Wishful Thinking 2: The Long Island DeWitt Lineage

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Our Long Island, NY
DeWitt Lineage
to John Dewitt?

A 157 year Lineage of Some DeWitts
(from Jan Dewit (born Abt 1600) to John Dewitt (born Abt 1757))

v. 30: 7/19/09
by Don DeWitt (contact)

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It has been written by some people that the John DeWitt from who we descend came from Pennsylvania and Westmoreland County near Pittsburgh. This has been suggested because he met and married his wife Nancy Culbertson in that area of the country around 1790. However no one seems to have found any links between John DeWitt in that area of Pennsylvania with other DeWitts who could be his parents.

For many of us John DeWitt descendants it has been tempting to try an connect to the famous Tjerck DeWitt family of the Kingston, NY area because so much is known about his family both before and after him.

In my initial investigations I traced our family back to Thomas DeWitt in Virginia (now West Virginia) and could not find out any information as to the identity of his parents. So one spring back in 1981 my wife and I headed down to West Virginia because we saw in a road atlas Buffington's Island in the Ohio River near Ravenswood WV, and we figured there had to be an important story there since we knew that Thomas DeWitt had been married to Mary Buffington. Once we arrived we found the genealogical section of the Jackson County WV Public Library and we had a field day reading Jackson County history books and the census records. We even found the DeWitt Cemetery where Thomas and family members were buried. One day I noticed a nicely bound family genealogy entitled Rowley-King and Allied Families, by Homer King Rowley and Ruth McCammon Rowley which had recently been published in 1980. I walked by it and pulled it out because it was so handsomly bound and I wondered how one goes about publishing a genealogy. I was floored when I found a chapter on the DeWitts, the Culbertsons and the Buffingtons! I corresponded with Ruth soon afterward just after Homer's death. She sold me a copy of the genealogy and quite a bit of additional information. I imagine at the date of this writing in July 2003, that Ruth has passed on as well as she was born in 1908. I thank them for their efforts.

Is it Johannes?

Anyway... the Rowley-King DeWitt chapter suggested that we John DeWitt descendants are related to the Tjerck DeWitt family although they admitted that they could not specifically connect John with a specific Tjerck DeWitt descendant (pg. 96). However they suggested it might have been Johannes DeWitt. So as beginner... I was happy to believe this and we went home happy. I then went on a rampage to learn all I could about the Kingston, NY DeWitt line.

A few years ago I started posting my family information on the internet for everyone else in the family to enjoy and I have been informed by several other people that the link back to Johannes is still not confirmed and that we John DeWitt descendants should remain disconnected.... ahhh lost in a sea of DeWitts!!

Is it Ezekiel?

NEW INFO: On March 19th, 2004 Jackilyn Turner wrote to me about her collection of information that suggested that OUR John DeWitt was the son of Ezekiel DeWitt who was the brother of Johannes. Cheryl Gallagher related to me on 4/12/04 that Cathy Green also believes we are descendants of Ezekiel DeWitt. So I have included that possibility in this website as well. Maybe we are making some progress?

The Long Island Connection...

Is it Abraham?

In case you are wondering about other options, we John DeWitt descendants may actually be related to a line of DeWitts who arrived in Long Island, and then migrated west through New Jersey and into Pennsylvania. We might be descendants of Abraham DeWitt. If you are interested, take a look below or at his father, Paulus Dewitt.

Is it Peter?

Another DeWitt of the Long Island DeWitt line also named a son John about the same time period as our John was named... so we might be descendants of Peter DeWitt, a younger brother of Abraham and son of Paulus Dewitt. If you are interested, take a look at his father, Paulus Dewitt.

Please refer to the DeWittAncestry, the KingstonNYCLAN and the LongIslandCLAN (you are there)
websites for discussion about the ancestors of John DeWitt.

2009 INFORMATION (As of January 5th)

The author of this website is the great great great great grandson of John DeWitt.
Recently I joined the DeWitt DNA Project with the hopes of connecting my Y-chromosome
37 marker analysis to another Dewitt from one of the known clans who arrived in the 1600s:

Current analysis of my Y-chromosome 37 marker DNA results, which for now represents all of the male DeWitts descendant from John Dewitt, and therefore all of the mentioned or unmentioned females) suggests that we are NOT related within 500 years of the people who have had their DNA analyzed and are members of the FamilyTree DeWitt DNA Project.
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/dewittfamilydna/default.aspx

Up to this time, three 1600s Dewitt clans have been claimed.
a. Tjerck Dewitt from Kingston NY area
b. Jan Dewitt from Long Island area
c. Jacob Dewitt from Virginia area

My DNA does not match (at the 37 marker analysis level) with any members in the DeWitt DNA group.
There are currently 19 other members. This analysis is on the Y chromosome only.

This means that:
a. There is a fourth Dewitt clan from whom our John Dewitt descends.
b. There was an adoption in Don's line somewhere back in time.
c. There was an illegitimate birth somwhere back in time.
d. There were these "nonpaternal events (b & c)" in the history of the other DeWitt DNA member's lines.

In case b. or c., this issue may affect only my line from Thomas DeWitt (1791-1879),
or many other lines shown on this document.

In cases a and d., we need more DNA to further evaluate.

This challenge is the reason for this document. We need more male Dewitt DNA!
Please contact me if you can advise or help.
Don DeWitt (contact)
http://users.bergen.org/dondew/bio/DEWITT/DeWittSiteMAP.html

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Kathryn DeWitt Gazaway suggested a few years ago that we John DeWitt descendants turn to the "Long Island" DeWitts starting with Jan Dewitt rather than the "Kingston, NY" DeWitts as a possibility for our history since no one can confirm a link to that clan. She noted that she had seen a few John Dewitts in her records. Unfortunately, Kathryn passed away on February 15, 2001. However, her work on the Long Island clan is now posted at The Genealogy Pages under their Surname Resource Center for DeWitts. Her work is found specifically at: The DeWitt Files of Katherine DeWitt Gazaway (with no ads) or also on the web at Gazaway (with ads). I had forgotten about her suggestion until recently (7/2003) when another descendant of John DeWitt contacted me (Greg Veneklasen) and suggested that we think about other DeWitt lines perhaps even from France rather than Holland. That comment refocused my thoughts back to this problem and made me quit working on school work (yeah, I'm a bio teacher) and focus on "more important issues". Anyway.....

