Roelof Janse Terhune

Abt 1686 - Bef 1761  (< 75 years)

• Name	Roelof Janse Terhune  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1686	Flatlands, Kings, New York, United States
  Gender	Male
  FSID	L8R6-5VL
  _MILT	1715	Kingston, Ulster, New York, United States
  	Captain of the Fifth Company of Kings Co., Long Island Milita, in 1715
  Death	Bef 30 Apr 1761	Flatlands, Kings, New York, United States   [2]
  Burial	Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States   [2]
  	Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery Event Description: Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery
  Person ID	I45359	footsteps
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Jan Albertse Terhune,   b. Abt 1654, New York, New York, United States d. Aft 1731, Flatlands, Kings, New York, United States (Age > 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Annetje Roelofse Schenck,   b. Abt 1663, Flatlands, Kings, New York, United States d. Abt 1688, Flatlands, Kings, New York, United States (Age 25 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F25001	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maritjie Garretje van Voorhees,   b. 23 Oct 1687, Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States d. Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
  Children	+ 1. Willemtje Terhune,   b. Abt 1710, Flatlands, Kings, New York, United States d. 1782, Oyster Bay, Queens, New York, United States (Age 72 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
  Family ID	F25002	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Roelof Terhune and Maritjtie Gerrits were married 5 May 1706 in New Amersfort, Kings County, New York (Flatbush Church Records, page 281). Roelof and his brother, Albert married sisters VOORHEES !!! daughters of Garret Court Van Voorhees and his wife Willemptje Pieterse Luyster http://olivetreegenealogy.com/nn/church/flatlands1.shtml Roelof and his brother, Albert married sisters VOORHEES !!! http://olivetreegenealogy.com/nn/church/flatlands1.shtml

  
  

• Sources

  [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Abstracts of wills on file in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York, 1665-1801. V. 6. Page viewer #82, page 74, Liber 23, page 3. (This is a transcribed and spelling corrected version) The following is from the orginal version: "In the Name of God Amen. The twenty day of feberwary in the year of our Lord one thousant seven hundered and fyfty and tre. I Roelof ter-huene of gravesend in Kings County on the-Island Nasaw yeman being very sick and weak in body..." [S288] FamilySearch.org, Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGV1-73GV : Mon Mar 31 19:01:29 UTC 2025), Entry for Roelof Janse Terhune. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGV1-73GV