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RICHARD GARRETT (d. 1662)
LYDIA TILDEN (bp. 1625–aft. 1670), daughter of Elder Nathaniel Tilden and Lydia Huckstep
Richard Garrett died intestate on 29 March 1662 in Boston. [1] He married Lydia Tilden. [1]
Lydia Tilden, the daughter of Nathaniel Tilden and Lydia Huckstep, was baptized on 28 May 1625 in Tenterden, county Kent. [2] She died after 12 May 1670.Lydia came to New England with her family on the Hercules of Sandwich on 4 March 1634/5. [2]
Lydia is called Lydia Garrett, my wife's daughter, in the 20 December 1664 will of her stepfather Timothy Hatherly. [2] Her brother Joseph Tilden left "my sister Lydia Garrett" a bequest in his will of 12 May 1670. [1]
Mr. Garrett of Scituate was fined for selling wine retail without an order at the 5 March 1638/9 court. [3]
Richard is called "Mr. Garat" on the 1643 list of Scituate men between 16 and 60 who were capable of bearing arms. [1]
He was the first clerk of the Conihassett Partners of Scituate. Samuel Deane in his History of Scituate says that "their records were kept ... in beautiful order and fill a large volume." [1] He was town clerk in 1636–1639 and in 1645–1649. [1]
Richard served on important committees with Mr. Timothy Hatherly and his father-in-law Elder Nathaniel Tilden. [1]
The inventory of Mr. Richard Garrett, who died on 29 March 1662 amounted to £66-08-08. His relict Lydia deposed on 20 July 1662. [4]
Upon a petition of Lydia's brother Mr. [Joseph] Tilden and her stepfather Mr. [Timothy] Hatherly, the court granted Mistress Lydia Garrett the right to sell liquor in Scituate on 4 August 1663. [3, 4:44]
Children of Richard Garrett and Lydia Tilden:
i. Joseph Garrett was born on 10 March 1648/9 in Scituate. He died on 19 July 1714 in Scituate. He married Ruth Buck.
ii. John Garrett was born on 25 November 1651 in Scituate. [5] He died before 8 April 1718. [1] He married Mary Buck about 1686. [1] Mary, the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Holbrook) Buck, was born about 1655 and died after April 1718. [1]
John made his will on 4 September 1697 in Scituate. [1]
iii. Nathaniel Garrett was baptized on 14 May 1654 in Scituate. [5]
iv. Mary Garrett was born on 5 November 1655 in Scituate. [5]
v. Richard Garrett was born in 1661 [6] or about 1653 [1]. He died in 1742 in Scituate. [1]He married Persis Pierce on 3 December 1695. [5] Persis, the daughter of Captain Michael Pierce, was born about 1662. [1] Persis, the wife of Richard died on 14 December 1715, age 53, in Scituate. [5]
Richard Garrett, tailor of Scituate, made his will on 14 November 1727. [1]
References:
1. Maclean W. McLean, "Richard Garrett (c. 1615–1662) of Scituate, Mass.," The American Genealogist 38 (1962): 74–81.
2. "Great Migration 1634–1635, T–Y," digitized book, AmericanAncestors.org, originally published as: Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634–1635, Volume VII, T–Y (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011), 42–46
3. Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, Records of Plymouth Colony: Court Orders, vol. 1, 1633–1640, vol. 2, 1641–1651, vol. 3, 1651–1661, vol. 4, 1661–1668, vol. 5, 1668–1678, vol. 6, 1678–1691 (Boston: William White, 1855, 1866). vol. 1, 116–7.
4. William B. Trask, "Abstract from the Earliest Wills on Record in the County of Suffolk, Mass.," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 11 (1857): 342.
5. Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts: To the Year 1850, 2 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1909), vol. 1: 162 (births); vol. 2: : 130 (marriages), 391 (deaths).
6. "Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630–1822 (Thwing Collection)," database with images, American Ancestors, p. 8757. Richard is called the son of Richard and Lydia.
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