Voorhees | |
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| Born | Coert van Voorhees April 1637 Hees, Drenthe, Netherlands |
| Died | c. 1702 (aged 64–65) |
| Other names | Coert Van Voorhuys, Voorhies, Voorhis |
| Occupation | Farmer |
| Spouse | Marretje Gerritse VanCouwenhoven (b. 1644-d.1708) |
| Children | 9 |
| Parent | Steven van Voorhees |
| Relatives | Wolphert Gerretse (grandfather) |
Coert Stevense van Voorhees (1637–1702), a settler of New Netherland is remembered today as progenitor of numerous American families,[1] and as an early settler of Brooklyn.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
- ^ Townsend, Richard (20 May 2013). "You just can't make this stuff up". North Jersey Media Group. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- ^ Benardo, Leonard (2006). Brooklyn by Name: How the Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks, Bridges, and More Got Their Names. New York University Press. p. 171. ISBN 978-0814799468.
- ^ Lee, Francis Bazley (1910). Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 81.
- ^ Mackenzie, George Norbury (1917). Colonial Families of the United States of America; vol. 6. Grafton Press. p. 458.
- ^ "Crawford and Allied Families". Americana. No. 16. National American Society. 1922.
- ^ Bergen, Teunis (1866). The Bergen Family: Or, The Descendants of Hans Hansen Bergen, One of the Early Settlers of New York and Brooklyn, L. I. Bergen & Tripp. p. 172.
- ^ Commemorative biographical record of the counties of Dutchess and Putnam, New York. J.H. Beers & Co. 1897. p. 878.