Christian Barentsen Van Hoorn
1625 - 1658 (33 years)-
Name Christian Barentsen Van Hoorn Born 1625 Hoorn, Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands Gender Male _FSFTID LD9B-ZFY _UID 7516FE9B4E0E4DA2BD35610BE9D794D6F752 Died 26 Jul 1658 South River, Delaware Person ID I46 Strong History Last Modified 2 Jan 2018
Father Barent Barents, b. 1599, Hooren, Zuyder Zee, Friesland, Netherlands , d. 2 Feb 1624, Hooren, East, Friesland, Netherlands (Age 25 years) Mother Mary Baerts, b. 1600, Hoorn, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Netherlands , d. 1629 (Age 29 years) Family ID F243 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Jannetje Jans, b. 1629, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands , d. Bef 19 Mar 1693, Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey (Age < 64 years) Married 20 Apr 1647 Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands Children 1. Jannetje Christian VanHorn, b. 9 May 1649, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands , d. 1653, Holland, Reusel-de Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands (Age 3 years) 2. Barent Christiansen VanHorn, b. 30 Aug 1651, Hoorn, Zuyder Zee, Noord-Holland, Netherlands , d. 14 Aug 1726, Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey (Age 74 years) 3. Cornelis Christiansen Van Horn, b. 3 Aug 1653, New Amsterdam, New York , d. 24 Mar 1729, Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey (Age 75 years) 4. Johannes Christiansen VanHorn, b. 18 Mar 1657, New Amsterdam, Nassau, New York , d. 1697, Teaneck, Bergen, New Jersey (Age 39 years) Last Modified 14 Jan 2020 Family ID F17 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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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.
- 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.