| The name is derived from voor, before or in front of, and Hees, their home village in Holland. STEVEN COERTE VAN VOOR HEES of Voor Hees, Drenthe, Holland; b. there 1600; d. 16th February, 1684, at Flatlands, Long Island; emigrated from Holland in April, 1660, in the ship Bontekoe ("Spotted Cow�) with his wife and children; purchased a farm at Flatlands, 29th November, 1660; was a Magistrate of Flatlands in 1664, and on a patent, 1667; m. (firstly) in Holland, Aaltjen Wessels; m. (secondly) on Long Island, Willempie Roelofse SEUBERING, b. 1619, d. 1690, dau. of Reolof SEUBERING. CAPTAIN COERT STEVENSE VAN VOORHEES of Flatlands, Long Island; b. at Hees, near Ruinen, Holland, 1637; d. circa 1702, Flatlands, Long Island; was a Deacon of the Dutch Church of Flatlands, 1677; Magistrate in 1664 and 1673; commissioned by Lieut.-Gov. Jacob LEISLER, Captain of Militia, 27th December, 1689; Member of the General Assembly held in City Hall, New Amsterdam on 10th April, 1664; Representative of Flatlands in the Provincial Assembly of 19th March, 1664; Delegate to the Convention held in New Orange to confer with Governor COLVE on 26th March, 1674; commissioned by the Director General and Council for the office of Schepens of New Amersfoort, Flatlands, 20th March, 1664; m. prior to 1664, Marretje Gerritse VAN COUWENHOVEN, bapt. 20th April, 1644, at Long Island, d. there between 1702 and 1709, dau. of Gerrit Wolfertse VAN COUWENHOVEN and Aeltie Lambertse COOL. My Genealogical HomePage |
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