2. Abraham2 Van Horne [1] (
He married Annetje Covenhoven 1719. (Annetje Covenhoven #54.) Annetje was born circa 1702. She was the daughter of Cornelius William Covenhoven and Margaretta Schenck. When Annetje was age 17 and Abraham Van Horne [1] was age unknown they became the parents of Matthew Van Horne before 1 May 1720 (chr. date). Annetje was present at Matthew Van Horne's christening 1 May 1720. When Annetje was age 20 and Abraham Van Horne [1] was age unknown they became the parents of Margaretta Van Horne circa 1722. When Annetje was age 22 and Abraham Van Horne [1] was age unknown they became the parents of Cornelius Van Horne 1724. When Annetje was age 24 and Abraham Van Horne [1] was age unknown they became the parents of Phidia Van Horne 7 November 1726. When Annetje was age 25 and Abraham Van Horne [1] was age unknown they became the parents of Annetje Van Horne before 7 January 1727/8 (chr. date). Annetje was present at Annetje Van Horne's christening 7 January 1727/8. When Annetje was age 29 and Abraham Van Horne [1] was age unknown they became the parents of Abraham Van Horne [2] before 10 October 1731 (chr. date). Annetje was present at Abraham Van Horne [2]'s christening 10 October 1731. When Annetje was age 31 and Abraham Van Horne [1] was age unknown they became the parents of Neeltje Van Horne 21 March 1733/4. When Annetje was age 37 and Abraham Van Horne [1] was age unknown they became the parents of Abraham Van Horne [3] 1 March 1739/0. Annetje died 17 December 1759 in Whitehouse, Hunterdon Co, NJ, at age 57.
He was baptized 15 January 1698/9 in Brooklyn, Kings Co, NY. When Abraham was age unknown and Annetje Covenhoven was age 17 they became the parents of Matthew Van Horne before 1 May 1720 (chr. date). Abraham was present at Matthew Van Horne'S christening 1 May 1720. When Abraham was age unknown and Annetje Covenhoven was age 20 they became the parents of Margaretta Van Horne circa 1722. When Abraham was age unknown and Annetje Covenhoven was age 22 they became the parents of Cornelius Van Horne 1724. When Abraham was age unknown and Annetje Covenhoven was age 24 they became the parents of Phidia Van Horne 7 November 1726. When Abraham was age unknown and Annetje Covenhoven was age 25 they became the parents of Annetje Van Horne before 7 January 1727/8 (chr. date). Abraham was present at Annetje Van Horne'S christening 7 January 1727/8. When Abraham was age unknown and Annetje Covenhoven was age 29 they became the parents of Abraham Van Horne [2] before 10 October 1731 (chr. date). Abraham was present at Abraham Van Horne [2]'S christening 10 October 1731. When Abraham was age unknown and Annetje Covenhoven was age 31 they became the parents of Neeltje Van Horne 21 March 1733/4. When Abraham was age unknown and Annetje Covenhoven was age 37 they became the parents of Abraham Van Horne [3] 1 March 1739/0. Abraham had his will probated 5 December 1759. Baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church. FROM Our Van Horne Kindred by Elsie O. Halenbeck 1B Abraham Van Horne was the second child of Matthys Cornelisen and Fytie Adam Brouwer, the first being Cornelius Van Horne (1A). As stated before, Matthys Cornelisen is the first known progenitor of this branch of the Van Horne Family, and his wife Fytie Adam Brouwer is a direct descendant of Aeltje Braconie who emigrated to America from Holland about 1637, and this ancestry is traced in the Appendix at the end of this book. Abraham Van Horne was born in the Province of New York, and baptized on January 15, 1699 and his Sponsors were Nickolaes Brouwer and Jannetje Brouwer. In the early part of the eighteenth century, Abraham and his brother Cornelius (1A) emigrated to Monmouth County, New Jersey, where they both lived for several years. About 1719 he married Annetje Covenhoven, daughter Cornelius Williamse Couwenhoven (1671-1768) and Margaretta Schenck (1678-1751) of Middleton, N. J. and according to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Records, Vol. 81, pg. 225, she was born about 1702. They lived in Monmouth County until about 1724 then he purchased four hundred ninety acres of land in Hunterdon County, N. J. This land was situated along the Rockaway Creek near the confluence of its north and south branches, and was part of a large tract of land originally owned by George Willocks, John Budd and James Logan, and had been surveyed and made a matter of