Deborah (Gabitas) Griscom (1689 - aft. 1720)

Born 5 Feb 1689 in Chester, Pennsylvania [uncertain]

Wife of Tobias Andrew Griscom — married 5 Jan 1711 in Burlington, New Jersey

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Biography

Deborah Gabitas was born on 5 Feb 1689 in Pennsylvania, daughter of William and Abigail Gabitas.^[1]

Deborah was the wife of Tobias Griscom. Their intent to marry was recorded in Quaker Meeting Records in 1710 in Burlington, New Jersey.^[2]

They settled on lands they inherited from Tobias's father in Gloucester, New Jersey and had children Andrew, Samuel, William, Tobias and Mary.^[3]

Deborah is mentioned in the will of Tobias Griscom, proved Jan 1719/20 in Newton Colony, New Jersey (a Quaker colony). The will indicates that they had children but does not name them.^[4] Her last name is not listed in the will.

It is not certain when she died, but it would be after 1720.

Sources

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1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Deborah Gabitas. Monthly Meeting: Darby Monthly Meeting, U.S., Hinshaw Index to Selected Quaker Records, 1680-1940 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Tobias Griscomb and Deborah Gabitas, 1710, Burlington, New Jersey. Haverford College; Haverford, Pennsylvania; Minutes, 1678-1737; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: K2.12. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Griscom, Maddox and Denn Families, p. 142 in "Genealogy of Fenwick's Colony", by Thomas Shourds of Salem County, George Nixon Publisher, Bridgeton, New Jersey, 1876.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Will of Tobias Griscom, 1719, p. 195 in New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: New Jersey State Archives. New Jersey, Published Archives Series, First Series. Trenton, New Jersey: John L Murphy Publishing Company.

See also (not original source):

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 09 June 2016, 23:46), entry for Deborah Gabitas(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:2JYZ-MH5); contributed by various users.