Individual Details
Magdalena Jacobs VERDON
(Abt 1630 - 1632 - Aft 12 Aug 1698)
Birth
From the Court record (see below), we know that Magdalena was the daughter of Jacob Verdon and Maria Thomas Badie. In her marriage record[1], she was recorded as a "native" of New Netherland.
Macy[2] makes a convincing case that Magdalena was born about 1631. Her last child was baptized on 7 May 1678. Any birth date birth prior to 1628 would have made her more than 50 years old at the time of that birth. Her first marriage occurred in April 1645. Because of the extreme shortage of women in the new colony, it is likely that she would have married prior to the typical age of 18, so after 1627. Because her husband, Adam Brouwer, was listed before her brother Thomas in the 1663 petition to the orphan's court (see Court records, below), it is likely that she was the first child. Her father died before November 1634. So Thomas would have been born about 1633 (making him aged about 22 when his only child was baptized), and given the typical two-year spacing, she could have been born about 1631, making her aged 14 at first marriage--young but plausible considering the shortage of eligible brides. For example, two sisters, Maria and Jannetje Rapalje, each married before their 14th birthdays, in 1640 and 1642 respectively.
Marriage
According to a near-primary source, Magdalena married Adam Brouwer in New Amsterdam on 19 March 1645.[1]
Secondary sources have some minor disagreements over the precise date of the marriage. Totten [3] agrees with the Marriage Book, giving a date of 19 March. Hoffman[4] believes that 19 March was the date that intentions were registered and that the marriage actually occurred on 21 March. He claims that at the marriage feast, on that day, is where Dominie Bogardus first criticized Director-General Kieft. If so, this event marks an intersection of family history with grand history. The feud between Bogardus and Kieft continued until they were recalled to Amsterdam in 1647--both sailing on the same ship. The issue remained unresolved because the ship sank off the coast of England, killing both of them.[5]
Children
Pieter Adam Brouwer
Mathys Adams Brouwer
Willem Brower
Maria Brouwer
Jacobus Adams Brouwer
Fytje Adams Berkhoven Brouwer
Helena Brouwer
Adam Brouwer
Aeltje Brouwer
Sara Brouwer
Abraham Adams Brouwer
Nicholaes Adamsz Brouwer-Berchoven
Rachel Adamse Brouwer
Anna Adams Brouwer
Some sources list an additional child. See the free-space page Adam_Brouwer's_Children [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Adam_Brouwer%27s_Children Adam_Brouwer's_Children] for the sourced explanation of why Daniel Adams Brouwer is not a child of the family.
Court records
Since her father's death, before November 1664, Magdalena's mother, Marie Thomas Badie, had remarried twice--first to Willem Adrianensz Bennet, second to Paulus van der Beeck. On February 8, 1663, Magdalena, via her husband Adam Brouwer, entered into legal action to gain her share of her father's estate. The Minutes of the Orphan Masters of New Amsterdam[6] read as follows:
Adam Brouwer, Tomas Verdon and Arien Willemsen, all children by previous marriages of the wife of Paulus van de Beecq ... request, whereas up to date they have not received their father's inheritance, that they may have it from Mr. Paulus van de Beecq, who has hitherto retained it.
The court referred the issue to the Director-General. The ultimate result of the action is unclear.
Church membership
Adam Brouwer and Magdalena were entered into the initial membership roll of the Reformed Dutch Church in Brooklyn on 12 March 1660.[7]
Death
The date of Magdalena's death is unknown. On 12 August 1689, she conveyed property to her sons and sons-in-law.[8] That is the last known record of her life.
Burial
The place of her burial is unknown. A Find-A-Grave entry[9] states "location of grave unknown".
Research notes
Those pursuing the theory that Magdalena was actually born in Holland might be interested in this record (retained from a previous version of the profile):
kind: Magdaleen doopdatum: 04-03-1618 kerk: Nieuwe Kerk godsdienst: Hervormd father/ vader: Jansz, Jacob mother/ moeder: Tomas, Maritje [10] There are two children baptized of parents Maritje Tomas and Jacob Jansz , one child Maritje born in 1622 and Magdaleen born in 1618 . Maybe the familysearch record could provide more info ?
Sources Notes
1. 1.0 1.1 "Marriage Book ..." vol. VI, p. 36, 19 March 1645, Adam Brouwer, from Ceúlen, and Magdalena Verdon, from New Netherland.
2. Macy, “Some New Light on Aeltje Braconie and Maria Bade,” pp. 26-27.
3. Totten, "Verdon Family Notes," p. 108.
4. Hoffman, "Brouwer Beginnings...," p. 194; citing CDNY XIV:70, mentioning the wedding feast on that day.
5. Shorto, pp. 140, 178-179.
6. Fernow, pp. 229-230.
7. Hoffman, p. 195.
8. Totten, p. 128.
9. Find-A-Grave, Magdalena x Brouwer, memorial ID 175807196, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175807196/magdalena-x-brouwer .
10. Amsterdam Archive bronverwijzing: DTB 39, p.490 Archief van de Burgerlijke Stand: doop-, trouw- en begraafboeken van Amsterdam (retroacta van de Burgerlijke Stand) Doopregister: NL-SAA-24254984
Sources
Fernow, Berthold. The Minutes of the OrphanMasters of New Amsterdam 1655 to 1663 (New York : Francis P. Harper, 1902). Digital page images. Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/minutesoforphanm01newy : 2019).
Hoffman, William J. "Brouwer Beginnings: The First Three Generations of the Adam Brouwer Berchoven Family." The American Genealogist vol. XXIII (cont. in vol. XIV). Online page images. American Ancestors. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB283/i/11854/193/0 : 2019.
Macy, Harry, Jr. “Some New Light on Aeltje Braconie and Maria Bade.” New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 142 (2011): 21–38.
