I94718: John CHAMBERS (ABT 1780

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Birthdates off for Mary Fogg. John Birth: Abt 1702 in At Ann Par,Essex Co,Virginia Death: 1772. Marriage 2 Elizabeth WELCH Married: Aft 1753.

"The date of John GARNETT's birth is confusing. Allyne Pearce says that John GARNETT was born in 1713 and died in 1772, while other sources put his birth at 1702 or 1715. [It appears that perhaps Alyne Pearce got the year 1713 as John Garnett's birth date from the document prepared by George Harrison Sanford King who quotes the same birth date. The birth date of 1713 is given in Charles W. H. Warner's "Hoskins of Virginia and Related Families", 1971]."

---In 1758, John GARNETT was appointed as administrator in the estate of his brother Thomas GARNETT, with Mark Andrews and Richard Noel as securities.
Thomas Garnett, deceased, seems to have died intestate . [Will Book #11, page 115 records a bond dated June 20, 1758 in which John Garnett is appointed administrator]. The same will book [page 315] provides an inventory of the estate of Thomas Garnett valued at L396-8s-5d. This was not a triffling estate for that era, and the residual property included eight negro slaves.

Court Order Book #22, pages 199-100 dated June 20, 1758 says : "Richard Noell is appointed guardian to Thomas and Elizabeth GARNETT, orphans of Thomas GARNETT, deceased, and thereupon the said Richard together with John GARNETT Jr., his security entered into bond for the same which is admitted to record.

"On the motion of John Garnett, administration of the estate of Thomas Garnett, deceased, is granted him and thereupon the said John together with Mark Andrew and Richard Noel his securities entered into bond for the said John his due administration of the said estate and acknowledged the said Bond to be their act and deed which is admitted to record."

The fact that the Court appointed guardians for the two orphaned children of Thomas GARNETT indicates that they were under the age of 14 at the time of their father's death.

It seems that John Garnett, the administrator of his brother's estate, failed to undertake his responsibilities during the following three years. In 1764, Mark Andrews and Richard Noel entered the motion that John GARNETT be summoned to appear at the next Court to show cause, if any, he can why he out not to give counter security for his administration on the Estate of Thomas Garnett, deceased." [COB #25, page 125, Court sitting of March 20, 1764].

On May 21, 1764, John Garnett having been summoned to Court failed to appear. Thomas Garnett's orphaned son was by then approaching legal age and a full accounting of the estate was overdue. It was becoming uncertain if John Garnett would make good on his responsibilities as the administrator.

Little by little, John Garnett started selling off his land. On February 27, 1762, joined by Mary his wife, John Garnett sold land to Francis Graves [DB #29, page 83]. On Febuary 6, 1763, he made a further sale [DB #29, pages 173, 207] and on January 4, 1764 John Garnett and Mary his wife deeded 92 acres of land to their son Leonard Garnett [DB #29, page 254].

As the Spring of 1764 approached, Mark Andrews appeared in Essex with his ears open to hear the news of the neighborhood. He soon fell in with Richard Noel who informed him of his uneasiness concerning their securityship for John Garnett on his administration bond of his brother Thomas Garnett, deceased---now dead six years.

In May 1764, the court ordered that John Garnett be dispossess of the estate of Thomas Garnett. He now had to do something. What he did was to turn over to Richard Noel of St. Ann's Parish, Essex County, and to Mark Andrews of Cumberland County, two negro slaves. [Deed Book #29, page 351 dated July 13, 1764]. This seems to have satisfied Andrews and Noel and the suit that they had brought to court quietly disappeared from the docket.

John GARNETT and his wife, nee Mary FOGG, were apparently anxious to vest all their estate in their son Reuben GARNETT [1749-1820].

Children:
2 Sarah GARNETT b: Abt 1735
2 Joshua GARNETT b: 1740 + Frances ANDREWS b: 1749 d: OCT 1824
2 Nathaniel Fogg GARNETT b: Abt 1742 d: Abt 1816
2 Edwin GARNETT b: 8 OCT 1749
2 Reuben GARNETT b: 8 OCT 1749 + Mary Gaines JAMESON b: 2 MAR 1760 d: 27 AUG 1839
2 John GARNETT b: 17 MAR 1750 d: Aft 1 FEB 1834 + Esther NOELL b: Abt 1713
2 Leonard GARNETT b: Abt 1750

My Southern Family

John CHAMBERS

ABT 1780 - ____

ID Number: I94718

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Sarah Ann Lorton "Sally" COCKE

1789 - 24 Apr 1824

ID Number: I69514

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Jane Broadnax DEJARNETTE

8 Nov 1841 - 1928

ID Number: I86034

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Nancy ELKIN

2 Jan 1770 - 30 Oct 1827

ID Number: I73430

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John GARNETT

1702 or 1713 - 6 Jan 1772

ID Number: I63259

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Archibald LAMBERSON

ABT 1820 - ____

ID Number: I25451

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William PENDLETON

5 Feb 1810 - 1827

ID Number: I50655

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Tabitha WOODSON

6 Oct 1779 - ____

ID Number: I38055

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