Kathie and Dorothy - Had to jumped in on this one. Josephine Frost's The Haviland Genealogy lists John Haviland b ca 1723 Flushing, NY m bef 1750 Sarah Garrison b ca 1727 Flushing. John died about 1766. John was taken captive by Indians but escaped. See letter written by son Dr Norman H Haviland of Fulton, NY dated Sept 27, 1894 page 101 Haviland Genealogy. John Haviland was the son of Adam Haviland b 10 Dec 1698 Flushing; m Mary Lott b 12 Nov 1698, d 6 Jan 1747. Adam died 10 April 1768 Adam bought of his father Benjamin on May 2, 1724 100 acres in Harrison's Purchase Rye NY. Benjamin b 3 April 1659 Newport RI m bef 1688 Abigail Mott b 2 May 1660 Portsmouth, RI, d 1720. Benjamin died 31 Jun 1726 Rye, NY. He bought 400 acres in Harrison's Purchase on 27 June 1724 and built the first frame home in Purchase, NY. The house was burnt down during the American Revolution by neighbors protesting loyalist activities of the family. Benjamin was a son of "Old Man Haviland" William Haviland and his second wife Hannah Hicks. "Old Man Haviland" was recorded a freeman in Newport RI 17 May 1653 but records place him in Rhode Island perhaps as early as 1638. He was active in public affairs holding various offices. There are extensive Quaker records of the Haviland family. I descend from John Haviland and Sarah Garrison Haviland's son Garrison Haviland b 1767 Haviland Hollow, NY who m Catherine Harten/Katherine Hartin --both show in the on-line cemetery records for Rensselaer County. John and Sarah are my 6xggrandparents. Would love to know if anyone has any information on this Harten/Hartin family. I do know that her father was Joseph and that he probably was from Flushing, NY. The only references that I have found as to Sarah Garrison are from Kent McMahan's 2003 World Tree entries. Sarah is mentioned as born about 1727 and the daughter of Peter Garrison b abt 1676 in Brooklyn, Kings Co NY who m bef 1715 Sarah (perhaps Rees). This Peter shows as son of Jacob Gerritsen b 1646 in Amsterdam, Holland and d ca 1708 on Cohansy, Salem Co, NJ. Jacob married Christianna Cresson b abt 1651 in Sluis, Zeeland, Netherlands and died aft 1709. Jacob was perhaps the son of Gerrit Jansen van Oldenburg b abt 1610 Amsterdam, Holland who died Nov 1661 in NY and his wife Clara Mathys b abt 1612. This line does show in NY G & B Vol 124 #1 Jan 1993. I have found no other corroboration. If this line is correct, Sarah Garrison was the 6th child of 9 of Peter and Sarah (Rees?) Garrison. Peter, himself was the 3rd of 6 children. Jacob Gerritsen was also one of 6 children. So there are a lot of possibilities here. I did trace a Garrison, NY, near West Point but that berg is apparently named for some other Garrison family. Sarah Garrison and John Haviland were probably brought together through their Quaker faith. Hope this is of some use. John Hills ----- Original Message ----- From: Dorothy Gage<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 6:17 PM Subject: Re: [Rensselaer] Garrison Hi Kathie, I also am descended from a Garrison who lived in Dutchess Co. Sarah Garrison m. John Haviland, I do not have dates for them but John's father, Adam, was b. prior to 1698 in Flushing. John and Sarah had children: Hannah, James, Garrison, John b. 1758, Charles and Rebecca. The Haviland family were Quakers mentioned in the Oblong meetings. I descend from their first mentioned child, Hannah who m. Ebenezer Arnold and lived at Hoosic, Rensselaer Co, NY, their daughter, Phoebe Arnold m. Moses Armstrong and spent their later years in Monroe Co, NY. I have no idea who Susan Garrison's parents were or where they came from. The Haviland family moved from Newport R.I. to Rye, NY. Newport R.I. might be a good place to look for your Garrison family. I have a copy of a portion of burials in