Rev. Garret I. Gerretsen was also known as Rev. Garrett J. Garretson. Rev. Garret I. Gerretsen was born on 31. Jul. 1807 at Hillsborough, Somerset County, New Jersey. He was the son of
Johannes Garretson and
Jane Hegeman. Rev. Garret I. Gerretsen was baptized on 31. Jul. 1808 at Dutch Reformed Church, Raritan, Somerset County, New Jersey. He was graduated in 1829 at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey; AB. He married
Ellen Van Liew, daughter of
Cornelius Van Liew and
Johanna Van Doren, on 12. Apr. 1831 at Somerset County, New Jersey. In 1832 Rev. Garret I. Gerretsen NBTS. He lic CI at New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, 1832. He Ordained CI at Rensselaer, Rensselaer County, New York, 1832. He the pastor at Dutch Reformed Church, Stuyvesant, Columbia County, New York, bt 1832 - 1834. He was graduated in 1833 at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey; AM. He pastor at Dutch Reformed Church, Newtown, Kings County, New York, bt 1835 - 1849. He pastor at First Reformed Church, Jamaica, Queens County, New York, bt 1835 - 1849. He married
Catherine Rapalje, daughter of
Daniel Rapalje and
Rensie Wyckoff, on 12. Mar. 1839. Rev. Garret I. Gerretsen the minister at the at Dutch Reformed Church, Lodi, Seneca County, New York, bt 1849 - 1852. Rev. Garret I. Gerretsen and
Margaret Rusha Lott had a relationship which resulted in issue. Rev. Garret I. Gerretsen died on 16. Aug. 1853 at Somerville, Somerset County, New Jersey, at age 46. He died on 14. Aug. 1854 at Hillsborough, Somerset County, New Jersey, at age 47.