Family Group Sheet: Willem Brouwer & Lysbeth Drinkvelt

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Family Group Sheet: Willem Brouwer & Lysbeth Drinkvelt

First Created: 2010; Revised: March 26, 2012

Subject: Willem Brouwer1,2,3,4,5

Name-Var: __ ___ ____ Willem Brouwers6

Probably born: between 1610 and 1620 Nijkerk, Gelderland, Netherlands.

Marriage: __ Nov 1648 Grote Kerk, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.7

Death: __ Aug 1668 probably at Beverwijck.8

Burial: 3 Aug 1668 Beverwijck, (now Albany, New York).9

Father:

Mother:

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Spouse: Lysbeth Drinkvelt10,11

Name-Var: __ ___ ____ Elisabeth Aertsen Drinckvelt12

Probably born: before __ ___ 1625

Marriage: __ ___ ____ Cornelis van Hal ( , d. before Nov 1648)13

Marriage: after __ Aug 1668 Jan Rinckhout (b. 1635, )14

Father:

Mother:

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Six Known Children

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M Arnoldus Brouwer15

Baptism: 20 Oct 1649 Grote Kerk, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.16

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F Eva Brouwer17

Baptism: 20 Oct 1649 Grote Kerk, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.18

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M Hendrick Willemsz Brouwer19,20

Baptism: 9 May 1652 Oude Kerk (Old Reformed Church), Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Netherlands.21

Marriage: 26 Mar 1692 Maritie Pieterse Borsboom (b. before 1675, ); Reformed Dutch Church, Albany, New York; "Henderik

Willemsz Brouwer, y.m., and Marritje Pietersz Bosboom, wid of Teunis Karstensz, both l. at

Schenectady."22

Death: before 10 Mar 1707 Schenectady, New York.23

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F Elisabeth Willemse Brouwer24

Name-Var: __ ___ ____ Elisabeth Rinckhout25

Patronymic: __ ___ ____ Lysbet Willemsz26

Probably born: between 1655 and 1665 Beverwijck.

Marriage: circa __ ___ 1680 Claas Andriesse de Graaf (b. 1628, d. 1697)27

Death: 18 Nov 1723 28,29

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F Maria Willemse Brouwer30,31

Probably born: between 1655 and 1665 Beverwijck.

Marriage: before __ ___ 1683 Isaac du Trieux (b. 22 Apr 1642, d. before 1706)32

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M Willem Brouwer33

Birth: before __ ___ 1668

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Marriage: circa __ ___ 1711 Rebecca Vedder (bap. 25 Oct 1691, ); Schenectady, New York; "171?; Willem Brouwer, son of

Willem; Rebecca Vedder; dau. of Arent Vedder."34

Death: 10 Feb 1757-15 Feb 1765 Stone Arabia, (then Albany Co.), New York; (dates of will and proving).

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Printed on: 26 Mar 2012
Prepared by:
Chris Chester
Kent, New York
Copyright © 2012 by Chris Chester. All rights reserved.
www.brouwergenealogy.blogspot.com

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Endnotes

1Jonathan Pearson, compiler, Genealogies of the First Settlers of Albany (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., 1984), p.27 "in 1655, owned
property in New Amsterdam; was in Beverwyck in 1657; and was buried 3 Aug 1663, when the following entry is made in the deacon's book: "Tot die
begraevenisse van Willem Brouwer, 40 gilders 15 (stuivers)." His son Hendrick settled early in Schenectady and it is not known that he left any other
children". Hereinafter cited as First Settlers of Albany.

2Jonathan Pearson, compiler, Genealogies of the First Settlers of Schenectady, 1662-1800 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., 1982 (original
1873)), p.27. Calls him Willem Hendrickszen Brouwer, speculating that since his eldest son was named Hendrick, Willem's father was also a Hendrick.
Hereinafter cited as First Settlers of Schenectady.

3Misc. Brouwer Pages of Wm. J. Hoffman, Typewritten Manuscript, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York City, New York,
"Brouwer in Albany and Schenectady."

4Jonathan Pearson and others, History of the Schenectady Patent in the Dutch and English Times , ed. by J.W. MacMurray (Albany, New York: n.pub.,
1883), p.100. "One Willem Brouwer came to Beverwyck at or about the time that Philip Hendrickse Brouwer settled there and was probably a
connection. In 1655 he owned property in New Amsterdam. His death occured about the 3d of Aug., 1668; the following entry is found in the Deacon's
book of the church at Albany. "Tot die begraevenisse van Willem Brouwer 40 gilders, 15 [stuivers]." He left two sons Hendrick and Willem, both of
whom settled in Schenectady. The former the progenitor of those bearing this name in Schenectady married Maria Pieterse, daughter of Pieter Jacobse
Borsboom and widow of Teunis Carstense of Albany. Brouwer died about the beginning of the year 1707, having made his will Dec. 12, 1706,- proved
Feb 16, 1707/8. Later is wife remarried (___) Van Vleck, by whom she had a son Benjamin". Hereinafter cited as Hist. of Schenectady Patent.

5Chris Chester,"Descendant Chart: Willem Brouwer," online
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/Research/willembrouwer5gendesc.pdf. Updated periodically. Hereinafter
cited as Descendant Chart.

6"Digital Resources Netherlands and Belgium," online www.geneaknowhow.net. unknown memo, Retrieved March 2012. Noord-Brabant, Breda, search
using BROUWERS, Willem. Eva, tweeling (twin); parents: Willem Brouwers, Elisabeth Aertsen Drinckvelt. Hereinafter cited as DRNB.

