Person:Adam Brodbeck (1)

Watchers
m. 1742
  1. Anna Brobeck1743 - 1818
  2. Adam BrobeckAbt 1747 - Bef 1784
  3. Elizabeth Rosina BrobeckAbt 1752 - Bet abt 1800 & 1810
  4. John BrobeckAbt 1755 - 1808
  5. Barbara BrobeckAbt 1758 - 1839
  6. Jacob Brobeck1762 - 1838
  7. Philip BrobeckAbt 1764 - 1810
Facts and Events
Name Adam Brodbeck
Alt Name Adam Brudeback
Alt Name Adam Broback
Gender Male
Birth? 17 May 1722 Muttenz, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland
Marriage 1742 Muttenz, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerlandto Elizabeth Zehnder
Death? Mar 1779 Shenandoah County, Virginia

Adam Brodbeck was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Emigration to American Colonies

The families of Adam Browbak Sr. & Adam Browbak Jr. are listed on the passenger list on the Ship Crown, which sailed from Rotterdam, last from Cowes and which arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 30 August 1749. There were 500 passengers on this ship.

Early Land Acquisition in Virginia

Acquisition of Land from Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants:

  • N-104: Adam Broback of Frederick County, 300 acres on Funks Mill Run in said County. Surv. Robert Rutherford. Adj. Frederick Opp, John & Jacob Funkhouser, Stephen Dielwick. 9 Aug. 1765. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 174].

Records in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:

  • Page 331.- [undated, abt. 1764] - Settlement of Henry Horse's estate, by Sarah Horse, recorded--Cash paid Leonard Seamon, Thos. Singleton's note of hand; cash paid Hans Michael Seamon; cash paid Christopher Hoofman; cash paid Adam Brudeback; cash paid Charles Wilson; cash paid Henry Shipler; cash paid Hannah Dyer; cash paid John Duncan. Credit by Leonard Seamon for 3 years' rent of the plantation, the valuation of the improvement on the plantation made by the deceased, Henry Horse, which is now conveyed to Robert Davis, who is married to the widow of said Henry.


Records in Frederick County, VA

  • P-80: Andrew Dresser of Frederick County, 90 acres on Funk's Mill Run in said County. Surv. Peter Stephens. Adj. Henry Felkner, Jacob Funkhouser, John Funkhouser, Adam Broback. 7 Oct. 1771. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 213].