Van Voorhees nieuwsbrief
(Periodical)

Semi-Annual

Three times per year (with some irregularities), published spring (January), summer (April) and fall (September); semiannual (beginning with vol. 17 no. 1 (1999).

Vol. 12, no. 3 (Sept. 1994) -

Editor: Manning W. Voorhees; Marilyn Van Voorhis Voshall.

Issue numbers vol. 16 no. 3 and vol. 16 no. 4 were not used; vol. 16 no. 2 (spring 1998) was followed by vol. 16 no. 5 (summer/fall 1998). Vol. 21 no. 2 (fall 2003) and vol. 22 no. 2 (fall 2004) were probably not published.

Published: Toms River, New Jersey; Niskayuna, New York.

Not yet available in PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) at this time. (8 Feb. 2006).

Includes bibliographic references.

Numbering irregularities: Vol. 13 no. 3 designated form both the Sept 1995 and Jan 1996 issues; vol. 16 has no. 1 and no. 2 (spring 1998), and no. 5 (summer/fall 1998). Vol. 16 no. 2 (1998) was followed by vol. 16 no. 5 (summer/fall 1998).

Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Van Voorhees (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from the Netherlands. Some focus is on (but not limited to) descendants of Steven Coerts Van Voorhees (1599-1684), who immigrated in 1660 from the Province of Drenthe in the Netherlands to New Amersfort in New Netherland (Long Island, New York). He married Aeltje Wellels, and later married Willemtje Roelofse Seubering. Special focus on the family lines of his children: Albert, Aeltje, Coerte, Hendrickje, Jan, Jannetje, Lucas, and Merghin Stevense. Early families lived in New Jersey and New York in the 1600's. In the 1700's, some settled in Kentucky and Pennsylvania. During the 1800's, some moved to California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Ohio, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin. Later descendants also lived in Alberta and Ontario (Canada), Chile, Japan, the Netherlands, and in Alaska, Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Washington D.C., West Virginia, Wyoming, and elsewhere. Some have African American bloodlines.

Some text is in Dutch and Latin.

The Van Voorhees Association was founded by Rev. Dr. Oscar M. Voorhees in 1932. Membership is open to any descendant of Steven Coerts van Voorhees and those related by marriage or adoption by Van Voorhees descendants. Membership and other information can be found on their web site.