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Abraham Voorhees or Voreis, was baptized 11 October 1772, possibly in Conewago, Pennsylvania or Berkeley County, Virginia. His parents were Peter Voorhees and Sophia Vanderbogert. He married Elizabeth Downey in about 1793, probably in Mercer County, Kentucky. They had fourteen children. Abraham died 8 May 1860 in Marshall County, Indiana. Includes variant spellings Voris, Vories and Voorhis.
Jacob Luurszen (b.1616) immigrated from Holland to New Netherland, New York, and married Stijntje Douwes. Luur Jacobsen, their American born son, adopted a surname of "van Kuykendaal." Through his six sons, Luur became the common ancestor of most present-day Kuykendalls (including variant spellings). Earlier research has chiefly focussed on the elder sons of Luur who moved to Pennsylvania, Virginia and to the southwest. Little has been documented about the descendants and relatives of Luur's last son, Pieter van Kuykendaal, who remained in New York. Vol. 1 deals with the early Dutch ancestors in New York and Pennsylvania of Theodore Kuykendall (1860-1945), grandfather of the author, and a direct descendant in the thirteenth generation of immigrant Jacob Luurszen. Vol. 2 has some additional genealogy for this ancestry of Theodore, but chiefly deals with other descendants of Pieter van Kuykendaal. The Cuykendall and Coykendall branches are not complete, and " ... are intended to encourage others of those families to complete that research"--Foreword to v. 2. Descendants and relatives of Pieter lived in New York, New England, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois, Minnesota and elsewhere.
The history of the smaller European countries is rather neglected in the teaching of European history at university level. We are therefore pleased to announce the publication of the first comprehensive history of the Low Countries - in English - from Roman Times to the present. Remaining politically and culturally fragmented, with its inhabitants speaking Dutch, French, Frisian, and German, the Low Countries offer a fascinating picture of European history en miniature. For historical reasons, parts of northern France and western Germany also have to be included in the "Low Countries," a term that must remain both broad and fluid, a convenient label for a region which has seldom, if ever, composed a unified whole. In earlier ages it as even more difficult to the region set parameters, again reflecting Europe as a whole, when tribes and kingdoms stretched across expanses not limited to the present states of Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. Nevertheless, its parts did demonstrate many common traits and similar developments that differentiated them from surrounding countries and lent them a distinct character. Internationally, the region often served both as a mediator for and a buffer to the surrounding great powers, France, Britain, and Germany; an important role still played today as Belgium and the Netherlands have increasingly become involved in the broader process of European integration, in which they often share the same interest and follow parallel policies. This highly illustrated volume serves as an ideal introduction to the rich history of the Low Countries for students and the generally interested reader alike.
A compilation of original documents of slave owners and slave descendants that details the migration of Low Dutch families from the colony of New Netherland (the area ranging from Connecticut to New York and extending into Delaware) to other areas of the United States. After establishing Manhattan and Albany, they migrated to New Jersey, Virginia (present day West Virginia), and Pennsylvania, before finally purchasing and settling large tracts of land in the areas of Mercer, Henry, and Shelby counties, Kentucky ca. 1780-1783. Book includes wills, deeds, court records, bills of sale, and family papers.