Possibly drawn by Steven Coerten Van Vorhees himself, this map of Nieuw Amersfoort, Nieuw Netherlands (Now Flatlands, New York) also shows the ship he immigrated on, the Bonte Koe. (Image credit: Geoffrey & Kristen Bronner, http://cerebus.dartmouth.edu/genealogy/wp01/wp01_304.html)
The following is said to be written on a commemorative marker in Brooklyn:
Steven Coerten, born 1600, migrated with his family in 1660 from the manor of Voor-hees, Province of Drenthe, the Netherlands, to the village of Amesfoort, now Flatlands, Kings Co., NY, and settled near this site. He served his church as Deacon and Elder, and the community as a magistrate, patentee in the Nicills Charter of 1667.
Van Voorhees Park
Columbia St., Hicks St. Bet. Congress St. And Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn
"This park honors Tracy S. Voorhees (1890-1974), an attorney and decorated World War II veteran, and his family’s early contributions to the City.
The Van Voorhees family traces its lineage to Steven Coerten Van Voorhees who settled in Brooklyn in the mid-17th century. He established himself in the neighborhood of Flatlands, became a magistrate, an elder in the Dutch Reformed Church, and the head of a formidable clan. His ten children bore 20 grandchildren. The grandchildren amassed 85 children themselves, among them Tracy Voorhees, to carry on the family name. The “Van” was eventually dropped from the name."
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