Davis Uriah I | Born 1707

BERKHOVEN, Adam Brouwer

Male 1620 - 1693  (73 years)


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  • Name BERKHOVEN, Adam Brouwer  [1
    Born 1620  Cologne, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 15 Apr 1693  Flatlands, Kings County (Section of Brooklyn), New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3504  Uriah Davis I - Genealogy
    Last Modified 21 Jun 2018 

    Father BROUWER, Adam 
    Family ID F1306  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family VERDON, Magdalena Jacobse,   b. Abt 1625, Holland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1717  (Age ~ 92 years) 
    Married 21/21 Mar 1644/1645  New Amsterdam, New York, Dutch Reformed Church Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. BROUWER, Annetje Adam
     2. BROUWER, Sarah Adam
     3. BROUWER, Altje Adam
     4. BROUWER, Rachel Adam
     5. BROUWER, Pieter Adam,   b. Bef 23 Sep 1647,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. BROUWER, Mathys Adam,   b. Bef 30 May 1649,   d. 29 Jul 1726  (Age > 77 years)
     7. BROUWER, Wilhelmus Adam,   b. Bef 5/05 Mar 1651/1652
     8. BROUWER, Maritje Adam,   b. Abt Jun 1653,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. BROUWER, Jacobus Adam,   b. Abt 1655,   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. BROUWER, Fytje Adam,   b. Abt 1656,   d. Yes, date unknown
     11. BROUWER, Helena Adam,   b. Abt Oct 1660,   d. Yes, date unknown
     12. BROUWER, Adam Adam,   b. Abt May 1662,   d. Yes, date unknown
     13. BROUWER, Abraham Adam,   b. 1672,   d. Yes, date unknown
     14. BROUWER, Nicolaes Adam,   b. 1672,   d. Yes, date unknown
     15. BROUWER, Daniel,   b. 1678,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 24 Jun 2018 
    Family ID F1304  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 


    • Adam Brouwer, or more properly, Adam Brouwer Berkhoven immigrated first to Brazil in 1641, on the ship Swol (serving as a soldier for the Dutch West India Company). He next immigrated to the North American Dutch colony "New Netherland" in 1642, and on March 21, 1645, married Magdalena Jacobs Verdon in New Amsterdam (later New York City). Adam Brouwer was described as "a young man from Ceulen [Cologne]" when he was married. Berkhoven is probably his correct surname, whereas Brouwer probably referred to his occupation, as Brouwer is Dutch for brewer. Berkhoven, although occasionally used by some of his children, has been dropped by his descendants, and Brouwer, now written Brower, or Brewer, is used as the surname of the family. Adam appears at first to have settled in New Amsterdam, where, on February 7, 1647, he obtained a patent from the government for a lot on Manhattan Island. He later sold this lot, and at the time of the sale, was living on Long Island. It is not known when he moved from Long Island, but in 1661 he and Isaac De Foreest held jointly the oldest tide mill in Brooklyn, known for many years as Brower's mill. On April 1, 1654, he purchased from Theunis Nyssen, a farmer of Gowanus, a piece of woodland near Nyssen's land including the land on which Adam's house was built and the meadows in front thereof, located in Gowanus. In 1676 Adam bought of Frederick Lubbertse a piece of meadow adjoining the dam of the Gowanus mill. He and his wife were members of the Dutch church of Brooklyn in 1677, of which in 1679 and 1680 he appears by the church records to have been under censure, on the suspicion of leaning towards the Catholic religion. His will is dated January 22, 1692, and proved March21, 1692, and is on file in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Appeals at Albany, New York.
      Dutch West India Company soldier. With his business partner Isaac de Forest, built and operated a flour mill at Gowanus, Brooklyn, New York.
      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."

  • Sources 
    1. [S51] New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 9, Page126,ff -article by T. G . Bergen.