Christopher Hoagland (Senior) "had bought property in Franklin township, Somerset County, N.J., about the year 1740, but does not seem to have been a permanent resident. At any rate he was at Flatlands in 1765, and died there in the early part of 1766.

"By his will he left all his real and personal estate (except small legacies) to his son Christopher, who evidently was not yet of age."

LIBER 25.

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Page 212.--In the name of God, Amen, December 24, 1765. I, CHRISTOPHER HOOGLANT, of Flatbush, in Kings County, being weak in body. I leave to my son Christopher all my wood lot in Flatbush, "at a place
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commonly called Fresh Kills point," bounded east by land of Derick Remsen, south by the Long meadow, west by Wilhelmus Stootoff, and north by a Crepil Bush (swamp), and being 4 acres. I also leave him a negro boy "and my best bedstead standing in my large room." I leave to my daughter Sarah, wife of Jeremiah Williamson, £80, to be paid by my son Christopher. I also leave her my second best bed, and my brown table, "and my vitlin cupboard." I leave to my sister, Helena Hooglant, "my chair with the harness," and my part of the negro wench named Phillis, now in the possession of myself and my father, Hermanus Hooglant, and she is to pay to my son £29 10s. I leave to my son Christopher and my daughter Sarah all my pewter and wooden ware and all my books, except my Bible. All the rest of my estate to my son Christopher. I make Wilhelmus Stootoff and Helena Hooglant executors.

Witnesses, Jan Ammerman, Gerrit Kowenhoven, Albert Stootoff. Proved, August 28, 1766, in New York.

JOOSTEN, BARENT, from "Witmont in Emberland," "ridder" (horseman or knight), emigrated in 1652, settling in Buk in 1661, of which place he was a mag. in 1663 and '64. Apl. 6, 1675, he and Jan Hansen (Van Nordstrant) bought, of Francois de Bruynne, Anthony Jansen from Salee's patent in Gd and N. U. of 100 morgens, which they sold Dec. 11, 1693, to Albert Coerten (Van Voorhees) for 38,750 gl. wampum value, or about $15,340--a large sum for that period.

LIBER 16.

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Page 251.--In the name of God, Amen, May 14, 1747. I, ALBERT COERTE, of Flatlands, in Kings County, being in good health. I leave to my son, Coerte Voorhees, £25, for his birth right. My executors are to sell all my estate in Flatbush or elsewhere, and the money to be paid to my children, Coert Voorhees, Elizabeth, wife of Rutger Van Brunt, Mary, wife of John Noordstrandt, Margaret, wife of David Nevins, Aeltie, wife of Wilhelmus Stoothoff, and the children of my daughter Ann, who was the wife of Hendrick Cortelyou, and the children of my daughter Neeltie, who was the wife of Christopher Hooglandt. [The daughter Margaret was formerly the wife of Petrus Stoothoff, and had children.] I make my son, Coert Voorhees, and my sons-in-law, executors.

Witnesses, Hermanus Hooglandt, Johanes Lott, Jacobus Nevius. Proved, April 14, 1748.

William Guljamse (s. of Gelyam Cornelise) of Flh, m. Margarita da. of Do. Polhemius; d. prior to 1702. Was allotted, in pursuance of the patent of Flh, a bouwery in said town lying between the lands of Johannis Christoffelse and those of Hendrick Joorise, cong. 26 morgens, with plain and meadow land, as per p. 8 of Lib. A of Flh rec. His name appears on the ass. rolls of Flh of 1675 and '83, on Gov. Andross's patent of N. L. of 1677, as a mag. of the town from 1659 to 1664, and as a mem. of the R. D. ch. of
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Flh in 1677. Issue:--Johannes Willemse; Peter Willemse; Marike or Maria Willemse, m. Jacobus Aucke Van Nuyse; Catharine Willemse, m. Aug. 27, 1690, Johannes Fonteyn; Cornelis Willemse; Rachel Willemse, (sup.) to have d. single; and Sarah Willemse, m. Albert Coerten Voorhees, and d. in 1736. Signed his name "Willem Guljamse."

