Adam Brouwer Berchoven (ca 1620-1693)
Spouse 1: Magdalena Jacobs Verdon [Hoffman01 23:194]
Married: 21 March 1645, Dutch Reformed Church, New York, New York, USA.
They registered their intention to marry on 19 March 1645. [Hoffman01
23:194]
GENETIC CHILDREN
* Pieter Adams Brouwer [Hoffman01 23:197]
* Matthys Adams Brouwer [Hoffman01 23:202]
* Willem Adams Brouwer [Hoffman01 23:204]
* Maria Adams Brouwer [Hoffman01 23:206]
* Jacobus Adams Brouwer [Hoffman01 24:23]
* Fytie Adams Brouwer [Hoffman01 24:28]
* Helena Adams Brouwer [Hoffman01 24:29]
* Adam Adams Brouwer [Hoffman01 24:29]
* Aeltje Adams Brouwer [Hoffman01 24:30]
* Sara Adams Brouwer [Hoffman01 24:96]
* Abraham Adams Brouwer [Hoffman01 24:96]
* Nicholaes Adams Brouwer [Hoffman01 24:161]
* Rachel Adams Brouwer [Hoffman01 24:169]
* Anna Adams Brouwer [Hoffman01 24:169]
* Daniel Adams Brouwer [Hoffman01 24:170]
Born: ca 1620
Origin: Adam Brouwer Berchoven seems to have come from Cologne, Germany.
According to Totten [Totten01 67:105], Adam Brouwer was described as "a
young man from Ceulen [Cologne]" when he married Magdalena Jacobs Verdon.
William Brower Bogardus (Anneke Jans and Everardus Bogardus Descendants
Association, 1121 Linhof Rd., Wilmington, OH 45177-2917) has been working
with Prof. Frijoff from the Amsterdam Free University on the question of
Adam Brouwer's origin. Mr. Bogardus wrote in his Holiday Season 1997 "Dear
'Cousin'" letter: "Incidentally, for those who have been seeking the
correct parents and ancestry of Adam Brouwer (proof of those already
allegedly identified not having been presented)... there is a very high
probability that Adam was not only from Cologne but also of German rather
than Dutch origin. His birth name may have been "Adolph" and it is possible
that the Berchoven name had nothing to do with his family's origin at all."
Immigrated: First to Brazil in 1641, on the ship Swol (serving as a soldier
for the Dutch West India Company), then to New Netherland in 1642.
[Hoffman01 23:194]
Occupation(s): Dutch West India Company soldier. With his business partner
Isaac de Forest, built and operated a flour mill at Gowanus, Brooklyn, New
York. [Hoffman01 23:195]
Died: 1693
Last updated: 30 June 1999, by Lindsey M. Ottman
Mail: lottman@mindspring.com