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2498. Samuel DAYTON was born on 7 Feb 1623/1624 in St.Mary'S, Ashford, Kent, Eng.. He was christened on 7 Feb 1623/1624 in St.Mary'S, Ashford, Kent, Eng.. He died on 5 Jul 1690 in Seatauket, New York. He married Elizabeth HARVEY before 1669. Samuel was baptized in 1624. [Parents]
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Samuel Dayton is said to have been the first white resident of Bellport, LI, NY then called Ashford.
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Was in New Haven, CT, in 1645. Settled in town of Southampton, LongIsland. While living there he was interested in whale fishery but did notprosper at it. In 1664 his first wife died and two of his sons wereraised by others. Bought house inBrookhaven 1668.
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Was in New Haven, CT, in 1645. Settled in town of Southampton, LongIsland. While living there he was interested in whale fishery but did notprosper at it. In 1664 his first wife died and two of his sons wereraised by others. Bought house in Brookhaven 1668.
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Samuel Dayton is said to have been the first white resident of Bellport, LI, NY then called Ashford.
Samuel Dayton is said to have been the first white resident of Bellport, LI, NY then called Ashford.
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Samuel Dayton is said to have been the first white resident of Bellport, LI, NY then called Ashford.
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Samuel Dayton is said to have been the first white resident of Bellport, LI, NY then called Ashford.
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Samuel Dayton is said to have been the first white resident of Bellport, LI, NY then called Ashford.
2499. Elizabeth HARVEY was born about 1636 in Brookhaven,,NY. She was christened in Of Salem,Essex,Mass. She died WFT Est 1677-1743. She had other parents. [Parents]
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2560. John BYRD was born in 1620 in Of, Brexton, Cheshire, England. He died in 1677 in London, England. He married Grace STEGGE in 1651 in London, England. John resided in Edmonton, Middlesex, England. He was employed as in Goldsmith. [Parents]
Bound apprentice to John Trevillian, 31 Jan 1633, d. 1677. He m. Grace,dau. of Thomas Stegge, of London, and sister of Capt Thomas Stegge, Jr.of Henrico Co, VA. --Burke's American Families with British Ancestry,1975, p. 2597, Byrd formerlyof Broxton.
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bound apprentice to John Trevillian 1/31/1633-1634Facts about this person:
Fact 3 Goldsmith
Residence Edmonton, Middlesex, England
Was a goldsmith (banker) in London
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WFT #0216 Vol 2 WFT #0587 Vol 2 WFT #1021 Vol 4 WFT #3374 Vol 6
OCCUPATION: Goldsmith
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bound apprentice to John Trevillian 1/31/1633-1634
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OCCUPATION: Goldsmith
2561. Grace STEGGE was born in 1625 in London, London, England. She was christened on 29 Nov 1632 in ,Topsham,Devon,England. She died about 1690 in London, England. Grace resided in Thomas Stegge JR d:1671 London/VA. [Parents]
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Inherited the London House from her father. Son, William Bird was bornthere.
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niece of Thomas Stegge/Stagge of Virginia
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Fact 3 BYRD
Residence Thomas Stegge JR d:1671 London/VA
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GIVN Grace SURN Stegge
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BIOGRAPHY: Inherited the London House from her father.
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1 _FA3 2 PLAC BYRDInherited the London House from her father. Son, William Bird was bornthere.
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2564. Teunis Janszen COVERT was born in 1625 in Heemstede, Holland. He was christened in 1651 in Moved To, New Amsterdam Ny, Bedford Ny. He died in 1692/1698 in Brooklyn ,NY. He was buried in Brooklyn,,NY. He married Barbara Lucas VAN KESSEL in Dec 1645 in Swaegh,Noordt Hollandt, Holland. He had other parents. Teunis was baptized in 1651 in New Amsterdam, New York. He emigrated about 1650 from Came to America (Nieux Amsterdam, Ny), WW&FFH, Holland. He resided in 1651 in Settled on the Raritan, now New Jersey.
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TITL Archives of Butler County, Pa., written by Diana Marie Voltz Geibel (1st Edition) PAGE pg 140 DATA TEXT Teunis JANSZEN van COUVERDEN/ COVERT TITL Morris Covert family, GenForum, by Dailene Wilson, 10/99 DATA TEXT b. abt 1625 TITL Ancestry.com (Ancestry World Tree Search) DATA TEXT b. 1625 TITL WFT 41/298 DATA TEXT b. Heemstadt, North Holland TITL Morris Covert family, GenForum, by Dailene Wilson, 10/99 DATA TEXT d. abt 1692 TITL Ancestry.com (Ancestry World Tree Search)DATA TEXT d. 13 Mar 1698 TITL WFT 38/326 DATA TEXT d. March 13, 1697/98 TITL WFT 41/298 DATA TEXT d. March 13, 1697/98 EMIG DATE ABT. 1650 PLAC Came to America (Nieux Amsterdam, NY), with wife & family/ from Heemstede, Holland RESI DATE 1651 PLAC Settled on the Raritan, now New Jersey RESI PLAC Flatbush, New York
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2565. Barbara Lucas VAN KESSEL was born about 1625 in Hoorn, Noordt Hollandt Holland. She died after Apr 1700 in Brooklyn, New Amsterdam, NY. She was buried in Brooklyn, , Ny?. She had other parents. Barbara resided in Amsterdam, Holland, when wed. [Parents]
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TITL Archives of Butler County, Pa., written by Diana Marie Voltz Geibel (1st Edition) PAGE pg 140 DATA TEXT Barbara LUCAS van KESSEL TITL WFT 41/298 DATA TEXT b. Heemstadt, New Holland TITL WFT 40/920 DATA TEXT d. abt 1700 TITL WFT 38/326DATA TEXT d. April 29, 1700 TITL WFT 41/298 DATA TEXT d. April 29, 1700 RESI PLAC Amsterdam, Holland, when wed
2566. Bourgon BROUCARD was born in Mar 1645 in La Rochelle, France. He died in 1720 in Raritan, Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA. He was buried in 1720 in Near The Ranitan River. He married Catherine LEFEVRE on 2 Dec 1666 in Bedford, Long Island, n y. Bourgon joined religion in 1650/1700 in Long Island, New York. [Parents]
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Bourgon Broucard was born at Bungary, near La Rochelle, France, which is on the very Western seacoast on the Bay of Biscay. He evidently grew up there. In the years following 1500, criticism of the church developed, in Europe, which movement later developed into open warfare. This criticism was developed by Calvin, in France, and by Luther, in Germany. Those led by Calvin became known as Calvinists and his followers, in France, as Huguenots. The " "Register of Ancestors " "ofthe Huguenot Society of New Jersey states that the family of the name of Broucard lived in La Rochelle, France, and that Broucard was at one time an honored and most noted name, in France. The insignia of the Huguenot Society, was worn bythe Huguenot ancestors as an emblem of their faith. The eight corners of the four arms of the Cross of Malta were regarded as signifying the Eight Beatitudes, and the Fleur--de--lis the Mother Country of France, and the suspended Dove, theChurch under the Cross.
And It was in La Rochelle, France in this setting we first find Bourgon Broucard when he married Marie du May. He was also married there to Catherine Lefevre, and his first four children were born there. Some time between 1672 and March 1675 they removed to Amsterdam, Holland, where they were for a short time. During the year 1675 the Broucards and the Durie (Duryea) families and others of the Huguenot Faith, left Holland and came to America where they settled at what is nowBrooklyn, New York. In Riker's " "Annals of Newtown, " "Long Island, he lists Magdalena Le Febre, wife of Joost Durie and Catherine Le Febre, wife of Bourgon Broucard as possibly sisters, who came to America on the same boat the ""Gilded Otter. " "And in the 'Duryea Family", by Gustave Anjou, he lists the parentage of Magdalena Le Febre (or Le Fevre) as of Abraham and Antoinette (Jerrian) Le Fevre. Others list her as daughter of Isaac and Fannetje (Borderick) Le Fevre, or ofAbraham and Antoinette. Mr. Harold Duryee of Canton, Ohio, who has done much research on the Duryee-Duryea family, says that he is of the opinion that the parents were Abraham and Antoinette, as in old Dutch family manner the parents namedtheir children a lot after their parents. The name Isaac appears only in the Broucard family, but Abraham appears in both the Broucard and Duryee families, and Antoinette in the Duryee family and Fannetje in neither. He also says that Magdalena and Catherine Le Fevre were sisters.
In 1676 Bourgon Broucard, living in Brooklyn, was assessed as owning 11-1/2 morgens (about 23 acres) of land and valley and two cows. Then in the year following he was in Midwout, at which time his wife was transferred from the Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, to the French Church in Manhattan, by certificate, but her name does not appear in the early French records of that church. ''(NYG & B Rec., v. 86, p. 6-revised.)" " In 1684 he moved to Cripplebush in Bushwick, LongIsland, where he bought a farm. Four years later he sold this farm and moved to Dutch Kills, now a part of Long Island City, and there in 1692 he bought a large estate, a part of which was the plantation originally owned by Burger Jorizz. In a deed dated, June 21, 1690, it shows that he and Hans Tunis Couert (Covert) of Bedford in Kings County, yeoman, bought land in Maspeth Kills, Newtown, and on July 16, 1643, he bought 19 morgens and 400 rods of land there, called the MillLand. (Queens Co.County Deeds, B. 2,pp. 352-53. ) A morgen was an old Dutch measure of 2-1/2 acres.
On Oct. 30, 1700, a bill was brought before the Assembly for the quieting of title to the lands of "ancient freeholders," "including those of Bergoon Bragan, who were inhabitants of Hellgate Neck, within the bounds of Newtown, Long Island.""This bill was rejected and when again brought before the Assembly, in May 1703, his name does not appear as by that time he had moved to Somerset Co.County, New Jersey." (Annals of Newtown, pp. 131-33 and NYG & B Rec., v. 86, p. 6. )
In 1702 Bourgon sold his land in Newtown to William Post, which land was later bought back by Bourgon's son Isaac. On May 9, 1702, Bourgon and his son in-law, Jan (John) Coverson (Covert) bought for L 400, of William Dockwra, a merchant ofLondon, two thousand acres of land in Somerset County, New Jersey, bounded on the north and northwest by the Rarity and Millstone Rivers. (Deed Bk. Lib. C. -2, p. 447, in Off. of State, Trenton, N. J.New Jersey ), and thereafter we have norecord of him unless he was the Bourgon Brokaw appearing as a witness, June 2, 1717, at the baptism of Johannes, son of Thomas and Antie Cosyn at the Dutch Church in Jamaica, Long Island. It is possible this was his grandson, Bourgon, whocould not have been over twenty at that date. His wife appears at the Raritan Dutch Church, Aug. 6, 1712, at the baptism-n o86, p.6.)
