Steven Coertse van Voorhees

New Netherland colony Van Voorhees left The Netherlands in April, 1660, along with his wife, Willempie Roelofse Seubering, and 8 of their 10 children.

Records indicate the family immigrated to the New Netherland settlement on either the ship "Bontekoe" (translated, the "Spotted Cone,", which means the "Spotted Cow.") Others specify that her name was Aaltjen Wessels,

Van Voorhees migrated to the Dutch colony of New Netherlands (present-day New York) in 1660, settling in Nieuw Amersfoort (present-day Flatlands), Long Island.

In addition to being a farmer,

Death His will is dated 25 August 1677, a small village of about 9 houses and 50 inhabitants 1.25 miles (2 km) south of Ruinen.

Steven van Voorhees' father, Coert van voor Hees, resided near the front of the hamlet of Hees.

Legacy The van Voorhees have a family coat of arms,

Steven van Voorhees is considered the patriarch of a "pioneer family of Bergen County," and is considered the "founder," as well as the first American representative of the well-known Voorhees family line.

Among his namesakes is Voorhies Avenue in Brooklyn.