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From: Mary Jane Battaglia <>
Subject: Re: [Q-R] HORN
Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2002 20:30:36 -0800
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Why NY and NJ? Migration trails. Most of the early Dutch came from NY, then
over to NJ and then into PA. En route they tended to drop the "Vans," and
"vanders." i.e. a Anna Mary Van Horn m Gerardus Beekman in1718 in Flatbush but
later moved to Raritan NJ by 1724. In 1745 another Gerandus Beekman m Ann Van
Horn. Earlier Willemtje Van Dyke (bp 1681) m ChristianVan Hoorn of Bensalem,
PA. Not all that far apart. Also a family named Horn who were fishermen in
Canarisie. All my Dutch ancestors seemed to head west, so just a guess.
mary jane

wrote:

> I have been told that he was of Scottish origin so I don't think the name
> would have been Van Horn, unless the information of the origin is not
> correct. Thank you for the suggestion anyway. Just for my edification, why
> would there be Van Horns in N.Y./N.J. rather than Pa? Sara Georgiadis
>
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