Triinke Van Kouwenhoven (F)
(30. Oct. 1709 - a 30. Oct. 1709), #359
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Relationship=5th great-grandaunt of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=2nd great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Triinke Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Tryntje Kouwenhoven. She was also known as Triinke Covenhoven. Triinke Van Kouwenhoven was born in 1709 at Penn's Neck, Mercer County, New Jersey. She was baptized on 30. Oct. 1709 at Dutch Reformed Church, Marlboro, Monmouth County, New Jersey. She died young a 30. Oct. 1709. She was the daughter of Jan Willmse Kowenhoven and Jacoba Cornelisse Vanderveer.

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Tryntje Van Kouwenhoven (F)
(6. Apr. 1712 - ), #363
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Relationship=5th great-grandaunt of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=2nd great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Tryntje Van Kouwenhoven resided at at Kentucky. She was baptized on 6. Apr. 1712 at Dutch Reformed Church, Marlboro, Middlesex County, New Jersey; not mentioned in father's will. She was the daughter of Jan Willmse Kowenhoven and Jacoba Cornelisse Vanderveer.

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Willem Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven (M)
(1636 - 1728), #271
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Relationship=7th great-grandfather of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=Grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Willem Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as William Gerretse Couwenhoven. He was also known as William Kouwenhoven. He was also known as William Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven. He was born in 1636 at Flatlands, Kings County, New York; although his father's purchase of land there was not dated until July 26, 1638. He was the son of Gerret Wolfersen Van Kouwenhoven and Aeltje Cornelis Cool. Willem Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven married Altie Jorise Brinckeroff, daughter of Joris Dirksen Brinckerhoef and Susannah Dubbels, on 21. Mar. 1660 at Flatlands, Kings County, New York. On the earliest survivig list of members of the Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, Sep 12, 1660, appear the names of Willem Gerritse Van Couwenhoven, his first wife, and her parents. On an unknown date Willem Gerretse, on behalf of his first wiife, was one of the three heirs to the Brooklyn grant of his father-in-law, Joris Dicksen Brinckerhoff, and joined with the other heirs in selling this property on January 16, 1661.
Willem Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was Magistrate of Brooklyn 1661, 1662, and 1664. On 1662 Signed a petition on May 25, 1662, as schepen.
He was deacon in 1663 at Dutch Reformed Church, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. He married Jannetije Pieterse Monfoort, daughter of Pierre Montfort and Sarah De Plancken, on 12. Feb. 1665 at Flatlands, Kings County, New York. Willem Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven resided at at Flatlands, Kings County, New York, in 1667 His name apears on the patent of Flatland, 1667 and he apparently removed there about this time. He was an Elder at Dutch Reformed Church, Flatlands, Kings County, New York, 1677. He signed the oath of allegiance at some time between Sep 26-30, 1687 being called a resident of "fflackland" and native born. At Signed oath of allegiance, Flatlands, Kings County, New York. The Records of th Brick Church, Marlborough, Monmouth Co., NJ, originally known as the Reformed Church of Freehold of the Navasink, begin in 1709 and show that in that year seven children of Willem Gerretse were already members of that congregation namely, Cornelis, Pieter,Albert, Jan, Jacob, Neeltje (Nelke), and Sara. In 1717, two other children appear as members, Annetje (Autie) and Jacomina (Jockamiinke). It was not until 1721 that the chuch shows as members "Willem Ger Kowvenhoven and his wife," and since the wife, Jannetje (Janneke), appears alone on the list in 1723, it seems possible that Willem Gerretse died between 1721 and 1723. He sold land He sold his plantation in Brooklyn to his son William and moved to Monmouth County, NJ in Nov. 1709. He died bt 1721 - 1723. On an unknown date The existence of the original Bible of Willem Gerrete, with his own record of his marriages and the births of his children, states that he married "Altieu Yoris" in the year 1660. She was Altje, daughter of Joris Dickerson Brinckerhoff, and was the widow of Cornelis Mattys (Mathiews). She died on June 3, 1663, and Willem Gerretse married secondly, on Febrary 12, 1665, "Jannetie Peters," who was Jannetje, daughter of Peter Monfort. She was baptized as Jannetje on May 8, 1646, in the D. R. Church of New Amsterdam.
He died c 1728. He died in 1728 at Monmouth County, New Jersey.

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William Willemse Van Kouwenhoven (M)
(7. Mar. 1685/86 - 19. Jan. 1769), #350
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Relationship=6th great-granduncle of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=Great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     William Willemse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as William W. Covenhoven. He was also known as William Couwenhoven. He was also known as William Covenhoven. William Willemse Van Kouwenhoven was born on 7. Mar. 1685/86 at Flatlands, Kings County, New York. He was the son of Willem Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven and Jannetije Pieterse Monfoort. William Willemse Van Kouwenhoven married Annetie Lucasse Van Voorhees, daughter of Lucas Stevense Van Voorhees and Catherine Hansen Van Noortstrand, on 5. Jun. 1709. His will dated, Dec 10, 1757, names deceased father, wife, children, son-in-law, and grandchildren. Refers to slaves and lands in Flatlands. William Willemse Van Kouwenhoven died on 19. Jan. 1768 at Flatlands, Kings County, New York, at age 81. He died on 19. Jan. 1769 at Flatlands, Kings County, New York, at age 82. He was buried at Flatlands Cemetery, Flatlands, Kings County, New York. His estate was proved on 30. Mar. 1769.

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William Van Kouwenhoven (M)
(10. Mar. 1710 - 7. Jun. 1710), #1177
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Relationship=1st cousin 7 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=2nd great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     William Van Kouwenhoven was born on 10. Mar. 1710. He was the son of William Willemse Van Kouwenhoven and Annetie Lucasse Van Voorhees. William Van Kouwenhoven died on 7. Jun. 1710 at age 0.

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Williamtje Van Kouwenhoven¹ (F)
#912
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Relationship=Great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Williamtje Van Kouwenhoven was the daughter of Jan Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven and Gerardina de Sille. Williamtje Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Willemtje Jans. She resided at at Flatlands, Kings County, New York, c 1685. She married Hendrick Emans, son of John Emans Sr. and Sarah Antonise Van Salee, on 8. Feb. 1684/85.

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Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven (M)
(b 1. May. 1579 - bt 2. Mar. 1662 - 24. Jun. 1662), #279
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     Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Wulphert Gerritsz Van Couwenhoven. He was also known as Wolfert Gerritsz Van Couwenhoven. He was also known as Wulffer Geritsz Van Couwenhoven. He was also known as Wulpher Gerritsz Van Couwenhoven. He was also known as Wolfert Garretsen Van Couwenhoven. He was also known as Wolfert Gerretsen Van Kouwenhoven. He was also known as Wolfert Gerretson Van Couwenhoven. He was also known as Wolfert Gerretsz Van Kouwenhoven. Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was born b 1. May. 1579; when baptisms began in Amersfoort, Netherlands. He was the son of Gerritt Jansz Couwenhoven. Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was born c 1583 at Netherlands; he stated on October 8, 1638 that he was 54 years old. Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was born c 1584. Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was born c 1588 at Netherlands. He married Aeltje Jansdochter. Marriage banns for Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven and Neeltgen Jacobsdochter were published on 9. Jan. 1605 at Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands. Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven married Neeltgen Jacobsdochter, daughter of Jacob Petersz and Metgen Jacobsdr, on 17. Jan. 1604/5 at Dutch Reformed Church, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands. On 15. Dec. 1611 The first reference to WOLFER GERRITSE when Wulphert Gerrits signed an agreement with his stylized A. According to the terms of that document, he agreed to assume the property and debts of the deceased parents of his wive Neeltgen Jacobsdr from the other heirs for 100 guilders. Her brother Herman Jacobsz also signed this document as well as her brother-in-law Willem Dircx who was married to Aeltgen Jacobs Petergen Petersdr, the underage daughter of her brother Peter Jacobsz, had already received 50 guilders.

