Evert van der Vorst moved from Cleves to Rotterdam

Evert van der Vorst, his brother Jan and their sister Sibille were all born in Cleves, Germany. The tree siblings all had children baptized named Adolph(us) and (He)Lena which are likely their parents names.

View of Cleves in Germany

Evert van der Vorst was married in Rotterdam on 1 May 1680. His bride was Aaghtjen van der Horst, born in Utrecht. Aeghtjen van der Horst was likely baptized on 27 January 1656 in Utrecht with parents Adriaen (“Arien”) van der Horst and Adriaentjen (Jacobs) Schoeriens.
In the spring of 1686 and the autumn of 1689 Evert and Aalghtjen were living in de Breestraet in Rotterdam. On 3 December 1686 in Rotterdam Aeghtie van der Vorst [=Horst] and Arijaentie van Dooren were witnesses at the baptism of Ariaentie, a daughter of Jacobus van Dooren and Maddaleentie Wassenbergh in the Bruggensteegh (an alley) in Rotterdam.

Evert and Aaltgen had the following children:

1. Helena was baptized on 26 June 1681 in Rotterdam with witnesses Lijsbeth van der Vorst and Jan van der Vorst^*.
2. Adrianus was baptized on 28 January 1683 in Rotterdam with witnesses Arijaentie van Dooren and Jacob van Dooren^**. Adrianus was married on 22 May 1708 in Rotterdam to Martijntje Admiraal of Rotterdam. They were the parents of a.o. Aegie and Evert. Martijntje Admiraal was remarried in 1721 in Rotterdam to Philippus van der Spek.
3. Adolphus was baptized on 6 August 1684 in Rotterdam with witnesses David van Verneij (and his wife) Sebille van der Vorst and Lijsbet van der Vorst. Evert was married on 20 September 1718 in Rotterdam to Anna den Harder of Rotterdam. They had a son Evert baptized on 6 July 1721 in Rotterdam with witnesses Cornelis van der Smisse, Sebilla van der Vorst and Elisabeth van der Smisse. Adolph van der Vorst, husband of Anna den Harder, was buried in Rotterdam on 10 June 1726, leaving 2 young children. His widow married Cornelis de Vries in 1729.
4. Lena was baptized on 24 March 1686 in Rotterdam with witnesses Jan van der Vorst and Gerretie van der Vorst.
5. A baby in the autumn of 1689, possibly stillborn.

Aaghtjen van der Horst was buried with a small child in her arms on 8 October 1689 in Rotterdam. She was survived by 4 small children.

Evert van der Vorst was remarried on 21 December 1690 in Rotterdam. His second wife was Juliana (van) Beeck, widow of Dirck Tol. Evert van der Vorst, husband of Julianna van Beek, was buried on 16-10-1704 in the new church in Rotterdam. He was survived by 3 children. On 16 October 1704, Evert’s widow, Julianna van Beek, was also buried in the new church in Rotterdam.

Rotterdam in Holland

^* Lijsbet van der Vorst remained unmarried. She was buried on 10 April 1709 in the new church in Rotterdam.
^** Adriaen van der Horst was married in Utrecht on 15 April 1655 to Adriaentjen Jacobs, widow of Jacob van Doren, so witnesses Arijaentie and Jacob van Dooren may be Aaghtgen’s half-siblings. 

Source: StadsArchief.Rotterdam.nl.