While exploring Kathryn's website I decided to see if I could find a John Dewitt from Pennsylvania who was born in the 1760 era. After viewing all the children of four generations starting from Jan Dewitt, I hit potential paydirt. Read downward to find a John Dewitt!

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The Wishful Thinking FAMILY LINE 2: The Long Island, NY Line

Name

Birth Date

Death Date

Marriage Date

Jan Dewitt (ref) (ref)

b. Abt 1600

d. ?

m. Catherine ?

b. ?

d. ?

m. ?

Pieter Jansen Dewit (ref)

b. Abt 1624

d. ?

m. Dorothea Volckers

b. Abt 1630

d. 1658

m. BEF 1650

Pieter Dewitt (ref)

b. Abt 1650

d. 1721

m. Sarah Alberts (aka Albertsen)

b. Abt 1650

d. ?

m. Abt 1670

Barnet (aka Barent Dewitt) (ref)

b. Abt 1665-70

d. AFT 1747

m. Sarah van Tassel (ref)

b. 1670

d. ?

m. 1694

Paulus Dewitt (ref)

b. 21 Apr 1697

d. Bef Apr 1774

m. Catherine Johnson

b. Abt 1697

d. Apr 1774

m. ?

Abraham Dewitt (ref)

b. 12 Sep 1725

d. 1783

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m. Marie (Mary) ?

b. 28 Apr 1732

d. ?

m. 4 Sep 1755

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m. Eleanor

(Ancestry.com ref)

b. ?

d. Aft 1787 (ref)

m. ?

7c_
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John Dewitt (ref)
- son of Marie

b. Bet 1757-
1763?

d. ?

m. ?

b. ?

d. ?

m. ?

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As you have seen above, a son of Abraham Dewitt was named John. Most important, is that he was probably born in the 1760s and that he grew up in Pennsylvania!!! Unfortunately nothing else seems to be known about him other than his siblings who were:
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Siblings of John Dewitt (son of Abraham & Marie)

7a_

William Dewitt (ref)

b. 1757

d. Jun 1835

family info: (ref)

m. Sarah ?

b. ABT 1762

d. ?

m. ?

7b_

Sidney Dewitt (ref)

b. ABT 1760

d. BEF Jan 1810

m. Adam Long DeLong

b. ABT 1760

d. ?

m. 1793

John Dewitt

b. Bet 1757-63?

d. ?

7d_

Catherine Dewitt (ref)

b. ?

d. ABT 1790

7e_

Paul Dewitt (ref)

b. ABT 1763

d. 21 Apr 1839

m. Elizabeth Sly

b. ABT 1773

d. ?

m. 8 Dec 1792

7f_

Abraham Dewitt (ref)

b. 9 Aug 1764

d. ABT 1814

m. Catherine Shipman

b. 5 Nov 1763

d. 7 Jun 1807

m. ?

or...
Abraham Dewitt (ref2)

This Abraham could be a son of
Peter DeWitt (see below)

b. 5 Nov 1765
Pike Co, PA

d. 30 Jan 1835

m. 7 Mar 1787
in Frankford twnshp, Sussex, NJ

m. Mehitable Hopkins

b. 15 Mar 1766

d. 31 Mar 1841

7g_

Isaac Dewitt (ref)

b. ABT 1765

d. ?

7h_

Peter Dewitt (ref)

b. ?

d. ?

7i_

Barnard Dewitt (ref)

b. 1768

d. ?

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I list John as 7c to denote that Kathryn listed him as the 3rd born child. That would put his birthdate in the time between 1757 (William's birthyear) and 1763 (Paul's birthyear). Kathryn listed Sidney later but gave her a birthyear of 1760 so I moved her up to the second child but she could be the third. Anyway.... John Dewitt would fit into our needed time slot of 1760-1765 as our family history gives our John DeWitt's birthyear as around 1760. (See John DeWitt).

How do we know this John DeWitt (son of Abraham) spent time in Pennsylvania?

The father of this clan Abraham Dewitt (who was born in Rariton, Hunterdon Co, NJ) died in 1783 in Sunbury, Northumberland Co., PA. So we know that the parents of John Dewitt eventually migrated to PA from NJ. Kathryn's website also states that the siblings Paul, and Abraham were born in PA so that puts the family in PA by 1763. So that would suggest that their John Dewitt at least grew up in Pennsylvania,.... and that.... my cousins.... fits our needs!

All we need is to confirm that he made his way across Pennsylvania to Westmoreland Co., by the late 1780s.... and lived next door to John Culbertson and thought Nancy was cute!!

Of course this can certainly be categorized as wishful thinking too! But based on a brief investigation, the rough facts fit better than the wishful thinking about our descendancy from the Kingston DeWitts.

So now the focus should be to find out more information about John Dewitt (son of Abraham). In a quick search at Ancestry.com, I found several links to Abraham, but NONE of them even listed John DeWitt as a son. (Sadness returns....) However the references I found were minimal and lacked any depth. Clearly Kathryn DeWitt Gazaway's work is the most detailed that I have found, and therefore I feel comfortable living with her information for now.

John, oh John where is your history?

.... actually, there may be another John to look at: John Dewitt, son of Peter Dewitt, son of Paulus. See discussion at the bottom.

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Jan Dewitt	Pieter Jansen Dewit	Pieter Dewitt	Barnet Dewitt
Paulus Dewitt	Abraham Dewitt	Peter Dewitt
	John Dewitt 1	John Dewitt 2

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Netherlands

Jan
Dewitt
(son of ? Dewitt
and ?)

Netherlands

First Family: Children of Jan Dewitt
Issue:	Sex	Born	Birthplace	Died	Deathplace	Married	Date	Children
Children of Jan Dewitt (b. Abt 1600 in Netherland d. ? in Holland) (ref) and Catherine ? (b. ? d. ?)
Pieter Jansen Dewit (Ref)	M	Abt 1624	Leiden, Netherland, Utrecht	?	Bushwick, Long Island, NY I am not sure if this Peter Jan Dewitt is the same person but... from the History of Bushwick, NY... "Records of the West India Company show that on Feb. 16 1660, fourteen Frenchmen, with a Dutchman named Peter Jan DeWitt, their interpreter, have arrived here, .." (ref) (ref)	Dorothea Volckers b. Abt 1630 Rin RNetherlands d. Abt 1658 Rin Long RIsland, NY	Bef 1650 in Netherlands (ref)	Pieter Dewitt b. 1650 d. ? m. Sara Alberts Maria Dewitt b. 1652 d. 1699 m. Jacobus Calyet Catherine b. 1654 d. ? m. Hendrik Lott Volckert b. 1657 d. 1695 m. Anna Van Cleef
						Helen ?	Abt 1662 in Boswyck or Flatbush, New Netherland	Boudwyn Dewitt RBaldwin Divertja Dewitt (ref)
						Marritje Williams (ref)	?	?
Johannes Dewitt (Ref)	M	Abt 1626	Netherland	?	?	Johanna Gerritsen b. Abt 1626 d. Abt 1710	?	Petronella Sophy Marie Johanna (Ref)

Notes: All information from The De Witt Files of Katherine DeWitt Gazaway

Also: Descendants of Jan Dewitt
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/1776/DeWittReport.html

Jan Dewitt	Pieter Jansen Dewit	Pieter Dewitt	Barnet Dewitt
Paulus Dewitt	Abraham Dewitt	Peter Dewitt
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Pieter Jansen
Dewit
(son of Jan Dewitt
and Catherine ?)

