New In The October 2019 Issue of The RECORD

The current issue of the New York Genealogical and Biographical RECORD, vol. 150, no. 4, Fall 2019 has been published and includes a piece by Steven Eustis found in the "Additions and Corrections to Articles in The Record," at pages 317-18, that should interest those researching the descendants of Adam Brouwer of Gowanus, L. I. Steve's work corrects and adds to William J. Hoffman's, "Brouwer Notes II," which was published in volume 72 (1941), pages 332-37 of tThe RECORD. There, Hoffman discusses the ancestry of Johannes Brouwer who married Catherine Duryea. While the ancestry of Johannes Brouwer, who is seen in the records of his time as either John I. Brower or John J. Brower, is not challenged, Steve's piece in the current issue adds contemporaneous newspaper sources for his death and the death of his brother Abraham Brouwer/Brower. Most importantly, the date of death for Catherine Duryea, given by Hoffman in 1941 as October 1812 (citing a "newspaper notice" without being more specific) is corrected. Catherine (Duryea) Brower died some years previous to Hoffman's claim, and her correct date of death is found in an unpublished family (Bible) record and in a published record of her burial by the Reformed Dutch Church of New York City (see footnote 4 on page 318 for specifics). Steve has been working on the descendants of the brothers John I. and Abraham Brower (sons of Jacob Brouwer and Jannetje Hartje) and hopefully we will be seeing more from Steve on the descendants sometime in the future.

The October 2019 has other articles that should interest those researching early ancestors in New Netherland/New York. "The Hendricks-Burger Parentage of Catharina Davids, and Her Four Marriages," by Michael Rudy and Harry Macy, Jr. (pages 278-84) provides a previously unknown parentage for Catharina Davids who married Coenradt Vanderbeek (her third marriage, his second). Coenradt Vanderbeek is a son of Paulus Van der Beek and Maria Badie, and therefore descendants of this couple are cousins to the descendants of Adam Brouwer and Magdalena Verdon (Coenradt and Magdalena being half-siblings). Catharina Davids can be found as Catherine Cocks on the Brouwer Genealogy Database. The profile of her there is very much incomplete and this article not only provides us with her correct name, but informs us that she was not married just three times, but was married four times and had children by all four husbands.

At page 291, I find mention of an Eliza Brower, born in New York City about 1808/09, died there 4 March 1879, in the article, "Andrew Sinclair (circa 1795-1874) of New York City and His Family," by Scott Wilds (pages 285-296) being a continuation of an article from the previous issue. Eliza Brower was married to John M. Sinclair who died at Roosevelt Hospital, New York City, 9 December 1895, age 78 years (pp. 290-91). I do not know where this Eliza Brower is to be placed among the Brouwer/Brower families of the New York City area. The footnotes provide some clues for places to begin the search.

Also in this issue:
Identifying Samuel Fletcher (1758-1826) of South Hero, Vermont, and Westville, New York, by Denise Engelhardt Cross.
Henry Tucker (1825-1882): Composer of an Erstwhile "Most Popular Song Ever Written in America, by Thomas W. Jones.
The Bengali and English Ancestry of New York City Immigrant Thomas Chapman (1777-1862), by Meryl Schumacker (continued from 150:182).
Early Sicard-Secor Families of New York: Origins of United Empire Loyalist William Secord, by R. Kirk Moulton (continued from 150:220). Many persons named Demarest are found in this article. The Demarests comprise a very large early New Netherland/New York/New Jersey family with many intermarriages with Brouwers.

As the October issue is the year end issue, also included are a list of contents of the articles that were published in the four issues of 2019, a list of contributors, and an every name index to those mentioned in articles.

The New York Genealogical and Biographical RECORD is published quarterly by the New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, based in New York City, and online at www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org. Copies of the RECORD are included with a membership. As the RECORD is the second oldest continuously published genealogical journal in the country (since 1870) many libraries are subscribers and issues can often be found in their stacks.

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