On 22. Mar. 1612 Wulphert Gerritsz and his wife Neeltgen Jacosdr sold a bleachcamo outside the Coppelpoort of Amersfoort to Hendrick Janss and his wife Hasgenb Thonis fo 1,200 Carolus guilders, the occupation of Wolfert is not disclosed in this document.

In the settlement of the estate of Wolfert's wife in Amersfoort, it was declared before the court that his profession at the time was baker on 8. Aug. 1612 at Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands. On 14. Apr. 1615
Wolphert took part in a curiious agreement with Herman Zieboltz of Amsterdam, before Johan van Ingen an officer of the court of Utrechet. The name of the Amsterdammer suggests that he was a German or that he was of German descent. His name is also spelled Syboelt and Zyeboltz in those documents. According to a "donatiaq iner vivos" (gift to a living person) Ziebolz gave Wolphert two morgans of turf ground near Cologne in recognition of services rendered )but not payment for them). No monetary amount is mentioned for the services or the turf ground. In a second document of the same date issued by the same officer of the court of Utrecht, Ayeboliz made a debt owed by mim by Henrick Adrianesz and Adriaen Adriansz over to Wulpher Gerrits baker and Cornelis Wynantsz inkeeper. This second document authorized Wulpher Gerritss and Cornelis Wynantsz to assume ownership of the two morgens of turfground mentioned in the first document. These documents create the impression thaqt Zieboltz was unable to pay Wolfert money that he owed him, that the Amsterdammer made over a debt on which he had not been able to collect, and that Wolfert may have agreed to these vague terms because he would otherwise not be able to retrieve anything from his business dealings with the Zieboltz.

On 16. May. 1616 Wulpher Gerritss baker appeared as a witness before Johan van Ingen officer of the court of Utrecht, in a case in which Willem Gerritz miller testified that Griet Maes was evading the city grain tax. The document does not specify that Wulpher and Willem were brothers, and if such were the case, it is likely that this would have been discussed in the document.

On 28. Oct. 1616 Hendrick Janss and Haesgen Thonis made the last payment on the bleach camp which they had purchased from Wolfert Gerretse and Neeltge Jacbsdr, and the property was made over to them.

Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven from Aert van Schayck and his wife Anna Barents a house on the Langegraft in Amersfoort whch lay between the hosue of the aforesaid Aert on the one side and that fo Henrickgen Barents widow of Aelbert Conrneiss on the other side, while the breadt of the house lay on the Lieverrouwestraet (Dear Lady Street). Wolphert was listed as a baker.
On 30. Jan. 1617 at Langegraft, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands. On bt Feb. 1617 - Jul. 1617 Within a short time, Wolpeher palced three mortgages on this house. Perhaps the transactions with Zieboltz were unprofiatble, and this was one of the causes fo his need for money. On Feb 15, 1617, Wulpher Gerritss baker and his wife Neeltgen Jacobsdr borrowed 100 guidlers from the Armen te Amersfoort on which he agreed to pay 6 guilders per year. On May 16, 1617, Wulpher Gerritss baker and his wife Neeltgen borrowed 200 guilders from Cornelis Baecx van der Tommen at a yearly interest of 12 guilders. On Jul 25, 1617, Wul;phur Gerritss baker and his wife Neelttgen Jacobsdr borrowed 250 guilders from Anna Goerts widow of Franck Frandkss at 15 guilders interest per year.
On 3. Jan. 1618 Wulphert Gerritsz and his wife Neeltgen Jacobs purchased a bleachcamp outside the Coppelpoort of Amersfoort with Hubert Lambertsz Moll and his wife Geertgen Cornisdochter as thier partners. They borrowed 500 Carolus Guilders from Ghijsbert Cornelisz van Cuijlenburch, a citizen of the city of Utrecht, at an annual interest of 25 guilders and 20 stivers. In addition, Hubert Lamberts and his wife Geertje Cornelisdochter contracted a special mortgage ofr 400 Carolus guilders with the consent of Wulffert Gerritsz and his wife. On the no9rth side of the property lay the River Eem, on the east the city moat and on the south and west the heirs of Gerrit van Speulde. This propety came with two other mortgages: 200 guilders to the Poth and 600 guilders to Jo. Catharina van Morendael not yet conveyed to her. In a codicil, Wulpher Gerritsz baker and his wife Neeltgen Jacobs become party to the mortgage of Hubert Lambertsz Moll and his wife Geertge Cornelis for 400 guilders with interest on Ghijsbert Cornelisz van Culenborch with restriction that Wulpher would pay 150 guilders in the year 1618 and thereafter be free of oblicgation.

In the margin is a notation that Dirck van Cullenburch as heir of his father Gysbert van Culenburch acknowledged that the obligation on the mortgage was fully paid on Mar 5, 1628.

In the seventeenth century, a bleach camp was a capital intensive, seasonal business which required the labor of relatively many workers. Profits were meager because the buyers of the finished product and the suppliers of raw matierials such as lye were generally the same persons, and they acted to keep theri costs and thus the profits of the bleachers love. There were three types of bleaching activities, and the skills and experience reqiuired of workers was generally so high that each bleachery specialized in but one sort of material: Yarn (garenblekerij), woven cloth (lijnwaadblekerij), or clothing (klerenblekerij). In all three cases, the material was first generally cooked in a lye solution and later spread out on green grass for many weeks in small fields surrounding the bleach house where it was kept damp. Later, iot was cookled in a solution of wheat meal before being again spread on the field for a lenghtly period, the entire process requiring about three months. The consequences of this long procedure was that o9nly wealthy people were the customers of clothing bleachers because only they could afford to part with many items of clothing for so long a time. No equipment of the bleach camp listed in the purcahse document for Wolphert are given. So no indication of what type of bleachery Wolphert purchased. The bleach camp he sold in 1612 included a bleach table meaning it may have been a cloth bleach camp.
On 17. Sep. 1618 Wulphert Gerritss baker and his wife Neeltge Jacobs contracted a mortgage with Coenraet Fransz, former mayor of the city of Amersfoort, for 100 guilders at an annual interest of 6 guilders, with the house of Wulphert on the Langegracht as security, which house lay between the house of Aert van Schayck and that of Hednrickgen Speldemaeckster.

It does not appear that Wolferts endeavor as bleacher met with great success, and this may have been caused by a general malaise in the weavers trade in Amersfoort in this period, which in turn lay on a lack of capital. Because Wolfert's work was dependent on this industry, he was limited as a businessman by the lack of sucess of the parent industry.

On 5. Nov. 1622 Wolphert was appointed guardian over the five under aged children of Willem Gerritsz Couwenhoven.
From NYGBR
Wulffer Geridtz, bleacher residing by the Coppelpoort and Harman Willemsz citizen of Amersfoort as "bloetvoochden" (blood guardians) of the five sons of Willem Gerridsz Couwenhoven, namely Gerridt, Willem, Jan, Harmen, and Willem the Younger, none of whom had yet reached the age of majority, made an agreement with the mother of the children Neeltgen Willemsdr the widow of Willem Gerridtsz assisted by the owner of Cowenhoven the honorable Johan de Wijs.

