Gershom Jaques Van Brunt

The New Netherland Ancestors of

GERSHOM JAQUES VAN BRUNT



Naval Officer




			   __Rutger Joosten Van Brunt11
			  |
		      __Cornelius Rutgerszen Van Brunt10,12
		     |    |
		     |    |__Tryntje Claes11
		     |
		 __Nicholas Van Brunt7,13,16
		|    |
		|    |          __Willem Andriaenszen Bennet10
		|    |         |
		|    |     __Adrian Willemszen Bennet10
		|    |    |    |
		|    |    |    |     __Thomas Badie10
		|    |    |    |    |
		|    |    |    |__Maria Thomasdr. Badie10
		|    |    |         |
		|    |    |         |__Aeltje Braconie10
		|    |    |
		|    |__Tryntje Adriaens Bennet10,12
		|         |
		|         |     __Jan Thomaszen Van Dyke9,10
		|         |    |
		|         |__Agnietje Jans Van Dyke9,10
		|              |
		|              |__Tryntie Achias9
		|
	    __Nicholas Van Brunt7,14
	   |    |
	   |    |          __Jacob Hendrickszen Hafte16,18
	   |    |         |
	   |    |     __Hendrick Hendricks16
	   |    |    |    |
	   |    |    |    |     __Bartel Claeszen18
	   |    |    |    |    |
	   |    |    |    |__Geesje Bartel16,18
	   |    |    |         |
	   |    |    |         |__(Hildegonde (__) or Hillitje Arent)18,19
	   |    |    |
	   |    |__Geesje Hendricks7,16
	   |         |
	   |         |     __Jacques Cortelyou17
	   |         |    |
	   |         |__Helena Cortelyou16
	   |              |
	   |              |__Neeltje Van Duyn17
	   |
       __Nicholas Van Brunt7,15
      |    |
      |    |                         __Wolfert Gerritszen Van Kouwenhoven7
      |    |                        |
      |    |                    __Gerrit Wolfertszen Van Kouwenhoven7
      |    |                   |    |
      |    |                   |    |__Neeltgen Jacobs7
      |    |                   |
      |    |               __Willem Gerritszen Van Kouwenhoven7
      |    |              |    |
      |    |              |    |     __Cornelis Lambertszen Cool7
      |    |              |    |    |
      |    |              |    |__Aeltje Cornelise Cool7
      |    |              |         |
      |    |              |         |__(__)7
      |    |              |
      |    |          __Cornelis Willemse Van Kouwenhoven7
      |    |         |    |
      |    |         |    |          __Jean Monfoort8
      |    |         |    |         |
      |    |         |    |     __Pieter Monfoort7,8
      |    |         |    |    |    |
      |    |         |    |    |    |__Jacqueline Moreau8
      |    |         |    |    |
      |    |         |    |__Jannetje Monfoort7,8
      |    |         |         |
      |    |         |         |__Sarah De Planck8
      |    |         |
      |    |     __William Covenhoven7
      |    |    |    |
      |    |    |    |          __Marten Schenck
      |    |    |    |         |
      |    |    |    |     __Roelof Martenszen Schenck7
      |    |    |    |    |    |
      |    |    |    |    |    |__(__)
      |    |    |    |    |
      |    |    |    |__Margaretta Schenck7
      |    |    |         |
      |    |    |         |     __Pieter Claeszen Wyckoff6,7
      |    |    |         |    |
      |    |    |         |__Annetje Wyckoff7
      |    |    |              |
      |    |    |              |     __Cornelis Hendrickszen Van Ness6
      |    |    |              |    |
      |    |    |              |__Grietje Van Ness6
      |    |    |                   |
      |    |    |                   |__Maycke Hendricks Van de Burchgraeff6
      |    |    |
      |    |__Catherine Covenhoven7
      |         |
      |         |          __Hendrick Willemszen1
      |         |         |
      |         |     __Daniel Hendrickson1,3,7
      |         |    |    |
      |         |    |    |     __Albert Andrieszen Bradt1,2
      |         |    |    |    |
      |         |    |    |__Gisseltie Albertse Bradt1,2
      |         |    |         |
      |         |    |         |     __Barent Rottmer2
      |         |    |         |    |
      |         |    |         |__Annetje Barents2
      |         |    |              |
      |         |    |              |__Geesje Barents2
      |         |    |
      |         |__Annetje Hendrickson4,7
      |              |
      |              |          __Jan Thomaszen Van Dyke5
      |              |         |
      |              |     __Jan Janszen Van Dyke1,2,4
      |              |    |    |
      |              |    |    |__Tryntje Achias5
      |              |    |
      |              |__Catharine Van Dyke1,4,7
      |                   |
      |                   |     __Matthys Janszen Lanen Van Pelt3
      |                   |    |
      |                   |__Teuntje Thyssen Van Pelt3,4
      |                        |
      |                        |__Marykens Gysberts3
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GERSHOM JAQUES VAN BRUNT15
      |
      |__Elizabeth Jaques15



