Susannah Anne (Garnett) Foster (abt. 1620 - abt. 1690)

Born about 1620 in Kecoughten (later Elizabeth City County), Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Foster — married 1642 in Elizabeth City, Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died about 1 Jul 1690 at about age 70 in Colony of Virginia [uncertain]

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Biography

Susan Garnett was born c. 1620 (stated age was 3 years on 21 January 1624 during the "Muster").

Susan is listed with (assumably her parents) Thomas and Elizabeth Garnett in the "Lists of the Living and Dead in Virginia, Febr 16th, 1623" among the living as "Susan Garnett" (p 187)^[1] Following his name are the names, Elizabeth Garnett and Susan Garnett.

Susan is again listed in the Muster taken the 21th of January 1624 at (p 255):

THOMAS GARNETT his MUSTER:

THOMAS GARNETT aged 40 in the Swan 1610

ELIZABETH GARNETT aged 26 in the Neptune 1618

SUSAN GARNETT aged 3 yeares borne in Virginia

AMBROSE GRYFFITH aged 33 in the Bona Nova 1619

JOYSE GRYFFITH aged 20 in the Jacob 1624^[1]

Marriage

Susan is assumed to have married to Richard Foster (without evidence).^{[citation needed]}

Assumed Child of Susan and Richard (without evidence):^{[citation needed]}

• Robert Foster

Research Notes

Birth: Susan is assumed to have been born on 3 Aug 1619 at Kecoughten (later Elizabeth City Co.), Virginia Colony (no evidence, source is unreliable Family Data Collection - Individual).^{[citation needed]}

Death: She is assumed to have died on 01 July 1690 Gloucester Co., Virginia Colony (no evidence, source is unreliable Family Data Collection - Individual).^{[citation needed]} No death date or place are known.

Marriage: There was a deed (8 Jun 1709) in which a Thomas Garnett of St Anne's Parish, Essex Co., son of John Garnett, late of the parish of Kingston, Gloucester Co., conveyed 50 acres to John Foster in return for 3,500 pounds of tobacco.^[2] This would seem to be a large amount of tobacco, but the price of tobacco was fluctuating so much in 1709 that possibly a pound of tobacco was worth only 1/4 of a penny. If this were true, then 3,500 pounds of tobacco might have been worth less than 21 shillings.^[3][4][5] Possibly this deed is the source of the Susan Garnett and Foster marriage, but if this Susan was born in about 1620, then she was certainly not married in about 1709. In addition this could not have been the identical Thomas Garnett, and we do not know whether he was related to Susan's family.

Susannah was born in 1620. Susannah Garnett ... ^[6]

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Hotten, John Camden, (1874) The Original Lists of Persons of Quality .... London: Hotten, Archive.org accessed 4 October 2016 (Pages 187, 255).
2. ↑ Chisolm, William Garnett, (Jan, 1934) "The Garnetts of Essex County and Their Homes." The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Virginia Historical Society, JSTOR.org (Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 72-83, citing p 74).
3. ↑ Salmon, Emily Jones and John Salmon. "Tobacco in Colonial Virginia." Encyclopedia Virginia. Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, 29 Jan. 2013. Retrieved 5 Feb. 2018
4. ↑ "Tobacco Production, Trend Of Prices, And Exports." Access Genealogy. Retrieved 5 Feb. 2018.
5. ↑ Matthias Böhne / Olaf Simons, "English Money." (2004) Retrieved 5 Feb. 2018.
6. ↑ Entered by Nancy Foulks, Sep 17, 2011

See also:

• King, Thurmon, (11 Jul 1999) Re: Susannah GARNETT Foster citing Doug.
• Dabbs, J. (2009). Joseph Dabbs. One World Tree. Web.
• Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890: Ancestry.com
• Find A Grave: Memorial #195819428 (no gravestone image, but contains bio with some sourcing)
• Nancy Foulks, firsthand knowledge. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Nancy and others.