Capt.
Cornelis Mathysz
"Cornelius"
van Horn
aka van Hoorn, van Horne, Vanhorn
Born before in Brooklyn, Kings County, Province of New York
Ancestors 
Son of Matys Cornelissen
and Fytje Adams (Brouwer) Van Horn
Brother of
Jacobus (Evertse) van Gelder [half], Hendrick Evertszen Van Gelder [half], Sarah (Van Gelder) Clark [half] and Abram Van Horne
Husband of
Catherine (Cox) Van Horne
— married
1721 [location unknown]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Lawrence) van Horne
— married
about 1724 [location unknown]
Husband of
Hannah (Seabrook) Drake
— married
15 Mar 1732 in Hopewell, Hunterdon, New Jersey,
Descendants 
Father of
Thomas Van Horne, Mathias VanHorne, Elizabeth (Van Horne) Kratzer, Mary (van Horn) Burroughs, Abraham Van Horne and Daniel VanHorne
Died
after age 48
in Trenton, Mercer, Province of New Jersey
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Biography
There is a lot of uncertainty and many opinions as to where his father Matthys originally came from. [1] Upon his immigration to North America Matthys Cornelisen had to choose a surname & went with Van Hoorn ... the word "van" meaning "from" and "Hoorn" was his native city. [2]
Cornelis Mathysz VanHorne (son of Mathijs Cornelissen & Fijtje Brouwer) was baptized on 04 May 1695 at the Dutch Reformed Church in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York with witnesses Thomas Lammerse & Elizabeth Thomas. [3]
In 1716 he lived in the former home of John Bowne. [4]
Cornelius Van Horne held the Commission of Captain from King George II of England, an honor of which was extremely proud and he was always known as "Captain Cornelius" ... it was even inscribed on his gravestone.
He had 10 children by 3 wives ...
- m=c1721 Catharine Cox b=20 Sep 1695
- m=c1724 Elizabeth Lawrence b=23 Feb 1699
- m=15 Mar 1732 Hannah Seabrook [5] b=15 Nov 1706.
He first married about 1721 to Catharine COX who was the daughter of Thomas COX, one of the patentees of the Monmouth Treaty who lived in Middleton, New Jersey where he was a very influential citizen. Thomas COX left a Last Will dated Feb 16, 1723 in which he mentions "my daughter Catharine and her infant son Thomas", so evidentially the child was named for him.
Before 1729 Captain Cornelius purchased a large tract of land in Hunterdon County, near the confluence of the northern and southern branches of Rockaway Creek. It was near land owned by his brother Abraham VanHorne who had recently founded Whitehouse, New Jersey.
On Nov 6, 1728 he and his brother Abraham were appointed on a Commission to try pirates.
His second wife, Elizabeth Lawrence was the daughter of James Lawrence (1660-1730) and Mehetable Alburtis (the Captain's step-sister). James Lawrence left a Last Will proven in 1730 [6] in which he mentions his wife "Mehitable and his children Jacob, John, James, Hannah, Mary Rebecca, Debra; and the three children of his daughter Elizabeth, deceased, namely Mathias, Catharine and Elizabeth VanHorne".
His third wife, Hannah Seabrook, was the daughter of James Seabrook and Hannah Grover. She was a second cousin of Elizabeth Lawrence (the Captain's second wife). She was a direct descendant of Thomas Seabrook, the progenitor of the New Jersey Family of Seabrooks who had settled at Minneford Island in 1664, and later lived at Hempstead, Long Island, New York. The children were reportedly in a family bible passed down from Hannah:[7][8]
- Mary b. 12 April 1733
- Cornelius b. 4 May 1737
- Abram b. 28 August 1738
- James b. 23 April 1740
- John b. 3 May 1742
- Daniel b. 2 May 1743
On 24 Dec 1743 he made his Last Will.
On 03 Feb 1744 he added a Codicil to his Last Will.