ID: I00132 Name: Bourgon BROUCARD Sex: M Birth: MAR 1644/45 in La Rochelle, Bungary, France Death: 1720 in Somerset Co., New Jersey (Flagtown, Raritan) Event: Immigration Ship MAY 1675 The Gilded Otter Event: Immigrated MAY 1675 New Netherland Event: Moved ABT. 1700 Hillsborough, Somerset Co, New Jersey Event: Emigrated BET. 1672 - 1675 to Amsterdam, the Netherlands Note:Bourgon Broucard was born at Bungary, near La Rochelle, France, which ison the very Western seacoast on the Bay of Biscay. He evidently grew upthere. In the years following 1500, criticism of the church developed, inEurope, which movementlater developed into open warfare. This criticismwas developed by Calvin, in France, and by Luther, in Germany. Those ledby Calvin became known as Calvinists and his followers, in France, asHuguenots. The "Register of Ancestors " of the Huguenot Society of NewJersey states that the family of the name of Broucard lived in LaRochelle, France, and that Broucard was at one time an honored and mostnoted name, in France. The insignia of the Huguenot Society, was worn bythe Huguenotancestors as an emblem of their faith. The eight corners ofthe four arms of the Cross of Malta were regarded as signifying the EightBeatitudes, and the Fleur--de--lis the Mother Country of France, and thesuspended Dove, the Church under the Cross.
It was in La Rochelle, France in this setting we first find BourgonBroucard when he married Marie du May they had one child Marie born onNovember 1, 1665 in Manheim, France. After Marie's death he marriedCatherine Lefevre on December 18, 1666 in Manheim, France. She was thedaughter of Abraham Lefevre and Antoinette Jerrian. Some time between1672 and March 1675 they removed to Amsterdam, Holland, where they werefor a short time. During the year 1675 the Broucards and the Durie(Duryea) families and others of the Huguenot Faith, left Holland and cameto America where they settled at what is now Brooklyn, New York. InRiker's "Annals of Newtown, Long Island", he lists Magdalena le Febre,wife of Joost Durie and Catherine le Febre, wife of Bourgon Broucard aspossibly sisters, who came to America on the same boat the Gilded Otter."And in the "Duryee Family", by Gustave Anjou, he lists the parentage ofMagdalena le Febre (or le Fevre) as of Abraham and Antoinette (Jerrian)le Fevre. Others list her as daughter of Isaac and Fannetje (Borderick)le Fevre, or of Abraham and Antoinette. Mr. Harold Duryee of Canton,Ohio, who has done much research on the Duryee-Duryea family, says thathe is of theopinion that the parents were Abraham and Antoinette, as inold Dutch family manner the parents named their children a lot aftertheir parents. The name Isaac appears only in the Broucard family, butAbraham appears in both the Broucard and Duryee families, and Antoinettein the Duryee family and Fannetje in neither. He also says that Magdalenaand Catherine le Fevre were sisters.
In 1676 Bourgan Broucard, living in Brooklyn, was assessed as owning11-1/2 morgens (about 23 acres) of land and valley and two cows. Then inthe year following he was in Midwout, at which time his wife wastransferred from the Dutch ReformedChurch of Brooklyn, to the FrenchChurch in Manhattan, by certificate, but her name does not appear in theearly French records of that church. ''(NYG & B Rec., v. 86, p.6-revised.)"
In 1684 he moved to Cripplebush in Bushwick, Long Island, where he boughta farm. Four years later he sold this farm and moved to Dutch Kills, nowa part of Long Island City, and there in 1692 he bought a large estate, apart of which was theplantation originally owned by Burger Jorizz. In adeed dated, June 21, 1690, it shows that he and Hans Tunis Couert(Covert) of Bedford in Kings County, yeoman, bought land in MaspethKills, Newtown, and on July 16, 1643, he bought 19 morgens and 400 rodsof land there, called the Mill Land. (Queens County Deeds, B. 2,pp.352-53. ) A morgen was an old Dutch measure of 2-1/2 acres.
On Oct. 30, 1700, a bill was brought before the Assembly for the quietingof title to the lands of "ancient freeholders," including those ofBergoon Bragan, who were inhabitants of Hellgate Neck, within the boundsof Newtown, Long Island. This bill was rejected and when again broughtbefore the Assembly in May 1703, his name does not appear, as by thattime he had moved to Somerset County, New Jersey. (Annals of Newtown, pp.131-33 and NYG & B Rec., v. 86, p. 6. )
In 1702 Bourgon sold his land in Newtown to William Post, which land waslater bought back by Bourgon's son Isaac. On May 9, 1702, Bourgon and hisson in-law, Jan (John) Coverson (Covert) bought for L 400, of WilliamDockwra, a merchant of London, two thousand acres of land in SomersetCounty, New Jersey, bounded on the north and northwest by the Rarity andMillstone Rivers. (Deed Bk. Lib. C. -2, p. 447, in Off. of State,Trenton, New Jersey ), and there after we have no record ofhim unless hewas the Bourgon Brokaw appearing as a witness, June 2, 1717, at thebaptism of Johannes, son of Thomas and Antie Cosyn at the Dutch Church in Jamaica, Long Island. It ispossible this was his grandson, Bourgon, who could not have been overtwenty at that date. His wife appears at the Raritan Dutch Church, Aug.6, 1712, at the baptism of her grandchild, Catalyntie, daughter ofAbraham. She is then called "wife of Beugon" not widow. (NYG &. B Rec.,86, p.6.)SOME NEW INFORMATION ON THE EUROPEAN ORIGINS OF THE BROKAW FAMILY: [by Dennis L. Brokaw, Sr. in collaboration with J. Russell Brokaw asposted on the Brokaw Genealogy Forum at GenForum].
Recently new information has come to light concerning the origins of theBrokaw Family at Mannheim and in Europe. This information does not muchalter that already reported by H. Minot Pitman in the first installmentof his report in The NewYork Genealogical and Biographical Record (1955,vol. 86) but it does put Pitman's data in the context of events in Europeand it does show that Bourgon Broucard was one of a larger family who hadlived in the "Low Country" (an historical region roughly congruent withthe late-medieval holdings of the Dukes of Burgundy and in modern timescomprising parts of Belgium, the Netherlands, and northern France).
Presumably the ancestors of the Brokaw family--call them BROUCART (2)BROUQUART (2) BROUCARD, BROCART, BRONQUAERT, BROUCARD, BRONCART,BRONCARD, BROUCARD, BRONCARD, BROUCARD, BRONCARD, BROUCARD (2),BRANCART,BROUCARD (6), BROCARD, BROUCARD (2), BROCARD (2), BROUCARD--forso individual Brokaws are listed--27 spellings in all from about 26records (baptismal, marriage) of this orthographically challengedfamily...well, now...as I was saying:
Presumably our family moved from the Low Country to Mannheim as theprolonged (over generations) result of the Spanish incursion into the LowCountries in the earlier century. Furthermore, in the early 1650s much ofEurope--not least the Palatinate and Mannheim--was just starting torecover from the effects of an especially brutal and costly war. TheThirty Years War had been precipitated in part by the Palatine Elector,Frederick V, whose acceptance of the Bohemian crown had proven disastrousto himself and to the Palatinate ("Palatinate" Encyclopedia BrittanicaOnline).
At the end of the Thirty Years War, Mannheim was devastated. As Ruth P.Heidgerd wrote in her preface to the new translation of the Mannheimrecords, the basis for this report:
"The Peace of Westphalia in 1648 marked the end of the Thirty Years War.The Netherlands were granted political and religious liberty. Some of thenorthern provinces of France were ceded to the Hapsburg Empire, and thePalatinate was restoredto the hereditary Elector, Charles Louis. Hefound his commercial city of Mannheim a wasteland "with more wolves thanmen". By means of tax concessions, exemption from military service, etc.,he attracted many of the Huguenot merchants and manufacturers of northernFrance to rebuild his city.
Was Bourgon Broucard one of those who heeded the Palatine Elector's call?One cannot say except to note that in 1648 our ancestor (b.abt. 1645) wasa very young man!
What one can say on the basis of the present records from Mannheim isthat a Pierre Broucart is reported in the records of the Mannheim churchat the baptism of his daughter, Catherine, on August 13, 1655, that therecords in total support the notion that the whatever the spelling,BROUCART, BROUQUART, BROUCARD, etc., we are dealing with the members of asingle extended family, and that Bourgon Broucard and his successivewives, Marie du May and Catherine le Febvre, were all bornin the LowCountry.
Bourgon (spelled 'Gourgon') Broucard is recorded in his marriage withMarie du May (December 1, 1663) as "native of Moucron in the low country,Marie, as "native of Middlebourg in Zeeland". In 1666-- the Plague Yearof Defoe which devastatedLondon--the plague also visited Mannheim. Nodeath records exist from that time in Mannheim but it may be conjecturedthat the plague which decimated the Mannheim congregation also claimedpoor Marie du May and daughter.
On December 18, 1666, Bourgon Broucard remarried for a second time,married that lady we all claim as a distant mother, Catherine leFebvre--who is listed in the marriage record as "native of Resterne inthe low country".
There is much else in these records I received from the HuguenotHistorical Society Library and Archives, 86 Huguenot Street, New Paltz,NY 12561. Although this is copyrighted material it is available fromHHSLA for a nominal fee upon request. I must extend my thanks to AsaCastleman who-- in one of those feats of serendipity for which he hasbecome notorious, stumbled across the report stuck between the pages of abook in library and forwarded it to me!