7DRNB, online www.geneaknowhow.net, Retrieved March 2012. Noord-Brabant, Breda, search using BROUWER, Willem. Willem Brouwer,
Geboorteplaats bruidegom (birthplace bridegroom): Nijkerk; Elisabeth Aertssen Drinckvelt, weduwe (widow), woonplaats (residence): Princelant. Naam
vorige echtgenoot bruid (name of former spouse bride): Cornelis van Hal. Source: Klapper NH trouwregister Grote Kerk Breda.

8Janny Venema, Deacon's Accounts, 1652-1674, Beverwijck/Albany (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Erdmans Publishing Company, 1998), page
194. Hereinafter cited as Deacon's Accounts 1652-1674, Beverwijck/Albany.

9Venema, Deacon's Accounts 1652-1674, Beverwijck/Albany, page 194.

10Minutes of the Court of Albany, Rensselaerswyck and Schenectady (Albany, NY: The University of the State of New York, 1926-1932), 1:47.
Hereinafter cited as Minutes of the Court of Albany, Rensselaerswyck and Schenectady.

11Anonymous, Old Homesteads and Historic Buildings, Genealogy and Family Lore: Architectural-Pictorial-Historical Exhibition (Parsons, Kan.:
Commercial Pub.Co., 1930), p.49. Hereinafter cited as Old Homesteads and Historic Buildings.

12DRNB, online www.geneaknowhow.net, Retrieved March 2012. Noord-Brabant, Breda, search using BROUWER, Willem. Willem Brouwer,
Geboorteplaats bruidegom (birthplace bridegroom): Nijkerk; Elisabeth Aertssen Drinckvelt, weduwe (widow), woonplaats (residence): Princelant. Naam
vorige echtgenoot bruid (name of former spouse bride): Cornelis van Hal. Source: Klapper NH trouwregister Grote Kerk Breda.

13DRNB, online www.geneaknowhow.net, Retrieved March 2012. Noord-Brabant, Breda, search using BROUWER, Willem. Willem Brouwer,
Geboorteplaats bruidegom (birthplace bridegroom): Nijkerk; Elisabeth Aertssen Drinckvelt, weduwe (widow), woonplaats (residence): Princelant. Naam
vorige echtgenoot bruid (name of former spouse bride): Cornelis van Hal. Source: Klapper NH trouwregister Grote Kerk Breda.

14Misc. Brouwer Pages of Wm. J. Hoffman, Typewritten Manuscript New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, "Brouwer in Albany and
Schenectady."

15DRNB, online www.geneaknowhow.net, Retrieved March 2012. Noord-Brabant, Breda, search using BROUWERS, Willem. Arnoldus, tweeling (twin);
parents: Willem Brouwers, Elisabeth Aertsen Drinckvelt.

16DRNB, online www.geneaknowhow.net, Retrieved March 2012. Noord-Brabant, Breda, search using BROUWERS, Willem. Arnoldus, tweeling (twin);
parents: Willem Brouwers, Elisabeth Aertsen Drinckvelt.

17DRNB, online www.geneaknowhow.net, Retrieved March 2012. Noord-Brabant, Breda, search using BROUWERS, Willem. Eva, tweeling (twin);
parents: Willem Brouwers, Elisabeth Aertsen Drinckvelt.

18DRNB, online www.geneaknowhow.net, Retrieved March 2012. Noord-Brabant, Breda, search using BROUWERS, Willem. Eva, tweeling (twin);
parents: Willem Brouwers, Elisabeth Aertsen Drinckvelt.

19Pearson, First Settlers of Albany, p.28.

20Pearson, First Settlers of Schenectady, p.27.

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21Stadsarchief Gemeente Amsterdam,"Doopregisters (1564-1811)," online
https://stadsarchief.amsterdam.nl/archieven/archiefbank/indexen/doopregisters/zoek/index.nl.html. Retrieved May 2010. Search using "Brouwer" for
vader (father). Hendrick; parents: Willem Brouwer, Elisabet Drinckvelt. 9:27. Hereinafter cited as Doopregisters (1564-1811).
22Holland Society of New York, compiler, Records of The Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, New York 1683-1809 (Baltimore, Maryland: reprinted for
Clearfield Co., Inc. by Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc., 1978), 1:25. Hereinafter cited as RDC Albany.
23Pearson, First Settlers of Schenectady, p.27.
24Arthur C.M. Kelly and Transcribed by Donald A. Keefer, Schenectady Reformed Church Baptisms 1694-1811 (Rhinebeck, New York: Arthur C.M.
Kelly, 1987). Hereinafter cited as Schenectady RDC Bapt. 1694-1811.
25Misc. Brouwer Pages of Wm. J. Hoffman, Typewritten Manuscript New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, "Brouwer in Albany and
Schenectady."
26Holland Society of New York, RDC Albany, 1:53.
27Kelly and Transcribed by Donald A. Keefer, Schenectady RDC Bapt. 1694-1811.
28"Schenectady Marriages," online http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~rbillard/schenectady_marriages.htm. transcribed from Pearson's Genealogies.
Hereinafter cited as Schenectady Marr. (webpage).
29Pearson, First Settlers of Schenectady, page 54.
30Pearson, First Settlers of Schenectady, p.27, Maria, daughter of Willem Brouwer, married Isaac Truex.
31Howard S.F. (ed. from a manuscript by T. de T. Truax) Randolph, "The House of Truax," New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vol.57, 58
(1926, 1927): 57:337. Hereinafter cited as "Truax, NYGBR 57 (1926-27)."
32Randolph, "Truax, NYGBR 57 (1926-27)", 57:337.
33Misc. Brouwer Pages of Wm. J. Hoffman, Typewritten Manuscript New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, "Brouwer in Albany and
Schenectady."
34Schenectady Marr. (webpage), online http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~rbillard/schenectady_marriages.htm.

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