Descendants of the DeVoor/ DeVaux Family
of County Artois, Spanish Netherlands

Generation #3

Daniel (²Nicholas, ¹Nicholas) DeVoor of New Amsterdam

Research Note: A preponderance of information on the early DeVeaux family was gleaned from the "Genealogy of the DeVeaux Family" by Thos. F. DeVoe dtd 1885 and the "Revised History of Harlem" by James Riker dtd 1904.

Daniel DeVoor was born in about 1660, probably in the Palatinate of the Rhine while his family was fleeing the Spanish Netherlands and the Franco-Spanish War; as the DeVoor/DeVaux family were French Huguenots. Something happened to separate brother Nicholas and Daniel from the rest of the family and forced them to flee from Manheim, Palatinate of the Rhine, to England. I purpose there was another of the incessant attacks by the French Army of Louis XIV wherein their parents were killed. And, brothers Nicholas and Daniel are cited as immigrating to New York in 1674. French Huguenots in the Spanish Netherlands]

The next arrival of the DeVaux family here was two of our forefather's brothers, the eldest named Nicholas and a younger brother named Daniel. They came in company with several other French refugee families, many of whom had, at an early period, fled to Manheim, in Germany. This place afterwards was invaded by Louis XIV, when the family of Nicholas and others escaped to England; and in 1674 they accompanied Sir Edmund Andros across the ocean when he became the second Governor of New York. . .The family of Nicholas de Vaux consisted of his wife with one child and his young brother, Daniel, when he settled at Harlem. . . .

    DeVoe, Thos. F., "Genealogy of the DeVeaux Family,"1885, p. 33.

Having settled in Harlem, some members of the DeVoor/DeVaux family attended the French Church of Manhattan whose records are non-extant, and some members of the DeVoor/DeVaux family attended the Dutch Reformed Church, also of Manhattan. Therefore, some records are available for some family members depending on which church they attended.

In 1678 Nicholas and Daniel and cousin David crossed the Hudson in the company of David Demarist, Sr. and were founding settlers of the French Patent, the ethnic French colony on the Hackensack River in the Province of East Jersey (now Bergen Co NJ).

The French Burying Ground, Bergen Co NJ

The history of this cemetery has its roots in the immigrant, David Demarest Sr. David Demarest Sr., being a French Huguenot, had an ambition to form a French Colony and was eventually able to purchase about 2000 acres of land, a tract approximately two miles wide and six miles long, lying between the Hackensack and Hudson Rivers, called the French Patent. The land was granted with the understanding that he was to settle 45 families on the site. He failed to secure this number, but he brought with him [from the Bronx] several groups, including the families of Daniel DuVoor, Jean Durie, Jacques Laroe, Andries Tiebout and Nicholas deVaux. . .

The first meeting in the newly erected French church building was in 1682 and this church was known as the French Church of Kinderkamack. . .Services were held here until 1696, conducted by Reverend Pierre Daille, a minister at the French Church of New York. He left the New York parish in 1696 and thereafter the church declined. The French Church members joined with the Hackensack Reformed Dutch Church in 1696.

a. Fled from Beauchamp to Zeeland in 1642 to the French Colony at Mannheim in the Palatinate (1651).
b. Married at the Walloon Church.
c. To New Amsterdam on the "Bonte Koe" (Spotted Cow) 4/16/1663 with wife and 4 children.
d. Settled at Staten Island, Harlem and finally New Jersey (6/8/1677).
e. Held 5000 acres on the Hackensack River (called the Herring).
f. 1678 built the house which still stands.
g. A supporter of the French Church at Kindekemach 1682.
h. Family joined at Hackensack in 1697.
i. Will probated 7/30/1697.

    Donna Speer Ristenbatt, "On the Trail of Our Ancestors," Genealogy Webpage <http://www.ristenbatt.com/genealogy/frenchcm.htm> 3 Aug 2008.

Daniel is first found in church records on 4/22/1686 when he was married to Anna Frans b. c. 1667 Tappan, (now  Rockland Co) NY at the French Protestant (Huguenot) Church of Kinkachgemeck. In the record, Daniel is cited as "Daniel Vooren, j. m. op de Manhatans."

Daniel and Anna had two children before Anna died in about 1692, sometime after the birth of their second child. And on 11/6/1692 at the Dutch Reformed Church of Hackensack, Bergen Co NJ, Daniel married Engeltje Cornelis b. c. 1669 Manhattan NY.

Daniel and Engeltje migrated sometime before 1723 to Amwell Twp, Hunterdon (now Sussex) Co NJ, settling near Paulis Kill. At the time, the New Jersey Colony had two administrative divisions, East Jersey and West Jersey; because the lands of New Jersey had been settled from the Hudson River/ Atlantic coast on the east and the Delaware River Valley on the west. And in truth, East and West weren't connected; as there was no infrastructure at the time.

