GEDCOM Source

Brouwer website http://www.mindspring.com/~lottman/ Lindsey M. Ottman Y

GEDCOM Source

From the Brouwer Genealogy

Adolf Brouwer1,2

• b. 1 April 1725, d. circa 12 February 1780
  • Father*: Adolphus Brouwer3 b. 5 Oct 1693, d. 6 Jul 1742
  • Mother*: Jannetje Jacobse Verdon3 b. 25 Aug 1690

Charts:

Adam Brouwer: Descendants Chart, Descendants of Thomas Verdon, Nicholas Brouwer Chart

Adolf Brouwer was baptized on 1 April 1725 at Dutch Reformed Church, Hackensack, Bergen Co., New Jersey, sponsors Cornelis Brouwer, Lena Brouwer.3

He married Elisabeth Lassing, daughter of Isaac Pietersz Lassen and Sara Buys, at First Reformed Dutch Church, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., New York, on 6 January 1749; "Dolphus Brouwer, Lizabet Lassing, married by license."4

Death

Adolf Brouwer died circa 12 February 1780; in Bergen Co., New Jersey or New York City.5
Also known as Adolphus Brewer Jr.6

• From William J. Hoffman (1947): "A marriage to Mary Ellen (sic) note: Is Maritjen Brewer meant?), tentatively attributed to Adolf (NYG&BR vol.64) belongs to his son; two children of that couple were bapt. respectively at Schraalanburg in 1778 and at NYDR in 1781.

Adolph Brouwer and Mary Ellen were married before 1773. Another possible child of this Adolph is Adolph Brouwer, b. 3 Jul 1777, d. 23 Aug 1855, m. Elizabeth Baker, b. 25 Feb 1775, d. 24 Dec 1853, both buried at Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York" (This was proposed by Hoffman in 1947, Cummin in 1968 shows proof that Adolph, or Adolphus was actually a son of Isaac Brouwer, who was a brother of this Adolf).6

From Donna G. Ewins (1999): "No church records have been found for this couple after the baptism of their fourth child, and they did not serve as baptismal sponsors for any Lassing children after 1755. It is possible that they left Dutchess County after 1760, however, a Dolf Brewer/Brower is listed in the Rombout Precinct tax lists from 1753-1760 and again in 1762 and 1763" (The family apparently went to Bergen County, New Jersey, where son Adolf and his wife, Mary Allen, had children baptized at Scharaalenburg. After the start of the Revolution, this Loyalist family fled to New York City).7

Dolf Brower appears on the tax list in Rombout Precinct, Dutchess Co., New York in the years 1753-1760, 1762, and 1763. There is no other known Adolf/Adolphus/Dolf Brouwer to whom these appearances may apply.8 He witnessed the baptism of Lisabeth Lassing , daughter of Pieter Lassing and Caecillia Cook, on 25 May 1755 at Zion Lutheran Church, Loonenburg, New York, (sponsors Adolph Brouwer/Bro(ms)er and Lisabeth).9 Adolf and his family were in Bergen County, New Jersey at the onset of the American Revolution.5 He is identified as the Adolphus Brewer Jr. who went to New Zealand, New Brunswick, Canada with his wife and two children in 1783, by Floyd I. Brewer (Dutch-English Odyssey), first living at Swan Creek near Oromocto, then at Tripp Settlement a few miles east of the town of New Zealand in 1793. Floyd Brewer, however, is in error on this point as this Adolphus never went to Canada and was deceased by Feb. 1780, when his widow petitioned for assistance as a Loyalist refugee in New York City (see footnote). The Adolphus Brewer who did appear in New Brunswick, is the son (with his wife Mary Allen and their two eldest children).10,5 Adolf Brouwer is treated by Hoffman in "Brouwer Beginnings" (TAG 24:168), but only by suggesting some possibilities regarding the placements of the Adolf Brouwer who married "Mary Ellen" (his son, he married Mary Allen), and the Adolph Brouwer who married Elizabeth Baker (his nephew, son of brother, Isaac).11 Of the children recorded here for Adolf and Elisabeth (Lassing) Brouwer, only Isaac, Jannetje, Sarah and Lisabeth have baptism records. While son Adolphus is most certainly a son (named for paternal grandfather, and names his own eldest daughter Elisabeth and eldest son Adolphus) the remaing children have a less secure claim. The argument in favor of their inclusion is that they all show up in the same settlement in New Brunswick after the Revolution. However, until more direct evidence is uncovered, it is not unreasonable to believe that at least some of them may have arrived there independantly. Jacob Brouwer is a possible son of Adolf Brouwer. Jacob's widow, Agnes, does appear in New Brunswick after the Revolution, but there is little record of Jacob. It is possible that Jacob may have been named for Jacob Verdon, who would be his paternal grandmother's father. At this time there is not enough evidence to confirm a father - son relationship between these two.

Family:

• Elisabeth Lassing b. 17 Nov 1733 or 19 Nov 1733
• Adolf Brouwer+ b. s 1750, d. c 1800
• Isaac Brouwer b. 17 Jun 1753
• Jannetje Brouwer b. 16 Oct 1755
• Sara Brouwer12 b. 1 Jan 1758
• Lisabeth Brouwer13 b. 17 Oct 1760
• Lanny Brouwer+ b. c 1763, d. 1837
• Hannah Brewer+ b. bt 1765 - 1770, d. 23 Sep 1848
• Cornelius Brouwer+ b. c 1769, d. b Sep 1857
• John Brouwer+14 b. c 1772, d. Oct 1863

continue reading at : https://sites.rootsweb.com/~brouwergenealogydata/p158.htm