Just one more thing to say in closing. Bourgon Broucard had a brother,Rogier, also a member of the congregation at Mannheim. At Rogier'smarriage to Anne Bernard in the French Church on January 7, 1657, Rogieris listed as "son of the late Louis Brouquart, during his life living atMouqueron in the low country". ____________________________________________________________________________________
Bourgeon Broucard, a French Huguenot exile, who fled from France toGermany and came to Long Island in 1675. His wife was Catherine Le Febre.Bourgeon's children, so far as known, were Maria, who married MydertWiltse; Jane, who married HansCovert; Catalina; Isaac, born 1676, whomarried Heyltie (???); John, born 1678, who married Sarah (???); Jacob,born 1680; Peter, born 1682; and Abraham, born 1684, who married Maritje(???)
Married Catherine Lefevre at the Walloon Church in the Mannheim in theGerman Palitanatee,
The progenitor of the Brokaw; Bragaw and other families, given in thisgenealogy, who are descendents, was one, Bourgon Broucard who was born inFrance. He was a member of the Huguenot party, which was, during thesixteenth and seventeenth centuries, struggling to maintain Protestantismin that country. Soon after the Luther resistance to the Roman CatholicChurch, in Germany, there developed a religious pressure, in France, andit continued for several centuries. After the Edictof Nantes, issued byHenry 14 (Henry of Navarre), the Huguenots enjoyed considerable freedomof worship for a time, but during the latter part of the reign of Henry,and during several subsequent reigns, the privileges granted by theEdict, were finally withdrawn, in 1685, and the Edict was revoked, andmost of the civil rights of the Huguenots were withdrawn. As a result ofthe increasing religious pressure many thousands of the French Huguenotsleft France and sought freedom in surrounding countries and in America. It was in the early 1660's that Bourgon Broucard, before he was of twentyyears of age, sought religious freedom in Manheim, Germany, and there hewas affiliated with the Protestant branch of the Walloon Church. TheWalloons were remnants of the Belgae, or rather descendents of theancient Gauls, who remained in Southeast Belgium and near parts ofHolland and Germany. They were essentially Dutch in religion, customs andculture, and it appears that the immigrants readily accepted the Dutchway of life. While in Manheim Bourgon Broucard married, 1st, to Marie DuMay and hadone child. Then he married, 2nd, to Catherine LeFebre (LeFevre) and threemore children were born at Manheim. In the early 1670's he removed toAmsterdam, Holland, and there one more child was born. During the year of1675 he and family removed to what is now Brooklyn, New York where heremained for more than twenty-five years. Following Henry Hudson's famous voyage, under the Dutch flag, and thediscovery of the Hudson River, in 1614, the Dutch took possession of theterritory of what is now New York, and named it New Amsterdam. Four Dutchgovernors were sent to govern the territory and a stream of Dutchsettlers followed. The tenure of the Dutch, in New Amsterdam, lasted only50 years, but the stream of settlers did not stop with the loss of thecolony, but continued until the whole territory became almost a Dutchsettlement adequate to maintain their customs and habits over a vastscope of the country around New York and surrounding parts of New Jerseyand Pennsylvania. Needless to say that the Brokaw, etc., descendents wereconstantly under the influence of the Dutchculture and maintained theirhabits for many years until the whole swept under the leavening influenceof the "American Melting Pot," and dropped their racial characteristics. For a little over twenty five years the family lived in the vicinity ofNew York, but in about 1702, all of the family, except one son, Isaac,moved to Somerset County, New Jersey. Isaac remained near the oldhomesite, in Brooklyn, and his descendents began to spell their names, asBragaw, and many of them still retain that spelling. The parents and therest of the family found homes on the Raritan and Millstone Rivers, inNew Jersey. The New Jersey branch spelled the name as "Brokaw," and sincethen others have converted to other ways of spelling, as Bercaw; Brocaw;Berkaw; etc., as you will find them in this record. More than twentydifferent was of spelling were found in old records of New Jersey. In those times the French gave the sound of o or u to the dipthong ou andthe final dwas silent, so that the original pronunciation must have been"Brokar or Brucar." The r has been dropped and a w substituted so thatthe pronunciation is not so remarkable for it's changes, for itspersistency. The Huguenots, of France, became soldiers to protect their religion andcountry, and like other soldiers, of the times, adopted emblems known as'Armorial Bearings' or 'Coats of Arms.' Such emblems were first used toidentify armored warriors on the battle fields. Later, however, they became marks of honor, or distinction, and could beused by members of the family, on civil occasions, and regulations becameso lax that their value was much impaired. There is evidence that somemembers of the Broucard and LeFebre adopted such emblems, but authentic"Crests" have not been found. It is certain that Bourgon Broucard neverwas a soldier. We can assume that Bourgon was a militant man, from his connection withthe French Huguenots; the Walloons, in Manheimand Holland and America;and, later, with the Dutch Church, and from further fact that most of theimmediate descendents in and around New York; Somerset County, New Jerseyand on into Pennsylvania, adhered to the Dutch Church for severalgenerations. And for the same facts we can assume that he was a man ofcharacter and influence. The second generation of Brokaws was composed of eleven children, of whomfour were born in Manheim, Germany, one in Amsterdam, Holland, and six inAmerica. When the move was made to New Jersey, five of the family wentwith him; that is Jacob, Jan (John), Peter, Abraham and Catherine. Alarge tract of land was purchased, by him and his son-in-law, JohnCoverson, and the second large colony of the family was started. Many oftheir descendents still live in and around Somerville, New Jersey, butmost of them have gone to other localities as will be seen as the storyunfolds. A third colony was developed in Eastern Ohio, where George Brokaw of thefourth generation settled neat Flushing, in about 1798, and there heraised a family of twelve children. He is No. 152-2 in the thisgenealogy. He had eight sons and each son reared a family. They were allfarmers and lived on contiguous farms. For a time that community wasmostly of that family. The descendents of Bourgon Broucard are legion and from the originalplaces of settlement, here n America, they have spread to all over thecountry. Ever Westward they movedand carried the frontier with them, orfollowed closely behind. They carried the banners of Faith, Truth andindustry wherever they went. In every war, from the first, in 1776, tothe latest wars, there have been many soldiers defending theircountryand it's honor. Few have attained wealth or fame, as the world definesit, but the vast majority were men that farmed, "The backbone of theNation," - tradesmen; business men'; teachers, etc., and numerousministers of the gospel. Ourheritage indeed is great and for this we aretruly thankful. We, - the Brokaw Family Committee
above is the introduction to the book 'Our Brokaw - Bragaw Heritage'.this is filed with Bourgon Broucard in burt family file. john c burt nov'95\
America's Successful Men of Affairs: An Encyclopedia of ContemporaneousBiography Volume I B Isaac Vail Brokaw page 111 ISAAC VAIL BROKAW, merchant, was born near New Brunswick, N.J., Nov., 27,1835. His ancestors were French Huguenots, whosettled in New Jersey atan early date, the first one to come to this country being BourgonBroucard, who, with his wife, Catherine Le Febre, landed in 1675. Mr.Broucard with a few others established the first French Protestant Churchin New York. The name was changed in process of time to Brokaw.
___________________________________________________________________________________ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rootdigger/bucard.htm Bourgon BROUCARD aft 1640 - 1708
Married first to Marie du May March 1645 La Rochelle, France - before1666 in Manheim, France December 1, 1663 The had one child Marie born on November 1, 1665
Second to Catherine Le Fevre 1650 La Rochelle, France - after 1712 inRaritan River, NJ December 18, 1666
Jeanne November 17, 1667 Manheim, France Marie April 6, 1670 Manheim, France Catherine June 9, 1672 Manheim, France. Isaac March 2, 1675 Amsterdam, Holland Isaac August 7, 1676 Brooklyn, NY
Jacob 1678 Brooklyn, NY Jan November 14, 1680 Flatbush, NY Peter 1682 Raritan River, NJ Abraham 1684 - 1747 Somerset County, NJ Cathrina March 14, 1686 New York
Bourgon Broucard was born at Bungary, near La Rochelle, France, which ison the very Western seacoast on the Bay of Biscay. He evidently grew upthere. In the years following 1500, criticism of the church developed, inEurope, which movementlater developed into open warfare. This criticismwas developed by Calvin, in France, and by Luther, in Germany. Those ledby Calvin became known as Calvinists and his followers, in France, asHuguenots. The "Register of Ancestors " of the Huguenot Society of NewJersey states that the family of the name of Broucard lived in LaRochelle, France, and that Broucard was at one time an honored and mostnoted name, in France. The insignia of the Huguenot Society, was worn bythe Huguenotancestors as an emblem of their faith. The eight corners ofthe four arms of the Cross of Malta were regarded as signifying the EightBeatitudes, and the Fleur--de--lis the Mother Country of France, and thesuspended Dove, the Church under the Cross.
It was in La Rochelle, France in this setting we first find BourgonBroucard when he married Marie du May they had one child Marie born onNovember 1, 1665 in Manheim, France. After Marie's death he marriedCatherine Lefevre on December 18, 1666 in Manheim, France. She was thedaughter of Abraham Lefevre and Antoinette Jerrian. Some time between1672 and March 1675 they removed to Amsterdam, Holland, where they werefor a short time. During the year 1675 the Broucards and the Durie(Duryea) families and others of the Huguenot Faith, left Holland and cameto America where they settled at what is now Brooklyn, New York. InRiker's " "Annals of Newtown, " "Long Island, he lists Magdalena LeFebre, wife of Joost Durie and Catherine Le Febre, wife of BourgonBroucard as possibly sisters, who came to America on the same boat the""Gilded Otter. " "And in the "Duryee Family", by Gustave Anjou, he liststhe parentage of Magdalena Le Febre (or Le Fevre) as of AbrahamandAntoinette (Jerrian) Le Fevre. Others list her as daughter of Isaac andFannetje (Borderick) Le Fevre, or of Abraham and Antoinette. Mr. HaroldDuryee of Canton, Ohio, who has done much research on the Duryee-Duryeafamily, says that he isof the opinion that the parents were Abraham andAntoinette, as in old Dutch family manner the parents named theirchildren a lot after their parents. The name Isaac appears only in theBroucard family, but Abraham appears in both the Broucard and Duryeefamilies, and Antoinette in the Duryee family and Fannetje in neither. Healso says that Magdalena and Catherine Le Fevre were sisters.
