PAULUS DEWITT → PAULUS DEWITT, II → PETER DEWITT

PAULUS DEWITT  PAULUS DEWITT, II  PETER DEWITT
Pieter Volckers  Pieter Jans  Barent DeWit Van Cohn of Cohn, Holland  Paulus
DeWitt  Paulus DeWitt, II  Peter DeWitt
PAULUS DEWITT
Paulus DeWitt was born on April 21, 1697 in Phillipsburg, Westchester,
New York. (This is less than 5 miles from Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow.)
He was christened/baptized in Sleepy Hollow Church in Phillipsburg,
Westchester, New York. He died at the age of 77 in April 1774 in Sunbury,
Northumberland, Pennsylvania. He married Catherine Johnson. Catherine
was born in 1706 in New Jersey. She died also in April 1774. They had 11
children. Paulus, Jr. was the third child and third boy. Catherine was 9
Paulus DeWitt Coat of Arms
years younger than Paulus. They married in 1727 in Westchester County,
New York. She was 21 and he was 30. Possible he was the first settler of
Piscataway, NJ
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PAULUS DEWITT, II
Paulus DeWitt, Jr. was born March 28, 1727 in Rariton, Hunterdon, New Jersey. He was
baptized in Readington Church, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. He died in 1774 in Kentucky.
He married Catherine Depuy on Dec 10, 1749 in Shawnee, Pennsylvania. Catherine was born in
1725 in Kingston, Ulster, New York. They had 9 children. Their first child was Sara. Peter was
the second child he was born in 1753, four years after they were married. She was 28 years
old, Paulus was 26. Catherine was 24 when she married and 2 years older. Catherine’s father
was Johannes Depuy born in 1704 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York. Catherine’s mother
was Sarah Van Steenbergen, born on Nov 28, 1703 in Kingston, Ulster Count, New York, USA.
Died April 1779, Kingston, Ulster County, New York, USA. Johannes Depuy was the son of
Moses DuPuy who was born in 1657 in Paris, Seine, France. He immigrated to the United
States, died in 1728 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York. Moses’ father was Nicholas Du
Puy who was born in 1625 in Artois, France. Nicholas immigrated to America and died on Jun
19, 1691 in New York City, New York. Moses mother was Catryntje Renard De Vos who was
born in 1640 Flandres, France. Nicholas and Catryntje married in 1654. She was 14 and he was
29. She immigrated with Nicholas to America.
Sarah Van Steenbergen was Catherine’s mother. Born and died in Kingston, Ulster County, New
York. Lived to be 76.
Paulus was born in Hunterdon County, New Jersey (A) and traveled to Kentucky where he died. About 650 miles.
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PETER DEWITT
Peter DeWitt born July 8, 1753 in Somerville, Sussex, New Jersey. Died in Aug 17, 1834 in West
Liberty, Morgan, Kentucky. Married Jane Bray on July 9, 1774 in Hampshire, Virginia. Jane was
born on July 9, 1755 in Frederick, Maryland. She died on Jan 19, 1843 in Fayette County Ohio,
buried in DeWitt Cemetery, Fayette County, Ohio. Jane’s father was Henry Bray, mother was
Catherine. Peter and Jane had 5 children. The first Elizabeth was born in 1775 in Clark,
Kentucky. The second Martin DeWitt, was born in Washington, Maryland in 1777 and died in
1840 in Texas. In 1782 they were still in Clark, Kentucky where their third child Henry was
born. In Clark, Kentucky in 1785. Their last child, Gabriel was born in 1790 in Kentucky.
Peter DeWitt served in the Revolutionary War. He had the rank of “soldier” in the Army. He
served in the Eighth Regiment, Virginia. He was in the Continental Army. The following was
taken from “The Revolutionary Bounty Warrants”.
