Son of Adam Brouwer and Magdalena Jacobs Verdon.
T.G. Bergen, "Contributions to the History of the Early Settlers of Kings County, N.Y.", New York Genealogical & Biographical Record vols. 9-11 (1878-1880).

Baptized on 18 May 1662 at Old First Dutch Reformed Church, Breuckelen (Brooklyn), Kings Co., Long Island, New York, sponsor Neeltje Jans.
Baptisms in the Reformed Dutch Church of Brooklyn as per the records of said Church from Oct. 31, 1660 to Dec 13, 1719: From Corporation Manual of the City of Brooklyn, 1869, pages 448 to 504; FHL film #0017529, item 4 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1939), Copied and translated from the Dutch by Teunis G. Bergen. Filmed from the typed manuscript in the Holland Society of New York, p.450.
A. P. G. Jos van der Linde, Old First Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, New York: First Book of Records, 1660-1752, New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983), page 112. Adam; parents: Adam Brouwer, Magdaleentie Jacobs.

Married with banns published on 18 May 1690 (sic) at Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, Flatbush, Kings Co., Long Island, New York, Marretje Hendrickse, daughter of Hendrick Volckerszen and Geertien Claess.
David William Voorhees, editor, Records of The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, Kings County, New York, Vol.1, 1677-1720 (New York: Holland Society of New York, 1998), p.269. Adam Adamse (B)erkoven, j.m., met Marretie Hendricks, j.d., beijde woonachtigh tot Bruekelen" (both residing at Brooklyn).

Witnessed the baptism of Hendrick Brouwer , son of Matthys Brouwer and Marietje Pieterse Wyckoff, on 6 December 1679 at Reformed Dutch Church, New York City, New York, (witnesses Adam Brouwer, Barentie Hendricx).
Thomas Grier Evans, editor, Baptisms from 1639 to 1730 in the Reformed Dutch Church, New York, Collections of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Vol. 2 (New York: Printed for the Society, 1901), page 139. Hendrick; parents: Matthys Brouwer, Marritie Pieters; witnesses: Adam Brouwer, Barentie Hendricx.

Witnessed the baptism of Hendrick Evertszen Van Gelder , son of Evert Hendricksen and Fytie Brouwer, on 27 October 1682 at Reformed Dutch Church, New York City, New York, (sponsors Adam Brouwer, Marrietie Brouwers).
"Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vols.5- (1874-): 10:26. Hendrick; parents: Evert Hendrickszen, Fytie Brouwers; witnesses: Adam Brouwer, Marritie Brouwers.

Witnessed the baptism of Aeltje Brouwer , daughter of Matthys Brouwer and Marietje Pieterse Wyckoff, on 28 September 1684 at Midwout (Flatbush), Kings Co., Long Island, New York, (witnesses Aaltje Pieters, Adolph Brouwer, de Jonge.).
David William Voorhees, editor, Records of The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, Kings County, New York, Vol.1, 1677-1720 (New York: Holland Society of New York, 1998), page 432. Stijntje (crossed through) Aaltje; parents: Matthijs Brouwer, Marie Pieters; op Midwoud; witnesses: Aaltje Pieters, Adolph Brouwer, de Jonge.

Witnessed the baptism of Jannetje Evertse Van Gelder , daughter of Evert Hendricksen and Fytie Brouwer, on 30 November 1684 at Old First Dutch Reformed Church, Breuckelen (Brooklyn), Kings Co., Long Island, New York, (sponsors Adolf Brouwer, de Jonge, and Marritje Brouwers).
A. P. G. Jos van der Linde, Old First Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, New York: First Book of Records, 1660-1752, New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983), page 124. Jannitje; parents: Evert Hendricksen, Fijtje Brouwer.
David William Voorhees, editor, Records of The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, Kings County, New York, Vol.1, 1677-1720 (New York: Holland Society of New York, 1998), page 433. Jannetje; parents: Everd Hendriksz, Sophia Brouwers; op Breukelen; witnesses: Adolph Brouwer, de Jonge, Marritje Brouwers.

Adam Brouwer took the Oath of Allegiance in September 1687 at Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York, as "Adam brouwer Junior, native."
Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, Lists of Inhabitants of Colonial New York, Excerpted from The Documentary History of the State of New York (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1979, 1989, 1999), p.38.

Witnessed the baptism of John Drake , son of Josias Janszen Drats and Aeltje Adamse Brouwer, on 11 December 1687 at Old First Dutch Reformed Church, Breuckelen (Brooklyn), Kings Co., Long Island, New York, (witnesses: Adam Brouw de Jonge (the younger), Antje Brouwer).
A. P. G. Jos van der Linde, Old First Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, New York: First Book of Records, 1660-1752, New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983), page 127. Jan; parents: Jesaijas Dreets, Aeltje Brouwer.

In the 1698 census of Kings Co., Adam is living in Breukelen with a family of 1 male, 1 female, and 4 children.
William J. Hoffman, "Brouwer Beginnings; The First Three Generations of the Adam Brouwer Berchoven Family", The American Genealogist 23:193-206; 24:23-32, 96-102, 161-170 (1947, 1948): 24:29.