New York

Parents

Children of Pieter Jansen Dewit
Issue:	Sex	Born	Birthplace	Died	Deathplace	Married	Date	Children
Children of Pieter Jansen Dewit (ref) (b. Abt 1624 in Leiden, Netherlands, Utrect d. 1701-5 in Bushwick, Long Island, NY) and Dorothea Volckers (ref) (b. Abt 1630 in the Netherlands d. Abt 1658 in Long Island, NY) married Bef 1650 in the Netherlands
Pieter Dewitt (ref1)	M	Abt 1650	Leiden, Netherlands	Abt 1721	Boswyck, Long Island, NY	Sarah Alberts (aka Albertsen) b. Abt 1650 in Moerson, Holland d. ?	Abt 1670	Maria b. Abt 1671 d. Abt 1700? m. Dirck Vockert children were: Volckert Peter Sara Annetje (ref2) Peter b. Abt 1673 d. Abt 1750 m. Deborah ? children were: Margrit Peter Hannus 3 more dau. (ref2) Barnet b. Abt 1665-1675? d. Aft 1747 m. Sarah van Tassel Benjamin b. Abt 1680 d. ? m. ? children were: Pieter Johannes Jacob Abraham (ref2) Abraham* b. Abt 1685 d. Abt 1761? m. ? children were: Luke Johannes (ref2) (ref1) Ref 2: Walter DeWitt who is descendant of Abraham*
Maria Dewitt (ref1)	F	Abt 1652	NY	Bef 17 Oct 1699	Manhattan, NY	Jacobus Calyer b. 9 Feb 1653 d. Abt 1720 in Bushwick, NY RRRRRRRRRR	Abt 1673	Jochem Pieter Jacobus Johannes Magdalena (ref1)
Catherine Dewitt (ref1)	F	10 May 1654	NY	Abt 1734	?	Hendrick Lott b. 10 May 1654?? d. Abt 1728 in Newtown, Queens, NY	?	Peter Dorothy Gertruy Maria Antje (ref1)
Volckert Dewitt (ref1)	M	Abt 1657-8	New Amsterdam, NY	Abt 1694	Bushwick, Long Island, NY	Anna van Cleef b. ? d. Bef 1722	?	Fokertje (aka Volkert?) (ref1)
? Dewitt (ref1)	M	Abt 1640	?	?	?	?	?	Jacob Bastiaanez (ref1)

Notes: Ref1: All information from The De Witt Files of Katherine DeWitt Gazaway
Ref2: Information from Walter DeWitt (11-20-05)

Jan Dewitt	Pieter Jansen Dewit	Pieter Dewitt	Barnet Dewitt
Paulus Dewitt	Abraham Dewitt	Peter Dewitt
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New York

Pieter Dewitt
(aka Pieter Jans Dewitt)
(son of Pieter Jansen Dewitt
and Dorothea Volckers

New York
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Parents

Children of Pieter Dewitt
Issue:	Sex	Born	Birthplace	Died	Deathplace	Married	Date	Children
Children of Pieter Dewitt (b. Abt 1650 in Leiden, Netherlands d. Abt 1721 in Boswyck, Long Island, NY) and Sarah Alberts (aka Albertsen) (b. Abt 1650 in Moersen, Holland d. ?) m. Abt 1670
Maria Jan (ref)	F	Abt 1671	?	Abt 1710	Milstone, Somerset Co, NJ	Dirck Volckertzen b. Abt 1667 in bushwick, NY d. 27 Jun 1754 in Millstone River, Somerset Co., NJ buried in Weston Cem, Somerset, NJ He married 2 other women. See Volckertse genealogy at: (ref)	25 Sep 1694 in Long Island, NY moved to NJ in 1699 (ref)	Volkert RVolkertsen Peter Volkerse RVolkertsen Sarah RVolkertsen Annetje RVolkertsen (ref) See Volckertse genealogy at: (ref)
Peter (ref)	M	Abt 1673	?	?	?	Deborah?	Abt 1722	Sarah Margrietje R(aka Margaret) Peter Johnnes R(aka Hannus) (ref)
Barnet (ref) (aka Barent or Bernard) (ref)	M	18 Jan 1665 18 Jan 1666 (ref)	New Castle on Delaware Netherlands (ref) See life description below in notes.	Aft 1747 Aft 1723 (ref)	Raritan River, Somerset, NJ	Sarah van Tassel b. Abt 1670 in Midwont, Flatbush, NY d. 30 Mar 1708 Rariton, NJ Father: Jan Cornelius Van Texel (ref)	Abt 1694 in Tarrytown, NY	Aryjie (aka Arie, Ary) Petrus Paulus Catherine Barnet Sara R(aka Saertje) Titus (ref)
Benjamin (ref)	M	Abt 1680	Oyster Bay, NY	?	?	?	?	Pieter Abraham Jacob (ref)
Abraham RGrote * (Grote = "senior") (ref)	M	Abt 1685	Probably, Bucks Co., PA	4 Feb 1761	? PA	?	?	Luke (ref1) R(aka Lucas) Johannes (ref1) * moved to Long Island, NY b. Abt 1705-10 d. 4 May 1790 Fishkill, Dutchess Co., NY m1: Annetje Nagel b.? d. 1736 children were Annetje b. abt 1736 Phillipus b. abt 1736 m2: Catherine Luyster (ref4) b. 7 Aug 1716 d. 1806 (ref3) children were Petrus * (ref4) b. 17 Feb 1739 (ref2) d. 07 Oct 1809 (ref4) m. Elizabeth Duryea children were: Elizabeth b. 1782 d. 1783 (ref3) Johannes b. 1784 d. 1818 m. Catherine Brinkerhoff? (ref3) Pieter b. 1787 d. 1836 m. Eliz. Van Riper (ref3) Theodorus b. 1789 d. 1861 m. Jane Stoughtenbery Abraham b. 1792 d. 1867 Daniel Luyster * b. 1795 d. 1867 m. Catherine Pike dau. of Antje Dewitt Pike (see below) b. 1796 d. 1841 (ref3) children were: Ann b. 1822 d. 1901 (ref3) Elizabeth b. 1824 d. 1916 (ref3) Catherine b. 1827 d. 1831 (ref3) Catherine Louisa b. 1833 d. ? (ref3) Sara b. 1839 d. 1917 (ref3) Peter * b. 1836 d. 1912 (ref3) Annetje b. 22 Dec 1740 (ref2) d. 1814 (ref3) Sarah b. 1743 d. 1815 (ref3) Johannes b. 1744 m. Catharine ? (ref3) Abraham b. 1746 d. ? (ref3) Catherine b. 26 Feb 1748 (ref2) d. 1779 m. Peter Lent (ref3) Margrietje b. 1750 d. 1800 (ref3) Abrahan b. 1753 d. 1822 m. Polly Kiersted (ref3) Antje b. 27 Jul 1755 (ref2) d. 1823 m. Selah Pike children: Catharine b. 1796 d. 1841 m. Daniel Luyster Dewitt son of Petrus (above) (ref3) (ref1) (ref2) (ref3) = Info from Walter DeWitt (ref4) * Walter DeWitt is a descendant.

