genes-GerretvO

Gerrit Jansen van Oldenburg was born c1600 in the Grand Duchy (County) of Oldenburg,
Northern Germany. Oldenburg borders with the Netherlands on the West.

Phyllis J Miller, of Fairfield, California thoroughly researched the parentage of Jacob Garrison of Salem
County, New Jersey and has traced him back through Staten Island to New Utrecht in Kings County, Long
Island. Documents in both places established that he had a brother Jan or John. It also was made clear, in her
published report, that Gerrit1 Jansen Van Oldenburg was their father, probably born c1600 in Oldenburg
Germany. As further revealed, Jacob2 gave power of attorney to his brother John to sell his Staten Island land
and moved with his family to southern New Jersey on 14 March, 1691. For the complete report by Phyllis
Miller, see "The Garrison-Gerritsen Descendants of Gerrit Jansen Van Oldenburg alias Gerrit De Mof"; Vol.
124, Number 1 of The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, dated January 1993.

As revealed by reading the above article, Jacob2 and John2 were the first in their family to use the surname of
Gerritsen or Garrison. This resulted after the English took final possession of New Netherlands in 1674 and
decreed that the Dutch patronymic system be dropped and permanent surnames be adopted.

This decree is significant to the seventeen related participants in the GERRIT JVO Study, because the odds
against any participant in either of the following two groups sharing a most recent common ancestor who was
born earlier than Gerrit JANSEN would be quite large.

With the help of Phyllis Miller's research, several in this study have paper trails leading back to Gerrit Jansen.
The others have been proven by DNA to be related and Gerrit Jansen is most likely the common ancestor to
them all.

GERRIT JVO DYS458 18 GROUP consists of
Kits 28555, 31200, 33875, 37519, 39720, 40539, 44435, 46863, 53366.

GERRIT JVO DYS458 19 GROUP consists of
Kits 63288, N13854, 27503, 31388, 36408, 44483, 45028, 45373.

Gerrit Jansen van Oldenburg, alias de Mof, b c1600 Oldenburg, Germany, died New Utrecht, New
Netherlands late in 1661. He and Clara Matthys (Claertie Tysens) eloped in 1639. She was born c1610.
Their children:

1. Anneken Gerrits bp 1 Jul 1640 New Amsterdam Dutch.

2. Jan Gerrits bp 4 Jan 1642 New Amsterdam Dutch Ch, died bef 1697 probably on Staten Island,
NY, married c1676 Elisabeth Gysberts who m2 Adam Cavlie (?). She died about 1703.
<< Click the button on the left to go to a page about Jan's family.

3. Abraham Gerrits (twin) bp 28 Nov 1643 New Amsterdam Dutch Ch. No further record.

4. Jacob Gerrits (twin) bp 28 Nov 1643 New Amsterdam Dutch Ch, died young.

5. Jacob Gerrits bp 14 Oct 1646 New Amsterdam Dutch Ch, died 1708/9 Salem Co, NJ to whence
he had moved c1691, having previously lived in New Utrecht and at least from 1688 on Staten
Island. His surname was variously given in records as Gerritse/ Gerritsen/Garrison, de Muffe and
de haes/Haas/Hause. He married c1673 Christina Cresson, daughter of Pierre Cresson and
Rachel Clossé/Claus, and widow of Jean Letelier.
<< Click the button on the left to go to a page about Jacob's family.

6. Claertie Gerrits (supposed).