Saturday, June 4, 2011

Surname Saturday - VAN VORST (Holland > New York)

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It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week. I am up to number 241, who is Anna Van Vorst (1732-1789), another of my 5th-great-grandmothers. [Note: The 5th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back to Anna Van Vorst  and four more generations is:


1. Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-....)

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)

3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

6. Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976)
7. Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977)

14. Charles Auble (1849-1916)
15. Georgianna Kemp (1868-1952)


30.  James Abram Kemp (1831-1902)
31.  Mary Jane Sovereen (1841-1874)

60.  Abraham James Kemp (1795-after 1881)
61.  Sarah Sephrona Fletcher (1802-after 1861)

120.  John Kemp (1768-after 1861)
121.  Mary Dafoe (1776-before 1851

240. John Kemp, born about 1723; died before 15 January 1795 in Fredericksburg, Addington, Ontario, Canada.  His parentage is not known.  He married before 1761 in probably Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, United States.
241.  Anna Van Vorst, born before 22 October 1732 in Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, United States; died before 15 July 1789 in Fredericksburg, Addington, Ontario, Canada. 

Children of John Kemp and Anna Van Vorst are:  Joseph Kemp (1761-1836); Jacobus James Kemp (1763-1803); Rachel Kemp (1767-????); John Kemp (1768-after 1861); Nancy Kemp (1770-1836).

482. Jacobus Van Vorst, born before 12 December 1703 in Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, United States; died after 06 December 1790 in Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, United States.    He married 14 February 1727/28 in Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, United States.
 483. Anna Beck, born before 07 October 1704 in Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, United States; died before 20 May 1749 in Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, United States. She was the daughter of 966. Caleb Beck and 967. Annetje Janse Mol.

Children of Jacobus Van Vorst and Anna Beck are: Margriet Vedder Van Vorst (1726-????); Caleb Van Vorst (1729-????); Anna Van Vorst (1732-1789); Elizabeth Van Vorst (1734-1805); Jellis Van Vorst (1735-1823); Johannes Van Vorst (1741-1844); Abraham Van Vorst (1743-1833); Jan Baptist Van Vorst (1746-1830);

964. Jillis Jacobse Van Vorst, born about 1670 in New York, United States; died after 1735 in Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, United States.  He married 16 July 1699 in Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, United States.
965. Elisabeth Van Eps, born about 1674 in Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, United States; died after 1735 in Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, United States. She was the daughter of 1930. Johannes Dirckse Van Eps and 1931. Elisabeth Janse Douw.

Children of Jillis Van Vorst and Elisabeth Van Eps are: Jacobus Van Vorst (1700-1703); Johannes Van Vorst (1701-????); Jacobus Van Vorst (1703-1790); Dirk Van Vorst (1705-????); Gerrit Van Vorst (1708-????); Douw Van Vorst (1710-????); Jan Baptist Van Vorst (1711-????); Sara Van Vorst (1713-????); Elisabeth Van Vorst (1716-????); Gysbert Van Vorst (1721-????).

1928. Jacobus Gerritse Van Vorst, born before 03 July 1642 in New Amsterdam; died about 1689 in Albany, Albany, New York, United States. He was the son of 3856. Gerrit Janszen Van Vorst and 3857. Geertruyd Jacobse. He married
1929. Sara Jillis Fonda, born 18 January 1644/45 in Friesland, Netherlands; died 1682 in Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, United States. She was the daughter of 3858. Jillis Douwe Fonda and 3859. Hester Douwes Janse Van Arenstvelt.

Children of Jacobus Van Vorst and Sara Fonda are: Maeke Van Vorst (????-????); Jannetje Van Vorst (????-????); Aaltje Van Vorst (????-????); Geertruy Van Vorst (1670-????); Jillis Jacobse Van Vorst (1670-1735).

I have relied on the research of other genealogists for information about this family.  The major sources for this family include:

1.  Jonathan Pearson, Contributions for the Genealogies of the Descendants of the First Settlers of the Patent and City of Schenectady, from 1662 to 1800 (Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1873).

3.  Cheryl Kemp Taber has researched and collected a wealth of information about this family from a number of sources, and posted it in her WorldConnect database on Rootsweb (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com)  titled "Kemps and Kin" updated 29 May 2011.

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