Rachel VAN HORN

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: CBVH 089

Notes:

(1) Zabriskie, George Olin, "Christian Barentsen Van Horn and Some of His Descendants," The American Genealogist, Vol. 44, No. 1 (January 1969), pp. 35-36:

Rachel Van Horn, daughter of Cornelis Van Horn . . . by his wife Sarah Blauvelt, was born 18 June 1781 in Franklin Township, Bergen County, New Jersey, and died 17 Dec. 1853 aged 72/6, buried in the Reformed Churchyard at Wyckoff. She may have married, first, _____ Ward; did marry, second, 8 Aug. 1807 at Paramus, Thomas Myers, died 30 May 1865 aged 81/5/23, buried at Wyckoff (Blauvelt #1381), parentage undetermined.

Children:

by first husband Ward

i. Peter, named as grandson in will of Rachel's father. A Peter Ward, who d. 20 April 1861, aged 60/1/14, was bur. with the Van Horns and Myerses in the Wyckoff churchyard.

by second husband Myers

ii. Sarah Jane, b. 2 Mar. 1808 at Wyckoff, d. 13 Oct. 1892 at Paterson, N.J., bur. Oakland, N.J.; m. 18 Dec. 1828, Peter S. Demarest (Blauvelt #2800).

iii. Martin, b. 7 Nov. 1809, d. 20 Feb. 1886, bur. at Wyckoff; he m. Martha Ackerson (Blauvelt #2801).

iv. Ann, b. 16 Jan. 1816 at Campgaw, d. 15 April 1855, bur. in True Reformed Churchyard in Ridgewood; m. John A. Ackerman (Blauvelt #2802).

Rachel married --- WARD[?] before 8 Aug 1807. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Peter WARD died on 20 Apr 1861; was buried in Reformed Dutch Churchyard, Wyckoff, Bergen County, NJ.

Rachel married Thomas MYERS on 8 Aug 1807 in Paramus, Bergen County, NJ. Thomas died on 30 May 1865; was buried in Reformed Dutch Churchyard, Wyckoff, Bergen County, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sarah Jane MYERS was born on 2 Mar 1808 in Wyckoff, Bergen County, NJ; died on 13 Oct 1892 in Paterson, Passaic County, NJ; was buried in Oakland, Bergen County, NJ.
2. Martin MYERS was born on 7 Nov 1809; died on 20 Feb 1886; was buried in Reformed Dutch Churchyard, Wyckoff, Bergen County, NJ.
3. Ann MYERS was born on 16 Jan 1816 in Campgaw, Bergen County, NJ; died on 15 Apr 1855; was buried in True Reformed Churchyard, Ridgewood, Bergen County, NJ.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: CBVH 058
• Will: 19 May 1824, Bergen County, NJ
• Probate: 20 Jul 1825, Bergen County, NJ

Notes:

(1) Zabriskie, George Olin, "Christian Barentsen Van Horn and Some of His Descendants," The American Genealogist, Vol. 44, No. 3 (July 1968), pp. 155, 158-159:

Cornelis Van Horn, son of Barent Van Horn . . . by his wife Rachel Aultsen Van Ripper, was born in November 1747 in Franklin Township, Bergen County, New Jersey. This date came from the late Arthur Van Horn, a great-great-grandson of Cornelis, in his application for membership in the Blauvelt Family Association. He submitted with his application an old record:

Births. | John Van Horn's Grandfather and Grandmother | Cornelius Van Horn was born in | the year 1747 |Sarah Blauvelt, wife of Cornelius | Van Horn was born in the year 1756 | Children of the above | parents | Barney Van Horn was born the 10th of 1 November 1776 | Garret Van Horn was born the 10th | of September 1778 | Rachel Van Horn was born the 18th | of June 1781 I Daniel Van Horn was born the | 11th of October 1784 | Anna Van Horn was born the | 12th of April 1788 | Jane Van Horn was born the | 3rd of June 1797.

Apparently, the record of birth in 1790 of Cornelius Jr. (John's father) was on another page of the old family record, as it was not given on this page of the record.