In 1676 Bourgan Broucard, living in Brooklyn, was assessed as owning11-1/2 morgens (about 23 acres) of land and valley and two cows. Then inthe year following he was in Midwout, at which time his wife wastransferred from the Dutch ReformedChurch of Brooklyn, to the FrenchChurch in Manhattan, by certificate, but her name does not appear in theearly French records of that church. ''(NYG & B Rec., v. 86, p.6-revised.)"
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History of Brooklyn by Walter Greenspan "In 1646, the Village of Breuckelen was authorized by the Dutch WestIndia Company and became the first municipality in what is now New YorkState (the predecessors of the Cities of Albany and New Yorkwere numberstwo and three, respectively).
In 1683, almost 20 years after the English kicked out the Dutch (1664),the General Assembly of Freeholders reorganized the governmentalstructure in all of the province of New York into 12 counties, each ofwhich was sub-divided into towns.Brooklyn was one of the original sixtowns of Kings County, an original county when the county/town system wasestablished in 1683."
Kings County and 6 towns created: Brooklyn, Bushwick, Flatbush,Flatlands, Gravesend and New Utrecht.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
First Settlers in New York and in the Middle States by Henry G. Bayer's The Belgians, (New York: Devlin-Adair, 1925): "A little colony of Walloons, flying before the troops of the Duke ofAlva, had come to settle within the territory of thePalatinate, atFrankenthal, near Mannheim, its capital, where we find many families thatlater moved to New Netherland: David de Marest, Frederic de Vaux, AbrahamHasbroucq, Chretien Duyou, Methese or Matthew Blanchan, Thonnet Terrin,Pierre Parmentier, Antoine Crispel, David Usilie, Philippe Casier,Bourgeon Broucard, Simon Le Febre, Juste Durie, and others."
At least some of them seem to have been the followers of Louis du Boiswho came to America in 1660 on the Dutch ship, the Gilded Otter. Blanchanand Crispel had arrived a few months earlier and a few of the others camelater, settling at Esopus. Du Bois was married in Mannheim, 10 Oct. 1655,to Catherine, daughter of Mathese Blanchan, who was also from Flanders.Du Bois was the son of Chretien du Bois, an inhabitant of Wieres, ahamlet in the district of La Barree near Lille, (then in Flanders), wherehe was born, 27 Oct. 1627.LAND RECORDS In 1684 he moved to Cripplebush in Bushwick, Long Island, where he boughta farm. Four years later he sold this farm and moved to Dutch Kills, nowa part of Long Island City, and there in 1692 he bought a large estate, apart ofwhich was the plantation originally owned by Burger Jorizz. In adeed dated, June 21, 1690, it shows that he and Hans Tunis Couert(Covert) of Bedford in Kings County, yeoman, bought land in MaspethKills, Newtown, and on July 16, 1643, he bought 19 morgens and 400 rodsof land there, called the Mill Land. (Queens Co.County Deeds, B. 2,pp.352-53. ) A morgen was an old Dutch measure of 2-1/2 acres.
On Oct. 30, 1700, a bill was brought before the Assembly for the quietingof title to the lands of "ancient freeholders," including those ofBergoon Bragan, who were inhabitants of Hellgate Neck, within the boundsof Newtown, Long Island. This bill was rejected and when again broughtbefore the Assembly, in May 1703, his name does not appear as by thattime he had moved to Somerset Co.County, New Jersey. (Annals of Newtown,pp. 131-33 and NYG & B Rec., v. 86, p. 6. )
In 1702 Bourgon sold his land in Newtown to William Post, which land waslater bought back by Bourgon's son Isaac. On May 9, 1702, Bourgon and hisson in-law, Jan (John) Coverson (Covert) bought for L 400, of WilliamDockwra, a merchant of London, two thousand acres of land in SomersetCo.County, N.J.New Jersey, bounded on the north and northwest by theRarity and Millstone Rivers. (Deed Bk. Lib. C. -2, p. 447, in Off. ofState, Trenton, N. J.New Jersey ), and there after we haveno record ofhim unless he was the Bourgon Brokaw appearing as a witness, June 2,1717, at the baptism of Johannes, son of Thomas and Antie Cosyn at theDutch Church in Jamaica, Long Island. It is possible this was hisgrandson, Bourgon, who could not have been over twenty at that date. Hiswife appears at the Raritan Dutch Church, Aug. 6, 1712, at the baptism-no.)
Remember, most of the information is sourced, using a primary whenever possible; however, ultimate verification really needs to be made by you. Good Luck and Enjoy!Bourgon Broucard was born at Bungary, near La Rochelle, France, which is on the very Western seacoast on the Bay of Biscay. He evidently grew up there. In the years following 1500, criticism of the church developed, in Europe, which movement later developed into open warfare. This criticism was developed by Calvin, in France, and by Luther, in Germany. Those led by Calvin became known as Calvinists and his followers, in France, as Huguenots. The " "Register of Ancestors " "ofthe Huguenot Society of New Jersey states that the family of the name of Broucard lived in La Rochelle, France, and that Broucard was at one time an honored and most noted name, in France. The insignia of the Huguenot Society, was worn bythe Huguenot ancestors as an emblem of their faith. The eight corners of the four arms of the Cross of Malta were regarded as signifying the Eight Beatitudes, and the Fleur--de--lis the Mother Country of France, and the suspended Dove, theChurch under the Cross. And It was in La Rochelle, France in this setting we first find Bourgon Broucard when he married Marie du May. He was also married there to Catherine Lefevre, and his first four children were born there. Some time between 1672 and March 1675 they removed to Amsterdam, Holland, where they were for a short time. During the year 1675 the Broucards and the Durie (Duryea) families and others of the Huguenot Faith, left Holland and came to America where they settled at what is nowBrooklyn, New York. In Riker's " "Annals of Newtown, " "Long Island, he lists Magdalena Le Febre, wife of Joost Durie and Catherine Le Febre, wife of Bourgon Broucard as possibly sisters, who came to America on the sameboat the ""Gilded Otter. " "And in the 'Duryea Family", by Gustave Anjou, he lists the parentage of Magdalena Le Febre (or Le Fevre) as of Abraham and Antoinette (Jerrian) Le Fevre. Others list her as daughter of Isaac and Fannetje (Borderick) Le Fevre, or ofAbraham and Antoinette. Mr. Harold Duryee of Canton, Ohio, who has done much research on the Duryee-Duryea family, says that he is of the opinion that the parents were Abraham and Antoinette, as in old Dutch family manner the parents namedtheir children a lot after their parents. The name Isaac appears only in the Broucard family, but Abraham appears in both the Broucard and Duryee families, and Antoinette in the Duryee family and Fannetje in neither. He also says that Magdalena and Catherine Le Fevre were sisters. In 1676 Bourgon Broucard, living in Brooklyn, was assessed as owning 11-1/2 morgens (about 23 acres) of land and valley and two cows. Then in the year following he was in Midwout,at which time his wife was transferred from the Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, to the French Church in Manhattan, by certificate, but her name does not appear in the early French records of that church. ''(NYG & B Rec., v. 86, p. 6-revised.)" " In 1684 he moved to Cripplebush in Bushwick, LongIsland, where he bought a farm. Four years later he sold this farm and moved to Dutch Kills, now a part of Long Island City, and there in 1692 he bought a large estate, a part of which was the plantation originally owned by Burger Jorizz. In a deed dated, June 21, 1690, it shows that he and Hans Tunis Couert (Covert) of Bedford in Kings County, yeoman, bought land in Maspeth Kills, Newtown, and on July 16, 1643, he bought 19 morgens and 400 rods of land there, called the MillLand. (Queens Co.County Deeds, B. 2,pp. 352-53. ) A morgen was an old Dutch measure of 2-1/2 acres. On Oct. 30, 1700, a bill was brought before the Assembly for the quieting of title to the lands of "ancient freeholders," "including those of Bergoon Bragan, who were inhabitants of Hellgate Neck, within the bounds of Newtown, Long Island.""This bill was rejected and when again brought before the Assembly, in May 1703,his name does not appear as by that time he had moved to Somerset Co.County, New Jersey." (Annals of Newtown, pp. 131-33 and NYG & B Rec., v. 86, p. 6. ) In 1702 Bourgon sold his land in Newtown to William Post, which land was later boughtback by Bourgon's son Isaac. On May 9, 1702, Bourgon and his son in-law, Jan (John) Coverson (Covert) bought for L 400, of William Dockwra, a merchant ofLondon, two thousand acres of land in Somerset County, New Jersey, bounded on the northand northwest by the Rarity and Millstone Rivers. (Deed Bk. Lib. C. -2, p. 447, in Off. of State, Trenton, N. J.New Jersey ), and thereafter we have norecord of him unless he was the Bourgon Brokaw appearing as a witness, June 2, 1717, atthe baptism of Johannes, son of Thomas and Antie Cosyn at the Dutch Church in Jamaica, Long Island. It is possible this was his grandson, Bourgon, whocould not have been over twenty at that date. His wife appears at the Raritan Dutch Church, Aug. 6, 1712, at the baptism-n o86, p.6.)
