John Garrett, of Upper Darby

Not the same as John Garrett, of Nansemond County

"John Garrett of England & wife Mary did indeed have a son John b. 10 Jan 1631. But this John stayed in England & had 2 children born 1662 & 1666, John & Mary respectively , in Leicestershire, England whose birth are registered. "As I understand only William, s/o John (by the late Ann Dunston) & Mary, went to America & settled in PA.[1] Adding to the above controversy, a couple of different Garretts claiming ancestors from Leicestershire are not matching according to the yDNA project."

John Garrett

• Birth: between 1595-1600 in London
• Death: Aug 31, 1680 in Chester County, Pennsylvania
• Parents: unknown
• Married: Ann Dunston, Mary
• AKA John Garratt, Lord Mayor Garrat

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Disputed origins

Birth seen as June 1602 at Hosse, Derby, Leicestershire, England, son of William Garrett & Bridget Garrett. But these origins are not proved.

John Garrett's middle name was not Ware. This was actually the maiden name of his daughter-in-law, Elizabeth (Ware) Garrett, the wife of John Garrett, II.

Biography

From Tammie on 11 June 2023

JOHN GARRETT I (1595-1680). Born in Suffulk, Greater London, England. PARANTAGE IS NOT PROVED John was born between 1595 and 1600 in London, England. His parents are unknown. His first wife was Ann Dunston from which he had a son, John Garrett II who was born on January 10, 1631. Ann likely died in childbirth. John’s second wife was Mary Bibble. John, documented as a bricklayer, and likely poor. He became an indentured servant to his brother-in-law from Ann Dunston, John Dunston, leaving his baby and new wife and children. John Garrett was sponsored by John Dunston, and 'transported' to Jamestown, Virginia Colony, British America (exact date unknown). He returned to his wife and children and made a second trip in 1639 back to Virginia to his wife, Mary Bibble and children. The family traveled back to Virginia in 1639. Seven years would have passed, so he might not have been indentured any longer. He Later moved from Jamestown to Pennsylvania. He married Mary Barwell (1612-1680), said to be of royal blood and disinherited because she married a Quaker, who was also poor. They both died in Pennsylvania.

[Lord] [SIC] John GARRETT, I was 12 years old when the first English immigrants landed at Jamestown; was 25 years old when the Mayflower landed; was 29 years old before Galileo told the Pope that the earth revolved around the sun rather than the other way around.

He, and 7 of his children immigrated to Pennsylvania between 1650 and 1680. It appears that he immigrated before his children did in 1684. Records of Early Philadelphia Residence list all of John’s children (except John II) as well as himself. They were heavily involved in the Quaker movement

He died in America on August 31, 1680 in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Family

From The Author's Garrett Line

Married

1. Ann Dunston
2. Mary

Children by 1st wife

1. John Garrett II was born on Jan 10, 1631. His mother Ann possibly died in childbirth.

In 1631 John l came to Virginia as an indentured servant to his brother in law, John Dunston; he returned to England about 1636, where the children by his wife Mary (known as Bible, apparently from her first name being listed in an old Bible ..) were born. She is also rumored to have been of "royal blood" and said to have been born in Deal, County Kent and died 1660 in Stratford.

From The Lloyd Record:

Children by Mary:

1. John, born 2nd Feb., baptized 7th, 1635. (comment: inconsistent with notes for John ll)
2. Elizabeth, born 10th Jan., baptized 14th, 1637.
3. Dorothe, born 30th April, baptized 3rd May, 1640.
4. Mars, baptized 15th May, 1642.
5. William, born 21st Aug.; baptised 3rd Sept, 1643; married Ann Kirke (born 19th March, 1642).
6. Catren, baptized 26th May, 1646.
7. Thomas, baptized 17th May, 1649; died 12th month 1st, 1684, in Darby; married, 1672, Ellin Raworth, who died in Darby 10th month 7th, 1702.

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“Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents.” The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jul., 1897), pp. 92-101 Published by: Virginia Historical Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4242023 Page Count: 10 Page 101 (snippet)

References

• http://www.geraldini.com/documenti/before-america/Before-America-Pa...
• http://www.garrettfamily.info/family-history/garrett/The-Author's-Garrett-Line-Part-1.pdf (dead link) (document attached)
• https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/20936828/the-garretts-in-eng...
• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/p/h/e/Christine-J-Phelps...
• Lloyd Manuscripts: Genealogics of the Families of Awbrey-Vaughan, Blunston, Burbeck, Garrett, Gibbons, Heacock, Hodge, Houlston, Howard, Hunt, Jarman, Jenkin-Griffith, Jones, Knight, Knowles, Lloyd, Newman, Paschall, Paul, Pearson, Pennell, Pott, Pyle, Reed, Sellers, Smith, Thomas, Till, Williams, Wood (Google eBook).  Howard Williams Lloyd Press of the New era printing Company, 1912 - Lloyd family - 435 pages Page 98:
• Y-DNA Haplogroup J2 J-M172
• Most Garretts in the DNA study have the number 13 or 14 for DYS393. The Garretts of this line have the number 12 for DYS393. One of the contributors believes his roots are in 1661 Leicestershire. The others show Amelia, Bristol, Buckingham, and Henrico Counties, Virginia as their known origin.