Arthur Van Horn also said that Cornelis was baptized in January 1748, and that the record was found in "Drop Register voor de Christian Protestant Lutheran Church, Albany and Other Places." This entry is not found in the Lutheran Church records for which the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society has a handwritten, translated, transcription, but it may appear in the original records - the transcription is known to be faulty in some instances. On the other hand, Mr. Van Horn's reference may be to another Lutheran church record. His pedigree was published in the F. A. Virkus Compendium 3:457, which said that the parents of this Cornelis were Barent Jacobsen Van Horn and Rachel Van Buskirk. This we know to be in error for two reasons: (a) Land records prove that this Cornelis lived on land previously held by Dirck Barentsen Van Horn (father of the Barent whom we consider to be the father of this Cornelis), in Franklin Township where this Cornelis lived [Bergen Deeds D-404, P-357, Y2-62, O-151, J-125, T-316 f., P-124. Not all entries directly relate to family relationships but do relate to the land held by this Cornelis in Franklin Township), and (b) Cornelis's purported father, Barent Jacobsen Van Horn, lived and died on Bergen Neck, his home being at Constables Hook, while Cornelis lived in the northwest section of Bergen County, some forty miles away. More importantly, however, Barent's son Cornelis was born of his second wife, Eva Tietzort, whom Barent married in 1761 and was therefore too young to have been the husband of Sarah Blauvelt as claimed.

Cornelis was a blacksmith by trade and lived in the Van Horn house on Wyckoff Avenue discussed under his father's record. Cornelis's will was dated 19 May 1824 and proved 20 July 1825 (Bergen C-99). In it he mentioned grandson Peter Ward; heirs of son Barney and of son Garret (not named); five children: Daniel, Cornelis, Rachel (eldest daughter), Anna (wife of Cornelius Van Riper) and Jane ("her part in trust for her support"). Cornelis and wife were buried in a family burial ground and in 1932 their remains were moved to the Wyckoff Reformed Churchyard.

Cornelis married Sarah Blauvelt (Blauv. Gen. #531), born 22 June 1756 in Rockland County, N.Y., baptized 11 July 1756 at Tappan, daughter of Huybert Blauvelt and Aaltje Verveelen. She died 13 or 16 Aug. 1806 aged 50/2/3 [which does not fit the dates].

Children: born in Franklin Township . . .

i. Barney C., b. 10 Nov. 1776. . . .

ii. Garret, b. 10 Sept. 1778. . . .

iii. Rachel, b. 18 June 1781. . . .

iv. Daniel, b. 11 Oct. 1784. . . .

v. Antje (Anna), b. 12 April 1788. . . .

vi. Cornelius, b. 17 Dec. 1790. . . .

vii. Jane, b. 3 June 1797, d. unm., 22 May 1832, aged 35/11/9, bur. at Wyckoff.

Cornelis + Sarah BLAUVELT. Sarah was born on 22 Jun 1756 in Rockland County, NY; was christened on 11 Jul 1756 in Tappan, Rockland County, NY; died on 13 Aug 1806; was buried in 1932 in Reformed Dutch Churchyard, Wyckoff, Bergen County, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Death: 16 Aug 1806

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• Reference Number: CBVH 023
• Birth: 25 Sep 1704, Wesel, Essex County [now Paterson, Passaic County], NJ

Notes:

(1) Zabriskie, George Olin, "Christian Barentsen Van Horn and Some of His Descendants," The American Genealogist, Vol. 44, No. 1 (January 1968), pp. 43, 51:

Barent Van Horn, son of Dirck Barentsen Van Horn . . . by his wife Elizabeth Gerretsen Van Wagenen, was born 25 Sept. 1704 in the Acquackanonk area, perhaps at Wesel, now in the southern part of Paterson, N.J., and was baptized 5 Oct. 1704 at Bergen (Jersey City). When first married he lived at Wesel but later moved to what is now Wyckoff, Bergen Co. Miss Bailey in her Pre-revolutionary Houses (p. 317) said that Barent probably built the Van Horn house on Wyckoff Avenue in Wyckoff. Barent and wife were members of the Reformed Church at Pompton Plains on 18 July 1742, and Miss Bailey said that in 1748 Barent signed a call for a minister at the Paramus Reformed Church, now in Ridgewood. He married 17 Nov. 1727 (banns 21 Oct.) at Passaic, Rachel Aultsen Van Ripper, daughter of Ault Jurrianse Van Riper and Geertje Mattheus Newkirk.