Notes: Information from The De Witt Files of Katherine DeWitt Gazaway
              and Van Tassel genealogy
              and Walter DeWitt who has a family bible from 1718 that was handed down from Pieter DeWitt,
              then to Abraham DeWitt and eventually to Walter.

Jan Dewitt	Pieter Jansen Dewit	Pieter Dewitt	Barnet Dewitt
Paulus Dewitt	Abraham Dewitt	Peter Dewitt
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New York

Barnet
Dewitt
(aka Barent, or Bernard)
(son of Pieter Dewitt
and Sarah Alberts (aka Albertsen))

New Jersey
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Parents

Children of Barnet Dewitt
Issue:	Sex	Born	Birthplace	Died	Deathplace	Married	Date	Children
Children of Barnet (Barent, Bernard) Dewitt (b. 18 Jan 1665 in New Castle on Delaware d. Aft 1747 (or 1723) in Rariton River, Somerset Co, NJ) and Sarah van Tassel (aka Van Texel) (ref) (b. Abt 1670 in Midwont, Flatbush, NY d. 30 Mar 1708 Rariton, NJ)
Aryjie (ref) or Andries (ref)	M	Abt 1695	Tarrytown, Westchester Co., NY	?	?	Sara or Elizabeth? (ref)	?	Isaac Aryjie J. Sarah Elizabeth (ref)
Petrus (ref) twin brother to Paulus (below)	M	Abt Apr 1697	baptized on 21 Apr 1697 at the Tarrytown Dutch Church on this date in Westchester Co., NY (ref) lived at Raritan; member of First Reformed Church, Somerville, NJ; ancestor of Sussex Co. NJ - Wilkes Barre PA. family. (ref)	Abt 1776	Somerville, NJ	Elizabeth b. Abt 1697	?	Abraham Rb. Abt Sep 1725 in NJ Rd. Abt 1819 in RRRWarren Co. NJ Rm. Marie Mary Sutphin RRRb. Abt 1725 R1 son: Paul RRRRRb. 1750 d. 1801 R(ref) Peter b. 1726 Deer Park NY d. 6 Nov 1776 Newton, NJ m. Martje Roosa Isaac b. 11 Sep 1741 Barnet b. 27 Apr 1756 Levi b. 1758 Alexander b. Abt 1764 Paul b. Abt 1764 Peter III b. 1 Mar 1764 d. 17 Oct 1849 m. Hannah Hill Amanda Lucinda Paul b. 25 Aug 1787 NJ d. 19 Jun 1871 OH m Elizabeth DeWitt Isaac b: 2 Oct 1813 NJ d: 7 Feb 1907 IA m. Elizabeth Longshore William R b. 13 Aug 1860 IA d. ? m. Sarah Orr Stella b. 30 Jul 1893 Pierson, IA Mary Alexander Isaac Peter Levi Barnet (Bernard) Rb. Abt 1730 in NJ (ref) Jacob Sarah Rb. Abt 1737-8 in NJ (ref) Isaac Rb. Abt 1741 (ref) John b. ? d. Bef Oct 1781 Rm. ? R1 dau: Phebe (ref)
						Sarah	?	?
Paulus (ref) twin brother to Petrus (above)	M	Abt Apr 1697	baptized on 21 Apr 1697 at the Tarrytown Dutch Church on this date in Westchester Co., NY (ref)	Bef Apr 1774	Bald Eagle Twnshp (ref) Sunbury, Northumberland Co, PA (ref) buried in Great Island Cem, Lock Haven, Northumberland, PA	Catherine Johnson b. Abt 1697 d. Aft Apr 1774 buried in Great Island Cem, Lock Haven, Northumberland, PA	?	Abraham b. 12 Sep 1725 in NJ d. Abt 1783 in PA m. Marie Mary b. 28 Apr 1732 m. 4 Sep 1755 RRR9 kids: John Paulus b. Mar 1727 in Hunterdon Co, NJ d. VA m. Catherine DePuy b. 1725 d. children: Sara b 1750 NJ John b abt 1751 Barnett b abt 1752 d 1798 m. Deborah ? Paul b Abt 1755 Sussex Co NJ d 1818 Guernsey Co OH m Charity Hauffman James H b Abt 1757 d ? m Abigail Wilkerson Henry b Abt 1758 Sussex Co NJ d 1810--11? Rolling Fork Hardin Co, KY m. Ann Orr 12 children ancestry.com Dewitt, FLoyd Skaggs and Surratt Family tree Elisha b Abt 1765 Hampshire Co, VA d Aft 1830 Anderson, Perry Co, IN Jacob b Abt 1773 Sussex Co NJ d 1810-1820 Oxford, Butler Co, OH m. Hannah (Devore) Orr Martin (ref) b. Abt 1729 in NJ d. Abt 1799 in Montgomery, KY m. Sarah Johns 1 daughter: Maria, bap 2 Jul 1750 Minisink, NJ Martinus Different Ref ancestry.com b. Abt 1729 in NJ d. Abt Oct 1799 in Montgomery, KY m. Saertje Joons 7 children Harris Henry Maria Peter * b 8 Jul 1753 Sussex Co NJ d. 18 Oct 1843 Clark Co, KY m Jane Bray Jul 1774 Peter [1753] seems to be the first DeWitt to be documented in KY. He is on record signing a petition there in June of 1784, and appears on the first Fayette county tax list in 1787. This is from Harold DeWitt. * The father of Peter is in contention by Kathyrn Gazaway and Walter DeWitt Sarah Hannah b 1755 d 1831 Paul b 1767 These children were listed in Martinus's will dated 10 Oct 1799. John Rb. 18 Sep 1731 Rd. Bef 11 April RRR1804 RRRin RRRSussex RRRCo, NJ Rm. Catherine RR2 sons: RRJohn Jr. RRJacob Peter Sara Barnet Isaac (Eserk) Catherine (ref)
Catherine (ref)	F	Abt Apr 1699	baptized on 24 Apr 1699 in Tarrytown, Westchester Co., NY (ref)	?	?	John Smithson (ref)	Abt 1690	?
Barnet (ref) (aka Barent) (ref)	M	Abt Mar 1706	baptized on 25 Mar 1706 in Tarrytown, Westchester Co., NY (ref)	?	?	Neeltje (ref)	Bef 1736 in Somerset, NJ	Sara (aka Sertje) Rb. Abt 1738 (ref) Maria Rb. Abt 1740 (ref) Antje (Nancy) Rb. Abt 1742 (ref) (all born in NJ) (ref)
Sara (Saertje) (ref)	F	30 Mar 1708	baptized on 19 Jun 1708 in Sleepy Hollow Dutch Church, Tarrytown, Westchester Co., NY (ref)	?	?	Leonard Smook (aka Smock) (ref)	Bef 19 Jan 1728 in Montgomery, Somerset Co, NJ	Sarah Sycke Barnet (ref)
Titus (ref)	M	Abt 1710	NJ	?	?	Elizabeth Weatherly	Abt 1735 in Somerset Co, NJ	Margaret Rb. Abt 1739 (ref) Thomas Rb. Abt 1741 (ref) Peter Rb. Abt 1749 (ref) (ref)