A casual reading of the records could indicate that the DeVoor family migrated from Bergen county in East Jersey to Hunterdon county in West Jersey by simply heading west. But in the 1720s, that wasn't the best option. I propose that the DeVoor family migrated first up the Hudson to the Dutch settlement at Kingston. Possible proof of this migration route comes from the 3/1723 marriage for son Cornelis DeVoor at the Dutch Reformed Church of Kingston.

With the Devoor-Westfall marriage, Daniel Devoor and family would have headed south, possibly in the company of other Dutch families, down the Old Mine Road to the new lands at "Minisink" in the Delaware Valley, settling in the vicinity of Palingskill (Paulins Kil)l, Hunterdon (now Sussex) Co NJ.

Daniel drew up his will on 9/7/1724 in Hunterdon Co NJ. From this will, we learn which of Daniel's children migrated with the family to the Delaware Valley. And, Daniel died sometime before 10/11/1729 when his will was probated in Hunterdon (now Sussex) Co NJ.

• 1655-1667 DeVaux family flight to the Palatinate of the Rhine

• Born c. 1660 Palatinate of the Rhine

• 1667 Settled w/ family at Manheim, Palatinate of the Rhine

• c. 1674 Escaped w/ brother Nicholas to England

• Immigrated 11/1/ 1674 w/ brother Nicholas to Manhattan NY aboard the frigate Diamond

• Settled 1675 in Harlem NY

• 1678 Relocated to the French Patent, Hackensack, Province of East Jersey

• 10/1678 French Church at Kinkachgemeck organized

• 1683 Bergen formed as an original county of the Province of East Jersey

• Married 4/22/1686 in Bergen Co NJ to Hannah Frans b. c. 1667 Rockland Co NY

• 1689 Manhattan NY Records

• Anna died before 11/1692 Bergen Co NJ

• Married 11/6/1692 in Bergen Co NJ to Engeltje Cornelis b. c. 1669 Manhattan NY

• 1702 Bergen Co NJ Record

• 1714 Bergen Co NJ Record

• Migrated before 3/1723 to Ulster Co NY

• Migrated before 9/1724 to Hunterdon (now Sussex) Co NJ

• Died before 10/11/1729 Hunterdon (now Sussex) Co NJ

Note: Baptisms and marriages performed at the four Dutch Reformed Church of the Delaware Valley were recorded at Machackemeck (Deerpark) Church of Orange County, New York. Additionally, itinerant preachers maintained their own personal records including Rev. Joh. Casparus Fryenmuth and Rev. Elias Van Bennschoten. [Minisink Dutch Reformed Church]

    Children with Hannah Frans

    1. Metje (Martha) DeVoor

• Born 1687 at the French Patent, Hackensack, Province of East Jersey (now Bergen Co NJ)

