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12GG* Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven b. abt 1584, d. 1662
Okay... I have to admit... I love all these online genealogies, but I really don't trust them. I recently posted about my uncertainty about Elizabeth Elrod's maiden name being VanCleave. Not because I have any evidence disputing that claim, I just haven't done the research. So yeah... I'm a skeptic, but I love reviewing possible connections.
Obviously, I'm sidetracking a bit since Elizabeth "VanCleave" Elrod would be a 4GG, but I can't pass up a chance to look at her great-grandparents and some bits of history associated with it.
So let's explore...
4GG Elizabeth Van Cleave - b. 17 Mar 1825, married Benjamin McMullen and later Benjamin Harden Elrod, d. 15 Mar 1908 Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas
5GG* Samuel Van Cleave - b. 18 Mar 1792 Shelbyville, Shelby County Kentucky, m. 31 Jan 1816 to Rachel Catherine Van Cleave, d. Oct 1843.
6GG* Aaron Van Cleave - b. Mar 1769 Rowan, North Carolina, m. 2 Jun 1791 to Elizabeth Griffin, d. 24 Feb 1846 at Browns Valley, Montgomery County, Indiana
7GG* John Van Cleave Sr. - b. 1739 Monmouth County, New Jersey, m. 1761 to Mary Shepherd, d. 28 May 1812 at Jefferson County, Indiana
8GG* Rachel Schenck - b. 19 Feb about 1708, m. Sep 1734 to Capt Aaron Van Cleave, d. abt 1780 at Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina
9GG* Jan Roelofse Schenck - b. 1 Mar 1670 Flatlands, Kings County, New York, m. 1691 to Sara Willemse Van Kouwenhoven, d. 30 Jan 1753 at Pleasant Valley, Monmouth County, New Jersey
10GG* Neeltje Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven - b. 20 Sep 1641 Flatlands, King County, New York, m. 1660 to Roelof Martense Schenck, d. abt 1672
11GG* Gerret Wolfersen Van Kouwenhoven - b. abt 1610 at Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands, m. abt 1635 to Aeltje Cornelis Cool in Flatlands, Kings County, New York, d. abt 1648
12GG* Wolphert Gerrest Van Kouwenhoven - b. abt 1584 in Amersfoort in the Netherlands. Wolphert married Neeltgen Jacobsdochter. They immigrated to New Amsterdam in the summer of 1625. Wolphert setteled in an area of New York they called New Amersfoort, but the land would later be called Flatlands, New York. Wolphert passed in 1662.
13GG* Gerritt Jansz Couwenhoven - Father of Wolphert
Okay... I have to admit that was dense and hard to get through, but it is definitely something to thoroughly check out once I establish my goal of 64. One thing to note of this lineage there appears to be some intermarrying. First with the Van Cleaves and later with the Van Kouwenhoven and Schenck families.
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