This document indicates that Wolfert Gerritse had a brother Willem and that he was the tenant of the farm ouwenhoven which was owned by Johan de Wijs. This document indicates that Wolfert is connected to the Couwenhoven by Hoogland. It is at the same time possible that he was also linked to the Couwenhoven near Woudenberg because he was a son of Gerrit Willemsz van Couwenhoven, but documentation for this has not been discovered.

On 24. Mar. 1623 Beermt van Munster made a deposition under oath before the lieutenant, the schout, and the schepenen Dam and Bronchorst at the request of the (police) officer. He stated that the previous Saturday afternoon he had caught a bucket of fish by the Coppelpoort bridge and had given half of it to Wulphert the bleacher according to an agreement which they had made, and that Beernt had caught a small number of fish threafter. Wulpher and Harmen
Teut then took these fish from Beernt, and they would not divide them with him. Wulpher took the net and tried to give it to his wife. Harman hit Beernt in the eye with a weight in the net, but by then, it was ripped. Beernt then went to the defense of his wife, and Wulpher drew his knife and threatened him without harming him. Dirck Gerritsz, stevedore, using well-chosen words, separated the people from each other. On April 1 1623, Dirch Gerrisz was heard at the request of the officer and made a similar deposition under oath.

On 11. Jun. 1623 Hubert Moll and his wife Geertgen Cornelis sold a bleach camp to Wulpher Gerritsz bleacher and his wife in which they had been residing. This was situated in Amersfoort outside the Coppelpoort. The property description differs slightly from that given for the land transaction of 1618, but the mortgages are the same. It is likely that this is the same ground that Wulpher Gerritsz and Hubert Moll purchased then. On the date of purchase in 1623, Wulpher Gerritss sold this property to Monsieur Jacques Chiese Cuirass(ier) of the company of his Princely Excellency (Maurits?) and the purchser assumed the mortgages.

This is the last document pertaining to Wolfert Gerritse that has been discovered in the archives of Amersfoort.

He was a baker and then later a bleacher (bleaching laundry on a grassfield in the sun)
b 1624. He immigrated bt 1624 - 1625 to New Amsterdam, New York County, New York. He and Neeltgen Jacobsdochter immigrated in Jun. 1625 to New Netherlands; or July 1625, with his wife and family on a ship of the Dutch West India Company which saled in the expedidition that was comprsed of the ships Mackerel, Horse, Cow and Sheep. On 1629 Wolfert returned to the Netherlands.
On 24. May. 1630 He retruned from the Netherlands on board "De Endracht" (the Unity).
There exists a letter from Kiiaen van Rensselaer to Wolfert which I have to get from sources. At this time Wolfert was in the Netherlands and the letter had to do with terminating Wolfert's contract with van Rensselaer and mentions that Wolferts wife was unhappy living in New Netherlands. In the letter van Rensselaer states he would not want someone who was not happy working for him to remain in his employ under the circumstances. It was a friendly letter. According to the source there are several letters fo Wolfert from Van Rensselaer. The letter above was read over the phone to me and I have yet to receive the exact copy and don't take short hand in 1632. Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven "Keskateuw" located on Long Island from the Indians. Here was established the first kown white settlement on Long Island. Wolphert called his "plantation" Achterveldt, shown on the Manatu Map of New Netherlands as farm No. 36 near the Indian long house to the Kestachau tribe. Wolphert's house surrounded by palisades, was the focal pont of the village of New Amersfoort, later called Flatlands.
On 30. Jun. 1636. On 18. Apr. 1657 He got "Smal Civil Rights."
On 20. Oct. 1661 Wolfert Gerritsen Van Couwenhoven was named in a suit filed by Frans Jansen regardin a dispute ofver a contract in which Jansen was to buy land from Wofert. This was the first time the name Van Couwenhoven was mentioned in reference to Wolfert.

He died bt 2. Mar. 1662 - 24. Jun. 1662 at New Amersfoort, Kings County, New York. In the October 2004The New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, Review, published and article titled Wolfert Gerritse in the Netherlands: Further Thoughts About the Van Couwenhoven Family This article follows.

WOLFERT GERRITSE IN THE NETHERLANDS: Further Thoughts About the Van Couwenhoven Family
BY WILLEM VAN KOUWENHOVEN
The purpose of this article. Several years ago, I made a study using documents about Wolfert Gerritse van Couwenhoven which Marcel Kemp had sought out at my request in the archives of the district Amersfoort in the Netherlands.[1] The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society was kind enough to publish this in THE RECORD as "Wolfert Gerritse in the Netherlands." (2] During the intervening time, I have developed several points of criticism about the article which pertain to the views which were expressed there about Wolfert's first wife Aeltge Jansdochter, the birth order of Wolfert and his brother Willem, the date on which the tenancy of Willem's son Jan on the farm Kouwenhoven was terminated, and the projected picture of Wolfert's childhood.
Wolfert Gerritse in recent literature. Additional information has been published in the meantime by Marcel Kemp and Gerard Raven as "Boerderij Kouwenhoven en de familie Van Kouwenhoven 1400-1650" in De Bewaarsman,[3] the publication of the Historische kring Hoogland, the Historical Society' of Hoogland. (The farm Kouwenhoven is located in the neighborhood Coelhorst within the former district Hoogland, which is now a part of the district Amersfoort.) Gerard Raven was co-editor of De Bewaarsman when the article was published. In addition to information about the early history of the farm that appeared in Kemp's article "De herkomst van Wolfert Gerritsz, stamvader van de Amerikaanse familie Van Kouwenhoven" in the 1996 Jaarboek van bet Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie[4] and in the above-mentioned article in THE RECORD, the article in De Bewaarsman contains information about a tenant on the farm in 1536, insights into the lives of the tenants in the period 1620-1650, and a report of the construction of a brick manor house on the farm during the eighteenth century by a new land owner, as well as the history of the farm to the present day. Only the material that pertains to the critique of the article in THE RECORD will be dealt with in this discussion.

Information about Kouwenhoven, its neighborhood Coelhorst, and the local Chapel Coelhorst were included in the booklet "Hoogland-West," the issue of De Bewaarsman for April 2001. The material about the chapel will be recounted in the portion of this critique that deals with Wolfert's childhood.

Aeltge Jansdochter, Wolfert's first wife. As first point of critique, the view of Aeltge Jansdochter which was set forth in the article in THE RECORD[5] should be revised - that it was uncertain that the Wolfert Gerritse who married Aeltge Jansdochter on 17 January 1605[6] was the same person as the Wolfert Gerritse who is found in numerous documents in the archives of Amersfoort in the period 1611-1623. M. Kemp expressed this opinion initially in the report of his impressively thorough search for documents regarding Wolfert Gerritse which was first given to this writer, and this opinion was used in the article for THE RECORD. By the time it was published, Kemp had expressed the same view in his article "De herkomst van Wolfert Gerritsz, ..."[7] Because other documents were not found which linked Aeltge Jansdochter to the baker/bleacher Wolfert Gerritse, Kemp hesitated to draw the conclusion that Aeltge was Wolfert's first wife.
This seems overly cautious. Only one Wolfert Gerritse has been found in the numerous other documents from more or less the same period that have been preserved in the records of the district Amersfoort. Although many documents from this period in the district have been lost for various reasons, those that have survived give no reason to surmise that there was at that time a second Wolfert Gerritse in the district to whom the entry in the marriage register might refer. It would then be better to reason that the Wolfert Gerritse of the marriage record is the same person who is found in all of the other documents. It then follows that Aeltge Jansdochter was Wolfert's first wife, that she died shortly after their marriage without bearing any children who survived, and that Neeltje Jacobsdochter, who is shown as his wife in the documents from the Amersfoort archives, was his second wife and the mother of his known children.
Willem Gerritse, Wolfert's younger brother. Secondly, there is a problem in the article with the estimated birth year that was given for Wolfert's brother Willem. While Kemp made no statements about Willem's birth year in his article in the Jaarboek, he and Raven estimated in the article in De Bewaarsman that Willem was born in the period 1580-1585.[8] Since Willem remained on the farm Couwenhoven as its tenant, it was assumed in the article for THE RECORD that he was older than Wolfert, who was born in 1584.1] Yet, none of Willem's five children had attained their majority when their father died in 1622. Thus, none of them were capable of succeeding him as tenant. The family was enabled to stay on the farm because Willem's widow Neeltge Willemsdochter married Peter Coenraetsz., apparently with the approval if not the instigation of the owner of the farm, Johan de Wijs of Amersfoort.[1]

If one of Willem's five sons was but a few months removed from attaining his majority, it would seem that it could have been arranged in one way or another that he become the tenant of the farm, if he was in other respects a suitable candidate for this work. That this did not occur suggests that the oldest son was several years removed from his majority, and this is the tenor of the agreement which the "blood guardians" Wolfert Gerritse and Harmen Willemsz. of Amersfoort (respectively the brother of Willem and the brother of Willem's widow) made with the mother of Willem's children on 5 November 1622.P 1] She was to care for the children and let them attend school and learn to read and write. Such stipulations suggest that some of the children were too young to have learned basic literacy skills at the time of their father's death.

Since Willem's children were not so old when he died in 1622, it would seem that the birth year 1580 that was assigned to him lies too far in the past and that it is likely that he was born several years later. If Willem's children are listed in birth order in the agreement between the "blood guardians" and the widow, Jan would be his third son. He became the tenant on Couwenhoven on 5 July 1636,02] and he married Nellitgen Henricxdr. five days later.[13] Assuming that both father and son married shortly after their twenty-first birthday and that there were three years between each child, results in an estimated birth date of circa 1587 for Willem rather than circa 1580, which was assigned in THE RECORD article.[14] Willem would have been legally eligible to enter into contracts as a tenant only when he reached his majority, which would seem to have been about 1608.

It should be emphasized that this is but an estimate that is based on reasonable assumptions about birth order and birth intervals that have been made in regard to two men. It should be expected that new documents about Willem and Jan could well require further slight corrections regarding their birth and marriage dates. Yet, Kemp's search in the Archives of Amersfoort was so thorough that it is unlikely that further documents about these persons will be found there. Perhaps a reference to them will by chance be discovered in one or more documents from other districts while other matters are being studied.

as the younger son who left home, learned a trade (perhaps with some parental support) and became a businessman. The thought that is being presented here is that although Willem was the younger son, he stayed on the farm, working it and perhaps initially serving as a caretaker for his parent(s) while the older brother Wolfert had years earlier left the homestead, even though it was customary in Hoogland that the oldest son succeed his father as tenant. Wolfert sought to survive in the business world of Amersfoort, where he already resided as a married man when he was twenty-one years old according to the entry in the marriage register of the Reformed Church of Amersfoort, which was located in the St. Joriskerk[15] (St. George's Church). This is a plausible explanation, yet it requires further refinement.

Jan Willemse's tenancy on Kouwenhoven ends. The other tenants on Kouwenhoven about which there is information were not able to labor there many years. Peter Coenraetsz. became tenant in 1622, and by 1638 he had died and was succeeded by Jan Willemsz van Kouwenhoven. While Kemp and Raven argue that Jan was deceased as early as 1646, it is certain that he was no longer living in 1656 when the estate of his mother Neeltge Willemsdr. was inventoried.[16

Kemp and Raven are of the opinion that Jan had died by 1646 since a police report from that year was made by Jan Bartz. who lived on Kouwenhoven.[17] Apparently the thought is that the farm Kouwenhoven was so small that the tenant farmer (pachter) could not have employed a resident worker (knecht), but only day laborers (dagloners) as they were needed. Thus, it could be reasonably concluded that a person who listed his residence as Kouwenhoven must have been the tenant farmer of that date.[18] It is noted that it is a problem that Jan Willemsz. and his wife Nelletge Hendrixdr. would then have had to have had eight children in ten years. Kemp and Raven conclude that Nelletge was forced to depart from Kouwenhoven following Jan's death because none of the children was old enough to become the succeeding tenant.

It would be more reasonable to consider that it would be bad for the health of the wife and the children which she bore if they came into the world made for a healthier farm. Although the `pill' was not yet then known, local populations generally had their own effective means of planning parenthood, even in the seventeenth century. It would then seem better to conclude that by 1646, Jan Willemsz. and his wife Nelletge Hendrixdr. had relocated, that five of their children or so had been born on Kouwenhoven and that the rest were born in their new location before Jan died somewhat more than fifteen years after he had become the tenant farmer on Kouwenhoven. [19]

As a third point then, there is no need to change the view which was expressed in THE RECORD article of 1998 regarding Jan's death date, but it would appear that the family's tenancy on Kouwenhoven likely had already ended by 1646, ten years earlier than was presented in that article.
Wolfert's childhood. What were the circumstances of Wolfert's childhood? Farm work was much harder and heavier than it is now, and it was often necessary to labor in a strong wind in cold, wet weather, which caused severe illnesses. Although it now seems strange, the life of a farmer was similar then to that of a contemporary professional athlete. The training or work began for both early in life, and by the time each was thirty years old, he was already past his peak. While it is now unusual to find an athlete older than forty-five on a team roster, it was then unusual to find a farmer older than forty-five years old on a landlord's list of tenants - not because the older tenant was enjoying retirement in his luxurious villa, but because he had died of exhaustion and illness. Although it would seem that the average lifespan of a tenant farmer in this region did not differ greatly during this period from that of the general population and that it thus was about forty-five years, Jan Willemsz. was younger when he died, and it would seem that this was also true of his father. It would seem that some tenants died several years before they reached forty-five while a similar number lived a few years beyond that benchmark.

It would seem unlikely that Gerrit the father of Wolfert and Willem would have been able to work as a tenant farmer for many more years than the documented tenants of Kouwenhoven Peter Coenraetsz. and Jan Willemsz.[20] It would thus have been unlikely that he would have been able to work as a tenant much more than fifteen years. If Willem became the tenant about 1608, it would then seem that his predecessor may have begun his tenancy about 1593. This is three years later than the estimate given in the above cited article in THE RECORD.
According to the above calculations, Wolfert would then have been nine years old, and Willem six. At first sight, this would seem to suggest that there is something wrong with the assumptions behind these figures, since this would mean that the children apparently were not born on Kouwenhoven, but it is more profitable to reason that insight is thus given into the complex and fragile world into which the boys were born.

There is no document in which Wolfert is listed as a resident of Kouwenhoven or as its tenant farmer, nor for the reasons enumerated above, does it seem likely that such evidence of his presence on the farm will be discovered. Yet, he used the name Van Couwenhoven,[21] and he worked as a farmer and as a farm supervisor. Why the choice for this name? Where did he learn farm work? If he lived and worked on the farm Kouwenhoven as a child, both questions would be answered. Thus, because no better explanation has yet been found, it is reasonable to assume that this farm was his home and work place for a time during his early years.

