Thomas Garner (abt. 1669 - 1726)

Born about 1669 in Northumberland County, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Mariah (Bushnell) Garner — married 1694 in Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died 8 Jun 1726 at about age 57 in Stafford County, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Thomas Garner was born about 1669, in Northumberland County, Virginia. He was the son of John Garner and Susanna Keene.Thomas married Mary M. Bushnel about 1705, in Stafford County, Virginia. Thomas passed away 8 Jun 1726, in Stafford County, Virginia.^[1]

Name

Name: Thomas /Garner/^[2]

The Garner in Me

"Thomas Garner, the youngest child of John and Susanna, was born about 1670. He moved westward, but still lived within the Northern Neck area. By 1715, he owned approximately 200 acres of land in the Tinpot and Licking Runs area. Thomas was the original grantee of land received from Lady Fairfax, sole proprietor of the Northern Neck. He married Mary Bushnell and they had seven children.

Their son, James Garner, was born in Stafford County, VA, in 1726, shortly before his father's death. His father left him land to be held in trust until James "came of age" and this is where James lived when he married Elizabeth Freeman about 1748. He was appointed Constable of Prince William County and was called "Captain Garner". It was said that he was "six feet, six inches tall and a man of powerful physique." In 1754, James moved his family from Virginia to Guilford Count, NC, near Garner's Meeting House. I am descended from one of their thirteen children, their son John Fouche Garner, who was born December 25th, 1749, in Prince William County, VA, in that part which later became Fauquier County."^[3][4]

Land Grant

"His first home away from his father's house was in Stafford County, Virginia, which had been formed from Westmoreland County, the seat of his parents' home. He had moved a considerable distance west of the family, but still lived in the Northern Neck, that area between the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers. He probably moved to that area around 1700; he was a witness to a will in Stafford County on September 10, 1700. Robert Bennett Bean in The Peopling of Virginia (Boston, 1938), pp. 74-92, states that a Garner was among the earliest settlers of Fauquier County, divided off from Stafford-Prince William Counties in 1759. By 1715 Thomas Garner owned around 2000 acres in the area of Tinpot and Licking Runs, he being the original grantee of certain parcels of land received from Lady Fairfax, sole proprietor of the Northern Neck."^[5]

Burial

13 Jul 1726: Westmoreland, Virginia, USA

His first home away from his father's house was in Stafford County, Virginia, which had been formed from Westmoreland County, the seat of his parents' home. He had moved a considerable distance west of the family, but still lived in the Northern Neck, that area between the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers. He probably moved to that area around 1700; he was a witness to a will in Stafford County on September 10, 1700. Robert Bennett Bean in The Peopling of Virginia (Boston, 1938), pp. 74-92, states that a Garner was among the earliest settlers of Fauquier County, divided off from Stafford-Prince William Counties in 1759. By 1715 Thomas Garner owned around 2000 acres in the area of Tinpot and Licking Runs, he being the original grantee of certain parcels of land received from Lady Fairfax, sole proprietor of the Northern Neck. (Northern Neck Land Grant Book A, p. 137; p. 144, p. 138) Thomas

Will

To my eldest son John Garner 400 acres of land lying on Tinpot Run in Rappahannock where my plantation is...between my son Thomas and my son John and to his heirs, wanting heirs to son Parish if he had no heirs to son Charles, if he had no heirs to son James Garner.

To son John a negro names Wills, 3 cows, 3 young cattle, a feather bed, a bolster, rugg, 2 blankets, 6 hogs of 2 years, also 6 hogs of 3 years, one iron pot, but not to have possession until he becomes of age of twenty-one, whithout his mother's consent.

To my son Thomas 400 acres lying below my son John's ...a negro names George, 3 cows 3 calves, 3 barrows of 3 years, 3 brooding sows, an iron pot, one feather bed, one bolster, a rugg 2 blankets, when 21 years of age.

To my son Vincent a tract of about 400 acres of land beginning at the corner of Mr. James Withers, at Licking Run, running west to Thomas Welch, a negro named Tony, a feather bed, a bolster, a Rugg, 2 blankets, 3 cows and calves, 3 young cattle, 3 barrows of 3 years, 3 brooding sows and one iron pot.

To my son Parish Garner 400 acres lying on Licking Run running west to Tinpot Run in Rappahannock, joining the land of my son John, a negro named Peter, 3 cows 3 calves, 3 young cattle 3 barrows 3 sows and one iron pot.

To son Charles 400 acres on Licking Run over the Rappahannock River west to my son John's, a negro named Frank...[also a stock of household things like his brothers].

To my son James 400 acres of land running to the Rappahannock River and joining my son John's, a negro named Giles...[other things like his brothers].

To my daughter Susanna Garner 2 cows, 3 calves a nogro names Cate [etc]

To my loving wife Mary all of the remaining part of my estate movable and unmovable, the dwelling plantation she now lives on for her life then to my son James, a negor girl names Judie, later she and her increase to my boys.

(signed) Thomas Garner

Executors of the will were wife, Mary, and son John Garner. Witnesses were James Jewers, Thomas Seddon and John Harding.

Research Notes

• Some sources give the date of death as 13 Jul 1726

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #113184870; Not a real source since no photo of gravestone marker.
2. ↑ Source: #S-2050775427 Page: Ancestry Family Trees Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=13232476&pid=-67717741
3. ↑ "Garner-Keene Families of Northern Neck, Va" by Ruth Ritchie and Sadie Rucker Wood
4. ↑ http://www.palmspringsbum.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I4159&tree=Legends
5. ↑ Northern Neck Land Grant Book A, p. 137; p. 144, p. 138

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