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Jannetje Stevense <I>Van Voorhees</I> Schenck

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Jannetje Stevense Van Voorhees Schenck

Birth
Ruinen, De Wolden Municipality, Drenthe, Netherlands
Death
10 Sep 1709 (aged 50)
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Burial
Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: probably buried on her husbands lands or in one of the two earlty DRC Chruchs on Long Island, NY Add to Map
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She came to America when she was two years old with her parents in April of 1660 on the Ship De Bonte Cos.Jannetje Stevense Van Voorhees was born on 25 Dec 1658 in Hees, De Wolden, Drenthe, Netherlands. She was the daughter of Steven Coerte Van Voorhees (1600-1684) and Willempie Roeloffse Seubering (1619-1690).

Jan Stevense VanVoorhees arrived in New York, NY in 1660.

Jannetje married Jan Martense Schenck (1631-1687) in 1672 in Flatbush, Kings, New York, United States. Jan was the son of Marten Schenck Vannydeck (1584-1684) and Maria Margretha (Bockhurst) Schenck Vannydeck (1599-1688).

Jan and Jannetje Schenck were the parents of the following known children: Jannetje, Marten, Willemtje, Stephen (died young), Johannes, Neeltje, Stephen, Aelken and Antje Schenck.

Jan built a house for his bride and children in 1675. Parts of that house still stands today and is in the Brooklyn, NY Museum. Jan died on on 27 Aug 1687 in Flatlands, Kings, New York, United States. He was 56 years old. Jannetje was 28 years old with eight children.

Jannetje married Alexander Simpson (1658-1721) in Flatlands, Kings, New York, United States on Feb. 28, 1690.

Jannetje died on Sept. 10, 1709 in Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, United States. She was 50 years old.
She came to America when she was two years old with her parents in April of 1660 on the Ship De Bonte Cos.Jannetje Stevense Van Voorhees was born on 25 Dec 1658 in Hees, De Wolden, Drenthe, Netherlands. She was the daughter of Steven Coerte Van Voorhees (1600-1684) and Willempie Roeloffse Seubering (1619-1690).

Jan Stevense VanVoorhees arrived in New York, NY in 1660.

Jannetje married Jan Martense Schenck (1631-1687) in 1672 in Flatbush, Kings, New York, United States. Jan was the son of Marten Schenck Vannydeck (1584-1684) and Maria Margretha (Bockhurst) Schenck Vannydeck (1599-1688).

Jan and Jannetje Schenck were the parents of the following known children: Jannetje, Marten, Willemtje, Stephen (died young), Johannes, Neeltje, Stephen, Aelken and Antje Schenck.

Jan built a house for his bride and children in 1675. Parts of that house still stands today and is in the Brooklyn, NY Museum. Jan died on on 27 Aug 1687 in Flatlands, Kings, New York, United States. He was 56 years old. Jannetje was 28 years old with eight children.

Jannetje married Alexander Simpson (1658-1721) in Flatlands, Kings, New York, United States on Feb. 28, 1690.

Jannetje died on Sept. 10, 1709 in Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, United States. She was 50 years old.


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