VAN VOORHEES, Stephen Coerts - Media
VAN VOORHEES, Stephen Coerts - Media
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Van Voorhees coat of arms -- "Virtue is Our Castle"
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In 1660 Steven Coerte, the patriarch of the Van Voorhees family in the new world, sailed on de Bonte Koe to Nieuw Amsterdam. De Bonte Koe means The Spotted Cow. While little is known of de Bonte Koe, it is surmised that the ship was 170 feet long, 49 feet in beam, and about 20 feet in depth, based on similar ships of the period (Historical Handbook, 1935). The above rendition of de Bonte Koe is from the Holland Society and was published in the January 1996 edition of the Van Voorhees Nieuwsbrief.
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Steven Coerte settled in Nieuw Amersfoort (Flatlands in Brooklyn, New York) upon arrival in the new world around 1660. Steven Coerte is the father of the Van Voorhees Family in the United States.
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