John's life started out innocently enough with his birth on November 14th, 1678 in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York. His family moved to Somerset, New Jersey in 1702 and he married Sarah Van Middleswardt two years later. John and Sarah started their family of nine children in October 1705 and acquired 300 acres of land on the Millstone River, pictured above, and eight negro slaves. Millstone River flows northward through southern Somerset County into the Raritan River. The name of their place of residence was "Three Mile Run".The obvious wealth of this man alerts me to his manner of living. Evidently, John was protective of his family and property because he "Served as a noted Indian fighter and in 1715 served in Captain Peter De Mott's 6th Company of Col. Thomas Farmer's Regiment of New York Militia."
John died on the 16th of October 1740 at age 61 in Raritan, Somerset, New Jersey.
JOHN BROUCARD
BORN: 14 Nov 1678 in Flatbush, Brooklyn, NY
MARRIED: 10 Oct 1704 in Somerset, NJ
DIED: 16 Oct 1740 in Raritan, Somerset, NJ
SOURCES: Old Militia Miles, FTW; Ancestral Files at FamilySearch.org; Book: Brokaw/Bragaw Families by Mrs. Elsie Foster; Will of John Broucard.
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