Enumerated in Frankford Township in 1830 with 1 male of age 5 and under age 10, 1 male of age 15 and under age 20, 3 males of age 20 and under 30, 1 male of age 50 and under age 60, 1 male of age 60 and under age 70, 2 females of age 15 and under age 20, and 1 female of age 60 and under age 70.
Abraham d. 30 Jan 1835. Mehitable renounced her right to administer the estate, 18 Feb 1835 and appointed son, Silas. Mehitable signed by mark. Silas H. DeWitt was appointed administrator of the estate of Abraham DeWitt, 19 Feb 1835 (Sussex County probate file 58945). Col. Joseph H. DeWitt protested the appointment of administrator (#2875). An inventory of the estate filed 3 Mar 1835 amounted to $259.38 and was recorded 10 Mar 1835. The farm in Frankford township upon which Abraham and Mehitable had resided was sold to satisfy debts, containing about fifty acres and situated on the west side of the road leading from Newton to Deckertown. Also, a woodlot and pasture in Frankford township containing about ten acres. In the Sussex Orphans Court (Minutes Volume C p. 161) of 1836 (August term) it was determined there was a balance of $627.99 after the sale of the land and settling of debts and the estate, which was to be distributed in equal amounts to Mary Cooley, the wife of Jonathan Cooley, Elizabeth Jeroloman, the wife of James Jeroloman, Azuba Jeroloman, the wife of John Jeroloman, John B. DeWitt, Joseph H. DeWitt, William F. DeWitt, Silas H. DeWitt, Doctor B. DeWitt, and Sarah Jane Miller, the wife of Nicholas P. Miller, "being all the children and heirs of the said deceased." Mehitable d. 31 Mar 1841 (DAR application of great granddaugther Charlotte Cooper Jones) 3 Mar 1841 (notes of Helen Perry) or 31 Aug 1841 (DAR application of descendant Lois Ann DeWitt Skinner).
Children:
1. Mary DeWitt b. 1 Nov 1788 m. Jonathan Cooley.
2. Elizabeth DeWitt b. 23 Jan 1790.
3. Azuba DeWitt b. 16 July 1793.
4. John Bostwick DeWitt b. 30 Apr 1796.
5. Joseph Hopkins DeWitt b. 23 Apr 1798.
6. Benjamin DeWitt b. 18 Oct 1800.
7. William F. DeWitt b. 23 Oct 1804.
8. Silas Hopkins DeWitt b. 9 May 1806.
9. Doctor Barnet DeWitt b. 30 Nov 1808.
10. Sarah Jane DeWitt b. 21 Mar 1811.
Enumerated in Frankford Township in 1830 with 1 male of age 5 and under age 10, 1 male of age 15 and under age 20, 3 males of age 20 and under 30, 1 male of age 50 and under age 60, 1 male of age 60 and under age 70, 2 females of age 15 and under age 20, and 1 female of age 60 and under age 70.
Abraham d. 30 Jan 1835. Mehitable renounced her right to administer the estate, 18 Feb 1835 and appointed son, Silas. Mehitable signed by mark. Silas H. DeWitt was appointed administrator of the estate of Abraham DeWitt, 19 Feb 1835 (Sussex County probate file 58945). Col. Joseph H. DeWitt protested the appointment of administrator (#2875). An inventory of the estate filed 3 Mar 1835 amounted to $259.38 and was recorded 10 Mar 1835. The farm in Frankford township upon which Abraham and Mehitable had resided was sold to satisfy debts, containing about fifty acres and situated on the west side of the road leading from Newton to Deckertown. Also, a woodlot and pasture in Frankford township containing about ten acres. In the Sussex Orphans Court (Minutes Volume C p. 161) of 1836 (August term) it was determined there was a balance of $627.99 after the sale of the land and settling of debts and the estate, which was to be distributed in equal amounts to Mary Cooley, the wife of Jonathan Cooley, Elizabeth Jeroloman, the wife of James Jeroloman, Azuba Jeroloman, the wife of John Jeroloman, John B. DeWitt, Joseph H. DeWitt, William F. DeWitt, Silas H. DeWitt, Doctor B. DeWitt, and Sarah Jane Miller, the wife of Nicholas P. Miller, "being all the children and heirs of the said deceased." Mehitable d. 31 Mar 1841 (DAR application of great granddaugther Charlotte Cooper Jones) 3 Mar 1841 (notes of Helen Perry) or 31 Aug 1841 (DAR application of descendant Lois Ann DeWitt Skinner).
Children:
1. Mary DeWitt b. 1 Nov 1788 m. Jonathan Cooley.
2. Elizabeth DeWitt b. 23 Jan 1790.
3. Azuba DeWitt b. 16 July 1793.
4. John Bostwick DeWitt b. 30 Apr 1796.
5. Joseph Hopkins DeWitt b. 23 Apr 1798.
6. Benjamin DeWitt b. 18 Oct 1800.
7. William F. DeWitt b. 23 Oct 1804.
8. Silas Hopkins DeWitt b. 9 May 1806.
9. Doctor Barnet DeWitt b. 30 Nov 1808.
10. Sarah Jane DeWitt b. 21 Mar 1811.
Family Members
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Mary Dewitt Brown
1788–1860
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Elizabeth DeWitt Joralemon
1790–1871
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Azuba DeWitt Joralemon
1793–1845
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John Bostwick DeWitt
1796–1877
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COL Joseph Hopkins DeWitt
1798–1867
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Rev William F. DeWitt
1804–1886
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Silas Hopkins DeWitt
1806–1858
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Doctor Barnet DeWitt
1808–1885
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Sarah Jane "Sally" DeWitt Miller
1811–1887
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