David, Florence Christoph, in The Van Voorhees Family in America: The First Six Generations (Baltimore: Gateway Press, 2000. Print), page 30, says that Neeltje VanVoorhees (#204), "baptized 4 Apr, 1731; married Ferdinand Schureman," was the daughter of Roelof Lucasse VanVoorhees and Neeltje Schenck ("daughter of Martin Schenck and Elizabeth Minne"). Neeltje's own listing appears on pp. 85 & 86: "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; buried at Ref. Ch. Cem., New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., NJ, as Eleanor Widow of Ferdinand. Neeltje Schurman widow of Ferdinand joined the New Brunswick Ref. Ch. 28 Jun 1782." (Their children follow.) Please contact me if you'd like additional information. Nancy On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 5:51 AM, Michael Morrissey wrote: > 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 > ------------------------------- > 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