Dewitt, Peter
Rank: Soldier
Service: Army
See Papers, 1784
The act of the General Assembly passed on June 22, 1779, which established
the Virginia Land Office, also provided for the rewarding of lands
promised as bounty for specified Revolutionary War military service. The
purpose of the bounty land system was to encourage longer military
service. In order to qualify for bounty land, a soldier had to serve at least
three (3) years continuously in the State or Continental line. Militia service
did not count. Servicemen submitted various documents such as affidavits
of commanding officers and fellow soldiers and discharge papers in order
to substantiate their service record. When the claim was proved, the
Governor’s Office issued a certificate to the register of the Land Office
authorizing him to issue a warrant. The first warrant was issued in 1782
and the last in 1876 as heirs of warrantees continued to seek lands for
additional service. Land awarded as bounty was in the present-day states
of Ohio and Kentucky.
The papers accumulated as proof of service are now part of the records of
the Executive Dept. Office of the Governor (RG#3) and are called ’Bounty
Warrants’ if approved and ’Rejected Claims’ if disapproved. These records
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are housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
Certificate: Captain William Vanse
Certificate: James Wood, late Brigadier General
The following was taken from the Daughters of the American Revolution.
DE WITT, PETER
Ancestor #: A032461
Service: VIRGINIA – MARYLAND
Birth: 7-8-1753
Rank: PRIVATE
SUSSEX CO NEW JERSEY
Death: 4-3-1834 KENTUCKY
Pension Number: *S
Service Description:
1) CAPTS.CRESAP & KIMBERLINE,COL.MCDONALD
2) WASH. CO MD & HAMPSHIRE CO.,VA
Comments
1) DOCUMENTATION REC'D WHICH INDICATES THAT THOMAS TILLERY TREADWAY
2) WHO MARRIED 1) LOUISIANA CONNELL AND 2) LUCINDA HENDRIX MAY NOT BE THE SON
3) OF MOSES TREADWAY AND CATHERINE DEWITT. 01/21/2010.
Residence
1) County: HAMPSHIRE CO - State: VIRGINIA
1) County: WASH. CO - State: MARYLAND
Spouse
JANE BRAY
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(extra stuff that doesn’t fit date: “Peter DeWitt was in the Revolutionary War, and was an early
pioneer to Kentucky; a friend of Boone and Kenton. He died soon after the war of '12, aged 90,
his wife died at the age of 92. He served in the revolutionary war pension no. 30986”)
(HENRY BRAY310 was born in 1738 in WASHINGTON, MD. He died in July 1799 at the age of 61 in NELSON, KY. I
am happy to tell all of you that Jane Bray is the daughter of Henry Bray and Catharine ? . Jane m. Peter DeWitt 9
July 1774 in Hampshire Co.,Va. Henry Bray was a Rev. War Patriot from Washington Co., MD and Peter DeWitt was a
Rev. soldier serving from Hampshire Co/, Va. I am descended thru their d. Mary Catherine(Caty) DeWitt, who m.
Moses Treadway. E-mail me as I am not on the internet)
-- Will- Nelson Co, KY - Wills Vol A. pg. 373 Dated 2 Mar 1798, will of Henry
Bray, to my wife Catherine, my plantation...To my children John Bray, Phillip
Bray, Frederick Bray, Peter Bray, William Bray, Abraham Bray, Petty Ball,
Jane DeWitt, Mary Dair and Christine Roberts...." Will proved 9 Jul 1799;
Exc.
Aaron Atherson; Wit. John B. Hill & Zachariah Masterson. Bk. A. pg. 373. Also
HPC., pg 695, 696, & 697 - her REF: KY. Gen., Nelson C o Will, Vol A. p. 373;
&
Vol. V. p. 132.
Jane’s father Henry, was born in Germany in 1715. Jane’s mother Catherine was born in
Washington County, Ky in 1731. They both died in Kentucky. Jane was one of 10 children.
Jane’s oldest brother, Abraham Bray, died Grayson County, Kentucky, which is where a lot of
the Embrys lived and died. I do know that the Bray family were Quakers and some of them came from North
Carolina and settled in Indiana.
