Johannes Pieterse Van Brugh

Johannes Pieterse van Brugh (1624–1697) was one of the early settlers of New Netherland and is the progenitor of the Van Brugh family in the United States. He was prominently connected with the Dutch West India Company as a fur and timber trader in both Rensselaerswyck and New Amsterdam.

Early life and career Johannes Pieterse van Brugh was born in Haarlem, The Netherlands in 1624.

He prospered in New Netherland by exporting furs and timber consigned from upriver at Beverwijck.

Personal life On March 29, 1658, She was the daughter of Roeloff Jansen (1602–1636) and Anneke Jans (later Bogardus) (1605–1663). Together, they were the parents of several children together including:

Helena Van Brugh (1659–1736), who married Theunis De Kay (1659–1708), Anna Van Brugh (1662–1735), who married Andries Grevenraet (1659–1710). Catharina Van Brugh (1665–1730), who married Hendrick van Rensselaer (1667–1740), director of the Eastern patent and son of Jeremias van Rensselaer, the acting patroon of the manor of Rensselaerswyck. Pieter Van Brugh (1666–1740), who served as Mayor of Albany, New York from 1699 to 1700 and again from 1721 to 1723. He married Sara Cuyler (1670–1742).

Through his daughter Catharina, he was the grandfather of:

Maria Van Rensselaer (1689–1756), who married Samuel Ten Broeck (1680–1756), son of Dirck Wesselse Ten Broeck; Catherine Van Rensselaer (1691–1770), who married Johannes Ten Broeck (1683–1765), another son of Dirck Wesselse Ten Broeck; Anna Van Rensselaer (1696–1756), who married Peter Douw. They were the grandparents of Peter Gansevoort and great-great-grandparents of Herman Melville); who married Engeltje Livingston (1698–1746/7) and Gertrude Van Cortlandt; Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1717–1781), who married Ariantje Schuyler (1720–1763) and Maria Low.

Through his son Pieter, he was the grandfather of Catharina Van Brugh (born in 1689), who married Philip Livingston (1686–1749), the second lord of Livingston Manor.