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John Isaac Brokaw (1755 - 1830)

John Isaac (Jan) Brokaw
Born in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jerseymap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , , , , , [half], [half], [half] and [half]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Father of , and
Died at age 75 in Somerset, New Jerseymap
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Biography

1776 Project
Private Jan Brokaw served with 2nd Battalion, Somerset County Militia, New Jersey Militia during the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Jan Brokaw is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A014808.
SAR insignia
Jan Brokaw is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-121652
Rank: Private
  • Name John Isaac Brokaw
  • Birth Date 20 Jan 1755
  • Birth Place New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey
  • Death Date 14 Feb 1830
  • Cemetery Brokaw-Polhameus Family Burying Ground
  • Burial or Cremation Place South Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey
  • Spouse Catharine Brokaw
  • Children Isaac J. Brokaw

Military

  • 1776 Private John Isaac Brokaw served with Captain Peter D. Vroom's Company, Colonel Abraham Quick's Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Somerset Militia, for the State of New Jersey, during the American Revolution. NSSAR # p-121652. [1]
  • 1776 Revolutionary War Rolls: "Muster Roll of Captain Peter D. Vroom's Company, Colonel___, Battgalion Newark 21st November 1776" Listed is Private John Brokaw. [2]
  • Private in the Revolutionary War- U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
  • Military Date 21 Nov 1776
  • Military Place New Jersey
  • State or Army Served New Jersey
  • Citation SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ., 2002) plus data to 2004

Sources

  • Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed June 3, 2018), "Record of John Brokaw", Ancestor # A014808.
  • SAR website [1]
  1. ↑ https://sarpatriots.sar.org/patriot/display/121652
  2. ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99WB-C8MZ?cc=2068326&wc=M61K-VM9%3A355085701 : 31 October 2017), 63-New Jersey (jacket 51-66) > image 675 of 731; citing NARA microfilm publication M246 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1980).
  • Ancestry.com [2]




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