Jacobus van Braam (b. Bergen op Zoom, in the Netherlands, 1 April 1729,[1] d. 1 August 1792 Charleville, France)[2] was a sword master and mercenary who trained the 19-year-old George Washington in 1751 or shortly thereafter. He was also retained by Washington as a translator.
^Markiezenhof, NH doopboek, Bergen op Zoom 1729-1752
^"Het Utrechts Archief, notarial deed 1794 C. A. DUKER".
Irving: Another of Lawrence [Washington]'s campaigning comrades was JacobVanBraam, a Dutchman by birth; a soldier of fortune of the Dalgetty order; who...
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adventurer who made his fortune and name in India with the Marathas. JacobVanBraam 1729–1792 1741–1779 United Kingdom A Dutch sword master and mercenary...
territory in October 1753. Washington left with a small party, picking up JacobVanBraam as an interpreter, Christopher Gist (a company surveyor working in...
was to held hostage in Williamsburg, as Captains Robert Stobo and JacobVanBraam had been taken as hostages by the French. When news of the two battles...
van Asperen (1757–1824) vice-admiral of the Royal Netherlands Navy JacobVanBraam (1729–1792) a soldier of fortune, swordmaster and mercenary. Gillis...
near the fort, but sent two of his own men, including his translator JacobVanBraam, to negotiate. The French had no desire to disturb the peace between...
British embassy (led by Macartney in 1793), a Dutch mission (under JacobvanBraam in 1794), Russia (headed by Yury Golovkin in 1805), and the British...
Canadiens also presented two prisoners, Robert Stobo and his interpreter, JacobVanBraam, to demonstrate their respect of the clauses of surrender. The following...
Washington's company spoke French: William La Peyronie and JacobVanBraam. As such, La Peyronie and VanBraam were instructed to negotiate with Villiers, but La...
Captain Robert Stobo Captain Peter Hog Captain Andrew Lewis Captain JacobvanBraam Captain Thomas Waggoner Captain George Mercer Captain William Polson...
Williamsburg at the end of October 1753. In Fredericksburg, he picked up JacobVanBraam, a family friend who spoke French, before heading into the Virginia...
married Everarda vanBraam Houckgeest (1765–1816), the daughter of Andreas vanBraam Houckgeest and Baroness Catharina C.G. van Reeds van Oudtshoorn. Capt...
then-Presidents Kgalema Motlanthe and Thabo Mbeki, and former President Jacob Zuma in May 2009. He has a strong African National Congress (ANC) history...
the entire colony. In May 1820 (after the death of Jacob Andries vanBraam) he was appointed a Raad van Indië (member of the High Government of the Dutch...
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Washington following the Battle of the Great Meadows, he and Captain JacobVanBraam were left as prisoners-of-war on 28 July 1754 in the care of Captain...
James Boswell, author, lawyer Rutger Bregman (born 1988), historian Peter Braam, computer scientist, mathematician and entrepreneur Jan K. Buitelaar, medical...
Pretoria Central Prison. After the revolution, he will be my garden boy — Braam Fischer (about General Petrus Johann Coetzee) In 1974 Denis Goldberg and...
2015. Bunnik railway station Jacob Pieter vanBraam (1737 in Werkhoven – 1803) a Dutch admiral Andreas Everardus vanBraam Houckgeest (1739 in Werkhoven...
Wouter Hendrik van IJsseldijk, Willem Adriaan Senn van Basel, Jacob Andries vanBraam, Petrus Theodorus Chassé, Pieter Hubertus van Lawick van Pabst, Lambertus...
restored to Dutch rule, and a commission under the leadership of Jacob Andries vanBraam was installed by the Dutch East Indies government on 28 June 1817...
history of the Merdeka Palace starts with the mansion of merchant Jacob Andries vanBraam, built in Rijswijk (today known as Harmonie) in 1804. Tampaksiring...
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