Stephen Coerte, the common ancestor of the Voorhees family in this country, emigrated in 1660 with wife and 7 children from Ruinen in Drenthe, and from in front of the hamlet of Hees near said locality, hence the name, and settled in Flds; b. 1600; m. 1st, in Europe, (???)(???); m. 2d, in 1677, Willempie Roelofse Seubering; d. about Feb. 16, 1684. Bought Nov. 29, 1660, of Cornelis Dircksen Hoogland 9 morgens of corn-land, 7 of wood-land, 10 of plain-land, and 5 of salt-meadows, making in all 31 morgens, in Flds for 3000 gl.; also the house and house-plot lying in the village of "Amesfoort en bergen," with the brewery and all the brewing apparatus, kettle-house, and casks, with the appurtenances, as per p. 37 of Lib. B of Flh rec. His name appears on the ass. roll of Flds of 1675 and '83; as a mag. in 1664; and on patent of 1667. Issue:--Hendrickjen Stevense of Holland, m. Jan Kiers; Mergin Stevense of Holland, m. 1st (???) Roelefse, m. 2d Remmelt Willemse; Coert Stevense of Flds, b. 1637; Lucas Stevense, b. 1650; Jan Stevense, b. 1652; Albert Stevense; Aaltje Stevense, m. Barent Juriaansz; Jannetje Stevense, m. 1st Jan Martense Schenck, m. 2d Alexander Sympson; Hendrickje Stevense, m. 1st Jan Kiestede, m. 2d Albert Albertse Terhunen; and Abraham Voorhees. Signed his name "Steven Koerten" and at times "Steven Koerts.

From The Ancestry and Descendants of Henry and Sarah Thompson Hendricks of Monmouth, Co., NewJersey, p. 545:⁵

GERRET WOLFERSE COUWENHOVEN was born in 1610 near Amersfoort, Utreacht, Holland. He married about 1635 in Flatlands, New York, AELTIE COOL, daughter of Cornelius Lambertse and Altie (Brackhong) Cool [WRONG MOTHER: she was the daughter of his wife UNKNOWN!] of Gowanus, L.I., New York Gerret died about 1645 in Long Island, New York and after his death his wife married 2nd Elbert Elbertse Stoothoff 27 Aug. 1645. Children of Gerret Wolfertse and Aeltie (Cool) Couwenhoven, all born in Flatlands, New York.

Gelyam or Guilliame Cornelise, the common ancestor of the Flh and Kings Co. families of Cornell, emigrated to this country at an early period (was probably a Huguenot), settled at Flh, and d. prior to July 1666. Aug. 9, 1658, he procured from Director Stuyvesant a patent for a plantation in Midwout (Flatbush), as per p. 591 of Vol. 2 of O'Callaghan's N. Y. In 1661 he and his s. "Pieter Geliamse" bought of Jan Evertse Bout a bouwery
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in Flh on the W. side of the highway, 600 rods in length and 48 rods and 8 ft. in width, cong. 48 morgens and 480 rods; also two pieces of salt meadows of 5 morgens; two pieces of plain land of 5 morgens; 2 house or building plots on the W. side of the highway, of 16 rods in length and 12 rods in breadth, with the houses and barns thereon; and also 2 black draw-oxen, 3 milkcows, a wagon, plough, iron chain, and a cramp-iron to hold saw-teeth when filing--all for the sum of 4500 gl., as per p. 73 of Lib. B of Flh rec. Issue:--Pieter Gilliamsen; Willem Gillemse; (sup.) Cornelis; Jacob; and Maria. The surname of his descendants for more than a century was pronounced Cornale, with the accent on the e (from Cornelise son of Cornelis), and but lately changed to Cornell. What Guilliame's proper surname was (if he had any) has not been ascertained, but from his name it is evident he was a Frenchman. His descendants reside in Bucks Co., Penn., E. N. J., and in Kings Co.

Rev. Johannes Theodorus, the common ancestor of the family,
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emigrated in the employ of the West India Company from the Netherlands to Itamarca, Brazil, and thence to L. I., where he officiated in the churches of Kings Co.; m. Catharina Van Werven; and d. June 8, 1676. Obtained June 25, 1662, a patent for 25 morgens in Flh, and bought Mar. 6, 1674, of John Sebering an adjoining patent of 24 morgens which had been originally granted, June 25, 1662, to Cornelis Swaelwood, and sold by the latter to Sebering. Dec. 25, 1680, a confirmatory patent was granted by Gov. Andros to Catharine wid. of Do. Polhemius for all the above premises with a small addition, containing 104 A. and 360 rods. Dec. 19, 1702, the heirs of Do. Theodorus and Catharine Polhemius conveyed the same to Daniel Polhemus, as per p. 247 of Lib. 2 of Con.

