Aeltje Braconie (abt. 1589 - bef. 1681)

Born about 1589 in Liège, Prince-Bishopric of Liège, Holy Roman Empire [uncertain]

Wife of Thomas Badie — married about 1606 in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands [uncertain]

Wife of Cornelis Lamberts Cool — married 1638 in New Amsterdam, New Netherland

Wife of Wilhem Bredenbent — married 21 Aug 1644 in Dutch Reformed Church, New Amsterdam, New Netherland

Descendants

Died before 8 Apr 1681 before about age 92 in Brooklyn, Kings County, Long Island, Province of New York

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Biography

Aeltje Braconie was a Huguenot emigrant (1540-1790).

Birth

Aeltje and her husband were probably Huguenots from Liège, now a city in Belgium, but then a Catholic principality covering a larger area. (See Research Notes-Family Origin below.)

Leige, Leige, Gallia c. 1570

She was probably born about 1589 or earlier.^[1] Her parents have not been identified, but because she was French Huguenot rather than Dutch, it is reasonable to believe that Braconie, or similar, was the surname of her father. Indexes to registers in Liège include the surname Braconier, but only after the time that she would have lived there.^[2] (See Research Notes-Birth below.)

Arrival

She arrived in New Amsterdam about 1628-29, settling on the island of Manhattan. She was probably accompanied by her first husband, Thomas Badie, and their daughter, Maria. ^[3] (See Research Notes-Arrival in New Netherland below.)

Marriages

(See Research Notes-Marriages and Children below.)

First Marriage: Aeltje's first husband was Thomas Badie, married about 1610 in Liège. He probably died during the early 1630s in New Amsterdam.^[4]

They had one child, Maria Thomas Badie, born say 1612, probably in Liège. Maria married three times: Jacob Janszen Verdon, say 1630; Willem Adriaenszen Bennet, probably 1635; and Paulus Ven Der Beek; intention dated 9 October 1644.^[5] She "had thirteen children, and seventy-seven known grandchildren." ^[6]

Second Marriage: Aeltje married second Cornelius Lambertszen Cool, a widower, in New Amsterdam, by 1639. He died between September 1643 and 30 December 1643, probably at Gowanus.^[7]

Cornelius and Aeltje didn't have any children together, but Cornelius brought three children from his previous marriage.^[8]

Cornelius bought a farm in Gowanus in 1639. Aeltje inherited it upon his death, but Native Americans destroyed it and she returned to New Amsterdam.^[9]

Third Marriage: Aeltje's third marriage was to Willem Bredenbent, a bachelor; intentions were recorded 4 September 1644, in New Amsterdam.^[10]

1644...den 4 Sept...Wilhem Bredenbent, j. m. Van Ceúlen, en Aeltje Braconie Wed[uw]e Van Corñ. Lamberts.^[11]

Groom/ Bruidegom: Wilhem Bredenbent Birth place/ Geboorteplaats: Keulen Burgerlijke staat: Jongeman Bride/ Bruid: Aeltje Braconie Burgerlijke staat: Widow/ Weduwe Relatie: Cornelis Lamberts Event/ Gebeurtenis: Marriage/ Trouwen Gebeurtenisplaats: NDG Event / Gebeurtenis: Proclamatie Date/ Datum: zondag 4 september 1644 ^[12]

Willem and Aeltje owned a house on the Bever Gracht (Beaver Street) adjacent to the home of her daughter and grand-daughter. By 1654, Willem and Aeltje moved to Gowanus.^[13]

Joint Will

William Breden-Bent and Aeltjen Brackhonge made a joint will, dated 22 June 1670, translated in part as:^[14]

In Midwout, June 22, 1670. Before Adriaen Hegeman, secretary of the town of Midwout, appeared Wellem Bredenbent and Aeltien Brackanÿe his lawful wife, residing at Gauwanes, well known to me, secretary, sound of body, walking and standing, but the wife by reason of her great age very weak; but both of them being in good possession and making good use of mind memory and speech...

