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Christian Cornelisen VAN HORN

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  • Name Christian Cornelisen VAN HORN 
    Birth 25 May 1741  Closter, Bergen County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening 31 May 1741  Bergenfield, Bergen County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 30 Mar 1817  Closter, Bergen County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Probate 9 Apr 1817  Bergen County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Reference Number CBVH 068 
    Will 18 Jul 1817  Bergen County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Reformed Dutch Churchyard, Bergenfield, Bergen County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • (1) Zabriskie, George Olin, "Christian Barentsen Van Horn and Some of His Descendants," The American Genealogist, Vol. 44, No. 4 (October 1968), pp. 204, 205-206:

      Christian Cornelisen Van Horn, son of Cornelis Christiansen Van Horn . . . by his wife Maria Demarest, was born 25 May 1741 in or near Closter, N.J., and baptized 31 May 1741 at Bergenfield. He lived in the old Van Horn house on the east side of the
      Schraalenburgh Road in Closter. He died 30 March 1817 aged 75/10/5, and was buried in the Reformed Churchyard at Bergenfield. His will was dated 18 July 1816 r and probated 9 April 1817 (Bergen B:125). The abstracts given in Williams and in NJW 13:447 do not agree and are both in error. In his will Christian mentioned son David; daughters Altye and Margaret; and children of deceased son Cornelius: Peter and John, and Maria wife of Abraham Westervelt; and Maria, daughter of deceased son John.

      Christian married, first, with banns dated 6 Sept. 1764 at Bergenfield (license dated 4 Dec. 1764), Aaltje Westervelt, daughter of Jan Westervelt and Jannetje Haring, born 25 Nov. 1745 at Closter, died in April 1765, without issue (Westervelt Gen. p. 28). He married, second, 18 March 1768 at Bergenfield (license dated 5 March 1768), Maria Anderson, daughter of Jan Anderson and Elizabeth Demarest, born 5 Sept, 1748, baptized 11 Dec. 1748 at Hackensack (Reformed), died 7 Oct. 1801, aged 52/1/-, buried with her husband at Bergenfield; third, 3 Aug. 1816 at Bergenfield, Maria Christie, daughter of Daniel Christie and Fytje Demarest, and widow of John Durie. She was baptized 5 April 1759 at Bergenfield, and dated her will 9 Jan. 1830, probated 25 Sept. 1830 in Rockland County, N.Y. There is no evidence of any Van Horn children by her.

      Children by second wife: born Closter, most bapt. at Bergenfield . . .

      i. Cornelius, b. 5 Sept. 1769, bapt. 1 Oct. 1769. . . .

      ii. Johannes (John), b. 24 Sept. 1773, bapt. 24 Oct. 1773.

      iii. Aaltje, b. 19 Feb. 1776, bapt. 10 March 1776; m. 12 Nov. 1796 Bergenfield, John Lozier. . . .

      iv. David, b. 7 Jan. 1779, bapt. 7 Feb. 1779.

      v. Maria, b. 4 Sept. 1781, bapt. 23 Sept. 1781.

      vi. Elizabeth, bapt. 9 Jan. 1785. . . .

      vii. Margrietje (Margaret), b. 24 May 1787, bapt. 17 June 1787.

      viii. Jacobus, b. 16 Oct. 1791, bapt. 10 Nov. 1791 at Hackensack (Reformed).
    Person ID I19835  Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2024 

    Father Cornelis Christiansen VAN HORN,   b. Jan 1717, "Tappan," Bergen County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Maria DEMAREST   d. Bef 12 Aug 1790 
    Marriage Banns 1 Oct 1737  Bergenfield, Bergen County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 21 Oct 1737  Bergenfield, Bergen County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F8849  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Aaltje WESTERVELT,   b. 25 Nov 1745, Closter, Bergen County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Apr 1765 (Age 19 years) 
    Marriage Banns 6 Sep 1764  Bergenfield, Bergen County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage License 4 Dec 1764 
    Family ID F8868  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2024 

    Family 2 Maria ANDERSON,   b. 5 Sep 1748   d. 7 Oct 1801 (Age 53 years) 
    Children 
     1. Cornelius VAN HORN,   b. 5 Sep 1769, Closter, Bergen County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Nov 1810 (Age 41 years)
     2. Johannes VAN HORN,   b. 24 Sep 1773, Closter, Bergen County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Oct 1800 (Age 27 years)
     3. Aaltje VAN HORN,   b. 19 Feb 1776, Closter, Bergen County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. David VAN HORN,   b. 7 Jan 1779, Closter, Bergen County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Oct 1821 (Age 42 years)
     5. Maria VAN HORN,   b. 4 Feb 1781, Closter, Bergen County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Aug 1802 (Age 21 years)
     6. Elizabeth VAN HORN,   b. Bef 9 Jan 1785, Closter, Bergen County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Margrietje VAN HORN,   b. 24 May 1787, Closter, Bergen County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jan 1835, Reformed Dutch Churchyard, Upper Saddle River, Bergen, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)
     8. Jacobus VAN HORN,   b. 16 Oct 1791, Closter, Bergen County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F8870  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2024 

    Family 3 Maria CHRISTIE,   b. Bef 5 Apr 1759 
    Marriage 3 Aug 1816  Bergenfield, Bergen County, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F8871  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2024