Notes: Most information from The De Witt Files of Katherine DeWitt Gazaway

Details on John Dewitt children is for the purpose of finding THE John DeWitt who could be our ancestor. Abraham sons for Petrus and Paulus are shown because there is some confusion about their wives. (see below.)

Some references on the web have connected M. Sutphin to Abraham (son of Paulus) while most connect her to Abraham (son of Petrus). Both Abrahams are first born sons and seem to both be born about 1725 in September.

Additional information from the Van Tassel genealogy:

Barent and wife, Sarah, lived at Tarrytown, NY, being members of the Sleepy Hollow Dutch Reformed Church, where we find records of the baptism of several of their children. This church was also known as the Philipsburgh Church, Philipsburgh being named for Frederick Philips, who owned the land upon which the town was built.

Between 1709, the last appearance of his name in Tarrytown, and 1710, Bernard, (at this point in the paper M.E. Wood changes his name to Bernard), DeWitt removed with his family to Hunterdon County, New Jersey, settling on the Raritan River. This part of Hunterdon later became Somerset County. A Dutch Reformed Church was established here in 1710, Bernard DeWitt being elected, at its organization, the senior Deacon.

It is not known when or where Bernard and his wife Sarah died, but it was probably at their old home near Somerville. No gravestones mark their last resting place, nor is there any will or administration account found to be on file.

Also from the same genealogy: Van Tassel also known as Van Texel genealogy:
Regarding Barent Dewitt and Sarah Van Tassel (Van Texel)

They lived in the Upper part of the Manor of Philipsburgh, called by the Indians "Weekvaskeck" and by the Lord of the Manor "Philipsburgh". Children were all baptized in the Old Dutch Church at Sleepy Hollow. Shortly after the baptism of Sarah, the family must have moved away as no further mention of the name appears in the records of the Old Dutch Church at Sleepy Hollow, nor in the records of Philipsburgh. From the WEB 7/18/98 information has that Barent DeWITT died after 1723 in Rariton River, Somerset NJ.

Barent DeWITT was a tax collector of the District in which he resided in 1693 and 1694. In six of the receipts given him for money collected and paid into Chidley Broke, the County Treasurer, he is first called "Barnes White" then called "Barent Witt" and finally "Barent De Witt".

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Paulus
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Parents

