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Earl Van Dorn

The New Netherland Ancestors of

EARL VAN DORN



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			   __Christian Pieterszen Van Doorn6
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		      __Jacob Christianszen Van Doorn5,15
		     |    |
		     |    |__Tryntje Cornelise Shubber6
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		 __Jacobus Van Doren4,7,15
		|    |
		|    |          __William Adrianszen Bennet15
		|    |         |
		|    |     __Adriaen Willemszen Bennet5,15
		|    |    |    |
		|    |    |    |     __Thomas Badie15
		|    |    |    |    |
		|    |    |    |__Maria Thomasdr. Badie15
		|    |    |         |
		|    |    |         |__Aeltje Braconie15
		|    |    |
		|    |__Maria Adriaens Bennet5,15
		|         |
		|         |     __Jan Thomaszen Van Dyck13,15
		|         |    |
		|         |__Agnietje Jans Van Dyck5,13,15
		|              |
		|              |__Tryntie Achias13
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	    __Aaron Van Doren3,7
	   |    |
	   |    |               __Marten Schenck7
	   |    |              |
	   |    |          __Roelof Martenszen Schenck7
	   |    |         |    |
	   |    |         |    |__(__)7
	   |    |         |
	   |    |     __Jan Roelofszen Schenck4,7
	   |    |    |    |
	   |    |    |    |          __Wolfert Gerritszen [Van Kouwenhoven]7
	   |    |    |    |         |
	   |    |    |    |     __Gerrit Wolfertszen Van Kouwenhoven7
	   |    |    |    |    |    |
	   |    |    |    |    |    |__Neeltgen Jacobs7
	   |    |    |    |    |
	   |    |    |    |__Neeltje Gerritse Van Kouwenhoven7
	   |    |    |         |
	   |    |    |         |     __Cornelis Lambertszen Cool7
	   |    |    |         |    |
	   |    |    |         |__Aeltie Cornelise Cool7
	   |    |    |              |
	   |    |    |              |__(__)7
	   |    |    |
	   |    |__Maritje Schenck4,7,15
	   |         |
	   |         |               __Wolfert Gerritszen [Van Kouwenhoven]7
	   |         |              |
	   |         |          __Gerrit Wolfertszen Van Kouwenhoven7
	   |         |         |    |
	   |         |         |    |__Neeltgen Jacobs7
	   |         |         |
	   |         |     __Willem Gerritszen Van Kouwenhoven7
	   |         |    |    |
	   |         |    |    |     __Cornelis Lambertszen Cool7
	   |         |    |    |    |
	   |         |    |    |__Aeltie Cornelise Cool7
	   |         |    |         |
	   |         |    |         |__(__)7
	   |         |    |
	   |         |__Sarah Van Kouwenhoven4,7
	   |              |
	   |              |          __Jean Monfoort8
	   |              |         |
	   |              |     __Pierre Montfoort7,8
	   |              |    |    |
	   |              |    |    |__Jacqueline Moreau8
	   |              |    |
	   |              |__Jannetje Monfoort7,8
	   |                   |
	   |                   |__Sarah de Planck8
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       __Peter Aaron Van Dorn2
      |    |
      |    |                         __Marten Schenck7
      |    |                        |
      |    |                    __Roelof Martenszen Schenck7
      |    |                   |    |
      |    |                   |    |__(__)7
      |    |                   |
      |    |               __Jan Roelofszen Schenck4,7
      |    |              |    |
      |    |              |    |          __Wolfert Gerritszen [Van Kouwenhoven]7
      |    |              |    |         |
      |    |              |    |     __Gerrit Wolfertszen Van Kouwenhoven7
      |    |              |    |    |    |
      |    |              |    |    |    |__Neeltgen Jacobs7
      |    |              |    |    |
      |    |              |    |__Neeltje Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven7
      |    |              |         |
      |    |              |         |     __Cornelis Lambertszen Cool7
      |    |              |         |    |
      |    |              |         |__Aeltie Cornelise Cool7
      |    |              |              |
      |    |              |              |__(__)7
      |    |              |
      |    |          __Roelof Schenck7,12
      |    |         |    |
      |    |         |    |               __Wolfert Gerritszen [Van Kouwenhoven]7
      |    |         |    |              |
      |    |         |    |          __Gerrit Wolfertszen Van Kouwenhoven7
      |    |         |    |         |    |
      |    |         |    |         |    |__Neeltgen Jacobs7
      |    |         |    |         |
      |    |         |    |     __Willem Gerritszen Van Kouwenhoven7
