Re: mathias bovee & catherine barrois
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mathias bovee & catherine barrois
karla brewer 1/30/03
I have been researching the earliest Bovee line for a number of years.
I highly recommend Sylvia Wilson' book, "Bovee Files" now available on Amazon.I corresponded with Sylvia a number of years ago, and she is a very careful researcher. You can rely on her almost all of the time.
Your message is several years old.Reply to me if you still are in need of information.
Ryckert Bovee was one of the first settlers in the Hoosac Valley.I am descended from his brother, Mathias.Mathias Bovee, Ryckert's grandfather, was a fur trader, probably from Canada (and France).Matthias is found in very early (1685)Albany,NY records.catherine Barrois is related to some very important families in early Montreal and Quebec, Can.A copy of the marriage record of Catherine's mother, Anne LeBer and father, Antoine, Barrois, is available (in French of course) in Canadian records--about 1670 as I recall.Catherine Barrois came to Albany, NY with her parents and siblings in about 1685 from LaPrairie, Can., just across the river from Montreal.
Nicholas (Claes is the Dutch nickname for Nicholas) Bovee, father of Ryckert, married Cornelia Pieterse (dau. of Peter) Brouwer, and Peter is the eldest son of Adam Brouwer one of the earliest settlers firt on Manhattan Island, then in Brooklyn where he owned a mill.
I am doing this from memory, but can provide specifics if you still need them.
Ila Bovee Kraft