Generation No. 1

1. JOHN² GARRETSON (JOHN¹) was born Abt. 1660 in New Castle Co., DE, and died Mar 5, 1695 in Mill Creek, New Castle Co., DE. He married ANN _____ Abt. 1680 in New Castle Co., Delaware. She was born Abt. 1662, and died Aft. 1695 in New Castle Co., DE.

Notes for JOHN GARRETSON:

From WFT 4/1647: The Submitter for Volume 4, Tree 1647 provided the following contact address:

ROBERT A HAZARD

5536 MODENA PL

AGOURA HILLS, CA 91301-1913

The family has no record of John Garretson other than a photographic reproduction of the land survey of his plantation situated on Christiana Creek near Wilmington, Delaware. The above mentioned land survey is probably the oldest Garretson document in America. The original is 16" by 12" and if the verbal information is correct it is in the custody of the Public Archives Commission, Hall of Records, Dover, De. This land survey is dated November 16, 1684. There are no records of his wife's name nor the number of children he had other than it is known that he had a son Casparus through which our Garretson lineage continues.

"Betty I. Ralph" <bralph@HiWAAY.net> shows essentially the same info.

http://www.uftree.com/FamilyGathering/WebPages/mikehaydock/default/

haydock@ix.netcom.com

shows:

811 i. Casparius Garretson was born in Mill Creek, De CA 1676. Casparius died 1726 in New Castle, De. He

married an unknown person in Mill Creek, De, 1713.

812 ii. Cornelius Garretson.

813 iii. Garret Garretson.

+ 629 iv. Mary Garretson was born December 18, 1690.

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Posted by Faith Keahey <Keahey@cyberhighway.net> on Thu, 29 Jul 1999

Surname: Garretson

"The Last will and testament of John Garretson made the 28th of November 1694; being sick and

weeke but In perfect memory.

Item: I give my sperritt to God and my body to ye ground.

Item: I give all my land unto my three sons that is Garrett & Casper [Casparius] & Cornelius after ye Desese of

Ann Thayer mother or if ye said Ann thayer mother showld marry then when my sones shalt com to age

they shall have It, ye land. It is my will that It shall equally Devided between them, that is to say my oldest sone

Garrett shall helpe with ye help Of my other two sones to cleare them of much land as ye home plantation have

and to Build housing Convienient for them all so, ye land that Casper and Cornelius have It must be devided and

then they must cast lottes for thayer settlement. also ye stock that I gave them thay do know and ye stock that is myne & my wives after both ouer Desese it shall be eaqualy be Devided betweene my sones & my dafters that is to say my Cattell & Hooges; and if my loving wife Ann showld marry the It Is my will that shee shall have her theerdes of ye moveables and no more.

Item: It Is my will that my three sones that is Garrett, Ceasparus & Cornelius when thay Com to eage