The will went on to stipulate that all of the estate should go to the survivor, but made no stipulation for the time when both had died. Aeltje did make a bequest to "her only daughter Maerrÿke Tomas Baddie" in the event that Aeltje died before her husband. Willem Bredenbent signed the will and Aeltje made her mark. The will was never probated. Probation was obviated by transferring the Bredenbent farm to the daughter and her husband, Paulus Van der Beek, while Aeltje was still alive.^[15]

Death

Aeltje's last known appearance was in 19 Nov 1679 when she was recorded as a member of the Dutch Reformed Church of Flatbush.^[16]

She died at Gowanus probably shortly before 8 April 1681, the date on which a copy of her will was conveyed to her daughter.^[17]

Burial

Brooklyn, Kings, Dutch Churchyard, N.Y. ^[18]

Church Records

Marriage

• 1644 Sep 04 Wilhelm Bredenbent, j.m. Van Ceulen, en Aeltje Braconie Wede. Van Corn. Lamberts. ^[11][12]

Baptismal witness

• 1641. Den 6 Jan. Willem Adriaensz. Christiaen. Witn: Michiel ter Oycken, Fiscael; Eli Braconie. (Reformed Dutch Church of New York). ^[19]
• 1644. Den 9 Mart. Willem Adriaensz. Marÿe. Wit.: dr Hr. Willem Kieft, Gouvneur, Eli Braconnie. ^[19]
• 1645. den 10 Sept. Mr. Pauls, Chirurgyn. Catharyn. Witn.: De Hr. Willem Kieft, gouvneur. Mr. Hans Kierstede, Willem Bredenbend, Aeltje Braconie, Marritje Lievens.^[19]

(See Research Notes-Identity of Eli Braconie below.)

Research Notes

Recent Scholarship

In 1679, Jasper Dankaerts, a Dutch visitor to New York, interviewed "the oldest European woman in this country," recording notes in his journal. ^[20] Macy makes a persuasive argument that the person interviewed was Aeltje Braconie. Macy's arguments, based on Dankaert's notes, provide additional evidence about Aeltje and her descendants.^[21]

Family Origin

Conclusion: Aeltje was probably from Liège (in modern Belgium), and probably had the surname "Braconie."

Dankaerts wrote that the woman "was from Luyck and still spoke good Wals." Macy explains that "Luik" is the Flemish/Dutch spelling of Liège, which is located the French-speaking portion of modern Belgium. In the 16th century, it was the capital of a principality covering a larger area and ruled by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Liège, an aristocrat who was also a Prince and its temporal ruler. Records of the city show other persons named Braconier and Bady, so it is reasonable to believe that Aeltje and Thomas might have been native to that area. Records of other Protestant Walloon Huguenots who eventually went to Holland have been found among the Catholic registers in Liège.^[22]

The Prince-Bishopric of Liège was a state within the Holy Roman Empire, on the linguistic boundary of French, German and Dutch (Flemish) language speakers. In the 1600s the upper classes spoke French but most were bilingual. Many of its inhabitants also spoke Dutch and German. ^[23]

Macy asserts that "Braconie" and "Badie" (her first husband's surname) are French and Walloon surnames^[24] and notes that Walloon Huguenot Protestants formed much of the New Netherland colony's early population.^[25]

Identity of Eli Braconie

Conclusion: There is no distinct person named "Eli"; it is simply a short-form variant of "Aeltje". However, some doubt remains as "Eli" or "Elie" is a French first name, meaning "Elias" and was a common given name among early French-speaking Protestants, who, like the contemporary Puritans, favored Biblical names.

