Cornelis van Hoorn, Sr.

Cornelis Christiansen Van Hoorn, born Bef. August 03, 1653 in New Amsterdam, NY; died Bef. March 24, 1728/29 in Hackensack, Bergen, NJ. He was the son of Christian Barentsen Van Hoorn and Jannetje Jans. He married Margrietje Vanderburgh.

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Baptism: August 03, 1653, New Amsterdam DRC, NY

baptism Record

1653 Aug 03; Christiaen Barentszen; Cornelis ;Frans Janszen Van Hoogten, Claertie Alders

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1) Zabriskie, George Olin, "Christian Barentsen Van Horn and Some of His Earlier Descendants," The American Genealogist, Vol. 43, No. 4 (October 1967), pp. 193, 197-198:

Cornelis Christiansen Van Horn, second son of Christian Barentsen Van Horn by Jannetje Jans, was born in New Amsterdam and baptized there in the Reformed Church on 3 Aug. 1653. Cornelis acquired land in the old Hackensack Township, Bergen County, in the Bogota-Teaneck area, along with his step-father, brothers and half-brothers, and also in the Closter area. The first patents of the Teaneck area were mainly confirmatory. The first one to Cornelis was dated in 1685 and covered 1183 acres between the Hackensack River and the West Branch of Overpeck Creek. This land was in or near the area of Teaneck, just north of State Highway 4. Lutheran church services were often held in the home of Cornelis in Teaneck, a region where most of the other Lutheran families lived.

His Closter lands were on both sides of the Schraalensburgh Road, immediately south of the present Harrington Park between the Hackensack River and the Tenakill, with the northern line likely the Dwarskill. In 1686 Cornelis, his brother Hans, two half-brother Van Buskirks, three Bantas and one Vanderlinde, all of Hackensack, and the elder Van Buskirk of Bergen, were charged with "a Riote by them Comitted in the sd County (Bergen) and for refuseing to obey the King's Authority there." The records on the subject of the riot, the participants, and the end results, are scanty. It is likely that the dispute with the East Jersey Governor and Council was concerned with the title to the Hackensack lands.

According to the Rev. David D. Cole (History of Rockland County, New York, p. 255), on 29 April 1703 Cornelis Christianse and others were given the Waywayanda Patent covering land in Orange County, New York. This land other patents overlapped and also were on or near the disputed boundary between New York and New Jersey. This Cornelis may have been our Van Horn, but there is no evidence that he or any of his children lived in Orange County. Williams, however, said that he was Van Horn and that in 1763 he and his fellow patentees lost title to the land in Orange County for non-payment of quit rents.

On 22 March 1726/7 Cornelis van Horen, yeoman of Hackensack, Bergen County, N. J., made his will, and it was proved 24 March 1728/9 (N. J. Wills 1:479; also in Williams): to wife Margarieta, life interest in the whole estate, or as long as she remained his widow; to eldest son Luickes "farm on which he now lives"; to sons Christeyaen, Cornelis ("my third son"), and Johanes "land where they each live"; to youngest son Derik "farm where I live"; to unnamed children of the eldest daughter Jannetje ??20; to daughter Anatie, wife of Samuel Desmorest, ??100; to youngest daughter Else, wife of John van Boskerck, ??45 as she had had ??55. "My brew kettle [is] to remain where it is for use of my five sons."

No record has been found of the marriage of Cornelis to his wife Margrietje Vanderburgh, daughter of Lucas Dirckszen Vanderburgh and Annatje Cornelis. She was baptized 26 May 1658 in the Dutch Church on Manhattan, and was living when Cornelis made his will, but nothing more is known of her.

Williams said that Van Horn was the Cornelis Christiaenszen who married Anna Wessels 19 Feb. 1689 in New York City. This is most unlikely for three reasons: (a) Cornelis Christiaensen Van Horn did not live in New York City (the church record said that both the bride and groom lived there); (b) The marriage came much too late for the first four Van Horn children (they were married 1705-1711); and (c) The numerous granddaughters named Margrietje support the conclusion that Margrietje, not Anna, was the mother of Cornelius's children.

Children (all probably born in Teaneck): . . .