Jan
Bricker
aka Brickers, Brickel
Born before [location unknown]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Giertje (Jelles) Fonda
— married
1662 in Beverwyck, Ulster, New Netherland or New York
Descendants 
Father of
Margrietje Jans (Brickers) Van Buskirk, Thomas Brickers, Weyntie Brickers, Hester Jan (Brickers) Slingerland and Geertruydt Jan Brickers
Died about
after about age 43
in Albany, Albany, Province of New York [uncertain]
[uncertain]
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Biography
Jan Bricker first appears in Albany records on 3 July 1661, when Jan Bricker witnessed a power of attorney, signing with his mark.[1] This would imply that he was of legal age in that year, so it places his birth year no later than 1640. His birth location is not known. The Bricker surname is not a typical Dutch patronymic, so Jan may have originated in Friesland or in Germany. See Notes for further details.
Jan Bricker married Giertje (Jelles) Fonda (bef.1643-1702) about 1662, most likely in Albany. The marriage year is based on the likely birth year of their first child. They had five children who survived, and also two children who died young. The children consistently appear with the last name "Brickers" in their later baptismal and marriage records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Hackensack.[2]
Jan and Giertje had children, birth years approximate:
- Child 1 (ca 1664), 19 March 1664: Jan Bricker paid for hire of small pall
- Child 2 (ca 1665), 28 June 1665: Jan "Brickel" paid for small pall [3]
- Margrietje (ca 1668), married Thomas Van Boskerke ca 1699 (first child 1700)[4]
- Tomas (ca 1669), married Susanna De Vouw on 17 July 1697[5]
- Weyntie (ca 1670), married Albert Terhuyn ca 1693 (first child 10 March 1694)[6]
- Hester (ca 1671), married Albert Slingerland on 16 June 1695[7]
- Geertruydt (ca 1674), married Jacob Walingse on 30 October 1697[8]
Giertje's father Jelle Douwes died about 1658, and her mother Hester Jans remarried in 1660. She moved away to Wiltwyck (Kingston) in 1662, but Hester's second husband and daughter Sara (Geertje's sister) were lost there in an Indian massacre on 7 June 1663. Later that year Hester returned "to the vicinity of Albany (Fort Orange)" where Jan and Giertje were then living.[9]
On 28 November 1664 Jan Bricker acted as a surety for a purchaser of a mare from the estate of Jan Adriessen, who had been killed by Indians. He made his mark rather than signing his name, an indication that he could not write.[10]
On 16 March 1668 Jan Bricker was declared the owner of a house and lot in Albany, purchased from Gerrit Lansingh.[11]
On 31 July 1671 Jan Bricker and Wouter Aertssen were plaintiffs vs. Wynant Gerrittsz, defendant. Jan and Wouter together owned an island on the Hudson River, and the suit alleged that hogs of the defendant were driven onto the island and caused damage. Court finds for plaintiffs.[12]
On 5 December 1676 Jan Bricker and Joachim Ketelhuyse posted bail for Jan Conell.[13]
Jan Bricker probably died in August 1683, as on 19 August 1683 "Geertie Brickers" paid for a burial pall.[3] His death date and burial location have not been found.
After Jan died, Giertje married Teunis Slingerland.[14]
Research Notes
The 1661 power of attorney was related to a suit brought by Helmer Otten, baker. Helmer had ordered a cask of shoes that he had paid for but not received, and asked that Claes Bordingh be given a power of attorney to pursue the matter against Pieter Janse Emilius, skipper of the ship de Hoop (Hope). The ship's bill of lading was dated 11 Dec 1660, and the ship arrived in January or May 1661 in New Amsterdam. Jacob Sandersen Glen was the other witness. Jan Bricker does not appear on the de Hoop passenger list.
LNAB is Bricker. The earliest church record for him seems to be the 1664 payment for hire of the small pall. That record identifies him as Jan Bricker. Smith-62120 03:28, 5 November 2022 (UTC)
There is an article on the Fonda family in the Dutch Settlers Society of Albany, Albany Co., NY Publication: vol 48, 1981-84, 60th Anniversary Issue, Albany, Albany Co., NY, pg 17-20. It has not been found online, but may reference the marriage of Jan and Giertje.
There is a large potential for confusion with New Netherland people, apparently not related, who were recorded primarily with the surnames Becker and Bikker.
Sources
- ↑ Pearson, Jonathan, Early records of the city and county of Albany, Albany County (N.Y.), 1809, page 78
- ↑ "Records of the Reformed Dutch Churches of Hackensack and Schraalenburgh, New Jersey, 1686-1802," Vol. 1, Part 1, pages 2, 3, 25, 26, 74, 75, 76, 82, 85, and 89.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hannay, William Van Derpoel, compiler. "Burial Records, First Dutch Reformed Church, Albany, N.Y : 1654-1862;" pages 4-5; page 14
- ↑ "Records of the Reformed Dutch Churches of Hackensack and Schraalenburgh, New Jersey, 1686-1802," Vol. 1, Part 1, page 82
- ↑ "Records of the Reformed Dutch Churches of Hackensack and Schraalenburgh, New Jersey, 1686-1802," Vol. 1, Part 1, page 26
- ↑ "Records of the Reformed Dutch Churches of Hackensack and Schraalenburgh, New Jersey, 1686-1802," Vol. 1, Part 1, page 74
- ↑ "Records of the Reformed Dutch Churches of Hackensack and Schraalenburgh, New Jersey, 1686-1802," Vol. 1, Part 1, page 25
- ↑ "Records of the Reformed Dutch Churches of Hackensack and Schraalenburgh, New Jersey, 1686-1802," Vol. 1, Part 1, page 26
- ↑ Spell, Mrs. John. "A Career Woman in 17th Century New York." New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 95 (1964), Issue 3, pages 135-137
- ↑ Gehring, Charles T., translator and editor, Fort Orange records, 1656-1678, Syracuse University Press, 2000. page 108.
- ↑ Gehring, Charles T., and Janny Vennema, translators and editors, Fort Orange Records, 1654-1679, Syracuse University Press, 2009. page 428.
- ↑ Van Laer, A. J. F. Minutes of the Court of Albany, Rensselaerswyck, and Schenectady, vol. 1, vol. 1, pages 266-267. (New Netherland Institute)
- ↑ Minutes of the Court of Albany, Rensselaerswyck, and Schenectady. vol. 2, page 177. (New Netherland Institute)
- ↑ Spell, Mrs. John. "A Career Woman in 17th Century New York." New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 95 (1964), Issue 3, page 137
- "Records of the Reformed Dutch Churches of Hackensack and Schraalenburgh, New Jersey", Collections of the Holland Society of New York, Vol. 1 (1891), Part 1, Hackensack. Accessed on FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/371949
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The Jeuriean Becker child should be attached to Jan Jeuriaenszen Becker. The attached images should instead be attached to Becker. Many sources and references are for Becker and should be removed. There is an extra "Hester" child, who may possibly also have been a child of Becker.
I have several references for Jan Bricker, and I agree that he married Geertien Fonda (given name spelled that way in NYGB Record 95:3 Article about her mother), and that he had 5 surviving children.
I have not found the origin of Jan Bricker. He is first mentioned in Albany records in 1661, when he witnessed a power of attorney, so he was probably born no later than 1640. I suspect that he was Frisian or German, as he did not have a typical Dutch patronymic. There seems to be no basis for his father having been Gerrit Bicker, and that profile should be detached. On 19 Aug 1683 Gheertie Brickers paid for use of a pall, so Jan probably died that month. I have not found a death record for him.
I am willing to make changes to the profile after getting the requisite permissions, but given the scope of the changes, the New Netherland group may want to do its own review. Thanks, Gregg
It does appear that some content in this profile properly belongs to Jan Jeuriaenszen Becker (1638-1697), who lived in Albany. There may be confusion/conflation between Becker family/families of Albany and Brickers/Brikkers family/families also of Albany, and also with Bicker/Bikker families of New Amsterdam/New York, where there are numerous baptism records for the Bicker(s)/Bikker(s) name. The name Becker is almost completely absent from New Amsterdam church records, but there is a baptism on 1 September 1660 for Jeuriaen, with parents: "Johan Jeuriaenszen, Becker, Marie Adriaens." Witnesses were Pieter Tonneman, Johannes Ver Veelen, and Zijtie Adriaens. This is the son Jeuriaen who has been connected to this profile; I have disconnected him as son of Giertje (Jellis) Fonda, but apparently I did not disconnect him from this man yet. He may or may not be the child of Jan Jeuriaenszen Becker (1638-1697); the names of the parents on his baptism record do correspond to the name of Jan Juriaenszen and wife. If he is believed to be the child of Jan Jeuriaenszen Becker, I can connect him. (Also, a member interested in working on the family of a PPP profile can ask to be added as profile manager, which status enables connection or disconnection of family members.)
