~1710-1769
Pennsylvania
Our next ancestor is Garrett Deweese, son of Cornelius and Margaret Kuster Deweese. He was born in Pennsylvania, the first of our Deweese ancestors to be
native born. His brother John was baptized in 1710, so Garrett was probably born sometime around then. Don't you love the accuracy of all this? His father was
a farmer, his uncles and cousins mill-owners. In 1734, he is listed as one of the people who owned land in Philadelphia County:
Hanover Township
Cornelius De Wees 24
Garret De Wees 100
Rupp, 30K Names, Appendix 1, p. 430
He is not on the tax lists (Philadelphia County) for 1769.
He married Mary Unknown. They had possibly 5 children. (Bayless lists 3, La Munyan 4 - but a slightly different mixture):
Edward, born about 1730 (Bayless)
Cornelius, born 22 March 1730/31 (La Munyan)
William, born 1 January 1732/33 (both)
Elizabeth, born 1735 (La Munyan)
Henry, born 1746 (both)
That seems quite a gap between Elizabeth (1735) and Henry (1746), but I have no explanation for it.
Garrett died in 1769. Nothing more is known of him.
Of the children:
Edward - nothing more known
Cornelius - married Elizabeth Jones on 25 Dec 1752 - 2 children, John & Elizabeth.
(he may have gone to Virginia? There is a Cornelius on the tax list of 1775 for Botetourt County.)
William - married Unknown - 4 children, Edward, Garrett, William, Henry
Elizabeth - married James Burnes on 3 May 1751. nothing more known.
Henry, our next ancestor - married Elizabeth Hughes in 1768 - 9 children.
Back to Father Cornelius
Back to Deweese Home Page
Back to Home
Forward to next ancestor, Henry Deweese
Questions, comments, additions, corrections? Contact me at: lee@leesgenes.com
Page last updated 29 August 2004