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Van Haiiingen, John M., a Reformed (Dutch) minister, nephew of the foregoing, was born at Sourland (now Harliugen), N. J., 1701; graduated from Queen's College in 1783; studied for the ministry with Dr. Livingston ; was licensed by the Christian Synod of the Dutch Reformed Churches in 178(5; and settled at Mill- stone and Six Mile Rini, N. J., 1787-95. From this pe- riod he was without charge (179.5-18r2), probably on ac- count of his inanimate pulpit delivery. He was a lover of books, and lived chiefly among them ; a close student, learned in theology, instructive in conversation, but ex- ceedingly retiring and reserved in manner, and very ab- sent-minded. While he was without charge he preach- ed frequently for neighboring ministers, but his chief work was a full translation of a celebrated Dutch work. Van der Kemp on the Heidelberg Catechism (a series of sermons, with a valuable historical introduction, in 2 vols. 8vo). Before the organization of the Theological Seminary at New Brunswick, he had instructed a num- ber of young men at his residence in Hebrew and eccle- siastical history, with a view to the ministry. In June, 1812, he was called to the chair of Hebrew and ecclesi- astical history in the new seminary, and accepted the appointment of the General Synod to the Hebrew pro- fessorship, and gave temporary lessons in history. In one year thereafter he died at Millstone, after a brief and severe illness, .June 16, 1813. He was never mar- ried. His meditative spirit and devout piety, with his love of learning, and a sutiiciency of this world's goods, enabled him to live much above the world, "using it as not abusing it,'" and devoting himself to his sacred stud- ies. He preached both in Dutch aiul English, ami was regarded, acconiing to the standard of his time, as a proticient in Hebrew and a Christian scholar of eminent attainments. See Sprague, A nnals of the A mer. Pulpit, vol. ix ; Corwin, Manual of the Ref. Church in America, s. V. (W. J. R. T.)
Van Helmont, Baron Francis Meicuiius, a Dutch physician and religious enthusiast, was born in 1(518; settled in England, as the family physician of lady Conway, at Ragley, and thus became the associate of Henry Moore (q. v.). He was the son of the well- known chemist Van Helmont, and gave himself to those occult medical studies which were a passion with his father. His works were noted for their eccentricities. He died in 1(599. See Tnllock, Rational Theul. in Eng- land ill the ITlli Cent, ii, 329.
Van Helmont, Serges Jacob, a Flemish paint- er, was born in Antwerp in 1(583. He was the son of Matthew Van Helmont of Brussels, and was instructed in his art by his father; but while the father painted markets, fairs, shops, and similar scenes, the son distin- guished himself for religious compositions in the great
style. He settled at Brussels, and was considered one of the best Flemish painters of his time, although, from weakness of constitution, he never left his own country. The Triumph oj' Elijah orer the Priests of Baal, in the Church of the Carmelites; the Martyrdom of St. Bar- bara, in St. Mary Magdalen's; and the Triumph of Da- vid, in St. Michael's Church at Brussels, are considered his masterineccs. He died at Brussels, Aug. 21, 172(5.
Van Hoeck, Jan, a Flemish painter, was born at Antwerp about IGOO. He studied with Rubens, and af- terwards at Rome. He was much employed by the em- peror Ferdinand II of Italy, but. eventually returned to his own coiuitry, where he died about 1(550. He was an admirable painter in portrait and history. His most famous painting is the Christ on the Cross, in the Church of St. Sauveur at Bruges, said to be one of the finest pictures in Belgium.
Van Hook, Isaai^ A., a minister of the Reformed (Dutch) Church in America. He graduated at Colum- bia College in 1797, and at New Brunswick Theological Seminary in 1819, when he was licensed by the Classis of New Brunswick. He was missionary to Spotswood, N. J., 1819-21 ; to Stillwater, N. J., Beaver Dam. Middle- town, Kle3'n Esopus, and Tiashoke, N. Y., in 1822; pas- tor at Fort Miller and Argyle, 1823-24; missionary to Wilton in 1825; and corresponding secretary of the Board of Missions in 1827. He died in 1834. See Corwin, Manual if the Ref Church in A merica, s. v.
Van Home, Auram, a minister of the Reformed (Dutch) Church, was born at Whitehouse, N. J., Dec. 31, 17(53. He graduated at (,)ueen's College in 1787; studied theology i)rivately, and was licensed in 1788; and be- came pastor at Wawarsing, Marbletown, and Rochester, N. Y., 1789-95; and at Caughnawaga, 1795-1833. He died June 3, 1840. In 1783 he was a commissary in the American arm}\ See Corwin, Manual of the Ref Church in A merica, s. v.
Van Hovenbergh, Eggo Tonkens, a Dutch min- ister of the Reformed Ciiureh. He was ordained at Amsterdam, April 1, 1743; and preached at Surinam, South America, 1743-49. On his way back from Suri- nam to HoUanil in 1749 he stopped at New York, where he would have received a call from the consistory but for the unsatisfactorv position he took concerning the Church and ministry of New York. He preached at Livingston Manor and Claverack, N. Y., 1749-56 ; and at Rhinebeck Flats, 1756-04, when he was suspended, but continued to preach until 1707. See Corwin, Muimal of the Rif. Church in America, s. v.