(1) Er ist verheiratet mit Aaltje Houels Wessels.
Sie haben geheiratet vor 1630.Quelle 1
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(2) Er ist verheiratet mit Willemtje Roelofs (Seuberinge) Seubering.
Sie haben geheiratet am 10. Oktober 1649 in Hees, Ruinen, Drenthe, Nederland.Quelle 1
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Beroep: brouwer.
Steven Coerte \Van Voorhees\ and oldest son Coert Stevense \Van Voorhees\, and second wife,Aaltjen Hauels Wessels and six children, plus the husband of one embarked for America on April 15, 1660. He paid 36 gilders per adult passage on the ship "Bontekoe" ( Spotted Cow). After seven weeks, they arrived in New Netherlands, enroute to a community named New Amersfoort on the island of Nassau. They had Dutch friends awaiting their arrival. Four years after their arrival, the British took control and New Amsterdam became New York.
Steven Coerts/Koerts \Van Voorhees\ was aged 60 at the time of his arrival in New Amsterdam, NY. Steven Coerts/Koerts was married twice.
On November 29, 1660, he purchased from Cornelis Hoogland at Flatlands, a farm composed of cornland, woodland, plain land, and salt meadows. Also there was a house plot, a brewery with all the necessary apparatus. In 1667, he was assessed on a patent and in 1664 he became a Magistrate. His will is dated August 25, 1667. There is a street named after him in Sheepsbat, Brooklyn. Steven Koerts acquired the equipment necessary for the brewing business, so it is assumed that he folowwed this business. Unfortunately, the Flatlands (Flatbush) Reformed Dutch Church has few early records, but Steven Coert and his wife are listed as members of the church in 1677. It is known, (Stoothoff) he represented Nieuw Amersfoort in the Provincial Assembly. In October 1667 Steven Coerts with others patented the town of Flatlands. Under later British rule, Steven Coert adopted the surname "Van (before) Voor (village) Hees". Everyone with the name Voorhees is descended from him because nobody else adopted that name.
Sources: Deed dated March 8, 1697. Book 2, page 34, Kings Co. Deeds Richard Cline Mar 1998
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Willemtje Roelofs (Seuberinge) Seubering |