Born about in Raritan, Somerset, New Jersey
Ancestors 
Daughter of Bergon Brokaw
and Metje (Van Wicklen) Brokaw
Sister of
Evert Brokaw, Bergon Brokaw, Simon Brokaw, Femmetje (Brokaw) Waldron, Jan B. Brokaw and Sarah Brokaw
Wife of
Gysbert (Bogaert) Bogart
— married
about 1770 (to 1772) in Somerset, New Jersey, Colonial British America
Descendants 
Mother of
Jacob Bogart
Died about
at about age 26
in Hillsborough, Somerset, New Jersey
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Biography
Metje was born before 1746. She was the daughter of Bergon Brokaw and Metje Van Wicklen. She passed away in 1772.
Page 158 260. Gilbert Bogart, son of Jacob Bogaert (249) and Ann Doremus, was born in Bucks County, Pa., about 1748, although no birth or baptismal record can be found, he is referred to in his father's will of 1777 as "my eldest son Gysbert" (Appendix-P. He attended the North-South Hampton Dutch Church, his name appearing among a list of pew holders of that church. He married (1) Metje Brokaw, daughter of Bergon Brokaw. She died at the birth of their only child, Jacob, in 1772. [1]
Sources
- "Bogart Family" book by John Albert Bogart, 1959. #260.
- "Our Brokaw-Bragaw Heritage", by Mrs. Elsie Foster, 1960
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/244200120/metje-bogart. Burial Vroom Burial Ground, Hillsborough, Somerset County, New Jersey
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- ↑ Entered by Tanya F.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Metje by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Metje:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Metje by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Metje:
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Randal Mortimer
Brokaw-119 and Brokaw-309 appear to represent the same person because: Metje Brokaw, daughter of Bergon Brokaw, is known to have married Gilbert or Guisbert Bogart
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