Brunk, Nicholas
Birth
Nicholas Brunk was born in the Mohawk Valley, of Holland ancestry and was a descendant from one of five brothers who migrated from Holland and settled along the Mohawk River as pioneers. [1] Nicholas was born in 1780. [2]
Occupation
He was a farmer. Nicholas settled in the town of Knox, where he cleared him a farm and made him a home on 130 acres of land. [1]
Marriage & Children
Nicholas married Elizabeth Miller[[1] at about 1800. Their children:
- Mathias Brunk[1]
- Hannah Brunk[1]
- Henry Brunk, married Rebecca Fowler[1]
- Jacob Brunk[1]
- Gittie Ann Brunk[1]
- Eva Brunk[1]
- Catherine Brunk[1]
- Lydia Brunk[1]
Death
Nicholas died on December 27, 1842, age 62 and his wife, Elizabeth Miller died on May 2, 1865 age 80. Both were buried on the Old Brunk farm. [2]
Additional Media
Henry died on December 12, 1865 and his wife on May 26, 1893[1] Both are buried at the Church Cemetery at Thompson's Lake[2]
Additional Media
Brunk, James H., was born January 8, 1840, in the town of Berne on the farm he now owns. Nicholas Brunk, his grandfather, was born in the Mohawk Valley, of Holland ancestry and was a descendant from one of five brothers who migrated from Holland and settled along the Mohawk River as pioneers; Nicholas settled in the town of Knox, where he cleared him a farm and made him a home on 130 acres of land. His wife was Elizabeth Miller and their children were Mathias, Hannah, Henry, Jacob, Gittie Ann, Eva, Catherine and Lydia.
Henry Brunk, the father of James, was born in Knox February 28, 1806, where he was a lifelong farmer. He married Rebecca Fowler who was born in Berne on the farm now owned by her son, March 17, 1809. After his marriage, he purchased from his father-in-law the farm of 146 acres and there spent his life. Their children were Almira, Lydia Ann, Jabez, James H., Elizabeth, Catherine S., Nicholas J., and Edgar. He died December 13, 1865, and his wife May 36, 1893. She was a daughter of Lewis Fowler, who was a native of England and came to America in the time of the Revolutionary war and served seven years in the war.
James H. Brunk has spent his life on the homestead farm. When a boy he attended the common district schools, but after the death of his father, he hired the farm from his mother and the other heirs and in 1868 pur- chased it and has added to it since then twenty-seven acres, where he has devoted his attention to a general farming and the breeding of fine grade cattle. Mr. Brunk has filled the office of overseer of the poor for several years. He is an influential member of the Patrons of Industry and president of the Evening Star Lodge of Berne. March 4, 1865, he married Louisa E. Hungerford of Berne, and their children are Willie J., Frank T.. Hattie (who died when nineteen), Lena, Alfred and Leroy.
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