In the earlier article in THE RECORD it was mentioned that a director of the Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie) in the early seventeenth century bore the family name Couwenhoven,[22] and it was suggested that although this man was not a blood relative, his high position may have afforded Wolfert a further reason to use the name Van Couwenhoven in New Amsterdam rather than another reasonable choice of name such as Van Amersfoort or Van Coelhorst. In regard to this, Gerard Raven has commented[23] that the directors of the Dutch West India Company in Amsterdam would not necessarily know that a Couwenhoven was a director of the Dutch East India Company in Rotterdam. It is thus uncertain that it would have been professionally advantageous for Wolfert to use this name. This implies that he used it for personal reasons, that is to say, because he had lived and worked there during a significant portion of his youth.

It is possible that Wolfert and his brother Willem were born elsewhere and that their father only later became tenant on Kouwenhoven. If so, he probably was tenant for six or twelve years at their previous residence. If that is the case, the father likely died within five years of the start of his work on the farm, although he may have lived longer and have seen Willem become the tenant on the farm, in which event he may then have been able to do but limited work because he would already have reached the advanced age of 45 years. Still, there is a considerable likelihood that the father died before either boy attained his twenty-first year. This implies that there was a tenant intermediate between Willem and his father. If that was indeed the case, how were the children enabled to remain on the farm? And their mother? Other siblings? Because of the dearth of documents, it is not possible to answer these questions. There is for instance no testament or inventory for the estate of Wolfert's father in which his patronymic and that of his mother are disclosed with a list of their children, although it is reasonable to think that such documents once existed. It is not possible to ascertain precisely to what extent Wolfert's life and that of his father Gerrit and his brother Willem were in agreement or disagreement with the possibilities and probabilities which have been set forth here. The contours of the pieces of the puzzle do not come into clear view, and it is not possible to seen how they fit together.

Early change of family on the farm Kouwenhoven. Kemp and Raven list the tenant of Kouwenhoven about 1536 and in 1548 as Reyer Pot.[24l In 1564 the tenant was Gherit Jansz;[25] in 1619/20 Willem Gerritsz.[26] As noted above, the tenant in 1622 was Peter Coenraetsz., and in 1636 Jan Willemsz.,[27] while Jan Bartsz. apparently had become the tenant by 1646. Clearly a change of tenant families occurred sometime between 1548 and 1564 and again about 1646. Because of the short life expectancy and the disruptions of death, it is likely that other changes in tenant families on Kouwenhoven occurred during this period which are not disclosed because of the dearth of documents.

It is thus best to be cautious about drawing an easy conclusion that Gerrit the father of Wolfert and Willem succeeded his father on Kouwenhoven and that the family can be found on this farm much further back into the past. This accentuates the conclusion in the earlier article in THE RECORD that there is insufficient basis to conclude that there was a family relationship between Wolfert Gerritse and the Gherit (Gerrit) Jansz. who in 1564 was listed as the tenant of Kouwenhoven.[28] Kemp described him as a suitable candidate to be the father of Wolfert Gerritsz. and Willem Gerritsz. In his article, he placed brackets around the name [Jansz. Couwenhoven] in his "Genealogie Van Couwenhoven" to indicate that the names within the brackets were merely hypothetical for Gerrit Jansz.[29] He was certain that the father of Wolfert and Willem was Gerrit, and it was speculative if the father was Gerrit Jansz. Couwenhoven.[30] This thought is repeated in the article in De Bewaarsman with the cautionary observation that Gerrit Jansz. would have been unusually old if he were the father of Wolfert and Willem.[31]

A further weakness in the thesis that Gerrit Jansz. and Wolfert Gerritsz. were father and son is that the patronymic Gerritsz. (son of Gerrit) is largely the basis for asserting that this relationship exists while Gerrit together with Willem, Jan and Hendrik are the most common Dutch given names. Gerrit occurs as frequently as Willem in the registers of marriages and baptisms during this period. It is not surprising then that a tenant bore the name Gerrit Jansz., and without further documentary evidence, there is insufficient basis to assert that he was the father of Wolfert Gerritsz. It should be noted that Kemp has cautiously refrained from doing this.

Religious life in Wolfert's childhood, the Coelhorst Chapel. A discussion of religion and worship can be added to the treatment of Wolfert's childhood. The Coelhorst Chapel, which was built about 1350, stands just around the corner from the farm Kouwenhoven. This proximity evokes a picture of Wolfert trudging on Sunday mornings with other family members and residents of the neighborhood Coelhorst through the snow to worship services in this building. Yet, the historical story differs greatly from this.
About 1350, the residents of Hoogland no longer had to attend mass in Oud-Leusden, which was several miles south of Amersfoort while their hamlet then stood several miles northwest of the more northerly city.[321 They received their own chapel, which was dedicated to St. Nicholas, who was not only the patron saint of farmers in areas that had just been placed under cultivation, but also the protector from floods. The Reformation brought a step backward to this little settlement. In 1580, Catholic services were forbidden by the provincial parliament of Utrecht, and the church was closed. It seems to have been the intention of the Protestants to hold their own services in this building, which during the intervening two centuries had been endowed with the income from several farms, but a pastor could not be found. It was not until 1655 that it could be arranged that Reformed pastors from the region would hold services in turn in the chapel. In the meantime, itinerant priests had offered the mass for the faithful without interruption at other places in the neighborhood such as the manor house Hoogerhorst, until Hoogland was again assigned its own priest in 1640.[33 Ill feeling was likely generated when the chapel was closed and its income was not used for many decades for services in that building or for pastoral care for the local residents. Perhaps as a result, the Protestant families gradually departed from Coelhorst in the seventeenth century so that the hamlet was almost exclusively Catholic in the eighteenth century as is noted in another source.[34] This has remained unchanged in subsequent years.

It seems unlikely that such negligence by the administrators of the local Reformed church would have generated interest for that church and its teachings in Wolfert. When he lived in Coelhorst, it would seem that there was little that would have attracted him to the Reformed church. This may explain why none of his children are to be found in the baptismal registers of Amersfoort or Leusden. In a later period when he cultivated contacts with Reformed businessmen such as Killiaen van Rensselaer, he may have found it expedient to affiliate with their church. Perhaps it is for this reason that he is listed on 13 August 1651 as a witness of the baptism of Albert, son of Albert Albertszen, at the Reformed church in New Amsterdam.[35].

October 31, 2007
A document described as the oldest surviving land deed for Long Island land was auctioned Wednesday for $156,000 in Manhattan.

The deed, signed by Dutch Colonial Gov. Wouter von Twiller at "Eylandt Manhatans" on June 6, 1636, confirms the purchase of 3,600 acres from the Lenape Indians. The land is known as Keskachauge, and constitutes a large portion of present day Brooklyn.

The winning bid was more than three times predicted, and for almost four times the opening bid of $40,000
"It is without question one of the oldest Dutch documents in private hands," said Jeremy Markowitz, head of Americana sales at Bloomsbury Auctions, a Manhattan auction house where the sale took place. "It is the first deed for land on Long Island."

Markowitz describes the deed as one of the earliest examples of private land ownership in the colony controlled by the Dutch West India Company.

"It is amazing it survived, being over 370 years old and preceding the first private land ownership in Manhattan."

Markowitz said the deed was signed a dozen years after the founding of the Dutch colony by von Twiller, the successor to the first and better known governor, Peter Minuit.

"We know from the records of the Dutch West India Company who received land deeds," Markowitz said. "There are only about a dozen land deeds that preceded this one" and they are for tracts north or south of present day New York City.

