DEWIT, Carsten Bartholomew

DEWIT, Carsten Bartholomew

Male 1808 - 1865  (56 years)

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  • Name DEWIT, Carsten Bartholomew 
    Birth Aug 1808  Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration Abt 1839 
    Probate 1865  Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 14 May 1865  Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    DEWIT, Barthel,   b. Abt 1750, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1798, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)  (Grandfather) 
    VESTJENS DE ROCHEMONT, Maria Margot Margaretha Vestjeris,   b. Abt 1757, Cassel, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1798, Plantation Le Resouvenir, Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana Find all individuals with events at this location  (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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Apr 1827, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother DEROCHEMONT, Maria Louisa Suzette,   b. 20 Nov 1786, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Nov 1828, Plantation Le Resouvenir, Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1805  Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F350  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family ANDERSON, Anna Eliza,   b. 23 Sep 1817, Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jun 1873, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Marriage 8 Jun 1843  Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. DE WIT, Thomas,   b. Abt 1847, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1880 (Age > 34 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. DE WIT, Sarah Julia,   b. 31 Dec 1850, Springfield, Penobscot, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Dec 1939, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    SHANNON, John Wesley  m. 21 Sep 1869
     3. DE WIT, Leonard O,   b. Apr 1853, Springfield, Penobscot, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1900 (Age > 48 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    CORCORAN, Kate  m. 14 Nov 1874
     4. DE WIT, Anna Maria,   b. Abt 1856, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F436  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jul 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Aug 1808 - Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 8 Jun 1843 - Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProbate - 1865 - Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 14 May 1865 - Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Carsten B deWit
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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.

  • Sources 
    1. Details: Footnote: MA VR Footnote: MA VR.


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