Children:

i. Aaltje, b. 19 Sept. 1728 Wesel, bapt. 13 Oct. 1728 Passaic; m. 26 Dec. 1746 (rec. both Passaic and Pompton Plains), John Ruthan, who was b. at Roosendale, living in Bergen Co. at time of marriage.

ii. Dirck, b. 28 Feb. 1730, bapt. 15 Mar. 1730 at Passaic.

iii. Elizabeth, b. 18 Nov. 1731, bapt. Dec. 1731 at Passaic. . . .

iv. Cornelis, b. Nov. 1747 in Franklin Township, Bergen Co.

Barent married Rachel Aultsen VAN RIPPER on 17 Nov 1727 in Passaic, Essex [now Passaic] County, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Derrick Barentsen VAN HORN
• Reference Number: CBVH 004
• Will: 26 May 1733, Saddle River, Bergen County, NJ
• Probate: 27 Aug 1768, NJ

Notes:

(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, 201-202:

Dirck (Derrick) Barentsen Van Horn, son of Barent Christiansen Van Horn and Geertje Dircks, was born 23 Jan. 1680, according to Williams, at Minkaque, now Greenville, but after his marriage he lived in the Acquakanonk area, perhaps in the southern part of present Paterson called Wesel. Later he lived at Slotterdam (now part of East Paterson) where his youngest child was born. He owned land at Wagaraw, now part of Hawthorne. His will, as Derrick Barent Van Horn of Saddle River Township, Bergen County, was dated 26 May 1733, not proved until 27 Aug. 1768 (N. J. Wills 4:449). He named as executors "my brothers, Gerret Gerretse and John Gerretse" (brothers of his wife), and when the will was proved, both were already dead. The court appointed as administrators Dirck's sons Barent and John Van Horn. In his will he mentioned his wife Elizabeth and their children: eldest son Barent to have "a lot of land on the Great Pond"; sons Garret and John; eldest daughter Gertje; daughters Leah and Nelsie; leaving to all his children land in Wagrawe in Bergen County. Dirck married 11 April 1704, with banns dated 19 March, in the Old Bergen Reformed Church in Jersey City, Elizabeth Gerretsen Van Wagenen, born 3 March 1682, baptized 19 April 1682 in the Old Bergen Church, daughter of Gerret Gerretsen Van Wagenen and Neesje Pietersen Merselis. She did not die unmarried as given in some accounts of the Van Wagenen family. These statements may have been based on an entry in the printed Old Bergen Church burial records: "Buried 24 January 1707, Lysbeth Gerrits, wid. of Guert Gerritsen, at Bergen," for this the burial date usually given for her early death, but this entry is for Elizabeth Cornelis, third wife of Guert Gerrits. As shown by her husband's will, Elizabeth Gerretsen Van Wagenen was still alive in 1733.

Children . . .

i. Barent, b. 25 Sept. 1704 at Acquackanonk, perhaps at Wesel, bapt. Bergen, 5 Oct. 1704. . . .

ii. Gerrit, b. 1 Oct. 1706, at Acquackanonk, bapt. there in the Reformed Church, date blank. . . .

iii. Geertje, b. 17 Dec. 1710, Acquackanonk, now Passaic; bapt. there 1 Jan. 1711. . . .

iv. Johannes (John), b. 12 Jan. 1717, also bapt. Passaic. . . .

v. Leah, b. 6 June 1720, bapt. Passaic. . . .

vi. Neesje, b. 22 Oct. 1723, bapt. Passaic.

Dirck married Elizabeth Gerretsen VAN WAGENEN on 11 Apr 1704 in Old Bergen Dutch Reformed Church, Jersey City, Bergen [now Hudson] County, NJ. Elizabeth was born on 3 Mar 1682; was christened on 19 Apr 1682 in Old Bergen Dutch Reformed Church, Jersey City, Bergen [now Hudson] County, NJ; died after 26 May 1733. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]