*FROM THE HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO:
The DeWitt family was one of the first to settle in Fayette County, Ohio. Peter DeWitt came to this county from
Kentucky in 1805, purchased one thousand acres of land on Turkey creek and built the first house in Wayne
township, a rude log cabin, which is still standing. He fought in the Revolutionary War and later became one of the
pioneer settlers of Kentucky. In 1805 he, with his wife, Jane Bray, and family, located in Wayne township, or rather
on land which is now within that township. The countv was not organized until 1810 and by that time he had a
considerable tract cleared and in cultivation. It is not known how many children Peter DeWitt had, although it is
certain that three sons, John, Henry and Gabriel, were the first settlers on the land now comprehended within
Fayette county. Each of the three .brothers built a brick house on his farm and all three of the houses are still
standing and occupied.
Peter DeWitt helped establish DeWitt Creek Baptist Church
Revolutionary War Veteran – Maryland Revolutionary War Records- His pension # is 30986
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application date October 18, 1823.
Note: I found a Peter DeWitt from Clark, Kentucky listed as a member of the Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary
War. “Virginia Militia in The Revolutionary War”. I copy of which is on the hard drive.
--HPC pg. 1443; DAR film 901,218: DeWitt Cemetery, on farm of Mrs. Retta Kearney, off Hwy 35 south east, beyond
the Bogues Road, in the edge of Wayne, Fayette, OH, Jane DeWitt is buried here.
-- Will- Nelson Co, KY - Wills Vol A. pg. 373 Dated 2 Mar 1798, will of Henry Bray, to my wife Catherine, my
plantation...To my children John Bray, Phillip Bray, Frederick Bray, Peter Bray, William Bray, Abraham Bray,
Petty Ball, Jane DeWitt, Mary Dair and Christine Roberts...." Will proved 9 Jul 1799; Exc. Aaron Atherson; Wit.
John B. Hill & Zachariah Masterson. Bk. A. pg. 373. Also HPC., pg 695, 696, & 697 - her REF: KY. Gen., Nelson
C o Will, Vol A. p. 373; & Vol. V. p. 132.
-- Revolutionary War Petition for Margaret Bray Ball, dated 9 Sep 1836, at Clark Co, KY. Jane DeWitt, wife of
Peter DeWitt,
declares, she has lived in Clark Co for many years and that she is 81 years old. That she is the sister of Margaret
Bray Now Ball, She states that she and Peter DeWitt were married July of 1774 in Hampshire County, VA. Also
HPC., pg. 704 her Ref: Fayette CO RW P. App .#8336 Correspondence with Dr. Jon & Kim Davis, 2203 Hamilton
St, North Bend, OR, phone 503-756-6168
----More About Peter Dewitt Sr.:
Baptism (LDS): April 09, 1973, SLAKE
Christening: November 03, 1793, Lulbegrud Baptist Church, Clark, KY
Endowment (LDS): April 09, 1973, SLAKE
Sealed to parents (LDS): CLEARED; Temple: ARIZO
-- I have film from American Genealogy Lending Library film # M860 - 15: REV . WAR, General Index Cards of
National Archives Deloney - Dougg and Film #M804-805 Rev. War, Pension and Bounty Land. These File cards
show that Peter and Henry DeWitt both served in the 12 VA Reg; 4,5,12 and 8 VA Regiments.
-- A copy of App for Membership #632528 Carol Ann Custer of the DAR Virginia Militia Pensoned on application
executed in Clark Co KY, certificate No 25,380, dated 2 Jan 1834; Reference Order Book No 10, pg 219, Clark
County Clerk office of Winchester, KY; Received his pension 18 Oct 1833, then a resident of Clark Co KY.
-- REF: Helen Perry's Collection, pg 677 Church - Lulbegrud Baptist Church, Clark County KY 1793-1804 & N.
Dist . Assoc.
1802-1805:
Note: Peter Dewitt Sr. is listed as a tax payer in Clark County Ky. 1793-1799
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"Land of Our Fathers, History of Clark County Ky" by A. Geoff Bedford
Robert and Peter Dewitt are listed as Rev. War veterans pg 63
pg 381 Peter Dewitt helped tp establish Dewitt Creek Baptist Church. Other than a brief mention in family papers
there is no record of what became of this church.
Kentucky 1792
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