When Dirck Claese Braecke was born in 1625, in Holy Roman Empire, his father, Claas or Claes Braeck, was 26 and his mother, Annetgen Jans Buijser, was 28. He married Aechtje Jacobse on 12 November 1650, in New York City, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He died on 24 March 1693, in Bergen Township, Hudson, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 68.
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Historical Boundaries: 1661: New Netherland 1676: New Jersey Colony, British Colonial America 1683: Bergen, New Jersey Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Bergen, New Jersey, United States 1840: Hudson, New Jersey, United States 1862: Absorbed by Bergen Town
Some characteristic forenames: German Erwin, Fritz.
Americanized form of Norwegian Brekke .
German: variant of Breck .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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