ID: I00132 Name: Bourgon BROUCARD Sex: M Birth: MAR 1644/45 in La Rochelle, Bungary, France Death: 1720 in Somerset Co., New Jersey (Flagtown, Raritan) Event: Immigration Ship MAY 1675 The Gilded Otter Event: Immigrated MAY 1675 New Netherland Event: Moved ABT. 1700 Hillsborough, Somerset Co, New Jersey Event: Emigrated BET. 1672 - 1675 to Amsterdam, the Netherlands Note:
Bourgon Broucard was born at Bungary, near La Rochelle, France, which ison the very Western seacoast on the Bay of Biscay. He evidently grew upthere. In the years following 1500, criticism of the church developed, inEurope, which movementlater developed into open warfare. This criticismwas developed by Calvin, in France, and by Luther, in Germany. Those ledby Calvin became known as Calvinists and his followers, in France, asHuguenots. The "Register of Ancestors " of the Huguenot Society of NewJersey states that the family of the name of Broucard lived in LaRochelle, France, and that Broucard was at one time an honored and mostnoted name, in France. The insignia of the Huguenot Society, was worn bythe Huguenotancestors as an emblem of their faith. The eight corners ofthe four arms of the Cross of Malta were regarded as signifying the EightBeatitudes, and the Fleur--de--lis the Mother Country of France, and thesuspended Dove, the Church under theCross. It was in La Rochelle, France in this setting we first find BourgonBroucard when he married Marie du May they had one child Marie born onNovember 1, 1665 in Manheim, France. After Marie's death he marriedCatherine Lefevre on December18, 1666 in Manheim, France. She was thedaughter of Abraham Lefevre and Antoinette Jerrian. Some time between1672 and March 1675 they removed to Amsterdam, Holland, where they werefor a short time. During the year 1675 the Broucards and the Durie(Duryea) families and others of the Huguenot Faith, left Holland and cameto America where they settled at what is now Brooklyn, New York. InRiker's "Annals of Newtown, Long Island", he lists Magdalena le Febre,wife of Joost Durie andCatherine le Febre, wife of Bourgon Broucard aspossibly sisters, who came to America on the same boat the Gilded Otter."And in the "Duryee Family", by Gustave Anjou, he lists the parentage ofMagdalena le Febre (or le Fevre) as of Abraham and Antoinette (Jerrian)le Fevre. Others list her as daughter of Isaac and Fannetje (Borderick)le Fevre, or of Abraham and Antoinette. Mr. Harold Duryee of Canton,Ohio, who has done much research on the Duryee-Duryea family, says thathe is of theopinion that the parents were Abraham and Antoinette, as inold Dutch family manner the parents named their children a lot aftertheir parents. The name Isaac appears only in the Broucard family, butAbraham appears in both the Broucard and Duryee families, and Antoinettein the Duryee family and Fannetje in neither. He also says that Magdalenaand Catherine le Fevre were sisters. In 1676 Bourgan Broucard, living in Brooklyn, was assessed as owning11-1/2 morgens (about 23 acres) of land and valley and two cows. Then inthe year following he was in Midwout, at which time his wife wastransferred from the Dutch ReformedChurch of Brooklyn, to the FrenchChurch in Manhattan, by certificate, but her name does not appear in theearly French records of that church. ''(NYG & B Rec., v. 86, p.6-revised.)" In 1684 he moved to Cripplebush in Bushwick, Long Island, where he boughta farm. Four years later he sold this farm and moved to Dutch Kills, nowa part of Long Island City, and there in 1692 he bought a large estate, apart of which was theplantation originally owned by Burger Jorizz. In adeed dated, June 21, 1690, it shows that he and Hans Tunis Couert(Covert) of Bedford in Kings County, yeoman, bought land in MaspethKills, Newtown, and on July 16, 1643, he bought 19 morgens and 400 rodsof land there, called the Mill Land. (Queens County Deeds, B. 2,pp.352-53. ) A morgen was an old Dutch measure of 2-1/2 acres. On Oct. 30, 1700,a bill was brought before the Assembly for the quietingof title to the lands of "ancient freeholders," including those ofBergoon Bragan, who were inhabitants of Hellgate Neck, within the boundsof Newtown, Long Island. This bill was rejected and when again broughtbefore the Assembly in May 1703, his name does not appear, as by thattime he had moved to Somerset County, New Jersey. (Annals of Newtown, pp.131-33 and NYG & B Rec., v. 86, p. 6. ) In 1702 Bourgon sold his land in Newtown to William Post, which land waslater bought back by Bourgon's son Isaac. On May 9, 1702, Bourgon and hisson in-law, Jan (John) Coverson (Covert) bought for L 400, of WilliamDockwra, a merchant of London, two thousand acres of land inSomersetCounty, New Jersey, bounded on the north and northwest by the Rarity andMillstone Rivers. (Deed Bk. Lib. C. -2, p. 447, in Off. of State,Trenton, New Jersey ), and there after we have no record ofhim unless hewas the Bourgon Brokawappearing as a witness, June 2, 1717, at thebaptism of Johannes, son of Thomas and Antie Cosyn at the Dutch Church in Jamaica, Long Island. It ispossible this was his grandson, Bourgon, who could not have been overtwenty at that date. Hiswife appears at the Raritan Dutch Church, Aug.6, 1712, at the baptism of her grandchild, Catalyntie, daughter ofAbraham. She is then called "wife of Beugon" not widow. (NYG &. B Rec.,86, p.6.)
SOME NEW INFORMATION ON THE EUROPEAN ORIGINS OF THE BROKAW FAMILY: [by Dennis L. Brokaw, Sr. in collaboration with J. Russell Brokaw asposted on the Brokaw Genealogy Forum at GenForum]. Recently new information has come to light concerningthe origins of theBrokaw Family at Mannheim and in Europe. This information does not muchalter that already reported by H. Minot Pitman in the first installmentof his report in The NewYork Genealogical and Biographical Record (1955,vol. 86) but it does put Pitman's data in the context of events in Europeand it does show that Bourgon Broucard was one of a larger family who hadlived in the "Low Country" (an historical region roughly congruent withthe late-medieval holdings ofthe Dukes of Burgundy and in modern timescomprising parts of Belgium, the Netherlands, and northern France). Presumably the ancestors of the Brokaw family--call them BROUCART (2)BROUQUART (2) BROUCARD, BROCART, BRONQUAERT, BROUCARD, BRONCART,BRONCARD, BROUCARD, BRONCARD, BROUCARD, BRONCARD, BROUCARD (2),BRANCART,BROUCARD (6), BROCARD, BROUCARD (2), BROCARD (2), BROUCARD--forso individual Brokaws are listed--27 spellings in all from about 26records (baptismal, marriage) of this orthographically challengedfamily...well, now...as I was saying: Presumably our family moved from the Low Country to Mannheim as theprolonged (over generations) result of the Spanish incursion into the LowCountries in the earlier century.Furthermore, in the early 1650s much ofEurope--not least the Palatinate and Mannheim--was just starting torecover from the effects of an especially brutal and costly war. TheThirty Years War had been precipitated in part by the Palatine Elector,Frederick V, whose acceptance of the Bohemian crown had proven disastrousto himself and to the Palatinate ("Palatinate" Encyclopedia BrittanicaOnline). At the end of the Thirty Years War, Mannheim was devastated. As Ruth P.Heidgerd wrote in her preface to the new translation of the Mannheimrecords, the basis for this report: "The Peace of Westphalia in 1648 marked the end of the Thirty Years War.The Netherlands were granted political and religious liberty. Some of thenorthern provinces of France were ceded to the Hapsburg Empire, and thePalatinate was restoredto the hereditary Elector, Charles Louis. Hefound his commercial city of Mannheim a wasteland "with more wolves thanmen". By means of tax concessions, exemption from military service, etc.,he attracted many of the Huguenot merchants and manufacturers of northernFrance to rebuild his city. Was Bourgon Broucard one of those who heeded the Palatine Elector's call?One cannot say except tonote that in 1648 our ancestor (b.abt. 1645) wasa very young man! What one can say on the basis of the present records from Mannheim isthat a Pierre Broucart is reported in the records of the Mannheim churchat the baptism of his daughter, Catherine, on August 13, 1655, that therecords in total support the notion that the whatever the spelling,BROUCART, BROUQUART, BROUCARD, etc., we are dealing with the members of asingle extended family, and that Bourgon Broucard and his successivewives, Marie du May and Catherine le Febvre, were all bornin the LowCountry. Bourgon (spelled 'Gourgon') Broucard is recorded in his marriage withMarie du May (December 1, 1663) as "native of Moucron in the low country,Marie, as "native of Middlebourg in Zeeland". In 1666-- the Plague Yearof Defoe which devastatedLondon--the plague also visited Mannheim. Nodeath records exist from that time in Mannheim but it may be conjecturedthat the plague which decimated the Mannheim congregation also claimedpoor Marie du May and daughter. On December 18, 1666, Bourgon Broucard remarried for a second time,married that lady we all claim as a distant mother, Catherine leFebvre--who is listed in the marriage record as "native of Resterne inthe low country". There is much else in these records I received from the HuguenotHistorical Society Library and Archives, 86 Huguenot Street, New Paltz,NY 12561. Although this is copyrighted material it is available fromHHSLA for a nominal fee upon request. I must extend my thanks to AsaCastleman who-- in one of those feats of serendipity for which he hasbecome notorious, stumbled across the report stuck between the pages of abook in library and forwardedit to me! Just one more thing to say in closing. Bourgon Broucard had a brother,Rogier, also a member of the congregation at Mannheim. At Rogier'smarriage to Anne Bernard in the French Church on January 7, 1657, Rogieris listed as "son ofthe late Louis Brouquart, during his life living atMouqueron in the low country". ____________________________________________________________________________________ Bourgeon Broucard, a French Huguenot exile, who fled from France toGermany and came to Long Island in 1675. His wife was Catherine Le Febre.Bourgeon's children, so far as known, were Maria, who married MydertWiltse; Jane, who married HansCovert; Catalina; Isaac, born 1676, whomarried Heyltie (???); John, born 1678, who married Sarah (???); Jacob,born 1680; Peter, born 1682; and Abraham, born 1684, who married Maritje(???) Married Catherine Lefevre at the Walloon Church in the Mannheim in theGerman Palitanatee, The progenitor of the Brokaw; Bragawand other families, given in thisgenealogy, who are descendents, was one, Bourgon Broucard who was born inFrance. He was a member of the Huguenot party, which was, during thesixteenth and seventeenth centuries, struggling to maintain Protestantismin that country. Soon after the Luther resistance to the Roman CatholicChurch, in Germany, there developed a religious pressure, in France, andit continued for several centuries. After the Edictof Nantes, issued byHenry 14 (Henry ofNavarre), the Huguenots enjoyed considerable freedomof worship for a time, but during the latter part of the reign of Henry,and during several subsequent reigns, the privileges granted by theEdict, were finally withdrawn, in 1685, and the Edict was revoked, andmost of the civil rights of the Huguenots were withdrawn. As a result ofthe increasing religious pressure many thousands of the French Huguenotsleft France and sought freedom in surrounding countries and in America. Itwas in the early 1660's that Bourgon Broucard, before he was of twentyyears of age, sought religious freedom in Manheim, Germany, and there hewas affiliated with the Protestant branch of the Walloon