Hendrick Cornelisen Van Vorst1

#17997, (say 1619 - say 1641)
Father*Cornelis Van Vorst1 ( - 1638)
Mother*____ _____1
Birth*say 1619He was born say 1619 at NetherlandsG.1 
Death*say 1641He died say 1641 at NetherlandsG.2,3 

Citations

  1. [S1641] Charles H. Winfield, History of the County of Hudson, New Jersey (New York: Kennard & Hay, 1874), pp. 428–430. The name of the first wife of Cornelis is not known. Perhaps the name of one of her children would point to her family name.
  2. [S1641] Charles H. Winfield, History of the County of Hudson, pp. 428–430. "Hendrick, b. in Holland. So far as appears he was the first white person who cultivated the bouwerie at Hoboken. He went to Holland in the summer of 1639, and d. unm. shortly after his arrival there."
  3. [S1172] Arnold J. F. van Laer, translator and annotator, New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1974), p. 363. "Discharge from Jan Cornelissen van Vorst to his guardians for the administration of his share of his father's estate," 14 Sep 1641. Jan Cornelisen declares he is about 26 years old. He has received "a good and correct account of the administration which his late guardians, Jan Damen and David Provoost, have had of the inheritance of the said van Vorst, which came to him from the estate of his deceased father and his brother Hendric van Vorst, deceased" and thanks them for their care.