Gerret Willemse Van Kouwenhoven (M)
(January 4, 1661/62 - ), #334
Pedigree
Relationship=6th great-granduncle of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=Great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Gerret Willemse Van Kouwenhoven was born on January 4, 1661/62 at Flatlands, Kings County, New York. Gerret Willemse Van Kouwenhoven was the son of Willem Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven and Altie Jorise Brinckeroff. Gerret Willemse Van Kouwenhoven was baptized on January 15, 1662 at Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. Gerret Willemse Van Kouwenhoven married Aeltje (Unknown) before 1695.
     Gerret Willemse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Garret Kowenhoven. He was a member of the Flatlands Dutch Church in 1677; member. Gerret Willemse Van Kouwenhoven gave oath of allegiance in 1687; was entered as native born.      Gerret Willemse Van Kouwenhoven resided at at Flatlands, Kings County, New York, in 1687. Gerret Willemse Van Kouwenhoven bought of his stepmother, Jannetje Monfort, and other heirs of Pieter Monfort, Pieter's farm and patent at the Wallabout. On April 27, 1701. On 1704 He also appears to have owned land in Bushwick in 1704. as per records of that town.

Gerret Willemse Van Kouwenhoven (M)
(1676 - 1712), #904
Pedigree
Relationship=1st cousin 8 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=Great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Gerret Willemse Van Kouwenhoven was born in 1676 at Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. Gerret Willemse Van Kouwenhoven was the son of Jan Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven and Gerardina de Sille. Gerret Willemse Van Kouwenhoven married Lysbeth (Unknown) circa 1692. Gerret Willemse Van Kouwenhoven married Aefie Theunise Van Amak, daughter of Theunis Janse Van Aumack and Jannetje Brouwer, circa 1702. Gerret Willemse Van Kouwenhoven died in 1712. His estate was proved on November 3, 1712.
     Gerret Willemse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Gerret Van Kouwenhoven. Gerret Willemse Van Kouwenhoven left a will on April 16, 1711.

Gerret Wolfersen Van Kouwenhoven (M)
(circa 1610 - circa 1648), #275
Pedigree
Relationship=8th great-grandfather of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=Son of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Gerret Wolfersen Van Kouwenhoven was born circa 1610 at Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands. Gerret Wolfersen Van Kouwenhoven was the son of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven and Neeltgen Jacobsdochter. Gerret Wolfersen Van Kouwenhoven married Aeltje Cornelis Cool, daughter of Cornelius Lambertse Cool and (Unknown) (Unknown), circa 1635 at Flatlands, Kings County, New York. Gerret Wolfersen Van Kouwenhoven died circa 1648 at Flatlands, Kings County, New York; Was probably after patent issued.
     Gerret Wolfersen Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Gerret Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven. Gerret Wolfersen Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Gerret Kouwenhoven. Gerret Wolfersen Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Garret Wolfert Van Couwenhoven. Gerret Wolfersen Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Gerret Wolfertse Van Couwenhoven. Gerret Wolfersen Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Gerret Wolfersen Couwenhoven. Gerret Wolfersen Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Gerret Wolferse Van Couvenhoven. On August 22, 1639 1639. Document (MDC:10).
"This day, date underwritten, before me Cornelis Van Tienhoven, secretary, in the presence of the undersigned witnesses, appeared Wolphert Gerritsen and
Gerrit Wolphertsen, as guardians of Lambert Cornelissen Cool, and at the request of said Lambert Cool, have permitted him to go with his cattle to his
brother-in-law Claes Jansen, in order to take up together some plantation or farm, and we the principals in the capacity aforesaid have consented hereto as
we are bound in the place of father and mother to promote the above named Lambert Cool's interest and we cannot perceive that he will earn anything,
much less prosper so long as he remains with his father, Cornelis Lambertsen. We have therefore considered it advisable to permit him to do something for
himself in company aforesaid. Done at Fort Amsterdam the 22 of August 1639.
This is the mark x of Wolphert Gerritsen
This is the mark x of Gerrit Wolphertsen
Maurits Jan and Frerick Lubbertsen ; witnesses
"Consent of the guardians of Lambert Cornelissen Cool to let Cool remove his
cattle and take up a farm with his brother-in-law Claes Jansen"
"Copied with slight variations from E.B. O'Callaghan's manuscript translation
of the original in the New York Colonial MSS., Vol. I, p. 155, which was
destroyed in the Capitol fire of March 29, 1911, Albany, October 4, 1933 ;
signed A.J.F. van Laer."
On March 11, 1647 On March 11, 1647, Gerrit Wolphertson (Van Kouwenhoven) received a patent for "a certain piece of land, gouat the (Ma) Rechawieck, both the maize and woodland, on the marsh of the Gouwanus Kil, between the land of Jacob Stoffelsen and Frederick Lubbertsen, extending from the aforsaid marsh till into the woods, till to the land of said Frederick, till to the land of Andries Huddle, northeast by north, a little northerly, 148 rods: behind through the woods, till to the land of the aforesaid Jacob Stoffelsen, southeast by east 80 rods next to the land of Jacob Stoffelsen aforesaid, till to the aforsaid marsh, southwest a little westerly 165 rods, along the marsh to the place of beginning 60 rods, with an oblique outpoint: amounting in all to 29 morgens, 341 rods." Pattents, GG, 172

This plot evidently fronted on the main road leading from Flatbush, through the village of Breuckelen, which was located at this point, to "the Ferry," andis inchluded in lands marked as G. Martense's on Butt's map. Wolphertsen sold this property to Nicholas Jans, baker, of New York.

Hester Van Kouwenhoven (F)
(after 1641 - ), #896
Pedigree
Relationship=1st cousin 9 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=Granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Hester Van Kouwenhoven was born after 1641. Hester Van Kouwenhoven was the daughter of Lt. Pieter Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven and Hester Daws. Hester Van Kouwenhoven married Johannis Martin on February 22, 1688.

Jacob Willemse Van Kouwenhoven (M)
(January 29, 1679 - June 4, 1744), #345
Pedigree
Relationship=6th great-granduncle of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=Great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Jacob Willemse Van Kouwenhoven was born on January 29, 1679 at Flatlands, Kings County, New York. Jacob Willemse Van Kouwenhoven was the son of Willem Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven and Jannetije Pieterse Monfoort. Jacob Willemse Van Kouwenhoven was baptized on February 2, 1679 at Flatbush, Kings County, New York. Jacob Willemse Van Kouwenhoven married Anna Remson on July 7, 1685 at Queens Newton, New York. Jacob Willemse Van Kouwenhoven married Sara Schenck, daughter of Roelof Martense Schenck and Annetje Wyckoff, on November 12, 1705 at Flatlands, Kings County, New York,, his cousin. Jacob Willemse Van Kouwenhoven died on June 4, 1744 at Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, at age 65. Jacob Willemse Van Kouwenhoven was buried circa June 5, 1744 at Golden Farm, Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey. His estate was proved on July 17, 1744.
     Jacob Willemse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Jacob Van Kouwenhoven. Jacob Willemse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Jacob Couenhoven. Jacob Willemse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Jacob Willemse Couwenhoven. Jacob Willemse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Jacob Covenhoven. Jacob Willemse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Jacob Van Couwenhoven. Jacob Willemse Van Kouwenhoven member at Dutch Reformed Church, Freehold-Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, 1709. Jacob Willemse Van Kouwenhoven left a will on July 5, 1743

yeoman; will of. Children--Martin, Roeloff, Jacob, Garret, Peter and John. Granddaughter--Sarah Covenhoven. Grandsons--Daniel Covenhoven, Daniel Hendrickson and Jacob Hendrickson. Executors--Roeloff, Jacob and Garret. Witnesses--Joseph Goulder, George Crawford, Elias Golden and Charles Henderson.

Inventory (£618.18.8) includes six negros, large Bible, 217 bushels Indian corn, books, 32 barrels flour; also bonds and book debts from--Aron Stryker, Joseph, John and James Dorsett, Benjamin and John Carman, Andrease Johnson, Tunis and Stephen Amack, Mathias Peterson, Andrew Bray, Harman Johnson, Joseph Cooper, Stephen Heviland, Hendrick Smock, Tunis Swart, William Williamson, George Crawford, Samuel and George Jobs, Tunis Denice, John Williams, Andrew Crawford, Thomas Harbert, Johannes and John Brewer, Joseph, Andrew, Benjamin, James and John Willson, Daniel and Thomas Seabrook, Gershom Wallen, Richard Burden, John Mount, Elias Golder, James Hutchins, William Covenhoven of Flat Lands, Samuel, Joseph, and Jacob Dennis, Job Throckmorton, Thomas and William Layton, Abraham and John Watson, Robert White, John Taylor, John Tennison, Cornelius Vandevear, William and Thomas Patten, John Mackleese, Samuel, Obadiah and Obadiah Holmes, Jr., Rulof and Jacob Covenhoven. Made by Samuel Ogborne, Hendrick Hendrickson and Edward Taylor. On December 3, 1744.

Jacob Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven (M)
(1615 - before April 21, 1670), #326
Pedigree
Relationship=8th great-granduncle of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=Son of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Jacob Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven was born in 1615 at Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands. Jacob Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven was the son of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven and Neeltgen Jacobsdochter. Jacob Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven published marriage intentions Jacobus Couwenhoven of Amersfoort residing in the Jonge Roelen Alley, 22 years old, asseisted by his uncle Rutgert Jansz, parents still living, marries Hester Jans of Haarlem, 22 years old, living on the Princes' Canal with her mother Lijsbert Setten.

He signes: Jacobus Couwenhoven on November 14, 1637 at Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. Jacob Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven married Hester Jansen, daughter of Lijsbet Setten, on December 1, 1637 at New Church, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands; Married by Domine Gelldorpus (Bible). Jacob Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven married Magdaleentje Jacobs Van Amsterdam on September 26, 1655. Jacob Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven died before April 21, 1670. Jacob Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven died in 1673 or 1674 at New Amsterdam, New York County, New York.
     Jacob Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Jacob Worlfertsen Van Kouwenhoven. Jacob Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Jacob Van Couwenhoven. Jacob Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Jacob Van Kouwenhoven. The Inventory of Jacob Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven was taken on April 21, 1670.

Jacoba Van Kouwenhoven (F)
(October 27, 1734 - circa October 28, 1734), #1200
Pedigree
Relationship=1st cousin 7 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=2nd great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Jacoba Van Kouwenhoven was baptized on October 27, 1734 at New Utrecht, Kings County, New York. She died young. Jacoba Van Kouwenhoven was the daughter of William Willemse Van Kouwenhoven and Annetie Lucasse Van Voorhees.

Jacomyntie Van Kouwenhoven (F)
(January 16, 1699 - after January 16, 1699), #1208
Pedigree
Relationship=2nd cousin 7 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=2nd great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Jacomyntie Van Kouwenhoven was born circa 1699 at Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. Jacomyntie Van Kouwenhoven was baptized on January 16, 1699 at Dutch Reformed Church, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. She died young. Jacomyntie Van Kouwenhoven was the daughter of Gerret Willemse Van Kouwenhoven and Lysbeth (Unknown).

Jacomyntie Van Kouwenhoven (F)
(March 25, 1673 - ), #994
Pedigree
Relationship=2nd cousin 8 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=Great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Jacomyntie Van Kouwenhoven was baptized on March 25, 1673 at Dutch Reformed Church, New York City, New York County, New York. Jacomyntie Van Kouwenhoven was the daughter of Johannes Jacobse Van Kouwenhoven and Saartje Frans. Jacomyntie Van Kouwenhoven married Wessel Pieterszen Van Norden on April 20, 1690. Jacomyntie Van Kouwenhoven married Wessel Pieterszen Van Norden on April 20, 1693. Jacomyntie Van Kouwenhoven married Wessel Pieterszen Van Norden on April 20, 1694 at Dutch Reformed Church, New York City, New York County, New York.
     Jacomyntie Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Jacmyntje Covenhoven. Jacomyntie Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Jacomyntie Van Couwenhoven.

Jan Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven (M)
(1639 - circa 1714), #332
Pedigree
Relationship=7th great-granduncle of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=Grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     He was born in 1639, perhaps at Flatlands, L.I., NY. Jan Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was the son of Gerret Wolfersen Van Kouwenhoven and Aeltje Cornelis Cool. Jan Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven married Gerardina de Sille, daughter of Nicasius de Sille and Cornelia Meulmans, on May 18, 1670. Jan Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven married Gerardina de Sille, daughter of Nicasius de Sille and Cornelia Meulmans, on May 19, 1670. Jan Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven died circa 1714 at Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. Jan Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven died circa 1724.
     Jan Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Jan Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven. Jan Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Jan Gerretsen Van Couwenhoven. Jan Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Jan Gerretse Kowenhoven. He was licensed to trade in in 1665 Albany, Albany County, New York. He was a member of the Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn in 1677 and 1685 at Dutch Reformed Church, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. Jan Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven resided at between 1677 and 1685; Brooklyn Ferry. He was a commissioner of Brooklyn, 1690, by act of Court of General Sessions of which he was at that time a grand juryman.

Johannes Jacobse Van Kouwenhoven (M)
(May 11, 1641 - ), #878
Pedigree
Relationship=1st cousin 9 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=Grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Johannes Jacobse Van Kouwenhoven was born on May 11, 1641 at New York. Johannes Jacobse Van Kouwenhoven was the son of Jacob Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven and Hester Jansen. Johannes Jacobse Van Kouwenhoven was baptized on May 19, 1641 at New Amsterdam, New York County, New York. Johannes Jacobse Van Kouwenhoven married Saartje Frans on April 11, 1664 at Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. His estate was proved on November 18, 1690 at Brooklyn, Kings County, New York.
     Johannes Jacobse Van Kouwenhoven and Ann Conover were possible father and daughter.      Johannes Jacobse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Johannes Jacobse Van Couwenhoven. Johannes Jacobse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Jan Van Kouwenhoven. Johannes Jacobse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Jan Jacobse Van Couwenhoven. Johannes Jacobse Van Kouwenhoven held the position of member of the Court of Exchequer; secretary between "ye Limits of Harlem and Bowery" in 1689. Johannes Jacobse Van Kouwenhoven held the position of member of Gov. Leisler's Council in 1689. Johannes Jacobse Van Kouwenhoven resided at at High St, New York City, New York County, New York, with his father with whom he was a successful brewer in 1689. Johannes Jacobse Van Kouwenhoven left a will on June 17, 1690.

Johannes Van Kouwenhoven (M)
(August 16, 1685 - circa August 17, 1685), #1278
Pedigree
Relationship=3rd cousin 7 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=2nd great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Johannes Van Kouwenhoven was baptized on August 16, 1685 at Flatbush, Kings County, New York. He died young. Johannes Van Kouwenhoven was the son of Jacob Van Couwenhoven and Anna Remmerson.

Johannes Van Kouwenhoven (M)
(March 8, 1696 - ), #1279
Pedigree
Relationship=3rd cousin 7 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=2nd great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Johannes Van Kouwenhoven was baptized on March 8, 1696 at Dutch Reformed Church, New York City, New York County, New York. Johannes Van Kouwenhoven was the son of Jacob Van Couwenhoven and Anna Remmerson. Johannes Van Kouwenhoven married Lucretia Luyster; this is a possible marriage.

Johannes Van Kouwenhoven (M)
(April 14, 1677 - ), #1000
Pedigree
Relationship=2nd cousin 8 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=Great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Johannes Van Kouwenhoven was baptized on April 14, 1677 at Dutch Reformed Church, New York City, New York County, New York. Johannes Van Kouwenhoven was the son of Johannes Jacobse Van Kouwenhoven and Saartje Frans. Johannes Van Kouwenhoven married Rachel Johannes Benson, daughter of Capt. Johannes Benson and Lysbet Van Deusen, on May 7, 1707. Johannes Van Kouwenhoven married Rachel Johannes Benson, daughter of Capt. Johannes Benson and Lysbet Van Deusen, on May 8, 1708.
     Johannes Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Johannes Covenhoven. Johannes Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Johannes Van Couwenhoven. July 6, 1718, They removed from Harlem, NY and joined the Dutch Church of Hackensack, NJ. Johannes Van Kouwenhoven and Rachel Johannes Benson by letter of removal form Harlem they joined the at Dutch Reformed Church, Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey, July 6, 1718.

John Van Kouwenhoven (M)
(December 2, 1707 - circa December 8, 1707), #1244
Pedigree
Relationship=2nd cousin 7 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=2nd great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     John Van Kouwenhoven was born on December 2, 1707. John Van Kouwenhoven was the son of Nicasius Van Kouwenhoven and Elsje Staats. John Van Kouwenhoven was baptized on December 7, 1707 at Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. He died young.
     John Van Kouwenhoven was also known as John Couwenhoven.

Joris Van Kouwenhoven (M)
(March 31, 1734 - ), #1482
Pedigree
Relationship=2nd cousin 6 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=3rd great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Joris Van Kouwenhoven was baptized on March 31, 1734 at Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Joris Van Kouwenhoven was the son of Joris Covenhoven and Altje Cornelisz Luyster. Joris Van Kouwenhoven married Margaret (Unknown). His estate was proved on July 7, 1772.
     His will dated May 25, 1772, mentioned wife margaret, and daughter Anne, and named his wife, Abraham Covenhoven, and Abraham Van Horn, as executors. The witnesses were Henry Traphgan, Sidney Berry, and Phebe Farley.

Leah Van Kouwenhoven (F)
(after 1701 - ), #1096
Pedigree
Relationship=1st cousin 7 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=2nd great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Leah Van Kouwenhoven was born after 1701. Leah Van Kouwenhoven was the daughter of Cornelis Willemse Van Kouwenhoven and Margaretta Schenck.

Lysbeth Van Kouwenhoven (F)
(August 30, 1643 - ), #880
Pedigree
Relationship=1st cousin 9 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=Granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Lysbeth Van Kouwenhoven was born on August 30, 1643 at New York. Lysbeth Van Kouwenhoven was the daughter of Jacob Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven and Hester Jansen. Lysbeth Van Kouwenhoven was baptized on September 6, 1643. Lysbeth Van Kouwenhoven married Samuel Gerretzen circa 1666.

Maria Van Kouwenhoven (F)
(December 24, 1710 - ), #1097
Pedigree
Relationship=1st cousin 7 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=2nd great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Maria Van Kouwenhoven was baptized on December 24, 1710. Maria Van Kouwenhoven was the daughter of Cornelis Willemse Van Kouwenhoven and Margaretta Schenck. Maria Van Kouwenhoven married Peter Schenck.
     Maria Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Mary Couwenhoven.

Marretje Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven (F)
(April 10, 1644 - between 1702 and 1709), #328
Pedigree
Relationship=7th great-grandaunt of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=Granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Marretje Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was baptized on April 10, 1644 at Dutch Reformed Church, New Amsterdam, New York County, New York. Marretje Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was born on April 10, 1644 at Flatlands, Kings County, New York. Marretje Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was the daughter of Gerret Wolfersen Van Kouwenhoven and Aeltje Cornelis Cool. Marretje Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was baptized on September 10, 1644 at Flatlands, Kings County, New York. Marretje Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven married Coert Stevense Van Voorhees, son of Steven Coerts Van Voorhees and Aeltje Wessels, before 1664. Marretje Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven died between 1702 and 1709.
     Marretje Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Marytje Van Couwenhoven. Marretje Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Marretje Van Couvenhoven. Marretje Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Marretje Kowenhoven.

Neeltje Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven (F)
(September 20, 1641 - circa 1672), #330
Pedigree
Relationship=7th great-grandaunt of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=Granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Neeltje Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was baptized on September 20, 1641 at Flatlands, Kings County, New York. Neeltje Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was born on September 20, 1641 at Flatlands, Kings County, New York. Neeltje Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was the daughter of Gerret Wolfersen Van Kouwenhoven and Aeltje Cornelis Cool. Neeltje Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven married Roelof Martense Schenck, son of Martin Van Nydeck Schenck and Maria Margretha Bockhurst, circa 1660 at Flatlands, Kings County, New York. Neeltje Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven died circa 1672.
     Neeltje Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Neeltje Van Couvenhoven. Neeltje Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Neeltje Gerretse Van Couwehnoven. Neeltje Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Neeltje Garetse Kowenhoven.

Neeltje Jacobse Van Kouwenhoven (F)
(September 18, 1639 - ), #762
Pedigree
Relationship=1st cousin 9 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=Granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Neeltje Jacobse Van Kouwenhoven was born on September 18, 1639 at New York. Neeltje Jacobse Van Kouwenhoven was the daughter of Jacob Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven and Hester Jansen. Neeltje Jacobse Van Kouwenhoven was baptized on September 25, 1639; First baptism recorded in the New York Dutch Church.      Neeltje Jacobse Van Kouwenhoven married Cornelis Pluvier on January 6, 1662 at New York; Cornelius was a widower.

Neeltje Van Kouwenhoven (F)
(February 7, 1668/69 - ), #736
Pedigree
Relationship=6th great-grandaunt of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=Great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Neeltje Van Kouwenhoven was born on December 7, 1667 at Flatlands, Kings County, New York. Neeltje Van Kouwenhoven was born on February 7, 1668/69 at Flatlands, Kings County, New York. Neeltje Van Kouwenhoven was the daughter of Willem Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven and Jannetije Pieterse Monfoort. Neeltje Van Kouwenhoven married John Pieterse Wyckoff, son of Pieter Claesen Wyckoff and Grietje Cornelis Van Ness, in 1692 at Flatbush, Kings County, New York.
     Neeltje Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Neeltje Covenhoven. Neeltje Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Neetje Van Couwenhoven. Neeltje Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Neeltje Couwenhoven. Neeltje Van Kouwenhoven and John Pieterse Wyckoff members at Dutch Reformed Church, Marlboro, Monmouth County, New Jersey, 1709.

Neeltje Van Kouwenhoven (F)
(February 7, 1719 - April 22, 1738), #450
Pedigree
Relationship=1st cousin 7 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=2nd great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Neeltje Van Kouwenhoven was born on February 7, 1719. Neeltje Van Kouwenhoven was the daughter of Albert Covenhoven and Neeltje Roelofse Schenck. Neeltje Van Kouwenhoven died on April 22, 1738 at age 19. Neeltje Van Kouwenhoven was buried circa April 23, 1738 at Schenck-Couwenhoven Cemetery, Pleasant Valley, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Neeltje Van Kouwenhoven died on April 27, 1738 at age 19; did not marry.
     Neeltje Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Nellie Albertse Covenhoven. Neeltje Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Neeltje Couwenhoven. Neeltje Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Neeltje Covenhoven.

Neeltje Van Kouwenhoven (F)
(circa 1674 - after January 1, 1740), #1264
Pedigree
Relationship=1st cousin 8 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=Great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Neeltje Van Kouwenhoven was born circa 1672 at Bushwick, Kings County, New York. Neeltje Van Kouwenhoven was born at At the Ferry. Neeltje Van Kouwenhoven was born circa 1674 at Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. Neeltje Van Kouwenhoven was the daughter of Jan Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven and Gerardina de Sille. Neeltje Van Kouwenhoven married Joris Jeronimus Rapelje, son of Jeronimus Rapelje and Annetje Teunise Nyssen, on July 27, 1694 at Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. Neeltje Van Kouwenhoven married Joris Jeronimus Rapelje, son of Jeronimus Rapelje and Annetje Teunise Nyssen, on July 27, 1695 at Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. Neeltje Van Kouwenhoven married Nicholas D. Volkertsen, son of Volkert Volkertsen and Annetje Philips, in 1699 at Bushwick, Kings County, New York; Assumed marriage based on similarity of dates. Neeltje Van Kouwenhoven died after January 1, 1740 at Bushwick, Kings County, New York.
     Neeltje Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Neeltje Couwenhoven.

Nelke Van Kouwenhoven (F)
(September 2, 1709 - after January 23, 1710), #1077
Pedigree
Relationship=1st cousin 7 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=2nd great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Nelke Van Kouwenhoven was born on September 2, 1709. Nelke Van Kouwenhoven was the daughter of Pieter Willemse Van Kouwenhoven and Patience Daws. Nelke Van Kouwenhoven was baptized on January 22, 1710 at New Jersey. She probabley died young.
     Nelke Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Nelka Covenhoven. Nelke Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Eleanor Cowenhoven. Nelke Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Eleanora Van Kouwenhoven.

Nicasius Van Kouwenhoven (M)
(June 30, 1681 - September 16, 1749), #423
Pedigree
Relationship=1st cousin 8 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=Great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Nicasius Van Kouwenhoven was born on June 30, 1681 at Flatbush, Kings County, New York. Nicasius Van Kouwenhoven was the son of Jan Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven and Gerardina de Sille. Nicasius Van Kouwenhoven was baptized on July 8, 1681 at Flatbush, Kings County, New York. Nicasius Van Kouwenhoven married Elsje Staats, daughter of Janse Staats and Annetje Praa, on November 3, 1703. Nicasius Van Kouwenhoven died on September 16, 1749 at Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, at age 68. His estate was proved on November 2, 1749.
     He was from Brooklyn, NY and resided near the Ferry. Nicasius Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Nicaius Couwenhoven. Nicasius Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Nicasius Jansz Couwenhoven. Nicasius Van Kouwenhoven left a will on May 15, 1746.

Peter Van Kouwenhoven (M)
#898
Pedigree
Relationship=2nd cousin 8 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=Great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Peter Van Kouwenhoven was born at Of, Galloway Twp., Atlantic County, New Jersey. Peter Van Kouwenhoven was the son of Cornelius Van Kouwenhoven.

Peter Van Kouwenhoven (M)
(December 14, 1718 - January 4, 1719), #1156
Pedigree
Relationship=1st cousin 7 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=2nd great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Peter Van Kouwenhoven died on December 14, 1718 at age 0. Peter Van Kouwenhoven was born on December 14, 1718. Peter Van Kouwenhoven was the son of Jacob Willemse Van Kouwenhoven and Sara Schenck. Peter Van Kouwenhoven was baptized on December 21, 1718. Peter Van Kouwenhoven died on January 4, 1719 at age 0.

Pieter Willemse Van Kouwenhoven (M)
(February 12, 1671 - circa February, 1755), #337
Pedigree
Relationship=6th great-granduncle of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=Great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Pieter Willemse Van Kouwenhoven was baptized on February 12, 1671 at Flatlands, Kings County, New York. Pieter Willemse Van Kouwenhoven was born on February 12, 1671 at Flatbush, Kings County, New York. Pieter Willemse Van Kouwenhoven was the son of Willem Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven and Jannetije Pieterse Monfoort. Pieter Willemse Van Kouwenhoven married Patience Daws, daughter of Elias Daws and Elizabeth (Unknown), circa 1694. His estate was proved on April 21, 1751. Pieter Willemse Van Kouwenhoven died in 1755 at Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Pieter Willemse Van Kouwenhoven died circa February, 1755 at near, Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Pieter Willemse Van Kouwenhoven died in February, 1755. His estate was proved on April 23, 1755.
     Pieter Willemse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Pieter Covenhoven. Pieter Willemse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Pieter Williamse Cowenhoven. In 1709, He was an Elder of the Brick Church, Marlborough, NJ. Both were members of the Church. Pieter Willemse Van Kouwenhoven left a will on March 15, 1743.

Sara Willemse Van Kouwenhoven (F)
(December 20, 1674 - January 31, 1761), #342
Pedigree
Relationship=6th great-grandaunt of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=Great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Sara Willemse Van Kouwenhoven was born on December 20, 1674 at Flatlands, Kings County, New York. Sara Willemse Van Kouwenhoven was the daughter of Willem Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven and Jannetije Pieterse Monfoort. Sara Willemse Van Kouwenhoven was born on December 27, 1674 at Kings County, New York. Sara Willemse Van Kouwenhoven was baptized on January 6, 1675 at Dutch Reformed Church, Flatlands, Kings County, New York. Sara Willemse Van Kouwenhoven married Jan Roelofse Schenck, son of Roelof Martense Schenck and Neeltje Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven, in 1691 at Flatlands, Kings County, New York, his cousin. Sara Willemse Van Kouwenhoven married Jan Roelofse Schenck, son of Roelof Martense Schenck and Neeltje Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven, on October 1, 1692 at Flatlands, Kings County, New York, her cousin. Sara Willemse Van Kouwenhoven died on January 3, 1761 at age 86. Sara Willemse Van Kouwenhoven died on January 31, 1761 at Pleasant Valley, Monmouth County, New Jersey, at age 86. Sara Willemse Van Kouwenhoven was buried circa February 1, 1761 at Schenck-Couwenhoven Cemetery, Pleasant Valley, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
     Sara Willemse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Sarah Van Kouwenhoven. Sara Willemse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Sarah Cowenhoven. Sara Willemse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Sara Willemse Van Covenhoven. Sara Willemse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Sarah Covenhoven. Sara Willemse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Saartje Couwenhoven. Sara Willemse Van Kouwenhoven and Jan Roelofse Schenck members at Dutch Reformed Church, Marlboro, Monmouth County, New Jersey, 1709. Sara Willemse Van Kouwenhoven at Member Dutch Reformed Church, Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, 1750.

Sarah Van Kouwenhoven (F)
(July 23, 1728 - February 24, 1732), #1199
Pedigree
Relationship=1st cousin 7 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=2nd great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Sarah Van Kouwenhoven was born on July 23, 1728. Sarah Van Kouwenhoven was the daughter of William Willemse Van Kouwenhoven and Annetie Lucasse Van Voorhees. Sarah Van Kouwenhoven died on February 24, 1732 at age 3.

Triinke Van Kouwenhoven (F)
(October 30, 1709 - after October 30, 1709), #359
Pedigree
Relationship=5th great-grandaunt of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=2nd great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Triinke Van Kouwenhoven was born in 1709 at Penn's Neck, Mercer County, New Jersey. Triinke Van Kouwenhoven was baptized on October 30, 1709 at Dutch Reformed Church, Marlboro, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Triinke Van Kouwenhoven died young after October 30, 1709. Triinke Van Kouwenhoven was the daughter of Jan Willmse Kowenhoven and Jacoba Cornelisse Vanderveer.
     Triinke Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Tryntje Kouwenhoven. Triinke Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Triinke Covenhoven.

Tryntje Van Kouwenhoven (F)
(April 6, 1712 - ), #363
Pedigree
Relationship=5th great-grandaunt of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=2nd great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Tryntje Van Kouwenhoven was baptized on April 6, 1712 at Dutch Reformed Church, Marlboro, Middlesex County, New Jersey; not mentioned in father's will. Tryntje Van Kouwenhoven was the daughter of Jan Willmse Kowenhoven and Jacoba Cornelisse Vanderveer.
     Tryntje Van Kouwenhoven resided at at Kentucky.

Willem Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven (M)
(1636 - 1728), #271
Pedigree
Relationship=7th great-grandfather of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=Grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Willem Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was born in 1636 at Flatlands, Kings County, New York; although his father's purchase of land there was not dated until July 26, 1638. Willem Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was the son of Gerret Wolfersen Van Kouwenhoven and Aeltje Cornelis Cool. Willem Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven married Altie Jorise Brinckeroff, daughter of Joris Dirksen Brinckerhoef and Susannah Dubbels, on March 21, 1660 at Flatlands, Kings County, New York. Willem Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven married Jannetije Pieterse Monfoort, daughter of Pierre Montfort and Sarah De Plancken, on February 12, 1665 at Flatlands, Kings County, New York. Willem Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven died between 1721 and 1723. Willem Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven died circa 1728. Willem Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven died in 1728 at Monmouth County, New Jersey.
     Willem Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as William Kouwenhoven. Willem Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as William Gerretse Couwenhoven. Willem Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as William Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven. On the earliest survivig list of members of the Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, Sep 12, 1660, appear the names of Willem Gerritse Van Couwenhoven, his first wife, and her parents. On an unknown date Willem Gerretse, on behalf of his first wiife, was one of the three heirs to the Brooklyn grant of his father-in-law, Joris Dicksen Brinckerhoff, and joined with the other heirs in selling this property on January 16, 1661.
Willem Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was Magistrate of Brooklyn 1661, 1662, and 1664. On 1662 Signed a petition on May 25, 1662, as schepen.
Willem Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was deacon in 1663 at Dutch Reformed Church, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. Willem Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven resided at at Flatlands, Kings County, New York, in 1667 His name apears on the patent of Flatland, 1667 and he apparently removed there about this time. Willem Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was an Elder at Dutch Reformed Church, Flatlands, Kings County, New York, 1677. He signed the oath of allegiance at some time between Sep 26-30, 1687 being called a resident of "fflackland" and native born. At Signed oath of allegiance, Flatlands, Kings County, New York. The Records of th Brick Church, Marlborough, Monmouth Co., NJ, originally known as the Reformed Church of Freehold of the Navasink, begin in 1709 and show that in that year seven children of Willem Gerretse were already members of that congregation namely, Cornelis, Pieter,Albert, Jan, Jacob, Neeltje (Nelke), and Sara. In 1717, two other children appear as members, Annetje (Autie) and Jacomina (Jockamiinke). It was not until 1721 that the chuch shows as members "Willem Ger Kowvenhoven and his wife," and since the wife, Jannetje (Janneke), appears alone on the list in 1723, it seems possible that Willem Gerretse died between 1721 and 1723. Willem Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven sold land He sold his plantation in Brooklyn to his son William and moved to Monmouth County, NJ in November, 1709. On an unknown date The existence of the original Bible of Willem Gerrete, with his own record of his marriages and the births of his children, states that he married "Altieu Yoris" in the year 1660. She was Altje, daughter of Joris Dickerson Brinckerhoff, and was the widow of Cornelis Mattys (Mathiews). She died on June 3, 1663, and Willem Gerretse married secondly, on Febrary 12, 1665, "Jannetie Peters," who was Jannetje, daughter of Peter Monfort. She was baptized as Jannetje on May 8, 1646, in the D. R. Church of New Amsterdam.

William Willemse Van Kouwenhoven (M)
(March 7, 1685/86 - January 19, 1769), #350
Pedigree
Relationship=6th great-granduncle of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=Great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     William Willemse Van Kouwenhoven was born on March 7, 1685/86 at Flatlands, Kings County, New York. William Willemse Van Kouwenhoven was the son of Willem Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven and Jannetije Pieterse Monfoort. William Willemse Van Kouwenhoven married Annetie Lucasse Van Voorhees, daughter of Lucas Stevense Van Voorhees and Catherine Hansen Van Noortstrand, on June 5, 1709. William Willemse Van Kouwenhoven died on January 19, 1768 at Flatlands, Kings County, New York, at age 81. William Willemse Van Kouwenhoven died on January 19, 1769 at Flatlands, Kings County, New York, at age 82. William Willemse Van Kouwenhoven was buried after January 19, 1769 at Flatlands Cemetery, Flatlands, Kings County, New York. His estate was proved on March 30, 1769.
     William Willemse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as William Couwenhoven. William Willemse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as William W. Covenhoven. William Willemse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as William Covenhoven. His will dated, Dec 10, 1757, names deceased father, wife, children, son-in-law, and grandchildren. Refers to slaves and lands in Flatlands.

William Van Kouwenhoven (M)
(March 10, 1710 - June 7, 1710), #1177
Pedigree
Relationship=1st cousin 7 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=2nd great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     William Van Kouwenhoven was born on March 10, 1710. William Van Kouwenhoven was the son of William Willemse Van Kouwenhoven and Annetie Lucasse Van Voorhees. William Van Kouwenhoven died on June 7, 1710 at age 0.

Williamtje Van Kouwenhoven¹ (F)
#912
Pedigree
Relationship=1st cousin 8 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=Great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Williamtje Van Kouwenhoven was the daughter of Jan Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven and Gerardina de Sille. Williamtje Van Kouwenhoven married Hendrick Emans, son of John Emans Sr. and Sarah Antonise Van Salee, on February 8, 1684/85.
     Williamtje Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Willemtje Jans. Williamtje Van Kouwenhoven resided at at Flatlands, Kings County, New York, circa 1685.

Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven (M)
(before May 1, 1579 - between March 2, 1662 and June 24, 1662), #279
Pedigree
Relationship=9th great-grandfather of David Kipp Conover Jr..

     Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was born before May 1, 1579; when baptisms began in Amersfoort, Netherlands. Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was the son of Gerritt Jansz Couwenhoven. Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was born circa 1583 at Netherlands; he stated on October 8, 1638 that he was 54 years old. Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was born circa 1584. Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was born circa 1588 at Netherlands. Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven married Aeltje Jansdochter. Marriage banns for Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven and Neeltgen Jacobsdochter were published on January 9, 1605 at Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands. Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven married Neeltgen Jacobsdochter, daughter of Jacob Petersz and Metgen Jacobsdr, on January 17, 1604/5 at Dutch Reformed Church, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands. Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven died between March 2, 1662 and June 24, 1662 at New Amersfoort, Kings County, New York.
     Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Wulphert Gerritsz Van Couwenhoven. Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Wolfert Gerritsz Van Couwenhoven. Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Wulffer Geritsz Van Couwenhoven. Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Wulpher Gerritsz Van Couwenhoven. Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Wolfert Gerretson Van Couwenhoven. Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Wolfert Gerretsen Van Kouwenhoven. Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Wolfert Garretsen Van Couwenhoven. Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Wolfert Gerretsz Van Kouwenhoven. On December 15, 1611 The first reference to WOLFER GERRITSE when Wulphert Gerrits signed an agreement with his stylized A. According to the terms of that document, he agreed to assume the property and debts of the deceased parents of his wive Neeltgen Jacobsdr from the other heirs for 100 guilders. Her brother Herman Jacobsz also signed this document as well as her brother-in-law Willem Dircx who was married to Aeltgen Jacobs Petergen Petersdr, the underage daughter of her brother Peter Jacobsz, had already received 50 guilders.

On March 22, 1612 Wulphert Gerritsz and his wife Neeltgen Jacosdr sold a bleachcamo outside the Coppelpoort of Amersfoort to Hendrick Janss and his wife Hasgenb Thonis fo 1,200 Carolus guilders, the occupation of Wolfert is not disclosed in this document.

In the settlement of the estate of Wolfert's wife in Amersfoort, it was declared before the court that his profession at the time was baker on August 8, 1612 at Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands. On April 14, 1615
Wolphert took part in a curiious agreement with Herman Zieboltz of Amsterdam, before Johan van Ingen an officer of the court of Utrechet. The name of the Amsterdammer suggests that he was a German or that he was of German descent. His name is also spelled Syboelt and Zyeboltz in those documents. According to a "donatiaq iner vivos" (gift to a living person) Ziebolz gave Wolphert two morgans of turf ground near Cologne in recognition of services rendered )but not payment for them). No monetary amount is mentioned for the services or the turf ground. In a second document of the same date issued by the same officer of the court of Utrecht, Ayeboliz made a debt owed by mim by Henrick Adrianesz and Adriaen Adriansz over to Wulpher Gerrits baker and Cornelis Wynantsz inkeeper. This second document authorized Wulpher Gerritss and Cornelis Wynantsz to assume ownership of the two morgens of turfground mentioned in the first document. These documents create the impression thaqt Zieboltz was unable to pay Wolfert money that he owed him, that the Amsterdammer made over a debt on which he had not been able to collect, and that Wolfert may have agreed to these vague terms because he would otherwise not be able to retrieve anything from his business dealings with the Zieboltz.

On May 16, 1616 Wulpher Gerritss baker appeared as a witness before Johan van Ingen officer of the court of Utrecht, in a case in which Willem Gerritz miller testified that Griet Maes was evading the city grain tax. The document does not specify that Wulpher and Willem were brothers, and if such were the case, it is likely that this would have been discussed in the document.

On October 28, 1616 Hendrick Janss and Haesgen Thonis made the last payment on the bleach camp which they had purchased from Wolfert Gerretse and Neeltge Jacbsdr, and the property was made over to them.

Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven from Aert van Schayck and his wife Anna Barents a house on the Langegraft in Amersfoort whch lay between the hosue of the aforesaid Aert on the one side and that fo Henrickgen Barents widow of Aelbert Conrneiss on the other side, while the breadt of the house lay on the Lieverrouwestraet (Dear Lady Street). Wolphert was listed as a baker.
On January 30, 1617 at Langegraft, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands. On between February, 1617 and July, 1617 Within a short time, Wolpeher palced three mortgages on this house. Perhaps the transactions with Zieboltz were unprofiatble, and this was one of the causes fo his need for money. On Feb 15, 1617, Wulpher Gerritss baker and his wife Neeltgen Jacobsdr borrowed 100 guidlers from the Armen te Amersfoort on which he agreed to pay 6 guilders per year. On May 16, 1617, Wulpher Gerritss baker and his wife Neeltgen borrowed 200 guilders from Cornelis Baecx van der Tommen at a yearly interest of 12 guilders. On Jul 25, 1617, Wul;phur Gerritss baker and his wife Neelttgen Jacobsdr borrowed 250 guilders from Anna Goerts widow of Franck Frandkss at 15 guilders interest per year.
On January 3, 1618 Wulphert Gerritsz and his wife Neeltgen Jacobs purchased a bleachcamp outside the Coppelpoort of Amersfoort with Hubert Lambertsz Moll and his wife Geertgen Cornisdochter as thier partners. They borrowed 500 Carolus Guilders from Ghijsbert Cornelisz van Cuijlenburch, a citizen of the city of Utrecht, at an annual interest of 25 guilders and 20 stivers. In addition, Hubert Lamberts and his wife Geertje Cornelisdochter contracted a special mortgage ofr 400 Carolus guilders with the consent of Wulffert Gerritsz and his wife. On the no9rth side of the property lay the River Eem, on the east the city moat and on the south and west the heirs of Gerrit van Speulde. This propety came with two other mortgages: 200 guilders to the Poth and 600 guilders to Jo. Catharina van Morendael not yet conveyed to her. In a codicil, Wulpher Gerritsz baker and his wife Neeltgen Jacobs become party to the mortgage of Hubert Lambertsz Moll and his wife Geertge Cornelis for 400 guilders with interest on Ghijsbert Cornelisz van Culenborch with restriction that Wulpher would pay 150 guilders in the year 1618 and thereafter be free of oblicgation.

In the margin is a notation that Dirck van Cullenburch as heir of his father Gysbert van Culenburch acknowledged that the obligation on the mortgage was fully paid on Mar 5, 1628.

In the seventeenth century, a bleach camp was a capital intensive, seasonal business which required the labor of relatively many workers. Profits were meager because the buyers of the finished product and the suppliers of raw matierials such as lye were generally the same persons, and they acted to keep theri costs and thus the profits of the bleachers love. There were three types of bleaching activities, and the skills and experience reqiuired of workers was generally so high that each bleachery specialized in but one sort of material: Yarn (garenblekerij), woven cloth (lijnwaadblekerij), or clothing (klerenblekerij). In all three cases, the material was first generally cooked in a lye solution and later spread out on green grass for many weeks in small fields surrounding the bleach house where it was kept damp. Later, iot was cookled in a solution of wheat meal before being again spread on the field for a lenghtly period, the entire process requiring about three months. The consequences of this long procedure was that o9nly wealthy people were the customers of clothing bleachers because only they could afford to part with many items of clothing for so long a time. No equipment of the bleach camp listed in the purcahse document for Wolphert are given. So no indication of what type of bleachery Wolphert purchased. The bleach camp he sold in 1612 included a bleach table meaning it may have been a cloth bleach camp.
On September 17, 1618 Wulphert Gerritss baker and his wife Neeltge Jacobs contracted a mortgage with Coenraet Fransz, former mayor of the city of Amersfoort, for 100 guilders at an annual interest of 6 guilders, with the house of Wulphert on the Langegracht as security, which house lay between the house of Aert van Schayck and that of Hednrickgen Speldemaeckster.

It does not appear that Wolferts endeavor as bleacher met with great success, and this may have been caused by a general malaise in the weavers trade in Amersfoort in this period, which in turn lay on a lack of capital. Because Wolfert's work was dependent on this industry, he was limited as a businessman by the lack of sucess of the parent industry.

On November 5, 1622 Wolphert was appointed guardian over the five under aged children of Willem Gerritsz Couwenhoven.
From NYGBR
Wulffer Geridtz, bleacher residing by the Coppelpoort and Harman Willemsz citizen of Amersfoort as "bloetvoochden" (blood guardians) of the five sons of Willem Gerridsz Couwenhoven, namely Gerridt, Willem, Jan, Harmen, and Willem the Younger, none of whom had yet reached the age of majority, made an agreement with the mother of the children Neeltgen Willemsdr the widow of Willem Gerridtsz assisted by the owner of Cowenhoven the honorable Johan de Wijs.

This document indicates that Wolfert Gerritse had a brother Willem and that he was the tenant of the farm ouwenhoven which was owned by Johan de Wijs. This document indicates that Wolfert is connected to the Couwenhoven by Hoogland. It is at the same time possible that he was also linked to the Couwenhoven near Woudenberg because he was a son of Gerrit Willemsz van Couwenhoven, but documentation for this has not been discovered.

On March 24, 1623 Beermt van Munster made a deposition under oath before the lieutenant, the schout, and the schepenen Dam and Bronchorst at the request of the (police) officer. He stated that the previous Saturday afternoon he had caught a bucket of fish by the Coppelpoort bridge and had given half of it to Wulphert the bleacher according to an agreement which they had made, and that Beernt had caught a small number of fish threafter. Wulpher and Harmen
Teut then took these fish from Beernt, and they would not divide them with him. Wulpher took the net and tried to give it to his wife. Harman hit Beernt in the eye with a weight in the net, but by then, it was ripped. Beernt then went to the defense of his wife, and Wulpher drew his knife and threatened him without harming him. Dirck Gerritsz, stevedore, using well-chosen words, separated the people from each other. On April 1 1623, Dirch Gerrisz was heard at the request of the officer and made a similar deposition under oath.

On June 11, 1623 Hubert Moll and his wife Geertgen Cornelis sold a bleach camp to Wulpher Gerritsz bleacher and his wife in which they had been residing. This was situated in Amersfoort outside the Coppelpoort. The property description differs slightly from that given for the land transaction of 1618, but the mortgages are the same. It is likely that this is the same ground that Wulpher Gerritsz and Hubert Moll purchased then. On the date of purchase in 1623, Wulpher Gerritss sold this property to Monsieur Jacques Chiese Cuirass(ier) of the company of his Princely Excellency (Maurits?) and the purchser assumed the mortgages.

This is the last document pertaining to Wolfert Gerritse that has been discovered in the archives of Amersfoort.

Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven was a baker and then later a bleacher (bleaching laundry on a grassfield in the sun)
before 1624. Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven immigrated between 1624 and 1625 to New Amsterdam, New York County, New York. Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven and Neeltgen Jacobsdochter immigrated in June, 1625 to New Netherlands; or July 1625, with his wife and family on a ship of the Dutch West India Company which saled in the expedidition that was comprsed of the ships Mackerel, Horse, Cow and Sheep. On 1629 Wolfert returned to the Netherlands.
On May 24, 1630 He retruned from the Netherlands on board "De Endracht" (the Unity).
There exists a letter from Kiiaen van Rensselaer to Wolfert which I have to get from sources. At this time Wolfert was in the Netherlands and the letter had to do with terminating Wolfert's contract with van Rensselaer and mentions that Wolferts wife was unhappy living in New Netherlands. In the letter van Rensselaer states he would not want someone who was not happy working for him to remain in his employ under the circumstances. It was a friendly letter. According to the source there are several letters fo Wolfert from Van Rensselaer. The letter above was read over the phone to me and I have yet to receive the exact copy and don't take short hand in 1632. Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven "Keskateuw" located on Long Island from the Indians. Here was established the first kown white settlement on Long Island. Wolphert called his "plantation" Achterveldt, shown on the Manatu Map of New Netherlands as farm No. 36 near the Indian long house to the Kestachau tribe. Wolphert's house surrounded by palisades, was the focal pont of the village of New Amersfoort, later called Flatlands.
On June 30, 1636. On April 18, 1657 He got "Smal Civil Rights."
On October 20, 1661 Wolfert Gerritsen Van Couwenhoven was named in a suit filed by Frans Jansen regardin a dispute ofver a contract in which Jansen was to buy land from Wofert. This was the first time the name Van Couwenhoven was mentioned in reference to Wolfert.

In the October 2004The New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, Review, published and article titled Wolfert Gerritse in the Netherlands: Further Thoughts About the Van Couwenhoven Family This article follows.

WOLFERT GERRITSE IN THE NETHERLANDS: Further Thoughts About the Van Couwenhoven Family
BY WILLEM VAN KOUWENHOVEN
The purpose of this article. Several years ago, I made a study using documents about Wolfert Gerritse van Couwenhoven which Marcel Kemp had sought out at my request in the archives of the district Amersfoort in the Netherlands.[1] The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society was kind enough to publish this in THE RECORD as "Wolfert Gerritse in the Netherlands." (2] During the intervening time, I have developed several points of criticism about the article which pertain to the views which were expressed there about Wolfert's first wife Aeltge Jansdochter, the birth order of Wolfert and his brother Willem, the date on which the tenancy of Willem's son Jan on the farm Kouwenhoven was terminated, and the projected picture of Wolfert's childhood.
Wolfert Gerritse in recent literature. Additional information has been published in the meantime by Marcel Kemp and Gerard Raven as "Boerderij Kouwenhoven en de familie Van Kouwenhoven 1400-1650" in De Bewaarsman,[3] the publication of the Historische kring Hoogland, the Historical Society' of Hoogland. (The farm Kouwenhoven is located in the neighborhood Coelhorst within the former district Hoogland, which is now a part of the district Amersfoort.) Gerard Raven was co-editor of De Bewaarsman when the article was published. In addition to information about the early history of the farm that appeared in Kemp's article "De herkomst van Wolfert Gerritsz, stamvader van de Amerikaanse familie Van Kouwenhoven" in the 1996 Jaarboek van bet Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie[4] and in the above-mentioned article in THE RECORD, the article in De Bewaarsman contains information about a tenant on the farm in 1536, insights into the lives of the tenants in the period 1620-1650, and a report of the construction of a brick manor house on the farm during the eighteenth century by a new land owner, as well as the history of the farm to the present day. Only the material that pertains to the critique of the article in THE RECORD will be dealt with in this discussion.

Information about Kouwenhoven, its neighborhood Coelhorst, and the local Chapel Coelhorst were included in the booklet "Hoogland-West," the issue of De Bewaarsman for April 2001. The material about the chapel will be recounted in the portion of this critique that deals with Wolfert's childhood.

Aeltge Jansdochter, Wolfert's first wife. As first point of critique, the view of Aeltge Jansdochter which was set forth in the article in THE RECORD[5] should be revised - that it was uncertain that the Wolfert Gerritse who married Aeltge Jansdochter on 17 January 1605[6] was the same person as the Wolfert Gerritse who is found in numerous documents in the archives of Amersfoort in the period 1611-1623. M. Kemp expressed this opinion initially in the report of his impressively thorough search for documents regarding Wolfert Gerritse which was first given to this writer, and this opinion was used in the article for THE RECORD. By the time it was published, Kemp had expressed the same view in his article "De herkomst van Wolfert Gerritsz, ..."[7] Because other documents were not found which linked Aeltge Jansdochter to the baker/bleacher Wolfert Gerritse, Kemp hesitated to draw the conclusion that Aeltge was Wolfert's first wife.
This seems overly cautious. Only one Wolfert Gerritse has been found in the numerous other documents from more or less the same period that have been preserved in the records of the district Amersfoort. Although many documents from this period in the district have been lost for various reasons, those that have survived give no reason to surmise that there was at that time a second Wolfert Gerritse in the district to whom the entry in the marriage register might refer. It would then be better to reason that the Wolfert Gerritse of the marriage record is the same person who is found in all of the other documents. It then follows that Aeltge Jansdochter was Wolfert's first wife, that she died shortly after their marriage without bearing any children who survived, and that Neeltje Jacobsdochter, who is shown as his wife in the documents from the Amersfoort archives, was his second wife and the mother of his known children.
Willem Gerritse, Wolfert's younger brother. Secondly, there is a problem in the article with the estimated birth year that was given for Wolfert's brother Willem. While Kemp made no statements about Willem's birth year in his article in the Jaarboek, he and Raven estimated in the article in De Bewaarsman that Willem was born in the period 1580-1585.[8] Since Willem remained on the farm Couwenhoven as its tenant, it was assumed in the article for THE RECORD that he was older than Wolfert, who was born in 1584.1] Yet, none of Willem's five children had attained their majority when their father died in 1622. Thus, none of them were capable of succeeding him as tenant. The family was enabled to stay on the farm because Willem's widow Neeltge Willemsdochter married Peter Coenraetsz., apparently with the approval if not the instigation of the owner of the farm, Johan de Wijs of Amersfoort.[1]

If one of Willem's five sons was but a few months removed from attaining his majority, it would seem that it could have been arranged in one way or another that he become the tenant of the farm, if he was in other respects a suitable candidate for this work. That this did not occur suggests that the oldest son was several years removed from his majority, and this is the tenor of the agreement which the "blood guardians" Wolfert Gerritse and Harmen Willemsz. of Amersfoort (respectively the brother of Willem and the brother of Willem's widow) made with the mother of Willem's children on 5 November 1622.P 1] She was to care for the children and let them attend school and learn to read and write. Such stipulations suggest that some of the children were too young to have learned basic literacy skills at the time of their father's death.