Church. TheWalloons were remnants of theBelgae, or rather descendents of theancient Gauls, who remained in Southeast Belgium and near parts ofHolland and Germany. They were essentially Dutch in religion, customs andculture, and it appears that the immigrants readily accepted theDutchway of life. While in Manheim Bourgon Broucard married, 1st, to Marie DuMay and hadone child. Then he married, 2nd, to Catherine LeFebre (LeFevre) and threemore children were born at Manheim. In the early 1670's he removed toAmsterdam,Holland, and there one more child was born. During the year of1675 he and family removed to what is now Brooklyn, New York where heremained for more than twenty-five years. Following Henry Hudson's famous voyage, under the Dutch flag, andthediscovery of the Hudson River, in 1614, the Dutch took possession of theterritory of what is now New York, and named it New Amsterdam. Four Dutchgovernors were sent to govern the territory and a stream of Dutchsettlers followed. The tenure of the Dutch, in New Amsterdam, lasted only50 years, but the stream of settlers did not stop with the loss of thecolony, but continued until the whole territory became almost a Dutchsettlement adequate to maintain their customs and habits over a vastscope of the country around New York and surrounding parts of New Jerseyand Pennsylvania. Needless to say that the Brokaw, etc., descendents wereconstantly under the influence of the Dutchculture and maintained theirhabits formany years until the whole swept under the leavening influenceof the "American Melting Pot," and dropped their racial characteristics. For a little over twenty five years the family lived in the vicinity ofNew York, but in about 1702, all of the family, except one son, Isaac,moved to Somerset County, New Jersey. Isaac remained near the oldhomesite, in Brooklyn, and his descendents began to spell their names, asBragaw, and many of them still retain that spelling. The parents and therest of the family found homes on the Raritan and Millstone Rivers, inNew Jersey. The New Jersey branch spelled the name as "Brokaw," and sincethen others have converted to other ways of spelling, as Bercaw; Brocaw;Berkaw; etc., as you will find them in this record. More than twentydifferent was of spelling were found in old records of New Jersey. In those times the French gave the sound of o or u to the dipthong ou andthe final dwas silent, so that the original pronunciation must have been"Brokar or Brucar." The r has been dropped and a w substituted so thatthe pronunciation is not so remarkable for it's changes, for itspersistency. The Huguenots, of France, became soldiers to protect their religion andcountry, and like other soldiers, of the times, adopted emblems known as'Armorial Bearings' or 'Coats of Arms.' Such emblems were first used toidentify armored warriors on the battle fields. Later, however, they became marks of honor, or distinction, and could beused by members of the family, on civil occasions, and regulations becameso lax that their value was much impaired. There is evidence that somemembers of the Broucard and LeFebre adopted such emblems, but authentic"Crests" have not been found. It is certain that Bourgon Broucard neverwas a soldier. We can assume that Bourgon was a militant man, from his connection withthe French Huguenots; the Walloons, in Manheimand Holland and America;and, later, withthe Dutch Church, and from further fact that most of theimmediate descendents in and around New York; Somerset County, New Jerseyand on into Pennsylvania, adhered to the Dutch Church for severalgenerations. And for the same facts we can assume that he was a man ofcharacter and influence. The second generation of Brokaws was composed of eleven children, of whomfour were born in Manheim, Germany, one in Amsterdam, Holland, and six inAmerica. When the move was made to New Jersey, five of the family wentwith him; that is Jacob, Jan (John), Peter, Abraham and Catherine. Alarge tract of land was purchased, by him and his son-in-law, JohnCoverson, and the second large colony of the family was started. Many oftheir descendents still live in and around Somerville, New Jersey, butmost of them have gone to other localities as will be seen as the storyunfolds. A third colony was developed in Eastern Ohio, where George Brokaw of thefourth generation settled neat Flushing, in about 1798, and there heraised a family of twelve children. He is No. 152-2 in the thisgenealogy. He had eight sons and each son reared a family. They were allfarmers and lived on contiguous farms. For a time that communitywasmostly of that family. The descendents of Bourgon Broucard are legion and from the originalplaces of settlement, here n America, they have spread to all over thecountry. Ever Westward they movedand carried the frontier with them, orfollowed closely behind. They carried the banners of Faith, Truth andindustry wherever they went. In every war, from the first, in 1776, tothe latest wars, there have been many soldiers defending theircountryand it's honor. Few have attained wealth or fame, as the world definesit, but the vast majority were men that farmed, "The backbone of theNation," - tradesmen; business men'; teachers, etc., and numerousministers of the gospel. Ourheritage indeed is great and for this we aretruly thankful. We, - the Brokaw Family Committee above is the introduction to the book 'Our Brokaw - Bragaw Heritage'.this is filed with Bourgon Broucard in burt family file. john c burt nov'95\ America's Successful Men of Affairs: An Encyclopedia of ContemporaneousBiography Volume I B Isaac Vail Brokaw page 111 ISAAC VAIL BROKAW, merchant, was born near New Brunswick, N.J., Nov., 27,1835. His ancestors were French Huguenots, whosettled in New Jersey atan early date, the first one to come to this country being BourgonBroucard, who, with his wife, Catherine Le Febre, landed in 1675. Mr.Broucard with a few others established the first French Protestant Churchin New York. The name was changed in process of time toBrokaw. ___________________________________________________________________________________ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rootdigger/bucard.htm Bourgon BROUCARD aft 1640 - 1708 Married first to Marie du May March 1645 La Rochelle, France - before1666 in Manheim, France December 1, 1663 The had one child Marie born on November 1, 1665 Second to Catherine Le Fevre 1650 La Rochelle, France - after 1712 inRaritan River, NJ December 18, 1666 Jeanne November 17, 1667Manheim, France Marie April 6, 1670 Manheim, France Catherine June 9, 1672 Manheim, France. Isaac March 2, 1675 Amsterdam, Holland Isaac August 7, 1676 Brooklyn, NY Jacob 1678 Brooklyn, NY Jan November 14, 1680 Flatbush, NY Peter 1682 Raritan River, NJ Abraham 1684 - 1747 Somerset County, NJ Cathrina March 14, 1686 New York Bourgon Broucard was born at Bungary, near La Rochelle, France, which ison the very Western seacoast on the Bay of Biscay. He evidently grew upthere. In the years following 1500, criticism of the church developed, inEurope, which movementlater developed into open warfare. This criticismwas developed by Calvin, in France, and by Luther, in Germany. Those ledby Calvin became known as Calvinists and his followers, in France, asHuguenots. The "Register of Ancestors " of the Huguenot Society of NewJersey states that the family of the name of Broucard lived in LaRochelle, France, and that Broucard was at one time an honored and mostnoted name, in France. The insignia of the Huguenot Society, was worn bythe Huguenotancestors as an emblem of their faith. The eight corners ofthe four arms of the Cross of Malta were regarded as signifying the EightBeatitudes, and the Fleur--de--lis the Mother Country of France, and thesuspended Dove, the Church under the Cross. It was in La Rochelle, France in this setting we first find BourgonBroucard when he married Marie du May they had one child Marie born onNovember 1,1665 in Manheim, France. After Marie's death he marriedCatherine Lefevre on December 18, 1666 in Manheim, France. She was thedaughter of Abraham Lefevre and Antoinette Jerrian. Some time between1672 and March 1675 they removed to Amsterdam, Holland, where they werefor a short time. During the year 1675 the Broucards and the Durie(Duryea) families and others of the Huguenot Faith, left Holland and cameto America where they settled at what is now Brooklyn, New York. InRiker's" "Annals of Newtown, " "Long Island, he lists Magdalena LeFebre, wife of Joost Durie and Catherine Le Febre, wife of BourgonBroucard as possibly sisters, who came to America on the same boat the""Gilded Otter. " "And in the "Duryee Family", by Gustave Anjou, he liststhe parentage of Magdalena Le Febre (or Le Fevre) as of AbrahamandAntoinette (Jerrian) Le Fevre. Others list her as daughter of Isaac andFannetje (Borderick) Le Fevre, or of Abraham and Antoinette. Mr. HaroldDuryee of Canton, Ohio, who has done much research on the Duryee-Duryeafamily, says that he isof the opinion that the parents were Abraham andAntoinette, as in old Dutch family manner the parents named theirchildren a lot after their parents. The name Isaac appears only in theBroucard family, but Abraham appears in both the Broucard and Duryeefamilies, and Antoinette in the Duryee family and Fannetje in neither. Healso says that Magdalena and Catherine Le Fevre were sisters. In 1676 Bourgan Broucard, living in Brooklyn, was assessed as owning11-1/2 morgens (about 23 acres) of land and valley and two cows. Then inthe year following he was in Midwout, at which time his wife wastransferred from the Dutch ReformedChurch of Brooklyn, to the FrenchChurch in Manhattan, by certificate, but her name does not appear in theearly French records of that church. ''(NYG & B Rec., v. 86, p.6-revised.)" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Brooklyn by Walter Greenspan "In 1646, the Village of Breuckelen was authorized by the Dutch WestIndia Company and became the first municipality in what is now New YorkState (the predecessors of the Cities of Albany and New Yorkwere numberstwo and three, respectively). In 1683, almost 20 years after the English kicked out the Dutch (1664),the General Assembly of Freeholders reorganized the governmentalstructure in all of the province of New York into 12 counties, each ofwhich was sub-divided into towns.Brooklyn was one of the original sixtowns of Kings County, an original county when the county/town system wasestablished in 1683." Kings County and 6 towns created: Brooklyn, Bushwick,Flatbush,Flatlands, Gravesend and New Utrecht.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- First Settlers in New York and in the Middle States by Henry G. Bayer's The Belgians, (New York: Devlin-Adair, 1925): "A little colony of Walloons, flying before the troops of the Duke ofAlva, had come to settle within the territory of thePalatinate, atFrankenthal, near Mannheim, its capital, where we find many families thatlater moved to New Netherland: David de Marest, Frederic de Vaux, AbrahamHasbroucq, Chretien Duyou, Methese or Matthew Blanchan, Thonnet Terrin,Pierre Parmentier, Antoine Crispel, David Usilie, Philippe Casier,Bourgeon Broucard, Simon Le Febre, Juste Durie, and others." At least some of them seem to have been the followers of Louis du Boiswho came to America in 1660 on the Dutch ship, the Gilded Otter. Blanchanand Crispel had arrived a few months earlier and a few of the others camelater, settling at Esopus. Du Bois was married in Mannheim, 10 Oct. 1655,to Catherine, daughter of Mathese Blanchan, who was also from Flanders.Du Bois was the son of Chretien du Bois, an inhabitant of Wieres, ahamlet in the district of La Barree near Lille, (then in Flanders), wherehe was born, 27 Oct.1627.
