Barbara, Thank you for your message. VanHornesville, New York was founded by my gggg-grandfather, Abraham Van Horne, about 1784. He found the stream during service in the Revolutionary War. My understanding is that he acquired the land on a military warrent for his service. Abraham was the grandson of Matthys Cornelissen, the Dane, and the son of Cornelius Van Horen, by his third wife, Hannah Seabrook. Matthys Cornelissen married Fytie Adam Brouwer, the daughter of Adam Brouwer and Magdalena Verdon, neither of whom were Dutch. Adam is well known for having built one of the first flour mills in North America. Cornelius Van Horen, his spelling, was described in legal documents and either a yeoman or a miller. So by the time you get to Abraham, he was the third generation miller, in our line. Abraham realized the stream at VanHornesville was perfect or powering a flour mill. The current mill building in Van Hornesville, which replaced the original, was built about 1848, by his grandson, if I remember correctly. To see the mill pond at VanHornesville go to: http://home.jps.net/~msvnhrn/things.html and follow the Van Horne links. Marleen Van Horne

Do you have proof that Magdeline Verdon was French? They are also my ancestors. Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marleen Van Horne" <msvnhrn@jps.net> To: <dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 11:45 PM Subject: Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] How I found out I was DANISH, not Dutch > Barbara, > > Thank you for your message. VanHornesville, New York was founded by my > gggg-grandfather, Abraham Van Horne, about 1784. He found the stream > during service in the Revolutionary War. My understanding is that he > acquired the land on a military warrent for his service. Abraham was > the grandson of Matthys Cornelissen, the Dane, and the son of Cornelius > Van Horen, by his third wife, Hannah Seabrook. > > Matthys Cornelissen married Fytie Adam Brouwer, the daughter of Adam > Brouwer and Magdalena Verdon, neither of whom were Dutch. Adam is well > known for having built one of the first flour mills in North America. > Cornelius Van Horen, his spelling, was described in legal documents and > either a yeoman or a miller. So by the time you get to Abraham, he was > the third generation miller, in our line. > > Abraham realized the stream at VanHornesville was perfect or powering a > flour mill. The current mill building in Van Hornesville, which > replaced the original, was built about 1848, by his grandson, if I > remember correctly. > > To see the mill pond at VanHornesville go to: > http://home.jps.net/~msvnhrn/things.html and follow the Van Horne links. > > Marleen Van Horne > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUTCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >