Fredrick Harmneszen Schuerman

Was German, from Bremen as per DR church records which show him as "Frederick Harmenzen Schuerman van Bremen" SOURCE: "My American Heritage": --FREDERICK HARMENSZEN ( Harmen) SCHUERMAN is on a list "since 1649" of Church members at New Amsterdam. He married CHRISTINA JANS VAN WESTERHAUT about 1658, and she joined the church in 1671. In 1686, Frederick and his brother Nanning , in a group of twenty men, set out from Albany on an expedition to trade with the Ottowa Indians. They were captured, robbed and carried to Montreal and Quebec, where they were required to work for the farmers for their food. Four escaped, including Frederick and his brother, making their way to Albany by water. In 1710, age 80, he appeared in the list of town members of New Rochelle.

Son of Harmen Schuerman died after 3 June 1649 in New Amsterdam.

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