Since Willem's children were not so old when he died in 1622, it would seem that the birth year 1580 that was assigned to him lies too far in the past and that it is likely that he was born several years later. If Willem's children are listed in birth order in the agreement between the "blood guardians" and the widow, Jan would be his third son. He became the tenant on Couwenhoven on 5 July 1636,02] and he married Nellitgen Henricxdr. five days later.[13] Assuming that both father and son married shortly after their twenty-first birthday and that there were three years between each child, results in an estimated birth date of circa 1587 for Willem rather than circa 1580, which was assigned in THE RECORD article.[14] Willem would have been legally eligible to enter into contracts as a tenant only when he reached his majority, which would seem to have been about 1608.

It should be emphasized that this is but an estimate that is based on reasonable assumptions about birth order and birth intervals that have been made in regard to two men. It should be expected that new documents about Willem and Jan could well require further slight corrections regarding their birth and marriage dates. Yet, Kemp's search in the Archives of Amersfoort was so thorough that it is unlikely that further documents about these persons will be found there. Perhaps a reference to them will by chance be discovered in one or more documents from other districts while other matters are being studied.

as the younger son who left home, learned a trade (perhaps with some parental support) and became a businessman. The thought that is being presented here is that although Willem was the younger son, he stayed on the farm, working it and perhaps initially serving as a caretaker for his parent(s) while the older brother Wolfert had years earlier left the homestead, even though it was customary in Hoogland that the oldest son succeed his father as tenant. Wolfert sought to survive in the business world of Amersfoort, where he already resided as a married man when he was twenty-one years old according to the entry in the marriage register of the Reformed Church of Amersfoort, which was located in the St. Joriskerk[15] (St. George's Church). This is a plausible explanation, yet it requires further refinement.

Jan Willemse's tenancy on Kouwenhoven ends. The other tenants on Kouwenhoven about which there is information were not able to labor there many years. Peter Coenraetsz. became tenant in 1622, and by 1638 he had died and was succeeded by Jan Willemsz van Kouwenhoven. While Kemp and Raven argue that Jan was deceased as early as 1646, it is certain that he was no longer living in 1656 when the estate of his mother Neeltge Willemsdr. was inventoried.[16

Kemp and Raven are of the opinion that Jan had died by 1646 since a police report from that year was made by Jan Bartz. who lived on Kouwenhoven.[17] Apparently the thought is that the farm Kouwenhoven was so small that the tenant farmer (pachter) could not have employed a resident worker (knecht), but only day laborers (dagloners) as they were needed. Thus, it could be reasonably concluded that a person who listed his residence as Kouwenhoven must have been the tenant farmer of that date.[18] It is noted that it is a problem that Jan Willemsz. and his wife Nelletge Hendrixdr. would then have had to have had eight children in ten years. Kemp and Raven conclude that Nelletge was forced to depart from Kouwenhoven following Jan's death because none of the children was old enough to become the succeeding tenant.

It would be more reasonable to consider that it would be bad for the health of the wife and the children which she bore if they came into the world made for a healthier farm. Although the `pill' was not yet then known, local populations generally had their own effective means of planning parenthood, even in the seventeenth century. It would then seem better to conclude that by 1646, Jan Willemsz. and his wife Nelletge Hendrixdr. had relocated, that five of their children or so had been born on Kouwenhoven and that the rest were born in their new location before Jan died somewhat more than fifteen years after he had become the tenant farmer on Kouwenhoven. [19]

As a third point then, there is no need to change the view which was expressed in THE RECORD article of 1998 regarding Jan's death date, but it would appear that the family's tenancy on Kouwenhoven likely had already ended by 1646, ten years earlier than was presented in that article.
Wolfert's childhood. What were the circumstances of Wolfert's childhood? Farm work was much harder and heavier than it is now, and it was often necessary to labor in a strong wind in cold, wet weather, which caused severe illnesses. Although it now seems strange, the life of a farmer was similar then to that of a contemporary professional athlete. The training or work began for both early in life, and by the time each was thirty years old, he was already past his peak. While it is now unusual to find an athlete older than forty-five on a team roster, it was then unusual to find a farmer older than forty-five years old on a landlord's list of tenants - not because the older tenant was enjoying retirement in his luxurious villa, but because he had died of exhaustion and illness. Although it would seem that the average lifespan of a tenant farmer in this region did not differ greatly during this period from that of the general population and that it thus was about forty-five years, Jan Willemsz. was younger when he died, and it would seem that this was also true of his father. It would seem that some tenants died several years before they reached forty-five while a similar number lived a few years beyond that benchmark.

It would seem unlikely that Gerrit the father of Wolfert and Willem would have been able to work as a tenant farmer for many more years than the documented tenants of Kouwenhoven Peter Coenraetsz. and Jan Willemsz.[20] It would thus have been unlikely that he would have been able to work as a tenant much more than fifteen years. If Willem became the tenant about 1608, it would then seem that his predecessor may have begun his tenancy about 1593. This is three years later than the estimate given in the above cited article in THE RECORD.
According to the above calculations, Wolfert would then have been nine years old, and Willem six. At first sight, this would seem to suggest that there is something wrong with the assumptions behind these figures, since this would mean that the children apparently were not born on Kouwenhoven, but it is more profitable to reason that insight is thus given into the complex and fragile world into which the boys were born.

There is no document in which Wolfert is listed as a resident of Kouwenhoven or as its tenant farmer, nor for the reasons enumerated above, does it seem likely that such evidence of his presence on the farm will be discovered. Yet, he used the name Van Couwenhoven,[21] and he worked as a farmer and as a farm supervisor. Why the choice for this name? Where did he learn farm work? If he lived and worked on the farm Kouwenhoven as a child, both questions would be answered. Thus, because no better explanation has yet been found, it is reasonable to assume that this farm was his home and work place for a time during his early years.

In the earlier article in THE RECORD it was mentioned that a director of the Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie) in the early seventeenth century bore the family name Couwenhoven,[22] and it was suggested that although this man was not a blood relative, his high position may have afforded Wolfert a further reason to use the name Van Couwenhoven in New Amsterdam rather than another reasonable choice of name such as Van Amersfoort or Van Coelhorst. In regard to this, Gerard Raven has commented[23] that the directors of the Dutch West India Company in Amsterdam would not necessarily know that a Couwenhoven was a director of the Dutch East India Company in Rotterdam. It is thus uncertain that it would have been professionally advantageous for Wolfert to use this name. This implies that he used it for personal reasons, that is to say, because he had lived and worked there during a significant portion of his youth.

It is possible that Wolfert and his brother Willem were born elsewhere and that their father only later became tenant on Kouwenhoven. If so, he probably was tenant for six or twelve years at their previous residence. If that is the case, the father likely died within five years of the start of his work on the farm, although he may have lived longer and have seen Willem become the tenant on the farm, in which event he may then have been able to do but limited work because he would already have reached the advanced age of 45 years. Still, there is a considerable likelihood that the father died before either boy attained his twenty-first year. This implies that there was a tenant intermediate between Willem and his father. If that was indeed the case, how were the children enabled to remain on the farm? And their mother? Other siblings? Because of the dearth of documents, it is not possible to answer these questions. There is for instance no testament or inventory for the estate of Wolfert's father in which his patronymic and that of his mother are disclosed with a list of their children, although it is reasonable to think that such documents once existed. It is not possible to ascertain precisely to what extent Wolfert's life and that of his father Gerrit and his brother Willem were in agreement or disagreement with the possibilities and probabilities which have been set forth here. The contours of the pieces of the puzzle do not come into clear view, and it is not possible to seen how they fit together.

Early change of family on the farm Kouwenhoven. Kemp and Raven list the tenant of Kouwenhoven about 1536 and in 1548 as Reyer Pot.[24l In 1564 the tenant was Gherit Jansz;[25] in 1619/20 Willem Gerritsz.[26] As noted above, the tenant in 1622 was Peter Coenraetsz., and in 1636 Jan Willemsz.,[27] while Jan Bartsz. apparently had become the tenant by 1646. Clearly a change of tenant families occurred sometime between 1548 and 1564 and again about 1646. Because of the short life expectancy and the disruptions of death, it is likely that other changes in tenant families on Kouwenhoven occurred during this period which are not disclosed because of the dearth of documents.

