Family Group Sheet
NameJohn JARRETT
Birthabt 1695 [786]
Land Purch28 Jan 1735, Bucks Co, PA [150 acres] [786]
Land Purch5 Oct 1737, Bucks Co, PA [100 acres] [786]
Land Purch25 Aug 1748, Bucks Co, PA [25 acres] [786]
Land Purch3 Feb 1748/9, Bucks Co, PA [100 acres] [786]
Will22 Mar 1752, Macungie, Lehigh, PA [786]
Will MemoProbated 1755
Deathbef 15 Dec 1755, (will prv) Macungie, Lehigh, PA [786]
AFN221W-5GR
Children
1 MJohn Jarrett Jr.
Birthabt 1720
SpouseAgnes Dorothea (---?---)
SpouseEva Catherine
Marriageabt 1753 [786]
SpouseAdam Haberle
SpouseDaniel Dorney
Birthabt 1728, Macungie, Lehigh, PA
Deathbef 17 Jul 1790, (will prb) Macungie, Lehigh, PA [786]
AFNH6G9-80, 221V-ZC5
SpouseCatherine WETZEL
SpouseSusanna Weaver
SpouseMaria Catharine Buchecker [Mohry]
Marriageabt 1768
SpouseJohannes Wetzel
SpouseFrederick Scheckler
SpouseJohn Martin Speigel
Marriageabt 1761
SpouseMary Howell
Marriage11 Oct 1769, Lancaster Co, PA [786]
SpouseMaria Catherine Meyer
Marriage25 Oct 1772, Pennsylvania [786]
Notes for John JARRETT
Will found in PA index for Mcungie, Bucks Co. dated 3/22/1752, proven 12/15/1755. Names sons John, Samuel, Philip, Daniel, William, Isaac, Sebastian, Edward. Dau Mary (Hevelly), Elizabeth (Turny), Jone, Margareth, Sarah. (USGenWeb archives 11/21/99)
GKJ book: Unknown what year John arrived in Lehigh Co. There is a note in the “Colonial & Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvanie” (Jordan) that son William settled in Goochland Co, VA and had a son named David m. Anna Wade. “Devereaux” Jarrett was listed as a surety. One theory was that Devereux was a cousin, his ancestors being kin to John before he moved to PA. Given the theory that some Jarrett descendants believe their background to be French, Devereux could be the maiden name of an early wife. [*See below]
Land records in Bucks Co (before Lehigh was formed) show 150 acres purchased 28 Jan 1835, 100 acres on 5 Oct 1737, 25 acres on 25 Aug 1748 and 100 acrews on 3 Feb 1748/9. At the time of his death, he had 514 acres, which may also include 150 acres from the neighboring land of David Jarrett (relation unknown, but perhaps aka “Devereux”?).
John wrote his will in 1752 excluding his son Edward. However after his death in 1755, his children went to court saying that they had been with him in his last days and he had changed his mind. The Court agreed, and the children shared equally in the proceeds when the land was sold to Francis Wesco of Macungie in 1769. [786]
*Other sources point out that John’s will was written in German [which is incorrect, it was in English], he lived in German areas and attended a German church. Thus a French ancestry, or even a Virginian one, doesn’t fit general pattern. Of course he could be from an area like Alsace Lorraine, which would make an arguable French connection, but wouldn’t explain Devereux or Virginia.
Four of his children - Phillip, Samuel, Daniel, and Sarah Nan Jarrett Speigle and her family - were part of the migration of approximately 600 German families from Pennsylvania into the Lincoln County area around 1750 - 1800 (descendents wrote The Early Jarretts in Pennsylvania and North Carolina).
GKJ book: Unknown what year John arrived in Lehigh Co. There is a note in the “Colonial & Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvanie” (Jordan) that son William settled in Goochland Co, VA and had a son named David m. Anna Wade. “Devereaux” Jarrett was listed as a surety. One theory was that Devereux was a cousin, his ancestors being kin to John before he moved to PA. Given the theory that some Jarrett descendants believe their background to be French, Devereux could be the maiden name of an early wife. [*See below]
Land records in Bucks Co (before Lehigh was formed) show 150 acres purchased 28 Jan 1835, 100 acres on 5 Oct 1737, 25 acres on 25 Aug 1748 and 100 acrews on 3 Feb 1748/9. At the time of his death, he had 514 acres, which may also include 150 acres from the neighboring land of David Jarrett (relation unknown, but perhaps aka “Devereux”?).
John wrote his will in 1752 excluding his son Edward. However after his death in 1755, his children went to court saying that they had been with him in his last days and he had changed his mind. The Court agreed, and the children shared equally in the proceeds when the land was sold to Francis Wesco of Macungie in 1769. [786]
*Other sources point out that John’s will was written in German [which is incorrect, it was in English], he lived in German areas and attended a German church. Thus a French ancestry, or even a Virginian one, doesn’t fit general pattern. Of course he could be from an area like Alsace Lorraine, which would make an arguable French connection, but wouldn’t explain Devereux or Virginia.
Four of his children - Phillip, Samuel, Daniel, and Sarah Nan Jarrett Speigle and her family - were part of the migration of approximately 600 German families from Pennsylvania into the Lincoln County area around 1750 - 1800 (descendents wrote The Early Jarretts in Pennsylvania and North Carolina).
Notes for Anna Maria (---?---)
Listed as the godmother for two of her first grandchildren, the daughters of daughter Anna Maria Haberle and Isaac Jarrett. Still living when children went to court over their father’s will in 1764 at the approximate age of 62. [786]