      |    |         |    |    |    |
      |    |         |    |    |    |     __Cornelis Lambertszen Cool7
      |    |         |    |    |    |    |
      |    |         |    |    |    |__Aeltie Cornelise Cool7
      |    |         |    |    |         |
      |    |         |    |    |         |__(__)7
      |    |         |    |    |
      |    |         |    |__Sarah Van Kouwenhoven4,7
      |    |         |         |
      |    |         |         |          __Jean Monfoort8
      |    |         |         |         |
      |    |         |         |     __Pierre Montfoort7,8
      |    |         |         |    |    |
      |    |         |         |    |    |__Jacqueline Moreau8
      |    |         |         |    |
      |    |         |         |__Jannetje Monfoort7,8
      |    |         |              |
      |    |         |              |__Sarah de Planck8
      |    |         |
      |    |     __Jan Roelofse Schenck3,7,12
      |    |    |    |
      |    |    |    |          __Hendrick Willemszen9
      |    |    |    |         |
      |    |    |    |     __Daniel Hendrickson9,12
      |    |    |    |    |    |
      |    |    |    |    |    |     __Albert Andrieszen Bradt9,10
      |    |    |    |    |    |    |
      |    |    |    |    |    |__Gisseltie Albertse Bradt9,10
      |    |    |    |    |         |
      |    |    |    |    |         |     __Barent Rottmer10
      |    |    |    |    |         |    |
      |    |    |    |    |         |__Annetje Barentse10
      |    |    |    |    |              |
      |    |    |    |    |              |__Geesje Barents10
      |    |    |    |    |
      |    |    |    |__Geesie Hendrickson7,12
      |    |    |         |
      |    |    |         |          __Jan Thomaszen Van Dyke13
      |    |    |         |         |
      |    |    |         |     __Jan Janszen Van Dyke9,10,12
      |    |    |         |    |    |
      |    |    |         |    |    |__Tryntje Achias13
      |    |    |         |    |
      |    |    |         |__Catharine Van Dyke9,12
      |    |    |              |
      |    |    |              |     __Matthys Janszen Lanen Van Pelt11
      |    |    |              |    |
      |    |    |              |__Teuntje Thyssen Van Pelt11,12
      |    |    |                   |
      |    |    |                   |__Marykens Gysberts11
      |    |    |
      |    |__Geesje Schenck3,7
      |         |
      |         |                    __Wolfert Gerretszen [Van Kouwenhoven]7
      |         |                   |
      |         |               __Gerrit Wolfertszen Van Kouwenhoven7
      |         |              |    |
      |         |              |    |__Neeltgen Jacobs7
      |         |              |
      |         |          __Willem Gerritszen Van Kouwenhoven7
      |         |         |    |
      |         |         |    |     __Cornelis Lambertszen Cool7
      |         |         |    |    |
      |         |         |    |__Aeltie Cornelise Cool7
      |         |         |         |
      |         |         |         |__(__)7
      |         |         |
      |         |     __Cornelis Willemse Van Kouwenhoven7
      |         |    |    |
      |         |    |    |          __Jean Monfoort8
      |         |    |    |         |
      |         |    |    |     __Pieter Montfoort7,8
      |         |    |    |    |    |
      |         |    |    |    |    |__Jacqueline Moreau8
      |         |    |    |    |
      |         |    |    |__Jannetje Monfoort7,8
      |         |    |         |
      |         |    |         |__Sarah de Planck8
      |         |    |
      |         |__Jacomyntje Cowenhoven3,7,12
      |              |
      |              |          __Marten Schenck7
      |              |         |
      |              |     __Roelof Martenszen Schenck7
      |              |    |    |
      |              |    |    |__(__)7
      |              |    |
      |              |__Margaretta Schenck7
      |                   |
      |                   |     __Pieter Claeszen Wyckoff7,14
      |                   |    |
      |                   |__Annetje Pieterse Wyckoff7
      |                        |
      |                        |     __Cornelis Hendrickszen Van Ness14
      |                        |    |
      |                        |__Grietje Van Ness14
      |                             |
      |                             |__Mayken Van de Burchgraeff14
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EARL VAN DORN1
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      |__Sophia Donelson Caffery2



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Biography of EARL VAN DORN

 
VAN DORN, Earl, soldier, born near Port Gibson, Mississippi, 17 September 1820: died in Spring Hill, Tennessee, 8 May 1863. He was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1842, assigned to the 7th Infantry, and served in garrisons. After his promotion to 2nd Lieutenant, 30 November 1844, he took part in the military occupation of Texas in 1845-1846, was made 1st Lieutenant, 3 March 1847, and brevetted Captain on 18 April for "gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Cerro Gordo." He was at Contreras and Churubusco, and was brevetted Major, 20 August 1847, for gallantry in those actions. He also took part in the assault and capture of the City of Mexico, and was wounded at Belen Gate. He was aide-de-camp to General Persifer F. Smith, from April 1847, until May 1848. At Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Lieutenant Van Dorn engaged in the Seminole War in 1849-1850, was made Captain in the 2nd Cavalry, 3 March 1855, took part in the battle with the Comanches, 1 July 1856, and commanded the expedition against those Indians near Washita Village, Indian Territory, 1 October 1858, where he was four times wounded, twice dangerously by arrows. He was again engaged with the Comanches in the Valley of Nessentunga, 13 May 1859. He became major of the 2nd Cavalry, 28 June 1860, but resigned on 31 January 1861, and was appointed by the Legislature of Mississippi Brigadier-General of the state forces, afterward succeeding Jefferson Davis as Major-General. He was appointed Colonel of Cavalry in the regular Confederate Army, 16 March 1861, took command of a body of Texan volunteers, and on 20 April captured the steamer "Star of the West" at Indianola. On 24 April, at the head of 800 men, at Salaria, he received the surrender of Major Caleb C. Sibley and seven companies of United States Infantry, and on 9 May he received that of Colonel Isaac V.D. Reeve with six companies of the 8th Infantry, he became Brigadier-General on 5 June, and Major-General on 19 September 1861, and on 29 January 1862, took command of the Trans-Mississippi Department. He was defeated at Pea Ridge on 6-8 March, and, being superseded by General Theophilus IX. Holmes, joined the Army of Mississippi. At Corinth, 3-4 October, where he was in command with General Sterling Price, he was again defeated, and he was superseded by General John C. Pemberton. On 20 December he made an attack on Holly Springs, Mississippi, which was occupied by Colonel Murphy with a body of United States troops, and captured a large amount of valuable stores. On 10 April 1863, he made an unsuccessful attack on General Gordon Granger at Franklin, TN. In the following month General Van Dorn was shot by a physician named Peters, on account of a private grievance. General Van Dorn provoked many strictures at one time by an order restricting the comments of the press on the movements of the army, though the step was taken in obedience to the commands of General Braxton Bragg. He possessed a cultivated taste, and was a fine draughtsman. When stationed at Newport, Kentucky, barracks, opposite Cincinnati, he devised and successfully tried in that city an elevated electric railway.
 

 


Notes and Sources


   1.  Ledley, Wilson V., The Van Doren Family.  Meredith:  privately published,
       1972.  287.
   2.  Ibid., p. 161-162.
   3.  Ibid., p. 75-78.
   4.  Ibid., p. 34-35.
   5.  Ibid., p. 21-26.
   6.  Ibid., p. 14-18.
   7.  Cocheu, Lincoln C. "The Van Kouwenhoven-Conover Family."  The New York
       Genealogical and Biographical Record, 70 (1939):  230-225, 353-356; 71
       (1940):  69-74, 157-162, 273-276, 365-367; 81 (1950):  123-125, 172-178,
       225-230; 82 (1951):  34-42, 89-97, 175-183, 211-236; 83 (1952):  86-91,
       147-152.
   8.  Riker, David M., Genealogical and Biographical Directory to Persons
       in New Netherland from 1613 to 1674.  CD-ROM. Cambridge: The
       Learning Company, 1999.  1025.
   9.  Ibid., p. 710.
  10.  Ibid., p. 175.
  11.  Ibid., p. 1632.
  12.  Aitken, William Benford, Distinguished Families in America Descended from
       Wilhelmus Beekman and Jan Thomasse Van Dyke.  New York:  The
       Knickerbocker Press, 1912.  187-190.
  13.  Ibid., p. 174-177.
  14.  Hoffman, William J., "An Armory of American Families of Dutch Descent -
       Van Ness - Van den Burchgraeff," The New York Genealogical and
       Biographical Record, 72 (1941):  148-155.
  15.  Ledley, Wilson V., "Willem Adriaense Bennet of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Some
       of His Descendants," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record,
       93 (1962):  193-204; 94 (1963):  34-41, 107-114, 156-169, 203-213; 95
       (1964):  10-27, 155-165, 203-207.

 

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