Vincent Garner

1666 - 1710  (44 years)

• Name	Vincent Garner  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	1666	Westmoreland County, Virginia   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Will	30 Sep 1710  [3]
  	(North R.B.1710-13, p.11)
  	In the name of God Amen I Vincent Garner of the Parish of St. Stephens in the County of Northumberland Carpenter being sick and weak in body but of sound and perfect memory thanks be to Almighty God for the same but calling to mind the uncertain Estate of Transitory Life that all mankind must yield unto death when it shall please god to call them doo make & ordain this my Last Will and Tentament or Tentaments by me heretofore made or caused to be made either by word or writing rarifieing and confirming this to be my last will and none other first and principally I bequeath my soule to God that gave it me trusting in and through the merritte of my blessed Savior and Redeemer to receive full pardon & Remission of all my Sins and Everlasting Life after death and my body to the Earth to be vuryed after a descent & Christionlike manner at the direction of my Exetor hereafter nominated and as touching such worldly Esstate as it hath pleased God beyond my Desertes to bestow upon my I give devise and dispose of in manner and fortune following (vitz) ITEM Weheas I have a certaine platt of land which I purchased of Henry Duncan and Dorothy his wife it being the land whereon I now live I give and devise the same unto my sons Vincent Garner and James Garner and their heirs Lawfully to be begotten of their bodies and to be divided as followeth (vizt) the dividing line to begin at a branch called Gaymore branch thence by a Valley to a saw pitt thence to another Saw pitt standing in another Valley near to the forrest Valley and thence down the said Valley untill it comes to the main Swamp that leads to Dawsons Mill Dam the Plantation and land on that side of the line to my son Vincent and if my said sons should die without heirs as aforesaid I give and devise the said land unto my three daughters Anne, Jane and Martha Garner and their heirs lawfully to be begotten of their bodies and for default of such heirs I devise the same unto my Brother Parish Garner and his heirs forever. ITEM I give and devise unto my said sone James Garner and his heirs forever that parcell of Land I bought of Frankie Dawson ITEM I give and devise unto my daughter Anne Garner and her heirs forever the Plantation Land and appurtenances Whereon (her?) Mother now lives which said land was devised to by my father John Garner deceast. ITEM I give to my said daughter Ann & her heirs forever that platt of land purchased of John Jenkins lieing in hornspoint in Westmoreland County. ITEM I give to my said daughter Ann one small silver tankard ITEM I give unto my daughter Jane a small silver tankard ITEM I give unto my said son Vincent one small gun called five & twenty ITEM another small gun I give unto my sone James Garner ITEM all the rest of my estate personall after my just debts paid I give and bequeath unto my loving wife, Martha Garner and my children Vncent Garner James Garner Anne Garner Jane Garner and Martha Garner equally to be divided and my will is that both of my sons have three yeares schooling beginning at ten yeares of age and continue until thirteen and that my daughters both have two years of schooling beginning at ten and continuing to twelve and that their estates may defray the charges thereof and also wy will is that my sons be possessed of their estates at the age of eighteen yeares and my daughters with theirs att the said age or at the Day of Marriage. I do hereby consittute and ordaine my Loveing wife Martha Garner & my Brothers Parish, James and Benjamin Garner Executors of this my last wills and testament to see the same duly performed and executed according to the true intent and meaning hereof. In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale this 30th day of September Anno Domini 1710. Vincent Garner Seale Witnesses: William Lewis, Elizabeth Lewis, David Straughan and W.G. Grinstead.
  Died	Dec 1710	St. Stephens Parish, Northumberland, Virginia   [3]
  Person ID	I4158	If the Legends Are True...
  Last Modified	23 May 2008

  
  

  Father	John Garner, Senior,   b. 2 Sep 1634, Shrewsbury, , Shropshire, England ,   d. 1702, Westmoreland County, Virginia  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Susanna Keene,   b. 1644, Kent Island, Potomac River, Maryland ,   d. 28 Mar 1716, Westmoreland County, Virginia  (Age 72 years)
  Married	Feb 1659/60	Cherry Point Neck, Northumberland, Virginia
  Family ID	F1465	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Anne Garner,   b. Abt 1697,   d. Yes, date unknown + 2. Vincent Garner,   b. Bef 1699,   d. 1756  (Age ~ 57 years)   3. Jane Garner,   b. Abt 1701,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Martha Garner,   b. 10 Nov 1708, Northumberland, Virginia ,   d. 1765, Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia  (Age 56 years)   5. James Garner,   b. 1710,   d. 1751, Northumberland, Virginia  (Age 41 years)
  Last Modified	15 Jan 2006
  Family ID	F1909	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Garner Family History, Ann Garner, Part 1 | https://web.archive.org/web/20050126095707/www.earlyfamilies.com/Pages/garner-family-history-1.html (Reliability: 3). [S34] Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, J. D. Warfield, (Baltimore, Maryland: Kohn & Pollock, 1905, 601 pages). [S31] Wingfield Family Society, (20 Mar 2003), Generation 19 | https://web.archive.org/web/20030401233831/www.wingfield.org/charts/dewin019.htm (Reliability: 3).