A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
Notes for William Garrett
William Garratt, son of John and Mary, was married 2 mo., 19, 1668, to Ann Kirke, and resided at Harby, in the county of Leicester England, from 1672 till 1684. He and Samuel Levis, also of Harby, purchased one thousand acres of land in Pennsylvania, by deeds of lease and release, August 9 and 10, 1684, and having obtained a certificate of membership from Friends at Harby, dated 5 mo., 20, 1684, they came over the same year. William settled in Upper Darby, and was a serviceable member of the meeting for about thirty-seven years. He was also elected to the Assembly in the years 1706 and 1707. His wife died (or was buried) 2 mo., 7, 1721, after which he removed to Philadelphia and there died in 1724.
—Gilbert Cope and Henry Graham Ashmead, Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Chester and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania, Vol. I (New York: Lewis Publishing, 1904), pp. 6, 811
—Gilbert Cope and Henry Graham Ashmead, Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Chester and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania, Vol. I (New York: Lewis Publishing, 1904), pp. 6, 811