The 13-by-18-inch document, written in ink in Dutch, confirms the purchase of the land in the Flatlands section of Brooklyn from the Indians by Wolfert Gerritsz van Couwenhoven and Andries Hudde.

The auction catalog carries a price estimate of $50,000 to $75,000 but auction organizer Markowitz said that range was very conservative and there has been a lot of interest from institutions and private collectors.

On the reverse side, there is a reaffirmation of the original transaction in 1658 and signature of another more famous governor, Peter Stuyvesant, who amended it to say the sole owner of the property was Kouwenhoven. The endorsement was a result of the proclamation by the Dutch West India Company in 1652 that annulled all private land purchases and took all the land back

"It came from a private collector," Markowitz said. It has been auctioned several times after being held by the Kouwenhoven family for centuries.

The document has minor soiling and a small hole affecting two words where the deed is dated. The text reads:

"We, director and council of New Netherland, residing on the island of Manhattan at Fort Amsterdam ? herewith testify and declare, that today, date underwritten, before us personally appeared Tenkirau, Ketaun, Ararikan, Awackouw, Warinckehinck, Wappittawackenis, Ehettin, as owners; Penhawis, Kakappeteno being present as chiefs of the district, ? have transferred, ceded, surrendered and conveyed as lawful, true and free possession, as they therewith transfer, cede, surrender and convey to and for the behalf of Andries Hudde and Wolphert Gerritsz the westernmost of the flats called Keskateuw belonging to them on the island called Suan Hacky between the bay of the North river and the East River of New Netherland?"

According to Markowitz, on June 6, 1636, Wolfert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven and Andries Hudde purchased jointly the 3,600 acres. The same day Jacobus Van Corlear bought an adjoining tract, and 10 days later a third was purchased.

Together, these three tracts in present day Brooklyn constituted an area called 'Castuteeuw,' 'Kestateuw' and 'Casteteuw.'" The name is thought to be derived from the Lenape word for "where grass is cut."

The catalog notes "the sale of these lots was a significant event and constitutes among the earliest examples of private land ownership in New Netherland. At the time, it was highly unusual for land to be owned by anyone except the Dutch West India Company." And most land was leased rather than sold.

Colonial records show the first private purchase of land in the colony of New Netherland occurred in 1629, in present day Delaware. The 1636 purchases collectively are the seventh purchase of land in New Netherland, and the third in the present state of New York. The first private land sale on the island of Manhattan was recorded two years later.

Corlear purchased the land for speculation but Gerritsz van Kouwenhoven settled on the westernmost of the three plots and constructed a dwelling and laid out a plantation that eventually became the settlement and town of Flatlands. The pioneer called his estate Achterveldt and his dwelling stood near the junction of Kouwenhoven Place and Flatbush Avenue.

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Lt. Pieter Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven (M)
(c 1614 - ), #327
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Relationship=Son of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Lt. Pieter Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven was possible father and daughter. He was also known as Pieter Wolfertsen Van Kouwenhoven. He was also known as Peter Van Cowenhoven. He was also known as Pieter Kowenhoven. He was also known as Pieter Van Couwenhoven. Lt. Pieter Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven was born c 1614 at Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands. He was the son of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven and Neeltgen Jacobsdochter. Lt. Pieter Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven married Hester Daws, daughter of Dawes Symon, on 2. Dec. 1640 at Dutch Reformed Church, New York City, New York County, New York. B 7. Jan. 1642 Lt. Pieter Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven and Maria du Trieux had a relationship which resulted in issue.

I, the undersigned Pieter Wolphersen, hereby acknowledge for myself, my heirs and successors that this day, date underwritten, I have adopted, as I do hereby adopt, Aeltjem Pieters van Couwenhoven, my own daughter, whom I have begotten and procreated by Maria de Truy, promising therefore that from this date I shall do by the above-named, my daughter, as a god fearing father is bound and ought to do by his own legitimate daughter; therefore, I hereby discharge and release Cornelis Volckersen, husband and guardian of the aforesaid Maria de Truy, from all charges and responsibilities incidental to the bringing up of a child till she becomes of age; I, Pieter Wolphersen, promising to look after the child, to let her learn to read and to bring her up according to my means.

Furthermore, if I do not beget any children by my present wife, the above named child shall be my rightful heiress and inheritrix, as if she were duly begotten in lawful wedlock, and if it happens that children be begotten by me and my wife, the above named Aeltjen Pieters shall receive, like the legitimate children on my side, a just child's portion of all such goods, means and effects as it shall please the Lord God Almighty to bestow on me. Requesting that this may have effect before all courts, I have signed this without fraud in the presence of the subscribing witnesses hereto invited. Done, the 7th day of January 1642.

This is x the mark of Pieter Wolphersen
Jacob Couwenhoven
Philippe du Trieux
Acknowledged before me, Cornelis van Tienhoven, Secretary.

Lt. Pieter Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven was commisoned a Lt. during the Esopus War on 30. Jun. 1663. He and Aeltje Sibrants obtained a marriage license on 4. Nov. 1665 at New York. Lt. Pieter Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven married Aeltje Sibrants on 22. Nov. 1665. Lt. Pieter Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven was was a brewer in 1688 at Elizabethtown, Essex County, New Jersey. He married Josynthe Thomas on 19. May. 1699; Not historians agree that this marraige took place.     

Peter Covenhoven, or Conover, purchased land in what is now Atlantic County in 1695, between which date and 1698 he took up 150 acres in one tract, also 250 acres bounding on Great Egg Harbor River and Patconk Creek.

The founder of this family was Wolphert Garretson Van Courvenhoven, who came from Amersfoot, in the province of Utrecht, Holland, in 1630, and settled near Albany. He soon afterwards re­moved to Manhattan Island and was enrolled among the burghers of New Amsterdam, now New York. In 1636 he bought a tract of land on Long Island of the Indians, for which he received confirmation of patent from the Dutch in 1658. This tract was known as Flatlands, and here lie died in 1662. He had sons Jacob, Garret and Peter, all born in Holland, who came over with him in 1630. The son Peter, from whom descended the Conovers of Atlantic, was married three times. He first married Hester Symons Dows, De­cember 2, 1640; second Alye Sybrants, November 22, 1665; third Josyntee Thomas, May 19, 1699.

Peter Conover was settled in New Amsterdam (New York) as early as 1633. ,He engaged in mercantile pursuits with his brother Jacob, who was a miller, a considerable trade being carried on in flour, which was bolted in windmills. Jacob became embarrassed in some private speculations and Peter separated his business connections. The property of Jacob, consisting of a good stone dwelling and a mill, was sold. Peter continued his mercantile pursuits and also engaged in brewing, then a profitable business. He also held civil positions and was a magistrate in 1652-4-8-9 and 1661-3. His residence in New York was in Pearl street, near Whitehall, and his place of business at the corner of those streets. He was also a lieutenant in the military service under General Stuyvesant, and on several occasions was in service against unfriendly Indians. In 1663 the Dutch who were settled at Esopus (now Kingston), on the Hudson River, were set upon by a large band of savages. The male portion of the settlers had gone to the field to their accustomed labor, when a number of savages entered the village in a careless manner, sauntering among the inhabitants. Soon after, they sounded their war whoop and began to kill or take captive the women and children. Many of the men were also killed in the field. The total loss of the Dutch was seventy; twenty-five killed and forty-five taken captive. Twelve dwellings, being every house, were destroyed. The mill alone was left. General Stuyvesant ordered Captain Martin Kriger and Lieutenant Covenhoven to retaliate. Their company consisted of two hundred and ten men. of whom forty were friendly Indians, and they marched to Esopus late one afternoon in July. Proceeding four miles, they halted until the moon rose and then marched again, but the country being wild they could not proceed by night. The day being come, they marched forward, felling trees to cross streams, for they had wagons and a cannon. With great difficulty they proceeded twenty-four miles and came within four miles of an Indian fort, to which all the captives had been taken. Lieutenant Coven­hoven was sent forward with one hundred and sixteen men to sur­prise the fort, but the Indians had decamped to the mountains, tak­ing their captives with them. Covenhoven continued in hot pursuit and reached an Indian camp, but that too was deserted. The pur­suit was given tip after burning up the Indian stores of maize, beans and grain growing. They then marched to another fort, thirty-six miles distant, when a fight took place and several savages were killed.