The earliest record of Aeltje in New Netherland is a baptism record from 6 January 1641 in which "Eli Braconie" is identified as a witness to the baptism of Christiaen, son of Willem Adriaensz. ^[19] A 1644 baptism record, of Marÿe daughter of Willem Adriaensz, lists an "Eli Braconnie" as a sponsor. ^[19] Totten mistakenly assumed that Eli was a male, perhaps a brother or even a father of Aeltjie. ^[26] Ledley thought that "Eli" was a "maternal relative".^[27] The result is that many current websites mistakenly identify Eli as Aeltjie's father.^[28]

At each of the baptisms, Eli's was the second listed witness with the first one being a male, making it very likely that the second-listed Eli was a female. Aeltje was the grandmother of both children, so she was probably the witness called "Eli," a short form of her Walloon name.^[29]

Modern Dutch informants say that Ali is a very common nickname for women named Aeltje;^[30] "Ali" would have been a likely phonetic spelling.

Arrival in New Netherland

Conclusion: Aeltje probably arrived in New Netherland about 1628-29. ^[31]

The first known record of Aeltje's life in the New World occurred in 1641, when she was a grandmother. All earlier dates must be approximated by inference from dates associated with her husbands and descendant, particularly her oldest grandchildren, Magdalena Verdon and Thomas Verdon, children of Jacob Verdon and Mary Thomas Badie.

Magdalena married Adam Brouwer in early April 1645 after recording intentions on 19 March.^[32] The record states that she was "van N. Nederl.," meaning that she was born in the New World. Applying the usual rule-of-thumb, Totten inferred that she had been born between 1624 and 1627. Macy points out, though, that Magdalena's last child was baptized 7 May 1678, when Magdalena, by Totten's calculation, would have been greater than 50 years of age. He also notes that Totten failed to recognize that the extreme shortage of women in the colony would have caused young women to be married as early as age 13.^[33] Accordingly, Macy estimates her date of birth as between 1630 and 1632.

That estimate is supported by an estimate of the birthdate of Magdalena's brother, Thomas Verdon. The record of his 1687 oath of allegiance shows him as a native of New Netherland. ^[34] He was listed after Magdalena's husband in their 1663 petition to the orphan-masters,^[35] so probably was younger than his sister. There is no record of his marriage, but his only child, Jacobus, was baptized 19 March 1656^[36] suggesting that he married in 1655. Assuming the typical groom's age of 21 or 22, his birth would have occurred in 1633-34, a typical interval after the birth of his older sister.

Because both children were native to New Netherland, Aeltje's daughter, Mary Thomas Badie, must have been present in New Netherland before 1632.

Furthermore, Dankaerts's journal recorded that "she [Aeltje] had been about fifty years now in the country," suggesting that she arrived in the colony about 1629. There is no evidence that she arrived on either of the first two ships in 1624.^[37] Arrivals were recorded in every year of the period 1625 to 1630, except for 1629. ^[38]

Totten wrote that Aeltje married her second husband, Cornelis Lambertzen Cool, in Holland and came with him to New Netherland, about 1637-38, because 1638 is the date of his first record in the New World.^[39] There is a record of him being in Amsterdam in 1628-29,^[40] but there is no record of marriage in the extensive Amsterdam records, so it is more likely that Aeltje married Cool after she arrived in New Amsterdam.

Macy concludes that Mary Thomas Badie arrived about 1628-29, with her mother Aeltje. He further believes that the two were accompanied by Aeltje's husband, Thomas Badie, who later died during the 1630s.^[41] He believes that Mary Thomas married Jacob Verdon, say 1630, in New Amsterdam.^[42]

Birth

Conclusion: Aeltje probably was born about 1589.

As noted in Research Notes: Identity of Eli Braconie, the claim that Eli was her father, is incorrect. There is no record of either her father or her mother. Danckaerts's journal recorded her age as 100. Working back from the marriage date of her oldest grand-daughter in 1645, and applying the usual assumptions, Totten calculated her birth year as about 1589.^[43] That would have made her 90 at the time of Danckaerts's interview. Given that the age stated to Danckaert may have been inflated out of pride, it seems reasonable to accept Totten's estimate.

