Peter Garrison (abt. 1676 - 1747)

Born about 1676 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York Province

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 23 Oct 1747 at about age 71 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Province

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Biography

Peter Garrison was a son of a Huguenot emigrant (1540-1790).

Peter Garrison was born about 1676 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, to Jacob Garrison, b: 1646 in Nieuw Amsterdam, and Christina (Cresson) Garrison, b: 1641 in Zeeland, Netherlands. She was a French Huguenot emigrant to New Netherland that became New York.

Children

1. David Garrison, b. 1716, Lancaster, Pennsylvania d. 1790, Mecklenburg, North Carolina
2. Esther Garrison Sample, b. 1717, Maryland d. 1803, Mecklenburg, North Carolina
3. Arthur Garrison, b. 1717, Salem, New Jersey, d. 1815, Fairfield, South Carolina

Peter was born about 1676 in New York. Peter passed away about 1747.

According to Phyllis Miller's article "The Garrison-Gerritsen Descendants of Gerrit Jansen Van Oldenburg Alias Gerrit De Mof", Peter Garrison b 1676 is likely the same Peter Garrison whose will was probated 1747 in Antrim, Lancaster Co, PA.

Peter, b. about 1676, named for Christina’s father, was perhaps the same as Peter Garrison who died in 1747 in Lancaster Co., Pa. His will written 13 Mar. 1746/7, was proved 22 Oct. 1747 (Lancaster Co. Wills 1:155-56). Peter lived in ”Entrim” Twp. He named his wife Sarah and nine children: David‘, John, Susan. Deborah, Arther, Peter, Esther and the two youngest James and Phebe. The last five children were not yet of age. The executors were his wife and David Rees.^[1]

Notes

Possibly born in New Jersey

Peter GARRISON of Entrim, Lancaster Co., PA made his Will on 13 March 1746/47. Names wife Sarah, sons: David, Arthur, James, John and Peter; daughters: Esther, Susan, Deborah and Phebe. Will was proved on 22 Oct 1747.

Future Research

• A history of the descendants of David Garrison, Sr. of Mecklenburg County, N.C. / compiled by Cornelia Garrison Husband (Mrs. Ralph H. Husband). Husband, Cornelia Garrison. https://ghl.nccardinal.org/eg/opac/record/9101640?locg=328

• A supplement to a History of the descendants of David Garrison, Sr. of Mecklenburg County, N.C. / compiled by Cornelia Garrison Husband. Husband, Cornelia Garrison. https://ghl.nccardinal.org/eg/opac/record/10080919?locg=328 ; https://nccardinal.org/eg/opac/record/12763793?locg=1

Sources

1. ↑ The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume 124, Number 1 ( Jan., 1993) "The Garrison-Gerritsen Descendants of Gerrit Jansen Van Oldenburg Alias Gerrit De Mof" by Phyllis J. Miller, page 8.

• http://www.montyhistnotes.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I1190&tree=MontyHistNotesI

Acknowledgements

• Garrison-2027 was created by Andrea Wood through the import of Andrea Wood Hash Family Tree_2014-07-22.ged on Jul 22, 2014.
• Miller, Phyllis J. "The Garrison-Gerritsen Descendants of Gerrit Jansen van Oldenburg Alias Gerrit de Mof," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 124 no. 1 (1993) pages 1-9.

• Wills, 1730-1908 ; Index to Wills, 1729-1947; Author: Lancaster County (Pennsylvania). Register of Wills; Probate Place: Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Source Information

Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. (Will Book I-K, 1747-1830 [Name: Peter Garrison, Probate Date: 13 Mar 1746, Probate Place: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Inferred Death Year: Abt 1746, Inferred Death Place: Pennsylvania] Sisson-190 - Note: Probate was 22 Oct 1747, and Peter's Will was written on 13 March 1746/47.)