John Garrett, of Nansemond County

Not the same as John Garrett, of Upper Darby

https://www.werelate.org/wiki/GARRETT_FAMILY_OF_ISLE_OF_WIGHT,_VA

Lists him as the father of

John Garrett, of New Kent

https://www.werelate.org/wiki/GARRETT_FAMILY_OF_ISLE_OF_WIGHT,_VA

GENERATION TWO

MR. JOHN GARRETT II (c1588 Plymouth, Devon England-AFT 1657 Nansemond Co., VA) m. Unknown.

Joyning to patent of Mr. Jno. Garrett, butting on land of Wm. Story &c. Renewal of patent dated 15 Oct. 1652. He is mentioned from 1636-1650 as follows, per Early Virginia Immigrants, 1623-1666, published 1912 by George Cabell Greer:

John Garrett II, was granted land 200 acres on Indian Creek, on a branch of the Nansemond River at the head of Beaver Dam Creek. On 23 May 1642, William Eyres received 750 acres in Upper Norfolk. Co., upon an arm of the western branch of Nansemond River, adj. John Garrett and Thomas Powell for Trans. 15 persons, one included John Munday. William Denson, a neighbor of John Garrett, was a Quaker, who petitioned the local court on 6 Sep 1657, as a "gentleman" to receive 400 acres on the western branch of the Nansemond River, in Nansemond Co. (formed from part of Isle of Wight Co. in 1640), adj. John Garrett. This was one of the few locations permitting Quakers to worship without fear of reprisals or persecution. Quaker records show he founded the Chuckatuck Quaker Meeting House near where he resided, one of the oldest Quaker Meeting Houses in the new colonies.

GENERATION THREE

JOHN GARRETT III (1630-AFT 1665) m. ELIZABETH WARE (c1638 Kent, England-AFT 1664 New Kent Co., VA)