LAND RECORDS In 1684 he moved to Cripplebush in Bushwick, Long Island, where he boughta farm. Four years later he sold this farm and moved to Dutch Kills, nowa part of Long Island City, and there in 1692 he bought a large estate, apart ofwhich was the plantation originally owned by Burger Jorizz. In adeed dated, June 21, 1690, it shows that he and Hans Tunis Couert(Covert) of Bedford in Kings County, yeoman, bought land in MaspethKills, Newtown, and on July 16, 1643, he bought 19 morgens and 400 rodsof land there, called the Mill Land. (Queens Co.County Deeds, B. 2,pp.352-53. ) A morgen was an old Dutch measure of 2-1/2 acres. On Oct. 30, 1700, a bill was brought before the Assembly for the quietingof title tothe lands of "ancient freeholders," including those ofBergoon Bragan, who were inhabitants of Hellgate Neck, within the boundsof Newtown, Long Island. This bill was rejected and when again broughtbefore the Assembly, in May 1703, his name does not appear as by thattime he had moved to Somerset Co.County, New Jersey. (Annals of Newtown,pp. 131-33 and NYG & B Rec., v. 86, p. 6. ) In 1702 Bourgon sold his land in Newtown to William Post, which land waslater bought back by Bourgon's son Isaac. On May 9, 1702, Bourgon and hisson in-law, Jan (John) Coverson (Covert) bought for L 400, of WilliamDockwra, a merchant of London, two thousand acres of land in SomersetCo.County, N.J.New Jersey, bounded on the north and northwest by theRarity and Millstone Rivers. (Deed Bk. Lib. C. -2, p. 447, in Off. ofState, Trenton, N. J.New Jersey ), and there after we haveno record ofhim unless he was the Bourgon Brokaw appearing as a witness, June 2,1717, at the baptism of Johannes, son of Thomas and Antie Cosyn at theDutch Church in Jamaica, Long Island. It is possible this was hisgrandson, Bourgon, who could not have been over twenty at that date. Hiswife appears at the Raritan Dutch Church, Aug. 6, 1712, at the baptism-no.)
TITL Bragon Covert genealogy sheet DATA TEXT Bourgon Broucard (pg 1) TITL Archives of Butler County, Pa., written by Diana Marie Voltz Geibel (1st Edition) PAGE pg 140 DATA TEXT Brougon BROULAET/ BROUGON
Upon arrival to America, the family name was changed from Broucard to Brokaw. A Huguenot who moved to Manheim, Germany for religous reasons about 1663-64. Bourgon and Catherine moved to Amsterdam between 1672 and 1675; during 1675, they came to America (probably on the "Golden Otter"), and settled in what is now "Brookland" (perhaps, Brooklyn?), NY.
Bourgon Broucard was born at Bungary, near La Rochelle, France, which is on the very Western seacoast on the Bay of Biscay. He evidently grew up there. In the years following 1500, criticism of the church developed, in Europe, which movement later developed into open warfare. This criticism was developed by Calvin, in France, and by Luther, in Germany. Those led by Calvin became known as Calvinists and his followers, in France, as Huguenots. The " "Register of Ancestors " "ofthe Huguenot Society of New Jersey states that the family of the name of Broucard lived in La Rochelle, France, and that Broucard was at one time an honored and most noted name, in France. The insignia of the Huguenot Society, was worn bythe Huguenot ancestors as an emblem of their faith. The eight corners of the four arms of the Cross of Malta were regarded as signifying the Eight Beatitudes, and the Fleur--de--lis the Mother Country of France, and the suspended Dove, theChurch under the Cross.
And It was in La Rochelle, France in this setting we first find Bourgon Broucard when he married Marie du May. He was also married there to Catherine Lefevre, and his first four children were born there. Some time between 1672 and March 1675 they removed to Amsterdam, Holland, where they were for a short time. During the year 1675 the Broucards and the Durie (Duryea) families and others of the Huguenot Faith, left Holland and came to America where they settled at what is nowBrooklyn, New York. In Riker's " "Annals of Newtown, " "Long Island, he lists Magdalena Le Febre, wife of Joost Durie and Catherine Le Febre, wife of Bourgon Broucard as possibly sisters, who came to America on the same boat the ""Gilded Otter. " "And in the 'Duryea Family", by Gustave Anjou, he lists the parentage of Magdalena Le Febre (or Le Fevre) as of Abraham and Antoinette (Jerrian) Le Fevre. Others list her as daughter of Isaac and Fannetje (Borderick) Le Fevre, or ofAbraham and Antoinette. Mr. Harold Duryee of Canton, Ohio, who has done much research on the Duryee-Duryea family, says that he is of the opinion that the parents were Abraham and Antoinette, as in old Dutch family manner the parents namedtheir children a lot after their parents. The name Isaac appears only in the Broucard family, but Abraham appears in both the Broucard and Duryee families, and Antoinette in the Duryee family and Fannetje in neither. He also says that Magdalena and Catherine Le Fevre were sisters.
In 1676 Bourgon Broucard, living in Brooklyn, was assessed as owning 11-1/2 morgens (about 23 acres) of land and valley and two cows. Then in the year following he was in Midwout, at which time his wife was transferred from the Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, to the French Church in Manhattan, by certificate, but her name does not appear in the early French records of that church. ''(NYG & B Rec., v. 86, p. 6-revised.)" " In 1684 he moved to Cripplebush in Bushwick, LongIsland, where he bought a farm. Four years later he sold this farm and moved to Dutch Kills, now a part of Long Island City, and there in 1692 he bought a large estate, a part of which was the plantation originally owned by Burger Jorizz. In a deed dated, June 21, 1690, it shows that he and Hans Tunis Couert (Covert) of Bedford in Kings County, yeoman, bought land in Maspeth Kills, Newtown, and on July 16, 1643, he bought 19 morgens and 400 rods of land there, called the MillLand. (Queens Co.County Deeds, B. 2,pp. 352-53. ) A morgen was an old Dutch measure of 2-1/2 acres.
On Oct. 30, 1700, a bill was brought before the Assembly for the quieting of title to the lands of "ancient freeholders," "including those of Bergoon Bragan, who were inhabitants of Hellgate Neck, within the bounds of Newtown, Long Island.""This bill was rejected and when again brought before the Assembly, in May 1703, his name does not appear as by that time he had moved to Somerset Co.County, New Jersey." (Annals of Newtown, pp. 131-33 and NYG & B Rec., v. 86, p. 6. )
In 1702 Bourgon sold his land in Newtown to William Post, which land was later bought back by Bourgon's son Isaac. On May 9, 1702, Bourgon and his son in-law, Jan (John) Coverson (Covert) bought for L 400, of William Dockwra, a merchant ofLondon, two thousand acres of land in Somerset County, New Jersey, bounded on the north and northwest by the Rarity and Millstone Rivers. (Deed Bk. Lib. C. -2, p. 447, in Off. of State, Trenton, N. J.New Jersey ), and thereafter we have norecord of him unless he was the Bourgon Brokaw appearing as a witness, June 2, 1717, at the baptism of Johannes, son of Thomas and Antie Cosyn at the Dutch Church in Jamaica, Long Island. It is possible this was his grandson, Bourgon, whocould not have been over twenty at that date. His wife appears at the Raritan Dutch Church, Aug. 6, 1712, at the baptism-n oĐ her grandchild, Catalyntie, daughter of Abraham. She is then called ""wife of Beugon" "not widow. (NYG &. B Rec.,86, p.6.)
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Brokaw is the anglicized form of the ancient and honorable name of Broucard, at one time amoung the most noted in France, and which today is well known in that country. It's original bearer in America was a Huguenot, or French Protestant,who appears to have lived first in France, and later in Maunheim, whence he went to America. Baird, in his "Huguenot Emigration to America," says; Mannheim itself now became the home of man French refugees, and amooung them we recognize several French families that after wards moved to America. Here David de Marest, Frederick de Vaux, Abraham Hasbroucq, Cretien Duyou, Mathes Blachan, Meynard Journeay, Thonnet Terrin, Pierre Parmentier, Anotnie Crispel, David Ussilie, Phillipe Casler, Bourgeon Broucard, Simon LeFebre, Juste Durie, and others, enjoyed for several yers the kindness of their German coreligionists and the protection of the good Elector Palaatine." This Bourgeon Broucard was the direct ancestorof the Brokaw family in America, the name having gradually meen metamorphosed to the form now generally in use in New York and elsewhere.
Bourgeon Broucard, the immigrant an ancestor of the Broucard or Brokaw family was borin in 1654, or thereabouts, proably in or near La Rochelle, France, and died after the year 1702, at Bushwick, Long Island. He was of an old and honorable French family of that name, and it is recorded that even the Catholic bishops acknowledge that the Protestants were a loyal, faithful, hard working, sober and well to do class of French subjects, their only fault being that they preferredpersecution, death, the cofiscation of their property and exile from the land they loved, to giving up of their religious convictions. He cam with other Huguenots from Mannheim, Germany, to the English colonies in 1675 and landed in New York. He resided in Bushwick, Long Island, where he purchased land in 1684. This he sold in 1688 and moved to Newtown, Long Island, where he was one of the prominent men in the settlement, and were he assisted in all church services at thehumble little church that had been erected at that place. He married previous to 1675 [the exact date unobtainable], Catherine Le Febre, daughter or sister of Simon Le Febre, who was living at Mannheim at the time that Bourgeon made his home in that hosipitable city. She accompanied him to America, and the proof that he was a man of substance is that he paid the passage of himself and family and had enough left to buy a comfortable home immediately after landing. Children: Maria; Jane'Catalia; Isaac; John; Jacob; Peter; and Abraham
(Research):Richard Nicolls, New York governor, 1664-68 His entrance onto the New World stage was grand. In March, 1664, England's King Charles II gave to his brother, James, the duke of York, all of the Atlantic coastline from Maine to Delaware. Long Island lay at the heart of this huge land grant. To seize it from the Dutch, a flotilla of warships commanded by Richard Nicolls, who was aboard his flagship, the Guinea, dropped anchor off Gravesend, Brooklyn. He threatened to destroy the Dutch fort on Manhattan Island, so the Dutch surrendered. Nicolls became the first English governor of New Amsterdam and renamed it New York to honor the duke of York. He is well regarded by historians. He is best known for a code called the Duke's Laws, designed primarily for Long Island, which were the first English laws passed in the colony of New York. He did not like criticism of the laws from Long Islanders, and he quit in 1667 and was replaced by Francis Lovelace.
