November 2, 2012, Friday, 306

Abraham Van Horne

From The Peopling of New York City

Abraham van Horne

Abraham van Horne was born in 1675 and died in 1741[1]. He was the son of Abraham van Horne and Marie (Maria) Provoost[2]. He had a lot of siblings but most notably he was the brother of Captain Cornelius van Horne and Catherine van Horne[3]. Abraham and the two siblings mentioned all moved from New York to Huntington County, New Jersey[4]. This made it more difficult to find information about Abraham since his records have been split throughout New York and New Jersey. I thought this could make the search a bit more interesting however it made it much harder and i was only able to find a limited amount of information about him. I was not able to find out much about his personal life however there were many genealogical records of his parents, children and wife which gave me a good insight on his life. Abraham van Horne's wife has a few variations to her name, Annetje (or Anna, Anita, Anidta) Covenhoven, she was born in 1702 and they were possibly married in New Jersey the year 1719. Abraham and his wife had a lot of children, they were named: Mathew, Cornelius, Margareta, Elizabeth, Cathernie, Sophia, Nettie, Abraham and Antje[5]. This showed that Abraham was wealthy enough to support such a large family through a well paying job. I found out that Abraham van Horne was a member of the governor, George Clarke, council and was an active member of the political scene in New York[6]. This information however did not fully explain how Abraham was able to gain his wealth. I then saw that he was one of the most active slave traders in New York. He was a slaveowner and an active slave trader who mainly dealt with the Caribbean Slave trade, which was were many other traders earned their wealth during this period of time[7]. A quote of Abraham van Horne's, “All my Negro Slaves are to be sold to the highest Bidder among my Children, to prevent their falling into the Hand of Strangers”, shows me that he was not a very decisive man and was not able to distribute his property to his many children himself. He left himself out of the situation so as to not be mixed in with any conflict of separating his goods.



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References

  1. ↑ ancestry.com
  2. ↑ ancestry.com
  3. ↑ ancestry.com
  4. ↑ St. Joseph Island Historical Society Document 500140 Date to file Feb 99 Source Kathy Snitker
  5. ↑ St. Joseph Island Historical Society Document 500140 Date to file Feb 99 Source Kathy Snitker
  6. ↑ Lepore, Jill. New York Burning. Page 206.Vintage Books, New York
  7. ↑ Lepore, Jill. New York Burning. Page 54.Vintage Books, New York 2005
  8. ↑ New-York Gazette, or Weekly Post-Boy, published as New-York Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post-Boy; Date: 04-22-1751; Issue: 431; Page: [3]
  9. ↑ New-York Gazette, or Weekly Post-Boy, published as New-York Gazette Revived in the Weekly Post-Boy; Date: 03-02-1752; Issue: 476; Page: [4]
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