User:Moonlightdrive47660/sandbox

Hello, Pat Miller here. Test driving this Wikipedia Sandbox thing. "In 1563 there was bom in Dortrecht, Holland, Jan Pietre, the only son of his parents, who died when he was very young. He was adopted by a family who gave him the surname of de Wees which being anglicized means the Orphan, thus originating the name of de GARRETT DEWEES.

General List, No. i. Of Garrett Dewees, son of William the paper ma- ker, very little is known except that he was a miller by trade or occupation, and was, in conjunction with his brother Cornelius, an extensive land owner in the State of New Jersey, in Gloucester county. He mar- ried Agnes Streeper, daughter of John Streeper, of Ger- mantown. In Deed Book, H. I., page 94, Philadelphia, Pa., Recorder of Deeds Ofl&ce, is an Indenture bearing date the 27th day of June, 1748, between Garrett Dewees of the township of Germantown, County of Philadel- phia, Pa., miller, and Agnes his wife, daughter of John Streeper, late of the township of Germantown, afore- said, of the one part, and William Streeper of said township of the other part, dividing a certain tract of land for the consideration of twenty shillings.Wees, or later Dewees.''