John Garner, of Cherry Point Neck

John Garner of Cherry Point Neck, Virginia Colony

family, et al

• Birth:  before 2 Sep 1634 - Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England  
• Baptized: 2 Sept 1634 - St. Chad's, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
• Parents: Richard Garner, Katharn
• Marriage: Feb 1659/60 - Cherry Point Neck, Northumberland, Virginia - to Susanna Keene  
• Death: before 26 May 1702 in Kinsale, Westmoreland Co, VA
• Buried: John Garner Plantation, Kinsale, Westmoreland Co, VA

John and Susanna Keene Garner had issue:

• (1) John Garner;
• (2) Henry Garner;
• (3) Vincent Garner;
• (4) Thomas Garner;
• (5) Parish Garner;
• (6) Benjamin Garner;
• (7) James Garner;
• (8) Mary Garner;
• (9) Susan Garner;
• (10) Martha Garner.

WILLS OF Westmoreland County, Virginia 1654-1800 BY AUGUSTA B. FOTHERGILL: Pg 36 GARNER, JOHN, 22 January 1702; 1 January 1703. Sons John and Henry 800 acres of land to be divided between them where they are now seated; Henry my chest and wearing apparel; son Vincent plantation whereon I live and land in Horn Point, my long gun and hanger and a yoke of oxen. Also one-half of money of sloop the Outcry; Vincent to pay sons Thomas and Parish 2000 lbs. tobacco and to son Benjamin 2000 lbs. tobacco at age of 21 years; son James 2000 lbs. tobacco ; to daughters Mary, Susan, and Martha each a thomb ring; wife Susan residue of estate; Witnesses; William Gardner, John Williams, William More.

http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kgeveringham&id=I5448

John and Susanna (Keene) Garner, received by his father's will some 400 odd acres in Westmoreland, on which he was then seated. Also, he had received from his Uncle, Mathew Keene, in 1705, 400 Acres of land in Westmoreland Co. Sept. 28, 1741, Henry Garner made a deed of gift to his sons in which he seems to have given them all his land with certain reservations about his home plantation. (West. D. & W. B. 9, p. 189). This comprised "all my land scituate in the parish and county aforesaid Lying on the head of Potank (alias) Tucker's Run, to be divided between them . . . viz., to my son Henry Garner . . . the plantation whereon he now lives and all the land belonging to me lying on the west side the main road that leads from Col. Lees to Flints mill." To Bradley Garner he gave "the plantation whereon Archibald Garner now lives with ninety five acres of land joyning to it." To son, Thomas Garner, he gave "the Plantation whereon he is now seated and the plantation whereon I now live with all the remainder of my tracts of land before mentioned, reserving to my self the plantation whereon I now live and the liberty to work and get Timber on any part of the land aforementioned for and during the Term of my natural life." Witnesses were Thomas Allison, John Garner, Walter Self and Richard Sims.

brief biography

He was probably born in England, as he was (1) of thirty two colonists, transported to Northumberland County, VA by Lewis Burwell. He lived at Cherry Point, Northumberland, VA

[see the lengthy discussion about John Garner at https://www.unf.edu/~jgarner/garnergeneaology.html by Dr. James Luther Garner.]

From J. H. Garner – 2007

Immigration: 1637 from England to Henrico, Virginia.

One account states John Garner was born on 2 Sep 1633, St. Chad's (?), Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England or Northern Wales.

He married Susanna Keene, daughter of Thomas Keene II and Mary Thorley, ca Feb 1660, Stafford Co, VA or Cherry Point Neck, VA.

He acquired land (3000+ acres) in Northern Neck area of VA. He was a builder. He and Richard Garner emigrated on 10 Jun 1637. John Garner was Thomas Keene's guardian before 5 May 1665. He emigrated about 1672. He left a will on 22 Jan 1702. He died 26 May 1702 (near) Kinsale, Westmoreland Co, VA at age 68.

"Many of your own ancestors came to Virginia, Maryland, and the Carolinas as "headrights," i. e., some business man (usually a Virginia tobacco planter, a boat captain, or a London merchant) had brought them into the Colony, paid their transportation and settled them onto land that the business man was entitled to as a result of this enterprise of importing labor for clearing land, planting and curing tobacco. Within a few years of the Garners' arrival, Richard died and left young John Garner in the care of William Farrar, an "ancient planter of Virginia" for whom Farrar's Island was named, and the man who had transported them from England to Virginia. For their first few years in the Colony, all your Virginia ancestors probably worked on the plantations of other people. But as the Colony grew and their terms of indenture ended, more westerly lands were offered for settlement and your people located their own plots on the frontier of that time. Within John Garner's own lifetime, this frontier region was pushed from a line only slightly west of Williamsburg, Virginia to a line about even with present-day Richmond, Virginia....."