Cornelis Mathysz VanHorne died on 12 Feb 1744 in Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey [9] & was buried in the old cemetery near the Railroad Station in Whitehouse with the gravestone inscription ...
- In memory of
- CAPTAIN CORNELIUS VAN HORNE
- Died February 12, 1744
- in ye 49th year of his age [10]
On 16 March 1744 his Last Will & Codicil were admitted to probate [11][12] & mentioned ...
- "To my beloved wife Hannah, fifty pounds in lieu of her dowry, and provision for her support so long as she shall live and remain a widow.
- ITEM---to my eldest son Thomas, all that tract of land whereon I now dwell, situate in the County of Hunterdon, and purchased of John Budd.
- ITEM - To my son Mathias, all that tract of land situate in Upper Freehold adjoining Thomas Lenard, Abiah Cooke, Thomas Eversham and Joseph Williams in the County of Monmouth; and that said Mathias shall pay two hundred pounds proclamation money, in manner and form following, that is to say ...
- Whatsoever said Mathias has over and above his equal dividend of my whole estate, that he shall pay the one-half of that to my eldest daughter, Catharine when she arrives at the age of twenty-seven years, and the other half to my daughter Elizabeth when she arrives at the age of twenty-four.
- ITEM - To my son Cornelius, a certain small tract of land situate upon Crossrock Creek, in the County of Burlington, purchased of Matthew Watson; that the said Cornelius shall pay the sum of five shillings proclamation money to his younger brother Daniel at the age of twenty-one years.
- ITEM - And after all my just debts have been paid, my seven sons and three daughters are to have an equal division of my whole estate.
- I hereby nominate my son Thomas Van Horne, my brother Abraham Van Horne and my friend Nickolaes Wyckoff, to be my executors of this, my last will and testament.
- CODICIL - I leave my loving wife one of the side-saddles;
- And my son Thomas his choice of all my horsekind, except the black horse branded J. R. and my saddle;
- And to my son Mathias my horse branded J.R. and my saddle;
- To my daughter Catharine, three pounds, ten shilling proclamation money;
- And I leave to my daughter Elizabeth, that side saddle which was her mother's;
- And I leave to my son Thomas, that saddle which he usually rides upon."
- signed: Cornelius Van HORNE
Half Sister
His parents were Matys (Cornelissen) VanHorne & Fytje (Eytie) Adams Brouwer (widow of Evert Hendrickszen). His half sister Sarah Hendrickszen was the youngest child of Fytie Adams Brouwer & her first husband Evert Hendrickszen. Evert was baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn with Adam Brouwer and Sarah Brouwer as sponsors. When still a small child, Sarah's mother Fytie had a second marriage to Matthys Cornelisen & they had two sons, Cornelius VanHorne & Abraham VanHorne. When the Van Horne family moved to Monmouth County, Sarah accompanied them and kept their home until she married Alexander CLARK of Freehold, New Jersey [13] & their children were ...
- Willem Clark
- Richard Clark
- John Clark
- Benjamin Clark
- Mary Clark
- Elizabeth Clark.
The Last Will of Alexander CLARK of Freehold, Monmouth County, yeoman dated=20 Aug 1727 Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey proved=08 Sep 1730 which mentioned ...
