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Steven Coerte Van Voorhees

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Steven Coerte Van Voorhees

Birth
Hees, De Wolden Municipality, Drenthe, Netherlands
Death
16 Feb 1684 (aged 83–84)
Flatlands, Kings County, New York, USA
Burial
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Steven Coerte Van Voorhee came to America in April 1660 on the ship: DeBonte Koe (the Spotted Cow). He was 60 years old. He purchased equipment to go into the brewing business.

In Oct. 1667 Steven with others, patented the town of Flatlands. He was appointed magistrate and he and his wife were members of the church in Flatbush in 1677.∼Steven Coerten emigrated from before the village of Hees in the province of Drenthe, Holland, in April, 1660, in the ship "Bonte Koe" (Spotted Cow), Captain Pieter Lucassen, with his wife and all his children except his two daughters, Hendrickjen and Merghin. He purchased, November 29, 1660, from Cornelis Dircksen Hoogland, "9 *morgens of cornland, 7 morgens of woodland, 10 morgens of plainland and 5 morgens of salt meadow," in the Flatlands of Long Island, for three thousand guilders. Also the house and house plot lying in the village of "Amersfoort in Bergen" (Flatlands), with the brewery and all the brewing apparatus, kettle house and casks, with the appurtenances, as per page 37 of Liber B of Flatbush records. He married, in Holland, Aaltjen Wessels who was the mother of four his children. He married (second), abt.1649 in the Netherlands Willempie Roelofse Seubering. Both Steven and his second wife were members of the Dutch church of Flatlands in 1677. His name appears as magistrate in 1664. His will is dated August 25, 1677.

*A morgen is how much land can be plowed in a morning or about 2 acers.
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Steven Coerte Van Voorhee came to America in April 1660 on the ship: DeBonte Koe (the Spotted Cow). He was 60 years old. He purchased equipment to go into the brewing business.

In Oct. 1667 Steven with others, patented the town of Flatlands. He was appointed magistrate and he and his wife were members of the church in Flatbush in 1677.∼Steven Coerten emigrated from before the village of Hees in the province of Drenthe, Holland, in April, 1660, in the ship "Bonte Koe" (Spotted Cow), Captain Pieter Lucassen, with his wife and all his children except his two daughters, Hendrickjen and Merghin. He purchased, November 29, 1660, from Cornelis Dircksen Hoogland, "9 *morgens of cornland, 7 morgens of woodland, 10 morgens of plainland and 5 morgens of salt meadow," in the Flatlands of Long Island, for three thousand guilders. Also the house and house plot lying in the village of "Amersfoort in Bergen" (Flatlands), with the brewery and all the brewing apparatus, kettle house and casks, with the appurtenances, as per page 37 of Liber B of Flatbush records. He married, in Holland, Aaltjen Wessels who was the mother of four his children. He married (second), abt.1649 in the Netherlands Willempie Roelofse Seubering. Both Steven and his second wife were members of the Dutch church of Flatlands in 1677. His name appears as magistrate in 1664. His will is dated August 25, 1677.

*A morgen is how much land can be plowed in a morning or about 2 acers.
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