In brief

Born about 1608 in Oudenbroeck (now Altenbruch, Germany). October 8, 1636: Left Amsterdam headed to Fort Orange, New Netherland with her husband, children, and brother-in-law aboard the Rensselaerswyck ship. She married April 11, 1632, on Easter Sunday in Oudekerk, Amsterdam, Holland. She died 1661/1662.

Family

Father
Barent van Rotmers
no. 29709
Mother
Geesje Barents
no. 29710

Children

  • b. January 1633 in Amsterdam, Netherlands
    m. October 1647 in Rensselaerswyck, New Netherland
    m. August 13, 1657, at the Reformed Church in Beverwyck, Fort Orange, New Netherland
    d. Abt. 1689, in Hurley, Ulster County, New York
  • Barent Albertse Bradt
    b. October 1634 in Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Storm van der Zee Bradt
    b. November 1636, in sea (name literally means “Storm at Sea”)
    d. 1679
  • Engeltie Bradt
    b. Abt. 1637
    d. 1683
  • Andries Bradt
    b. Abt. 1642
  • Jan Bradt
    b. Abt. 1648
    d. Abt. 1698
  • Dirk Bradt
    b. Abt. 1650
  • ____ Bradt
    m. Teunis Slingerland

Siblings

  • Barent Barentsen
    b. in Oudenbroeck

Life story

Born in a Storm at Sea

Annatje Barents van Rotmer was born around 1608 in Oudenbroeck (now Altenbruch, Germany) and married Albert Andriessen Bradt in Amsterdam on Easter Sunday, 1632. In October 1636 she sailed with her husband, children, and brother-in-law for New Netherland aboard the ship Rensselaerswyck, and on November 2, mid-voyage, gave birth to a son during a violent storm. Annatje died around 1661–1662.

Sources (3)
  1. Charles Howard Burnett, The Chipp Family in England and America (Los Angeles, CA: United Printing Company, 1933, page 153-154; digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/chippfamilyineng00burn/mode/2up : accessed 20 January 2025).
  2. Cynthia Brott Biasca, Descendants of Albert and Arent Andriessen Bradt (Wolfe City, TX: Henington Publishing Company, 1990); digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/279355-descendants-of-albert-and-arent-andriessen-bradt : accessed 26 January 2025).
  3. Cynthia Brott Biasca, Supplement to Descendants of Albert and Arent Andriessen Bradt (Wolfe City, TX: Henington Publishing Company, 1993); digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/323408 : accessed 27 January 2025).