William B. Bogardus Collection

Documents from the William B. Bogardus Collection of Brouwer Material

Below you will find compressed PDFs which can be downloaded and opened on your computer. These consist of select documents found in the Brouwer related material collected by William B. Bogardus, of the Anneke Jans and Everardus Bogardus Descendants Association, over the past thirty-five or more years. The collection is temporarily in my hands and during the time I have it I will be adding selected documents for download to this site. The documents will be restricted to “raw” research material. You will not find any compiled genealogies, family group sheets, or pedigrees on this page.

Please also Note: Much of the material in the Collection was personal correspondence between Mr. Bogardus and his “Cousins”. As I am not at liberty to distribute such correspondence, none of it will appear here. Please do not ask me to forward copies of this material to you on an individual basis. The answer in advance is no. All relative info and documents will be added to this page, eventually.

Research Aids, Indexes, etc.

William B. Bogardus has granted me permission to make available by download his publication, “Anneke Jans-Bogardus and Adam Brouwer Research Aid Bibliography.” This publication also includes a short biography of Anneke Jans and Dom. Everardus Bogardus. No.22 Research Aid Bibliography.pdf.zip

Source Documentation Pertaining to Adam Brouwer, immigrant and early resident of Brooklyn; and as pertains to the use of the name “BERCHOVEN” by some of his children. Compiled by William B. Bogardus Adam Brouwer Source Docum..pdf.zip (please don’t mind my notes and marks found on the pages).

Miscellaneous

“Brewer Notes.” These notes were compiled by Shirley Hegeman in 1989 for John W. Taylor (a correspondent of William Bogardus). The notes refer to Brewers in the vicinity of Oneonta, Otsego Co., New York in the 1800’s. BB-239, TMG 2405.pdf.zip

Documents Relative to Adam Brouwer found in New York Historical (Dutch & English) Manuscripts Doc. Re. Adam Brouwer, NY His. Man..pdf.zip

Brouwer Burials at Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY. This list was compiled by William J. Hoffman and was a part of his manuscript notes for his original Brouwer Beginnings articles. Individuals, however, are listed alphabetically by first name. The list might be more helpful if it were arranged by burial plot number (which are included) so that family groups might be more easily identified. If someone would like to undertake the task of rearranging the list by burial plot and submitting it to be included here that would be greatly appreciated. No.166 Bur. Greenwood Cem., TMG 2529.pdf.zip

The 1905 Memoir of Calvin Wheeler Brower. 2423 96-B Calvin W. Brower Memoirs.pdf.zip Calvin W. Brower lived most of his life in Schuylkill County, Pa. He is a descendant of Hubert Brower. There is some genealogical information here along with the interesting story of his life.

Church Records

Brouwer Baptisms and Marriages at the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow SS-46.pdf.zip

Brower Baptisms, RDC Stone House Plains, Bloomfield, NJ CHU. SS-54, TMG 2412.pdf.zip

2763 Brooklyn Bapt. Recs. 1679 to end of 1719.pdf.zip

Wills, Administrations, Etc.

Browers/Brewers Found in New Jersey Wills & Administrations

Pages Extracted from the Calender of New Jersey Wills Series in which Brower and Brewer individuals appear. Arranged by volume

NJ Wills v.1 1670-1780, TMG 2178.pdf.zip

NJ Wills v.2 1730-1750, TMG 1570.pdf.zip

NJ Wills v.3 1751-1760, TMG 2459.pdf.zip

NJ Wills v.4 1761-1770, TMG 2176.pdf.zip

NJ Wills v.5 1771-1780, TMG 2460.pdf.zip