1. Matthys Cornelisen1 Van Horne #56 was born in Hoorn, N Holland Prov, Netherlands before 1663, the first event for which there is a recorded date. Individual flags: Rlfsn. Matthys died date unknown at age unknown.
He married Fytie Adam Brouwer 20 February 1691/2 in Flatbush, Kings Co, NY. (Fytie Adam Brouwer #57.) Fytie was born circa 1656. She was the daughter of Adam Brouwer Berkhoven and Magdalena Jacobse Verdon. When Fytie was age unknown and Matthys Cornelisen Van Horne was age unknown they became the parents of Abraham Van Horne [1] date unknown in NY. Fytie died date unknown at age unknown. When Fytie was age unknown and Matthys Cornelisen Van Horne was age unknown they became the parents of Cornelius Van Horne date unknown.
When Matthys was age unknown and Fytie Adam Brouwer was age unknown they became the parents of Abraham Van Horne [1] date unknown in NY. When Matthys was age unknown and Fytie Adam Brouwer was age unknown they became the parents of Cornelius Van Horne date unknown. Matthys immigrated to destination unknown 1663. Matthys Cornelisen is the earliest known progenitor of this branch of the Van Horne Family. He was born in Hoorn, Holland in the Province of North Holland and emigrated to New Netherland about 1663. According to the Documentary History of New York, relating to Long Island, Vol 1, page 430, he took the Oath of Allegiance to the British in September 1687 and his name was entered thereon as a resident of Brooklyn, N. Y. and a native of New Netherland. His name was also on the Assessment Roll of New Utrecht in 1693 and on the Census List of 1698. In the First Series on the New Jersey Archives, Vol. 2, page 327, relating to the Colonial history of the state from 1687-1703, one can see his signature mark "dit ist mark van Matthys Cornelisen." He married Fytie (Eytie) Adam Brouwer, a widow, on February 20, 1692 at Flatbush, N. Y. She was the sixth child of Adam Brouwer Berkhoven and Magdalena Jacobse Verdon, and her first husband was Evert Hendrickszen by whom she had six children. In the Appendix at the end of this book one can trace her ancestry back to Aeltje Braconie (Altien Brackhoengie) who was born in Holland about 1590. They had two sons named Cornelius and Abraham about the time the laws of America demanded surnames. Matthys Cornelisen never had a surname as the Dutch people added the word "sen, zen, or szen" to the name of the father denoting that he was his son. As people could select any surname that they chose, Matthys decided to use the surname of Van Horne, the word van meaning "from" and "Hoorn" was his native city. The spelling has been gradually changed to Van Horne by which it is known today. These two sons were the first two persons to use this surname in this branch of the Van Horne Family, and because they both had so many descendants, the author of this book has presented each line separately, using the letter "A" after all the descendants of Cornelius, and the letter "B" after all the descendants of Abraham:-- HalenbeckEO, p 5-6.
Matthys Cornelisen Van Horne and Fytie Adam Brouwer had the following children:
He was baptized 4 May 1695.
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