According to later documents, Catharina Bensen/Bensing was born in New Netherland about 1657. She was the daughter of New Netherland pioneers Dirck and Catharina Bercx Bensing. Her father was a carpenter from Groningan. He died about 1659 and her mother re-married.

Her first husband was Reynier Schaets - who was killed in the attack on Schenectady in February 1690. In April 1797, she married English-ancestry newcomer Jonathan Broadhurst at the Albany Dutch church. Their son was christened in Albany in September 1700.

After that, the name of Catharina Bensen Schaets Broadhurst dropped from Albany rolls.

Sources: The life of Catharina Bensen Broadhurst is CAP biography number 7322. This sketch is derived chiefly from family and community-based resources.