Looking for MARY DeWITT
I am searching for the parents of my 4th Great-Grandmother, MARY or MARIA DeWITT.Her birth date is yet unknown, but on 28 June 1794 she married JOHN HUNTER {b. 2 Dec. 1755 in Mill creek Hundred, New Castle Co., DE} in Campbell Co., KY, near Newport.
Mary and John had two sons born in Kentucky and then they moved across the Ohio River to live in Clermont Co., OH, where their other six children were born. In 1830, Mary and John moved to settle in Daviess Co., IN, where John died in 1835 and Mary died 13 Sept. 1846.
Making calculations from her marriage date, I believe Mary may have been at a minimum 18-20 years old, which would give her a birth date of 1772-1774.It is also a possibility that Mary may have been considerably older, perhaps even as old as her husband when they married.
I have looked and looked at various DeWITT families from NJ and NY, but I cannot find a family to whom I can assign Mary.While there are MANY Mary's, Maria's, Marytje's or variations thereof, these women all appear to have married other men or to have died young.
Recently, however, I have found a POSSIBLE match to be Mary's parents: PETER DeWITT {b. 1725/26 NY-d. ? Hampshire Co., VA/WVA} and MARYTJE ROOS/ROOSA {b. 1728 NY-?}. Information I have found states that Peter and Marytje had seven children, all born in Somerville, Sussex Co., NJ: Jacob {b. 1750}; Peter II {b. 1753}; Barnet {b. 1754}; MARY {b. 1756}; Paulus {b. 1758}; William {b. 1760}; and Abraham {b. 1761}.
Peter DeWitt's lineage includes parents PETRUS and ELIZABETH [-----] DEWITT; BARNET and SARAH VAN TASSEL/VAN TEXEL DEWITT; PIETER and SARAH ALBERTS DEWITT; and PIETER JANSE DEWITT {b. 1624-1626 Leyden, Netherlands}.But, as I said above, I do not know if these DeWitt families are the correct ones.
Can anyone help me place my 4th Great-Grandmother Mary with the RIGHT set of parents? There is a dearth of records in Campbell Co., KY, at that early period when Mary married John Hunter.
There are several DEWITT males listed in the early KY "census" and tax rolls: William DeWitt, Lewis DeWitt and Walter DeWitt.But again I cannot prove any connection to them for the frustrating lack of information.
I would REALLY appreciate any help! Thanks!
Madehlinne
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Re: Looking for MARY DeWITT
Ray Brundige 6/04/12
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Re: Looking for MARY DeWITT
Ray Brundige 6/04/12