Garrett Garretson

Good People Beget Good People: A Genealogy of the Frist Family

By William H. Frist, Shirley Wilson, p.223 Garrett married Charity Hussey. Wrote his will on Jan 20, 1754 in Hundred and County of New Castle in Delaware. He died by Jan 6, 1758 and the will was probabed in New Castle County. He made no provisions for his wife and the last document of her alive is in 1745. Garrett named 10 children in his will. He left 5 shillings to his son John and cut him off from any further part of his real estate and personal estate. He mentioned grandsons James and John as minor children of Cornelius Garretson, deceased. His sons Eliakim and Jedidiah were to receive his personal real estate, divided among them.

Marten Garrett Garretson, Mary Baudwin Garretson (born Baldwin)

While Jacob was a church warden in 1736, the congregation found that land it owned had become quite valuable because it was near the center of the new town of Wilmington. As a result, the congregation appointed men to handle leasing and other transactions related to the land, according to "A History of the Original Settlements on the Delaware & A History of Wilmington,’ by Benjamin Ferris. The congregation "appointed Charles Springer their trustee, who with Jacob Stilly and Garret Garretson, their church wardens, and their successors, were authorized to lease and demise for term of years or for ever, in small lots any part or parts of the said church lands." A few years later, these lands were the focus of a petition signed by a number of church members, including Jacob Stelly. The petition opposed the erection of a new market building, which would have been far from the church’s land and its paying tenants.

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An'exact model of the Kalmar Nyckel resides in the church, given by the the city of Kalmar, Sweden in 1963. While this represents the ship that brought the first colonists in 1638, it is also a symbol of the church - a baptismal people called to work together, weather the seas of life, and finally come to common port-of-call.The Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church Foundation

The Swedes settled their own colony, New Sweden, in what is now Delaware, southeastern Pennsylvania, southeastern New Jersey, and northeastern Maryland. The first Swedish settlers (and a few Finns) arrived aboard the Kalmar Nyckel in 1638 to settle along the Christina River near what is modern-day Wilmington. After purchasing land from the Lenni-Lenape Indians, the Swedes set up a thriving community based on fur-trading and farming. Today, visitors can step back into this forgotten period of American History with a trip to two of the oldest surviving buildings in the region: Old Swedes Church, built in 1698 and the Hendrickson House, built in the early 18th century.

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DNA test results have again turned our Garrison community upside down.I recently had the opportunity to arrange a DNA test for an individual who was born in Alamance Co NC and has an impeccable trail back to Jacob Garrison, son of Garret Garretson and Mary Baldwin.Alamance was formed from Orange and is where that family of early Garrisons settled.This was to be my line’s way of proving beyond doubt that our relatives descended from Garret Garretson and his first wife Elizabeth Ericson through their son John and his wife Elenor Robinson.

The results of the 37 marker FTDNA test are in and the DNA of the individual who is listed under Kit # 186939do not match our 11 matching participants in Group B of the Garrison DNA Project at Family Tree DNA and our one match who was tested by Ancestry.There is no possibility that the descendants of Elenor, Ebenezer, and Jedediah are genetically related to the descendants of Garret Garretson of New Castle Delaware who moved to Orange Co NC.

The results for the descendant of Jacob Garrison of Alamance NC are a near-perfect match to several other Garrison FTDNA participants and at least one tested by Ancestry.A couple of years ago I helped a man prove he was a descendant of Henry, son of Garret Garretson and his second wife Mary Baldwin.Then DNA results were received for him and for my own third cousin.When they did not match, I assumed his line was the problem.I was wrong.He is a match to this new test whose line stayed on Stony Creek in Alamance (Orange) Co NC.The new donor is also a match to a man who has only tested 25 markers but believes he descends from abrother of the above Henry Garrison.The new donor is also a very close match to all of the descendants of James Garrison and Hester Roberts who have been tested.These results should be considered as proof that James Garrison RWS is a descendant of some member of Garret Garretson’s family.We ‘re sure he was not a son of Garret because Garret’s will lists all of his children in detail.However, the closeness of the results mean that he is a very close relative.The late Paul Edwin Powers in his book about James & Hester’s family proposed that James might have been a son of a Peter and Sarah Garrison that he found in Cecil County Maryland.I believe that Peter of Cecil County was the brother of Garret Garretson, both of them sons of Hendrik Garretson and his wife Ann, mentioned in Hendrik’s will.This Peter and Sarah Garretson are NOT the same Peter and Sarah Garrison who were found elsewhere in Maryland and later died in Antrim, Pennsylvania.That is a different, non-matching line.I would be happy to provide details to those who suspect they descend from this couple.

