Albert (Andriessen) Bradt (1607 - 1686)

Born 26 Aug 1607 in Fredrikstad, Norway

Ancestors

Husband of Annetje Barents — married 27 Mar 1632 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

Husband of Pietertie (Jans) Jansen — married 5 Jun 1662 in New Netherland

Husband of Geertruy Pieterse Coeymans — married 1667 (to 24 Oct 1670) in Albany, Province of New York

Descendants

Died 7 Jun 1686 at age 78 in Albany, Albany County, Province of New York

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Biography

Albert Andriesz Bradt is thought to have been born in Frederikstad, Norway.^{[1] [2]} No record of his baptism has been found in Norway. Early records for him call him Albert Andriess or Andriesz, and in some cases add the appellation "de Noorman," indicating his origin in Norway. His signature on his marriage record (in Amsterdam, in the Netherlands) gives his name as Albert Andriessen. The surname "Bratt" or "Bradt" was applied to the family later. On the 1674 list of Jeremiah Van Rensselaer's funeral attendees, Albert is listed as Albert Andriessen Bradt. ^[3]

On Aug. 26 1636 in Amsterdam he joined Pieter Cornelisz from Munnickendam and Claes Jansz from Naerden in an agreement with the patroon for the erection of a mill in the colony. In this agreement he is given as tobacco planter, 29 years of age. He sailed with his wife Annetje Barents on the Rensselaerswyck, Oct. 8, 1636. ^[4] and appears first in the colony under date of April 17, 1637.

Soon after his arrival he left Pieter Cornelisz and established himself as a tobacco planter.

Patroon and Settlment namesake Kiliaen van Rensselaer wrote back to Albert, unhappy with his accounting methods and his refusal to go through proper channels of submission of said accounts to his _______ Arent van Curler June 25, 1640. ^[5]

From May 4, 1652, to May 4, 1672, he is charged with an annual rent of f250 for two mills and land on the Normans Kill.

Annetje Barents died before June 5, 1662, leaving him eight children of whom the third was born on the Rensselaerswyck during a storm and named Storm van der Zee. Albert Andriesz married the second time Geertruy Pietersz Vosburg.

Albert and his son Storm were named in the list of those to attend the funeral of Jeremiah Van Rensselaer in 1674. ^[6]

He is said to have died June 7, 1686." ^[7]

Name

Amongst the Baptismal records of 17th century Amsterdam the surname Bradt, Bratt, Brat is present. However our Albert Andriessen is not yet recorded as using that surname. In the 17th century and later church registers the surname is spelt Bradt, Bratt and Brat. The spelling of proper names was not fixed yet. The pronunciation of all three spellings is identical.

According to Mark Miner's website (a very interesting read), in the early records he is often called Albert de Noorman (the Norwegian) ^[8]

Birth

ABT 1604

26 AUG 1607 Fredrikstad, Smaalenenes, Now Ostfold, Norway

Emigration

04 MAR 1637 New Amsterdam, could not proceed up river as it was iced in yet

Emigrant left Netherlands 8 October 1636 from Amsterdam to Rensselaerwyck, New Netherland with husband and 2 children on the Wapen Van Rensselaerwijck. Arrived at Rensselaerwyck 17 April 1637. ^[9][10]

Marriage

Albert and Annetie were both 24 years old when they married on 27 Mar 1632 at the Oude Kerk (Old Church), Amsterdam, the Netherlands. His occupation is given as sailor and he is assisted by Lourens Pieters his uncle. Annetje Barents is assisted by her mother Geesje Barents. ^{[9] [11] [12]}

Some time after Annatje died (6 June 1662), Albert was married to Pietertie / Pietertje Jans. She died by January 1667. New Amsterdam court minutes for 29 January 1666/7 report that Pietertie (elsewhere called Pieterje) Jansen, "wife of Albert the Noorman, residing at Albania," had died in New Amsterdam, and give direction for the disposition of her goods to be sold in order to pay off her creditors. Johannes DeWit and Lodowyk Post were made curators of her estate. ^[13] On 5 February 1666/7, Symon Jansen Romeyn appeared on behalf of Ebert Benningh, son-in-law of Pietertie Jansen, late wife of Albert the Noorman, to request that goods in Pietertie's possession that belonged to Benningh should be returned to him. The court directed that the goods be sold, and the proceeds of the sale should be provided to Benningh.^[14]

