Mary (Garrison) Kitchen (abt. 1735 - abt. 1774)

Born about 1735 in Hunterdon, New Jersey

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Died about 18 Nov 1774 at about age 39 in Mansfield Woodhouse Township, Sussex, New Jersey

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Biography

Mary Garrison was the daughter of John Garrison and Hannah (Unknown). [Some incorrectly say her mother was a Hannah Oliphant .]

Mary Garrison married Joseph Kitchen, son of Henry Kitchen and Anne Wheeler, some time between 1752 and 1754, (an estimate based on when her first children were born). Mary Garrison is often confused with Samuel's wife whose name was also Mary.

Mary Garrison and Joseph Kitchen had three to four children during their marriage. Their names and vital dates were:

• Rebecca (?), born abt. 1754/55, possibly married John Rice abt. 1775.
• John, born 25 Mar 1756, died 18 May 1818. Married Susanna Bird.
• Esther, born 05 OCT 1758, died 17 NOV 1830. Married Jesse Dalrymple.
• Joseph, born 20 OCT 1763, died 09 APR 1835. Married Hannah Garrison (uncertain), Catherine Wycoff and Catrina/Catherine Gulick in that order.

One of Mary's daughters, Esther, is named after John Garrison's daughter Esther. An interesting story about John's daughter Esther (also called Hester) was reported by Anger (1993) in his book's section on Mary's husband Joseph Kitchen. John Garrison and his daughter Mary accused the Rev. Morton that he fathered Esther's baby. Parishioners wrote a letter of support for Rev. Morton and documented that the keys to the parsonage house has been confiscated owing to the Garrisons ' arrangements and the locks changed on the house so that Rev Morton could not enter it.

Anger's book specifies that Henry Kitchen's son Joseph and his wife Mary moved from Hunterdon County, New Jersey to Sussex County, New Jersey. Mary and Joseph were living in Sussex, Sussex, New Jersey at the time of his death on 25 NOV 1763. Mary died in 1774 in Mansfield Township, Sussex, New Jersey.

Research Notes

Researchers have claimed that Samuel’s wife was Mary Garrison, but Mary Garrison, daughter of John Garrison and Hannah Oliphant, was married to Joseph Kitchen, not Samuel.

Children of Joseph & Mary were: Rebecca (1755), John (1756), Esther (1758), and Joseph (1763). http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.kitchen/1600.2/mb.ashx

• John and Joseph Kitchen (children of Joseph Kitchen and Mary Garrison) are named as grandsons in John Garrison's 1774 will. Record of Wills, 1665-1916; Index to Wills, 1662-1923 (New York County); Author: New York. Surrogate's Court (New York County); Probate Place: New York, New York. Wills, Vol 029, 1772-1775. Ancestry.com. New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: New York County, District and Probate Courts. Accessed at: https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/153916580/person/182037584526/media/aa5a532c-6e49-4ecc-b9ef-3464b9ba5d53?_phsrc=jiU147114&usePUBJs=true . (This is a paywall source for Ancestry Users only along with the following.

• New Jersey, Published Archives Series, First Series; John L. Murphy Publishing Company; New Jersey State Archives. Collection Title: Volume XXXIII, Abstracts of Wills, 1761-1770. Ancestry.com. New Jersey, U.S., Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: New Jersey State Archives. New Jersey, Published Archives Series, First Series. Trenton, New Jersey: John L Murphy Publishing Company.

• Gregg Loane. 15 Sep 2014. The Kitchen Family, Chapter 2 (50 pages), Volume 2 The Husband Family, in A Brief History of Us. Toronto, Canada. Self-published.

• Gerrit1 Jansen van Oldenburg: DNA Testing Yields More Garrison Descendants in New Jersey and New York. Author: Peter Streeter. Publisher: New Netherlands Connections (January, February, March 2010; Volume 15, Number 1 and April, May, June 2010; Volume 15, Number 2). http://perrystreeter.com/garrison.pdf

Sources

See Also: Joseph and Mary Kitchen, in David G. Anger, 1993. The Kitchen family : The family and descendants of Henry and Ann Kitchen of Hunterdon County, New Jersey (Henry Kitchen born ca. 1690-1700 and died 1745 at Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey) descendants to -- Columbia County, Pe. Place of Publication: Port Colborne, Ontario. https://vitacollections.ca/ogscollections/2727533/data