As for our own line, we have a lot of work to do.All sightings of folks named John or Elenor in Orange County can be attributed to other individuals, not our ancestors. In fact, we no longer have any proof that Elenor’s husband was named John. We still believe that an Elenor was the mother of my ancestor Zebulon,of John who married Delilah Baker, of Shadrack of Barren County KY, and several others.Our solid proofs for our branch now only go back as far as Elenor’s appearance in the 1790 census in Greenville, SC.Elenor and most of her family moved into Franklin Co GA.Two of the DNA donors of our line, one descendant of John & Delilah, and one descendant of Zebulon & Rebekah, are a perfect 37/37 match to two of the participants who descend from Jedediah Garrison who also moved from Greenville SC into Franklin Co GA.The descendant of John & Delilah tested 67 markers and he is a perfect match on all 67 markers to descendants of Jedediah.We do know from his son’s obituary that Jedediah was in Orange Co NC but nothing was found showing that he had any contact with the descendants of Garret & Mary.Jedediah’s obituary may be the only clue we now have to the earliest origins of our family and it says he was born in what was spelled in the obituary as “Cortright” but most believe is a mis-spelling of “Carteret” County NC.We are also a close match to Calder Garrason who is a descendant of Ebenezer Garrason of Duplin County NC.Jedediah did have contact with Ebenezer in Duplin County.Calder’s ancestor also moved to Georgia, but to different counties.

Just to recap what we have learned from DNA testing, the DNA of the descendants of Elenor Garrison, Jedediah Garrison, and Ebenezer Garrason all match each other but do NOT match the following who were previously attached to our line:

John Garretson “Vanderhof” who died 1694 New Castle DE Hendrik Garretson who died 1721 New Castle DE Paul Garrison who first appeared in Augusta VA records in 1753, then Rowan Co NC

Each of these are uniquely different lines and are also not related to each other, proven by DNA.

In light of all this, I am suggesting that our Group B-Garr*sons of Delaware on Family Tree DNA’s site be changed to Garr*sons of Georgia since we cannot claim Delaware but all of us were in Georgia.That name is more unique and inclusive than some of the other possibilities.

Members of our research group will continue to gather and organize proofs, working backward from our proven ancestors who were all in Georgia.Of that much we are sure.Elenor and her family and also Jedediah spent time in South Carolina prior to Georgia.Jedediah and Ebenezer can both be traced to North Carolina.Before that, we have no longer have proof.

Our line of Garrisons look forward to a future filled with following more right paths than wrong ones and of sharing information with each other.I would also be happy to provide information I have gathered about the Garrisons of Orange/Alamance NC to the rightful heirs.Also I have gathered a lot of information about the Garretsons of Delaware that I am willing to share.Just send me an email telling me your suspected link to them.

Karen Simmons Descendant of Elenor Garrison through her son Zebulon

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Garrett GARRETSON Born 1691 New Castle, New Castle Co, Delaware, USA Died 24 Jan 1755 Delaware, USA Buried Aft 24 Jan 1755 Old Swedes Churchyard Cemetery, Wilmington, New Castle Co, Delaware, USA Person ID I100 Garrison-Logan Family Tree Last Modified 6 Nov 2010

Father Hendrik 'Henry' GARRETSON, b. Abt 1657, Netherlands d. Nov 1721 (Age ~ 64 years) Family ID F30 Group Sheet

Family Elizabeth ERICKSON, d. 18 Mar 1734, Delaware, USA [2, 3] Married 3 Dec 1724 Old Swedes Church, Wilmington, New Castle Co, Delaware, USA Children

	1. Catherine / Catharina GARRETSON,   b. 16 Sep 1725, New Castle Co, Delaware, USA   d. 19 Sep 1725  (Age 0 years)

	2. Daughter GARRETSON,   b. Abt 1726,   d. 16 Nov 1726  (Age ~ 1 years) +	3. John GARRETSON / GARRISON,   b. 20 Feb 1727, Wilmington, New Castle Co, Delaware, USA  d. Abt 1780, Haw River, Alamance Co, North Carolina, USA   (Age 52 years)

	4. Anna GARRETSON,   b. 16 May 1731

	5. Maria GARRETSON,   b. 6 Mar 1734,   d. 22 Mar 1734  (Age 0 years) Last Modified 	23 Aug 2010  Family ID 	F29  	Group Sheet

[S11] Find A Grave, (www.findagrave.com), 10 Aug 2010. Find A Grave Memorial# 28002422

[S72] Delaware Marriages, 1713-1953, (FamilySearch), 23 Aug 2010. Groom name Garrit Garritson Bride name Elisabeth Ericsson Marriage date 03 Dec 1724 Marriage place Trinity Church, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware Batch number M50586-3 Record group Delaware-EASy Film number 6693 Reference number bk 2

[S72] Delaware Marriages, 1713-1953, (FamilySearch), 23 Aug 2010. Groom name Garret Garretsson Bride name Elizabeth Ericsson Marriage date 03 Dec 1724 Marriage place Holy Trinity Or Old Swedes Church,Wilmington,New Castle,Delaware Batch number M50586-1 Record group Delaware-ODM Film number 908217

http://www.garrisonlogan.org/getperson.php?personID=I100&tree=

I am a direct descendent of Garret Garretson born in 1691 in Christiana Hundred, Delaware. He is my 7th great grandfather. His father was Hendrik Garretson born in 1657 in Holland. Garret's 2nd wife was Mary Baldwin who he married in 1735. GARRETT Garrison, b. abt 1713, Delaware By genealogy.com user January 18, 2000 at 09:25:15

   In reply to: Re: GARRETT Garrison, b. abt 1713, Delaware

   12/29/99

I am a direct decendent of Garret Garretson born in 1691 in Christiana Hundred, Delaware.He is my 7th great grandfather. His father was Hendrik Garretson born in 1657 in Holland. Garret's 2nd wife was Mary Baldwin who he married in 1735. Their children were Rebecca 1736, Henry 1738, George 1740, Garret 1743, Eleanor 1748, and Jacob 1750/51. I am descended from (John) his only son of his first marriage to Elizabeth Erickson. John changed the spelling of Garretson to Garrison sometime around 1750 in North Carolina. Contact me for more information.

