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BRAEMS' MS. "MEMOIRES TOUCHANT LE COMMERCE."
(Vol. v., p. 126.)
In the hope of satisfying the curiosity of J. M., I will communicate the information concerning Daniel Braams which I find in my family papers.
According to a genealogical tree in my possession, confirmed and delivered 13th September, 1661, by the kings-at-arms and heralds of Brabant[[2]], Daniel Braems descended from an illustrious family of Brabant, a younger branch of the Vilains, of the house of the burgraves, or viscounts of Ghent.
During the Spanish religious persecutions, about 1550, his ancestors emigrated from Flanders, and settled at Dover.
His father was Daniel Braams[[3]], keeper of the regalia of Charles I., and in high favour at court. On Cromwell's coming to power he fled, and soon after died, leaving an only son in childhood, by his widow, Mary, daughter of the well-known navigator Jacob le Maire.
Mary, with her youthful son Daniel, settled in Holland, where she had many relatives, and contracted a second marriage with Andreas Schnellingwouw. She soon after went to the East Indies with her husband, who had been appointed secretary to the Schepenen at Batavia. Thus, Daniel Braams went very early to the Indies, where he passed a great part of his life. He became General Accomptant of the East India Company at Batavia, and for his services received a gold chain and a medal.
In the family papers in his own hand now before me, he writes: