In the Beginning: The Van Hoorn Family was from the Netherlands, a place called Hoorn. When arriving in North America, they were called Van Hoorn, through the years the name has been spelled many different ways. Some of these spellings are: Van Horn, Van Horne, Vanhorn, & Vanhorne. This is how one family emigrated to the New World.
FIRST GENERATION
1. Janse Cornelius VAN HOORN [S1], emigrated in 1640. He married Hellegonda JORIS.
They had the following children:
+2 i. Cornelius Jansen VAN HOORN 3 ii. Abraham VAN HOORN was born in 1642. Died in 1642. 4 iii. Vroutje VAN HOORN was born in 1643. +5 iv. Joris VAN HOORN 6 v. Abraham VAN HOORN was born in 1649. 7 vi. Judith VAN HOORN was born in 1652. +8 vii. Aefje VAN HOORN
SECOND GENERATION
2. Cornelius Jansen VAN HOORN was born in 1642. Died in 1692. He married Anna Marie JANS. They had the following children:
9 i. Hillegonda VAN HOORN, baptized in 1660. +10 ii. Issac VAN HOORN +11 iii. Jannetje VAN HOORN +12 iv. Vroutje VAN HOORN +13 v. Cornelius J VAN HOORN +14 vi. Gerrett VAN HOORN +15 vii. Aefjie VAN HOORN +16 viii. Abraham VAN HOORN 17 ix. Maritise VAN HOORN, baptized in 1681.
5. Joris VAN HOORN was born in 1645. He married Maria RUTGERS.
8. Aefje VAN HOORN was born in 1654. She married Johan TUDOR. She also married John THEOBALES SR.
THIRD GENERATION
10. Issac VAN HOORN, baptized in 1671/1693. He married Margaret VAN NEST.
11. Jannetje VAN HOORN, baptized in 1664. She married Joseph HEGEMAN. She also married Reyneir VAN SICKELEN.
12. Vroutje VAN HOORN, baptized in 1666. She married Tunis QUICK.
13. Cornelius J VAN HOORN, baptized in 1667. He married Eltie VAN SACTROUT.
14. Gerrett VAN HOORN, baptized in 1671/1737. He married Altje PROVOOST.
15. Aefjie VAN HOORN, baptized in 1673. She married John STUDD.
16. Abraham VAN HOORN was born in 1675. Died in 1741. He married Marie PROVOOST in Sep 1700.
They had the following children: +18 i. Mary VAN HOORN +19 ii. Catherine VAN HOORN +20 iii. Cornelius VAN HOORN Capt 21 iv. Jannetie VAN HOORN was born in 1708. 22 v. Helena VAN HOORN was born in 1710. +23 vi. Abraham VAN HOORN +24 vii. David VAN HOORN 25 viii. Margareta VAN HOORN was born about 1717. Died in 1760. 26 ix. Samuel VAN HOORN was born about 1720. +27 x. Ann VAN HOORN
FOURTH GENERATION
18. Mary VAN HOORN was born in 1702. She married William BURNETT in 1721.
19. Catherine VAN HOORN was born in 1704. She married Peter COX in 1738.
20. Cornelius VAN HOORN Capt was born in 1704. Died in 1744. Capt. Cornelius Van Horne, his brother Abraham Van Horne and their sister Helena Van Horne moved from New York to Huntingon County, New Jersey. Where in 1721 he married Catharie Cox. Capt. Cornelius is believed to have been the Capt. of a ship that brought a load of British Empire Loyalist to Canada when they escaped the United States. He married Catharie COX. They had the following children:
28 i. Thomas VAN HOORN was born in 1722.
He also married Elizabeth LAWRENCE. Children: Three, (one male) They had the following children:
+29 i. Mathias VAN HOORN +30 ii. Catharine VAN HOORN +31 iii. Elizabeth VAN HOORNp> He also married Hannah SEABROOK. They had the following children:
32 i. Mary VAN HOORN was born in 1733. +33 ii. Cornelius VAN HOORN +34 iii. Abram VAN HOORN 35 iv. James VAN HOORN was born in 1740. 36 v. John VAN HOORN was born in 1742. +37 vi. Daniel VAN HOORN
23. Abraham VAN HOORN was born in 1713. He married Anna (Anita/Anidta) COVENHOVEN. They had the following children:
+38 i. Mathew VAN HOORN 39 ii. Cornelius VAN HOORN +40 iii. Margareta VAN HOORN +41 iv. Elizabeth VAN HOORN +42 v. Catherine VAN HOORN +43 vi. Sophia VAN HOORN +44 vii. Nettie "Ellen" VAN HOORN +45 viii. Abraham VAN HOORN +46 ix. Antje VAN HOORN
24. David VAN HOORN was born in 1715. He married Annie FRENCH in Sep 1744.
27. Ann VAN HOORN was born in 1726. Died in Oct 1760. She married Gerald BEEKMAN.
FIFTH GENERATION
29. Mathias VAN HOORN was born in 1724. He married Nellie CRUM. Nellie CRUM was born in 1721. Died in 1803. They had the following children:
47 i. Abram VAN HOORN was born in White Horse, NJ. +48 ii. William VAN HOORN 49 iii. Matthew VAN HOORN +50 iv. Cornelius VAN HOORN +51 v. Thomas VAN HOORN 52 vi. Nellie VAN HOORN +53 vii. Anna VAN HOORN +54 viii. Henry VAN HOORN +55 ix. John VAN HOORN 56 x. Ruluf VAN HOORN
30. Catharine VAN HOORN was born in 1726. She married John STEVENS.
31. Elizabeth VAN HOORN was born in 1728. She married Henry KROTZER.
33. Cornelius VAN HOORN was born in 1737. He married Charity WYCOFF.
34. Abram VAN HOORN was born in 1738. Died in 1810. He married Hannah HUFF. Hannah HUFF, died in 1816.
37. Daniel VAN HOORN was born in 1743. He married Anna PARLEMAN.
38. Mathew VAN HOORN He married Mary CRUM.
40. Margareta VAN HOORN She married Abraham ROELAFFSEN in 1750.
41. Elizabeth VAN HOORN She married Mr COLCHESTER in 1760.
42. Catherine VAN HOORN She married Mr LONGSTREET in 1761.
43. Sophia VAN HOORN was born in Nov 1746. She married Baltus PICKLE.
44. Nettie "Ellen" VAN HOORN She married Jarius MELLICK in 1761.
45. Abraham VAN HOORN was born in 1749. He married Gertude (Gerty) WYCOFF.
46. Antje VAN HOORN was born in 1750. She married Tobias TENEYCK.
SIXTH GENERATION
48. William VAN HOORN He married Margaret THOMASSEN.
50. Cornelius VAN HOORN was born on 10 Mar 1744. He married Eva FREDRICK.
51. Thomas VAN HOORN He married Maria FREDRICK in Montgomery County, NY.
53. Anna VAN HOORN She married Abram CARHART in NJ.
54. Henry VAN HOORN was born on 9 May 1752. He married Sophia FERNICROOK in Montgomery County, NY.
55. John VAN HOORN He married Sally EVERETT.
SOURCES
1. St. Joseph Island Historical Society Document 500140 Date to file Feb 99 Source Kathy Snitker
Submitted by Garry Bishop
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