Given the abundance of confusion, misinformation, and citations to low-quality or unidentifiable sources associated with this profile, I think the best next step is to assemble packages of solid information for the life details of each of the individual people who might be conflated here. If there is a profile that is clearly supposed to represent a particular person (I think that may be the case for Jan Jeuriaenszen Becker (1638-1697)), put the content on that profile. However, for other individuals (probably named Bricker(s) or Bikker(s) and variant spellings), I suggest compiling the "good" data in the Research Notes section of this profile or on a free-space profile. The idea is to reconstruct the biographies based on reasonably reliable sources, rather than acting like the old Gedcom data is a valid foundation and framework that merely needs to be supported by better sources. Relevant sources could include the Rensselaer Van Bowier Manuscript (if any of these men were associated with the patroon), New Amsterdam/New York Dutch church records, the Albany Dutch church records; collected wills, etc.; insightful modern research found in sources like Early Bergen County Families (not currently available online, but other members can help with data), the Brouwer Genealogy Database, Stefan Bielinski's "People of Colonial Albany" write-ups; and hints and insights from old familiar sources like Pearson's First Settlers of Albany. There might be some recent journal-published research about these people; I haven't taken the time to look.
edited by Ellen Smith
I agree that there is not much to salvage in the "sources"; most should simply be removed, but a few mention articles that at least need to be looked at. I have not done any "Bikker" research but given the low quality of the sources, I assume that most occurrences of the surname in this profile are ephemeral.
The attached Sterreveld article is not applicable. The other attachments are clearly for Becker. They should be detached here, but I would leave it to a Becker PM to decide whether they should be attached to that profile.
I request to be added as a PM and added to the trusted list here so that I can change the LNAB to Bricker and begin the cleanup of the profile.
My notes, in no particular order, for on-line references to Jan Bricker are:
Minutes of the Court of Albany, Rensselaerswick, and Schenectady
vol. 1 pg 266-267 (NNI) [1] July 1671 - Jan Bricker and Wouter Aertssen plaintiffs vs. Wynant Gerrittsz, defendant. Hogs of defendant go on island and caused damage. Court find for plaintiffs.
vol. 2 page 177 [2] August 1676 - Jan Bricker and another man post bail for a defendant
Fort Orange records, 1656-1678: page 108 [3] Jan Bricker acted as a surety in 1664 for a purchaser of a mare from the estate of Jan Adriessen, who was killed by Indians.
Fort Orange records, 1654-1679: page 428 [4] March 1667/8, Jan Bricker is declared owner of a house and lot free of any liens, purchased from Gerrit Lansingh.
“Early records of the city and county of Albany” by Albany County (N.Y.); Pearson, Jonathan, 1809 page 78
Jan Bricker witnessed a power of attorney 3 July 1661. Helmer Otten, baker, had ordered a cask of shoes that he had paid for but not received, and asked that Claes Bordingh be given a power of attorney to pursue the matter against Pieter Janse Emilius, skipper of the ship de Hoop (Hope). Bill of lading dated 11 Dec 1660, ship arrived in Jan or May 1661 in New Amsterdam. Jacob Sandersen Glen was the other witness.
Comment: This is the first record for Jan Bricker. He is not on the de Hoop passenger list.
Burial records, First Dutch Reformed Church, Albany, N.Y : 1654-1862; [5]
19 March 1664: Jan Bricker paid for hire of small pall for a burial (page 4) 28 June 1665: Jan Brickel paid for small pall (page 5) 19 Aug 1683: Gheertie Brickers pays for use of a pall (page 14)
edited by Ellen Smith
It's not possible for him to have married in 1684 and died in 1682. "Descendants of Jellis Douw Fonda (1615-1659)" has him marrying Geertje in 1662 and dying in 1683, which makes more sense.