Children of Paulus Dewitt
Issue:	Sex	Born	Birthplace	Died	Deathplace	Married	Date	Children
Children of Paulus Dewitt (b. 21 Apr 1697 (on this date: baptized at Tarrytown Dutch Church)* Westchester Co., NY Ref 1: d. Bef Apr 1774 in Sunbury, Northumberland Co., PA Ref 2: Abt 1772 in Bald Eagle Township, Northumberland Co., PA.) * and Catherine Johnson (b. Abt 1697 d. ? in Sunbury, Northumberland Co., PA) Both are buried in Great Island Cem, Lock Haven, Northumberland, PA.
Abraham (ref)	M	12 Sep 1725	Rariton, Hunterdon Co, NJ	Abt 1783	Sunbury, Northumberland Co., PA	Marie Mary * b. 28 Apr 1732 * Note: Last name found in one database in Ancestry.com search for Abraham Dewitt was Sutphin, but she is connected to Abraham (son of Petrus not Paulus but most other refs including Kathryn Gazaway's database. (ref) ancestry.com 1/2008 OneWorldTree states his wife was Marytje Mary Roos b abt 1735 and daughter of Willem Roosa and Lysbeth Krom Some info found in ancestry.com Family Tree "Descendants of Dewitt, Floyd, Skaggs and Surratt"	4 Sep 1755	William b. Abt 1757 (See Ref 3 in notes below) d. 1 Jan 1835 Ridgebury, Bradford, PA m. Sarah b. 1762 Sidney b. Abt 1760 d. Bef 1810 m. Adam Long (Delong) b. 1760 John b. Bet 1761-63 (See Abraham below for discussion of a John Dewitt's inheritance proceedings.) Paul b. Abt 1763 Duncannon, Perry Co PA d. 21 Apr 1839 Burlington, Bradford, PA m. Elizabeth Sly 8 Dec 1792 b. 1773 Mary 1793 James 1795 Betsy1797 Lyman 1799 George1801 Isaac 1803 Hannah1805 Susannah 1805 Julia Ann 1811 Minerva 1814 Lutilda 1817 Morgan 1818 (from Brockway Family Tree ancestry.com) Abraham b. 9 Aug 1764 d. 1814? m. Catherine Shipman b. 5 Nov 1763 d. 7 Jun 1807 or Abraham b. 5 Nov 1765 Frankford, Sussex Co, NJ d. 30 Jan 1835 Warren Co, NJ m.Mehitable Hopkins b. 15 Mar 1766 d. 30 Jan 1835 (ref2) (In the reference there is mention of Isaac, and Peter selling land to Abraham. There is also discussion of the inheritance of a John Dewitt.) However.... This Abraham could be the son of Peter DeWitt (see below) Catherine d. 1762 Issac b. Abt 1765 Peter b. Abt ? Barnard b. Abt 1768 (ref) (ref: Descendants of Dewitt, Floyd, Skaggs and Surratt ancestry.com)
						Eleanor b. PA	?	?
Paulus (ref)	M	Bef 24 Mar 1727-8	baptized at Readington Church on this date in Flemington, Hunterdon Co, NJ (ref)	1774	WV Paul and Catherine Depuy DeWitt were the only DeWitt family that settled in what is now West VA, settling in Hampshire County, VA. (ref) - see generation 7	Catherine Depuy b. Abt 1725 in Esopus, Kingston, Ulster Co., NY dau. of Johannas DePuy and Rachel Devoer (ref)	10 Dec 1749 in Smithfield Refch, Shawnee, Monroe Co., PA	Sara b. 7 May 1751 NJ b. 7 May 1751 NJ John b. Abt 1751 Barnett b abt 1752 d 1798 m. Deborah ? Paul b 1755 NJ Sussex Co NJ d 3 Oct 1818 Guernsey Co, OH m. Charity Hauffman son: Barney (1790-1876) m. Margaret Hedge son: George W (1823) m Rachel Purcell children Angeline Charles Asbury Emaline Caroline Adaline Julia Flora Ellen James H. b Abt 1757 d 1824 m Abigail Wilkerson Henry b. 1758-9 Sussex Co NJ d. 1810 Rolling Fork Hardin Co, KY m. Ann Orr b 1760 d 1821 children: Aaron b1771 Phebe b1778 John b1782 James b1782 Jane b1785 Jacob b1790 Abraham b1790 Isaac b1792 * Solomon Coy * b 1795 d IN m Nancy Fowler Hannah b1798 Deliah b1800 Melvina b1802 These folks lived in Hardin Co, KY but some ended up in Indiana. (*) ancestry.com Dewitt, FLoyd Skaggs and Elisha b Abt 1765 Hampshire Co, VA d Aft 1830 Anderson, Perry Co, IN m. ? children Elizabeth m John Artman Margaret m Mason Carter Elijah Reeves m Lucy Barbre Abel William m Nancy Miller Jacob b Abt 1773 Sussex Co NJ d 1810-1820 Oxford, Butler Co, OH m. Hannah (Devore) Orr (ref)
Martin (Martinus) (ref)	M	Abt 1729	NJ	Abt Oct 1799	Montgomey, KY	Sarah Johns Sarah Joons? b. Abt 1730 d. Aft 1800 in Montgomey, KY	? b 8 Jul 1753 Sussex Co NJ d. 18 Oct 1843 Clark Co, KY m Jane Bray Jul 1774 Sarah Hannah b 1755 d 1831 Paul b 1767	Paul Peter b. 8 Jul 1753 in Sussex Co., NJ d. 18 Oct 1843 in Clark Co, KY m. Jane Bray Jul 1774 (descendants) BIG !!! children: Sarah b 1754 NJ d 1825 IN Peter Price b 1773 d 2 Sep 1841 Elizabeth b 1775 KY d 1815 KY Mary Catherine b 1776 VA d 1850 KY Martin b 1777 MD d 1840 TX m Sarah Stivers children Pleasant b 1802 KY d 1883 IL America Julia Gabriel Peter Elizabeth Susan Emma Jane Henry Clinton Sarah Ann Peter b 1777 KY d 1839 IN Henry b 1782 KY d 1836 OH Gabriel b 1782 KY d ? John Herrod b 1785 d 1855 (ref) descendants ended up in Indiana after KY Peter [1753] seems to be the first DeWitt to be documented in KY. He is on record signing a petition there in June of 1784, and appears on the first Fayette county tax list in 1787. This is from Harold DeWitt. * The father of Peter is in contention by Kathyrn Gazaway and Harold DeWitt Henry Maria Sarah Henry? Hannah (ref)
John (ref)	M	18 Sep 1731	Hunterdon Co, NJ	Bef 11 Apr 1804	Frankford, Sussex Co., NJ	Catherine ? b. Abt 1734 d. 20 Sep 1805 in Frankford, Sussex Co., NJ & is buried in Frankford Plains Cem, NJ	?	John Jr. b. Bef 1751? Jacob b. Abt 1751 (ref) (menu)
Peter (ref) return to Menu	M	Bef 12 May 1734	christened on that day at Readington Church in Flemington, Hunterdon Co., NJ (ref)	Bef 1790 * He no doubt died before 1790, as we do not find him in the census of that year for PA, VA or SC	in Newton, Sussex Co., NJ *	Marytje (Mary) Roosa b. Abt 1735 in Minisink, NY d. ?	Bef May 1750 in Minisink, Port Jervis, NY John Dewitt, son of Peter is also a candidate for our John DeWitt as he was likely to have been born about 1766-7. There is no other info as to the fate of John. return to Menu	Jacob b. Abt 1750 Paul b. Abt 1752 Barnet Barney b. Abt 1754 NJ Mary b. Abt 1756 NJ William Wilhelm b. 18 Mar 1763 MD d. 31 Jan 1838 IN m Eliz. White m2. Eliz Conner Abraham b. Abt 1765 This Abraham could be: Abraham (ref2) b. 5 Nov 1765 Frankford, Sussex Co, NJ d. 30 Jan 1835 Warren Co, NJ m.Mehitable Hopkins b. 15 Mar 1766 d. 30 Jan 1835 (ref2) John b. Abt 1766-7? no info** Sarah b. 1767 NJ d. 29 Aug 1839 NJ m. ? (ref)
Sara (ref)	F	31 Oct 1736	christened on that day in Readington Dutch church in Hunterdon Co., NJ (ref)	?	?	Henry Depuy b. Abt 1732 d. Abt 1777 in Newton, Sussex, NJ	Abt 1746-56 in Sussex Co., NJ	Benjamin David Henry John (ref)
Barnet (ref)	M	Abt 1735	Flemington, Hunterdon Co., NJ He removed to the Bald Eagle Valley. Descendants resided in Mifflin, Centre and Clinton Counties, PA. (ref)	?	?	?	?	?
Isaac (Eserk) (ref)	M	11 Sept 1741	Sussex Co., NJ christened on 1 Nov 1741 in Readington Dutch church in Hunterdon Co., NJ	21 Feb 1822 1811- 1813 (ref)	Frankford, Sussex Co., NJ	Jerusha Price b. 25 May 1751 d. Aft Jul 1813 in Frankford, Sussex, NJ	?	Mary Anna Zachariah Price (his cabin) b. 24 Apr 1768 NJ d. 11 Apr 1851 OH Catherine Peter Price Elizabeth Jerusha Jemima John b. 8 Feb 1782 d. 18 Mar 1866 Sarah Lucy Susannah Azuba Isaac Isabel (ref) and (*from Taylor Family Tree in Ancestry.com) Zacariah's ref states that he had two brothers Jacob and Peter who migrated to KY with him.
						Catherine Winter b. 3 Sep 1745 NJ d. 21 Feb 1822 NJ	?	Jacob Catherine Mary Elizabeth (*from Taylor Family Tree in Ancestry.com) Were these children Catherine's from another husband?
Antje	F	Abt 1742	?	?	?	?	?	?
Catherine (ref)	F	Abt 1743	Hunterdon Co., NJ	?	?	? Kenny	Bef Oct 1778 in Sussex Co., NJ	?
? (ref)	F	Abt 1745	Hunterdon Co., NJ	?	?	?	?	?

