Jacob Garrigus, >

1716 - 1798  (82 years)

• Name	Jacob Garrigus  [1, 2]
  Suffix	>
  Birth	1716	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	BDF 1745	Morristown (First Presbyterian Church Cemetery), Morris, NJ   [1]
  Death	13 May 1798	Rockaway, Morris, NJ   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I1344	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Matthew Garrigus (Garrigues), >,   b. 1679, Languedoc, France d. 6 Sep 1726, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Susanne Rochet, >,   b. 1679, Sedan, Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France d. 30 Sep 1746, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	28 May 1702	The Hague, Hollande, Netherlands
  Family ID	F715	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Gorsuch Blandina,   b. 1720, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America d. 18 Jul 1777, Rockaway Township, Morris, New Jersey, United States (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	1740
  Children	1. Mary Pauline Garrigus, >,   b. 2 Nov 1745, Rockaway Township, Morris, New Jersey, United States d. 30 Jan 1812, Manorville, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F714	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Robert Garrigus Comments: The assertion that Jacob Garrigues and his four sons changed the name as a result of a family dispute is not in anyway supported by any of the extant records. The name is seen being used by all members of this family up to the early 1800s. As fr the notion that the Philadelphia Garrigues might be "disgraced" by the service of the New Jersey Branch, well this assertion doesn't make any sense at all. At least two members of the Philadelphia branch - John Garrigues and Jacob Garrigues (son of Samuel, Sr.) served the continental cause. John served in colonial forces and Jacob served in a congressional convention along side Benjamin Franklin. Jacob Garrigus himself served just barely two months service. Another of his sons, Jacob Garrigues, Jr. served and never changed the surname. His descendents still retain the original French spelling and that part of the family denies the stories of the name change. The bottom line is that no one will ever know for sure. However, the name change looks much more to have been the result of a slow evolution than a conscious effort to differentiate the NJ branch.

  
  

• Sources

  [S13] Long Island Genealogy Surname Database, online [http://longislandgenealogy.com ], http://longislandgenealogy.com/carter/fam00144.htm. [S44] Various, WorldConnect Multiple Databases (RootsWeb.Com. The individual databases at this internet site regularly change, and therefore a reference to a specific database may not be valid at a future date. This general reference to Rootsweb Worldc, http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:515880&id= I756.