• Christened 9/21/1687 Manhattan NY

• 1689 Manhattan NY Records

• Married 7/19/1708 in Manhattan NY to Cornelis Jansse b. c. 1685 Manhattan NY

• 1708 Manhattan NY Church Record

• Migrated before 3/1723 w/ family to Ulster Co NY

• Migrated before 9/1724 w/ family to Hunterdon (now Sussex) Co NJ

• Died after 9/1724 Hunterdon (now Sussex) Co NJ

    2. Carel DeVoor

• Born 1692 at the French Patent, Hackensack, Bergen Co NJ

• Date and place of death unknown

    Children with Engeltje Cornelus

    3. Cornelius DeVoor

• Born at the French Patent, Hackensack, Bergen Co NJ

• Christened 7/25/1696 Manhattan NY

• Migrated w/ family before 3/1723 to Ulster Co NY

• Married 3/14/1723 in Ulster Co NY to Helena Westfall b. 1705 Ulster Co NY

• Migrated before 9/1724 w/ family to Hunterdon (now Sussex) Co NJ

• 9/1724 Hunterdon Co (now Sussex) NJ Probate

• 1739 Morris Co split from Hunterdon Co NJ

• 1753 Sussex Co split from Morris Co NJ

• Died 1754 Deerpark, Orange Co NY

    4. Hendrick DeVoor

• Born at the French Patent, Hackensack, Bergen Co NJ

• Christened 4/17/1698 Manhattan NY

• Migrated before 3/1723 w/ family to Ulster Co NY

• Migrated before 9/1724 w/ family to Hunterdon (now Sussex) Co NJ

• Married c. 1723 in Hunterdon (now Sussex) Co NJ to Catherine DeVoor b. c. 1703

• 9/1724 Hunterdon (now Sussex) Co NJ Probate

• 1739 Morris Co split from Hunterdon Co NJ

• 1753 Sussex Co split from Morris Co NJ

• Died 5/15/1766 Sussex Co NJ

    5. Johannes DeVoor

• Born at the French Patent, Hackensack, Bergen Co NJ

• Christened 1/28/1700 Manhattan NY

• Married 4/29/1722 in Manhattan NY to Aafie Kortright b. c. 1702 New York NY

• 1731 Manhattan NY Land Transaction

• Died 1780 Manhattan NY

    6. Jannetie DeVoor

• Born at the French Patent, Hackensack, Bergen Co NJ

• Christened 4/7/1703 Manhattan NY

• Married 1720 in Bergen Co NJ to Herman Dildine b. 1699 Diersforf, Palatinate of the Rhine

• Migrated before 3/1723 w/ family to Ulster Co NY

• Migrated before 9/1724 w/ family to Hunterdon (now Sussex) Co NJ

• 9/1724 Hunterdon (now Sussex) Co NJ Probate

• 1739 Morris Co split from Hunterdon Co NJ

• 1753 Sussex Co split from Morris Co NJ

• Died before 10/1769 Sussex Co NJ

    7. Daniel DeVoor, Jr.

Note: this is not the Daniel DeVoor who married Lydia Westfall. The Daniel who married Lydia Westfall was a son of Cornelius and grandson of Daniel, Sr.

• Born at the French Patent, Hackensack, Bergen Co NJ

• Christened 3/25/1705 Manhattan York NY

• Migrated before 3/1723 w/ family to Ulster Co NY

• Migrated before 9/1724 w/ family to Hunterdon (now Sussex) Co NJ

• 9/1724 Hunterdon (now Sussex) Co NJ Probate

• Married c. 1749 in Morris Co NJ to Mally Leed b. c. 1730 in Pennsylvania

• 1753 Sussex Co split from Morris Co NJ

• Date and place of death unknown

    8. Jacobus DeVoor (twin?)

• Born at the French Patent, Hackensack, Bergen Co NJ

• Christened 1/4/1708 Manhattan NY

• Migrated before 3/1723 w/ family to Ulster Co NY

• Migrated before 9/1724 w/ family to Hunterdon (now Sussex) Co NJ

• 9/1724 Hunterdon (now Sussex) Co NJ Probate

• Married 1738 in Hunterdon (now Sussex) Co NJ to Eva Dingeman b. c. 1718

• 1739 Morris Co split from Hunterdon Co NJ

• Eva died before 1753 Morris (now Sussex) Co NJ

• 1753 Sussex Co split from Morris Co NJ

• Married 7/5/1753 in Sussex Co NJ to Lisabeth Prys b. c. 1720 New York

• Migrated before 1779 to Yohogania Co VA (now Allegheny Co PA)

• Died 1779 Yohogania Co VA (now Allegheny Co PA)

    9. Rachel DeVoor (twin?)

• Born at the French Patent, Hackensack, Bergen Co NJ

• Christened 1/4/1708 New York NY

• Married c. 1740 in Sussex Co NJ to Johannes DePuy b. c. 1705 Ulster Co NY

• Date and place of death unknown

    10. Mattheus DeVoor

• Born at the French Patent, Hackensack, Bergen Co NJ

• Christened 2/8/1710 New York NY

• Migrated before 3/1723 w/ family to Ulster Co NY

• Migrated before 9/1724 w/ family to Hunterdon (now Sussex) Co NJ

• 9/1724 Hunterdon (now Sussex) Co NJ Probate

• 1739 Morris Co split from Hunterdon Co NJ

• Married c. 1749 in Morris Co NJ to Neeltje Schermerhoorn b. c. 1729 in New York

• 9/31/1751 Orange Co NY Record

• 1753 Sussex Co split from Morris Co NJ

• Migrated before 1790 to South Carolina

• Died after 1790 Edgefield Co SC

    11. Willem DeVoor ch. 11/6/1711 New York NY

    12. David DeVoor

• Born at the French Patent, Hackensack, Bergen Co NJ

• Christened 11/8/1713 New York NY

• Migrated before 3/1723 w/ family to Ulster Co NY

• Migrated before 9/1724 w/ family to Hunterdon (now Sussex) Co NJ

• 9/1724 Hunterdon Co (now Morris) NJ Probate

• Married c. 1738 in Hunterdon (now Sussex) Co NJ to Gerretje Hydt b. c. 1718

• 1739 Morris Co split from Hunterdon Co NJ

• 6/13/1740 Morris (now Sussex) Co NJ Record

• 5/1/1750 Orange Co NY Church Record

• 1753 Sussex Co split from Morris Co NJ

• Died 1760 Sussex Co NJ

Generation #4