Susanna Garner

Susanna Keene

• Birth: 1644 - Kent Island, Potomac River, Maryland   [1, 2] 
• Parents: Thomas Keene, Mary Thorley
• Married: John Garner
• Died: 28 Mar 1716 -Westmoreland County, Virginia   [2] 
• Buried: John Garner Plantation, Kinsey, Westmoreland County, Virginia   [2] 

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.

brief biography

After Susanna Keene's father died, Mary moved with her children to Northumberland County, March 10, 1652. Soon thereafter Mary Keene married Henry Raynor and then, in 1659 Thomas Broughton. Some time between 1659, when Susanna Keene was given her share of her father's cattle and 1662, when her mother's will names her as Susanna Garner, John Garner and Susanna Keene were married and had a daughter; therefore, 1660 or '61 would be a close estimate for their marriage date. John and Susanna lived near the present village of Lewisetta on a neck of land called Cherry Point, nowadays known as Cowart's Point.

J. H. Garner – 2007

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)

Susanna Keene is believed to have been born at Kent Island, Maryland. Kent Island is located near present day Annapolis, Maryland. It is the largest island in the Chesapeake Bay, and consists of 31.62 square miles. The first settlement on Kent Island consisted of twenty five colonists from England, settling there August 21, 1631. It was named Winston's Island. Susanna's father would have been an early settler there, but not among the first twenty five. It had been occupied by Native Americans for 12,000 years, prior to the English settlement in 1631, and the founding of Kent Fort. "Winston's Island" was later named "Kent Island", named for Kent, England, home of one of the early colonists. Today, Kent Island is a part of Queen Anne's County, which was founded in 1706, (after Susanna's birth) and named for Queen Anne of Great Britain (b. 1665 d. 1714). Susanna was the daughter of Thomas Keene, Jr., born 1593 in England and died 20 Jan 1652/53, Northumberland County, Virginia, and his wife Mary (or Margie) Thorley, believed to be from Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Susanna had three siblings, brothers William Keene, Sr., Thomas Keene, and Matthew Keene.

Susanna married John Garner (1633-1703) between 1659 and 1661, in Northumberland County, Virginia. (In 1659, Susanna was listed as Susanna "Keene", when her stepfather, Thomas Broughton gives her her share of cattle from her father Thomas Keene's estate. In 1662, Susanna is listed as the wife of John Garner, and the mother of a daughter, in her mother Mary Broughton's will.)

Susanna and John lived in Northumberland County, later moving farther north to Westmoreland County, Virginia. John Garner died in 1702. His will was dated January 22, 1702, and was proved May 26, 1702, and recorded January 1, 1703 in Westmoreland County, Virginia, Susanna lived another 14 years, after John's death. She did not leave a will. Her estate was inventoried March 28, 1716.

Susanna and John had 10 children: John Garner, Henry Garner, Vincent Garner, Thomas Garner, Parish Garner, Benjamin Garner, James Garner, Mary Garner, Susan Garner, and Martha Garner.

By: Rebecca Prillaman

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Dec 30 2017, 12:18:03 UTC

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

sources

• Garner Family History, Ann Garner, http://www.earlyfamilies.com/Pages/garner-family-history-1.html (Reliability: 3).
• Wingfield Family Society, (20 Mar 2003), Generation 18 - Susanna Keene (Reliability: 3).
• Married Well and Often, Robert K. Heandley, Junior, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2003), page 209 (Reliability: 4).
• Chappelear, George Warren Chappelear, (Dayton, Virginia: The Shenandoah Press, 1932), page 98 (Reliability: 3).
• Garner / Biggs Bulletin # 1 update 15 March 1991 - PDF document
• http://www.palmspringsbum.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I415...
• Garner-Keene families of Northern Neck, Virginia, by Ruth Ritchie and Sudie Rucker Wood. by Ritchie, Ruth, 1903- Publication date 1952. Page 6. <Archive.Org>