Roelof Cornelissen Van Houten

• Van Houten Ancestry - Roelof Cornelisse Van Houten/Van Houghten

Roelof Cornelissen, progenitor of the Van Houten family, is first found in 1638, when he is mentioned among the immigrants of that year to Rensselaerswyck, but he later settled in Amersfoort, L. I. In 1648 he as a soldier, for wounding the corporal, was obliged to ride the wooden horse, two hours a day for three days, with a ten-pound weight fastened to each foot, and pay the surgeon's bill besides forfeiting six months wages.

In 1657, the Schepens of Amersfoort in reporting an assessment of two hundred and sixty-seven florins, named Roelof Cornelissen and his wife, Gerritje Van Nes, the daughter of Cornelis Van Nes, who obtained a patent May 23, 1659, for twenty-five morgens of land near New Amersfoort.

Their children in later years assumed the name of Van Houten, which indicates that Roelof came from Houten, a small village in the southeastern part of the province of Utrecht in Holland.

Issue: Helmigh, Cornelis, Theunis, Geesje.

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Roelof Cornelisse Van Houten

Roelof Cornelisse VAN HOUTEN was born on 25 Jun 1618 in Houten, Utrecht, Netherlands. He died on 16 Jun 1672 in Bergen, Hudson, New Jersey and was buried on 16 Jun 1672 in Communipaw, Bergen, New Jersey. Roelof married Gerritje VAN NES about 1643.

Gerritje VAN NES was born about 1626 in Vianen, South Holland, Netherlands. She died on 11 Sep 1689 in Bergen, Hudson, New Jersey. Gerritje married Roelof Cornelisse VAN HOUTEN about 1643.

They had the following children:

     		M 	i 	Helmigh Roelofse VAN HOUTEN

M ii Cornelis VAN HOUTEN
F iii Geesje VAN HOUTEN
M iv Theunis VAN HOUTEN
M v Henry VAN HOUTEN was christened on 6 Feb 1661 in New Amsterdam, New Netherlands, New Jersey.
F vi Maghteltje VAN HOUTEN
F vii Catherine VAN HOUTEN was christened on 8 Oct 1662 in New Amsterdam, New Netherlands, New Jersey.
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Roelof Cornelissen Van Houten (M)

b. 25-Jun-1628,

d. 16-Jun-1672, #749

    Roelof Cornelissen Van Houten was the son of Cornelis Van Houten and Adriana Van Bruechysen. 

Roelof Cornelissen Van Houten was born on 25-Jun-1628 at Houten, Utrecht, Netherlands.

He married Gerritje Van Ness, daughter of Cornelius Hendrick Van Ness and Maycke Hendrieux Van Der Burchgraeff, in 1643 at Bergen, Hudson County, New Jersey. / Roelof Cornelissen Van Houten married Gerritje Van Ness, daughter of Cornelius Hendrick Van Ness and Maycke Hendrieux Van Der Burchgraeff, in 1643 at Rensselaerswyckl, New York.

Roelof Cornelissen Van Houten married Maritie Damens in 1664.

Roelof Cornelissen Van Houten died on 16-Jun-1672 at Bergen, Hudson County, New Jersey, at age 43. He was buried on 16-Jun-1672 at Bergen, Hudson County, New Jersey.

    He was also known as Roeloff Cornelissen. He immigrated on 4-Mar-1637 to New Amsterdam, New York County, New York; aboard the ship Rensselaerswyck which sailed from Texel Oct 8 1636. He was employed splitting wood and thatching roofs of houses in 1638. He resided at at Rensselaerswyckl, New York, in 1641. He was rented horses, cows and land in 1646. He was a soldier in New Amsterdam in 1648.

Children of Roelof Cornelissen Van Houten and Gerritje Van Ness:
Gessie Roelofs Van Houten+ d. after 27-Dec-1696
Helmigh Van Houten+ b. 25-Jun-1646, d. 7-Oct-1729
Cornelis Roelofse Van Houten+ b. 10-Sep-1651, d. circa 1700
Theunis Roelofse Van Houten+ b. circa 1657, d. 27-Jul-1737
prob Maglitelje Van Houten b. circa 1659
Henry Van Houten b. before 6-Feb-1660/61
Catherine Van Houten b. 8-Oct-1662

Information:

4375. Gerritje VAN NESS was born circa 1626 at Netherlands. She married Roelof Cornelissen VAN HOUTEN son of Cornelis VAN HOUTEN, in 1643 at Bergen (Jersey City), Hudson, NJ. She died on September 10, 1689 at Bergen, Bergen Co., NJ." From: Ahnentafel of Danielle Carlock at: http://www.geocities.com/heartland/estates/4498/Ahnentafel.h...

Below, Some Passengers aboard the Rensselaerswyck. Sailed form the Texel, October 8, 1636; arrived New Amsterdam, March 4, 1637. From http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/nnship28.shtml

Crijn (Quirijn) Cornelisz from Houten near Utrecht

Pieter Cornelisz from Munnickendam, North Holland; occasionally referred to as Pieter Cornelisz Meulenmaecker (millwright)

Roelof Cornelisz from Houten near Utrecht ... brother Crijn Cornelisz

Sources: Title: Burial place/date for Roelof Cornelisz Van Houten Page: Dutch Col. Mailing List Archives, 1/2/2001, E. Konight Text: ****BURIAL RECORD: 16 June 1672. Bur. Roelof Cornelisse at Bergen. Bergen Dutch Reformed Church Burial records. #29 [HSYB 1915:22] Note: No age is given in the burial record