Christian Barentsen Van Hoorn

Christian Barentsen Van Hoorn

Male 1625 - 1658  (33 years)

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  • Name Christian Barentsen Van Hoorn 
    Born 1625  Hoorn, Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _FSFTID LD9B-ZFY 
    _UID 7516FE9B4E0E4DA2BD35610BE9D794D6F752 
    Died 26 Jul 1658  South River, Delaware Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I46  Strong History
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2018 

    Father Barent Barents,   b. 1599, Hooren, Zuyder Zee, Friesland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Feb 1624, Hooren, East, Friesland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 25 years) 
    Mother Mary Baerts,   b. 1600, Hoorn, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1629  (Age 29 years) 
    Family ID F243  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jannetje Jans,   b. 1629, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 19 Mar 1693, Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 64 years) 
    Married 20 Apr 1647  Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Jannetje Christian VanHorn,   b. 9 May 1649, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1653, Holland, Reusel-de Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 3 years)
     2. Barent Christiansen VanHorn,   b. 30 Aug 1651, Hoorn, Zuyder Zee, Noord-Holland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Aug 1726, Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     3. Cornelis Christiansen Van Horn,   b. 3 Aug 1653, New Amsterdam, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Mar 1729, Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     4. Johannes Christiansen VanHorn,   b. 18 Mar 1657, New Amsterdam, Nassau, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1697, Teaneck, Bergen, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years)
    Last Modified 14 Jan 2020 
    Family ID F17  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • 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.