Did Garret (Gerret) have relatives, siblings: --Jonas b. 1684, m.Cornelia DeGroot --John, Mary, Rhuanna, Richard??Father, Dirk (Derreck) m. 1600 ab. to Geertze Hendricks.Utrecht, Netherlands? [Genealogy .com]

John Garretson GARRISON- was born on month day 1728, at birth place, Delaware, to Garrett GARRETSON- and Mary Baudwin BALDWIN GARRETSON-. Garrett was born on August 4 1681, in New View, New Castle, Delaware, United States. Mary was born on August 4 1681, in Colony, Laurel, Kentucky, United States. John had 10 siblings: Rebecca GARRETSON GILLEN GILLEN- (born ALLEN-), Garret GARRETSON- and 8 other siblings. John passed away on date, at death place, North Carolina.

If these are your ancestors, according to the late Garrison genealogist Sam Garrison, you are in his line........Quoting this information from his book, Garretson to Garrison Revised 2002: Garrett who married Mary Baudwin / Baldwin was the son of Hendrik Garretson and grandson of the original Hendrik Gerritsen who arrived in 1662 in New Amstel, Delaware, with his mother Lysbeth Hendriksx (daughter of Hendrik and Dutch women kept their maiden name even after marriage) on the ship D'Vos which set sail in Holland.....the manifest was dated August 31, 1662. There was another son, brother to Hendrik, Pol/Pal/Paul/Powell Gerritsen..and he is my ancestor, we believe.

The boys' father was not in the picture when she arrived. There was an older Gerritsen boy, Jan who is likely the older brother of Paul and Hendrik. If he is, then their father would be Gerrit Jansen. We know that because Paul and Hendrik in the patronymic naming of the Dutch are Gerristen...sons of Gerrit. So therefore the father would be Gerrit. And if Jan is the oldest.he would be named for Gerrit's father..so Gerrit would be Gerrit Jansen (son of Jan). The thought is that he and their son Jan came over before Lysbeth and the little ones came and was dead by the time she arrived. She later married Swart Jacob Jansen and Sam thought likely he was her brother in law.

Actually, according to Sam, Garret (who was born in 1691) was married twice. First, when he was 33 years old, to Elisabeth Erickson, daughter of Erik and Anna Erikson. Anna's mother was Catherine Derikson who was neighbor. Sam's birth, death and marriage information came from the Holy Trinity Church Records or New Castle Records, Deeds and Wills, according to Sam's footnotes.

Their children were Catherine, born and died in 1725;

Then an unnamed child, buried in 1726; Third, John Garretson, born Feb 20, 1728. Fourth, Anna Garetson, born May 16, 1731 And fifth, Maria Garretson, born and died in 1734.

Elizabeth died and Sam thought perhaps in childbirth.

Then Garret married Mary Baldwin/Baudwin on May 13, 1735. Her father was John Baldwin of New Castle. And their chidren were :

"Rebecca Garretson, b. April 9, 1736; Henry Garretson, b. ca 1738; George Garretson, b. ca. 1740 (and I see that you have Mar. 1739...so Sam was close) Garret Garretson, b. Nov. 8, 1743; Eleanor Garretson, b. ca. 1748; Jacob Garretson, b. Feb. 12, 1751 Garret died by 1751 and his will was dated January 21, 1755 and probated in 1757." as per NC Wills, Misc. Book 1, p.130.

John Garretson from Garret and his first wife, Elisabeth Erikson, was Sam's ancestor.

I held onto your email when I read it because I thought this was Sam's line. I am putting together a family tree for my brother's DNA which he has sent to the Garrisson DNA Project to test using Paul as our ancestor. Any chance you have any direct male Garrisons from your line who might want to do theirs? I held off asking my brother cuz I didn't think he'd want to..and he jumped on it! Thought it was way cool! So when I just now ran into Garret and Mary's info I double checked and voila!

Marti Garrison Zinn

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An early Daniel1 GARRISON who married an Esther _________, is shown as a son of Jacob2 GARRISON, b. 1676 Fairfield Township, now in Cumberland Cty, NJ, who married 3rd an Elizabeth __________ (SEELEY?), and moved in 1699 to Deerfield Twp, now in Cumberland Cty, NJ. Daniel1 is shown as the 9th child of 15 kids from the 3rd wife, the eldest child on this list being Benjamin GARRISON who d. 1782, Deerfield NJ, and who married Tamson ___________ . [Source: Family Group Sheet #62-1? compiled by Wayne C. PATTERSON, __________, Fairgrove MO 65648, with his sources noted, filed at Glouc. Cty Hist. Soc, Woodbury NJ] Does anyone know Wayne?

