Caleb Brokaw

Born: 12 Jul 1746/7 at Raritan?, NJ
Died: 08 May 1814 (age 68) at Weston, NJ

Father: Isaac Brokaw
Mother: Maritje Van Nostrand

Spouse: Jane Van Nostrand (1748-1823)

Children:

  • Isaac I., b. 16 Aug 1770, Bp. 16 Sep 1770 at Raritan, NJ Dutch Church
  • Abraham C., b. 2 Mar 1773 at Raritan, NJ?
  • Caleb, b. Spring 1776 at Raritan, NJ?
  • Antie (Ann), b. 11 Apr 1778, Bp. 9 May 1779 at "
  • Maria, Bp. 6 Oct 1782 at "

    Caleb Brokaw, born and raised in Somerset County, NJ, married his fourth cousin, a daughter of Isaac Brokaw (41-8), around 1768. Caleb was a farmer and a mason and lived in Weston, NJ in his later years. He served in the Revolutionary War as a Private in Capt. Peter Dumont Vroom's Co., 2nd Regiment of Somerset Co. Militia. In 1780 he received $139 for depreciation of his Continental pay. He was in Piscataway Twp., NJ in 1793 and in Hillsborough Twp. in 1802.

    Caleb died in Weston and Jane in Manville and both are buried in an old family cemetery in Hillsboro (later Mansville). This site was, in 1964, covered by a suburban housing development. On his headstone reads:

    In memory of Caleb Brokaw, who died May 8, 1814, in the 68th year of his life.

    This spot contains the ashes of the just
    Who sought no honors, betrayed no trust,
    This truth he proved in every path he trod,
    An honest man, - the noblest work of God.

    The gravestone data was copied in 1915 by a descendent.

    Source: Our Brokaw-Bragaw Heritage