Willem Gerretse van Couwenhoven

1636 - Abt 1728  (92 years)

• Name	Willem Gerretse van Couwenhoven  [1]
  Birth	1636	Flatlands, Long Island, New Netherland   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1728	Monmouth County, New Jersey   [2]
  Person ID	I23546	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TWK
  Last Modified	9 Feb 2019

  
  

  Father	Garret Wolfertse van Couwenhoven,   b. Abt 1610, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands d. Abt 1645, Flatlands, Long Island, New York (Age 35 years)
  Mother	Aeltje Cornelis Cool   d. Bef 21 Jul 1683
  Marriage	Abt 1635	Flatlands, Long Island, New York   [2]
  Family ID	F10504	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jannetje Peters,   b. Bef 8 May 1646   d. 1723 (Age > 76 years)
  Marriage	12 Feb 1665  [2, 3]
  Children	+ 1. Pieter Willemse van Couwenhoven,   b. 12 Feb 1671   d. Abt Feb 1755, near Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F14145	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Feb 2019

  
  

• Notes

  A magistrate of Brooklyn in 1661, 1662, and 1664. A deacon of the Brooklyn Dutch church in 1663. Removed to Flatlands around 1677. Appears to have moved to Monmouth, New Jersey around 1709.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1760] A Documentary History of het (the) Nederdeutsche Gemeente, Dutch Congregation, of Oyster Bay, Queens County, Island of Nassau, now Long Island by Henry A. Stoutenburgh. 10 volumes, circa 1902-1907. Volumes 1 and 2: New York: Press of E. Storer. Volumes 3-10: New York: The Knickerbocker Press. [S3097] Lincoln C. Cocheu, "The Van Kouwenhoven-Conover Family." New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 70:230, 70:353, 1939; 71:69, 71:157, 71:273, 71:365, 1940; 81:123, 81:172, 81:225, 1950; 82:34, 82:89, 82:175, 82:211, 1951. [S3110] Historical and Genealogical Miscellany: Early Settlers of New Jersey and Their Descendants, Volume 2, by John E. Stillwell. New York, 1906.