If Daniel1 & Esther's line fit into the above tree, then their DNA should align perfectly with our solidified Jacob Sr. group (see results matrix).

Charles Sheppard's worksheets on this Daniel of Lower Penn's Neck, Salem Cty, NJ are inconclusive becase on the copy I am transcribing from, it shows the word "No" plainly written on top of at least two detailed pages of this Daniel line. One of these pages shows "No" next to a lightly written, "Jacob possibly & probate(?) d. 1751" in the slot for a father of this Daniel of Penn's Neck, who Sheppard writes died testate, leaving a Will, 1771-1772. It is unclear who wrote the word-- "No" .... and it could be on the orig. microfilm or not. (No, is written on the Arthur, wife Sarah section too, which I also need help on-Dee] [Source Chas Sheppard GARRISON papers/LDS film, and this copy of an extract of Sheppard's pages submitted to Glouc. Cty Hist. Soc. "by Mrs. Roberta Erickson of 323 Columbia Ave., Pitman, NJ-originally from the daughter of Margaret Chance Garrison of Port Norris."

10/8/05 Fortunately, John Wesley Garrison of Glenarm, IL, had copies of the Charles Sheppard papers about Daniel in his files; John's copies were made from the original charts at Vineland Historical Society, NJ library, about 1980ish. As John promised, these copies of Sheppard's originals, which he sent to me, do NOT contain the word "No", as described infra...So, Sheppard believed that Daniel1 was indeed a son of Jacob Sr., d. 1709 NJ. Great detective work John! Thanks!

The home, built circa 1860, of this Daniel GARRISON family line, has been preserved as "Pennsville Township Historical Society Church Landing Farmhouse Museum", 86 Church Landing Road, Pennsville, NJ 08070 (856/678-4453) [Source: Barbara V. Garrison of IL, and http://www.pvhistorical.njcool.net/museum.html ] My notes say this location is former Lower Penn's Neck Township.

Importantly, in "A History of William BRINTON", by Gilbert COPE/Janetta Wright SCHOONOVER, pub. in 1925, it states on pg 241, "It is claimed that the GARRISONs were descended from four brothers who came from England toward the close of the seventeenth century, and that the one who settled in New Jersey married a member of the Royal Family of Sweden."

The above paragraph is from the section 289, p. 240-241, on Lewis BRINTON (1804/1869) who married Ann GARRISON, she d. 25 Jan 1897. It is written that this Ann, was the eldest daughter of Hon. Daniel GARRISON, a member of Congress, of Salem, NJ. [Source: Brinton book set forth above, Repository: Clayton Lib., Houston TX, Gen 929.2 S372 Brinton Fam]

Now the reference to the Royal Family of Sweden, puts us again, squarely in the Jacob Sr., wife Christina CRESSON tree (of our Jacob Sr. group); but this reference would posture this Daniel1/Esther THACKERY line, to fall into Jacob Sr's line not from Jacob Jr, as shown infra; instead, Daniel1 would fall into Jacob Sr's son John's line, since it was the missing John who married Elizabeth ______________, the Swedish Princess.

No one? knows (that I have encountered) who does belong to this John GARRISON/Swedish Princess line. But, I hear that they had 10 kids, and left lots of descendants--so where is everyone? If you want to claim this line, your DNA would match with Jacob Sr. group.

Note that the cemetery inscriptions for "Pennsville Old Presbyterian (old Quihawken)", from "Inscriptions Buringing (sic?) Grounds of Salem County New Jersey, Prior to and inclusive of 1850, Second Volume, Collected by Mary R.C. Clayton, Mrs. Trumman H. CLAYTON, Salem, New Jersey", at NJ Hist. Soc, Newark, NJ includes WRIGHT, PATTERSON, GARRISON, JAMES, HART, TORTOU, WALKER, CAMP, DUNN, ELWELL, COPNER, JAQUETT (just on the few pages which I made copies of)--This Daniel1 family definitely has descendants buried here... [Source: set forth infra]. Does anyone know the current status of this cemetery, and these GARRISONs' tombs?

When I visited NJ a few weeks ago, I admired the lovely! LOCUSON/GARRISON tombstones in another? cemetery, by the main road--this was I think, St. George's Cem., Lower Penn's Neck, NJ. The LOCUSONS were by a PEDRICK, with lots of JACQUETs everywhere, but I do not have my notes ...These GARRISONs are definitely from this Daniel1 line. How great it was to see beautiful GARRISON headstones!

But, I would be remiss if I didn't mention the possibility? of this line being from Cape May, NJ area. For a long while, I have owned a one page summary from maybe? NJ Hist Soc in Newark, on the Daniel1 family, written by a descendant, perhaps?, Alice Stephenson? or Grace Locuson?. I will call this the LOCUSON tree.

On the top of this LOCUSON tree, it states: "Probable first generation of this line of Garrisons: New Jersey Archives - Vol. 23, page 180: 1715, April 29, Garison, Garretson), Reman, of Cape May - Will of. Mentions sons Jacob, Daniel, Garot, Joab, Noah; daughters Mary, Elisbeth and Rachel." The Daniel name is underlined, after which the Daniel1 line is outlined.

