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Papers, 1689-1854
Author
Bratt Family.
Pages:
2
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Control Number:
(N) SC17396
Author:
Bratt Family.
Title:
Papers, 1689-1854.
Quantity:
2 boxes (0.50 cubic ft.)
Arrangement:
Arranged by family member.
Historical/biog note:
Albany, N.Y. area family. Owned large tracts of land in and around Albany, Greenbush and the Hoosick patent.
Abstract:
The Bratt family papers relate chiefly to extensive land holdings in the city of Albany and the surrounding area, the Town of Greenbush and Hoosick Patent in Rensselaer County. In addition there are last wills and testaments of various family members and genealogical notes that reveal much information about the family and the historical setting in which the documents were created.
Abstract:
The principal figures in the papers are Daniel Bratt (1672-1733), his son Bernardus (b. 1704), Bernardus' son Hendrick (b.1750), and Hendrick's son Henry (b. 1785). Of historical interest are a 1709 document of Barent Albertsz Bratt, the fact that formal documents were still being written in Dutch in 1783, the purchase by Daniel Bratt of the sawmill on the Normanskill that had belonged to his father Barent and grandfather Albert (the original "Noorman"), the rise of Bernardus Bratt from shoemaker to gentleman and his service in the French and Indian War, and the activities of women in the family: Rachel Ryckman's schooling, Elisabeth Bratt's investing in land, and Elizabeth Helling's travelling to England. A curiosity is Neklas Bovie's birchbark note.
Provenance note:
The Dutch Settlers Society of Albany in 1965 received a collection of Bratt family papers from Miss Edytha C. Boyce; the collection was later presented to the New York State Library.
Finding aids:
Unpublished guide available in repository.
Preferred citation:
Bratt family Papers, 1689-1854.
Personal subject:
Bratt family.
Personal subject:
Bratt, Daniel, 1672-1733.
Personal subject:
Bratt, Bernadus, b.1704.
Personal subject:
Bratt, Hendrick, b.1704.
Personal subject:
Bratt, Henry, b.1785.
Subject:
Dutch Americans.
Subject:
Land titles--New York (State)
Geographic terms:
New York (State)--History--Colonial period,ca. 1600-1775.
Geographic terms:
Albany (N.Y.)
Geographic terms:
Albany County (N.Y.)
Form/genre terms:
Deeds. ftamc
Form/genre terms:
Leases. ftamc
Electronic access:
Finding aid: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/msscfa/sc17396.htm
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