Gideon Marlett
1753–1823
Born 15 April 1753 in New Jersey. Died 15 August 1823 at Jasper, Steuben County, New York, where he is buried in the Marlatt Cemetery.
Life events
| Born | 15 April 1753 | Hunterdon County, New Jersey |
|---|---|---|
| Married | 1775 | to Anne Abigail Deripe |
| Died | 15 August 1823 | Jasper, Steuben County, New York |
| Buried | Marlatt Cemetery, Jasper, Steuben County, New York |
Research note: whose son was he?
This is the Gideon who married Anne Vanderipe and is buried in the Marlatt Cemetery at Jasper, New York. His dates come from that cemetery. Who his parents were is disputed.
The older view, followed in the original file and in the RootsWeb Merlet genealogy, makes him the Gideon baptised at Readington on 16 or 17 June 1754 with his sister Pieternelle, a son of Abraham Marlett and Martha Vail. Those are the parents shown here.
William P. Marlatt disagrees. His Marlatt-Merlet DNA Project report says that baptism records of Christ Church, Ballston Spa, New York, show the Gideon of Jasper was not the Gideon baptised in 1754, and his 2019 table of Y-DNA lineages gives this Gideon as a son of John Marlett (born 1711). On that view the Gideon who was Abraham and Martha’s son is the one who went to Berkeley County, Virginia, about 1784–86.
The evidence behind the second view has not been seen here, so the parents are left as they were until it can be checked.
Sources: The Marlatt-Merlet DNA Project: Summary Report; William P. Marlatt, Family of Abraham and Mary (Maple) Marlatt of New Jersey, Virginia and Ohio (30 September 2019); Merlet / Marlet genealogy on RootsWeb, citing Find a Grave for the Jasper burial.