I am in great appreciation of all the tidbits on Garretson posted lately, especially by Judy - our world of genealogy needs a few more like her. Hi, to Linda, sure would be great if we found your James! The very basics are the three brothers, John, Henry & Paul arrived DE 1657. John had three sons, Casparius, Garrett and Cornelius. Cornelius never married that we know of and Casparius children moved into PA with his widow and her new husband Nathan Hussey in 1738. Garrett stayed in DE, although some of his children left the area. Brothers Henry and Paul stayed, but again some of Henry's left early and it is believed that Paul's desc followed the Dutch naming pattern and went by Paulson. So, if you decend from New Castle, DE after 1738, you are most likely looking at decending from Henry or John's son Garrett. I have rather scant on Garrett, but would love to have anything that might help on his line as well as Henry the pioneer. Garrett and his wife Charity Hussey had 10 children, they are: 1. Jediah b. abt 1701 d. 1766 - I don't know who he married, had a son Jediah b. abt 1725 2. Cornelius b. abt 1703 d. before 1758 - don't know who he married but had sons James and John, this John may have married Hannah Smith. 3. Hulda m. Gooding - he may have been first or second husband 4. Mary m. Unknown Scott 5. Sarah Abt 1709 d. 1793 6. Elizabeth 7. John abt 1713 m. Margaret Cullender dau of Nicholas m. 1 Sep 1729 - also found as Collender - two daus no names, children: Cullender, Charity, Margaret, Mary & Garret. 8. Ann 9. Rebecca 10. Eliakan abt 1719 - 1761 m. Lydia Walter (may have been Walters) 25 Sep 1747 children: James abt 1750, Garret moved PA, Elizabeth & Joseph #1 son of Jediah, Jediah also had son Jediah b. abt 1750 - 1770 who m. Susannah Unknown and had James 15 Jul 1797, John 4 Mar 1799, Jacob M. 22 Mar 1801, Susanna 23 Feb 1803, Leonard 25 Dec 1803. All in New Castle. #10 Eliakan had Garret abt 1752 in PA m. Margaret Wood dau of Wm & Margaret Holland had Jazar 5 Nov 1787 d. 28 Mar 1874 Jefferson Co., OH m. Sarah Poultney. #1 son of Jediah III - Jacob M. b. 22 Mar 1801 m. Mary Ann Powell 1 Nov 1823 - children: 1. Susanna 6 Aug 1824 2. James Edmund 18 Oct 1828 Wilmington d. 26 Oct 1895 Lansdowne, Philadelphia, PA - was a Quaker and was the first to seperate oral dentistry to a specialty. He also wrote under the name of John Derby on transcendental philosphy. 3. Mary Ann Liston 26 Feb 1833 4. Elizabeth Jane 18 Sep 1836 Henry's children, brother of John Garretson Van Der Hoff, they dropped the Van Der Hoff since it was a Dutch tradition of discribing where one lived in Holland are: 1. John d. 1748 m. Hester Turner 2. Garrett d. 1755 m. Mary 3. Henry d 1742 m. Elizabeth Cantwell 4. Peter 5. Catheine 16 May 1692 m. Morgan ap Morgan - I have more on this line - they moved now WV 6. Ann 7. Mary m. John Highland - have a bit more on them also to VA/WV 8. Elizabeth m. Richard Hallowell Faith [email protected]