| Notes |
- Cornelys Van Hovgem, the younger was under age in March 1689/90, when his
father made his last will and testament. He however was of age by 19 June
1697, when Rynier Arentsen conveyed to "Cornelis Van Hovgem son of the
deceased Cornelis Van Hovgem" a certain house-lot "lying in Midwout, on
the north side of the highway which runs westerly behind the Church" as
recorded on page 244 of Liber A of the Flatbush Town Records. Cornelys
Van Hovgem, as the above indicates, was born between 1670 and 1676, since
he was under age in 1690 but of age by 1697.
On 1 September 1697, "cornelys van houwegem" (as he signed his name)
witnessed a will of Dericke Williamse Van Westravelt. Dericke Williamse
Van Westravelt was the widow of William Van Westravelt of Kings County,
Long Island, N.Y. His unique signaature and the spelling of his name on
the aforementioned will and his own will which was recorded some
twinty-three years prove that he migrated to Somerset County, New Jersey.
"Cornelis Van Hovgem" had married by the time the census was taken 1698.
At that time, he was still a resident of Flatbush and is listed as head
of a household consisting of 1 male, 1 female and two children. This
would indicate a first Marriage for Cornelys Van Houwegem that had taken
place before the time the census was taken. However we have no record of
his first wife or the children that are clearly listed or what became of
them. We do know that he had remarried by 1714, at which time he had
children baptized in the Dutch Reformen Church of the Raritan in Somerset
County, New Jersey. Page 138, of the Flatbush (Midwout) Twon Records,
show that "Cornelis Van Houwegem" wasstill a resident of that village in
January 1701 when he signed an agreement "regarding the common woods."
By 1714, Cornelys Van Houwegem had moved from Long Island, Kings County,
N.Y., to Somerset County, New Jersey, following a prevalent migratory
pattern of the Long Island Dutch to the New Jersey interior. We know very
little concerning the family of Cornelys Van Houwegem. His first wife has
apparently died by the time of this migration and we can find no mention
of his first children. If they grew to maturity, they are not mentioned
in their father's will of 29 February 1719/20 However this does not mean
that they had died. A settlement could have taken place at an earlier
time regarding the children by hisfirst marriage. The children if they
were sons, probably died young, as Cornelys named his sons by his second
marriage according to the Dustch custom of the time. If they were
daughters, they could have been married by the date of their father's
will of 29 February 1719/20.
Cornelys Van Houwegem marrid by 1714, Styntje (Christina) Hendricksen,
daughter of Hendrick Jansen and his wife, Maritje Janse.
"Cor. Van hogen" is found on the 1715 militia list of men from Somerset
County, New Jersey (Bound Brook and North Branch) who were members of
Col. Thomas Farmar"s New Jersey Regiment, Sixsth Company. (Proceedings of
the New Jersey Historical Society; volume 13 ; 1928 ; page 207. ) The
children of Cornelys Van Houwegem and Styntje (Christina) Hendricksen are
identified in the will of their father and also in the baptismal records
of the Reformed Dutch Church of the Raritan (now Somerville), Somerset
County, New Jersey.They were the first American born generation of the
family and the sons, Cornelius and Henry, are the first to be identified
with the present spelling of the Vanover Surname.These children migrated
from Somerset County to Sussex County, New Jersey.
"Cornelius Van Ovah" and " Hendrick Van Ovah" are listed as brothers in
the Janeway Account Book where they are also implied to be grandsons of
Mary Johnson (Maritje Janse). They are lissted several times from 1735
through 1744. The Janeway Account Books were kept by Jacob Janeway from
1735 through 1746 for a store that was located in Somerset County, New
Jersey. The originals of these account books of Jacob Janeway are found
in the Department of Special Collections, Rutgers University Library, New
Brunswck, New Jersey.
Cornelys Van Houwegem made his last will and testament on 29 February
1719/20 as "Cornelius Van houghem of Raritan in the County of Somerset
... Yeoman". He described himself as "being very Sick and Weak of Body,'.
To "Steintie my beloved Wife" he left the use of his estate,so long as
she remained his widow. If she should remarry, his estate was to go to
his children, "Cornelius Hendry Christiantie and the Child yet unborn."
He left his sons "all my Looms and weaving Tools", thus showing that he
did not follow his father's occupation as a coopper. Cornelius, his
"Eldest Son" was given "the best Horse he can choose from my Personal
Estate in Consideration of his Birth-Right." To his sister-in-law, "
Maritia Hendrickson," he left one-eight part of his estate. Executors of
real and personal estate were John Teunison, Peter Dumont, Teunis van
Midlesworth, son of John Teunison, and John Hendrickson (his
brother-in-law). Witnesses were Abraham van Middlesworth, Philip
Folkerse, Alex'r McDowall. (Liber A, page 205, New Jersey Calendar of
Wills, New Jersey Colonial Documents). Cornelys sined his will in a very
weak hand, and was just able to write his first name. His signature
clearly agrees with the one on the 1697 will from Long Island that he had
witnesses some twenty-three years earlier. The unique way he spelled his
name,and the letters "r" and "s" varify that he was the Cornelys Van
Houwegem of Long Island from earlier documents.
"Cornelius Vanhogem" was dead by 10 May 1720, when an inventory of his
estate was taken. Items of special interest in the inventory include a
negro slave "named Quash," 7 Cows, 4 Horses, farming tools, "two weaving
Looms," 7 Pigs, household furniture, "A Musket," 2 Blankets "for
Children," and a "Night Gown" The inventory of the personal estate
amounting to 154.5.3 was made by John van Middlesworth and Teunis van
Middelesworth, appraisers, chosen by the executors.
ON 25 January 1739, the children of Cornelys Van Houwegem signed a
petition complaining that the executors had used their father's estate
for their (the excutors) own benefit and failed to give an accurate
account therof. "Governour Lewis Morris orders as follows: "Cornelius,
Hendry, sons, Christiantie, daughter, now wife of Barent Hageman, infants
at their father's death."The "Child yet unborn" in the 29 February
1719/20 will of Cornellius Van Houwegem, apparently never grew to
maturity or would have been mentioned on the petition.
An abstract of the will of "Cornelys Van Houghem of Raraton, Sommerset
Co., (New Jersey,) yeoman," is abstracted in New Jersey Colonial
Documents, Calendar of Wills, page 479. The inventory of 10 May 1720 is
mentioned as will as the petition of the heirs of "Cornelys Van Houghem,"
dated 25 January 1739/40
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| Children |
| | 1. Vanover, _____, b. UNKNOWN d. 1720 |
| | 2. Vanover, Stientien "Styntje\Christina", b. Bef 3 Jun 1714, Raritan, Somerset, New Jersey, United States  d. UNKNOWN |
| + | 3. Vanover, Cornelius III, b. Abt 1716, Somerset, Somerset, New Jersey, United States d. Abt 1771, Ashe, North Carolina, United States (Age ~ 55 years) |
| | 4. Vanover, Hendrick, b. 1718, Somerset, Somerset, New Jersey, United States d. UNKNOWN |
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Abt 1673 - 1720 (~ 47 years)
