Maria Elizabetha Catharina (Reuter) Brandau (abt. 1688 - abt. 1747)

Born about 1688 in Rotterdam, Holland, Nederland

Wife of Johann Wilhelm Brandau — married Mar 1705 in Pfalz, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Descendants

Died about 1747 at about age 59 in Catskill, Greene, New York

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Biography

Clifton's Collectables Genealogy^[1] Johann Wilhelm Brandau married Maria Elizabeetha Catharina/Carharuse Reuter, March 1705 in Germany. Maria was born in 1688 in Rotterdam, Holland. Johann was born in 1679 in Pfaltz, Bayern, Germany. He emigrated 21 June 1709 from Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, with his wife and three children, to New York, New York, aboard Capt. Robert Bulman's ship, the Rotterdam. He was naturalized, 8 September 1715 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York. He died Dec. 1747 in Amsterdam, New York. The Brandau family was originally French. They were driven from France by religious persecution and went for refuge to the Palatinate of Germany, an old province on the Rhine River. They were Huguenots. The Palatinate was overrun and thousands fled to England. Johann was a baker by trade in London, England in 1709. The Brandau family settled in West Camp, New York and had four more boys.

Genealogies of Some Old Dutch Families^{[2] [3]} JOHANN WILHELM BRANDAU [Brandow], a Palatine, came to New York about 1710. In 1728 he bought land in the 2d division of the Loveridge Patent. His wife's name was Maria Elizabetha Catharina.--Children:

• Nicolaas, supposed to be a son, b. in Germany, m. Kingston, Nov. 5, 1726, Elizabeth Klyn. Lived on or near the Katerskil, and was alive in 1770.

• Johannes, b. W. Camp, Feb. 16, 1712, m. Athens, Nov. 30, 1737, Jannetje, b. May 16, 1713, dau. Arent Claase Van Schaak and Marytje Van Loon, d. between Jan. 11, and Apr. 28, 1786, the date and probate of his will. A large land owner.

• Johann Frederick, b. W. Camp. Jan. 1, 1715, m. Dec. 5 or 10, 1737, at Bak-Oven, Marytje Graat, d. between Sept. 12, 1787, and July 10, 1789 the date and probate of his will. Lived on the Katerskil.

• Anna Christina Elizabetha, b. W. Camp, Nov. 8, 1717, m. Dec. 3, 1739, Hannes [John], bp. Albany, Aug. 31, 1718, son Hendrick Schermerhoorn and Elsje or Elizabeth.

• Godfrey, b. ____, m. Athens, March 10, 1739-40, Catrina [2 J. P. O. Gen.], dau. Pieter Overbagh and Maria Chirstina Thonius, d. about 1795, in Greenvill or Freehold. Will dated June 10, 1789.

Ray Smith of Long Lake, NY:Information about MARIA ELIZABETHA CATHARINA CARHARUSE/REUTER (edited for better readability)^[4]

MARIA ELIZABETHA CATHARINA CARHARUSE/REUTER (daughter of JACOB REUTTER and ANNA GROB) was born 1688 in Rotterdam, Holland, died in Catskill, Greene Co., NY. She married JOHANN WILHELM BRANDOW on 1700 in Pfalz, Palatine, Germany, son of BRANDOW.

Notes for MARIA ELIZABETHA CATHARINA CARHARUSE/REUTER: Germany shown also as place of birth

• Date born 2: 1685, Germany.
• Date born 3: 1688, Germany.
• Burial 1: Probably New Amsterdam, NY.
• Burial 2: Prob. New Amsterdam, NY.
• Christening: 28 Mar 1689, Katholisch, Pfullendorf, Konstanz, Baden, Germany.
• Died 2: Catskill, Greene, NY.
• Died 3: Greene Co., NY.

More About MARIA ELIZABETHA CATHARINA CARHARUSE/REUTER and JOHANN WILHELM BRANDOW: Marriage 1: 1700, Pfalz, Palatine, Germany. Marriage 2: Abt. 1705, Germany.

Children of MARIA ELIZABETHA CATHARINA CARHARUSE/REUTER and JOHANN WILHELM BRANDOW are:

• GOTTFRIED BRANDOW, b. 03 Jun 1719, West Camp, Ulster Co., NY192, d. 25 Dec 1795, Freehold, Greene, NY193.

Notes

Maria's middle name has also been recorded as Carharuse.

Given names show great variation.

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.nkclifton.com/brandow/brandow.html
2. ↑ https://sites.google.com/site/genealogiesofsomeolddutch/brandow
3. ↑ History of Greene County, New York : with biographical sketches of its prominent men (Frederick L. Beers, New York, 1884)
4. ↑ https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/s/m/i/Raymond-W-Smith-NY/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0077.html

• Jones Henry, Palatine Families of New York (1985)