Biographical Sketch of Joseph GARRETT, Chester County, PA

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             Joseph Garrett Land Owner From Goshen, Chester County, Pa.
                   By : Robert E. Seeley , 7th Great-grandson

Joseph Garrett was born February 25, 1700/1701 in Darby, Pa. to Samuel Garrett 
and Jane Pennell. Joseph's Uncle Thomas Garrett, brother of Samuel, was the 
first constable in Willistown Township in 1704. Joseph married Mary Sharples in 
1721/1722 in Providence Meeting. Mary is the daughter of James Sharples and Mary 
Lewis. Joseph Garrett's grandfather William Garrat, husband of Ann Kirke, and 
his friend Samuel Levis purchased 1000 acres of land in Willistown before 
1723/1724 his death, but I believe before 1704 when his son Thomas was 
constable. Joseph and Jane lived on the land adjacent to the Goshen Meeting 
settling in about 1725. In 1715 Samuel, Joseph's father,purchased 33 acres of 
land east of North Chester road and in 1725 purchased another 250 acres. This in 
the land the Garrett family descendants owned for many years in Goshen.  They 
had ten children Jonathan, who married Hannah Brinton, James , Mary, who married 
Jonathan Eldridge, Abraham who married Mary Taylor, Jane, who married Josiah 
Haines, Joshua, who died as infant, Caleb, Esther, Sarah, who married Thomas 
White, and youngest child Joseph, who married Charity Collins. Joseph died 
September 24, 1770 as written on the estate inventory papers date September 28, 
1770. Mary Sharples Garrett  died in 1773. I could not find any burial records 
but I believe they are both buried in Goshen Friends Burial Grounds , as many of 
their descendants are buried and their land was adjacent.
Some people have asked me the relationship of Thomas Garrett, The Station Master 
On The Underground Railroad, to Joseph Garrett of Goshen. Thomas is the 
grandnephew of Joseph Garrett.

Family Records
East Goshen Historical Commission
Wills
Meeting House Records