From the book, Garretts: 1000 Years From Normandy, the surname Garrett was the baptismal name "the son of Gerard". The name was brought to England in the wake of the Norman Conquest of 1066 (see next paragraph). In English records various spellings used almost interchangeably are: Garratt, Garrot, Garat, Gerard, Gerrard, Fitzgerald (used in Ireland), Gerald and Garrett.

The name can be traced to the Gherardini family of Florence, Italy. The name there became Geraldini. One of the Gherardini went to Normandy and thence to England with William the Conqueror, by whom he was awarded large estates.

The children of Lord John GARRETT and Lady Mary Bible were:

John GARRETT II was born February 2, 1635 in Derby,

Elizabeth Garrett was born January 10, 1637.

Sarah Dorothe Garrett was born April 30, 1640.

Mari Garrett was born May 15, 1642.

William (the Quaker) Garrett was born August 21, 1643 in Hose,

Leicester, England and died February 7, 1723 in Philadelphia, Pa..

Catren Garrett was born May 26, 1646 in Harby, Leicestershire,

Thomas Garrett was born May 17, 1649 in Harby, Leicestershire,

England and died January 2, 1684 in Darby Twp. Chester Co., PA.

Ann Garrett died before 1684.

Indications are that Lord John GARRETT immigrated to Pennsylvania on a ship similar to the Mayflower as depicted in the picture below. All of the genealogical records show his death in Upper Darby, Chester, PA. on August 31, 1680. Lord John’s wife, Mary had died in England in 1660. So, Lord John GARRETT apparently arrived in Pennsylvania as a widower close to the same time that his son John GARRETT II immigrated to Virginia. The rest of his children immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1684 – four years after the death of Lord John.

There are a good number of accounts that say that Lord John GARRETT also had a wife by the name of Annie Dunston but the records disagree on when the marriage occurred and where.

One of the accounts has the marriage taking place after Lord John GARRETT immigrated as a widower. While all of this is fuzzy, it seems certain that Lord John GARRETT and his children did all immigrate between 1650 and 1684, the Quaker faction settling in Pennsylvania and the others (my direct ancestors) settling in Virginia.

John GARRETT, II was born on February 2, 1635 in Derby, Leicestershire, England

when Charles I was King of England and 15 years after the landing of the Mayflower.

He died in 1706 at the age of 73 in New Kent, VA. He married Elizabeth Ware in 1664.

New Kent Co, VA, She was the daughter of Peter Ware and Mary Hickes.

Fitzgerald "9th Earl of Kildare" and Garrett Family Info