Albert subsequently married Geetrury Pieterse Coeymans - but on 24 Oct 1670, the governor gave an order for the separation of Albert Andriese and Geertruy Vosburgh because "strife and difference hath arisen between them. His children were all by his first wife." ^[15] Albert had wanted an annulment but instead they were granted a divorce.^[1] He was ordered to offer support to her in the payment of 80 schepels of apples yearly, but avoided the payment by letting said apples rot on the ground under the trees.^[16]

Children

Albert and Annatje had at least eight children:

1. Eva Albertse Bradt, baptised 9 Jan 1633 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands;
2. Barent Albertsen Bradt, bapt. 22 Oct 1634 at Lutheran Church, Amsterdam, Netherlands;
3. Storm van der Zee Albertsen Bradt, bapt. 2 Nov 1636;
4. Engeltje Albertse Bradt, b. 1637 in Beverwyck, Rensselaerswyck, Nieuw Nederland (now Albany, Albany, NY);
5. Gisseltje Albertse Bradt, b. 1640 in Beverwyck, Rensselaerswyck, Nieuw Nederland (now Albany, Albany, NY);
6. Andries Albertsen Bradt, b. 1642;
7. Jan Albertsen Bradt, b. 1648;
8. Dirck Albertsen Bradt, b, 1650.

Death

07 JUN 1686 Albany, Province of New York

Burial

JUN 1686 Colonie, Rensselarwych, Albany, New York

Legacy

Besides the many descendants we have Normanskill - a 45+ mile creek with a reservoir near Guilderland named for Albert.^[17]

Research Notes

LNAB

According to current WikiTree and New Netherland Settlers Project naming conventions, his LNAB should be Andriessen, the patronymic name with which he signed his name in 1636. The name Bradt has been used here previously in respect for the long tradition of giving him the surname that was used by later generations of the family, but that is not consistent with current policy. The name Andriess that appears on his marriage record is another candidate for this LNAB, but his signature indicates that he preferred the Norwegian form Andriessen over the Dutch Andriess. Smith-62120 17:24, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

Alternative Version of Biography

Albert Andriessen Bradt, son of Andries Arentsen Bradt and Aefie (Eva), is thought to have been born on 26 Aug 1607 in Fredrikstad, Smaalenenes (now Ostfold, Norway), where Dutch merchants had established themselves. Albert was known as "De Noorman", which means "The Norwegian". Albert wed first Annatje Barentse van Rotmers (of Holmer, Norway?) on 11 Apr 1632 in the Old Saint Nicholas Church (Oude Kerk), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. Their first two children were born and baptised in Amsterdam. They emigrated on the ship "Arms of Rensselaerswyck" which had a particularly long voyage, beginning at Amsterdam 25 Sep 1636, sailing from Texel on 8 Oct 1636, and not arriving in Rensselaerwyck, Nieuw Nederland (now NY) until 7 Apr 1637. With them traveled Albert's brother Arent Andriessen.

He was married to Geertruy(t) Pieterse Coeymans as his third wife.

Albert Andriessen "De Noorman" Bradt died on 7 Jun 1686 near Albany, Albany, NY.

(Nota Bene: "Pietertie" is the North-Hollands dialectual form of the standard Dutch "Pietertje". "Gertruyd" is now the standard spelling, but it is pronounced like "Gertruyt" with a final "t". "Gertruy" is merely a shortened dialectual form of both. BdFM)

Note: Modern Albany was founded as the Dutch trading posts of Fort Nassau (New Netherland) and Fort Orange in 1624. The fur trade brought in a population that settled around Fort Orange and founded a village called Beverwijck. The English took over and renamed the city Albany in 1664. - BdFM

Albert Andriessen Bradt's father

All we really know about this ancestor, is that his given name was Andries, based upon the fact that his two sons bore the patronymic "Andriessen" (son of Andrew). We do not know Andries' own patronymic, and he most likely never had a surname at all. ANDRIES, then, would be this forefather's Dutch christian name - "Anders" in Norwegian -, both meaning "Andrew" in English. BRADT is the surname that his two sons began using a quarter of a century after their arrival in the Dutch colony Nieuw Nederland (now New York). The use of the Bradt surname for their father Andries is therefore anachronistic. ARENTSEN, also spelt ARENTSE, ARENTS, ARENTSZ, is widley held to be this man's patronymic, though there are no known sources to substantiate this claim. The patronymic was used in the Netherlands itself by most countryfolk in stead of the surname up till the reign of Napoleon Lodewijk in the nineteenth century. It was used in 17th century Nieuw Nederland as well, and up till the nineteenth century in Dutch areas of New York, often with the christian name only, often in combination with the christian name and surname. Earlier on, the women had their own form of the patronymic ending in "-dochter", meaning "daughter". The patronymic was also used instead of the surname in Scandinavia, well into the nineteenth century. In Iceland people even today bear the corresponding male or female patronymic only, having no surnames whatsoever. The type of patronmyc that became popular amongst the Dutch, having the ending -sen, -se, -s, or -sz, was itself a shortening of the original, longer male patronymic ending in -szoon. Thus ARENTSZOON, meaning ARENT'S SON, from which ARENTSEN, ARENTSE, ARENTS and ARENTSZ all derive. BdFM

