Two Hundredth Anniversary of the First Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Schenectady, New York June 20 and 21, 1880, page 22.
BOOK EXCERPT: No head stones are found at the graves of the first settlers; the graver's art did not then exist among them, and the marble and granite had not then been quarried.
Johannes Van Vorst is probably buried in Schenectady, New York. On March 7, 1809, Schenectady County was created from 230 square miles (600 km2) of Albany County land. Prior to then, the township of Schenectady was located in what was then Albany County, New York.
SON of Jellis Jacobus Van Vorst and Elisabeth J. (Van Eps) Van Vorst
HUSBAND of Johanna 'Hanna' Marselis (formerly Marcellus), daughter of Ahasuerus Marselis and Saartje Taakels Heemstraat. They married in the Dutch Reformed Church of Schenectady in 1726.
FATHER of
Sarah Van Vorst 1729 -1807 , m. Jacob Lighthall
Elizabeth Van Vorst 1731 -
Elizabeth Van Vorst 1733 -
Ahasuerus Van Vorst 1735-
Jacobus Janse Van Vorst 1737-1787, m. Claartje Marinus
John Van Vorst 1737 -
Annetje Van Vorst 1741-
Jacomeyntje Van Vorst 1743-1772, m. Teunis J. Barheit (also spelled Barheydt, Barheyt, Barhydt, etc.)
Two Hundredth Anniversary of the First Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Schenectady, New York June 20 and 21, 1880, page 22.
BOOK EXCERPT: No head stones are found at the graves of the first settlers; the graver's art did not then exist among them, and the marble and granite had not then been quarried.
Johannes Van Vorst is probably buried in Schenectady, New York. On March 7, 1809, Schenectady County was created from 230 square miles (600 km2) of Albany County land. Prior to then, the township of Schenectady was located in what was then Albany County, New York.
SON of Jellis Jacobus Van Vorst and Elisabeth J. (Van Eps) Van Vorst
HUSBAND of Johanna 'Hanna' Marselis (formerly Marcellus), daughter of Ahasuerus Marselis and Saartje Taakels Heemstraat. They married in the Dutch Reformed Church of Schenectady in 1726.
FATHER of
Sarah Van Vorst 1729 -1807 , m. Jacob Lighthall
Elizabeth Van Vorst 1731 -
Elizabeth Van Vorst 1733 -
Ahasuerus Van Vorst 1735-
Jacobus Janse Van Vorst 1737-1787, m. Claartje Marinus
John Van Vorst 1737 -
Annetje Van Vorst 1741-
Jacomeyntje Van Vorst 1743-1772, m. Teunis J. Barheit (also spelled Barheydt, Barheyt, Barhydt, etc.)
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