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Genealogical History Of Hudson And Bergen Counties New Jersey
THE BROWER FAMILY

Originally published in 1900
Cornelius Burnham Harvey, Editor


Edited by GET NJ, COPYRIGHT 2003

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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