Surnames: Bowers, Conklin, De Garmo, Fonda, Hillebrandt,
Lesley, Mabie,
Mebie, Mount, Mitchell, Schermerhorn, Veeder, Voorhees,
Wycoff
Source: History of the Mohawk Valley - Gateway to the
West - 1614-1925
Covering The Six Counties of Schenectady, Schoharie,
Montgomery, Fulton, Herkimer and Oneida.
Volume IV Illustrated; Page
898
Chicago, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1925
One of the most popular as well as widely known residents of Montgomery County is Harry Putman Voorhees, whose home is in Fultonville, New York, where he was born and has always resided. He is one of five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Horatio Nelson Voorhees: Mary H., who married F. A. Mitchell; Elizabeth D.; James; Harriet, who married Edgar Hillebrandt; and Harry Putman. Horatio Nelson Voorhees was born in the town of Charleston, New York, January 5, 1811; died January 9, 1888.
He married, August 25, 1845, Rebecca Putman, who was born January 20, 1820 and died in September, 1905. About the year 1830 Horatio Nelson Voorhees moved from Charleston to the village of Fultonville, where he engaged in the mercantile business. Horatio Nelson was the son of James Voorhees, born in Charleston, May 22, 1776; died July 7, 1838, and his wife, Maria Van Middlesworth Wycoff; born May 4, 1776, and died October 14, 1854. She was the daughter of the Rev. Mr. Wycoff of Albany, New York. James Voorhees was a farmer, and was the son of Henry Voorhees, born in New Jersey, May 12, 1740; died November 12, 1827; and his wife Jane Lesley, who was born August 15, 1735; died December 21, 1804. James Voorhees came from New Jersey to Charleston, where he was engaged in farming until the time of his death.
Rebecca Putman, wife of Horatio Nelson Voorhees, was born in Duanesburg. When she was a small child, her parents moved to Schenectady, New York, and later to Fultonville. She was the daughter of Matthew Putman, born January 18, 1787, in Duanesburg; and his wife, Anna Veeder, born July 15, 1790, married March 8, 1810. Matthew Putman was the son of Arent D. Putman and Rebecca De Garmo, who were married in 1772. Anna Veeder was the daughter of Major General Abram Veeder, baptized in Schenectady, New York, November 17, 1745; died January 25, 1841; and his wife, Annatie Fonda, born in 1753 and died January 23, 1806. They were married January 7, 1773. Abram Veeder served as Major General of Tryon County Militia during the Revolutionary war. He was the son of Johannes Veeder, born in Schenectady, New York, April 8, 1714, died June 11, 1798; and his wife, Catherine Mebie (Mabie), born August 6, 1720. They were married March 16, 1738. About the year 1750 they came from Schenectady, New York, to Caughnawaga, now Fonda, New York, where Mr. Veeder purchased one thousand four hundred acres of land in one tract west of the village.
He became a prominent and influential citizen, was an ardent patriot, and lost much of his property during the raids of the Johnsons and Butlers through the Mohawk valley during the Revolution; for which he was never reimbursed. He was a member from old Tryon County of the first session of the State Assembly for 1777 and 1778. He was the son of Volkert Symonese Veeder and Janetie Schermerhorn. Volkert Symonese was the son of Simon Volkertse Veeder, who was born in 1624. He belonged to the ship "Prince Maurice" which plied between Holland and New York in 1644. In 1652 he bought a lot in New York city, which he sold, in 1654, for thirty beavers, moving to Albany, and in 1662 settling in Schenectady, of which he was one of the original settlers.
Catherine Mebie, wife of Johannes Veeder, was the daughter of Abraham Mebie and his wife, Annatje Veeder. Abraham Mebie was the son of Jan Pieter Mebie and his wife, Anna Pietrese Borsboom. In 1680 Jan Pieter Mebie built on his farm, on the south side of the Mohawk river, at Rotterdam, eight miles above Schenectady, New York, the old stone house still standing and said to be the oldest house in the Mohawk valley.
Harry Putman Voorhees was educated in the Fultonville schools, after which he engaged in the mercantile business in Fultonville until 1906. Since that time he has been clerk of the surrogate's court for Montgomery County. His pleasing personality and courteous manner make him well fitted for the place, and the many people who daily have business with the surrogate's office find Mr. Voorhees always ready to be of assistance and service to them. His nearest living relatives are a nephew and a niece, children of his sister, Mrs. Harriet Hillebrandt: Joseph, who married (1) Miss Minnie Mount, (2) Miss Louise Bowers, and who reside in Scotia, New York; Mary E. Hillebrandt, who married Philip E. Conklin and who has one daughter, Margaret Voorhees Conklin. They reside in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York.
Mr. Voorhees is a member of Fultonville Lodge, No. 581, F. & A. M., of which he is the present chaplain. He is associated with the Reformed church of Fultonville, of which he is a trustee. He was president of the village of Fultonville during the year 1915, and in politics he is a republican. Mr. Voorhees spends a great deal of time caring for his flowers, of which he is very fond, and has a great many varieties. which bloom around his home from early spring until late fall.
(Variations: DeGarmo, Mabie, Maybee, Putnan, Veder, Vorhees)
