David, I don't have access to the Van Voorhees genealogies. However, there is a bible record on file at the Genealogical Society of New Jerseyhttp://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njgsnj/collectionguide.htmlBible Record 4638 Abraham Voorheese (1702-1785) and wife, Nelly Cortleyou (1703-1795) This should tell you if Neeltje was their daughter. Mike Morrissey > From: dwalker10@hotmail.com > To: dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com > Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 00:41:59 -0600 > Subject: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Neeltje Voorhees > > > I am still looking for help regarding the parents of the Neeltje > Voorhees who married Ferdinand Schureman. I am hoping that a kind soul who has access to > one of the more recent Van Voorhees genealogies, such as the one compiled by > Florence Christoph, could look her up. I understand from an earlier posting that > the family is discussed on pages 85 and 86 of Christoph’s compilation. > > > Many sources identify her with Helena Voorhees, daughter of > Roelof Lucasse Van Voorhees and Neeltje Schenck, baptized 4 Apr 1731 in New > Brunswick, but I have my doubts that they are really the same person. Firstly, Roeloff still refers to his daughter > as Helena in his will, which was written in 1750, presumably only a year or two > before her marriage. Yet Ferdinand Schureman’s > wife is called Neeltje, Nelly, Eleanor, etc. and never Helena. > > Secondly, according to “The Schuremans of New Jersey” by > Richard Wyncoop, Neeltje and Ferdinand had 8 children: Anne (who died young), Eleanor, Jacobus, > Abraham, another Anne, Lena, Margaret and Jane. > No Roelof among them. Yet it > appears they followed the Dutch naming system with regards to Anne (named for > Antje Terhune) and Jacobus (named for Jacobus Schuremen). Eleanor could be named for Neeltje Schenck, but > what about Abraham? It seems to me that Roelof’s > brother, Abraham Lucasse Van Voorhees and his wife Neeltje Courtelyou make better > candidates to be this woman’s parents. > > > According to “A Genealogy of the Van Voorhees Family in > America” by Elias W. Van Vorhis, Abraham had 7 children, among whom there > was a Nelly. No details are given. But she had a brother, Jacques, baptized 1733 > and a sister Catalina baptized 1735, which more or less puts this family's offspring in > the right time period. Any chance this Nelly grew up to become the wife of > Ferdinand Schureman? I would appreciate > any help. > > > Many thanks, David > > ------------------------------- > 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