- "being very Sick and Weak of Body" on "this Twenty [blank] Day of August" 1727 ... "My Loving Wife Sarah have the Use of of all my Estate both Real and personall for and during the Term of her Widowhood, or untill my Son William attain the Age of Twenty One Years, at which time ... My said Son William have the Use of One full and Equall half part of all my Real Estate, The which half I Give to him, my said Son William his Heirs ... On Condition that he to pay to my sone Richard when my said Son Richard shall attain to the Age of Twenty One ... the Sum of One Hundred Pounds, and if my Wife be then my Widow ... that she Enjoy the other half part of my Real Estate until my son John attain to the Age of Twenty-one years at which time ... My said son John have the Use of that Last half mentioned The which half I give to him my said son John his Heirs ... on Condition that he pay to my Son Benjamin when my Son Benjamin shall attain to the age of Twenty-one years The Sum of One Hundred pounds; And if My Wife Re-Marry before My Sons that are to have my Lands attain ... twenty-one years ... that untill such time my Executors Employ the use of my Lands towards the Maintenance and promotion of my Children; ... to my Daughter Mary the Sum of Fifty pounds to be paid her out of my Moveable Estate when she shall attain to ... Eighteen ...; to my Loving Wife Sarah the Sum of Fifty pounds In liew of her Dower and ... that the Dispose of all the Remaining part of My personall Estate amongst my Six Chilldren at the Expiration of her Widowhood in such parts ... as she shall see Cause ...; if Either of my four Sons above named Depart This Life before they Attain to ... Twenty One ... or leave issue of their Body, that them that part ... that such Deceased shall poffefs be Equally Divided amongst those of my Sons that shall Survive ..."
Appointments: "My Loving Wife Sarah, and her Brother Cornelius Van Horn of Freehold ... and William Lawrence, Junr, of Middletown, Executor??? ..."
Witnesses: John Reed, Thomas Kinnan, Dorothy Nifsbett [her mark], Willm Lawrence, Junr.
Proved by oath of John Reed and Thomas Kinnan, two of of the witnesses; before Lawrence Smyth, Surrogate, Monmouth County, Sept 8, 1730. [14]
Oath of Executors, Sarah Clark and Cornelius Van Horne, before Lawrence Smyth, Surrogate, Monmouth County, "the Day last above Mentioned". [Sept 8, 1730]
[Endorsed: "... July 24, 1731 ye probatt ..."
sources for CLARK:
- "Alexander Clark, Loyalist" by Esther Clark Wright.
- "This Old Monmouth of Ours" p157
- Bruce Harrison at .... http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=harrison-heitman&id=I0190
Research Notes
LNAB
There do not appear to be any church records involving Cornelis aside from his baptism. He appears in other types of records with van Horn, van Hoorn and van Horne, so the most common spelling version of "van Horn" has been made his last name at birth. Quackenbush-118 14 April 2017.
Sources
- ↑ "Our Van Horne Kindred" by Elsie O. Hollenbeck p5
- ↑ Is there a record supporting the notion that he had to choose a surname at immigration, or is this just the story told in a family genealogy?
- ↑ 1983 "Old First Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, New York: First Book of Records 1660-1752 New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch by A. P. G. Jos van der Linde & Genealogical Publishing Company Inc. of MD, Baltimore.
- ↑ Archives of New Jersey v23 p51 on April 9, 1716, Cornelius Van Hoorn and Matthys Cornelisen were Bond Debtors for the estate of John Bowne of Monmouth County for a "dwelling said to have been erected by said John Bowne when he moved there from Long Island".
- ↑ New Jersey Archives v22 series#1 p414
- ↑ New Jersey Calendar of Wills for James LAWRENCE proved=1730.
- ↑ Bible abstract; see M. A. De L. Van Horn, page 3, which says the bible was in the possession of Hon. Burt Van Horne of Rochester, N.Y.
- ↑ Stillwell, vol. 4, page 405
- ↑ Gibson Family Tree by user jeffgibson38133 on ancestry.com accessed=17 Mar 2011.
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #11998380 with gravestone photo for Capt Cornelius Van Horne b=04 May 1695 d=12 Feb 1744 buried=Haypress Cemetery, Whitehouse Station, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
- ↑ Book of Wills #5 p17 Will dated at Reading Town, Hunterdon County, New Jersey western division & now available at the office of the Secretary of State in Trenton, New Jersey.