Some years later Covenhoven became involved in lawsuits and his temper was soured by some adverse decisions in suits to which he was a party. As he thought these decisions unjust, he made some remarks derogatory of the character of the court, for which he was sentenced to a brief imprisonment and fined. For these reasons he left New Amsterdam in disgust, and Valentine's New York Manual says he retired to a farm which he owned at Elizabethtown, New Jersey, where he spent most of his time.

The surname of this family, originally Courvenhoven, it is said, means "cold farms." In earliest New Jersey records it is given as Corvenhoven, Covenover and Covenhoven, and about the time of the Revolution many members adopted the spelling now generally used of Conover. The descendants in old Gloucester of Peter Covenhoven have a good Revolutionary record. One Peter Covenhoven was a lieutenant, commissioned November 14, 1777; Isaac, John and Joseph were privates. Of those who gave their names as Conover, David, Jesse, Micajah, Peter and Peter B., were soldiers in that war. The family branched over into other counties, and among these Isaiah Conover was a member of the Legislature many years ago from Salem County. Another descendant named Joseph went to old Monmouth County, and was in the Legislature in 1824-26. The given names of Peter and Joseph are quite frequent among descendants of the first Peter. The name of the founder of the Conover family, Wolphert Garretson Van Courvenhoven, means Wolphert the son of Garret of Courvenhoven. Garret, the father of Wolphert, must have been born over three hundred years ago, as his grandson, Peter, was in business in New York in 1633. The Conovers have substantial claim to he considered an old family, as their known family record dates back at least three centuries.

First Families of Eyren Haven.

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Ursula Van Laire (F)
#399202

     Ursula Van Laire married Charles Emmerson.

Last Edited=3 Dec 2005

Jan Janszen Van Langestraat (M)
#58454

     Jan Janszen Van Langestraat was also known as Jan Janszen Romme. He was also known as Jan Janszen Romeyn. He married Marritie Arents on 2. Nov. 1659.

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Hannah Van Laningham (F)
(1819 - ), #209166

     Hannah Van Laningham was born in 1819 at Indiana. She married John B. Conover, son of Jonathan Coombs Cownover and Martha D. Bergen, on 26. Dec. 1855 at Mason County, Illinois.
Hannah Van Laningham appeared on the census of 2. Jul. 1870 at Atkinson, Henry County, Illinois; real estate 1,000.00, personal property 150.00.

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Samuel Van Leer (M)
#263141

     Samuel Van Leer married Olive W. Quackenbush, daughter of Lambert S. Quackenbush and Alice H. Wheaton, on 5. Dec. 1907.

Last Edited=6 Aug 2001

Abraham Van Lent (M)
(10. Mar. 1674 - ), #1234

     Abraham Van Lent was also known as Abraham Lent. Abraham Van Lent was born on 10. Mar. 1674. He married Anna Catherine Meyer on 24. Dec. 1698 at Newton, New York.

Last Edited=16 Feb 2008

Cornelia Van Lent (F)
(28. Sep. 1761 - 21. Nov. 1840), #284304
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Relationship=4th cousin 5 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=4th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Cornelia Van Lent was also known as Cornelia Lent. Cornelia Van Lent was born on 28. Sep. 1761. She was the daughter of Abraham Lent and Anntje Brinckerhoff. Cornelia Van Lent married Isaac Lent, son of Jacob Lent and Elizabeth Lent, on 22. Feb. 1780. Cornelia Van Lent died on 21. Nov. 1840 at age 79.

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Ryck Van Lent (M)
#283886

     Ryck Van Lent married Cornelia Waldron.

Last Edited=3 Dec 2005

Mary Van Lier (F)
#375905

     Mary Van Lier married Charles Joseph Tarpine.

Last Edited=3 Dec 2005

Denise Van Lieu (M)
(25. Mar. 1729 - 27. Feb. 1775), #169426
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     Denise Van Lieu was also known as Denise Van Lieuwen. He was also known as Deneys Van Liew. Denise Van Lieu was born on 25. Mar. 1729. He was the son of Frederick Van Liew and Helena Denise. Denise Van Lieu married Ida Wyckoff on 26. Dec. 1751. Denise Van Lieu died on 27. Feb. 1775 at age 45. He died on 17. Oct. 1777 at age 48. He was also known as Denyse Van Liew.

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Helena Van Lieu (F)
(26. Sep. 1753 - 1. Jan. 1785), #2804
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     Helena Van Lieu was also known as Lena Van Lieu. Helena Van Lieu was born on 26. Sep. 1753. She was the daughter of Denise Van Lieu and Ida Wyckoff. Helena Van Lieu married Lt. Gerret Hendrickson, son of Hendrick Hendrickson and Neeltje Garretse Schenck, a 8. Sep. 1771; his second wife. Helena Van Lieu died on 1. Jan. 1785 at age 31.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Magdalene Van Lieu (F)
#2958

     Magdalene Van Lieu married Hendrick Schenck on 14. Aug. 1747 at Somerset County, New Jersey.

Last Edited=3 Dec 2005

Maria Van Lieu (F)
(29. Apr. 1686 - b Dec. 1752), #4359

     Maria Van Lieu was also known as Anna Mary Van Liew. She was also known as Mary Van Leeuwen. Maria Van Lieu was born on 29. Apr. 1686 at Jamaica, Queens County, New York. She married Jacob Probasco, son of Christoffel Jurrianse Probasco and Eytie Stryker, in 1707 at Somerset County, New Jersey. Maria Van Lieu died b Dec. 1752.

Last Edited=3 Dec 2005

(Unknown) Van Liew (F)
#273782
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     (Unknown) Van Liew was the daughter of Garret Van Liew. (Unknown) Van Liew married J. Henry Dilatush.

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(Unknown) Van Liew (F)
(1803 - ), #281416
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Relationship=5th cousin 4 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=5th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     (Unknown) Van Liew was born in 1803. She was the daughter of Densye Van Liew and Maria Suydam.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Ada Van Liew (F)
(23. Nov. 1787 - 4. Aug. 1874), #310726

     Ada Van Liew was also known as Idaugh Van Liew. Ada Van Liew was born on 23. Nov. 1787. She married Henry Vroom DeMott on 8. Oct. 1808 at Somerset County, New Jersey. Ada Van Liew died on 4. Aug. 1874 at Middlebush, Somerset County, New Jersey, at age 86.

Last Edited=3 Dec 2005

Ann Van Liew (F)
(15. Mar. 1795 - 21. May. 1870), #217191
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Relationship=5th cousin 4 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=5th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Ann Van Liew was also known as Anne Van Liew. Ann Van Liew was born on 15. Mar. 1795 at Middlesex County, New Jersey. She was the daughter of Frederick Van Liew and Anjte Rapalje. Ann Van Liew was born on 21. Mar. 1795; calculated. She was baptized on 18. May. 1795 at Dutch Reformed Church, New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. She married Jaques Voorhees, son of Jaques Voorhees and Dinah Stryker, on 2. Feb. 1814. Ann Van Liew married John Staats Nevius, son of Garret Nevius and Maria Staats, on 7. Nov. 1834. Ann Van Liew died on 21. May. 1870 at age 75.

