General Notes

: I12841
Name: John Garrett
Sex: M
Note:
New Kent and King and Queen Counties of Virginia are considered burned
bounties, because their records suffered considerable damage at several
points in their history, from fire, not once, but several times. Source:
Vital Records of Burned Counties, 1680-1860, by Theresa Fisher
Because there are so few official records still in existence today, to
trace a family line in this section of Virginia is especially difficult.
Nevertheless, it is possible to project a reasonable conclusion based on
the combination of circumstances and what few records are available. It
should be remembered, however, that for some of this, at least, there
will be no proof, only secondary material.
Source: New Kent Co., St. Peter & Blisland Parishes, "Men of Matadequin",
p. 20
Beginning 1655:
Lands patented by John Garrett from Land Registry Office, Richmond, VA
1665 New Kent Co. John Garrett 300 acres Bk. III p. 355 1652-1655
1675 New Kent Co. John Garrett 204 Bk. VI p. 593
1680 New Kent Co. John Garrett 204 Bk. VII p. 33 1679-1689
(from Virginia Genealogies #2, The Garrett Family of Louisa Co., VA, p.
389)
June 6, 1655:
John Hodson and John Garratt 300 acres
To all ye whereas ye now know you that I the said Edward Diggs Esq. do
give and grant unto John Hodson and John Garratt three hundred acres of
land lyeing and being in the county of New Kent and on the North East
side of Mottopony River bounded as followeth (viz) from a marked red oake
on the Southernmost corner of Thomas
Saunders his land with a South, South East line unto Arakeyaco Swamp,
thence with Arakeyaco Samp to a line of marked trees running North West
by West unto the other corner of Saunders his land being a poplar in a
branch of Arakeyaco Creek thence to the place it began with his Saunders
his line of marked trees. The said land being due unto the John Hodson
and John Garratt by and for their transportation of six persons into this
Colony so to have and the hold & yielding and paying to which payment is
to be made. Dated the sixth of June 1655
Cavaliers and Pioneers, p. 310; Patent Bk. #3, p. 355
June 9, 1658:
The above land of John Garrett and John Hudson was granted to Nathaniell
Bacon (cousin of the rebel), assigned by Hudson unto John Bull & by Bull
& Garrett unto Bacon.
Cavaliers and Pioneers, p. 381, Patent Bk., 4, p. 237
March 16, 1663/4
Peter Ware, Jr. and John Garrett were listed as headrights (among sixty)
by George Bryar and Richard Lawrence or Lawson who received 3000 acres in
Rappahannock Co. adjacent to Col. More Fauntleroy.
(Note: This is significant to me only because Henry Ware and John Garrett
are named together. The date does not suggest their arrival in the
colonies. Since several people claimed to have brought in John Garrett, I
am unsure on who did).
Cavaliers & Pioneers 1623-1666, p. 527; Patent Bk. 5, p. 470
1664, from the Ancestral File:
There is no proof that John was born in Leichestershire, England, so I am
not including the birth data from below in my database. There is evidence
from another researcher that the John Garrett born on this date in
Leichestershire never came to America.
John Garrett b. Feb. 2, 1634/35 in Leichestershire, England m. Elizabeth
Ware b. Feb 13, 1634/35, d/o Peter Ware and Mary Hickes, m. 1664 in New
Kent Co., VA
children:
Nicholas Garrett
Robert Garrett
Thomas Garrett
John Garrett b. 1675 m. Frances Elizabeth Buckner (Grandparents of the
other Robert, not ours, in Edgefield)
Elizabeth Garrett b. 1698 in King & Queen co., VA, m. Edward Ware, b.
1692 in King & Queen
John Garrett b. 1634, had a brother, William, b. 1643
Source: LDS FHC Ancestral File
Aug. 21, 1665:
John Garrett & Nicholas Ware 386 acres.
To all ye whereas ye now know ye that I the said Sir William Berkeley
Knight Governor ( ? ) give and grant unto John Garrett (and) Nicholas
Ware three hundred and eighty six acres o