Garrisons' Compass
Genealogies - Gerrit Jansen van Oldenburg Line
Jan (John) Garrison 1642 Descendants
Gerrit Jansen van Oldenburg, alias de Mof, b c1600 Oldenburg, Germany, died New Utrecht,
Netherlands late in 1661.  He and Clara Matthys (Claertie Tysens) eloped in 1639.  She was born c1610.  
Their oldest son:
2. Jan Gerrits (John Garrison), bp 4 Jan 1642 New Amsterdam Dutch Ch, d by 1697 Staten Isl; m c1676
Elizabeth Gysberts, d 1703.  She m2 Adam Cavlie(?).  
  1. Johannes Gerritsen, b c1678 Staten Isl, d prob by 1714; m by 1704 Hester _____, when they
sold land, perhaps to move away as there is no further record of them.
  2. Jacob Gerritsen, b on Staten Isl, bp 30 May 1680 Flatbush Dutch Ch, prob d bef May 1700.
  3. Cornelis Gerritsen, b c1682 Staten Isl, d by 15 Apr 1714 when letters of administration were
granted in Richmond Co (Staten Isl); m unknown, prob d bef he as not mentioned in est papers.
    1. John Garrison, b c1710 Staten Isl; m Ann Guyon.  Known ch:
      1. Cornelius Garrison, b 1737; m Susanna Pocock.  Known ch:
        1. John Garrison, b 1786; m Mary Birmingham.  Known ch:
          1. James Birmingham Garrison, b 1816; m Anna Permelia Curry.  
Known ch:
John Birmingham Garrison.
    2. Elizabeth Garrison, b c1712 Staten Isl.
  4. Aeltie Gerritsen, b say 1685 Staten Isl, d bef 8 Jan 1742/3; m bef 1714 as his 2/w Peter Praal.  
No evidence she was the mother of any of his ch.
  5. Elisabeth Gerritsen, b c1688 Staten Isl, d aft 1739; m1 as his 2/w Nathaniel Brittain (ritton), b
c1655-60, d c1729 Staten Isl, s/o Nathaniel Britain & Anne Stillwell; m2 1732 Abraham Brouwer of
Brooklyn who must have d by 1739. Possible/Probably status from Phyllis J Miller.
    1. (Possible ch) Elizabeth Brittain; m James Poillon.
    2. (Possible ch) Alice Brittain; m John Coward.
    3. (Possible ch) Rebecca Britain.
    4. (Probably ch) John Brittain.
    5. (Probably ch) Samuel Brittain.
    6. (Probably ch) Mary Brittain.
    7. (Probably ch) Sarah Brittain.
    8. (Probably ch) Rachel Brittain.
    9. (Proven ch) William Brittain, of Long Isl, NY, applied 30 Nov 1743 for a lic to mar Mary
Collins of Middleton, Monmouth Co, NJ.  His mother Elizabeth Brewer gave her consent.
           
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