Marriages and Children

Conclusions: Aeltje married (1) Thomas Badie, say 1610, probably in Liège; (2) Cornelis Lamberts Cool, 1639 or earlier, New Amsterdam; and (3) William Bredenbent, 4 September 1644, New Amsterdam. Aeltje's only child was Mary Thomas Badie, born say 1612, probably in Liège.

Primary records provide the date of her third marriage.

The fact of her second marriage, although not the date, is well documented. Cool was a widower by 22 August 1639, because his son's financial guardian (following the death of Cool's first wife) executed a document on that date.^[44] The New Amsterdam church marriage record does not record their marriage, so they probably were married before it began in December 1639.

The date of her first marriage, to Thomas Badie, is unknown. As noted in Research Notes: Arrival in New Netherland, their oldest grandchild, Magdalena, was born between 1630 and 1632, suggesting that the child's mother, Marie, was born about 1612, suggesting in turn that Aeltje's marriage to Thomas Badie occurred about 1610, probably in Liège.

Aeltje had one child, Marie Thomas Badie, with her first husband before he died young. She would have been beyond child-bearing years when she married her third husband. It was long thought that she was the mother of Cool's children, but that has been disproved.^[45]

Narrative that Appeared in a Previous Profile

[Some of the information in this section differs from the results of more recent research provided elsewhere in this profile.]

Thomas Badie ( 1585 -1607) and Aeltje Bracknoengie (1589/90 - 1670) married in 1607. They conceived one daughter, Marie Thomasdr Badie before Thomas’ premature death in his early 20s. Aeltje raised Marie as a single mother until Marie married at age 18 and departed for the New World. Aeltje Bracknoengie later remarried to Cornelis Lambertszen Cool and became the step-mother to his 3 teenage children. One of these children was Aeltje Cornelis Cool who married Gerret Wolphertszen Van Kouwenhoven : Cornelis' three children (Aeltje, Aechtje and Lambert) were by a first wife whose identity has not been discovered.^[46]

For more information about the first settlers, see Dutch Return on Wikipedia.

No marriage record exists of the marriage with Cornelis Lamberts Cool, but evidence for it is from a 1644 agreement in which Aeltje is called, "Aeltjen Brackongne, widow of the late Cornelis Lambersen Cool." There were no children from this marriage (Cornelis had three known children from his prior marriage). Her third marriage was recorded in the Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam records. The banns dated 4 September 1644 for her intended marriage to Willem Bredenbent, call her a widow of "Cornelis Lamberts."^[6]

"Cornelis Lambertsz, from Doorn, [near Utrecht]; is given among those who were to sail with Domine Megapolensis on den Houttuyn in June 1642, but his name does not appear in the records of the colony. He probably remained at the Manhatans and soon thereafter died, as in the marriage records of the Reformed Dutch church of New York, under the date of Sept. 4, 1644, is found the marriage of Wilhelm Bredenbent and Aeltje Braconie, widow of Corn. Lamberts." ^[47]

Aeltje Braconie may have been of Dutch, Walloon, or French heritage. There was an article in "de Halve Maen", Summer 1980, Vol. LV, No 2. Page 16 is devoted to "Our Immigrant Ancestor Aeltje Bracoine". The following is a direct quote. "The surname Bracoine and Badie suggested French Huguenot extraction".

She was married to Thomas Badie when she was about 18 and was widowed when she was about 22. She had one known child, Maria. Thomas Baddie was the Treasurer of the Dutch West India Company.^[48] She probably came to New Amsterdam prior to 1636. She married her second husband, Cornelis Lambertse Cool, in 1637 when she was about 49. His first wife died. Aeltje reared his three children. She married her third husband, Willem Bredenbent, in 1644 when she was 56. She had just the one child.

