Brútsteen, in Dúÿtslant

Gina Palmer

I'm trying to find the place listed as Brútsteen, in Dúÿtslant for a bride. She was married in 1641 in New Amsterdam. A typed copy of the marriage record was found in 'Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam and New York: Marriages from 11 December, 1639, to 26 August, 1801.'

Question1: If 'Brútsteen' was the Dutch version/pronunciation of the place, what might be some German options? e.g., would 'steen' likely be 'stein'? Could the 'ú' represent German 'ei', e.g. Breitstein?

Question 2: regarding the reference of 'Dúÿtslant' (or Duijtsland) in 1641. Since this was way before a united Germany, was this a general reference to their German-speaking neighbors?

Adrien Kintziger

@Gina Palmer

Dutch and Flemish are German-derived languages, and we have to keep the medieval dialect spellings on the field to understand that Brút is not 'rough' or 'bread' but surprisingly 'Bride'-stone. The locality and the toponym are known in Germany , as well as the story, altough is mentioned only briefly,you will find hits in German if using the today's spelling as 'Bruut' 'stein'; mostly articles to strip in the translator.Try legends and stories in the next link.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernitz_(Gardelegen)

Gina Palmer

@Adrien Kintziger

Thanks for the reply and link. That was helpful, thought I'm trying to find an actual place. So far I'm finding hills and large rocks in different parts of Germany.

Adrien Kintziger

@Gina Palmer

It is always very interesting to share a link to a file itself, this also links mostly to the archive it is a draft from, and can in this sense hold key elements to search or compare.You could include/exclude Wernitz as a candidate for your ancestors place of origin, if you have a name and could find him possibly in the parish register in that period.