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Adam Brouwer Berkhoven

1620-1693
Born: Cologne, Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Died: Fort Orange, Albany, New York

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  • Story: Adam Brouwer Berkhoven

    &lt;iframe src=&quot;http://view.atdmt.com/iaction/ancestrycom_non_secure_universal_v3/v3/atc1.-lib-TinyMce_2_1_0-blank_htm/&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;No&quot; marginheight=&quot;0&quot; marginwidth=&quot;0&quot; topmargin=&quot;0&quot; leftmargin=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt; <!-- SN:TREESUI23 --> adam was born in holland in 1622, his early career was a soldier for the dutch india trading company. sept of 1646 adam fought in the manhattan indian wars. He was owner and operator of the first water mill in brooklyn ny which in 1652 was still new amsderdam , a dutch colony. he also owned a flour mill and there were stories about adam&#39;s refusal to grind certin people&#39;s grain if he didn&#39;t like them. the people had to get an order signed by the governor to get their grain ground.

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  • Story: Adam Berkhoven & Magdalena Jacobse Verdon

    <p>Transcribed from THE MILLER - MOOK FAMILY HISTORY written by Larry &amp; Judy Miller - 2005:</p><p>&quot;&nbsp; The first member of the Berkhoven family to immigrate to America at the age of 22 was Adam Brouwer Berkhoven.&nbsp; He came in 1642 to New Amsterdam, New York.&nbsp; Adam, who is said to have been the son of Peter Berkhoven and (unknown), was born January 18, 1620.&nbsp; Katwijk, which is located just a few miles from Mook, Holland where our Mook heritage began, was the area of his birth.&nbsp; The name of Berkhoven is probably his correct name and Brouwer, which in Dutch means &quot;brewer&quot;, was no doubt his occupation.</p><p>On March 19, 1644, Magdalena Jacobse Verdon became the wife of Adam in New Amsterdam, New York.&nbsp; Magdalena, who was born about 1627 in Amsterdam, Noord, Netherlands/Holland, was the daughter of Jacob Verdon and Maria (Mary) Baddie.&nbsp; It is believed the Verdon family immigrated to America when Magdalena was a small child sometime between 1635 and 1637.</p><p>The Berkhoven family were members of the Dutch Reform Church in New Amsterdam, New York.&nbsp; Their names appeared on the Membership List of the church in 1677.&nbsp; The Dutch Reform Church was first established by Dutch settlers in about 1628 in New Amsterdam - now known as New York City.&nbsp; The &quot;Reform Church&quot; originally used this description to separate itself from the &quot;unreformed&quot; Roman Catholic Church.&nbsp; They were Protestants who were &quot;Calvinists in theology and usually Presbyterian in Church organization.&quot;</p><p>In February of 1647 Adam and Magdalena purchased a house and garden in New Amsterdam in which to raise their family.</p><p>According to the Documentary History of New York, Adam took the Oath of Allegiance to the British in Brooklyn, New York in September of 1687 and was declared a resident of Brooklyn.&nbsp; He is shown on the Assessment Rolls for Brooklyn in 1675 and 1683.</p><p>His will, which was dated January 22, 1691, left all his property to his wife, Magdalena for her use during her lifetime.&nbsp; Upon her death the remainder was to be divided equally among his fourteen children.</p><p>Both Adam, who died at the age of 73 in 1693 in Brooklyn, and Magdalena, who died on August 12, 1698 at the age of 71, are buried in the Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.&nbsp; &quot;</p>

