Jan Broucard (1680 - 1740)

Born 14 Nov 1680 in Flatbush, Province of New York

Ancestors

Husband of Zara (Jans) Broucard — married [date unknown] in Somerset Co., New Jersey [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 16 Oct 1740 at age 59 in Millstone, Somerset County, Province of New Jersey

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Biography

Jan Broucard was a New Netherland Descendant 1674-1776. Join: New Netherland Settlers Project Discuss: new_netherland

Jan's father settled on Long Island.

"Jan (John) Brokaw was baptized Nov 14, 1680 in the Flatbush Dutch Church, Long Island, New York, and died Oct 16, 1740 around the age of 60. He married Sara Teunis Van Middleswart in 1704. She was baptized Feb 1, 1685 in Six Mile Run, New Jersey, the daughter of Jan Teunisen Denyse/Van Middlesward and Catalyntje Teunisen Bogart. She died in 1748 in Six Mile Run, New Jersey. John Brokaw went with his parents to Somerset County, New Jersey in 1702. He apparently lived in the vicinity of Raritan, New Jersey, as most of his children were born there. On Jul 17, 1725, he purchased 3000 acres of land on the east side of the south branch of the Raritan River from Peter Somans, and settled near Millstone. On Aug 30, 1725, he was a yeoman and Commissioner of the Peace. He erected a log house on the new land in which he and his family lived, until he erected another house in 1734. This house still stood in 1909." ^[1]

Parents

• Father: Bourgon Broucard
• Mother: Catherine le Fèvre

Birth

Abt Nov 1680 Flatbush, Kings, New York.^[2]

Christening

4 NOV 1680 Flatbush, Kings, New York

14 NOV 1680 Flatbush, Kings Co., NY

Marriage

ABT 1704 Somerset Co., NJ

Children

The children of Jan Brokaw and Sarah Teunis Van Middlesward were:

1. Kalleyntie, b. Oct 28, 1705, d. young
2. Femmetje (Phebe), b. Jun 10, 1707, m. John Staats ca. 1737, d. after 1753. 6 children
3. Jan, b. Sep 26, 1709, m. 1st, Maritje Van Cleve ca. 1734; 2nd, Catherine Van Vechen after 1789, d. Sep 25, 1804. 12 children
4. Bergon, b. Sep 13, 1711, m. Metje Van Wickelen ca. 1738, d. Apr 17, 1799. 7 children
5. Isaac K., bap. May 18, 1715, d. young
6. Catalentien, b. Aug 22, 1717
7. Marretje, b. Jan 21, 1721, m. Benjamin Taylor on Nov 29, 1742. 7 children
8. Isaac, b. Oct 26, 1723, m. 1st, Antie Van Nostrand on May 31, 1746; 2nd, Catherine Van Wagenen on Mar 7, 1758, d. Jul 7, 1789. 10 children
9. Abraham, b. Apr 22, 1728, rn. Judith Davis (his first cousin's daughter) on Aug 26, 1751, d. Jan 20, 1810. 4 children

Death

16 Oct 1740 Raritan, Somerset, New Jersey. ^[3]

Estate

There is an abstract of a estate of John Brokaw, Somerset, NJ dated 14 Nov 1740, Inventory mentions land incl 300 acres on Millstone River, and 212 acres where "Bergone Brokaw" now lives. There were eight slaves listed by name. Plus bonds of various named persons like "Uncle Peter" and a Mary Covert.

3 Aug 1741 renounced re her late husband's will in favour of their son John Brokaw.

12 Aug 1741 Admin to eldest son John. Lib C page 426. ^[4][5]

Slaves

Negroes Jack, Simon, Jacob, Herry, Old Betty, Hannah, Eva, & Little Betty were mentioned in John's will.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=184421139&ref=acom
2. ↑ Source: #S-2118870653 Page: Source number: 11407.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: BFO. Note: Ancestry Record worldmarr_ga #154371 Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1681 Birth place: APID: 1,7836::154371
3. ↑ Source: #S-2118945332 Note: Ancestry Record millind #10098652 Note: Data: Text: Death date: 1740 Death place: Somerset, New Jersey, USA APID: 1,7249::10098652
4. ↑ NJ Abstracts of Wills Vol XX by subscription on ancestry.com
5. ↑ https://ia902700.us.archive.org/1/items/calendarofnewjer01newj/calendarofnewjer01newj.pdf
6. ↑ Will: "New Jersey, U.S., Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817"
   New Jersey, Published Archives Series, First Series; John L. Murphy Publishing Company; New Jersey State Archives
   Ancestry Sharing Link (free access)
   Ancestry Record 2793 #15378 ($, accessed 25 September 2023)
   Will of John Brokaw of New Jersey, USA, granted probate on 14 Nov 1740.

• NJGS. "Brokaw: John Broka/Brokaer" njgsbc.org. Accessed 14 Oct 2016. http://njgsbc.org/indexes/bergen-county-families/

• Source: S-2118870653 Repository: #R-2145568097 Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was deriv Note: APID: 1,7836::0 Repository: R-2145568097 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com Note:

• Source: S-2118945332 Repository: #R-2145568097 Title: Millennium File Author: Heritage Consulting Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003.Original data - Heritage Consulting. The Millennium File. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Heritage Consulting.Original data: Heritage Consulting. The Millennium File. Salt Lake City, UT, USA Note: APID: 1,7249::0

• Source: S-2126760096 Repository: #R-2145568097 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Text: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/2701874/family

• Source: S186 Title: Robert Suddath Abbreviation: Robert Suddath Italicized: Y Note: 10405 Red Mtn W, Littleton CO 80127, USA

• [1] The Brouwer Genealogy Database

A Resource for the Descendants of Adam Brouwer, Jan Brouwer and Willem Brouwer Person Page - 156. Data for spelling and relationships with Citations.

Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged on 14 September 2010.
• WikiTree profile Broucard-18 created through the import of Reffler-Brokaw-Sprague-Norton .ged on Jul 14, 2012 by Jessica Turner.
• Thank you to Bob Nichol for creating WikiTree profile Broucard-23 through the import of Willis.ged on Mar 8, 2013.