From a map on file in the off. of the Sec. of State at Albany, made by "Ja. Cortelyan" and filed Aug. 8, 1681, of farms in Flh, it appears that "Polhemius" owned a "double lott, broad before 48 Rod 4 foot (about 583 ft. English), after 57 Rod (about 687 9/10 ft. English), long 600 Rod" (about 7241 ft. English), cong. upwards of 52 morgens. These premises cover the farm of the late Jeremiah Lott on the S. side of the Little Lane in Flh. Issue:--Theodorus of Ja; Lammetie, who m. Johannes Willemse; Anna, who m. Cornelis Barentse Van Derwyck or Van Wyck; Daniel of Flh; Maragrietje, m. Wm Guilliamse Cornell; Adriana, m. John Roelofse Suebering; Elizabeth, m. Dionys Teunise of Gowanus; and (sup.) Catrina. Signed his name "Johannes Theod. Polhemius."

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APPENDIX

VAN KOUWENHOVEN or COUWENHOVEN ANCESTRY

This Dutch name has undergone numerous changes in yielding to the English language. George C. Beekman, (2) points out that the early court and church records show some of these changes. The "Van" was dropped and the K changed to C, then to Kowenhoven or Cowenhoven, later Covenhoven or Covenoven and finally Conover.

The Couwenhoven family originated in America with WOLFERT GERRETSE VAN KOUWENHOVEN and his wife NEELTJE JANSE. He came from Amersfoort, Province of Utrecht, Holland in 1630 with the Dutch emigrants. They settled in Rensselaerwick, near what is now Albany, N.Y. He was employed by the Patroon as superintendent of farms. He afterwards resided on Manhattan Island and later the families were found in Brooklyn and New Utrecht, N.Y.; then in Monmouth Co., N.J. Here Albert and his family were members of the Freehold Dutch Reformed Church as early as 1709. An account of the Conover family is found in various New Jersey records, also in "American Family Antiquity"(6) and in "Early Dutch Settlers of Monmouth County, New Jersey"(2). They are recorded in such New York histories as "National Genealogical Society Quarterly"(8); "New York Genealogical and Biographical Record"(9) and "Historical and Genealogical Miscellany,"(7). Only the direct line is followed here.

Children of Wolfert Gerretse van Couwenhoven and his wife Neeltje Janse; all were born near Amersfoort, Utrecht, Holland, and immigrated to America with their father in 1630.

COOL, CORNELIS LAMBERTSEN, m. Altien Brackhonge, who after his death m. Willem Bredenbent. Bought May 17, 1639, of Thomas Bescher or Beets a plantation in Gowanus (for which he obtained a patent Apl. 5, 1642), to which he removed, having previously resided in N. A. This patent, as near as can be ascertained, covered the farms designated on Butts's map of Brn as of Peter Wyckoff, John Wyckoff, Henry Story, and Winant Bennet. Issue:--Altie Cornelis, who m. 1st Gerret Wolferse Van Cowenhoven, and m. 2d Elbert Elbertse Stoothoff; Peterje Cornelis, who m. Claes Jansen Van Purmerent, alias Jan Pottagie; and Lambert
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Cornelise. See pp. 251 and 252 of Bergen Genealogy. Made his mark to documents."

RESEARCH NOTE: Caution! Proper documentation is lacking.

They had one child:

14

i.

Johannes Theodorus (1598-1676)

29 Elisabeth LEISLER.⁷

30 Daniel VAN DER WERVEN.⁷

Daniel married Lammertje UNKNOWN⁷.

They had one child:

15

i.

Catharina (~1612-~1702)

31 Lammertje UNKNOWN.⁷

RESEARCH NOTE: Caution! Proper documentation is lacking.

They had the following children:

	16	i.	Coert Albertse (1537-1599)
		ii.	Steven Alberts (1539-)
		iii.	Hendrick Alberts (1541-)
		iv.	Luijtgen Alberts (1543-)
		v.	Jan Alberts (1545-<1584)
		vi.	Hilbert Alberts (1547-<1584)
		vii.	Wesvel Alberts (1549-<1584)
		viii.	Gertien Alberts (1551-)
		ix.	Merghin Alberts (1553-<1584)

33 Unknown. Born about 1509 in Hees, Drenthe, Netherlands.

44 Unknown COOL. Born before 1562.

Unknown married Unknown.

They had one child:

22

i.

Cornelius Lambertse (1588-~1643)

45 UNKNOWN. Born before 1566.