Manuscript Group 1418, Frank Bruen Collection
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Manuscript
Collection
Manuscript
Group # 1418
Frank
Bruen Collection
Genealogical
Notes and Papers
Online by S. Sullivan
March 2000
Scope and Content Notes:
Frank Bruen was born February 23, 1857 in
Dayton, Ohio. He later graduated from Cornell University as
a Civil Engineer in 1878. He began his research in 1892
when he began researching the Forrer(?) family of Switzerland,
and numerous related genealogies. This research eventually
led him to research the origins of his own family. The
collection begins with and introduction of sorts written by Frank
Bruen tracing his lineage from his birth back into England in
1209.
This collection was originally
processed/arranged into seven archival boxes, each containing
numerous files (folders). Since the accession of this
collection and the records of the original organization, the
collection has been moved and somewhat rearranged. The
inventory that follows has been copied from the original
handwritten inventory that is available in the data file. While
it may not be completely accurate in true locations of the files,
it should still be an accurate measure of what the collection
contains.
Manuscript
Group # 1418
Frank
Bruen Collection
Genealogical Notes and Papers
Transcription of Original Inventory
Box#
File# Description
1
1 English
ancestry- Norman ancestry, arms, Lineage Chart,
Bruyns
of Tarvin(?), Stapleford, Huxley, name derivations
2 Legal
Papers – Stapleford 1189 to Robert Bruen
3 Land
Grants – 1199-1216 – Henry de Stapleford to Roger Le
Brun
4 Legal
Papers – Bruen 1199-1652, England
5 Land
Grants – 1262-1272 – Robert Le Brun
6 Bruen
Stapleford Deeds – 1272-1439
7 Legal
Papers – 1444-1492 – Thomas Bryn
8 Legal
Papers – 1492-1562, England
2
1 Research
in England for Frank Bruen by C.A. Hopper
2 Handwritten
Ledger by Frank Bruen, Genealogical Notes,
spanning
Barnett, Forrer, Tuttle, Lum, Vreeland
3 John
Bruen of Stapleford England
4 Obadiah
Bruen #1 to America ca. 1642
5 John
Bruen #2 only son of Obadiah Bruen
6 Eliazer
Bruen #3
7 John
Bruen #3
8 Eleazer
Bruen #4 son of Eleazer #3
9 John
Bruen #4 son of John #3
10 Joseph Bruen #4 son
of John #3
11 Obadiah Bruen #4 son of
Ebenezar#3
12 Timothy Bruen #4 son
of Elias #3
3
1 Reverend
Barratas Bruen #5 son of David #4
2 Caleb
Bruen son of Eleazer #4
3 David
Bruen son of Timothy #4
4 Elias
Bruen #5 son of David #4
5 Eleazer
Bruen #5 son of Elazer #4
6 Jabe_y
Bruen #5 son of David #4 and Isaac son of Ja__y
7 Jeremiah
Bruen #5 son of Timothy #4
8 Jonathan
Bruen #5 son of David #4
9 Joseph
Bruen #5 son of David #4
10 Mary Bruen daughter
of Obadiah #4
11 Timothy Bruen #5 son
of Timothy #4
12 Alexander Bruen #6
son of Josepoh #5
13 Benjamin Bruen son
of Joseph #5
14 Caleb Bruen #6 son
of Caleb #5
15 Caleb Carter Bruen
#6 son of Joseph #5
16 Gabrill Bruen #6 son
of Eleazer #5
17 Ichabod Bruen #6 son
of Joseph #5
18 James Bruen #6 son
of Caleb#5
19 Josephus Bruen #6
son of Timothy #5
20 Josiah Bruen #6 son of
Timothy #5
4
1 Luther
Barnett Bruin #6 son of Jabez #5 – married Augusta
Forrer,
ancestor of Frank Bruen, compiler
2 Mathias
Bruen #6 son of Caleb #5
3 Nathaniel
Bruen son of Timothy
4 Amazy #7
son of Gabriel #6
5 Ashbel #7
son of Benjamin #6
6 Luther
Barnett Bruen #7 son of Luther #6 ancestor of Frank Bruen
7 William
D. Bruen #7 son of Jabez #6
8 Bruen,
Eliza Nott – letters to her sister in law
9 Reverend
James Bruen, First Presbyterian Church of B__ordex
10 Robert L. Bruen
11 Bruen family from
Gardner Collection (MG # 1409)
12 Bruen information
from newspapers, Newark Directories 1835-1909
13 Wills of David Bruen
#4, Sarah Laurence, Caleb Wheeler, John Bruen of Newark
14 Wills of Bruens opf
Brooklyn. Ann Bruen, John Smith Bruen, Matthias and Edward
15 Bruen family notes
– from index cards
16 Bruen correspondence
with Genealogist Eugene Bouton
17 Correspondence Frank
Bruen from 1894
18 Bruen, Bruin, Bruyn and
Kin undecided
5
Front Piece Picture of Mother, Augusta Forrer – Lineage of
her son Frank Bruen
1 Forrer in
Switzerland
2 Christian
Forrer, the Clockmaker – photographs of
3 Christian
Forrer Junior
4 Daniel
Forrer son of Christian – related families – Bowman,
Schott
5 Samuel
Forrer son of Christian
6 Henry
Forrer son of Christian
7 Samuel
Forrer and related families – deeds Augusta Forrer Bruen,
Chapman
and Ebersole (Eversole families)
8 Forrer
reunion at Luray, Virginia, Samuel Forrer burial ground
6
1 Index of
names related to Bruen
2 Argo
family
3 Baldwin
family
4 Ball
family
5 Barnett
family
6 Bartlett
family
7 Bowman
family
8 Brown
family
9 Carter
family
10 Coe family
11 Conger family
12 Dow family
13 Dutton family
14 Erisman family
15 Howard family
16 Hending and Herr
families
17 Hendrich family
18 Kitchell family
19 Krall family
20 Lee and Rigs
families
21 Lum family
22
McFarland and McWhorter families
23 Meylin family
24 Parrott family
25 Searing family
26 Sonders family
27 Spinning family
7
28 Taylor family
29 Thomas, Thompson and
Technor? Families
30 Tuttle family
31 Ward family
32 Watkins family
7
1 Some
interesting lines of decent by Thomas Norton (Beck, Mason, Henry,
Princeof Scotland, Earls of Warwick
2 Cemeteries-
Fairmount, Cypress Hills, Rosedale, Greenwood, Brooklyn, New York
3 Inscriptions
from monumental stones in Newark Cemeteries
4 Bruen and
others in the Revolutionary War
5 Letters
written to Ms. Eleanor Bruen at Wesleyan Female College
6 Miscellaneous
correspondence
7 Genealogical
charts
7B Notebook of Frank
Bruen, bible records, legal papers
8 Newark
Evening News – Jersey Genealogy – Photographs
9 Children
of Bruen – 1738 to 1763 – handwritten original
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