A lovely etching of Cornelius Kingsland Garrison is found following pg 304 of Historic Families of America, which I found at the wonderful Sargeant Memorial Room, Norfolk Public Library, VA during my trip there. An excellent paper on the Garrison-Andrews family by Cornelia Garrison Chapin starts on pg 304. This author,Cornelia writes in _________:

"The Garrisons of this line are of Huguenot antecedents, and should not be confounded either with the Hollandish Garrisons or Garretsons, descendants of an early Dutch settler of Staten Island, or with the Nova Scotian loyalist family from which sprang William Lloyd Garrison, the agitator. The ancestors of Commodore Garrison were resident in the Highlands of the Hudson for more than a century, the first of the name having appeared in what is now Putnam County, NY as early as 1686. The village of Garrison's in that county, opposite West Point, is situated on the ancestral lands of the family. From Putnam County removal was made by the branch now under consideration to Orange County on the west bank of the Hudson, where, at Fort Montgomery, in the vicinity of West Point, the immediate ancestors of Cornelius Kingsland Garrison lived. His great-grandfather, Beverly Garrison (who resided at Garrison's) was the first to develop the famous Forest of Dean iron mine in New York State! ." [source: Cornelia Garrison Chapin in book cited infra, year unknown-see repository in Norfolk VA]

Immigrant, Garrit1 GERRITSEN (died _________) & Annetje HERMANASSE. [also spelled Gerrit GERRITSZEN & Annetie HARMENS]

This family emigrated from Wageningen on the Rhine, __________, traveling aboard the ship named, in English, the Faith, which ship arrived in 1660. Gerrit1 and family settled at Communipaw, NJ, now Jersey City, NJ. [source: c2004 Paper describing history of Garretson Farm, 4-02 River Road, Fair Lawn, ___, 201/797-1775, author unknown]

Gerrit1's son is described in this same paper, infra, as "Gerrit of Pembrepogh", a judge in a Bergan County, NJ court. This Gerrit2 of Pembrepogh is explained as the father of a son named Peter, born 4 Oct 1684, as a "third generation American". This Peter is explained as "Peter Garretson of Slooterdam" Patent.

The paper explains that "The north and south boundaries of the Slooterdam Patent are vague. However, the Passiac and the Saddle Rivers bordered the west and east, respectively." [source: paper cited infra, and see www.garretsonfarm.org]

In pages from "Pedigree of Fletcher Garrison Hall", p. 224 (cited infra), sent to me by Carol Garrison Kulenkamp, author HALL writes:

65 (Lt.) Gerrit GERRITSE 2nd........33/129 b. 1658 m. 11 May 1681 d. 6 Apr 1703

Author HALL writes, "Was a Lieut. in Gerbrand CLAESEN's Co., 10 Nov 1692. HALL further explains how this Lt. Gerrit GERRITSE retained the surname of GERRITSE or GARRISON, while "the son, Hermanus took the name Von WAGONER or Von WAGENEN, as the father did." This Lt. GERRITSE was still denoted as the father of Pieter GERRITSE. [source: cited infra, and Bas 38, Dut 292 as cited by author Hall]

So males from this branch may have various surnames...but the DNA pattern should still match!

Note that Vol 6 No. 2, p. 3-4, Garretson News, says the ship, the Faith, arrived 23 Dec 1660 with Gerrit Gerritsen from Wageningen, wife and child 2 years old. Also listed here on this same ship, same date was Albert GERRITSEN from Wageningen, Jan Gerritsen HOGEL. They cited to pg 17 of ___________ (maybe a yearbook of Holland Society NY 1902-I cannot tell...).

Garrat1 GARRATSON (GARRETTSSON) of Sweden, immigrated in the late 1600’s (as per one source) to the Swedish Colony of Upland (now ? Chester PA), PA, came to Phily in 1710, and purchased land in Blockley Township, Philadelphia, PA with Morton GARRATSON on 26 May 1711.

This is very important! Because this line seems to be how the GARRATSON surname evolved into GARRET surname:

It seems to be the line which will include GARRETT surnames from their GARRATSON ancestors. I write this due to an abt 11/12 match of our Kit # _____ , _________ line with a man listed as Kit # ______, GERRIT II, (see below) in the GARRETT DNA surname project (see their pub. page). I wrote with the GARRETT project administrator to see about making an introduction, and about getting the GARRETT participant to upgrade to 37 markers…Other new results in GARRISON I also align with this GARRETT, and GARRISSON II pair...

