Coert voorhees biography of albertse van
Coert van Voorhees
Dutch migrant to New Amsterdam (1637–1702)
In this Dutch name, the surname is van Voorhees, not Voorhees. Stevense means child of Steven.
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]
Early life
He was born around April 1637 in Hees, near Ruinen, Drenthe, Netherlands,[4] the son of Steven van Voorhees[8] and Aeltje Wessels. Van Voorhees arrived in New Amsterdam when he was 22 years of age sailing on the de Bonte Koe in 1660.
Career
He was a member and deacon of the Dutch Reformed Church in Flatlands in 1677 and captain of the militia in 1689, as well as representative of Flatlands in the Assembly held at city hall in New Amsterdam on 10 April 1664.[9][10]
He took his oath of all Coert voorhees biography of albertse van buren.