Aeltje was, at the time of her death , the wealthiest individual living in the Province of New York.^[49] Aeltje Braconie was 95 at her death in Brooklyn. She is buried with her daughter, grand daughter, her grand daughter's husband, Adam Brouwer, and with Eli Braconie who is assumed to be her father, but he may have been her brother. This was extracted from a posting by Robert L. Protzman to Dutch-Colonies mail list at Rootsweb.com Jan 23, 2001.

Aeltje Braconie was born circa 1588 at Netherlands. Aeltje Braconie was born circa 1600. Aeltje Braconie married Thomas Badie circa 1603; 1st marriage Aeltje. Aeltje Braconie married Cornelius Lambertse Cool after 1624. Aeltje Braconie married Willem Bredenbent on September 4, 1644, they had no issue. Marriage banns for Aeltje Braconie and Willem Bredenbent were published on October 9, 1644. Aeltje Braconie died on June 22, 1670 at Gowanus, Kings County, New York. Aeltje Braconie died circa 1683.

Aeltje Braconie was also known as Aeltje Brookhange. Aeltje Braconie was also known as Altien Brackhonge. Aeltje Braconie was also known as Aeltje Braconye Eli Braconye's sister. Aeltje Braconie was also known as Altien Braconie. Aeltje Braconie was also known as Aeltje Brackoengie. Aeltje Braconie resided at at New Amsterdam, New York County, New York, between 1627 and 1637. Aeltje Braconie resided at at Gowanus, Kings County, New York, after 1637. Aeltje Braconie resided at at New Amsterdam, New York County, New York, in 1644. Aeltje Braconie and Willem Bredenbent resided at at Gowanus, Kings County, New York, in 1650. Aeltje Braconie left a will in 1670.

