Christopher GARLINGTON & Elizabeth WYATT
Father: Christopher GARLINGTON, b. 1614/1620, England
From Rita Jenrette's website. CHRISTOPHER GARLINGTON, THE IMMIGRANT Christopher, of whom Rita Carpenter Jenrette is a direct descendant, Garlington Family , by Thesta Kennedy Scogland, 1976, page 736, Rita Carpenter(Jenrette), Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number 75-42802, immigrated to America (Virginia) between 1637 and 1638. He was born between 1614-1620, in England. He returned to England briefly to marry Elizabeth Wyatt, sister of Sir Dudley Wyatt, Cavalier who came to Virginia. He had served in the army of Charles I, King of England, and was one of the grantees of the northern Neck, all the tract of land between the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers, from Charles I, dated at the St. Germains in France, September 18, 1650. Virginia was the only place that these faithful soldiers of King Charles I had to go to seek new fortunes. “Cavaliers and Pioneers, Volume I, Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1800”, by Nell Marion Nugent and published in 1934, on Page 186.
We see that Christopher Garlington, from a prominent and titled family in England, paid his way to Virginia and purchased land, in Virginia, on or before 1638. Christopher found Virginia to be a safe haven for worshiping freely and in an attempt to recreate the Garlington fortune. The first record found for Christopher is recorded in :York County, Deeds, Orders, Wills, Etc. Book 2, p.58: “…Christopher Carlington(a misspelling of the name) his heirs executors administrators or asignes to their owne use forever one hundred acres of land sett lying & being at the heed of the New Pocosin River being bounded by the sd river on the North & running South unto the maine woods & by the Gleabe land on the East side & on the West by the s'd Thomas Curtice …“Christopher Garlington is mentioned in Nell Marion Nugent's Book, “Cavaliers & Pioneers, Volume I, abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1800, Page 371, page 383, Page 467, and Page 556, and many more. From these land records it would seem that Christopher Garlington moved from York County to Northumberland County by the year 1658. Christopher Garlington became a substantial tobacco plantation owner.
Christopher Garlington III, grandson of Christopher Garlington I, married Elizabeth Conway in Lancaster County, Virginia on May 5, 1724. Miss Conway was born in 1705/1705 to Col. Edwin Conway III and his wife Ann Ball. Ann Ball, daughter of Col. Joseph Ball and Elizabeth Romney Ball, and half sister to Mary Ball, the mother of George Washington. Rita Carpenter Jenrette is a direct descendant of Christopher Garlington.
The Garlington Family distinguished themselves by fighting in the Revolutionary War of 1776, the War of 1812, the Civil War of 1865, World War I and World War II. End of Rita Jenrette info. Further notes: It is said on most Garlington websites and genforum that most Garlington families in the US are descended from Christopher Garlington and surely most southern Garlington's indeed do seem to descend from this first English ancestor. Indeed all lines on genforum and ancestry,.com community forum appear to be related to this man. It has been said later on in the genealogy through family legend that this family was originally Welsh. This could be so at some point further back in the 1500's and 1400's although by the 1600's this family is firmly in England and even titled there. Another possibility comes from Jack Smyth an expert on Rev War politics and in general genealogies. I spoke to him by phone to ask him questions about military history and was referred by a genealogist at Johnson County library. He reports,” After the Rev War being of English blood was not a very popular thing to be and many families disguised or fudged their origins . Indeed my very own English Seymours became Scottish and Irish in my families legend, however they were almost certainly of English blood. Also perhaps the Welsh came from one of the women's sides and not the actual Garlington surname. This turned out to be true of the Seymour surname and the Scotch Irish turned out to be one of the maternal lines not a Seymour surname at all.. and family legends do not often pan out. Rita Jenrette's page on Christopher Garlington and info is well researched and even listed in the library of Congress.
Mother: Elizabeth WYATT
Child:
- Christopher Jr. GARLINGTON, b. 1657, Northumberlund County Virginia or England, d. 1709, Northumberlund County Virginia