Johannes Pieterse van Brugh (1624–1697) was one of the early settlers of
New Netherland and is the progenitor of the Van Brugh family in the United States. He was prominently connected with the
Dutch West India Company as a fur and timber trader in both
Rensselaerswyck and
New Amsterdam.[1]
He prospered in
New Netherland by exporting furs and timber consigned from upriver at
Beverwijck.[4] Due to his wealth, Van Brugh became a civic leader and improved his status in the new world by marrying his four daughters and two sons to some of the leading landholding families of the time.[4]
On March 29, 1658,[2] Van Brugh was married at New Amsterdam Dutch Reformed Church to Catharine (or Katrina)[6] Roeloffe Jans (1629–1684), widow of Lucas Rodenburgh (1620–1655), late vice-director of
Curaçao.[7] She was the daughter of
Roeloff Jansen (1602–1636) and Anneke Jans (later Bogardus) (1605–1663).[8][9][10] Together, they were the parents of several children together including:[2][11]
Helena Van Brugh (1659–1736), who married Theunis De Kay (1659–1708),[6] who owned land on
Whitehall Street.[12]
Anna Van Brugh (1662–1735), who married Andries Grevenraet (1659–1710).[13][14]
Catherine Van Rensselaer (1691–1770), who married Johannes Ten Broeck (1683–1765), another son of
Dirck Wesselse Ten Broeck;[16][17]
Anna Van Rensselaer (1696–1756), who married Peter Douw. They were the grandparents of
Peter Gansevoort and great-great-grandparents of
Herman Melville);[15]
Hendrick van Rensselaer (1712–1763), who married Elizabeth van Brugh (1712–1753) and Alida (
née Livingston) Rutsen (1716–1798);[20]
Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1717–1781), who married Ariantje Schuyler (1720–1763) and Maria Low.[21]
Through his son Pieter, he was the grandfather of Catharina Van Brugh (born in 1689), who married
Philip Livingston (1686–1749), the second lord of
Livingston Manor.[22]
^"Catharina Van Brugh". A Portrait of Livingston Manor, 1686-1850 by Ruth Piwonka (Clermont, NY, 1986), p. 33. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
Sources
Howell, George Rogers (1886) Bi-centennial History of Albany: History of the County of Albany, N.Y. from 1609 to 1886 (W. W. Munsell & Company - Albany NY, Volume 2, page 658)
Venema, Janny (2003) Beverwijck: A Dutch Village on the American Frontier, 1652–1664 (State University of New York Press)
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