Sources

1. ↑ Totten, "Aeltje Braconie...", pp. 234, 236, 244.
2. ↑ Macy, "Some New Light...," p. 30.
3. ↑ Macy, "Some New Light...," p. 31.
4. ↑ Macy, "Some New Light...," pp. 30-1.
5. ↑ Macy, "Some New Light...," pp. 32-33.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Chester, "Maria Badie New Netherland Matriarch"
7. ↑ Macy, "Some New Light...," p. 31 and footnotes 54 and 56.
8. ↑ Macy, "Some New Light...," p. 32, footnote 66.
9. ↑ Macy, "Some New Light...," pp. 31-2 and footnote 56.
10. ↑ Macy, "Some New Light...," p. 31.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Purple, p. 13.
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} Documenttype: DTB trouwen Erfgoedinstelling: Nationaal Archief Plaats instelling: Den Haag Collectiegebied: Nieuw-Nederland Registratiedatum: 4 september 1644 Akteplaats: Nieuw Amsterdam-New York Collectie: Collegiate Church of New York Aktesoort: Trouwboek third Marriage September 4, 1644 New Amsterdam, New York
13. ↑ Macy, "Some New Light...," p. 31-2.
14. ↑ Macy, "Some New Light...," p. 28; citing Frank L. Van Cleef transcriber and translater, Liber C of the Town Records of the Town of Flatbush, for the Commissioner of Records, Kings County, N. Y. (1914), 81-83, Municipal Archives of the City of New York, photocopy at the Holland Society, New York, N.Y.
15. ↑ Macy, "Some New Light...," pp. 28-9.
16. ↑ Chester, "The Brouwer Genealogy Database," Aeltje Braconie; citing David William Voorhees, editor, Records of The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, Kings County, New York, Vol.1, 1677-1720 (New York: Holland Society of New York, 1998), page 337, Register of the Members from the Four Villages. 19 Nov 1679. Gowanus. Aaltje Bredebent.
17. ↑ Macy, "Some New Light...," p. 31 and footnote 59.
18. ↑ A source is needed for this claim.
19. ↑ ^{19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4} Evans, p. 11 (Christiaen), p. 17 (Marije), p. 19 (Cathryn).
20. ↑ The journal is now owned by the Brooklyn Historical Society, which translated and published it in 1867: Henry C. Murphy, trans. and ed, Journal of a Voyage to New York and a Tour in Several of the American Colonies in 1679-80, by Jasper Dankers and Peter Sluyter of Wieward in Friesland (Brooklyn: Long Island Historical Society, 1867); rev. ed. by Bartlett Burleigh James and J[ohn] Franklin Jameson, The Journal of Jasper Danckaerts 1679-1680 (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1913).
21. ↑ Harry Macy Jr., "Some New Light...", pp. 30-31.
22. ↑ Macy, "Some New Light," pp. 29-30.
23. ↑ A source for this would be helpful.
24. ↑ Macy, "Some New Light...," p. 24 footnote 15: "Marie-Therese Morlet, Dictionnaire étymologique des nom de famille, new ed. (Paris: Librairie Académique Perrin, 1991), 67, 135. Frans Debrabandere, Woordenboek van de familienamen in Belgie en Noord-Frankrijk (Antwerp: Uitgeverij L. J. Veen, 2003), 78, 94, 176. The varied spellings of Badie and Braconie probably represent Dutch clerks’ attempts to write these foreign names phonetically, when the two women could not spell them. Braconie is a variant of Braconier or Braconnier, the French pronunciation of which may be reflected in spellings like Brackanye and Brackongne."
25. ↑ Macy, "Some New Light...," p. 24, footnote 16; citing "Letters of Reverend Jonas Michaëlius, 1628," pp. 124-125 in John Franklin Jameson, ed., Narratives of New Netherland, 1609-1664 (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909).
26. ↑ Totten, "Aeltje Braconie...", p. 234, item 1644.
27. ↑ Macy, "Some New Light," p. 29, footnote 47 cites "Ledley, 'Bennet' (note 21), RECORD [i.e. NYGBR] 93:74" but the citation appears to be incorrect.
28. ↑ Macy, "Some New Light," p. 29, footnote 48.
29. ↑ Macy, "Some New Light," p. 29.
30. ↑ added to profiles of Aeltje + supposed parents Aeltje Brackunell and Eli Brachonge by Bea Wijma December 2015
31. ↑ This section is summarized from "Some New Light," p. 22, 24-25 footnote 20, 26-28, except as otherwise noted.
32. ↑ "Marriage Book ...," p. 36, 19 March 1645.
33. ↑ He mentions, for example, that two sisters, Maria and Jannetje Rapalje, married at 8-9 months and 4-5 months after reaching age 13.
34. ↑ O'Callaghan, Documentary History..., "The Roll...," p. 430.
35. ↑ E. B. O’Callaghan, Calendar..., Part I, "Dutch...," p. 245.
36. ↑ Evans, Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam and New York, page. 41 1656, 19 March
37. ↑ Macy, "Some New Light...," p. 24; citing Harry Macy, Jr., 375th Anniversary of the Endracht and Nieuw Nederland," The NYG&B Newsletter 10 (1999):3-4.
38. ↑ Macy, "Some New Light...," p. 22 and pp. 24-25 footnote 20.
39. ↑ Totten, "Aeltje Braconie..." pp. 235-6, 244.
40. ↑ Macy, "Some New Light...," p. 24, footnote 19.
41. ↑ Macy, "Some New Light...," pp. 27, 31.
42. ↑ Macy, "Some New Light...," p. 32.
43. ↑ Totten, "Aeltje Braconie...", pp. 234, 236, 244.
44. ↑ Macy, "Some New Light...," p. 31, footnote 54; citing Arnold J. F. Van Laer, trans., Register of the Provincial Secretary 1638-42, New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, vol. 1 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co.,1974) p. 216-217.
45. ↑ Macy, "Some New Light...," p. 32, footnote 66.
46. ↑ Macy, "Some New Light...," p. 32, footnote 66.
47. ↑ Van Rensselaer Bowier: Page 827
48. ↑ Source needed for this extraordinary claim. It seems unlikely that an officer of a company meeting in Amsterdam would live in the New World.
49. ↑ Source needed for this extraordinary claim.

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