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Biography of HENRY VAN BRUNT

 
VAN BRUNT, Gershom Jaques, naval officer, born in Monmouth County, New Jersey, 28 August 1798; died in Dedham, Massachusetts, 17 December 1863. He entered the service as a midshipman on 1 January 1818, served in Commander David Porter's Mosquito Fleet against pirates in the West Indies, was made a Lieutenant on 3 March 1827, and rose to be a Commander on 29 Nay 1846, and commanded the brig "Etna" in the Gulf during the Mexican War, during which he participated in the expedition against Tuspan and the second expedition against Tobasco. He served as a commissioner to survey the boundary-line of California in 1848-1850, and was promoted a Captain on 14 September 1855. He commanded the "Minnesota," and took an active part in the reduction of the forts at Cape Hatteras and in operations in the North Carolina sounds and the blockade of Hampton Roads, where he saved his ship from the Confederate ram "Merrimac." He was commissioned as Commodore on 16 July 1862, and was retired because of his age on 28 April 1863
 

 


Notes and Sources


   1.  Riker, David M., Genealogical and Biographical Directory to Persons
       in New Netherland from 1613 to 1674.  CD-ROM. Cambridge: The
       Learning Company, 1999.  710.
   2.  Ibid., p. 175.
   3.  Ibid., p. 1632.
   4.  Aitken, William Benford, Distinguished Families in America Descended from
       Wilhelmus Beekman and Jan Thomasse Van Dyke.  New York:  The
       Knickerbocker Press, 1912.  187-190.
   5.  Ibid., p. 174-177.
   6.  Hoffman, William J., "An Armory of American Families of Dutch Descent -
       Van Ness - Van den Burchgraeff," The New York Genealogical and
       Biographical Record, 72 (1941):  148-155.
   7.  Cocheu, Lincoln C. "The Van Kouwenhoven-Conover Family."  The New York
       Genealogical and Biographical Record, 70 (1939):  230-225, 353-356; 71
       (1940):  69-74, 157-162, 273-276, 365-367; 81 (1950):  123-125, 172-178,
       225-230; 82 (1951):  34-42, 89-97, 175-183, 211-236; 83 (1952):  86-91,
       147-152.
   8.  Riker, op. cit., p. 1025.
   9.  Aitken, William Benford, Distinguished Families in America Descended from
       Wilhelmus Beekman and Jan Thomasse Van Dyke.  New York:  The
       Knickerbocker Press, 1912.  174-177.
  10.  Ledley, Wilson V., "Willem Adriaense Bennet of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Some
       of His Descendants," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record,
       93 (1962):  193-204; 94 (1963):  34-41, 107-114, 156-169, 203-213; 95
       (1964):  10-27, 155-165, 203-207.
  11.  Bergen, Teunis G., Genealogy of the Van Brunt Family, 1653-1867.  Albany:
       Joel Munsell: 1867.  1-4.
  12.  Ibid., p. 5-6.
  13.  Ibid., p. 11-12.
  14.  Ibid., p. 22.
  15.  Ibid., p. 54-55.
  16.  Cortelyou, John Van Zandt, The Cortelyou Genealogy - A Record of Jacques
       Corteljou and of Many of His Descendants.  Lincoln:  Press of Brown
       Printing Service, 1942.  82-85.
  17.  Ibid., p. 67.
  18.  Riker, op. cit., p. 261.
  19.  The source used does not indicate which woman was the mother of Geesje
       Bartel.

 

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