Grace Fenton (Mercer) Garnett (1751 - 1814)

Born 20 Feb 1751 in Marlborough, Stafford County, Virginia

Descendants

Died 4 Jun 1814 at age 63 in Essex, Virginia, USA

Biography

Grace Fenton Mercer was born on Feb 20, 1751 in Marlborough, Stafford, Virginia, the daughter of John Mercer, of Marlborough, in Stafford County, Virginia. She married Muscoe Garnett and they had seven children. Their five sons: James Mercer, John Mercer, Muscoe and William (twins) and Robert Selden Garnett, and his two daughters were Maria and Fenton Garnett.

Muscoe Garnett and Grace Fenton Garnett, nee Mercer, was of the distinguished family of Mercers, of which the late Hon. Charles Fenton Mercer, the well-known philanthropist and member of Congress from this State (from 1817-1840) was one of the most prominents.^[1]

The eldest daughter, Maria Garnett, married her cousin, James Hunter, the father of R. M. T. Hunter, and her sister Grace Fenton, married James’s younger brother, Muscoe Garnett Hunter, her father’s namesake so that the families were very closely allied.

Maria was remarkable for her intellectual powers and strength of character, and early developed a strong love for literature and desire for knowledge.^[1]

Name

Grace Fenton Mercer^[2]

Birth

20 FEB 1751 Marlborough, Stafford, Virginia, USA^[2]

Event

Arrival 1720 Virginia^[2]

Marriage

Husband: Muscoe Garnett

Wife: Grace Fenton Mercer

Children:

1. James Mercer Garnett
2. John Mercer Garnett
3. Muscoe Garnett, Jr
4. William Garnet
5. Robert Selden Garnett
6. Maria Garnett
7. Fenton Garnett

Death

04 JUN 1814 Essex, Virginia, USA^[2]

Sources

• Fernald, Natalie R. The Genealogical Exchange (Buffalo, New York, 1904-1911) Vol. 1, June 1904, Page 11
• Public Member Trees (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Provo, UT, USA; 2006) Record for William Garnett

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Hunter, Martha T. “ A Memoir of Robert M.T. Hunter:. Neale Publishing Company, 1903 - 166 pages.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Public Member Trees