Is this the same Horn family? Genealogical History Of Hudson And Bergen Counties New Jersey THE VAN HORN FAMILY Originally published in 1900 Cornelius Burnham Harvey, Editor Edited by GET NJ, COPYRIGHT 2003 THE VAN HORN FAMILY.-The first American progenitor of the Van Horn family in Hudson and Bergen Counties was Jan Cornelissen, who came to America from his birthplace, the City of Hoorn, Holland, previously to the year 1645. Mr. Winfield, in his "History of Hudson County," thinks this emigrant was under twenty-one years of age when he arrived at New Amsterdam, and cites as proof the fact that, on October 4, 1647, a power of attorney was executed by him for the purpose of collecting money due him from his guardian in Holland. He sided with the English in 1664, and took the oath of allegiance to the king the same year. One of his sons, named Joris. married, March 11, 1663. Maria Rutgers, of Amersfoort, L. I., and had eight children, one of whom was Rutgert Jansen Van Horn, baptized at New York, January 5, 1667. This Rutgert married, April 25, 1697, Neeltie Van Vechten. Another son was Cornelius Jansen Van Horn. In 1697 both Rutgert and Cornelius went to Schraalenburgh, where Cornelius married Jacomina Demarest, widow of Samuel Helling, and settled east of Closter, where his descendants still reside. Rutgert returned to Bergen and purchased lands at Bayonne, where he resided until 1711, when he bought a farm at Communipaw, where he spent his days, and where he died May 15, 1741. Rutgert's descendants spread over Hudson County, and those of Cornelius over Bergen County. http://www.getnj.com/hudberg/genealogical186.shtml -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 8:38 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [FRENCH-L] Simon HORN, NJ New to the HORN List. Hannah HORN(E) m. Joseph FRENCH in Raritan, Somerset Co., NJ on 3 Jan 1749. She was the daughter of Simon and Sarah (Olden) HORN(E) b. c1731. They may have been Quakers as the FRENCHs were established in that faith. Hannah and Joseph had the following children: Lafford (1753), Sarah (1754), William, Joseph, Simon, and Mary. Although the birth dates of Lafford and Sarah are given, the others are not known. The time lapse between marriage 1749 and child 1753 suggests that the order of birth maybe different from the order given. For instance, both Joseph and Simon are the names of the grandfathers which usually would go to the first two sons. The name Lafford maybe a corruption of Leffert, a name used among the Dutch settlers of the time. But why would a son be so named? Usually a close relative if he were the first son. A search of the ancestry of this family reveals one unknown parent of Joseph FRENCH. Joseph's father was also named Joseph and married an "Allee," thought to be a first name or nick name. Her parents are unknown. It is suggested that she offers the clue to the use of the name Lafford/Leffert. Much of this FRENCH ancestry is in Howard Barclay FRENCH's, "The Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas FRENCH," Phila 1909, Vols. I and II. I am curious about the HORN(E) history/genealogy. Is there a document that follows them in early America? Best regards, Hugh