Brouwer Genealogy

Chris, I mentioned your DNA project on 3 different...

2013-01-04T11:35:23.713-05:00

Chris,
I mentioned your DNA project on 3 different genealogy sites in The Netherlands. Hope Brouwer descendants will be in touch with you.
Peter

Anyone can contact me either by leaving a comment ...

2013-01-02T15:00:20.691-05:00

Anyone can contact me either by leaving a comment under the appropriate post, or by using the e-mail link that is available under my profile below, "About Me."

Anyone interested in joining the Brewer DNA Projuct should visit the home page at Family Tree DNA, which is http://www.familytreedna.com/public/BrewerDNA/default.aspx, or by using the link available at the right under Brouwer-Brower-Brewer Links (all the way at the top).
Thanks Peter

Obviously I overlooked all the follow options. But...

2013-01-02T14:24:03.523-05:00

Obviously I overlooked all the follow options. But not any more. Also thanks for following my blog. I'll mention the Brewer DNA Project here and there. How do you want people to contact you? Can you give me an email address that I can provide people with? Or by making a comment here?
Peter

Thanks Peter. I in particular am hoping that some ...

2013-01-02T09:42:59.376-05:00

Thanks Peter. I in particular am hoping that some BROUWERs from Europe will become interested and join the Brewer DNA Project. Perhaps we can find some genetic matches with the descendants of the early New Netherland Brouwer families living today in the U.S. and Canada, and some distant cousins descended from relations who remained in Europe.
There are a few ways to follow this website. If you follow the column of links at the left and scroll down you will find options to "Subscribe," "Follow by e-mail" or join as a "Follower" through Google.
Thanks again.

Chris, Thanks for your OK. Your blog is now mentio...

2013-01-02T07:55:32.520-05:00

Chris,
Thanks for your OK. Your blog is now mentioned in my list. In case you want to add/change anything, please let me know. I frequently "advertise" my list on various Dutch genealogy forums. So I hope some useful contacts will develop.
Thanks in advance for paying attention to my blog. Is there any way I can follow yours?
Have a nice day.
Peter

Hello Peter, Yes, by all means, please feel free t...

2013-01-01T18:01:43.357-05:00

Hello Peter, Yes, by all means, please feel free to add a link to Brouwer Genealogy from your site. I'm all for any effort that brings people together for the purpose of researching shared ancestries.
Brouwer certainly is a Dutch surname and a number of Brouwer families in the U.S. do have their ancestral roots in the Netherlands. Adam Brouwer (ca.1620-1692), however, was born in Cologne, and was more likely of German ancestry. His children and grandchildren, in colonial America, inter-married with families of Dutch, Scandinavian, Flemish/French and English roots.
Hopefully some of your readers will find Brouwer Genealogy useful and will make some connections. I'll return the favor and highlight your website soon.

Hi Chris, I learned about your blog via Geneablogg...

2013-01-01T10:13:35.953-05:00

Hi Chris,
I learned about your blog via Geneabloggers.
Reading it, it struck me that the Brouwer name sounds very Dutch and in fact it is. Being Dutch myself, I was very much interested. I also have a blog with many genealogical subjects. One of my posts shows a survey of foreign genealogical blogs/sites showing Dutch origin surnames. The URL is http://www.patmcast.blogspot.com/2012/05/dutch-ancestors.html. The idea is to try and establish contacts between people who have an interest in the same surname. There are numerous cases in The Netherlands where people emigrated centuries ago without leaving a trace in Dutch archives. With my blog I try to bring Dutch and foreign (mainly US/CAN) genealogists together.
Therefore, I like to have your permission to show your site in my a.m. blog.
I look forward to your reaction!
Kind regards,
Peter

Hi Jim, thanks for the input. Looking into the ide...

2012-12-30T08:17:36.414-05:00

Hi Jim, thanks for the input. Looking into the identity of Catherine a bit further, it appears that you are correct. The initial identification of Nazareth Brouwer's second wife came from two secondary sources. First, Hoffman's "Brouwer Beginning's" at TAG 24:25 where he simply identifies her as "Catharine Lawson, widow." The second source was correspondence with William Bogardus who identified her as "Catherine Halley," but without citing a reason or source for that surname. Your bringing to our attention the probate record which identifies Catherine's first husband as Peter Lassing/Lassen/Lawson, together with the baptism records of their daughters Elizabeth in 1765 and Esther in 1780 at New Hackensack in Dutchess County, in which she is recorded as "Catharina Dolsen," corrects her identity.
Thank you very much for bringing this to my attention. As you are looking to identify Andrew Lawson, the husband of Nazareth's sister, Anna, I am wondering if he is either a son of Peter Andrew Lassing and Catharina Dolsen, or a brother of Peter's. Should I come across any evidence, I will pass it on.

Terrific site; a model for how large family web si...