Notes: Most information from The De Witt Files of Katherine DeWitt Gazaway
** John Dewitt, son of Peter is also a candidate for our John DeWitt as he was likely to have been born about 1766-7. There is no other information as to the fate of John.

* His father, Peter lived in the Port Jervis, NY area of Orange Co., NY which is across the Delaware River from Pennsylvania. In a Ancestry.com search I found a record of where Peter died which was Bef 1790 in Newton, Sussex Co. NJ.   This information was found at: http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2272480&id=I16459 in Toni Vietel's database

Ref 2: Van Tassel genealogy:
    a) Paulus's christening date given which may or may not be his true birthdate
    b) Paulus' date and location of death are given: Abt 1772 in Bald Eagle Township, Northumberland Co., PA.)

Ref 3: Regarding son William: Removed with his father to Bald Eagle Valley, Northumberland Co., PA. Served in the Revolution from Northumberland. Removed to Ridgeway Twp., Bradford Co., PA d. June 10,1836 m. Sarah------b. 1762

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Pennsylvania

Parents

Children of Abraham Dewitt
Issue:	Sex	Born	Birthplace	Died	Deathplace	Married	Date	Children
Children of Abraham Dewitt (b. 12 Sep 1725 in Rariton, Hunterdon Co., NJ d. Abt 1783 in Sunbury, Northumberland Co., PA) and Marie Mary *? (b. 28 Apr 1732 d. ? ) Marriage: 4 Sep 1755
William (ref) (See Ref 3 in notes below)	M	Abt 1757	Sussex Co., NJ	10 Jun 1835 or 1836*	Ridgbury, Bradford Co., PA	Sara ? b. Abt 1762 d. ?	?	Abraham b. Abt 1789 Rebecca b. Abt 1804
Sidney (ref)	F	Abt 1760 (ref)	?	Bef 1810	?	Adam Long (de Long) b. 1760	?	?
John (ref)	M	? Bet 1761-63	NJ or PA? ?? ??... sadly... nothing else is know about him. Why is John our possible ancestor John DeWitt? See discussion in the notes below John Dewitt's section.
Catherine (ref)	F	?	?	Abt 1790	?	?	?	?
Paul (ref)* (ref 2 below)	F	Abt 1763-4	at the mouth of the Juniata and Susquenna Rivers. in Northumberland, PA (ref) He served in the Revolution from Bald Eagle, Northumberland Co., PA. Removed before 1790 to Chemung Co., NY	21 Apr 1839	Burlington Twp. Bradford Co., PA	Elizabeth Sly b. 1773	8 Dec 1792 in Chemung Co., NY	11 children (ref)
Abraham (ref) (See alternate Abraham below.)	M	9 Aug 1764 (ref) or	PA (ref) He lived in Jersey Twp. Steuben Co., NY (ref)	10 Jun 1853 (ref) in Warren, NJ but Gazaway says 1814	?	Catherine Shipman b. 5 Nov 1763 Greenwich Township, Sussex, NJ d. 7 Jun 1807 Warren Co, NJ (ref)	5 Oct 1784	Isaac 1 other (ref) or John b. 29 Oct 1785 Catherine b. 20 May 1787 Elizabeth b. 1 Aug 1790 Mary b. 18 Mar 1795 Abraham b. 2 Dec 1798 Fair Hill, Cecil Co, MD Note that these children are the same as those listed below for the alternate Abraham. It is a confused situation.
						Winfred Barnes b. Jan 1777 d. 10 Mar 1857	7 May 1809	Nancy Sarah Moses Rebecca
Abraham (ref2)	M	5 Nov 1765	Pike County, PA	30 Jan 1835	Sussex Co, NJ	Mehitable Hopkins b.15 Mar 1766 d. 31 Mar 1841 (ref2) dau of Silas Hopkins and Mary Swayze	7 Mar 1787 in Frankford township, Sussex County, NJ	Isaac John 1785 – 1866 Elizabeth 1790 – 1864 Azuba 1793 – 1845 Mary 1795 – 1797 Joseph H 1798 – 1858 Abraham 1798 – 1887 Nancy 1810 – Sarah 1812 – 1884 Moses 1814 – Rebecca 1816 – 1857 children from ancestry.com (ref3)
Issac (ref)	F	Abt 1765 (ref) Abt 1768 (ref)	PA (ref) In 1828 he was living in Jersey, Steuben Co., NY (ref)	?	?	?	?	?
Peter (ref)	M	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Barnard (ref) (aka Barnet) (ref)	M	Abt 1766 (ref) Abt 1768 (ref)		Abt 1774 when he was 8 yrs old (ref)	Bald Eagle Cem. Northumberland Co., PA.	-	-	-

Notes: Information from The De Witt Files of Katherine DeWitt Gazaway and Van Tassel genealogy

* Ref 1: Abraham's wife's last name: Last name for wife of Abraham found in one database in Ancestry.com search was Mary Sutphin, but she is connected to Abraham (son of Petrus not Paulus by most other refs including Kathryn Gazaway's database. (ref)

Ref 2: Van Tassel genealogy: Regarding William: Removed with his father to Bald Eagle Valley, Northumberland Co., PA. Served in the Revolution from Northumberland. Removed to Ridgeway Twp., Bradford Co., PA d. June 10,1836 m. Sarah------b. 1762. William's children also listed here.