It is thus best to be cautious about drawing an easy conclusion that Gerrit the father of Wolfert and Willem succeeded his father on Kouwenhoven and that the family can be found on this farm much further back into the past. This accentuates the conclusion in the earlier article in THE RECORD that there is insufficient basis to conclude that there was a family relationship between Wolfert Gerritse and the Gherit (Gerrit) Jansz. who in 1564 was listed as the tenant of Kouwenhoven.[28] Kemp described him as a suitable candidate to be the father of Wolfert Gerritsz. and Willem Gerritsz. In his article, he placed brackets around the name [Jansz. Couwenhoven] in his "Genealogie Van Couwenhoven" to indicate that the names within the brackets were merely hypothetical for Gerrit Jansz.[29] He was certain that the father of Wolfert and Willem was Gerrit, and it was speculative if the father was Gerrit Jansz. Couwenhoven.[30] This thought is repeated in the article in De Bewaarsman with the cautionary observation that Gerrit Jansz. would have been unusually old if he were the father of Wolfert and Willem.[31]

A further weakness in the thesis that Gerrit Jansz. and Wolfert Gerritsz. were father and son is that the patronymic Gerritsz. (son of Gerrit) is largely the basis for asserting that this relationship exists while Gerrit together with Willem, Jan and Hendrik are the most common Dutch given names. Gerrit occurs as frequently as Willem in the registers of marriages and baptisms during this period. It is not surprising then that a tenant bore the name Gerrit Jansz., and without further documentary evidence, there is insufficient basis to assert that he was the father of Wolfert Gerritsz. It should be noted that Kemp has cautiously refrained from doing this.

Religious life in Wolfert's childhood, the Coelhorst Chapel. A discussion of religion and worship can be added to the treatment of Wolfert's childhood. The Coelhorst Chapel, which was built about 1350, stands just around the corner from the farm Kouwenhoven. This proximity evokes a picture of Wolfert trudging on Sunday mornings with other family members and residents of the neighborhood Coelhorst through the snow to worship services in this building. Yet, the historical story differs greatly from this.
About 1350, the residents of Hoogland no longer had to attend mass in Oud-Leusden, which was several miles south of Amersfoort while their hamlet then stood several miles northwest of the more northerly city.[321 They received their own chapel, which was dedicated to St. Nicholas, who was not only the patron saint of farmers in areas that had just been placed under cultivation, but also the protector from floods. The Reformation brought a step backward to this little settlement. In 1580, Catholic services were forbidden by the provincial parliament of Utrecht, and the church was closed. It seems to have been the intention of the Protestants to hold their own services in this building, which during the intervening two centuries had been endowed with the income from several farms, but a pastor could not be found. It was not until 1655 that it could be arranged that Reformed pastors from the region would hold services in turn in the chapel. In the meantime, itinerant priests had offered the mass for the faithful without interruption at other places in the neighborhood such as the manor house Hoogerhorst, until Hoogland was again assigned its own priest in 1640.[33 Ill feeling was likely generated when the chapel was closed and its income was not used for many decades for services in that building or for pastoral care for the local residents. Perhaps as a result, the Protestant families gradually departed from Coelhorst in the seventeenth century so that the hamlet was almost exclusively Catholic in the eighteenth century as is noted in another source.[34] This has remained unchanged in subsequent years.

It seems unlikely that such negligence by the administrators of the local Reformed church would have generated interest for that church and its teachings in Wolfert. When he lived in Coelhorst, it would seem that there was little that would have attracted him to the Reformed church. This may explain why none of his children are to be found in the baptismal registers of Amersfoort or Leusden. In a later period when he cultivated contacts with Reformed businessmen such as Killiaen van Rensselaer, he may have found it expedient to affiliate with their church. Perhaps it is for this reason that he is listed on 13 August 1651 as a witness of the baptism of Albert, son of Albert Albertszen, at the Reformed church in New Amsterdam.[35].

Lt. Pieter Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven (M)
(circa 1614 - ), #327
Pedigree
Relationship=8th great-granduncle of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=Son of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Lt. Pieter Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven was born circa 1614 at Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands. Lt. Pieter Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven was the son of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven and Neeltgen Jacobsdochter. Lt. Pieter Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven married Hester Daws, daughter of Dawes Symon, on December 2, 1640 at Dutch Reformed Church, New York City, New York County, New York. Before January 7, 1642 Lt. Pieter Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven and Maria du Trieux had a relationship which resulted in issue. Lt. Pieter Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven and Aeltje Sibrants obtained a marriage license on November 4, 1665 at New York. Lt. Pieter Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven married Aeltje Sibrants on November 22, 1665. Lt. Pieter Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven married Josynthe Thomas on May 19, 1699; Not historians agree that this marraige took place.     
     Lt. Pieter Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven was possible father and daughter. Lt. Pieter Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Peter Van Cowenhoven. Lt. Pieter Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Pieter Wolfertsen Van Kouwenhoven. Lt. Pieter Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Pieter Kowenhoven. Lt. Pieter Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven was also known as Pieter Van Couwenhoven. Lt. Pieter Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven I, the undersigned Pieter Wolphersen, hereby acknowledge for myself, my heirs and successors that this day, date underwritten, I have adopted, as I do hereby adopt, Aeltjem Pieters van Couwenhoven, my own daughter, whom I have begotten and procreated by Maria de Truy, promising therefore that from this date I shall do by the above-named, my daughter, as a god fearing father is bound and ought to do by his own legitimate daughter; therefore, I hereby discharge and release Cornelis Volckersen, husband and guardian of the aforesaid Maria de Truy, from all charges and responsibilities incidental to the bringing up of a child till she becomes of age; I, Pieter Wolphersen, promising to look after the child, to let her learn to read and to bring her up according to my means.

Furthermore, if I do not beget any children by my present wife, the above named child shall be my rightful heiress and inheritrix, as if she were duly begotten in lawful wedlock, and if it happens that children be begotten by me and my wife, the above named Aeltjen Pieters shall receive, like the legitimate children on my side, a just child's portion of all such goods, means and effects as it shall please the Lord God Almighty to bestow on me. Requesting that this may have effect before all courts, I have signed this without fraud in the presence of the subscribing witnesses hereto invited. Done, the 7th day of January 1642.

This is x the mark of Pieter Wolphersen
Jacob Couwenhoven
Philippe du Trieux
Acknowledged before me, Cornelis van Tienhoven, Secretary on January 7, 1642. Lt. Pieter Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven commisoned a Lt. during the Esopus War on June 30, 1663. Lt. Pieter Wolphertse Van Kouwenhoven in 1688 at Brewer, Elizabethtown, Essex County, New Jersey.

Ursula Van Laire (F)
#399202

     Ursula Van Laire married Charles Emmerson.

Hannah Van Laningham (F)
(1819 - ), #209166

     Hannah Van Laningham was born in 1819 at Indiana. Hannah Van Laningham married John B. Conover, son of Jonathan Coombs Cownover and Martha D. Bergen, on December 26, 1855 at Mason County, Illinois.
     
Hannah Van Laningham appeared on the census of July 2, 1870 at Atkinson, Henry County, Illinois; real estate 1,000.00, personal property 150.00.

Abraham Van Lent (M)
(July 17, 1723 - March 20, 1786), #283885
Pedigree

     Abraham Van Lent was born on July 17, 1723. Abraham Van Lent was the son of Ryck Van Lent and Cornelia Waldron. Abraham Van Lent married Anntje Brinckerhoff, daughter of Abraham Brinckerhoff and Femmetia Remsen Van Der Beck, on November 22, 1754. Abraham Van Lent died on March 20, 1786 at age 62.

Abraham Van Lent (M)
#284303
Pedigree
Relationship=4th cousin 5 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=4th great-grandson of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Abraham Van Lent was the son of Abraham Van Lent and Anntje Brinckerhoff.

Cornelia Van Lent (F)
#284304
Pedigree
Relationship=4th cousin 5 times removed of David Kipp Conover Jr..
Relationship=4th great-granddaughter of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven.

     Cornelia Van Lent was the daughter of Abraham Van Lent and Anntje Brinckerhoff.

Ryck Van Lent (M)
#283886

     Ryck Van Lent married Cornelia Waldron.

Mary Van Lier (F)
#375905

     Mary Van Lier married Charles Joseph Tarpine.

Denise Van Lieu (M)
(March 25, 1729 - February 27, 1775), #169426
Pedigree

     Denise Van Lieu was born on March 25, 1729. Denise Van Lieu was the son of Frederick Van Liew and Helena Denise. Denise Van Lieu married Ida Wyckoff on December 26, 1751. Denise Van Lieu died on February 27, 1775 at age 45. Denise Van Lieu died on October 17, 1777 at age 48.
     Denise Van Lieu was also known as Denise Van Lieuwen. Denise Van Lieu was also known as Deneys Van Liew.

Helena Van Lieu (F)
(September 26, 1753 - January 1, 1785), #2804
Pedigree

     Helena Van Lieu was born on September 26, 1753. Helena Van Lieu was the daughter of Denise Van Lieu and Ida Wyckoff. Helena Van Lieu married Lt. Gerret Hendrickson, son of Hendrick Hendrickson and Neeltje Garretse Schenck, after September 8, 1771; his second wife. Helena Van Lieu died on January 1, 1785 at age 31.
     Helena Van Lieu was also known as Lena Van Lieu.

Magdalene Van Lieu (F)
#2958

     Magdalene Van Lieu married Hendrick Schenck on August 14, 1747 at Somerset County, New Jersey.