Brott Family

Jefferson County, NY Pioneers

PIONEER BROTT FAMILY

1. NICHOLAS BROTT was born ca. 1780-1790, per census of 1830, Brownville. Notice the various spellings of the name. I believe that this Nicholas BROTT is the son of Nicholas Bratt of Wells, NY and his wife Anna Barbara Overacker, but I have been unable to prove it.

He married
LAVISA (---). The list of their children is only tentative.

Children,

2 i PHILIP BROTT married HANNAH (---)

3 ii HENRY BRAWT married NANCY (---)

4 iii NICHOLAS BROTT married RUTH RODGERS. They and their children lived in De Kalb, St. Lawrence Co.

5 iv ANDREW BROTT married ?CATHARINE (---). They and their children moved to De Kalb, St. Lawrence Co.

6 v JOHN BROTT married MARY (---) and moved to Nebraska.

2. PHILIP BROTT (son of NICHOLAS and LAVISA (---) BROTT) was born ca. 1805. They bought land in Brownville in 1835, part of a contract dated 1832. He sold the land to Edward Maynard, whose daughter married Charles M Brawt, the son of Philip's brother Henry.

He married
HANNAH (---)

Children, BROTT:

7 i HENRY BROTT

8 ii CHARLES BROTT

3. HENRY BRAWT (son of NICHOLAS and LAVISA (---) BROTT) was born 1809 in Jefferson County. He died 22 Nov 1889 at Brownville.

He married
NANCY (---)

Children, BRAWT:

9 i MINERVA BRAWT

10 ii JANE BRAWT married (---) CLARK

11 iii HULDAH BRAWT

12 iv CHARLES M. BRAWT married PAMELA MAYNARD

13 v ELIZABETH BRAWT married STEPHEN GILLETT

14 vi WILLIAM RILEY married MARY (---)

15 vii JAMES BRAWT

16 viii LOUISA BRAWT married JOHN EMOND

17 ix WILFORD BRAWT married ADELINE HOUGHTON

18 x WILLARD WILLIS

There is a Bible record of Henry Brawt in Flower Library, Watertown, NY.

For further information, contact:
Cynthia Brott Biasca

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