record in 1720. He built a large public house or inn on the main highway which ran from New Brunswick to Easton, Penna. and one can still see traces of its foundation about a hundred feet below the old church cemetery. It had fourteen large rooms, a slave kitchen with bedroom above, and a large barn and it soon became a favorite place for stagecoaches and truckers to stop for meals and lodging. He painted it white and the village that gradually grew around it, became known as Whitehouse, N. J. In 1731 he built a private residence for his family and this was used for many generations of Van Hornes and is still in good condition today. It was built by a Dutch contractor who decorated all the downstairs doors with different paintings, one of which was of Abraham seated on his favorite horse, and has 1731 painted in one corner. He and his wife joined the Dutch Reformed Church of Readington in 1749 and their names were recorded as ffl: 'Abraham Van Horn and his wife, Annetje Covenhoven, by the pastor Rev. Johannes Casperus Fryenmoet.' He died in November 1759 of small pox, and Annetje died of the same disease on December 17, 1759 and they are both buried in the old cemetery in Whitehouse. He left a will dated December 29, 1758 in which he gave the following bequests: ... HalenbeckEO, p 128-134. FROM Traditions of Hunterdon by John W. Lequear The Van Horn family, now very numerous in our State, were originally from Holland, as the name indicates. Abraham Van Horn came from Monmouth to White House, in this county, about 1749. Tradition says that he was from Holland, and that the name was Tyson, being changed to Van Horn for some political reason. The family is numerous in Bucks County, Pa., and they give evidence of their Dutch origin. It was nothing new in those days for people to load up a wagon, and with their oxen journey several miles through the wilderness. In this way the pioneers of our State journeyed, the family and household goods occupying the wagons, and the men going in advance to cut their way. We can imagine a stout, good looking man, rather red-faced, with a pointed hat, long shadbellied coat with big pockets, breeches and long stockings, with an axe in one hand and an ox-goad in the other, a brace of pistols and a hunting knife in his belt; a rifle slung over his back, two span of oxen -- one harnessed to the "dissel boom" -- probably a sapling cut from the woods, and the others on the lead -- by means of yoke and "trek tow" -- a cable of thongs of raw-hide twisted together; a flaxen haired woman, rather stout, with rosy cheeks and blue eyes, and perhaps two or three little children with the same colored cheeks, hair and eyes, seated in a wagon covered with homespun tow-cloth, made by the good woman's own hand. If we will draw upon our fancies for a picture something like this, we can form some idea how old Abraham Van Horn and his family first made their appearance in Hunterdon and halted by the side of the Rockaway, where one of the descendants of that honored branch still lives. If we suppose no houses built, they must have camped in the wagon the first night. It is probable that a temporary hut was constructed till the "new house," the admiration of the settlement, was erected. The spinning wheel and the cat, the two indispensable articles that went to make up the wealth of the new household, accompanied them. Abraham took up about 400 acres of land, prudently selecting that which had the stream running through it, upon which he afterwards built a mill. But before his was built he was compelled to go to Middlebrook to mill. The road to Flemington was then an Indian path. It was afterwards laid out as a public road and was, for many years, the only road to the settlement. After the mill, a tavern and store were built. White House Named for Tavern Casper Burger, a mason by trade, who sold himself to pay his passage to this country, worked out his freedom in building the tavern. It was plastered on the outside, and when dry the mortar became white -- and so it was called the "white house," a name retained by the village to this day. The glaring eyes of wolves, at night round the doorway, elicited not so much surprise as did the light from the bull's eye of the locomotive when it thundered up the track for the first time. The "White House" stood close by the bridge on the turnpike. Abraham Van Horn's land extended south of the railroad and