Edward "the Merchant" Garland, of New Kent

Bob Baird has no parents for him.

• Parents seen as Peter Garland, of New Kent and Ann Garland
• Parents seen as Peter Garland & Elizabeth Vaulx
• Not the same as (unknown) Garland, of New Kent County

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Notes

http://www.coveytrees.com/GarlandTree.pdf (dead link)

Death location also reported as Hanover County, VA. Birth also reported as May 20 1664 - St Pauls, Hanover, Virginia, United States

Edward Garland was a wealthy planter in St. Paul's Parish in New Kent County, VA. During his lifetime the name of New Kent County was changed to Hanover County.

Edward owned more than 5,000 acres of land. Much of this land had been granted to him in 1714 for the expense of bringing 95 settlers over from England to Virginia. This land included 1808 acres on the south side of the North River, 1343 acres on the banks of the Little River stretching to the mouth of Beaver Dam Creek, and 1513 acres on the southwest side of Taylor's Creek down Elk Branch to its mouth.

A will dated 14 March 1719 shows that Edward left the bulk of his estate to his wife and their son Edward.

Family

There are no records which identify any daughters, although at least six daughters are claimed – without proof — by descendants of other families.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Jennings-2014

Wife: Jane (unknown) died 1737

Children

Sons...

1. Peter[1]
2. John[1]
3. Edward Garland, Jr. m. [...] Jennings.[1]
4. James[1]

Daughters...

1. Mary m. Robert Jennings, Jr.[1] (uncertain)

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“Some Background on the Garlands of New Kent and Hanover”. Bob's Genealogy Filing Cabinet < link >

Jane Garland was mentioned in May 1722 when the legislature established and set fees for a ferry “from Mrs. Garland’s, in the County of Hanover, across the [Pamunkey] river to Mrs. Littlepage’s land in the County of King William.”10 She died sometime between 24 May 1737, when “Mrs. Jane Garland”, a widow, bought three pairs of women’s shoes at the Partridge store in Hanover, and 5 July 1737 when the account of “Jane Garland deceased” was transferred to Peter Garland.11 Although she is widely reported to have been “Jane Jennings”, there is no evidence for that claim in the records. In fact, this claim appears to result from a misunderstanding as to the wives of Edward Sr. and Edward Jr. See the separate section below for details: “Was Edward Garland’s wife Jane Jennings or Jane Hensley?”

Four sons of Edward Garland are easily identified, one who is provable and three others with an acceptable degree of certainty. Since no other Garland is mentioned in parish or other records until 1719, we can reasonably conclude that the four Garland males who begin to appear at that time were his sons. Further, the processioning records for 1727, after his death, show that the district which had earlier included his lands now included the lands of Peter Garland, Edward Garland Jr., and John Garland.12 A fourth son, James Garland, seems highly likely to be the youngest son, probably born in 1704-5 when there is a gap in the St. Paul’s parish register. There are no records which identify any daughters, although at least six daughters are claimed – without proof — by descendants of other families.

References

1. “Some Background on the Garlands of New Kent and Hanover”. Bob's Genealogy Filing Cabinet < link > “ Nowhere in any of these articles is any evidence offered. Nor do any of them explain the reasoning or produce a source. It appears that both “Jane Jennings” and “Jane Hensley” are imaginary women. …” … “ The fact that Edward Garland gave the name Peter to a son (perhaps the eldest) is intriguing, but doesn’t constitute proof that his own father was named Peter. Nor is there is any evidence whatsoever that the imported Peter Garland was related in any way to Edward Garland.”
2. Vestry book of St.Paul's Parish, Hanover County, Virginia 1706-1786 compiled by Library Board in Richmond, VA in 1940 on ancestry.com citing ... - p276 on 29 Oct 1731 - p289 - p296 on March 1739 Ordered into one precint for processioning the lands of Peter Garland, Manoah Chiles, John Garland Orphans ... - p306 on 18 Aug 1743 Ordered into one precinct for processioning the lands of Peter Garland, Gent, Manoah Chiles, John Garland's orphans ... William Terrell, William Jennings, Matthew Jennings and that Edward Garland (III) see the said processioning performed

• http://www.multiwords.de/genealogy/Ga10%20Edward%20Garland.html If not confusion with Ga10, was possibly here: Edward Garland b c 1635 St Pauls Parish Hanover Co VA d 1719 New Kent Co (It seems questionable, whether there were three, two or one man in this part of Virginia by the name of Edward Garland at this time, as the individual reports are rather sketchy and contradictory on dates, places, spouses's and children's names with a daughter Elizabeth recurring with equal ambiguity.) m Martha Jane Hensley [sic: Jane unknown]
• http://wvrebel.0catch.com/GARLAND.HTML (dead link) Edward Garland was born 1664 in England & died 1719 in (New Kent) VA. He married Jane Jennings (daughter of Peter Jennings II & Mary Cary) whom he married in 1683. Jane was born 1668 in VA & died 1737 in VA. There are 7 known children of this marriage: Margaret (Peggy), John, Elizabeth, Martha, Mary, Edward Jr. & Sarah. [too many children]
• http://byrnefamily.net/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I00077&tree... (dead link)
• http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/b/a/i/Lacey-Bailey/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-04...
• The Roses: The Nuckolls Family, the Lyman Family, and One Hundred Fifty Immigrants Who Helped Shape America. Charles R. Nuckolls Jr. iUniverse, Sep 23, 2010 - History - 588 pages
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Garland-527
• https://ancestorium.com/tng/getperson.php?personID=I877712&tree=1
• Updated from MyHeritage Match via sister Elizabeth Garland by SmartCopy: Sep 9 2014, 22:09:30 UTC