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In 1658, Garret van Swearingen was appoined as one of the Councilors and the commissary Feneral of the City of Amsterdam in New Amstel. Garret married Barbara De Barrettes (this surname appears in some of the colonial papers as de Barrelle). Barbarah was born in Vallenciennes, France (naturalization petition) and was probably a sister or daughter of Isaac de Barrette of Haarlem, Holland, who came to America about 1656/7. In the naturalization petition of 1669, Garrett paid court costs for himself, his family, and Isaac de Barrette. Barbarah may also have had a brother, Peter, who was referred to by Garrett in a Talbot Co. Deed Book (15 Sept 1668) as "my trusty and well beloved friend and Brother Petter Debarale to be my True and Lawfull Atturney." She, was from a Norman-French family.
In 1669 Garret and Barbara and her family received their English naturalization papers. Barbara DeBarrett and Garrett van Sweringen are known to have had at least three children as their names appear in a will from this period. It was shortly after the takeover of the Dutch colony at New Amstel, his family migrated to St. Mary's City in St. Mary's County in the province of Maryland.
In 1670, Barbarah de Barrette died at St. Mary's and six years later Garrett married Mary Smith, then about sixteen years old.
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"In January, 1659 (the most-commonly-cited date), Garrett Van Swearingen, at 23 years of age, Barbara DeBarette, also 23 years of age, daughter of Isaack DeBarette, probably a wool merchant from Valenciennes, Nord Pas de Calais, France, who brought Barbara and her brother Peter to Fort Casimir, perhaps at Garrett Van Swearingen's invitation."
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Maryland Archives:
DeBarrette, Barbarah, w/o Garret von Sweringen, in 1669 declared herself a native of "Valenchene in the Low Countryes Belonging to the King of Spayne"
More About Barbara de Barrett:
Ancestral File Number: AFN:3Z9D-JF
Burial: Swearingen Point, St Mary's, Maryland
Naturalization: 1669, Maryland
Barbara DeBarrett was of Norman-French family.
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She married Garrett Van Swearingen on 01 Mar 1659 in New Castle, New Castle, Delaware, USA
Barbara De Barrette Swearingen
Born: about 1640 Valenciennes, France Died: abt 1670 Saint Marys City St. Mary's County Maryland
Father: Isaac De Barrette B: abt 1613 Harlem, Holland D: bet 1644 and 1704 M: bet 1632 and 1664
Spouse: Gerret Van Swearingen Married: 1 Mar. 1659 New Amstel, De
Children:
1661-1736 Elizabeth Swearingen Spouse: John Evans Spouse: Jacob Williams
1662-1711 Zacharias Van Swearingen Spouse: Martha Devine
1665-1711 Thomas Swearingen 19 March 1711 Spouse: Jane Doyne
Source: Find-A-Grave
She was a Huguenot.
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March 1, 1639
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Valenciennes, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
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1660
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New Amstel, New Castle, Delaware
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1663
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New Castle, New Amstel, Delaware
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1665 |
1665
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Westover, Somerset County, Province of Maryland
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1669
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St. Mary's, St. Mary's, Maryland
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