2012-12-29T13:21:50.660-05:00

Terrific site; a model for how large family web sites should be presented.

Question/comment on Nazareth Brouwer (1756-1817) - his second wife seems to be Catharina Dolsen, the widow of Pieter A. Lossing/Lawson (1739-1787) based on estate records:
Dutchess County, NY Probate Records (Kelly/Kinship 1997): Estate of Peter Andrew Lassing - 18 May 1796, Letters of Administration to Nazareth Brouwer, Poughkeepsie farmer, and wife Catherine, late widow of Peter Andrew Lassing, Poughkeepsie.

Nazareth's sister Anna married Andrew Lawson who I'm trying to identify. This couple baptized another daughter at New Hackensack RC:
# 936 Child: Cathrine
Birth Date: 1 Jul 1787
Bapt. Date: 12 Aug 1787
Parents: Andries Lasson; Anna Brouwn
Source: Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of New Hackensack

Your thoughts appreciated. Thanks.

Jim Harder - jaharder88 at yahoo.com

There is a large family in Stone Arabia, NY with ...

2012-09-15T10:05:18.339-04:00

There is a large family in Stone Arabia, NY with the last name of Putman.

A dutch family.

Great write up.
Thanks,
DuSyl

When will New Jersey family records update are ava...

2012-08-30T01:36:01.824-04:00

When will New Jersey family records update are available online. I am waiting for the family search on this parenting site. Thanks for sharing the google books regarding search.

Vicki, As you might have suspected, there are many...

2012-08-25T16:09:37.376-04:00

Vicki, As you might have suspected, there are many, many individuals named John Brower and Abraham Brower, including some brother combinations. Off the top of my head I cannot pick one pair out that meets your description. If you haven't already, you may want to consult the Brouwer Genealogy Database website and scroll through all of the John and Abraham Browers to see if you find one that might have some potential to research further. The best course, however, would be to start with the earliest known Brower ancestor and begin a search in the probate records and the property records (deeds) in the location where you know that person lived. As you know, census records prior to 1830, in New Jersey, were lost. The census prior to 1850 doesn't tell us much anyway, and for the period in which you are searching (early 1800s) the best sources for genealogical info in New Jersey are probate and land records.
A link for the Brouwer Genealogy Database website can be found in the column at the right, fifth link down from the top. Hope this at least gets you started.

Hi Chris, I've found Browers in 1830 in Gallow...

2012-08-25T10:56:45.566-04:00

Hi Chris,
I've found Browers in 1830 in Galloway Twp, Gloucester Cty, NJ. I found a John Brower, b. 1771-80 and an Abm (Abraham?) Brower, b.1781-90. In 1840,listed in Galloway Twp, Atlantic Cty, NJ are a John Browns, Andrew Browers and a Mace (Amasa?)Browns. (Looking at the census page, the handwriting clearly looks like Browers to me). Do you have any record of a John Brower with a brother Abraham? I'm helping a friend with her family tree and we've hit a brick wall at John Brower because of the lack of available census records prior to 1830. I hope to find out where Port Republic, NJ old birth records are kept. Maybe I can see them to shed some light on this.

As usual, fascinating. Great work, thanks so much...

2012-07-02T09:28:27.533-04:00

As usual, fascinating. Great work, thanks so much for your efforts.

Thank you for sorting out the many theories with s...

2012-06-19T13:11:23.794-04:00

Thank you for sorting out the many theories with some actual facts that can be found and sourced.

Great work as always! Thank you Chris.

2012-06-05T09:08:12.047-04:00

Great work as always! Thank you Chris.

Looks great. Thank you for all that you do!

2012-01-28T02:24:44.391-05:00

Looks great. Thank you for all that you do!

Thanks for the post. It was really helpful to solv...

2012-01-07T08:06:12.425-05:00

Thanks for the post.
It was really helpful to solve my confusion.

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Hi Tom. The three books mentioned are all general ...

2011-10-14T18:33:15.787-04:00

Hi Tom. The three books mentioned are all general accounts. There are no specific mentions of the Brouwer families of New Netherland and early New York. I'd say that the first two were written with a general readership in mind. Jaap Jacobs' book might appeal more to someone looking for a more thorough understanding of the social, religious and economic situation in New Netherland.

You can find a few more recommendations by clicking on the Bibliography link found under "Notes, Research, Reports, Images" at the right.

Chris Chester

Chris, this is Tom Brewer. Thanks for postig these...

2011-10-14T08:41:41.226-04:00

Chris, this is Tom Brewer. Thanks for postig these book references. I had not know of this blog before, but I will certainly be checking in.

Assuming that you have read these books, are the others general references to life and social development of the time, or is there any reference to our family line.

I'd like to, over time, get a paper trail from my current family tree to my DNA family tree.

Thanks again, Tom