David Garrigus Sr. (1749 - 1815)

Born 29 Mar 1749 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Losey) Garrigus — married 18 Mar 1773 in Morristown, Morris, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 8 Oct 1815 at age 66 in Hamilton, Butler, Ohio, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Garrigues Name Study.

David Garrigus Sr. is the descendant of a Huguenot emigrant.

David Garrigus Sr. served with Eastern Battalion, Morris County Militia, New Jersey Militia during the American Revolution.

David Garrigus Sr. migrated from Pennsylvania Colony to New Jersey Colony.

It is related that when David was doing duty as guard, one Foster WILLIAMS, son of Samuel, of Shongom, had laid a wager with some of the Company, that he could take David's musket away from him while he was on his post. He came up and demanded his musket, but David well knowing the penalty resisted, when Williams undertook to deprive him of his musket by force, and was shot, so that he died a few hours after for his rash wager. Joseph CASTERLINE belonged to the same Company.

David owned the John O. Hill farm, 600 acres, built the stone house there, sold to McComley about 1805, who sold to Deacon John Hill in 1809.

David Garrigus Sr. migrated from New Jersey to Ohio.

David died there in 1815. His wife died there about 1830.

Timeline

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35} The Presbyterian Church of Morristown Combined Registers 1742-1889, page 84, this multi-volume set is in the holdings of the First Presbyterian Church of Morristown, Morris County, NJ.
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 2.26 2.27 2.28 2.29 2.30 2.31 2.32 2.33 2.34 2.35 2.36 2.37 2.38 2.39 2.40 2.41 2.42 2.43 2.44 2.45 2.46 2.47 2.48 2.49 2.50 2.51} The Bible of David & Abigail (née Losey) Garrigues
3. ↑ Per Help:Date Fields, we translate to Gregorian dates
4. ↑ ^{4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12} The Last Will &Testament of David Garrigus
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Compiled Service Records of American Naval Personnel and Members of the Departments of Quartermaster General and the Commissary General of Military Stores who Served During the Revolutionary War; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M880, 4 rolls); War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, RG 93; National Archives, Washington, D.C.Compiled Service Records of Soldiers who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M881, 1096 rolls); War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, RG 93; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Compiled Service Records of American Naval Personnel and Members of the Departments of Quartermaster General and the Commissary General of Military Stores who Served During the Revolutionary War; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M880, 4 rolls); War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, RG 93; National Archives, Washington, D.C.Compiled Service Records of Soldiers who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M881, 1096 rolls); War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, RG 93; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

See also:

• http://www.usgenwebsites.org/NJMorris/biographies/rockawayrecords/garrigus.htm

• Joseph Percy Crayon, Rockaway Records of Morris County, N.J., Families, Rockaway Publishing Company, Rockaway, New Jersey, 1902, pgs. 74, 309. [1] [2]

• White, Elizabeth Pearson. "Robert Ayers of Rockaway, Morris County, New Jersey". National Genealogical Quarterly. 61, Number 4 (December 1973): 258, 259.

• Vito Blanco, Denville's Union Hill, Arcadia Publishing, 2003, pp. 37-52. [3]

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