Providence Cemetery, Pleasant Plains, Dutchess, NY: "Van Vliet, Elizabeth, dau. of Cornelius Van Vliet & Helena Garrison b. 1792, Dec. 15, d. 1795, July 13. Van Vliet, Helena Garrison, w. of Cornelius, & dau. of Captain Joost Garrison & Magdelena Van Dyke b. 1757, Mar. 12, d. 1801, June 10 Van Vliet, Rachel, dau of Cornelius Van Vliet & Helena Garrison b. 1788, apr 30, d. 1870, Mar. 15 Van Vliet, Richard Garrison, s. of Cornelius Van Vliet & Helena b. 1801, June 10, d. 1801, Dec. 5. Van Vliet, William B., s. of Cornelius Van Vliet & Helena Garrison b. 1793, Sep 27, d. 1811, Jul 28." In the 1790 Census, Dutchess Co, NY I found the following: Clifton Town Peter Garrison Clinton Town Harry Garrison Frederickstown Town David Garretson Phillipstown Town Abraham Garrison Isaac Garrison I hope you can find something of interest or at least a clue from this. Good luck, Dorothy At 10:41 AM 11/28/2005, you wrote: >I'm a newbie (to this list anyway). I have been slowly researching my >Garrison ancestors in Wayne County NY and recently acquired a family group >sheet (FGS) dated 1983. > >It shows my g-g-g-grandfather Martin Garrison being born in Rensclaar >County NY. I'm hoping that she meant Rensselaer County and someone on the >list can assist me in finding out more about him and his wife, Dorothy. I >have added an outline of the little I know of this family. The all caps are >the info from this FGS. The family is in Sodus Wayne County by around 1818 >if not before. > >I have US census listing Martin Garrison in 1810, 1820 & 1830 in Duchess or >Green Counties but I am not sure if it is "my" Martin. 1840 and beyond >census show this family in Wayne County. I have a copy of his will but the >only info is that it confirms all the children excepting Martin Jr. > >Can anyone add anymore to this line or send me in the right direction? > >Thanks much, Kathie In snowy, snowy Montana >Cascade County Volunteer for: >Random Acts Of Genealogical Kindness http://www.raogk.org/<http://www.raogk.org/> >Rootsweb Obituary Lookup http://freepages.genealogy<http://freepages.genealogy/> >rootswebcom/~obitl/ovlist.html >Cascade County, Montana 2005 Obit Lookups: 150 >"Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them." --George >Eliot > >1 Martin Garrison b: 1787 RENSCLAAR County, New York d: 16 April 1870 in >Sodus, Wayne County, New York >- +Miss Dorothy -?- b: 1784 DUCHESS County, New York m: Abt. 1815 in New >York d: Bef. 1880 >- 2 MARTIN GARRISON b: New York >- 2 MARIA GARRISON b: 1815 New York >---- +WILLIAM KITCHEN b: England d: Bef. 1880 >- 2 Julia A. Garrison b: 23 February 1816 New York d: 19 January 1846 in >Sodus, Wayne County, New York >---- +[1] Thomas Austin b: 27 February 1809 Kent, England m: Abt. 1836 in >presumed in Sodus, Wayne County, New York d: 11 May 1901 in Great Falls, >Cascade County, Montana >- 2 CATHERINE GARRISON b: 1817 >---- +BENJAMIN KITCHEN >- 2 GERTRUDE GARRISON b: 1819 SODUS, WAYNE COUNTY, New York d: 1896 in >Allegan, Allegan County, Michigan >---- +STEPHEN E. REED b: 1819 New York m: Bef. 1850 >- 2 WILLIAM GARRISON b: 1822 New York d: Bef. 1900 >---- +NANCY A. FELTON b: October 1825 Pennsylvania m: 17 August 1847 >- 2 Cornelia A. Garrison b: 1824 New York d: 11 April 1887 in Cascade County > Montana >---- +[1] Thomas Austin b: 27 February 1809 Kent, England m: 01 June 1849 in >Sodus, Wayne County, New York d: 11 May 1901 in Great Falls, Cascade County, >Montana >- 2 JOHN P. GARRISON b: Bet. 1824 - 1826 New York >---- +MISS Fanny -?- b: 1834 New York >- 2 GEORGE GARRISON b: 1825 New York > > >==== NYRENSSE Mailing List ==== >Do you have Irish ancestors who landed, lived or passed through NY State? >Join a new list related to the history, culture and geneology of the Irish >in NY >mailto:[email protected]?body=subscribe