Adam is named in his father's will dated 22 Jan 1691/92.
Will dated 22 January 1691/92 proved 21 March 1692 (on file at the office of the Clerk of the Court of Appeals in Albany). He calls himself "Adam Brouwer Berkhoven inhabitant of ye town of Bruckland, being at present sick a body but fully having his knowledge." His witnesses are named as Henry Sleght, Cornelius Sebring and John Fredricks. Adam leaves his "whole estate moveable and immoveable my wife Magdalena Brewer and my utmost will and desire is that none of my children shall trouble or move their mother during her life." Adam Brower "makes to his eldest sonn Peter Brewer three shillings for reasons that he was disobedient to his father, as also Jacob Brewer and Aeltie Brewer, who for reasons of their disobedience shall not receive a penny from their father Adam Brower, but ye testator bequeath ye land from ye three disobedient children Peter Brewer ye eldest, Jacob Brewer and Aeltie Brewer upon their children ye portion of Peter upon his children, ye portion of Jacob upon his children, ye portion of Aeltie upon her children." Adam names his children as Mathys, William, Adam, Abraham, Nicholas, daughter Mary, Fytie, Helena, Anna, Sara, Rachel, "these eleven children shall have equal portions amongst them, also ye children of ye disobedient children above named they shall also with ye other eleven children equally divided." Adam makes special bequests to Adolphus son of William Brewer "three pieces of eight"; to "Mathys his daughter Magdalena one piece of eight, and Mary her daughter Magdalena one piece of eight. Peter Brewer his daughter Magdalena one piece of eight and his daughter Vroutie one piece of eight, with Fytie daughter Magdalena one piece of eight."
Adam Brouwer will (22 Jan 1691/92), Albany Wills, 1629-1802 Vol. AB, page 3: A transcription of Adam Brouwer's will can be found at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/

On 18 Mar 1694, Volkert Hendrickse Breets of Brooklyn sold to Adam Brower of Brooklyn, for fifty pounds, a lot of ground situated in Brooklyn towards Gowanus between the lands of Jacob Brower and Volkert Briez, aforesaid.
Kings County, New York, Deeds v.1-4; FHL #1413189 (New York, New York, Salt Lake City, Utah: Recordak Corp.; Genealogical Society of Utah, 1957), Microfilm of original records at the New York Registers Office in New York City., 3:197.

Witnessed the baptism of Helena Nazareth , daughter of William Nazareth and Helena Brouwer, on 29 March 1696 at Reformed Dutch Church, New York City, New York, (sponsors Adam Adamszen, Rachel Brouwers).
"Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vols.5- (1874-): 14:34. Helena; parents: Willem Nazareth, Helena Brouwers.

Adam Brouwer appeared on the census in 1698 at Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York, as Adam Brouwer, with a family of 1 man, 1 woman, and 4 children. Recorded between Jacob Brouwer and Claes Vechten.
Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, Lists of Inhabitants of Colonial New York, Excerpted from The Documentary History of the State of New York (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1979, 1989, 1999), p.176.

Adam Brower, Jr. is mentioned in a Kings County conveyance dated 23 Oct 1701: "Volkert Briez and wife Elizabeth of Gowanus deed Coll. Gerardus Beeckman of Kings Co. land in Gowanus bounded by land formerly owned by Adam Brower, Jr."
Josephine C. Frost, "Genealogical Gleanings From Book No. 2 of Conveyances, Brooklyn, Kings Co., N.Y.", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vol.54 (1923): 54:315.

