I am gathering information about my husband's ancestors and here's what I have so far.
Myndert (Minor) Bradt was born in Albany, New York in 1758 and was baptized in 1760. His parents were Jan Brat and Sanje Zeger (John Bradt and Susan Seger)of Albany , New York.
Minor Bradt joined the Butler's Rangers and settled in the Home District after the Revolutionary War. He married Catherine Van Alstine in Niagara and had several children.
One son, William Bradt, married Eizabeth Austin. The Bradt family…
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Surname Saturday - Bradt
Surname Saturday - Brat, Bradt
My husband is descended from the Albany Brat family, Albert the Norman" Brat, his brother founded the Schenectady family. I started a new database for my husband's family. I've been gathering Dutch Reformed Church records from Albany before the Rev. War. They spelled the surname Brat in the records. I was looking for John Bradt who was married to Susan Seger, I found him, Jan Brat, married to Zantje Zeger.
I found the baptismal records for their son, Myndert (Minor), a private in Butler's Rangers…
Wordless Wednesday - On The Island
Charles Phipps, husband of Emma Bradt on his farm on Pelee Island.
We Met For The First Time ...... Again
My husband in front of Butler's Barracks,
Niagara-on-the-lake, Ontario
I met my husband for the first time in April of 1998, but something about him seemed so familiar, like we've known each other all our lives. As I started researching my family history, I researched his family, the Bradts. I discovered that several of his ancestors were Loyalists, and they served in John Butler's Corp of Rangers. As a matter of fact, John Butler was married to Catherine Bradt.Niagara-on-the-lake, Ontario
I soon was reading all about the Bu…
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