From Garner-Keene Families of Northern Neck Virginia Page 1 JOHN GARNER (1633-1702)

John Garner, founder of the family with which this book is chiefly concerned, came to the County of Northumberland in the Colony of Virginia about 1650, at the age of 17; for in that year Lewis Burwell was granted a tract of land in Northumberland for bringing 32 new colonists to the county, among them John Garner, Thomas Broughton, Samuel Moseley, Elizabeth Moseley and their daughter, Jane. (Va L. Gr. B. 2, p 250). This was two years after the county was established. Those who have done research on the Garner family feel certain that John Garner was of English origin, or even whether he came directly from England, from another English Colony, or from another part of Virginia, is not known. Following the beheading of Charles I in England in 1649 there was a great exodus to Virginia of Stuart sympathizers or Cavaliers, as they were called. John Garner may have come in from England on this wave of immigration.

John Garner was born about 1633 for in 1633 [correction: should be 1663] he made the deposition in which he stated he was thirty years old. (North, R. B. 15, p. 102). According to H. Ragsland Euban, John Garner settled west of Garner's Creek near the site of the present village of Lewisetta in 1660. This was near the mouth of the Coan River on a neck of land then called Cherry Point but today known as Cowart's Point. Across Garner's Creek on the east, Cypress Farm, still extant today, was established in 1662 by Captain John Rogers and his wife, Ellen.

John Garner married Susanna Keene, daughter of Thomas and Mary Keene of Northumberland County. Susanna was probably born on Kent Island in the Potomac River during the period (1634-1649) when it was in dispute between Virginia and Maryland. In 1649 it officially became a part of Maryland.

This marriage is thought to have taken place about 1660, for in 1659 Susanna's stepfather and guardian, Thomas Broughton, gave her her share of her father's cattle, designating her by the name of Susanna Keene; (North, R. B. 16, p. 30) while her mother's will in 1662 mentioned her as the wife of John Garner and as having a daughter. (North, R. B. 15, p. 92).

July 15, 1657, Francis Roberts patented 500 acres of land "lying beyond Col. Speakes and the Doegs Island, south to the mouth of a creek above the said Speakes, easterly upon James Magregorys, westerly into the woods...to Mr. Jernews," due Roberts for transporting ten persons into the colony. (Va L. GR. B 4, p 114) February 20, 1658, Francis Roberts assigned to John Garner and Joseph Fielding a patent of 500 acres of land "lying beyond Col. Speake's land and Doege Island in the Potomac River," and promised to defend them against "claim or title of any except the Indians." (North. R. B. 1658-66, p. 10)

June 20, 1663, "Joseph Fielding and John Garner, both of Northumberland County in Virginia, transfer and assign all rights, titles and interest in the 500 acres of land" which had been transferred to them by Francis Roberts, to John Garner, Jr., Son of John Garner, and to John Bailes Jr., son of John Bailes deceased. (North. R.B. 15, p. 100) By March 1667, Joseph Fielding had married "the relict and administrix of John Bailes deceased." This land apparently neither John Garner, Sr., nor John Garner, Jr., ever lived on it.

John Garner died early in 1702, for his will (west. D. & W. B. #3, p 153 et seq.) was dated January 22, 1702, proved May 25, 1702, and recorded January 1, 1703.

Susanna Garner survived her husband by about 14 years. She left no will but the records show her estate was inventoried March 28, 1716 by James Carr, James Thomas and William Garner. (West. D. & W. B. 4, p. 560) On May 30, 1716 her son Benjamin, stated that his mother's clothes had not been appraised but had been divided among her daughters at the time of her funeral. (west. D. & W. B. 5, p. 57)

notes

will

To his sons John and Henry Garner he gave 800 acres of land where they then lived to be equally divided between them. To his son, Vincent Garner, he gave the land on which he then lived in Horn Point, his long gun and hanger, a yoke of oxen, and one half of the sloop Outcry. He willed his chest and wearing apparel to his son Henry. His son Vincent was to pay 2,000 pounds of tobacco to his sons Thomas and Parish Garner and 2,000 pounds of tobacco to his son Benjamin Garner when the latter arrived at the age of twenty-one. He gave to his sons James Garner 2,000 pounds of tobacco. He felt his daughters, Mary, Susan, and Martha Garner, each a "thomb" ring. The remainder of his estate went to his wife, Susanna Garner. This will was witnessed by William Garner, John Gilliams, and William Moore.

sources

• Garner Family History, Ann Garner, http://www.earlyfamilies.com/Pages/garner-family-history-1.html (Reliability: 3).
• Chappelear, George Warren Chappelear, (Dayton, Virginia: The Shenandoah Press, 1932), page 98 (Reliability: 3).
• Wingfield Family Society, (20 Mar 2003), Generation 18 - Susanna Keene (Reliability: 3).
• Garner / Biggs Bulletin # 1 update 15 March 1991 - PDF document

links

• http://www.palmspringsbum.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I415...
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~txla/john_garner/aqwn01.htm

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John Garner came to Virginia about 1650, settling in Northumberland County, which had been formed two years earlier. He was seventeen years old. His parents are unknown. He was transported into the colony of Virginia by Lewis Burwell, along with 31 other new colonists. Burwell paid for John's passage, and would have been granted 50 acres for John, and 50 acres for each of the other 31 new colonists, for a total of 1600 acres in Northumberland Co.

