Adam Brouwer Berchoven seems to have come from Cologne, Germany. According to Totten [Totten01 67:105],

Adam Brouwer was described as "a young man from Ceulen [Cologne]" when he married Magdalena Jacobs

Verdon. 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."

Immigrated: First to Brazil in 1641, on the ship Swol (serving as a soldier for the Dutch West India Company),

then to New Netherland in 1642. [Hoffman01 23:194]

Occupation(s): Dutch West India Company soldier. With his business partner Isaac de Forest, built and operated a

flour mill at Gowanus, Brooklyn, New York. [Hoffman01 23:195] -------------------- Adam was born about 1620 in Cologne, Rhine Province Germany. He sailed in 1642 on a ship called 'Swol' from Amsterdam Holland to Manhattan, and settled in Gowanus (Brooklyn).