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Paul Brower2006-12-20 22:55:44 Most likely the family surname was BROUWER before 1770, in view of the rarity of any persons surnamed BROWER in greater New York City and the Hudson Valley before the American Revolution. BROUWER was generally anglicized to BROWER as the old Dutch population assimilated among others about 100 years after the English took over New Amsterdam. Henry is often known as HENDRI(c)K in Dutch. |