 Van Braam lived in Delft for much of his life, in a chic mansion on the Oude Delft canal, on the corner with Nickersteeg alley (house number 73, now 36).On 12 March 1783, he wed Sophie Thierens (1767–1825).After his death, Van Braam was buried in a niche in the Nieuwe Kerk church in Delft.