Father's Mill:
Adam's most enduring legacy was of course the mill he built at Gowanus, initially in partnership with Isaac de Foreest (who likely supplied the financial backing). Adam probably had the mill built in the early 1650's on land that had been patented to Jan Everts Bout on 8 July 1645. In May 1664, along with other inhabitants of Gowanus, Adam Brouwer petitioned the Governor and Council to have the canal between Red Hook Island and the mainland dredged. This was the first action in what would eventually create the "Gowanus Canal," which today borders the neighborhoods of Red Hook and South Brooklyn on the west and Gowanus/Park Slope on the east. "Brouwer's Mill" is thought to have been the first water mill built in Brooklyn (Breukelen) and the first to have operated in New Netherlands. It appears that the rights to the property were secured by Adam's children as a claim of a "gift" from Jan Everts Bout only after both Adam and Jan Everts Bout were deceased. Some decades before, Adam became the sole owner of the mill business when he bought out Isaac de Foreest's interest for 2,400 guilders payable in grain (wheat and rye at 4 glds., buckwheat and maize at 2 glds. per skepel) with the remaining 400 glds. in wampum. Full rights to the mill property were purchased in 1698 by his two youngest sons, Abraham and Nicholas, from Adam's other heirs. The deed for this purchase is certainly the most useful document found for constructing the family of Adam Brouwer. The deed was not recorded but was later found in the possession of descendants of Garret Brouwer, and has been noted by the early Brouwer family researchers, Bergen, Totten, and Hoffman. Dated 12 Aug 1698 it names Pieter, Matthyas, William, Jacob and Adam Brouwer, Barent Van Tillburg, Matthys Cornelisse, Jesaias Dreax, William Nazareth, William Hilton, Thomas Knight and Peter Hendrix, "all sons and sons-in-law of Adam Brouwer of Gowanus." The above named convey to Abraham Brouwer and Nicholas Brouwer, their two brothers in consideration of £270, the plot on which the mill stands, and the Neck of land and meadows therunto belonging. On the same day, Adam's widow, Magdalena, conveyed her interest in the mill property to Abraham and Nicholas for a separate consideration. During the first decade of the 1700's sons, Abraham and Nicholas, together expanded the mill property and built a second mill, which was then referred to as the "New Mill." In 1706 the two brothers signed an indenture certifying their joint ownership in the mill and other properties. In 1709 the "New Mill" was built, and by two indentures in 1710, the brothers decided to split the properties into separate ownership with Abraham possessing the "Old Mill," and Nicholas, the "New Mill." On 20 June 1712, Nicholas conveyed his mill property to his brother Abraham for the sum of £1200, and by 1719 Nicholas had moved his family from Gowanus, relocating to Fordham Manor, and leaving Abraham as the sole Brouwer still in the milling business at Gowanus. In September 1737, Abraham conveyed to his son Jurie (Jeremiah) Brouwer, the "Old Mill" property, and by a separate conveyance sold to his son Abraham, the "New Mill" property. The mill property remained in the possession of these two brothers through the American Revolution, and in August 1776, the Battle of Long Island, or more appropriately, the Battle of Brooklyn was fought on the mill's doorstep. It was here, and at the neighboring "Old Stone House," that William Alexander (a.k.a. Lord Stirling) and his Marylanders held off the British invasion long enough for Gen. Washington to begin the evacuation of his troops from Long Island. The mill and its stores were ordered to be burned during the retreat. A partially destroyed mill anchors Alonzo Chappel's, 1858 painting, Battle of Long Island. In November 1785, Adolphus Brouwer (son of Jurie [Jeremiah] Brouwer, grandson of Abraham, and great-grandson of Adam) purchased the mill property, as well as all the timbers that had been collected to build a mill, from the remaining heirs of Jeremiah Brouwer. Adolph apparently rebuilt the mill, and on 4 May 1798, Adolph sold the mill and property to John C. Freeke of New York City, for a considerable profit over his own purchase price. One hundred and fifty three years after the property on which the mill stood was patented, Brouwer's Mill became Freeke's Mill. In November 1818, Mary (Elsworth) Brower, widow of Abraham, and descendants of Jeremiah Brower petitioned the U.S. Congress for reimbursement of losses suffered on the mill property during August 1776. They were denied their claim with the reasons that the petitioners waited too long, and that they applied to the wrong jurisdiction (they were told to petition New York State).
John J. Gallagher, The Battle of Brooklyn (New York: Sarpedon, 1995), An excellent modern account one of the Revolution's most important events.
Brower Mill Petition, 1818 Congressional petition, by Mary Brower, widow of Abraham Brower deceased, on behalf of descendants of Jeremiah Brower, deceased (Washington, D.C.: NARA, Nov. 25, 1818). Photocopy in the possession of Lilly Martin. Transcribed by Lilly Martin, 2007.

Children by Marretje:
Madaleentje Brouwer b. 2 Apr 1692, d. b 23 Oct 1730
Marytje Brouwer b. 4 May 1695
Hillegont Brouwer b. 27 Dec 1696
Hendrick Brouwer b. 15 Jan 1699
A. P. G. Jos van der Linde, Old First Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, New York: First Book of Records, 1660-1752, New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983), page 131. Maddaleentje; parents: Adam Brouwer, Marritje Hendricksen. Ibid., page 134. Marijtje; parents: Adam Brouwer, Marritje Brouwer.
Ibid., page 137. Hillegont; parents: Adam Brouwer, Marritje Brouwer.
Ibid., page 140. Hendrick; parents: Adam Brouwer, Marretje.

Adam Brouwer probably died before 20 December 1706 when "Marya Brower," appears on the assessment list at Brooklyn with 26 acres.
Kings County, New York, Deeds v.1-4; FHL #1413189 (New York, New York, Salt Lake City, Utah: Recordak Corp.; Genealogical Society of Utah, 1957), Microfilm of original records at the New York Registers Office in New York City., 3:91. A list of the assessment of Broocklands inmprovable lands and meadows within fence. The other possibilities here for the "Marya Brower," are Willem Brouwer's wife Martha, although Willem was still alive himself, or Marritje Brouwer, the wife of Barent van Tilburg, although he was also alive on this date.

Bio includes data from The Brouwer Genealogy Database.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/surname_index.htm