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THE BROWER FAMILY
Originally published in 1900 |
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THE BROWER FAMILY is another very numerous fancily in Bergen
County. They are descended from Adam Brouwer, who emigrated to
New Amsterdam from Cologne, France, in 1642. Three years later lie
married Madalena Jacobs Ferdon, of Long Island. He was a miller, and
lived in New Amsterdam until 1647, when he removed to Brooklyn, where
lie joined the Dutch Church in 1677 and paid taxes from 1675 to 1698. His
issue were fifteen children: Peter, Jacobus, Aeltie, Matthew, William,
Mary, Magdalena, Adam, Abraham, Sophia, Ann, Sarah, Nicholas, Daniel,
and Rachel.
Peter, baptized in 1616, married (1) Pieternella Uldricks, (2) Gertrude Jans, and (3) Anne Jansen. He first resided at Flatlands, L. I., and subsequently removed to Brooklyn, where he died. His, issue were Abram, John. Adolph, Magdalena, Ulrick, Adrientie, Vroutie, Cornelia, Jacob, Hanse, and Madeline. Abraham, John, and Adolph removed to Hackensack about 1700, where Abraham married (1) Lea Johns Demarest and (2) Elizabeth Ackerman. Ulrick married Hester de Vow, and John married Ann Hendricks Mandeville. The descendants of Abraham, Ulrick, John, and Adolph are to-day very numerous and scattered over the Counties of Bergen and Hudson.
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