[5] Steven van Voorhees was born in 1600 in Hees, a village in Drenthe, The Netherlands.

[6] He was the son of Coert Albertse van Voorhees, of Hees,[6] and the eldest of seven children.

[1] Van Voorhees left The Netherlands in April, 1660,[8] along with his wife, Willempie Roelofse Suebering, and 8 of their 10 children.

[6] He purchased a tract of land on 29 November 1660,[8] from Cornelius Deriksen Hoogland for three thousand guilders.

[5] His will is dated 25 August 1677,[7] which has been called a "lengthy, odd document" in which he bequeaths his entire estate to his five surviving children.