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Davis' History of Bucks County (Pennsylvania) has an excellent biography of the Van Horn family. It states that their (and our) pioneer ancestor was Christian Barendtse -- i.e., Christian, son of Barendt. It was said that he came to New Amsterdam (now New York City), apparently by 1653, from Hooren, a city of the Zuyder Zee, about 25 miles from Amsterdam -- hence, "Van Hooren" or "Van Horn," meaning "of" or "from" that city.
Christian was a carpenter by trade, serving also as a referee when there was litigation about property disputes. He also owned several properties in the vicinity of Broadway and Wall Streets, some now occupied by part of the present Trinity churchyard. (The author visited this churchyard during a business trip to New York City in April of 1995.)
Christian was part of a force sent out from New Amsterdam on September 5, 1655, against the Swedes and Finns at Fort Christina on the Delaware River. He then got a land grant near present day Wilmington, Delaware, where he began work on a tidewater mill in 1656. He died there on July 26, 1658, during an epidemic apparently caused by germs stirred up by the construction. After he was buried, his widow and children returned to New Amsterdam, where she sold the Delaware property and remarried soon after to our other ancestor, Laurens Andriessen Van Boskerck.

Christian married Jannetje Jans on 20 Apr 1647 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. Jannetje (daughter of Tuman Jansen Jans and Neeltje Weber, daughter of Tuman Janse Jans and Neeltje Weber) was born in 1629 in Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands; died before 19 Mar 1693 in Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey; was buried in Constable Hook, Hudson, New Jersey. [Group Sheet]

1. Jannetje Christian VanHorn was born on 9 May 1649 in Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands; died in 1653 in Holland, Reusel-de Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
2. Barent Christiansen VanHorn was born on 30 Aug 1651 in Hoorn, Zuyder Zee, Noord-Holland, Netherlands; died on 14 Aug 1726 in Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey.
3. Cornelis Christiansen Van Horn was born on 3 Aug 1653 in New Amsterdam, New York; died on 24 Mar 1729 in Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey.
4. Johannes Christiansen VanHorn was born on 18 Mar 1657 in New Amsterdam, Nassau, New York; died in 1697 in Teaneck, Bergen, New Jersey.

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Barent married Mary Baerts. Mary was born in 1600 in Hoorn, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Netherlands; died in 1629. [Group Sheet]

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