on both sides of the creek, along what is now the Easton & New Brunswick turnpike. He had three sons, Cornelius, Abraham and Matthew, and several daughters. One of these married Baltis Pickel [Baltus Pickell in HalenbeckEO], one Tunis Melick, and one married a Schenck, and afterwards Tobias Ten Eycke. The Wycoffs settled north of the turnpike. Cornelius Wycoff had several sons who became prominent men. These were Cornelius, George, Simon and Dennis Wycoff, Esq. Abraham Van Horn, a son of the first Abraham, married a Wycoff. He lived where Simon Wycoff Van Horn now lives. Abraham Van Horn Aided Washington's Army The kitchen at the east end of the Van Horn house at Whitehouse was standing long before the revolution. When Washington's army lay at Morristown, Abraham was appointed forage master. He bought grain &c., and hauled it to the army. As the Wycoffs had good teams (a liking for which seems to have fallen to their descendants) they were employed to haul grain to Morristown. This continued till the proximity of the British made it dangerous, when they were about to retire to their homes. All got safely away but Simon, before the quartermaster had any suspicion of their leaving. Simon was told that he must remain. He privately made up his mind, however, that the British should not have his fine team, so he put whip to his horses, and out-ran the cavalry who started in pursuit, escaping with the loss of his tailboard. When the Hessian prisoners were marched from Trenton into Pennsylvania a portion of them were brought this way and lodged in Abraham Van Horn's barn. They were taken to the kitchen, where a large washtub full of provisions was brought out, and the contents distributed among them. The barn was used as a depot for forage during the war. It was afterwards used for a meeting house, Mr. Demarest preaching there. LequearJW, p 83-85. FROM Our Kindred by Abram Van Horne Abram Van Horne bought a tract of land on 3,000 acres and built the White House which is still standing and occupied by Simon W. Van Horne, of the fifth generation. It was built in the year 1752, the village and station on that name are located there. He also built a mill there, and afterwards another mill a few miles north of their home. He married Anita Covenhoven, the date is not recorded but as early as 1727. They reared a family of three sons and six daughters, whom are enumerated in his will, dated Dec. 29, 1758. VanHorneA, p 10-11.
Abraham Van Horne [1] and Annetje Covenhoven had the following children:
He was christened 1 May 1720.
She was baptized 3 April 1722 in Freehold, Monmouth Co, NJ. When Margaretta was age 19 and Hermanes Ruloffson was age 22 they became the parents of Laurence Ruliffson 28 November 1741 in Middlesex Co, NJ. When Margaretta was age 21 and Hermanes Ruloffson was age 24 they became the parents of Abraham Ruliffson 20 April 1744 in Middlesex Co, NJ. When Margaretta was age 23 and Hermanes Ruloffson was age 26 they became the parents of Catharine Ruliffson [1] 20 February 1745/6. When Margaretta was age 26 and Hermanes Ruloffson was age 29 they became the parents of Anna Ruliffson [1] 8 September 1748. When Margaretta was age 28 and Hermanes Ruloffson was age 31 they became the parents of Mary Ruliffson [1] 10 February 1750/1. When Margaretta was age 30 and Hermanes Ruloffson was age 33 they became the parents of Margaret Ruliffson [1] 7 November 1752. When Margaretta was age 32 and Hermanes Ruloffson was age 35 they became the parents of Rulof Ruliffson 8 December 1754. When Margaretta was age 34 and Hermanes Ruloffson was age 37 they became the parents of Eleanora Ruliffson 18 April 1757. When Margaretta was age 38 and Hermanes Ruloffson was age 41 they became the parents of Harmon Ruliffson [1] 15 September 1760 in Middlesex Co, NJ. When Margaretta was age 40 and Hermanes Ruloffson was age 43 they became the parents of Cornelius Ruliffson 6 March 1763 in NJ. When Margaretta was age 42 and Hermanes Ruloffson was age 45 they became the parents of Frederick Ruliffson 14 February 1765 in NJ. When Margaretta was age 45 and Hermanes Ruloffson was age 48 they became the parents of Elizabeth Ruliffson [1] 26 April 1768 in NJ. Baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church. Buried in the Old Lutheran Churchyard. Called Margarete Van Horne in HalenbeckEO.
She was christened 7 January 1727/8.
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