Son of Coert Stephense Van Voorhees and Marretje Gerretse Van Couwenhoven.
Flatlands, L.I. Cornelis; father: Coert Stevensz.
Born before 23 Jun 1678 in Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York.
Cornelis Coertsen Van Voorhees was baptized on 23 June 1678 at Old First Dutch Reformed Church, Breuckelen (Brooklyn), Kings Co., Long Island, New York, godfather Thomas Willet, godmother Heijltie Elberts. Cornelis; parents: Court Stevensz, Marritje Gerrits van Couwenhoven; op Midwoud.
He married Antje Remsen [c.1700]; married 1696 in New York.
[Other sources [uncertain] states he married Antje Rapalje, daughter of Daniel Jorise Rapalje and Sarah Abramse Klock.]
Ensign in the militia at Flatlands, Long Island in 1700. On 14 May 1702 he bought a farm at Flatlands from Jan Pieterse Wyckoff.
Cornelis Coertsen Van Voorhees was Deacon at New Amersfort, Kings Co., Long Island, New York, on 18 March 1706/7 in place of Marten Schenk.
Child by Antje Remsen:
1. Daniel Van Voorhees b. 17 Dec 1701
Children of Cornelis Van Voorhees and Anetje Danielse Rapalje:
Abraham van Voorhies 1699, Daniel Van Voorhees 1701, Cornelius Corneliusen Van Voorhees 1706 and Sarah (VanVoorhees) Cowenhoven 1710.
Other source [uncertain] states he died about 23 Jun 1758 after about age 80 in Pleasant Valley, Monmouth, New Jersey.
Bio includes data from Ancestry Library.
Bio includes data from The Brouwer Genealogy Database.
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Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA