John Garnett

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The following is from Doug Garnett of the International Garnett Family Registry: JOHN GARNETT was born about 1648 in Elizabeth City, Virginia, and died at some point after November 12, 1703 in Kingston Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia, America. John GARNETT is the earliest GARNETT from whom a direct descent can be traced for the GARNETTs of colonial Virginia. He is thought to have been the son of an earlier John GARNETT and it is assumed that he was born in Elizabeth City. The date of his birth in some sources has been placed as early as 1648 and as late as 1652. John GARNETT moved to Gloucester County in about 1669. To John GARNETT [either this John GARNETT or his father who was probably also named John GARNETT] was granted 260 acres of land lying on the south side of Garden Creek in Gloucester County by the Governor Thomas Lord Culpeper on April 16, 1683. The grant of land lay between the property of John Smither and John Digges [Grant Book 7, page 239]. Some 180 acres had been purchased by John GARNETT from Humphrey Roy [this is likely the same person whose surname is recorded elsewhere as Humphrey Coy and also as Humphrey Till] on June 15, 1676 and the remaining 80 acres were given to him for transporting at his own cost into the Colony two persons, Elizabeth Tindal and Thomas Combs. In the Order Book of 1692-1695, on page 84, for Essex County there is recorded a deed by John Baker of Kingston Parish, Gloucester County to John GARNETT of said Parish and County, a planter. By this deed, John Baker conveys to John Garnett 600 acres of land in Essex County, part of a tract commonly called Button's Range containing 3650 acres formerly granted to Thomas Button by patent dated July 19, 1666. The land granted to Garnett extended to "a small branch of Occupacon and from thence to a small branch of Gilson's [?] in the Parish of Littonburne in the County of Essex [lately called by the name of Rappahannock County, on the south side of the Rappahonnock River about five miles back into the woods as by the above Button's Patent doth appear." This land transfer indicates that John Garnett had been one of the lucky ones to survive a very difficult period in the history of the Virginia colony and had become one of the most prosperous planters of this early era. The deed of sale from John Baker to John Garnett is dated September 7, 1692 and the sale was concluded in consideration of 9000 pounds of tobacco in casks. The deed was admitted to record on November 10, 1692. Bond was given by John Baker to John Garnett in the sum of 18,000 pounds of good sweet-scented sound tobacco conditioned that John Baker would perform the covenants set out in his deed. [Order Book for 1692-1695, page 28, Essex County, recorded on November 10, 1692] In the Quit Rent Roll of Gloucester in 1704, John GARNETT is listed as owning 250 acres. In a deed of June 8, 1709, recorded in the Essex County Deed Book Number 13, page 225, the grantor, Thomas GARNETT of St. Anne's Parish, Essex, planter, is described as "one of the sons and devisees of John GARNETT, late of the Parish of Kingston, in the county of Gloucester". In consideration of the 3,500 pounds of tobacco Thomas Garnett conveys unto John Foster, 50 acres of land on the south side of the Rapphannock River, being part of the tract of 600 acres purchased by John GARNETT, deceased from John Barker, lying on the Rappahannock River near Moseley's Quarter and more particularly the said Thomas Garnett's share of the 150 acres which John GARNETT had by his last will, dated November 12, 1703, given to his son, Anthony GARNETT, who having died before he attained the age of twenty-one years, his share did then by right belong to the surviving children of the said John GARNETT, of which the share of Thomas GARNETT was the 50 acres therein conveyed. The deed is witnessed by Salvator Muscoe and William Taylor. John GARNETT appears to have had four children: John, Thomas, and Anthony who died young, and another, probably a daughter, whose name is not known. Thomas GARNETT who made the deed of June 8, 1709, moved from Gloucester in Essex and took up his residence in St. Anne's Parish. So it is evident from the Deed Records of Virginia that this John GARNETT must have had three sons, the eldest son being also named John GARNETT and subsequently fathering a large and prominent family of GARNETTs centering around Essex County, Virginia. His second son, Thomas GARNETT was born in Kingston Parish, Gloucester County and died in St. Anne's Parish, Essex County---he also fathered a large and prominent family of GARNETT descendants. The third son, Anthony GARNETT must have died before reaching the age of 21. There was also probably a daughter [her name is not yet known for certain] who eventually married William TAYLOR. [This could be the same William Taylor ---or a related one--- who served as a witness in the land deed of June 8, 1709 for the GARNETT family.] A later daughter of William TAYLOR and this GARNETT daughter married a grandson of this same John GARNETT. Marriages between first or second cousins was a fairly common occurrence in those days.

From a manuscript of Esther Garnett Bybee which can be found in the D.A.R. Library, there is more evidence of the connection between John GARNETT and the

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2920998&... ____________________________ "The Genealogy and Story of the Family of Robert Kirtley Garnett" (1955) by Harriet E. Hobble and Charles H. Garnett contains the following: "JOHN GARNETT, son of the above John Garnett, born in Elizabeth City County cir 1648. Died in Kingston Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia bet. 1704/9 where he moved cir. 1669. Under date of April 16, 1683, the Governor, Thomas Lord Culpeper issued him a grant of 260 acres of land (grant Book 7, pp. 239), 180 of which had been purchased by him June 15,1676, and the remaining 80 being due him for the transportation at his own cost into the Colony of two persons, which suggests that he had been in the Colony for some time prior tot he grant. (Land Book 7, pp. 289) Order Book 1692-1695, pp. 84, Essex County. Deed by John Baker of Kingston Parish, Gloucester County to John Garnett of said Parish and County, 'planter' by which John Baker conveyed to John Garnett 600 acres of land in Essex County." In another section of the same book: "The earliest Garnett from whom descent at this time can be traced is John Garnett to whom under date of April 16, 1683, the Governor, Thomas Lord Culpeper, issued a grant of 200 acres of land lying on the south side of Garden Creek in Gloucester County, between the lands of John Smither and John Diggs (Grant Book 7, 239); 180 acres of which had been purchased by him of Humphrey Roy on June 15, 1676, and the remaining 80 acres being due him for the transportation at his own cost into the Colony of two persons, Elizabeth Tindal and Thomas Combs. In the Quit Rent Roll of Gloucester County taken in 1804, John Garnett is listed as owning 250 acres. In a deed of June 8, 1709, recorded in the Essex County Deed Book no. 13, p. 225, the grantor, Thomas Garnett, of St. Anne's Parish, Essex, planter, is described as 'one of the sons and devisees of John Garnett, late of the Parish of Kingston, in the county of Gloucester.' In consideration of 3,500 pounds of tobacco Thomas Garnett converys unto John Foster 50 acres of land on the south side of the Rappahannock River, being part of a tract of 600 acres purchased by John Garnett, deceased, from John Barker, lying on the Rappahannock River near Moseley's Quarter, and more particularly the said Thomas Garnett's share of the 150 acres which John Garnett had by his last will, dated Nov. 12, 1703, given to his son, Anthony Garnett, who having died before he attained the age of twenty-one years, his share did then by right belong to the surviving children of the said John Garnett, of which the share of Thomas Garnett was the 50 acres therein conveyed. The deed is witnessed by Salvator Muscoe and William Taylor. John Garnett appears to have had four children: John, Thomas, Anthony who died young, and another, probably a daughter, whose name is not known. Thomas Garnett who made the deed of June 8, 1709, moved from Gloucester into Essex and took up his residence in St. Anne's Parish."

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Some genealogists have tried to show that this John GARNETT could have been related in some way to the earlier Thomas GARNETT who lived with his wife Elizabeth and daughter Sussan at Elizabeth Citie near the Jamestown settlement in Virginia. But absolutely no documentary evidence has ever been found to definitively prove that Thomas and Elizabeth GARNETT ever had any male descendants or were related by bloodline to the John GARNETT of Gloucester County.

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The following is from Doug Garnett of the International Garnett Family Registry:
JOHN GARNETT was born about 1648 in Elizabeth City, Virginia, and died at some point after November 12, 1703 in Kingston Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia, America.
John GARNETT is the earliest GARNETT from whom a direct descent can be traced for the GARNETTs of colonial Virginia. He is thought to have been the son of an earlier John GARNETT and it is assumed that he was born in Elizabeth City. The date of his birth in some sources has been placed as early as 1648 and as late as 1652.
John GARNETT moved to Gloucester County in about 1669.
To John GARNETT [either this John GARNETT or his father who was probably also named John GARNETT] was granted 260 acres of land lying on the south side of Garden Creek in Gloucester County by the Governor Thomas Lord Culpeper on April 16, 1683. The grant of land lay between the property of John Smither and John Digges [Grant Book 7, page 239]. Some 180 acres had been purchased by John GARNETT from Humphrey Roy [this is likely the same person whose surname is recorded elsewhere as Humphrey Coy and also as Humphrey Till] on June 15, 1676 and the remaining 80 acres were given to him for transporting at his own cost into the Colony two persons, Elizabeth Tindal and Thomas Combs.
In the Order Book of 1692-1695, on page 84, for Essex County there is recorded a deed by John Baker of Kingston Parish, Gloucester County to John GARNETT of said Parish and County, a planter.
By this deed, John Baker conveys to John Garnett 600 acres of land in Essex County, part of a tract commonly called Button's Range containing 3650 acres formerly granted to Thomas Button by patent dated July 19, 1666. The land granted to Garnett extended to "a small branch of Occupacon and from thence to a small branch of Gilson's [?] in the Parish of Littonburne in the County of Essex [lately called by the name of Rappahannock County, on the south side of the Rappahonnock River about five miles back into the woods as by the above Button's Patent doth appear."
This land transfer indicates that John Garnett had been one of the lucky ones to survive a very difficult period in the history of the Virginia colony and had become one of the most prosperous planters of this early era. The deed of sale from John Baker to John Garnett is dated September 7, 1692 and the sale was concluded in consideration of 9000 pounds of tobacco in casks. The deed was admitted to record on November 10, 1692. Bond was given by John Baker to John Garnett in the sum of 18,000 pounds of good sweet-scented sound tobacco conditioned that John Baker would perform the covenants set out in his deed. [Order Book for 1692-1695, page 28, Essex County, recorded on November 10, 1692]
In the Quit Rent Roll of Gloucester in 1704, John GARNETT is listed as owning 250 acres.
In a deed of June 8, 1709, recorded in the Essex County Deed Book Number 13, page 225, the grantor, Thomas GARNETT of St. Anne's Parish, Essex, planter, is described as "one of the sons and devisees of John GARNETT, late of the Parish of Kingston, in the county of Gloucester". In consideration of the 3,500 pounds of tobacco Thomas Garnett conveys unto John Foster, 50 acres of land on the south side of the Rapphannock River, being part of the tract of 600 acres purchased by John GARNETT, deceased from John Barker, lying on the Rappahannock River near Moseley's Quarter and more particularly the said Thomas Garnett's share of the 150 acres which John GARNETT had by his last will, dated November 12, 1703, given to his son, Anthony GARNETT, who having died before he attained the age of twenty-one years, his share did then by right belong to the surviving children of the said John GARNETT, of which the share of Thomas GARNETT was the 50 acres therein conveyed. The deed is witnessed by Salvator Muscoe and William Taylor. John GARNETT appears to have had four children: John, Thomas, and Anthony who died young, and another, probably a daughter, whose name is not known. Thomas GARNETT who made the deed of June 8, 1709, moved from Gloucester in Essex and took up his residence in St. Anne's Parish.
So it is evident from the Deed Records of Virginia that this John GARNETT must have had three sons, the eldest son being also named John GARNETT and subsequently fathering a large and prominent family of GARNETTs centering around Essex County, Virginia.
His second son, Thomas GARNETT was born in Kingston Parish, Gloucester County and died in St. Anne's Parish, Essex County---he also fathered a large and prominent family of GARNETT descendants.
The third son, Anthony GARNETT must have died before reaching the age of 21.
There was also probably a daughter [her name is not yet known for certain] who eventually married William TAYLOR. [This could be the same William Taylor ---or a related one--- who served as a witness in the land deed of June 8, 1709 for the GARNETT family.]
A later daughter of William TAYLOR and this GARNETT daughter married a grandson of this same John GARNETT. Marriages between first or second cousins was a fairly common occurrence in those days.

From a manuscript of Esther Garnett Bybee which can be found in the D.A.R. Library, there is more evidence of the connection between John GARNETT and the

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2920998&...
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"The Genealogy and Story of the Family of Robert Kirtley Garnett" (1955) by Harriet E. Hobble and Charles H. Garnett contains the following:
"JOHN GARNETT, son of the above John Garnett, born in Elizabeth City County cir 1648. Died in Kingston Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia bet. 1704/9 where he moved cir. 1669. Under date of April 16, 1683, the Governor, Thomas Lord Culpeper issued him a grant of 260 acres of land (grant Book 7, pp. 239), 180 of which had been purchased by him June 15,1676, and the remaining 80 being due him for the transportation at his own cost into the Colony of two persons, which suggests that he had been in the Colony for some time prior tot he grant. (Land Book 7, pp. 289)
Order Book 1692-1695, pp. 84, Essex County. Deed by John Baker of Kingston Parish, Gloucester County to John Garnett of said Parish and County, 'planter' by which John Baker conveyed to John Garnett 600 acres of land in Essex County."
In another section of the same book:
"The earliest Garnett from whom descent at this time can be traced is John Garnett to whom under date of April 16, 1683, the Governor, Thomas Lord Culpeper, issued a grant of 200 acres of land lying on the south side of Garden Creek in Gloucester County, between the lands of John Smither and John Diggs (Grant Book 7, 239); 180 acres of which had been purchased by him of Humphrey Roy on June 15, 1676, and the remaining 80 acres being due him for the transportation at his own cost into the Colony of two persons, Elizabeth Tindal and Thomas Combs. In the Quit Rent Roll of Gloucester County taken in 1804, John Garnett is listed as owning 250 acres. In a deed of June 8, 1709, recorded in the Essex County Deed Book no. 13, p. 225, the grantor, Thomas Garnett, of St. Anne's Parish, Essex, planter, is described as 'one of the sons and devisees of John Garnett, late of the Parish of Kingston, in the county of Gloucester.' In consideration of 3,500 pounds of tobacco Thomas Garnett converys unto John Foster 50 acres of land on the south side of the Rappahannock River, being part of a tract of 600 acres purchased by John Garnett, deceased, from John Barker, lying on the Rappahannock River near Moseley's Quarter, and more particularly the said Thomas Garnett's share of the 150 acres which John Garnett had by his last will, dated Nov. 12, 1703, given to his son, Anthony Garnett, who having died before he attained the age of twenty-one years, his share did then by right belong to the surviving children of the said John Garnett, of which the share of Thomas Garnett was the 50 acres therein conveyed. The deed is witnessed by Salvator Muscoe and William Taylor. John Garnett appears to have had four children: John, Thomas, Anthony who died young, and another, probably a daughter, whose name is not known. Thomas Garnett who made the deed of June 8, 1709, moved from Gloucester into Essex and took up his residence in St. Anne's Parish."

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John Garnett
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Text: Birth date: 1648Birth place: Elizabeth City, VA, USA
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Text: Birth date: 1648Birth place: Elizabeth City, VADeath date: 12 November 1703Death place: Kingston Parish, Gloucester Co, VA

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MH:SC512559 https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-40001-1409213011/john-ga... https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-40001-1409213011/john-ga... John Garnett 11&lt;br&gt;Gender: Male&lt;br&gt;Birth: 1648 - Elizabeth City, Virginia, United States&lt;br&gt;Death: Nov 12 1743 - Kingston Parish, Gloucester, Virginia, UnitedStates&lt;br&gt;Father: <a>John Garnett</a>&lt;br&gt;Wife: <a>Ann Garnett (born Taylor)</a> 4

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Some genealogists have tried to show that this John GARNETT could have been related in some way to the earlier Thomas GARNETT who lived with his wife Elizabeth and daughter Sussan at Elizabeth Citie near the Jamestown settlement in Virginia. But absolutely no documentary evidence has ever been found to definitively prove that Thomas and Elizabeth GARNETT ever had any male descendants or were related by bloodline to the John GARNETT of Gloucester County.