John Garretson was born September 6, 1715. He was the son of Casparus Garretson (1676 - 1726) and Ann Cox Garretson (1692 - 1743), and married Content Hussey Garretson (1715 - 1747). [1] He married second Jane Carson. John passed away October 30, 1797, in York County, Pennsylvania.
Will and Probate
Name: John Garretson
Date: 23 Mar 1795
Prove date: 3 Oct 1797
Location: Newberry Township, York County, Pennsylvania
Remarks: John Garretson. Mar 23, 1795. Executors: Samuel and Joseph Garretson. Newberry Township. Children: William, Joseph, John, Ann, Samuel, Sarah, and Cornelius. Grandchildren: Jacob Garretson, son of William, Elizabeth and Mathias Kirk, parents' names not given, Edward, Jane, Hannah, and Phebe Jones, parents' names not given.[2]
↑ Lineages, Inc., comp.. York County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1749-1819 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: York County Wills. Originals housed at the York County Archives.
"Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CYX-H6RV : 13 January 2021), John Garretson in entry for Cornelius Garretson, 1791.
This person was created on 13 September 2010 through the import of all_01september_2010.GED.
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