Thomas Garner

1668 - 1726  (58 years)

• Name	Thomas Garner  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Born	1668	Cherry Point Neck, Northumberland, Virginia   [2, 3, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Will	10 Sep 1700	Stafford County, Virginia   [3]
  	witness to the will of Diana Downy
  	(Staff. W.B. Z, p.36)
  Land	1714	Tinpot Run and Licking Run Creeks, branches of the Occoquon River   [3]
  	patented 1000 acres
  	(Va. L. Gr. B. 5, p.100)
  Land	13 Dec 1715	Tinpot Run and Licking Run Creeks, branches of the Occoquon River   [3]
  	patented 1400 acres
  	(Co. L. Gr. B.k 27)
  Land	7 Jul 1722  [3]
  	Richard Tullos of Northumberland County and St. Stephers Parish and wife, Eliza, appointed Thomas Garner and John Adams of Stafford county, planters, 'or either of them' to act as attorneys in the sale of 200 acres of land in Stafford to William Muncy of Northumberland. (North. R. B. 1718-26, p.233)
  Land	15 Apr 1725	Stafford & King George counties   [3]
  	granted 489 acres
  	adjoining James Withers, John Jackson, Col. Rice and others (N.N. L. Gr. B. A, p.138)
  Will	8 Jun 1726	Fauquier County, Virginia   [2, 3, 5]
  	probated 13 jul 1726
  	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.
  Died	13 Jul 1726	Stafford County, Virginia   [3]
  Buried	Stafford County, Virginia   [3]
  Person ID	I4159	If the Legends Are True...
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2012

  
  

  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 1660	Cherry Point Neck, Northumberland, Virginia
  Family ID	F1465	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Mary Bushnell,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Abt 1705  [3]
  Children	1. Susanna Garner,   b. 1706, Stafford, Stafford, Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 2. John Garner,   b. 1708, Stafford, Stafford, Virginia, USA ,   d. 25 Jun 1762, Stafford County, Virginia  (Age 54 years)   3. Thomas Garner,   b. Abt 1710, Stafford, Stafford, Virginia, USA ,   d. 1763, Frederick  (Age ~ 53 years) + 4. Vincent Garner,   b. 1712-1715, Stafford, Stafford, Virginia, USA ,   d. Bef 27 Jun 1796, Fauquier County, Virginia  (Age 81 years)   5. Garner,   b. 1714, Stafford, Stafford, Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Ann Garner,   b. Abt 1716, Stafford, Stafford, Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 7. James Garner,   b. 1717, Stafford, Stafford, Virginia, USA ,   d. Bef 1800, Randolph, North Carolina  (Age 83 years) + 8. Parish Garner,   b. 1722, Stafford County, Virginia ,   d. 1796, Orange, North Carolina  (Age 74 years) + 9. Charles Garner,   b. 1724, Stafford, Stafford, Virginia, USA ,   d. 1798, Virginia  (Age 74 years)
  Last Modified	15 Jan 2006
  Family ID	F1467	Group Sheet

  
  

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• Notes

  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 J. H. Garner – 2007

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Garner Family History, Ann Garner, http://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 - Thomas Garner (Reliability: 3). [S592] Chappelear, George Warren Chappelear, (Dayton, Virginia: The Shenandoah Press, 1932), page 104 (Reliability: 3). [S32] Garner Family History, Ann Garner, http://www.earlyfamilies.com/Pages/garner-family-history-2.html (Reliability: 3).