Fifth Generation


64. Catharine (Catrena) NORWOOD was born before 1 May 1737 in New Brunswick, Middlesex, NJ.453 She was baptized on 1 May 1737 in New Brunswick First Reformed Church, NJ.454 She lived in New York, NY, NY in 1790.455 Catharine died after 1790 at the age of 53.456

Catharine (Catrena) NORWOOD and Willem BRAISIER were married on 17 July 1761 in New York, NY, NY.455,457,458,459,460 Willem BRAISIER, son of Henrij BRAISIER and Abigael PEARSALL, was born before 6 November 1734 in New York, NY, NY.461,462,463 He was baptized on 6 November 1734 in Albany Co, NY.462,463,464,465 In 1759 he was in Lake Champlain, NY.463,466 Have no way of establishing if this is MY William Brazier.

New-York Journal, 12 Mar 1767, Issue 1262, p 3 (accessed on genealogybank):
In the hard Gale of Wind, on Monday Night the 2nd Instant, Mr. William Brazier, of this City and two other Men in a small Sloop or Wood Boat, who were going a Fishing, and had anchor'd near Coney Island, in order to take in Ballast, were it is supposed all lost, the Boat having been found driven on Shore, and the Men not since heard of.

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