Cornelis Christiansen Van Horn

Cornelis Christiansen Van Horn

Male 1653 - 1729  (75 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Cornelis Christiansen Van Horn was born on 3 Aug 1653 in New Amsterdam, New York (son of Christian Barentsen Van Hoorn and Jannetje Jans); died on 24 Mar 1729 in Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey.

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    Cornelis married Margrietje Vanderburgh on 4 Mar 1675 in New York. Margrietje (daughter of Lucas Dirckzsen Vanderburgh and Annetje Cornelis) was born in 1658 in New Amsterdam, New York; died on 22 May 1726. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Cornelius VanHoorn was born in 1671 in Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey; died on 12 Mar 1733 in Schraalenburgh, Bergen, New Jersey.
    2. Lucas VanHorn was born in 1680 in Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey; died on 19 Jun 1760 in Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey.
    3. Jannetje Cornelise VanHorn was born in 1680 in Teaneck, Bergen, New Jersey; died on 9 May 1719 in Teaneck, Bergen, New Jersey.
    4. Christian Cornelisen VanHorn was born in 1685 in Teaneck, Bergen, New Jersey; died on 25 Feb 1741 in Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey.
    5. Johannes Cornelisen VanHorn was born in 1692; died in 1752.
    6. Annatie VanHorn was born in Aug 1693 in Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey; died in 1736.
    7. Elise Cornelisen VanHorn was born on 16 Apr 1699 in Teaneck, Bergen, New Jersey; died in 1759.
    8. Dirck Cornelisen Van Horn was born on 2 Sep 1705 in Teaneck, Bergen, New Jersey; died in in New Jersey, Monmouth, New Jersey.
    9. Johannis VanMoorst was born on 12 Jan 1858 in Teaneck, Bergen, New Jersey; died on 6 Nov 1925 in Bussum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Christian Barentsen Van Hoorn was born in 1625 in Hoorn, Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands (son of Barent Barents and Mary Baerts); died on 26 Jul 1658 in South River, Delaware.

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    Notes:

    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]


  2. 3.  Jannetje Jans was born in 1629 in Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands (daughter of Tuman Jansen Jans and Neeltje Weber, daughter of Tuman Janse Jans and Neeltje Weber); died before 19 Mar 1693 in Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey; was buried in Constable Hook, Hudson, New Jersey.

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    Buried:
    in Van Buskirk Family Burial Ground - Bayonne City - no longer in existence. Once located in the yard at the rear of the Van Buskirk Homestead, Constable Hook.

    Children:
    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. 1. 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.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Barent Barents was born in 1599 in Hooren, Zuyder Zee, Friesland, Netherlands; died on 2 Feb 1624 in Hooren, East, Friesland, Netherlands.

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


  2. 5.  Mary Baerts was born in 1600 in Hoorn, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Netherlands; died in 1629.

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    Children:
    1. 2. Christian Barentsen Van Hoorn was born in 1625 in Hoorn, Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands; died on 26 Jul 1658 in South River, Delaware.

  3. 6.  Tuman Jansen Jans was born in 1600 in Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands (son of Hester Jans and Gillis Douwse); died in 1646 in Ultrecht, Netherlands.

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    Tuman married Neeltje Weber in 1625 in Netherlands. Neeltje was born in 1604 in Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands; died in 1632 in Ultrecht, Netherlands. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Neeltje Weber was born in 1604 in Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands; died in 1632 in Ultrecht, Netherlands.

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    Children:
    1. 3. Jannetje Jans 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.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Hester Jans and died.

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    Hester married Gillis Douwse. Gillis and died. [Group Sheet]


  2. 13.  Gillis Douwse and died.

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    Children:
    1. 6. Tuman Jansen Jans was born in 1600 in Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands; died in 1646 in Ultrecht, Netherlands.