DEWIT, Carsten Bartholomew
1808 - 1865 (56 years)
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Name DEWIT, Carsten Bartholomew Birth Aug 1808 Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana 
Gender Male Immigration Abt 1839 Probate 1865 Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Death 14 May 1865 Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Burial Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Patriarch & Matriarch 
DEWIT, Barthel, b. Abt 1750, Netherlandsd. 1798, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana (Age 48 years) (Grandfather) 
VESTJENS DE ROCHEMONT, Maria Margot Margaretha Vestjeris, b. Abt 1757, Cassel, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germanyd. Abt 1798, Plantation Le Resouvenir, Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana (Age 41 years) (Grandmother) Person ID I1288 My Genealogy Last Modified 15 Jul 2024
Father DEWIT, Carston Cornelius, b. 25 Jun 1780, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana d. 1 Apr 1827, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana (Age 46 years) Relationship natural Mother DEROCHEMONT, Maria Louisa Suzette, b. 20 Nov 1786, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands d. 30 Nov 1828, Plantation Le Resouvenir, Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana (Age 42 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1805 Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana Family ID F350 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family ANDERSON, Anna Eliza, b. 23 Sep 1817, Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana d. 6 Jun 1873, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA (Age 55 years)
Marriage 8 Jun 1843 Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana [1] Children 1. DE WIT, Thomas, b. Abt 1847, New Hampshire, USA d. Aft 1880 (Age > 34 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. DE WIT, Sarah Julia, b. 31 Dec 1850, Springfield, Penobscot, Maine, USA d. 18 Dec 1939, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA (Age 88 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]▻ SHANNON, John Wesley m. 21 Sep 18693. DE WIT, Leonard O, b. Apr 1853, Springfield, Penobscot, Maine, USA d. Aft 1900 (Age > 48 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]▻ CORCORAN, Kate m. 14 Nov 18744. DE WIT, Anna Maria, b. Abt 1856, Maine, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F436 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 15 Jul 2024
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Birth - Aug 1808 - Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana 
Marriage - 8 Jun 1843 - Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana 
Probate - 1865 - Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA 
Death - 14 May 1865 - Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA 
Burial - - Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Carsten was referred to as "a farmer of Springfield, Maine" for a while. He has a footstone with his large stone in Newington. Also there are two markers, one a "US Veteran" and one a "Post 1 GAR". His obit in the Portsmouth Journal calls him a "late yeoman on the US Steamer Kearsage."
The 1864 Portsmouth Directory shows that Carsten had a house on Dennett St. He was not in the 1860/61 directory nor the 1867 one. Neither was his wife. A Thomas H. De Wit posted bond as sureties of his estate 12 Sept. 1865. According to the 1900, 1910 and 1920 censuses, his daughter Sarah J Shannon claimed that her mother was born in British Guiana but that her father was born in New York. He was not.
Carsten was an accountant in the 1860 Portsmouth, New Hampshire census:
Carstine Dewit 52, accountant,born Demerara
Anne E 43, born Demerara
George Brown 20, farm laborer, born Demerara
Thomas H Dewit 13, born New Hampshire
Sarah J 9, born Maine
Leonard O 6, born Maine
Anna Maria 4, born Maine
Carstin's marriage to Anna is also recorded in Portsmouth.
- Carsten was referred to as "a farmer of Springfield, Maine" for a while. He has a footstone with his large stone in Newington. Also there are two markers, one a "US Veteran" and one a "Post 1 GAR". His obit in the Portsmouth Journal calls him a "late yeoman on the US Steamer Kearsage."
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