- ↑ Transcribed: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/sources/viewedit/397Z-J6R?context
- ↑ World Connect tree, Harrison-Heitman updated=20 Dec 2001 contact=Bruce Harrison
- ↑ World Connect tree, Kings Highway updated=2014-05-25
- M. A. De L. Van Horn, Esq., A Brief Account of the Descendants of Capt. Cornelius Van Horne of White House, Hunterdon County, New Jersey
- Stillwell, John Edwin. Historical and Genealogical Miscelleny: Data Relating to the Settlement and Settlers of New York and New Jersey.
- Brouwer Genealogy Database by Chris Chester accessed=14 Apr 2017 freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata
Acknowledgments
- Van Horn-127 was created by Wilfred Vasile on 25 May 2012.
- VanHorne-13 was was created through the import of EDITH GEDCOM.ged by Luci Goodman on 10 Jun 2014.
- Van Horne-137 was created through the import of Phil DeSilva Ancestors and Descendants.ged by Phil DeSilva on 08 May 2015.
- Van_Horn-554 was created by Carrie Quackenbush on 14 Apr 2017.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cornelis Mathysz by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Cornelis Mathysz:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cornelis Mathysz by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Cornelis Mathysz:
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Jennie Jacobson 
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~0.39%
~0.78%
John Jacobson :
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Steven Houser :
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~0.39%
~0.78%
David Duncan :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T825357 [compare], FTDNA kit #850389
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Marion (Duncan) Smith :
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Categories: New Netherland Descendants 1674-1776 | New Netherland Project-Managed
Matthys Cornelissen about 1640 – about 1717 • LBH2-SYM Please write me if you have questions. google me, or check Family Search Family Tree
edited by Marleen Van Horne
https://www.familytreedna.com/public/VanHorne?iframe=ycolorized. This chart also includes yDNA test results for the descndants of Jan Cornelisen and Christian Barentsen. The project has conclusively proven these three men were not related and came from different places: Jan from Hoorn, North Holland; Christian from Lower Saxony and Mathys from Horne, Hjorring, Denmark. Mathys NEVER used the Van Horne surname. The surname used by the oldest son, Cornelius, after 1730 was Van HOREN, His descendants most often used Van Horne. The younger son, Abraham, used Vanhorn but his descendants used Vanhorn, Van Horn and Van Horne. Please be warned that ALL published VAN HORNE genealogies are incorrect in one way or another. I have original source documentation that conclusively proves the above statements. If you have questions, please write me at [email address removed]--Google me you will find my address, and it is on the project public pages.
edited by Marleen Van Horne
I would like to attach Mary as daughter of Cornellis and Hannah with uncertain flags and explanation in the bio. Partly, this is because Mary is in my direct maternal line and so this would propagate my mother's mtDNA test up through Hannah and further around the big tree. If this could someday confirm the kinship between Hannah Seabrook and Mary, it would make it pretty clear that this placement is correct. Alternatively, it could someday lead to a disproof of the relationship.
They are not father and daughter, but rather half-siblings, children of Fytje Adams Brouwer. So I adjusted the relationships, and attached the common mother, in preparation for merge into the correct sibling match.
The explanation of the family relationships and the source is in the bio.
My main source on this was Marleen Sue Van Horne, way back in 2000, She had the family at Van Horne family
Marleen is that couple's sixth great-granddaughter.
She reports that "Unfortunately, there is a great deal of fictional genealogy relating to this couple and their two sons. Some of this creative genealogy is the result of doing the best that could be done with limited resources and some of it is just plain fraudulent."
Their other son, besides Cornelius, was Abraham Van Horne b. January 15, 1698/99.
So we will need to assess this later.
Edit July 19, 2015:
The WRONG parents currently attached are Son of Abraham VanHorne and Marie Provoost. Those will need to be removed, before merge.
Those parents were married in 1700, and so this Cornelius born 1695 does not fit those parents. Also, those parents do have a profile of a correct son Cornelisus, born 1706, which is clearly correct. So I am going to go ahead and disconnect these wrong parents.