  • Story: Adam Brouwer Berkhoven

    <div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium">Emigrated to New York from Ceulen or Cologne in 1642 and ma rried Magdalena Jacobs Verdon 19 Mar 1645 in Nieuw Amsterda m. Berkhoven is probably his correct surname, Brower--th e Dutch for brewer--referring to his occupation which he pr obably at one time followed.<br><br>Berkhoven although occasionally used by some of his childre n, has been dropped by his descendants, and Brouwer now wri tten Brower is used as the surname of the family. By 1656 A dam resided on Long Island.<br><br>His will dated 22 Jan 1691-2 was proved 21 March 1692, exec utors being Henry Sleght, Cornelis Sebring, and Jan Frederi cks. In it he is styled Adam Brouwer Berkhoven and names h is wife Magdalena, and their children Pieter, Jacob, Aaltie , Mattys, William, Adams, Abraham, Nicholas, Mary, Fytie, H elen, Anna, Sara, and Rachel p.4<br><br>Origin: Adam Brouwer Berchoven seems to have come from Colo gne, Germany. According to Totten [Totten01], Adam Brouwe r was described as &quot;a young man from Ceulen [Cologne]&quot; whe n he married Magdalena Jacobs Verdon. William Brower Bogard us (Anneke Jans and Everardus Bogardus Descendants Associat ion, 1121 Linhof Rd., Wilmington, Ohio 45177-2917) has bee n working with Prof. Frijoff from the Amsterdam Free Univer sity on the question of Adam Brouwer&#39;s origin. Mr. Bogardu s wrote in his Holiday Season 1997 &quot;Dear &#39;Cousin&#39;&quot; letter : &quot;Incidentally, for those who have been seeking the correc t parents and ancestry of Adam Brouwer (proof of those alre ady allegedly identified not having been presented)... ther e is a very high probability that Adam was not only from Co logne but also of German rather than Dutch origin. His birt h name may have been &quot;Adolph&quot; and it is possible that the B erchoven name had nothing to do with his family&#39;s origin a t all.&quot;<br><br>Immigrated: First to Brazil in 1641, on the ship Swol (serv ing as a soldier for the Dutch West India Company), then t o New Netherland in 1642. Occupation(s): Dutch West India C ompany soldier. With his business partner Isaac de Forest , built and operated a flour mill at Gowanus, Brooklyn, Ne w York on land patented 1 July 1645 to Jan Evertse Bout. Di ed: 1693</span></div>

  • Story: Adam Brouwer's Will

    <p>IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN, Whereas Adam Brower Berkhoven, inhavitant of ye town of Bruckland, being at present sick a bedd but fully having his knowledge and understanding and considering ye (fragality) and mortality of mens life and ye uncertaine hours there of --</p><p>So it is that ye Adam Brower before his departure out of this world, is willing to dispose of his estate and good to be left by decease, in ye presence of ye under-mentioned witnesses -- Henry Sleght, Cornelius Sebring and, John Fredericks, from said testator here unto required --</p><p>So it is that ye testator Adam Brower makes his whole estate moveable and imoveable to his wife Magdalena Brower, and my utmost will and desire is, that none of my children shall trouble or move their mother during her life, and further ye testator Adam Brower, makes his oldest son Peter Brower three shillings, for reasons he was disobedient of his father, as also Jacob Brower and (Aelh?) [Aeltje] Brower whoe also for reasons of disobedience shall not receive a penny from their father Adam Brower, but ye testator bequeath ye same from ye three disobedient children, wit. Peter Brower, ye eldest, Jacob Brower and Aeltie [Aeltje] Brower upon their children, ye portion of Peter upon his children, ye portion of Jacob Brower upon his children, ye portion of Aeltie [Aeltje] Brower upon her children. further is ye desire of ye testator that ye other children, as Mathys, William, Adam, Abraham, Nicholas, ye daughter Mary, Fyte, Helena, Anna, Sara, Rachel, these eleaven children shall have equall portion amongst them, and also ye children of ye disobedient children above named, they shall also with ye other eleaven children equally divide and further bequeath ye testator to Adolphus form [son] of William Brower before out for a gift of three pieces of eight, and Mathys his daughter Magdalena one piece of eight, and Pieter Brower his daughter Magdalena one piece of eight and his daughter [Mary?] one piece of eight, with Fytje daughter Magdalena one piece of eight -- This is that whi is ye testator Adam Brower last will and hath signed and sealed ye same with his owne hand, with Henry Sleght, Cornelius Sebring and John Fredericks, and are hereby all former testaments made vow and will dated 22nd of January 1691/2.</p>

 
 
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