Albert Andriessen Bradt's mother

Aefie (Aeffie, Aafje, Eva) was supposedly born in 1584 in Frederikstad, Smaalenenes (later known as Ostfold, Norway). Aeffie was wed to Andries Arentsen Bradt / Bratt before 1607. The patronymic "Pieterse" and the surname "Kinetis", often attributed to her, are false. Aefie and Andries had at least two sons: Albert Andriessen Bradt, born in 1607 in Frederikstad, died 1686 near Albany, NY; and Arent Andriessen Bradt, born in 1618 in Frederikstad, died in 1662 in Beverwyck, Nieuw Nederland (now Albany, NY). Aeffie herself might have died at Beverwyck, Nieuw Nederland (New Netherland), which did not become Albany, New York until 1664 when the British captured and renamed it. But it is much more likely that Aefie (Eva) and her husband Andries (Anders?), parents of Albert and Arent, never left Europe. In reality, nothing is known of this woman at all, except that her given name was very likely Aefie (Eva), as that is the name that both Albert and Arent gave their eldest daughters. But the patronymic Pieterse, and the surname Kinetis, and all dates attributed to her, (as well as her supposedly having been a Mohawk Princess !) are sheer invention, and have been debunked by Cynthia Brott Biasca in her article <Jacques Hertel and the Indian Princess> in the New York Biographical and Genealogical Record, Vol. 128, number 2, pp. 91-97. https://familysearch.org/photos/stories/1574886 En fin, one can safely presume that Aefie's husband, the father of Albert and Arent Andriessen Bradt, was indeed called "Andries" (or "Anders" - the Norwegian equivalent thereof), as both sons bore Andriessen as their patronymic. The surname Bradt seems not have been in use till a quarter of a century after the two brothers had settled in the Dutch colony Nieuw Nederland, now New York. The maiden name of Eva/Aefie is unknown: it was not Kinetis. I have removed the surname KINETIS from my own gedcom files. 28 Feb 2015 - BdFM