It is believed that John was born in 1633. He stated in a deposition in 1663, that he was thirty years old. He settled near present day Lewisetta, in Northumberland County on Cherry Point near the mouth of the Coan River, alongside the Potomac River, which flows into the Chesapeake Bay. About 1660, John married Susanna Keene (1646-1716), daughter of Thomas and Mary Thorley Keene(Later Broughton), also of Northumberland Co. In the following ten or so years, John was active with some land transactions, jury duty, transported five persons from England, receiving a land grant for 250 acres, sworn in as constable for Cherry Point Neck in 1663, appointed an attorney for himself, etc., and father of ten children. Tobacco was the important commodity. In 1672, John and Susanna left Northumberland Co. and moved farther north to Westmoreland County (Cople Parish) near present day Kinsale. The early colonists settled along waterways, as it was a safe means of transportation, providing a way of shipping tobacco from their own docks, as there were no inland roads. John continued to purchase and sell land. John and Susanna had ten children. John died in early 1702. His will was dated Jan. 22, 1702. proved May 26, 1702 recorded Jan. 1, 1703. John's wife Susanna lived another fourteen years. In his will, John leaves his son Vincent the plantation and land that he (John) was living on. This was his land near Kinsale, where John and Susanna were probably buried, near their plantation home.

The children were remembered in their father John's will as follows:

1. John Bequested: half of 800 plus acres of land, upon which he was all ready living)

2. Henry Bequested: the other half of the 800 plus acres bequested to brother John, upon which Henry was all ready living, plus my chest with my wearing apparel.

3. Vincent Bequested: the whole plantation and land I now on, together with the lands adjoining. Also a parcel of land lying in horn point. Also my long gun, my hanger and a yoke of oxen. Also the one half of the money from what is got from the the sloop called the "Outcry". Vincent, executor to pay his brother Thomas the sum of 2 thousand pounds of good tobacco in cask; to pay his brother Parish, the sum of 2 thousand pounds of good tobacco in cask; to pay his brother Benjamin 2 thousand pounds of good tobacco in cask, when he shall be one and twenty years old; to pay his brother James the sum of 2 thousand pounds of good tobacco in cask, when he shall come to the age of one and twenty.

4. Thomas Bequested: 2 thousand pounds of good tobacco in cask

5. Parish Bequested: 2 thousand pounds of good tobacco in cask

6. Benjamin Bequested: 2 thousand pounds of good tobacco in cask, when he becomes age 21

7. James Bequested: 2 thousand pounds of good tobacco in cask, when he becomes age 21

8. Mary Bequested: A thomb ring

9. Susan Bequested: A thomb ring

10. Martha Bequested: A thomb ring

John gave and bequeathed to his well beloved wife Susan the rest of his estate "as Goods and Chattels moveables and unmovables". He made Susan his sole Executor.

I have seen no written description of what John's plantation home looked like, possibly log or brick construction.

Today, there are many descendants of John and Susanna Garner living across the U.S.

THE WILL OF JOHN GARNER, SR (Abstract) Westmoreland County, Virginia 1702

GARNER, JOHN, 22 January 1702; 1 January 1703.

Sons John and Henry 800 acres of land to be divided between them where they are now seated; Henry my chest and wearing apparel; son Vincent plantation whereon I live and land in Horn Point, my long gun and hanger and a yoke of oxen. Also one-half of money of sloop the Outcry; Vincent to pay sons Thomas and Parish 2000 lbs. tobacco and to son Benjamin 2000 lbs. tobacco at age of 21 years; son James 2000 lbs. tobacco; to daughters Mary, Susan, and Martha each a thomb ring; wife Susan residue of estate; Witnesses; William Gardner, John Williams, William More.

Source: WILLS of Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1654-1800, printed 1925, reprinted 1982

By: Rebecca Prillaman Note: Graves not located for John and his wife Susanna.

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Dec 30 2017, 12:08:17 UTC

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Children:

• John Garner II
• Henry Garner Sr.
• Vincent Garner
• Capt. Thomas Garner
• Benjamin Garner
• Parish Garner
• James Garner
• Martha Rust Jenkins (Garner)
• Mary Lewis Price (Garner)
• William Garner

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GEDCOM Note

<p>[g675.ftw]</p><p><p></p></p><p><p>REF: "Garners of Texas A Personal History" by Bascom N. Timmons, Harper & Bros. Publishers, New York, avail. at San Augustine (TX?) Public Library & Houston, Harris Co, TX library: Said John Nance Garner was "Scotch in the male line & Welsh in the other." Mentions the Garners were a well-off family that had "found the way to education & business success" & had fought for both the King vs. the French & for Geo. Washington vs. the King. Also mentions the Garners "had moved west on the outer rim of advancing civilization" but were "not without roots".</p><p><p></p></p><p>From: James Garner (b. 1955) james@dec1.as.unf.edu: The information I have on John Garner (b1633) parents comes from the International Genealogical Index (IGI). Both Richard Garner and Thomas Garner had a son John Garner in about 1633 in England. I believe the evidenc is slightly higher for Thomas and Mary being his parents because our John Garner had a son he named Thomas and a daughter he named Mary. This is the only reason I have for favoring Thomas and Mary.