Abraham also married an Eleanor who died Aft 1787 (ref).

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John
Dewitt
(son of Abraham Dewitt
and Marie Mary ?)

Muses Bottom in Jackson Co.,
Virginia
by 1807?

Parents

Children of John Dewitt
Issue:	Sex	Born	Birthplace	Died	Deathplace	Married	Date	Children
Children of John Dewitt (b. Abt 1757-63 in Sussex Co., NJ d. 1820 in VA?????) and ? (b. ? d. ?)
see our John DeWitt??

Why John?

As you have seen above, a son of Abraham Dewitt was named John. Most important, is that he was probably born in the 1760s and that he grew up in Pennsylvania!!! Unfortunately nothing else seems to be known about him other than his siblings names. (See children of Abraham above.)

I list John as the third child as did Kathryn Gazaway who listed him as the 3rd born child. That would put his birthdate in the time between 1757 (William's birthyear) and 1763 (Paul's birthyear). Kathryn listed Sidney later but gave her a birthyear of 1760 so I moved her up to the second child but she could be the third. Anyway.... John Dewitt would fit into our needed time slot of 1760-1765 as our family history gives our John DeWitt's birth year as around 1760. (See John DeWitt).

How do we know this John Dewitt (son of Abraham) spent time in Pennsylvania?

The father of this clan, Abraham Dewitt (who was born in Rariton, Hunterdon Co, NJ) died in 1783 in Sunbury, Northumberland Co., PA. So we know that the parents of John Dewitt eventually migrated to PA from NJ. Kathryn
Gazaway's website also states that the siblings Paul, and Abraham were born in PA so that puts the family in PA by 1763. That would suggest that their John Dewitt at least grew up in Pennsylvania,.... and that.... my cousins.... fits our needs!

Her are the counties in 1755 in PA:

	Counties: Bucks Chester Philadelphia Lancaster York Cumberland Berks Northampton
	Counties: Bucks Chester Philadelphia Lancaster York Cumberland Berks Northampton Bedford Northhumberland Westmorland
	Counties: Bucks Chester Philadelphia Lancaster York Cumberland Berks Northampton Bedford Northhumberland Westmorland Washington Fayette Franklin Montgomery Dauphin
	Counties: Bucks Chester Philadelphia Lancaster York Cumberland Berks Northampton Bedford Northhumberland Westmorland Washington Fayette Franklin Montgomery Dauphin Luzerne Huntingdon Allegheny Delaware Mifflin

All we need is to confirm that he made his way across Pennsylvania to Westmoreland Co., by the late 1780s.... and lived next door to John Culbertson and thought Nancy was cute!! As you can see from the maps above, the locations in western Pennsylvania may have been located in different counties depending upon the date.

I have a letter sent to me by Cheryl Gallagher (4/12/04) written to Mrs. Wayne Downing dated 22 Jan 1986 from the Cumberland Co. Historical Society that states that no John Dewitt lived in that region from 1767 to 1794. Unfortunately, Cumberland Co. jumped into existence by 1755, then disappeared from 1780 until 1785, and then grew smaller by 1790. The letter DID relate that Abraham Dewitt and Paul Dewitt resided in Lackawanna Township in 1767 which was part of Cumberland Co. until 1789 when it became part of Mifflin Co. and later became part of Juniata Co.

And for another John... consider.... John Dewitt, son of Peter Dewitt. John is also a candidate for our John DeWitt as he was likely to have been born about 1766-7. However there is no other information as to the fate of this John. John's father Peter remained in NJ all of his life apparently, so there is no suggestion that this John Dewitt ever moved to PA... but of course.... he could have just said goodbye to the family and headed west!!

So we really seem to have one warm candidate, John Dewitt(1), son of Abraham Dewitt
and
one cool candidate, John Dewitt (2), son of Peter.

But at least we have candidates named John who were born at the right time, and whose families had the "itch" to Go West!! If we try to go with the Kingston, NY Dewitts, we do not even have a candidate John.... just wishes.

Boy... there sure are a LOT of Dewitts!!!

However... as of April 2009, my DNA project has thrown water on this idea: MyDNA

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Jan Dewitt	Pieter Jansen Dewit	Pieter Dewitt	Barnet Dewitt
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References

The DeWIIT Family Historical Society (copy from 1934)
LaSaundra Berens' DeWitt information
The Etherton-DeWitt (from central Ohio & Holmes Co.) Family Home Page
DEWITT FAMILY PAPERS (1750-1890)
Kevin Ward DeWitt Homepage

Coat of Arms of the DeWitts of Dordrecht

DeWitt Researchers Place
The DeWitt Surname Resource Center Database
Jan DeWitt descendants via Pieter Jansen DeWitt in Long Island in 1650s

Timothy Paul DeWitt's Genealogy -- a descendant of Pieter Jansen DeWitt

Descendants of Jan Dewitt... by Tim DeWitt with help from Kathryn DeWitt Gazzaway among others.

Kathryn DeWitt Gazaway's DeWitt files for Jan DeWitt

Descendants of Barnet DEWITT

DeWitt Log Home - Barnet DeWitt's Line

Jackson County West Virginia goodies

Is it West Virginia or Virginia?... YES, MAYBE, NO... it depends on what year you are talking about.

West Virgina became a state in 1831, so dates referring to Virginia before that time and West Virginia after that time could be only a reflection of statehood rather than people moving.
For a Map of VA in 1796: MAP.
For a Map of VA & WV in 1831: MAP.
For a topographical map showing Buffington's Island in the Ohio River, north of Ravenswood, Jackson Co., WV: Ravenswood.
For a topographical map showing Buffington's Island in the Ohio River, and Muses Bottom, north of Ravenswood, Jackson Co., WV: Muses Bottom.
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Pennylvania GenWeb

Pennsylvania county formation history

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