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GARLAND
The first immigrant ancestor in this line may be “Peter
the Mariner” Garland, my 10th great grandfather. His origins are unknown. He lived in Charlestown, Massachusetts and
sailed ships between Massachusetts and Virginia. According to the compiled Garland genealogy
(see below), he “died in the South while on a voyage” about 1687. He had requested his sons to take his body
North (New Hampshire?) for burial, but his coffin was washed overboard during a
storm. Peter Garland lived in land
bounded by Edward Converse, my 9th great grandfather on my paternal
side. His name is mentioned in early
Charlestown records and in Note-book Kept by Thomas Lechford, Esq.
Lawyer, in Boston, Massachusetts Bay, from June 27, 1638 to July 29, 1641,
by Edward Everett Hale, 1885, where on pages 60 – 61 you can find this note
which also mentions my 9th great grandfather Isaac Allerton, Mayflower passenger:
“Thomas
Beech, I pray you to pay unto my good friend, Mr. Isaac Allerton, above somme
of thirty-three pounds four shillings and six pence. And I further desire you to demand, recover
and receive for me the above somme £6 3s 6d of the same partys, who owe the
same unto me, and upon payment, give them acquittance, which when you have
received, pay over to my said friend, Mr. Isaac Allerton, according to my
Letter of Attorney to him made the Date hereof in that behalf.
Witness
my hand the twenty-nynth of March, Anno Dni, 1639
(Signed) PETER GARLAND”
Peter’s son, John Garland, is my 9th
great grandfather removed to Exeter, New Hampshire where he was recorded in
1650. By 1653 he was taxed in
Hampton. His son, Peter Garland, my 8th
great grandfather, was a mariner like his namesake, and made weekly trips
between Boston and Hampton on a packet.
His sloop was named after his wife, Sarah
Taylor. The records also show
vessels named Nonesuch, New Design
and Adventure. His son, John Garland, my 7th great
grandfather, removed to Rye and owned land in Hampton, Portsmouth, Gilmanton,
Nottingham and Barrington. John was a
representative to the General Assembly in 1737 and served at Fort William and
Mary in 1708.
Notable descendant:
Senator Bill Frist of Tennesee, who is also a heart and lung transplant
surgeon [ see http://www.wargs.com/political/frist.html
]
Some GARLAND resources:
Garland
Genealogy: The Descendants (the Northern Branch) of Peter Garland,
by James Gray Garland, 1897 (available online at archive.org).
History
of the town of Hampton, New Hampshire: From its settlement in 1638, to the
autumn of 1892 by Joseph Dow, edited by Lucy Ellen
Dow, 1894.
See also the New Hampshire Provincial and State Papers,
volume 10, page 701 and Volume 40, page 17. Consult the Genealogical Dictionary of Maine
and New Hampshire, by Noyes, Libby and Davis, page 254.
My GARLAND genealogy:
Generation 1: Peter Garland, origins unknown, died
1687; married to Elizabeth Unknown. At least two sons, Peter and John.
Generation 2: John Garland, born about 1622 probably
in England and died 4 January 1672 in Hampton, New Hampshire; married first on
26 October 1652 in Hampton to Elizabeth Chapman (no children); married second
on 26 October 1654 in Hampton to Elizabeth Philbrick, daughter of Thomas
Philbrick and Elizabeth Knapp and the widow of Thomas Chase. Three sons. Elizabeth remarried to Henry
Robie on 19 January 1674.
Generation 3:
Peter Garland, born 25 November 1659 in Hampton, died 1704 in Rye, New
Hampshire; married first to Elizabeth Unknown, who died 16 Feb 1688 (two sons);
married second about 1688 to Sarah Taylor, daughter of John Taylor and Deborah
Godfrey (five children). Sarah remarried
to Samuel Dow on 13 February 1708 in Hampton.
Generation 4:
John Garland, son of Peter Garland and Sarah Taylor, born 13 April 1692
in Hampton, died about 1741; married on 12 January 1716 in Hampton to Elizabeth
Dearborn, daughter of John Dearborn and Abigail Batchelder. Eleven children.
Generation 5: Elizabeth Garland, born 13 March 1724
in Rye, died 1818; married about 1745 to Richard Locke, son of John Locke and
Sarah Unknown. He was born 28 July 1720
in Rye, and died 15 May 1804. Eleven
children.
Generation 6:
Simon Locke m. Abigail Mace
Generation 7: Richard Locke m. Margaret Welch
Generation 8: Abigail M. Locke m. George E.
Batchelder
Generation 9: George E. Batchelder m. Mary Katharine
Emerson
Generation 10: Carrie Maude Batchelder m. Joseph
Elmer Allen
Generation 11: Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude
Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)
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To cite/link to this blog post: Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Surname Saturday ~ GARLAND of Charlestown, Massachusetts and Hampton, New Hampshire", Nutfield Genealogy, posted February 27, 2016, ( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/02/surname-saturday-garland-of-charlestown.html: accessed [access date]).
The ship Issac Atherton was wrecked in the Florida Keys. The salvage rights are owned by Ray Maloney of Key West, Florida. Maloney's great grandfather wrote the first history of Key West, Florida. He is a sixth generation wrecker.
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