Edward Thomas Garrett (abt. 1710 - 1751)

Born about 1710 in New Kent County, Colony of Virginia [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Catlett) Nelson — married 1730 in New Kent, Fairfax County, Colony and Dominion of Virginia

Descendants

Died 20 Dec 1751 at about age 41 in Stafford, Virginia [uncertain]

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Biography

Edward was born about 1711 in New Kent, Virginia. He was the son of John Garrett and Frances Buckner. ^[1][2]

Name: Edward Garrett

Birth Date: 1711

Birth Place: New Kent, Virginia

Death Date: 1751

Death Place: Stafford, Virginia

SAR Membership: 94348

Role: Ancestor

Application Date: 22 Mar 1967

Spouse: Elizabeth Catlett

Children: Edward Garrett

According to the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 database, he married Elizabeth Catlett about 1730 in Virginia. They are both listed as being born about 1708 in Virginia.^[3]

Name: Edward I Garrett

Gender: Male

Birth Place: VA

Birth Year: 1708

Spouse Name: Elizabeth Catlett

Spouse Birth Place: VA

Spouse Birth Year: 1708

Marriage Year: 1730

Number Pages: 1

He passed away December 20, 1751 in Stafford County, Virginia. ^[1]

Research Notes

As noted in an earlier footnote, the c1710 birth year in the datafield as of 6 May 2023 is a compromise between c1708 and c1711 in the two profiles merged on that date. The birth year from another profile was about 1700.

The information included on the U. S. Sons Of the American Revolution Application lists he passed away in Stafford County, Virginia but several family sites record he passed in Loudoun County, Virginia. Some say he was actually born in Stafford County, Virginia in 1708 not New Kent County, Virginia in 1711. Since I used the source from the U. S. Sons of the American Revolution Application that is the information I have listed [died in Stafford; born in New Kent in 1711]. More research is needed.

His 1730 marriage in "New Kent, Fairfax County" does not fit. The county seat of today's New Kent County is New Kent.^[4] Fairfax County did not exist in 1730.^[5]

New Kent County was created from York County in 1654.^[5] "Loudon"^[6] was formed from Fairfax in 1757. Fairfax County was created in 1742 from Prince William County, which had been created in 1730/1 from King George County and Stafford County. Stafford County had been created in 1664, but tracing its origins leads to "the Indian District of Chickacoan (1645)", with no connection to New Kent County or York County. However, looking at the county formation maps, the land where Loudoun County is today was once included in Stafford County (when created in 1664).^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.
2. ↑ A merged profile had birth about 1708. The datafield date - about 1710 - is a compromise.
3. ↑ Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.
4. ↑ Wikipedia: New Kent, Virginia
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~george/countyformations/virginiaformationmaps.html
6. ↑ "Loudon" is a frequent misspelling of the county, which was named after the the 4th Earl of Loudoun. See his Wikipedia article: John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun.

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