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Ann Van Liew (F)
(1800 - ), #281415
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Relationship=5th cousin 4 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=5th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Ann Van Liew was born in 1800. She was the daughter of Densye Van Liew and Maria Suydam.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Ann Van Liew (F)
(29. Jul. 1769 - 27. Oct. 1847), #250677
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Relationship=4th cousin 5 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=4th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Ann Van Liew was born on 29. Jul. 1769. She was the daughter of John Van Liew and Doritie Lott. Ann Van Liew married John Van Liew, son of Denise Van Liew. Ann Van Liew died on 27. Oct. 1847 at age 78.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Anna Van Liew (F)
(16. Aug. 1874 - 3. Jun. 1919), #380974

     Anna Van Liew was born on 16. Aug. 1874 at Millstone, Somerset County, New Jersey. She married Rev. George W. Gulick, son of Jacob Cornelius Gulick and Sarah Van Liew, on 29. Jun. 1904; 2nd cousins thru the Van Liews and Wyckoffs. Anna Van Liew died on 3. Jun. 1919 at age 44.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Catherine Van Liew (F)
#260111

     Catherine Van Liew married Peter Gordon, son of Ensign Archibald Gordon and Siche Van Wickle.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Cornelius C. Van Liew (M)
#435389

     Cornelius C. Van Liew married Anne Abigail Suydam.

Last Edited=1 Dec 2007

Cornelius Van Liew (M)
(1807 - ), #281417
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Relationship=5th cousin 4 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=5th great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Cornelius Van Liew was born in 1807. He was the son of Densye Van Liew and Maria Suydam.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Cornelius Van Liew (M)
(26. Dec. 1778 - 6. Feb. 1815), #281449
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Relationship=4th cousin 5 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=4th great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Cornelius Van Liew was born on 26. Dec. 1778. He was the son of John Van Liew and Doritie Lott. Cornelius Van Liew married Johanna Van Doren, daughter of Christianus Van Doren and Johanna Hoagland, on 13. Apr. 1810. Cornelius Van Liew died on 6. Feb. 1815 at age 36.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Cynthia Van Liew (F)
(Mar. 1824 - ), #260241
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Relationship=6th cousin 3 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=6th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Cynthia Van Liew was baptized in Mar. 1824 at Dutch Reformed Church, New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. She was the daughter of Frederick Van Liew and Maria Voorhees.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Dencie Van Liew (M)
(1811 - ), #281418
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Relationship=5th cousin 4 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=5th great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Dencie Van Liew was born in 1811. He was the son of Densye Van Liew and Maria Suydam.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Denise Van Liew (M)
#281447

Last Edited=3 Dec 2005

Denise Van Liew (M)
#281453
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Relationship=5th cousin 3 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=5th great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Denise Van Liew was the son of Cornelius Van Liew and Johanna Van Doren.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Dennis Van Liew (M)
(28. May. 1820 - ), #260239
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Relationship=6th cousin 3 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=6th great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Dennis Van Liew was baptized on 28. May. 1820 at Dutch Reformed Church, New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. He was the son of Frederick Van Liew and Maria Voorhees. Dennis Van Liew married Jane Ann Gray.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Densye Van Liew (M)
(25. Apr. 1764 - 9. Jul. 1857), #281409
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Relationship=4th cousin 5 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=4th great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Densye Van Liew was born on 25. Apr. 1764. He was the son of John Van Liew and Doritie Lott. Densye Van Liew married Maria Suydam in Jan. 1781. Densye Van Liew died on 9. Jul. 1857 at age 93.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Dinah Van Liew (F)
#4332

     Dinah Van Liew married Cornelius Couwenhoven, son of Nicholas Couwenhoven and Catherine Suydam, on 3. Oct. 1816.

Last Edited=17 Feb 2007

Dorothy Van Liew (F)
(1791 - ), #281412
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Relationship=5th cousin 4 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=5th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Dorothy Van Liew was born in 1791. She was the daughter of Densye Van Liew and Maria Suydam.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Dorothy Van Liew (F)
(1788 - ), #281441
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Relationship=5th cousin 4 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=5th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Dorothy Van Liew was born in 1788. She was the daughter of Frederick Van Liew and Anjte Rapalje.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Dorothy Van Liew (F)
(1793 - 1833), #281448
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Relationship=5th cousin 4 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=5th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Dorothy Van Liew was born in 1793. She was the daughter of John Van Liew and Ann Van Liew. Dorothy Van Liew died in 1833.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Eliza Ann Van Liew (F)
(26. May. 1815 - ), #260237
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Relationship=6th cousin 3 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=6th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Eliza Ann Van Liew was born on 26. May. 1815. She was the daughter of Frederick Van Liew and Maria Voorhees. Eliza Ann Van Liew was baptized on 23. Jul. 1815 at Dutch Reformed Church, New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Elizabeth Van Liew (F)
(23. Sep. 1787 - 18. Jul. 1824), #167468
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Relationship=5th cousin 4 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=5th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Elizabeth Van Liew was born on 23. Sep. 1787. She was the daughter of Frederick Van Liew and Anjte Rapalje. Elizabeth Van Liew married Joseph Van Doren, son of Benjamin Van Doren and Sophia Van Dyke, on 19. Dec. 1808 at Middlebush, Somerset County, New Jersey. Elizabeth Van Liew died on 18. Jul. 1824 at age 36.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Elizabeth Van Liew (F)
(13. Oct. 1867 - a 1900), #227097
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Relationship=6th cousin 2 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=7th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Elizabeth Van Liew was born on 13. Oct. 1867. She was the daughter of John J. Van Liew and Hannah Nevius. Elizabeth Van Liew died a 1900.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Ellen Van Liew (F)
(20. Apr. 1812 - 12. Dec. 1837), #281451
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Relationship=5th cousin 3 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=5th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Ellen Van Liew was born on 20. Apr. 1812. She was the daughter of Cornelius Van Liew and Johanna Van Doren. Ellen Van Liew married Rev. Garret I. Gerretsen, son of Johannes Garretson and Jane Hegeman, on 12. Apr. 1831 at Somerset County, New Jersey. Ellen Van Liew died on 12. Dec. 1837 at Newtown, Queens County, New York, at age 25.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Ellen Van Liew (F)
#310847

     Ellen Van Liew married Nicholas Wyckoff, son of Nicholas Wyckoff and Catherine Lefferts.

Last Edited=3 Dec 2005

Frederick VanDyke Van Liew (M)
(11. Jan. 1827 - 1863), #260242
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Relationship=6th cousin 3 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=6th great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Frederick VanDyke Van Liew was baptized on 11. Jan. 1827 at Dutch Reformed Church, New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. He was the son of Frederick Van Liew and Maria Voorhees. Frederick VanDyke Van Liew married Catherine Eldert. Frederick VanDyke Van Liew died in 1863.

Last Edited=15 Oct 2006

Frederick Van Liew (M)
(30. Apr. 1694 - 27. Nov. 1756), #73487

     Frederick Van Liew was born on 30. Apr. 1694. He married Helena Denise, daughter of Denyse Denise and Helena Cortelyou, on 9. Mar. 1717. Frederick Van Liew died on 27. Nov. 1756 at age 62.