| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Ninth Generation31. Jacobus Paul VAN DER VOORT Sr. (+) was born about 1729 in New Utrecht, Kings County, New York Colony, British Colonial America.11,16,23 BIOGRAPHY: Pages 21 - 23, VAN DER VOORT FAMILIES OF EARLY DUTCHESS, SCHOHARIE AND DELAWARE COUNTIES, NEW YORK, by Lawrence Chandler Daniels, Sr., 1983 "It is believed that the parentage of Jacobus as a son of John Van der Voort (1705-aft. 1753) and Maria (Rapalye?) is proved beyond a reasonable doubt by a study of the names of his children. Keeping in mind the traditional order of naming in an early Dutch family, e.g., the first son and daughter after the paternal grandparents, we find that Jacobus not only named his first son John but renamed his third son John after his first born had died young. In addition, he named his first daughter Maria. These facts plus the fact that Jacobus's first recorded presence in the year 1750 is in the vicinity of Six Mile Run, Somerset County, where his father lived in the 1730's should amply prove that he is the son of John Van der Voort (1705-aft. 1753) and Maria (Rapalye?) (See Honeyman in SCM SQ 6.44). Jacobus also kept to the family tradition by naming the third son after himself and adding the name Paul for a second name for a brother of his according to the testimony of Annatje Neggs, wife of Jacobus Paul Van der Voort (1758-1810). In applying for a pension in 1844, Jacobus named his second son, Samuel, after the father of his wife, Metje Montfort, as the name Samuel was up to that date not a Van der Voort name. His fifth son he named Charl after his uncle Charel Van der Vort (1703 - aft. 1731). Jacobus Van der Voort moved his family from Somerset county, New Jersey to Fishkill, Dutchess Co. New York, sometime during the period 1761-1764. His son, Francis, was baptized an July 28, 1764, in Fishkill. The ancient documents of Dutchess county show that he acted as a witness at the trial of Benjamin Van der Voort, who was accused of infringing the peace on October 31, 1764. The records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Fishkill show that he entered the church in 1765. In 1772 Jacobus Van der Voort was impleaded to the custody of the court by Peter Montfort and Jan Ten Bar as executors of the estate of Catherine Mills. They stated that on June 1, 1768, Jacobus had signed a promissory note for #14-3-5- and had not paid the debt up to May 25, 1772. Jacobus was ordered by the court to pay the estate #14-3-5- by January 5, 1773. On May 5, 1773 he is listed as a debtor for the #3-8-0 in the Bankruptcy declaration of his brother, Jan Van der Voort. A History of Dutchess County, New York, by Frank Hasbrouck published 1909, Page 116, lists Jacob Van der Voort as one of the signers of the Articles of Association affirming his loyalty in June and July 1775, for Rombout Precinct. New York in the Revolution by James A. Roberts, published in Albany, 1898, Page 138, shows that Jacobus along with his sons John and Samuel served in the second regiment of the Dutchess county militia under Colonel Abraham Brinckerhoff. A further reference to his military service is the letter he sent to The Continental Congress from Fishkill, date January 5, 1777 in which he petitions Congress for compensation for losses suffered when captured by the Indians. This letter is filed with the Calendar of Historical Manuscripts Relating to the War of the Revolution in the Office of the Secretary of State and because of its interesting content, is transcribed here verbatim: I cannot but think it very hard Gentlemen that I never for three months received any pay nor a copper of money to make up any of my losses which was very considerable. I had almost forgot to mention my Capt's name which was Ossgood. I then travelled to New York where I listed General McDougal's Reg. and do now belong to Colonel Willets and Capt. Tiebout's Company and do the duty of Serjent. I have always behaved as a good soldier, which I leave to all that know me. I will not trouble you any further Gentlemen, only I beg it as a favor that you will consider what I have suffered and I do not then doubt but what I shall be compensed for what I have lost and undergone. I now beg leave to remain with the greatest respect Gentlemen. New York in the Revolution, by James A. Roberts, published in Albany, 1898 on Page 24, also lists James as receiving land bounty rights for serving in the Dutchess county militia second regiment, under Captain John Brinckerhoff. The presence of Jacobus Van der Voort and his wife Metje Montfort in Fishkill can be verified up to late 1781 or early 1782. He was listed in the tax lists of Dutchess county for the years 1767-75, and 1777-79 (Dc Hs - 6-39). Annatje Neggs, wife of their son Jacobus Paul, in her Revolutionary Pension Petition signed in 1844, stated that in 1780 after her husband's discharge in Albany he served in the militia under Brinckerhoff along the Mohawk for some time and in that same year she moved with her husband to Fishkill where they lived with his parents for about one year and a half, at which time they commenced housekeeping themselves. At the present time there is no further known record of either Jacobus Van der Voort or his wife. They do not appear in the 1790 census of New York State and, therefore, either died in the period 1782-90 or moved with one of their younger children to some other locality." Jacobus Paul VAN DER VOORT Sr. (+) and Metje MONTFORT were married in 1749 in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey Colony, British Colonial America.6,11 Metje MONTFORT, daughter of Samuel MONTFORT and Geertse UNKNOWN (MONTFORT), was christened on 4 April 1731 in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey Colony, British Colonial America.11,23 in the Reformed Dutch Church. She was christened about 1731 in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey Colony, British Colonial America.6 in the Dutch Church. She died in 1783 in Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York Colony, British Colonial America.6,11,16 Jacobus Paul VAN DER VOORT Sr. (+) and Metje MONTFORT had the following children:
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