Charles Bridges (abt. 1623 - 1682)

Husband of Sarah (Cornell) Lawrence — married 3 Nov 1647 in New Amsterdam, New Netherland

Died 5 Aug 1682 at about age 59 in Long Island, New York

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Biography

Charles Bridges aka Carel van Brugge or ver Brugge

This man, an Englishman, called Charles Bridges, visited New Amsterdam as supercargo of the ship White Haven, coming from the West Indies in 1639, an ln 1644 he was appointed Member of the Council and Storekeeper in Curasao where he was first called Carel van Brugge. He came to New Netherland with Stuyvesant, in May, 1647, was made Commissary at Fort Orange, November, 1647; Commissary of the Provincial Accounts in 1651; and Provincial Secretary and ex officio Vendue Master[One who is authorized to make sale of any property to the highest bidder, by notification and public outcry; an auctioneer^[1]] in 1652. He held the office until November, 1653, and appears in various official positions during the next years. When the English took New Netherland he resumed his English name, [Charles Bridges] appearing under it as one of the patentees of Flushing With the return of the Dutch in 1673, he became again Carel van Brugge, and was appointed Clerk of the English Towns on LI. now Queens Co., residing at Flushing, where he died in August 1682. His wife was Sarah, da. of Thomas Cornell of Westchester, often called Cornelis and widow of Thomas Willett of Bristol England [her second husband]. She survived him [d. Sep. 6, 1703] and married subsequently John Lawrence Jr. of Flushing, L.I.---E. O'C ^[2]

Name

Name: Charles /Bridges/ aka Carel van Brugge, or ver Brugge^[3][4]

Birth

Charles Bridges was born ca. 1623, at Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, US. ^[5]

Marriage

Charles Bridges, as Carel ver Brugge (van Cantelberg], married Sarah Cornell|Cornelis, daughter of Thomas Cornell of Cornell's Neck, LI, She was the widow of Colonel Thomas Willet when Carel van Brugge posted marriage banns on 3 Nov 1647, at the Reformed Dutch Church of Manhattan, New Amsterdam, NN^[6].^[7]

Children

Known children of Charles Bridges aka Carel van Brugge, and Sarah Cornell were:

Where are all the little children? Charles and sarah spent their married life in greater NY City...if there were children there would have been artifacts....

• Elizabeth Bridges, b. 1646 in West Farms, Westchester, New York, USA. Birth predates Sarah's marriage to Charles Bridges. [Probable father is first husband Thomas Willett] It is obvious that she was raised by Charles Bridges.

Events

To the 3rd. That Mr. Bridges & his Wife bee forthwith invested in the Estate at Newtowne lately in the tenure of John Cockram, in Satisfaction of the Morgage they have thereupon, Provided That payment bee made of a certaine [46] Summe of Money due by Judgment to John Sharpe from the said Cockram without Interest within ye space of nine Months next ensueing the Date hereof, or by ye end of November. ^[8]

1. Charles Bridges, who had come over from Canterbury, England, and had taken an active part in the Dutch administrative affairs of Curacao and New Netherland, even changing his name for a time to Carel van Brugge or ver Brugge. His wife was Sarah Cornell daughter of Thomas Cornell of Cornell's Neck. She was the widow of Colonel Thomas Willet when Bridges married her in November 1647. After the death of Bridges she was married a third time to John Lawrence jr.of Flushing. Bridges and his wife succeeded in a suit against Thomas Pell at the court of assizes on September 29, 1665, for possession of the land on Cornell's Neck from which Thomas Cornell had been driven "by the barbarous violence of the Indians who burnt his House and Goods and destroyed his Cattle." --- Innes. New Amsterdam and its People, pp. 194-195; General Rivalries, vol. 1, p. 155; "Court of Assizes, vol. 2, pp. 15-18; Collection of N. Y. Hist. Society, 1892, pp. 118-19. ^[9]

Death

Charles Bridges died 5 Aug 1682, at Long Island, New York, USA.^[10]

Sources

• Website: Pane-Joyce Genealogy--Family of Thomas Cornell (2547) & Rebecca (Cornell)

• Book: The Records of New Amsterdam from 1653 to 1674 Anno Domini, Volume 2, By New York (N.Y.), Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan. Published under the authority of the city by the Knickerbocker Press, 1897 - New York (N.Y.) (Google eBook)

• Book: Minutes of the Executive Council of the Province of New York ... By New York (Colony). Council. State of New York, 1910 - Archives (Google eBook)

• Source S-1707889694 Title: OneWorldTree, Author: Ancestry.com, Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc. Name: Ancestry.com, Address: http://www.Ancestry.com.

1. ↑ Webster's 1828 English Dictionary
2. ↑ The Records of New Amsterdam from 1653 to 1674 Anno Domini, Volume 2, By New York (N.Y.), Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan.
3. ↑ Minutes of the Executive Council of the Province of New York ... By New York (Colony). Council
4. ↑ Source: #S-1707889694
5. ↑ Source: #S-1707889694
6. ↑ NARDC Marriage Record: Page 14--1647 03 Nov; Carel Ver Brugge, jm van Cantelberg; Sara Cornelis, wid Thomas Welert
7. ↑ 1647 den 3 dicto [Nov] . Carel Ver Brugge, j. m. Van Cantelberg, en Sara Comelis. Wed' Van Thomas Welert.
8. ↑ Minutes of the Executive Council of the Province of New York ... By New York (Colony). Council
9. ↑ Minutes of the Executive Council of the Province of New York ... By New York (Colony). Council
10. ↑ Source: #S-1707889694

Acknowledgements

• Bridges-35 was created through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged on 13 Sept. 2010.
• Bridges-867 was created by Eowyn Langholf through the import of Smith_Schooley.ged on Jun 29, 2013.
• Bridges-867 merged into Bridges-35.
• This person was created through the import of CaddyAncestors.ged on 21 December 2010.