John Deats

[1] John Deats was born in 1769 to William Deats (also spelled Deitz), a German immigrant, and wife Mary at their home about four miles northwest of Flemington.

After designing a plow and unable to find a manufacturer locally, he moved west.

[1][4] He was issued another patent in 1831, which detailed improvements in the moldboard, main landside, bottom landside, cutter, share, plate of iron under the share, and clevis.

[5] After his death, his son, Hiram Deats, as administrator, was granted a reissue of this 1831 patent on May 16, 1845.

[8][12] This collection became important in the creation of the New Jersey Museum of Agriculture in 1990.