Gerrit Hendricks De Wees 
Gerrit Hendricks was born in 1641 in Netherlands. Gerrit Hendricks' father is Gerret Hendricks De Wees. His paternal grandparents were Adrian Hendricks De Wees and Beverwijk Holland. He was an only child. He died in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.General Notes
Alias:<ALIA> Garhard or /Garrett/
According to Ancestry. com "Bast/Krebs Ancestor" by Steve
Bast<sbast3315@@aol.com: "Gerhard with his wife Mary and daughter Sarah
and a servant Heinrich Frey came from Krisheim, a little village in the
Palatinate on October 2, 1685. Purchased 200 acres from Sipman. He was
a grandson of Adrian Hendricks DeWees, a Hollander who seems to have
lived in Amsterdam. His widow Mary Zytien sold the land in 1701.
Information found in family papers. Date/origin unknown."
‌Gerrit Hendricks and Sijtie were married in a religious ceremony on September 28th, 1662 in Liewarden or Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. They had three sons and two daughters, named Lewis, William, Cornelius, Wilhelmina and Sarah.
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Children
Wilhelmina Dewees
Wilhelmina was born in 1660 in Liewander, Friesland/Friesband, Holland. She died in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
William Dewees
William was born about 1677 in Arnheim or Leeuwarden/Lieuwarden, Friesland, Germany/Holland, Netherlands. He died in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. He was buried in Upper Burying Ground, Concord, Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
Cornelius Dewees
Cornelius was born in Dutch Reformed, New Amsterdam (now New York City), New York. He died after 1735 in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
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