James Brard was a son of Martin Brard and Madeleine Blanchard, both from France. On 4 August 1766, he was baptized as Jacques Brard at the French Church of New York City.
He used the name James (the English equivalent for Jacques) as an adult.
A carpenter, he became a member of the The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New-York in 1792.
James Brard married Jane Black in 1796. He became the father of four daughters.
In 1798, he lived with his wife and his eldest daughter Elizabeth Brard at 24 Robinson Street in Manhattan (present-day Park Place, on the block now occupied by the Woolworth Building and the 30 Park Place hotel and condominium tower).
In 1801, the family lived at 34 Vesey Street in Manhattan, and James Brard was a block and pumpmaker with a shop at Walton's Wharf on the East River between Peck Slip and Dover Street.
In 1803, the family lived at 69 Chatham Street (present-day Park Row).
In 1804 and 1805, the family was living very close by at 7 Orange Street in Manhattan near the corner with Chatham Street (present-day Baxter Street, no longer continuous to Park Row, at the site of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse).
He was buried on 9 March 1806 at the [North] Dutch Church near his home.
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From Registers of the Births, Marriages, and Deaths of the "Eglise Françoise À la Nouvelle York", Alfred Victor Wittmeyer, 1886, p. 280.
Bateme - Aujourd'hui 4e. d'Août 1766 J'ay batisé en chambre (l'enfant se trouvant malade) Jaques Brard né le dernier de Juillet passé, fils de Martin Brard et de Madeleine Ci devant Veuve Trumeau, sa femme, presenté au St. Batême par Nicolas Toulon et Debora son Epouse, Parain et Maraine. Fait à la Nouvelle York le jour et an que dessus.
J: P: Têtard
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His surname was spelled variously as Brard, Breard and Berard.
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James Brard was a son of Martin Brard and Madeleine Blanchard, both from France. On 4 August 1766, he was baptized as Jacques Brard at the French Church of New York City.
He used the name James (the English equivalent for Jacques) as an adult.
A carpenter, he became a member of the The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New-York in 1792.
James Brard married Jane Black in 1796. He became the father of four daughters.
In 1798, he lived with his wife and his eldest daughter Elizabeth Brard at 24 Robinson Street in Manhattan (present-day Park Place, on the block now occupied by the Woolworth Building and the 30 Park Place hotel and condominium tower).
In 1801, the family lived at 34 Vesey Street in Manhattan, and James Brard was a block and pumpmaker with a shop at Walton's Wharf on the East River between Peck Slip and Dover Street.
In 1803, the family lived at 69 Chatham Street (present-day Park Row).
In 1804 and 1805, the family was living very close by at 7 Orange Street in Manhattan near the corner with Chatham Street (present-day Baxter Street, no longer continuous to Park Row, at the site of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse).
He was buried on 9 March 1806 at the [North] Dutch Church near his home.
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From Registers of the Births, Marriages, and Deaths of the "Eglise Françoise À la Nouvelle York", Alfred Victor Wittmeyer, 1886, p. 280.
Bateme - Aujourd'hui 4e. d'Août 1766 J'ay batisé en chambre (l'enfant se trouvant malade) Jaques Brard né le dernier de Juillet passé, fils de Martin Brard et de Madeleine Ci devant Veuve Trumeau, sa femme, presenté au St. Batême par Nicolas Toulon et Debora son Epouse, Parain et Maraine. Fait à la Nouvelle York le jour et an que dessus.
J: P: Têtard
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His surname was spelled variously as Brard, Breard and Berard.
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