He passed away in 1686.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Jacobus, Donald Lines. Bradt of Bratt of Albany and New York, N.Y. The American Genealogist: Volume 24 (1948), pages 231-241.
2. ↑ Clarke, Robert Gordon. Andries <Arent> Bradt. 28 November 2014. Early New Netherland Settlers website, rootsweb.com. Citing: Jacobus (1948) and Olive Tree Genealogy, by Lorine M Schulze www.olivetreegenealogy.com, Record: January 1936 page 4, RootsWeb: WorldConnect: Anderson Estes Family by Otis Anderson, History of the Swartwout Family, by Carl N Van Auken, 1995. page 1 of 10, Ackerman-Carhart and Related Families, by Bruce E Ackerman, 1991. 929.273 Ac57ab page 20. Descendants of Albert and Arent Andriessen Bradt, by Cynthia B Biasca 929.273 B729bc page 4.
3. ↑ See Richard Schermerhorn, Jr's NYG&B, Vol. 48, article, "An Early Colonial Manuscript and Biographical Noters Thereon," cited below--p. 236ff.
4. ↑ on 26 Aug. 1636, the following contract was signed at Amsterdam, Netherlands:
   "In the name of the Lord, Amen. On conditions hereafter specified, we, Pieter Cornelissen van munnickendam, millwright, 43 years of age, Claesz jans van naerden, 33 years of age, house carpenter, and albert andriessen van fredrickstadt, 29 years of age, tobacco planter, have agreed among ourselves, first to sail in God's name to New Netherland in the small vessel which now lies ready and to betake ourselves to the colony of Rensselaerswyck for the purpose of settling there on the following conditions made with Mr. Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, as patroon of the said colony, etc.
   Thus done and passed in good faith, under pledge of our persons and property subject to all courts and justices for the fulfillment of what is aforewritten, at Amsterdam, this 26th of August 1636.
   In witness whereof we have signed these with our own hands in the presence of the undersigned notary public . . . .
   Killiaen Van Rensselaer
   Pieter Cornelissen
   albert andriessen
   Claes Jansen
   J.Vande Ven, Notary."
   • From It's about time Vol IV Chronical Historical and genealogical research note on some of the paternal ancestors, descendant and collateral lines of Frederick Perry De Coursey (1900-1978) cites; John O. Evjen, Scandinavian Immigrants in New York (1916), p.29
5. ↑ van Rensselaer, Kiliaen. New York State Library: Van Rensselaer Bowier Manuscripts Being the Letters of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, 1630-1643, and Other Documents Relating to the Colony of Rensselaerswyck. Transl. and Ed. by A. J. F. Van Laer.. Albany, 1908. p. 500-501
6. ↑ Schermerhorn, Jr., Richard. "An Early Colonial Manuscript and Biographical Notes Thereon: List of Those Who Are Invited to the Interment, Bearing Mourning, of the Corpse of Mr. Jeremiah Van Rensselaer..." In The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 237-238. 3rd ed. Vol. 48. New York, N.Y.: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1917.
7. ↑ van Rensselaer, Kiliaen. New York State Library: Van Rensselaer Bowier Manuscripts Being the Letters of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, 1630-1643, and Other Documents Relating to the Colony of Rensselaerswyck. Transl. and Ed. by A. J. F. Van Laer.. Albany, 1908. p. 809-810
8. ↑ Miner, Mark E. (2010) Miner Descent.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Record, July 1987, p. 130; The American Genealogist, Volume 24, 1949, p. 231; Settlers of Rensselaerwyck, by A J F Van Laer, 1908, p. 10; Olive Tree Genealogy, by Lorine M Schulze, www.olivetreegenealogy.com; Ackerman-Carhart and Related Families, by Bruce E. Ackerman, 1991, 929.273 Ac57ab, p. 20; Descendants of Albert and Arent Andriessen Bradt, by Cynthia B Biasca, 929.273 B729bc, p. 1.
10. ↑ Ship Journey: 1636 - Rensselaerswyck, bound for Rensselaerswyck - arrived 1637, New Amsterdam History Center, Mapping Early New York, Encyclopedia, Ship Journeys, https://encyclopedia.nahc-mapping.org/shipjourney/1636-rensselaerswyck-bound-rensselaerswyck-arrived-1637
11. ↑
    • Marriage: Stadsarchief Amsterdam

    inschrijvingsdatum	27-03-1632	registration date
    naam bruidegom	Andriess, Albert	name bridegroom
    naam bruid	Baerents, Annetje	name bride
    bronverwijzing	DTB 438, p.289	source reference
    opmerkingen	Huwelijksintekeningen van de KERK.	notes

    • Image: "Netherlands, Noord-Holland Province, Church Records, 1523-1948," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-31158-17798-26?cc=2037985 : accessed 9 October 2015), Nederlands Hervormde > Amsterdam > Huwelijksaangiften, Trouwen 1630-1632 > image 441 of 602; Nederlands Rijksarchiefdienst, Den Haag (NethVan erlands National Archives, The Hague). Right page, bottom entry.
12. ↑ Kip/Kipp Family of New Amsterdam: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=edwkipp8&id=I2531, Journey to a New Land: The Bradt Family in History, Joan Bradt Wood, 1999. Oakville, (Canada: Private publication, M & T Printing Group, Kitchener, Ontario)
13. ↑ Fernow, Berthold. The Records of New Amsterdam From 1653 to 1674 Anno Domini (The Knickerbocker Press, 1897) page 56.
14. ↑ Fernow, Berthold. The Records of New Amsterdam From 1653 to 1674 Anno Domini (The Knickerbocker Press, 1897) page 57.
15. ↑ Brouwer genealogy Database:https://sites.rootsweb.com/~brouwergenealogydata/p35.htm#i134097 accessed Sept 30, 2018 Which Cites: John Reynolds Totten, "Editorial Iconoclastiana", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vol. 65, pp.13-30, 122-131 (1934): 65:129.
16. ↑ Wardell, Patricia A. "Early Bergen County Families", Genealogical Society of Bergen County website, njgsbc.org. Accessed 6 July 2016. "V: Van der Zee, Storm." File: BCFam-V.pdf
17. ↑ Some number of facts about the Normanskill posted Apr 23, 2015. All Over Albany website: http://alloveralbany.com/archive/2015/04/23/many-facts-and-bits-about-the-normanskill.

• Biasca, Cynthia Brott. Descendants of Albert and Arent Andriessen Bradt. Higginson Book Company, 1990.
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