Johannes Pieterse Van Brugh
Johannes Pieterse van Brugh (1624–1697) was one of the early settlers of New Netherland. He was prominently connected with the Dutch West India Company as a fur and timber trader in both Rensselaerswyck and New Amsterdam. [1]
Biography
Johannes Pieterse van Brugh was born in Haarlem, The Netherlands. Van Brugh prospered in New Netherland by exporting furs and timber consigned from upriver at Beverwijck. His estate was located on property between Wall and William Streets on the west side of Pearl Street in what is today the Financial District of Manhattan.[2]
Personal life
On March 29, 1658, Van Brugh was married at New Amsterdam Dutch Reformed Church to Catharine Roeloffe Jans (1629–1684), widow of Lucas Rodenburgh (1620-1655), late vice-director of Curaçao. She was the daughter of Roeloff Jansen (1602-1636) and Anneke Jans (later Anneke Jantz Bogardus) (1605-1663). [3] [4] [5]
They had several children together including:
- Pieter Van Brugh (1666–1740), Mayor of Albany, New York from 1699 to 1700 and from 1721 to 1723.[6]
- Catharina Van Brugh (1665–1730) married Hendrick van Rensselaer, director of the Eastern patent of the Rensselaerswyck manor.[6]
References
- Notes
- ↑ Pearson, Jonathan (1872). Genealogies of First Settlers of the Ancient Country Albany 1630-1800. Genealogical Publishing Company. p. 142.
- ↑ Stanwood, James Rindge (1882). The direct ancestry of the late Jacob Wendell, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire:. David Clapp & Son. p. 24.
- ↑ Stefan Bielinski (December 14, 2014). "Anneke Jans". The People of Colonial Albany. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ↑ "Curaçao Papers" (PDF). New Netherland Research Center -New Netherland Institute. July 30, 1984. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
- ↑ "Anneke Jantz Bogardus". Times Union. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- 1 2 Bielinski, Stefan (2003). "Catharina Van Brugh Van Rensselaer". New York State Museum.
- Sources
- Howell, George Rogers (1886) Bi-centennial History of Albany: History of the County of Albany, N.Y. from 1609 to 1886 (W. W. Munsell & Company - Albany NY, Volume 2, page 658)
- Venema, Janny (2003) Beverwijck: A Dutch Village on the American Frontier, 1652-1664 (State University of New York Press) ISBN 978-0791460801