Looks like the close but not exact matches on 12 markers are:

Kit 37160 Abraham (1751 NY/1814) s/o Thomas, & Marg.WAMBOLDT of GARRISSON II;

Kit 35625 Garrett II of GARRETT project;

42579 ____________ (blank is here) of GARRISON I project (the particip. denoted as ancestor, Wm GARRISON from Rockland NY is close also to this GARRETT/GARRATSON bunch)

Garrat1, a Swede, married Regina HEULING (HEULINGS, HULINGS) on the 21 Oct 1702, and he died 1732. [Article cited infra] Barbara McCormick writes that his wife Regina, was a daughter of Marcus Lorens HULINGS and Brigitta DANIELSSON.[her website cited infra]

The source for this info is a publication named, “Germantown- Journal of the Site and Relic Society”, Issue No. 10, published on 15 Dec 1919; it is a delightful story entitled “The Story of a Gun and Its Owners” authored by Dr. N. H. KEYSER, which was published under the section heading, Local History. So it seems as though this is from Germantown, PA near Philadelphia. Fortunately, on 26 Sept, 1990, a kindly Mrs. Dorothy ANDREW of Turnersville, NJ 08012 donated this publication, or 4 pages from it, and deposited the same in the repository, Gloucester Cty Hist. Soc., Woodbury NJ. Thank you Dorothy! [Yes, you can buy a copy of the article from GCHS.]

The old flint lock musket Dr. Keyser describes “was once the property of Garrat GARRATSON, who, in the latter part of the seventeenth century, came from Sweden to the Swedish colony of Upland, now known as Chester.”

Children of Garrat1 GARRATSON and wife, Regina HEULING were: 1. Britta, 2. Mary,

3. Marcus born 1707- inherited log cabin with 80 acres, Northern Liberties, Phil., PA at Garrat1’s death in 1732.

4. Garrat2 born 1709, 5. Martha, 6. Regina born in Phily PA 7. Lawrence born 1717 in Phily PA 8. Barbara born in Phily PA

[Source: “Germantown (PA)- Journal of the Site and Relic Society”, Issue No. 10, 15 Dec 1919, article entitled “The Story of a Gun and Its Owners” author, Dr. N. H. KEYSER. Repository: GCHS, Woodbury NJ]

Note that Barbara McCormick’s Rootsweb tree, Swedish Longacre's and Related Families, shows this Garrat1 to be a son of Marten GARRETTSSON and his wife, Christina LOM. Geneslady Barbara writes that Morton and Garrat1 were brothers, both sons of Marten. Check book cited by Barbara, Swedes on the Delaware ________…

On the Rootsweb website for the Burial Records of Merion Meeting Graveyard (1747-1765), Montgomery Cty, PA, there is lots of info, incl. an entry for: Will proven 16 Jan 1757 for Jacob GARRETT of Blockley (Township, Phil., PA), which mentions a child named Margaret; and his (Jacob) brother John GARET and his nephews, Morton GARRETT and Christian JOHNSON (other info also).

Then this page states, "This GARRETT family were of Swedish descent. Garett GARRETTSON was an early settler at the Falls of Schuylkill, on the east bank of the river. A branch of the family located on the west bank, at the Ford. * * *." Earlier the paper had explained it was discussing Welsh (Wales) history, "The history of Merion Friends Meeting house is the history of the Welsh in Pennsylvania."-- but our GARRETTSON/GARRETT family was Swedish...

This paper also cites GARRET marriages recorded at Christ Church, Philadelphia: Marcus GARRET m. Ann BOONE, 6 Nov 1728 Mary GARRETSON m. Wm PATTERSON, 16 May 1728 Valentine GARRET m. Rebecca SWEETING, 26 June 1738

And later it mentions that Garret GARRETS and his wife Reina _____________ owned property with Morton GARRATS and his wife Bridget _________, which tract was on the west side of the Schuylkill in Blockley (Twnship, Phil. PA), which property they sold in 1712 to Anthony MORRIS Jr and Rowland ELLIS jr. John & Gainor (wife) ROBERTS family was also nearby... [source: "The Incompleted Burial Records of Merion Meeting Grave-yard 1682-1848, as compiled by Margaret B. Harvey, A.M. distinguished Genealogist and Writer, born 1855 died 1912" at http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/montgomery/church/me...]

More info is also at this Merion Meeting webpage cited above--

" Morton Garrett, Blockley. Buried 3 Mo. 4, 1778. Son of John Garrett. Will proved Sept. 7, 1778. Signed Feb. 8, 1778. Mentions Uncle Joseph Johnson. Aunt Margaret Johnson. Kinsmen, Christian Cornelius; Sarah, Robert and John Graig; Executors, Joseph Johnson, Thomas George, Algernon Roberts. Witnesses, Peter Ott, Andrew Ott, David George. Joseph Johnston and Margaret Garret were married Sept. 14, 1775. Recorded at 2 d Presb. Church, Phila. The Craig homestead was "Greenland", in the West Park. The Johnson homestead was "Mount Prospect", now called "Chamounix". Christopner Cornelius and Elizabeth Roberts were married Sept. 9, 1769. Joseph Cornelius and Christina Magdalin, May 8, 1760. Robert Craig and Sarah Gardiner. July 29, 1771. The name of Morton Garrett appears on the List of Taxables for Blockley 1774. Also the names of John Garret and Lawrence Garret. Also, "Jacob Garret's estate", and Joseph Johnson - "John Garret's estate". In 1779, appear Robert Craig, "Morton Garret's est'e"; John Pyewell, "Law'e Garrett's est." Joseph Johnston. This was Major Morton Garrett of the Seventh Battalion, Philadelphia Co. Militia, 1777. See Penna. Archives, Second Series, Vol. XIII, p. 692." [Source: Rootsweb page, cited infra]

