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| Was David Garrison Sr. of Mecklenburg County, N.C. the son of Peter Garrison of Entrim, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania? |
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| There were at least two David Garrisons that have been called the oldest son of Peter Garrison, b 1676. It has been well established by research, and further proven by Y-DNA testing, that Peter was the second son of Jacob Garrison, the son of Gerrit Jansen van Oldenburg. In her 1989 “A Supplement to a History of the Descendants of David Garrison, Sr. of Mecklenburg County, N.C.” Cornelia Garrison Husband of Charlotte N.C. wrote of conclusive evidence of Peter’s kinship to Jacob Garrison taken from “The Family of Isaac Garrison 1732- 1836 Frontiersman and Soldier of the American Revolution”. While it is true that Peter was the second son of Jacob, it is not true that Jacob was born in the Village of Heirs in Saintonce Province, France. Peter was, however, named in the Dutch tradition after his French grandfather, Pierre Cresson. Neither is it true that Jacob was born about 1620-25. His infant baptism in the Dutch Reformed Church of New Amsterdam was on 14 Oct 1646. Jacob and his brother Jan were called Gerritze de muffe (the German), and de Haes / Haas/ Hause. The most likely meaning of the latter terms would be of the Haas or Hase River, which is a few miles south of the City of Oldenburg and in the Grand Duchy (County) of the same name. One member of Garrisons’ Compass DNA Project descends from Josina Garison, (buried in Ebenezer Presbyterian Church Graveyard at Rock Hill, York County, SC) the son of Arthur Garison, the son of Peter Garrison of Entrim, Lancaster County Pennsylvania. By DNA, he is a proven descendant of Gerrit Jansen van Oldenburg. |
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Another project member, also proven by DNA to be a descendant of Gerrit Jansen van Oldenburg, descends from Benjamin Garison, buried in Ebenezer Presbyterian Church Graveyard. Benjamin served as 1st Lieut. Under his father Captain David Garison as they led a company of Catawba Indians in 1779. Benjamin’s brother John, as stated in his pension application, was living in the York SC district when he entered the service in 1778. He also served under his brother, Captain Benjamin Garison. For more on Captain David, and his sons, see Some Suggestions for Further Research on pages 36 and 37 of “A Supplement to a History of the Descendants of David Garrison, Sr. of Mecklenburg County, N.C.” It is my opinion that Captain David Garison of York County S.C. is more likely the son of Peter Garrison of Lancaster County Pennsylvania than David Garrison, father of David Jr., both of Mecklenburg County N.C., whose male descendants undoubtedly have the Y-DNA of Gerrit Seger, b 1620. mmmmmmmmJohn W Garrison, Jr Posted 19 Jul 2007 |
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