William Garrett

He was a bricklayer, also he was one of the 150 persons who boarded a ship on the Jamestown fleet on Dec. 30, 1606, sailed from downs on Jan. 1, 1607 and landed in virginia on May 13, 1607. By the time they reached their destination in Virginia, 05 survivors remained. All were men: fifty-four of "Gentlemen", four carpenters, and twelve laborers described as "poor" gentlemen, tradesmen, seving men, and laborers". By summer's end, 50 more perished before they became acclimated to the new land.

• Not the son of Sir John Garrard, Lord Mayor of London & Jane Garrard.
• Unproven and unlikely as father of John Garrett, of Upper Darby

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Sir Knight William Garrett, who was born in Dorney Bucks, England in 1573 when Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII was Queen of England. He married Bridget (Bridon). William was knighted July 23, 1603 at Whitehall before the Coronation of King James.

His oldest son was:

Lord John GARRETT, I who was born in 1595 in St Margaret, Westminster, London also during Queen Elizabeth’s reign. He married Lady Mary Bible in about 1632 when he was 37 years old. From a book, “Garrett Folklore & Fact”, Lady Mary Bible was of royal blood but was disinherited because she married a Quaker, i.e., Lord John GARRETT, I. Some records indicate that he had another wife, Ann Dunston and if so, she probably preceded Mary Bible.

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From Geni member Bruce Leary, May 2015:

There is no apparent linkage between William Garrett and the Garrard family. Sir John Garrard and Jane Partridge had 13 children, five of whom died young; leaving only two sons and six daughters. Their surviving Children were John Garrard (Kt and first Baronet), Benedict, Anne, Elizabeth, Ursula and three other daughters. There is no record of a William who survives childhood. This was an important, well known, well documented and highly respected family, to whom the family name was most important, occasionally the name has an extra “e” added to the end, this is a French affectation on the part of the recorder, just as Willemus Grarradus is the Latin version of the name. I can find no records that show that at any time, any member of this family of Garrards used the name Garrett. See “Extinct & Dormant Baronetcies of England Ireland & Scotland”. In addition the Gerrards are described as Grocers, the Garrards are Haberdashers, there is a significant difference and a totally different Guild (now called Livery Companies).

For information the sources I have used are the following:- ”The English Baronetage” 1741; “The Baronetage of England Vol.1” 1801; “Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland” 1838; Stow’s Surveys of London 1598 and 1603; the City of London archives of Lord Mayors from 1189-2009, church memorials and Burke’s “Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Enjoying Territorial Possessions or High Official Rank, But Uninvested with Heritable Honours”

References

• “The Knights of England: A Complete Record from the Earliest Time ...,” Volume 1. By William Arthur Shaw. Page 92. GoogleBooks
• http://www.geraldini.com/documenti/before-america/Before-America-Pa...
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Garrett-1398