Brooklyn was born. Additional settlements followed, including a village called New Utrecht, which was just north of the entrance to New York Harbor. Dutch documents from the period say the first land owner in New Utrecht was a man named Cornelius Van Werckhoven, who divided the community into 50-acre lots. One of the first residents to live there, according to the documents, was a man named Jacob Swart, who was a carpenter. Swart built the first houses in New Utrecht. ``It'shard to imagine it today, but where these settlements were was very remote, a long way from other Dutch communities,'' Gehring said. ``They were used to very close-together communities back in the Netherlands, back-to-back farmland. Here,it was just the opposite. Of course, this made the settlements very vulnerable during times of unrest with the Indians.''
1683 Kings County and 6 towns created: Brooklyn, Bushwick, Flatbush, Flatlands, Gravesend and New Utrecht. History of Breuckelen, Kings County & Brooklyn
In Henry G. Bayer's The Belgians, First Settlers in New York and in the Middle States (New York: Devlin-Adair, 1925): "A little colony of Walloons, flying before the troops of the Duke of Alva, had come to settle within the territory of the Palatinate, at Frankenthal, near Mannheim, its capital, where we find many families that later moved to New Netherland: David de Marest, Frederic de Vaux, Abraham Hasbroucq, Chretien Duyou, Methese or Matthew Blanchan, Thonnet Terrin, Pierre Parmentier, Antoine Crispel, David Usilie, Philippe Casier, Bourgeon Broucard, Simon Le Febre, Juste Durie, and others." At least some of them seem to have been the followers of Louis du Bois who came to America in 1660 on the Dutch ship, the Gilded Otter. Blanchan and Crispel had arrived a few months earlier and a few of the others came later, settling at Esopus. Du Bois was married in Mannheim, 10 Oct. 1655, to Catherine, daughter of Mathese Blanchan, who was also fromFlanders. Du Bois was the son of Chretien du Bois, an inhabitant of Wieres, a hamlet in the district of La Barree near Lille, (then in Flanders), where he was born, 27 Oct. 1627.annex the other parts of Kings County. When the City of Brooklyn annexed the City of Williamsburgh and the Town of Bushwick, this area was then known as the eastern district of the City of Brooklyn and Williamsburgh lost its final "h". Thestreets in Brooklyn do not line up because each of the 2 cities and 6 towns in Kings County were independent municipalities and purposely decided to create street grids with different naming systems that did not line up with the adjoiningcity or town. The Town of Gravesend was the only town where the streets run long north-to-south, all other cities and towns ran their streets long west-to-east. Gravesend was the only English town, all the others were Dutch.
History of Brooklyn by Walter Greenspan In 1646, the Village of Breuckelen was authorized by the Dutch West India Company and became the first municipality in what is now New York State (the predecessors of the Cities of Albany and New York were numbers two and three, respectively). In 1683, almost 20 years after the English kicked out the Dutch (1664), the General Assembly of Freeholders reorganized the governmental structure in all of the province of New York into 12 counties, each of which was sub-divided into towns. Brooklyn was one of the original six towns of Kings County, an original county when the county/town system was established in 1683.
Listed in the Register of Qualified Huguenot Ancestors of the National Huguenot Society Burgon Braucard b. 1645 Mouscrow, near Courtrai; per Manneheim records d. aft 1702 Bushwick, Long Island, New York m/1 December 1 1663 Marie du May m/2December 18, 1666 Catherine LeFevre, from near Resterne
The family fled LaRochelle, France and took refugee in Mannheim Provience of the Rhine and to Holland. Came to New Amsterdam in 1659, amoung the earliest founders of the French Prostestant Church in New York and later a member of the Bedford Long Island Church.
Note all children named from 2nd wife
2567. Catherine LEFEVRE was born in 1648 in France. She died in 1712 in Raritan, Somerset, Nj. [Parents]
2568. Nils was born about 1590 in Skaning,Hundred,Skaraborg,Sweden.
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2570. Swen GUNNARSSON was born in 1590 in ,,,Sweden. He had other parents. [Parents]
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2572. Nils LYCOM was born about 1614 in Lyckan,Gunnarskog Par.,Varmland,Sweden.
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3028. Abraham SHOTWELL was born in 1624 in Ipswich, England. He died in 1680 in Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., NJ. He married Wife of Abraham Shotwell in 1687 in Staten Island , Richmand Co., New York.
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Also see separate file on Abraham Shotwell with information from "Annalsof Our Colonial Ancestors..." , compiled by Ambrose Shotwell."Shotwell Record. Beginning in the year 1665.
{The Property of Daniel Shotwell the 6th, 1882. The next owner shall beJames Albert Shotwell and the next Daniel Shotwell, the 8th generation.}
{This document being the property of Daniel Shotwell, the 8th generation,next becomes the property of his son Daniel Shotwell, being the 9thgeneration. This document located amongst the papers of Harriet CambellShotwell, after her passing. Louis Barrett Shotwell, Brother ofDaniel Shotwell, the 8th, August 8, 1955}
On Sunday the sixth day of September 1609, the eye of the strangerfirst rested on the goodly site of Elizabethtown, New Jersey. The earliest record of the name of Shotwell was in the year 1665.Abraham Shotwell had two sons, John and Daniel, and daughters, Elizabethborn in 1716, Sarah 1720. John married Mary (name unknown) in October 1679, New York. AbelShotwell of Rahway is one of the descendants of John, and our family fromDaniel, Son of Abraham the First.
1st Abraham Shotwell and Elizabeth his wife.
2nd John Shotwell, Son of Abraham and Elizabeth his wife.
3rd John Shotwell, Jr (Son of John and Mary his wife) was born in 1719. Jacob Shotwell (Son of John and Mary his wife) was bornin 1725.1st Abraham Shotwell and Elizabeth his wife.
2nd Daniel Shotwell (Son of Abraham and Elizabeth his wife)
3rd Joseph Shotwell (Son of Daniel and Elizabeth his wife) Margaret Shotwell (Daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth hiswife) was born on Staten Island, 1708
4th Daniel Shotwell (Son of Joseph and Marry Manning his wife) was bornat Woodbridge New Jersey, 1723.
5th Daniel Shotwell (Son of Daniel and Deborah his wife)
6th Daniel (Hatter or Walter?) Shotwell (Son of Daniel and Keziah hiswife) was born October 24, 1806 in New Jersey
7th James Albert Shotwell (Son of Daniel and Margaret Ann Elizabeth hiswife) was born at Newark New Jersey, May 20, 1836
8th Daniel Shotwell (Son of James and Harriet his wife) was born atAlexandria, Douglas County, Minnesota, 1880Copied from the old record at Rahway - At our monthly meeting held at our meeting house in Woodbridge, the16th day of the sixth month in 1716. Joseph Shotwell and Mary Manningwere presented before the meeting, their intention being totake eachother in marriage. This is the first time presented. The 20th day ofthe seventh month they were presented again and were accepted accordingto the good order of Friends.
Woodbridge 19th day of the second month, 1716, Abraham Shotwell (thefirst) was appointed to attend to the matters of the quarterly meeting. John ShotwellMary Shotwell John Son of Abraham
Wives 1st Abraham Elizabeth 2nd Daniel Elizabeth 3rd Joseph Mary 4th Daniel Deborah 5th Daniel Keziah 6th Daniel Margaret 7th James Harriet 8th Daniel Eva 9th Daniel Lois 10th Daniel
Source: Copies of 7 pages of notes possibly started by Daniel Shotwellof the sixth generation.
3029. Wife of Abraham Shotwell.
3032. John SCHOOLEY was born in 1609 in Handsworth Parish County of York, England. He died in 1696 in Handsworth Parish County of York, England. He married Alice FLETCHER on 23 Mar 1633 in Rutherham Yorkshire England. [Parents]
3033. Alice FLETCHER was born about 1609 in Handsworth Parish County of York, England. She died before 1660 in Handsworth Parish County of York, England. [Parents]
3034. George PARKER was born about 1630 in Portsmouth,Newport,RI. He died UNKNOWN in Ransoms Neck, Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. He married SARAH before 1676 in Of,Burlington,NJ. [Parents]
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!SOURCES: 1. 1998 Ancestral File 2. 1997 Ordinance Index
3035. SARAH was born UNKNOWN in Chesterfield Burlinton Co NJ. She died UNKNOWN in Chesterfield Burlington Co NJ.
3088. Martin TSCHUDI was born on 27 Apr 1595 in Frenkendorf, Basell, , Switzerland. He was christened on 27 Apr 1595 in Frenkendorf, Basel, , Switzerland. He died in Frankendorf, Canton Basel, Switzerland. He married Margreth BREVIN on 3 Oct 1614 in Munzach, Basell, , Switzerland. [Parents]
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!1. Child # 6 Heinrich md Barbara Meier 21 Nov 1654. 2. Child # 7 Christchona md Hans Jacob Meier 13 Jun 1665. 3. Child # 8 Jacob md # 1 Margreth Tschudi 13 Jun 1665. 4. Child # 8 Jacob md # 2 Esbeth Schwab. 5. Information source Par. Reg.Frenkendorf Swiss Austr. Miss. Reighen 1955. 6. Martin Bushman Fam. By Adele B. Westover, Joseph City, Arizona.
3089. Margreth BREVIN was born in 1593 in Lausen, Basell, , Switzerland. She died on 18 Mar 1665 in Lausen, Basell, , Switzerland.
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Also - Name: Margreth Brevin
3856. William SKELTON was born in 1560 in Lincolnshire, England. He died in Coningsby, England. He married Sarah. [Parents]
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3857. Sarah was born in 1565 in UK Lincoln, ?, England. She died after Oct 1638 in UK Coningsby, Lincoln, Lincoln.
3858. William TRAVIS was born in England.
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