And also, " Lawrence Garrett, buried 11 Mo. 6, 1777. Will proved Sept. 7, 1778. Lawrence Garrett of Blockley. Will signed Sept. 27, 1777. Mentions wife Rebecca. Child, Mary Pyewell. Grandchildren, Garet Hughes; Rebecca, Margaret and William Pyewell. Niece, Sarah Sungrave. Executors, Rebecca Garrett, Edward Williams. Witnesses, Joseph Johnson, Peter Ott, Rebecca George. Mary Garrett and John Pyewell were married Oct. 10, 1761. Marriage recorded at Christ Church. The Johnson homestead was Mount Prospect, now called "Chamouni", in West Fairmount Park. The Ott homestead was "Brunewald", in the Park, near the Garrett and Johnson properties. The name of Lawrence Garrett appears on the List of Taxables for Blockley, 1769, 1774. Garret Hughes and Ann Margaret Gotchell were married Sept. 10, 1764. Marriage recorded at St. Paul's P. E. Church, Phila. The name "Garrig" is on Scull & Heap's Map, 1750. and "Garrett" on Faden's 1777. Lydia Garret and Edward Hewes were married March 1, 1764. Marriage recorded at Christ Church." [Rootsweb page, cited infra]

But no sons listed for Morton and Lawrence GARRETT...! But MATSON, RAMBO, JONES, ROBERTS, HUMPHREY-lots of names from Swedesborough NJ, Old Swedes' new and old Cemetery are listed at this Merion Meeting page...study Rootsweb page...

3/19/2005 1) Will it be feasible to resolve question of heritage and nationally of Jacob GARRISSON or GARRISON or DE GARRISSON, d. 1708-1709 NJ?

See July 1964 issue of New Jersey Genesis, 151 East 81st St., NY, NY, 10028, pg. 480, where "Garrison- A Correction" and "And Some Notes On Jacob Garrison" discuss Jacob Sr.'s burial location in the Turkey Point graveyard, and his early residence in Salem Cty/Cumberland Cty NJ. It states in part, "Jacob GARRISON, the first of his family to settle in Cumberland County (then Salem County) and who died between June 9, 1708 and 7 January, 1708/9, has long been believed to be buried in the Turkey Point graveyard. It was later owned by his grandson, Isaac Garrison." "* * * The place is marked 'David Garrison' on the 1862 Cumberland County wall map.* * * ." Who has visited this grave site?

The NJ Genesis article continues, in part: "The writer of these notes has recently learned that Jacob Garrison settled first in Sayre's Neck, Fairfield Township, Cumberland County. He moved to the Autuxet (Turkey Point) neighborhood of Downe Township about 1703."

"A survey recorded in the Secretary of State's Office at Trenton, dated 27th 2nd mo., 1694, shows that Jacob Garrison was then in possession of 600 acres between Back and Cedar Creeks. This land was then called Garrison's Neck, but after about 1703, when Jacob Garrison sold most of this tract to Joseph and Ephraim SAYRE, it became known as Sayre's Neck and so remains today." "On March 19, 1695/6, Thomas BUDD of Philadelphia, merchant, sold to Jacob GARRISON of West Jersey, yeoman, the 600 acres in Garrison's or Sayre's Neck, on which he had lived since 1694 and probably earlier." Note that in the April 1964 issue, Vol II, No. 3, NJ Genesis, p. 466, it refers to Fairfield Township, as "now Downe", in the article "Benjamin Garrison of Deerfield, Cumberland County and the Records in the Bible of His Son, Ananias GARRISON."

Note: Annanias Garrison (born 25 June 1752), son of Benjamin, is of great interest also, since he married into my (Dee Bardes') line-- [note that this is a 2nd link to GARRISON for Dee, not my primary blood link] his 2nd? wife, Jemima DRAPER Cleaver, was mother of Hannah nee CLEVER (1787/1864 Mack, OH west of Cincinnati, OH) Garrison-English-Sexton. Although Hannah, d/o a young RWS, Issac KLEBER/CLEVER, Private PA, married three times, she only had one child, Isaac Clever GARRISON (1812/1901) (my line) with her first husband, David GARRISON or GARRISSON Jr., who died abt age 25 on 1 June 1814. Did he die in War of 1812 or from disease-- The war seemed to still be going on in 1814- The well traced early CLEVER/DRAPER/BACON/SHOEMAKER family had ties with many GARRISON/GARRETSON lines...See author extraordinaire, Wm Jessup CLEAVER's (died abt 1985-1990) two books...

COMPLETED: We have had an Old David>Joseph descendant match with results from an Old David>John participant. But this line did not match with Jacob Sr.>Peter>Arthur>Josina.

