Peter, I was quoting from the genealogy (2000 ed.). Pam Sears had the correction. The genealogy is one of my favorites and I treasure it. Florence did magnificent work. Nancy On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Peter wrote: > Nancy, > > For updates on the Voorhees Family genealogy, you should contact > Robert > Voorhees, chairman of the family association's genealogical committee, > at > rfvoorhees@gmail.com. I am sure he will be glad to receive your > information, > with original source indicated, if he doesn't already have the > information. > I expect that corrections would be noted in the association's > newsletter. My > late wife was always more than willing to admit that in dealing with > over > 80,000 names she was bound to get a few wrong. > > Peter > > -----Original Message----- > From: dutch-colonies-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:dutch-colonies-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nancy > Terhune > Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 12:27 PM > To: dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Neeltje Voorhees > >>>> Pam Sears wrote: "The above should read: <snip> 'married >>>> Ferdinand Schureman, son of JACOBUS> Schureman and Antje Terhune' >>>> <snip>" > > Thanks, Pam. > > I was quoting those passages, ad litteram, from The Van Voorhees > Family in > America. > > In my print copy of the genealogy, it is Thomas, not Jacobus. Has > there > been an update? > > Great to have the correction. If you'll cite the source, please, I'll > write > it in my book in permanent marker! > > Nancy > > > On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 12:01 PM, Pamela J. Sears wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> Nancy Terhune wrote: >> >> "Neeltje VanVoorhees (Roelof, Lucas, Stephen); baptized 4 April 1731 >> at >>> >> Ref. Ch., New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., NJ; married Ferdinand >> Schureman, >>> >> son of Thomas Schureman and Antje Terhune, circa 1753; died 29 Jul >> 1809 >>> >> at age 78; >>> >> >> Nancy, >> >> The above should read: <snip> "married Ferdinand Schureman, son of >> JACOBUS Schureman and Antje Terhune" <snip> >> >> Mike, >> >> You shared the URL (which was truncated) for the bible records at >> GSNJ, but the records are not on line. You must contact them directly >> for copies. >> However, Abraham Van Voorhees is not the father of this Neeltje (wife >> of Ferdinand Schureman). >> >> Also, the website URL is as follows: >> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njgsnj/collectionguide.html >> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njgsnj/FR4600_4799.htm >> >> >> David, >> >> Ferdinand Schureman's wife was Neeltje Van Voorhees, the daughter of >> Roelof Van Voorhees and his wife Neeltje Schenck. The given name of >> Neeltje in a Dutch colonial family was probably one of the more >> interchangeable and/or had more variations than all the others. In >> this case, the father Roelof Van Voorhees, called his daughter >> Neeltje "Helena" at birth and continued to do so probably throughout >> life and certainly in his will (see NJA 3:342-3). Variations of this >> given name (Helena) include Lena, Leentje, Elena, Neeltje, Eleanor, >> Nelly (and perhaps others). A lot depended upon what she was called >> by her siblings, and this may have been totally different from what >> her husband called her. This is no different from what happens today. >> Furthermore, there may have been a variety of reasons why there was >> no son named Roelof, but the "why" would only be speculation on our >> part. >> >> >> Best regards, >> Pam Sears >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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