Shorto, Russell. The Island at the Center of the World. Kindle Edition. (New York, Vintage Books: 2004).
Totten, John Reynolds. "Verdon Family Notes." New York Genealogical and Biographical Record LXIV (April 1933): 105-132.
Find A Grave. https://www.findagrave.com/ .
"Marriage Book of the Register of the Persons who are herein Recorded, and who were Married Here our Outside the City of New York--from the 11th December, 1639 to the 15th May, 1652." New York Genealogical and Biographical Record vol. VI (no. 1, Jan. 1875). Online page images. Internet Archive. https://archive.org/stream/newyorkgenealogi1875gree : 2019.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1630 - 1632 | New Amsterdam, New Netherland |  |  | |
| Marriage | 19 Mar 1645 | Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam, New Netherland - Adam BROUWER Berkhoven | | ||
| Marriage Bann | 19 Mar 1645 | Adam BROUWER Berkhoven | | ||
| Marriage | 21 Mar 1645 | Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam, New Netherland - Adam BROUWER Berkhoven | | ||
| Marriage | Apr 1645 | Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam, New Netherland - Adam BROUWER Berkhoven | | ||
| Religion | 12 Mar 1660 | entered into the initial membership roll - Reformed Dutch Church, Breuckelen, New Netherland | | ||
| Death | Aft 12 Aug 1698 | | | ||
| Alt name | Magdalena VERDON | |
Families
| Spouse | Adam BROUWER Berkhoven (1624 - 1683) |
| Child | Helena BROUWER ( - ) |
| Child | Nicolas BROUWER ( - ) |
| Father | Jacob VERDON (1605 - 1634) |
| Mother | Marie BADIE (1612 - 1699) |
| Sibling | Thomas Jacobs VERDON (1633 - 1696) |
Notes
Birth
From "Research Notes"Magdalena married Adam Brouwer in early April 1645 after recording intentions on 19 March.[34] 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.[35] Accordingly, Macy estimates her date of birth as between 1630 and 1632.
Death
On this day she conveyed property to sons and sons-in-law.Endnotes
1. Harry Macy, Jr., "Some New Light on Aeltjie Braconie and Maria Badie," New York Genealogical and Biographical Register, 142 (2011): 21-36, specifically pp. 26-27.
2. "Marriage Book of the Register of the Persons who are herein Recorded, and who were Married Here our Outside the City of New York--from the 11th December, 1639 to the 15th May, 1652," New York Genealogical and Biographical Record vol. VI (no. 1, Jan. 1875); online page images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/newyorkgenealogi1875gree : viewed 20 April 2019).
3. Pat Wardell, "Early Bergen Families", WikiTree (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Early_Bergen_County_Families : viewed 22 March 2019), "BCFam-Ferdon.pdf", pp. 7-8, Verdon, Jacob.
4. "Marriage Book of the Register of the Persons who are herein Recorded, and who were Married Here our Outside the City of New York--from the 11th December, 1639 to the 15th May, 1652," New York Genealogical and Biographical Record vol. VI (no. 1, Jan. 1875); online page images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/newyorkgenealogi1875gree : viewed 20 April 2019).
5. John Reynolds Totten, "Verdon Family Notes," New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, LXIV (April 1933): 105-132, specifically p. 108.
6. William J. Hoffman, "Brouwer Beginnings: The First Three Generations of the Adam Brouwer Berchoven Family," The American Genealogist vol. XXIII (cont. in vol. XIV); online page images, American Ancestors (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB283/i/11854/193/0 : viewed 20 April 2019); citing MDC : 13.
7. James W. Moore, "Research Notes on Aeltje Braconie," p. 2; report to James W. Moore, , Potomac, MD 20854, 26 May 2019; original held by James W. Moore, . written by the owner for WikiTree.
8. "Marriage Book of the Register of the Persons who are herein Recorded, and who were Married Here our Outside the City of New York--from the 11th December, 1639 to the 15th May, 1652," New York Genealogical and Biographical Record vol. VI (no. 1, Jan. 1875); online page images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/newyorkgenealogi1875gree : viewed 26 May 2019).
9. Harry Macy, Jr., "Some New Light on Aeltjie Braconie and Maria Badie," New York Genealogical and Biographical Register, 142 (2011): 21-36, specifically p. 34.
10. William J. Hoffman, "Brouwer Beginnings: The First Three Generations of the Adam Brouwer Berchoven Family," The American Genealogist vol. XXIII (cont. in vol. XIV); online page images, American Ancestors (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB283/i/11854/193/0 : viewed 20 April 2019); citing CDNY XIV:70, mentioning the wedding feast on that day. It was at this feast that Dominie Bogardus criticized Director Kieft.
11. James W. Moore, "Research Notes on Aeltje Braconie," p. 2; report to James W. Moore, , Potomac, MD 20854, 26 May 2019; original held by James W. Moore, . written by the owner for WikiTree.
12. William J. Hoffman, "Brouwer Beginnings: The First Three Generations of the Adam Brouwer Berchoven Family," The American Genealogist vol. XXIII (cont. in vol. XIV); online page images, American Ancestors (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB283/i/11854/193/0 : viewed 20 April 2019).
13. John Reynolds Totten, "Verdon Family Notes," New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, LXIV (April 1933): 105-132, specifically p. 110, "later than Aug. 12, 1689 on which date she conveyed property to her sons and sons-in-law"; citing Rec., Vol IX, p. 128.
14. "Marriage Book of the Register of the Persons who are herein Recorded, and who were Married Here our Outside the City of New York--from the 11th December, 1639 to the 15th May, 1652," New York Genealogical and Biographical Record vol. VI (no. 1, Jan. 1875); online page images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/newyorkgenealogi1875gree : viewed 20 April 2019).