John Garretson was born in 1638 in Gelderland, Netherlands or Corlears Hook, New Amsterdam to Garrit Jansen VanVorst and Gertrude Jacobs. He married Anna Glinn in 1659 in Christiana, New Castle County, Delaware. An alternate marriage is 1675 in Pennsylvania.He lived in New Castle since the Dutch had control of the area. He immigrated to Delaware from Gelderland, Holland, sometime between 1657 and 1664. His will, dated 1694, mentions three sons, (Garret, Casparius, and Cornelius) and daughters.[1][2][3]

He died March 5, 1695, in Duck Creek, Kent County, Delaware. An alternate death is 1694 in New Castle County, Delaware. Death

   1694 New Castle, New Castle, Delaware, United States 

   Age: 55-56 

Sources

   ↑ Will of John Garretson, New Castle County Wills, B. 13, abstracted in Calendar of Delaware Wills, 9;

   ↑ Don H. Yoder, "John Garretson of Redland Valley," Cawelson News, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 6-8.

   ↑ Quakers in Delaware in the Time of William Penn, by Herbert Standing: http://nc-chap.org/church/quaker/standingDH3crop.pdf

See Also

   A Calendar of Delaware Wills, New Castle County, 1682-1800. New York: F.H. Hitchcock, 1911. 9. 

Source: My Heritage tree profile
"Garretson History." garretson.us. Accessed October 05, 2015. http://www.garretson.us/Garretson.us/Garretson_Family_History.html
Source: S500014 Author: Henry Kemp Title: Kemp Web Site Text:
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Family site: Kemp Web Site

   Family tree: 11363722-4 Type: Discovery Media: 11363722-4 Quality or Certainty of Data: 3 Data: Date: 12 AUG 2015 Text: Added via an Instant Discovery™ 

Acknowledgments

   This person was created through the import of Lynch-Tree.ged on 06 August 2010.

   Vanderhoff-38 was created by David Hunsley through the import of 2015 08 17 Hunsley b0b851_744994qbs23d0y5n1b055m.ged on Aug 17, 2015. 

Garrett Garretson MyHeritage Family Trees Family of Nedra Kay West - 15092013 in Feeback-Lemen Web Site, managed by Nedra Kay West-Burton (Contact) Birth: Aug 4 1681 - Mill Creek Hundr, New Castle, DE, USA Death: 1758 - Mill Creek Hundred, New Castle, Delaware, United States Parents: John Gerrittsa, Ann Gerrittsa (born Thayer) Wife: Mary Baudwin Garretson (born Baldwin) Wife: Elizabeth Garretson (born Ericsson) Wife: Regina Garretson (born Hulings) Wife: Charity Garretson (born Hussey) Children: Brigitte Garretsson, Jedediah Garretson, Cornelius Garretson, Mary Garretsson, John Garretson, Huldah Garretson, Mary Garretson, John Garretson, Morton Garrett, Sarah Garretson, Elizabeth Garretson, Anna Garretson, Rebecca Garretson, Eliakim Garretson, Catherine Garretson, Catherine Garretson, John Garretson Garrison, John Garretson Garrison, Anna Garretson, Anna Garretson, Maria Garretson, Maria Garretson, John Garrison, Rebecca Garrison, Henry Garrison, George Garrison, Garret Garrison, Ann Garrison, Jacob Garrison, Eleanora Garrison Adds: mother, more complete birth place, more complete death place and spouse(s) View record Garret Garretson MyHeritage Family Trees Haley-Colpitts-Stalcup-Ellison A-MH in Haley-McLean-Cook Web Site, managed by Darryl Haley (Contact) Birth: Aug 4 1691 - Mill Creek Hundred - or - New View, New Castle, Delaware, USA Death: Jan 24 1755 - Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States Wife: Mary Baudwin Garretson (born Baldwin) Children: Catherine Garretson, Catherine Garretson, John Garretson Garrison, Anna Garretson, Maria Garretson, John Garrison, Rebecca Garrison, Henry Garrison, George Garrison, Garret Garrison, Ann Garrison, Eleanor Garrison, Eleanora Garrison, Jacob Garrison Adds: more complete birth place, more complete death place and child(ren) View record Garret Garretson MyHeritage Family Trees Haley-Colpitts-Stalcup-Ellison Tree in Haley Web Site, managed by Darryl Haley (Contact) Birth: Aug 4 1681 - New View, New Castle, Delaware, United States Death: Jan 24 1755 - Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States Wife: Mary Baudwin Garretson (born Baldwin) Children: Catherine Garretson, Catherine Garretson, John Garretson Garrison, Anna Garretson, Maria Garretson, John Garrison, Rebecca Garrison, Henry Garrison, George Garrison, Garret Garrison, Ann Garrison, Eleanor Garrison, Eleanora Garrison, Jacob Garrison
Jan "John" Garretson aka Vanderhoff Born 1638 in Gelderland, Nederlandmap Son of Gerrit (Jansen) van Vorst [uncertain] and Geertruyd Jacobs [uncertain] Brother of Henry Garretson Vanderhoff, Jan Gerritsen van Voorst, Jacobus Gerritse Van Vorst, Jacob Gerritsen Vanvorst and Paul (Garretson) Vanderhoff Husband of Ann (Glinn) Garretson — married 1659 in Christiana,New Castle,Delawaremap Descendants descendants Father of Mary Garretson, Henry Garretson, Casparius Garretson, Garrett Garretson, Cornelius Garretson and Catherine Garretson Died 5 Mar 1695 in Duch Creek, Kent County, Delaware