Some researchers have suggested that Neeltje was Helena Voorhees, daughter of Roelof Lucasse Voorhees and Neeltje Schenck, who was baptized 4 Apr 1731 in New Brunswick, N.J. However I have found no documents relating to Ferdinand Schureman’s wife that refer to her as Helena. She is variously called Neeltje, Neltje, Nelly and Eleanor. For example, in his will, Ferdinand mentions “Wife, Neeltje Schuurman…” John Schuurman, in his will, left money to “Nelly Schuurman (widow of brother Ferdinand, dec’d)…” In Genealogies of Long Island Families, Vol. II, p. 615 there is the following entry: “Martin Schenck was born May 9, 1770, in New Brunswick, N.J., and at one time was Sherriff of Somerset County in that state. He married (1st) in 1789 Margaret Schureman who was baptized there Jan. 22, 1769, a daughter of Ferdinand & Neeltje (Van Voorhees) Schureman.” She is listed among the members of the New Jersey Reformed Dutch Church in full communion as of May 1st 1794 as “27. Neltje Voorhees, widow of Ferdinand Schureman.” In Shuremans, of New Jersey, by Richard Wynkoop, p. 30 we find the following: “Ferdinand Schuurman [6], (Jacobus1), born about 1731, it is supposed: died before June 1782. Perhaps his death and burial were at some other place, while the British were in occupation of New Brunswick. His wife was Eleanor Voorhees.” The same reference goes on to say: “His widow, 'Neeltje Schuurman, widow of Ferdinant [sic] Schuurman,' was received to church membership, on confession, 28, June, 1782. Her tombstone, in the yard of the First Dutch Church, New Brunswick, reads, “Eleanor, wid. of Ferdinand Schuurman, dep. this life July, 29, 1809, in her 89th year.” In all of these references none refer to her as Helena. There is another problem that adds mystery to this Neeltje Voorhees. If she really died in her 89th year, she would have been born in 1720, not 1731, and she would have been about 11 years older than her husband. Moreover, according to Shuremans, of New Jersey, by Richard Wynkoop, pp. 30-31, Ferdinand and Neeltje had 8 children who were baptized as follows: Anne, 20 Jan 1754 at Six Mile Run; Eleanor, 19 Oct 1755 at New Brunswick. (She married John Van Harlingen); Jacobus, 19 Apr 1758; Abraham, 28 Sep 1860 (He married 1: Hetty Combs and 2: Sarah Berrien); Anne, 6 Nov 1763 at Six Mile Run. (She married Isaac Van Tuyn); Lena, 19 Apr 1766 at New Brunswick. (She married Jonathan Combs); Margaret, 22 Jan 1769 (She married Martin Schenck); and Jane, 26 Jan 1772. (She married Abraham Van Arsdalen). If Neeltje was born in 1720, she would have had her first child at age 34 and she would have been 52 years old when her youngest child was born. What's wrong with this picture? Can anyone shed light on whether this Neeltje Voorhees was indeed baptized Helena in Apr 1731, and if so, why does her tombstone say she died in her 89th year, or if not, who were her parents? I would be most grateful!