Snyder Family 2016 - Person Sheet
NameGrace Fenton Mercer 
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610Birth20 feb 1750/51
Death4 Jun 1814, Essex Co., Virginia
FatherJohn Mercer (1703-)
Spouses
Birth17 Aug 1736, Essex Co., Virginia
DeathJan 1803, Essex Co., Virginia
FatherJames Garnett (1691-1765)
MotherElizabeth Muscoe (1700-1736)
Marriage9 Jul 1767610
ChildrenRobert Selden (1789-1840)
William (1786-1866)
Notes for Muscoe (Spouse 1)
610Children
Elizabeth GARNETT b: 25 NOV 1768 in Essex Co., VA
James Mercer GARNETT b: 8 JUN 1770 in Essex Co., VA
Anne GARNETT b: 5 JAN 1773 in Essex Co., VA
Elizabeth GARNETT b: 6 SEP 1775 in Essex Co., VA
Maria GARNETT b: 22 JUL 1777 in Essex Co., VA
Grace Fenton GARNETT b: 20 OCT 1779 in Essex Co., VA
John Mercer GARNETT b: 24 MAR 1783 in Essex Co., VA
Muscoe GARNETT , Jr. b: 12 JUL 1786
William GARNETT b: 12 JUL 1786
Robert Selden GARNETT , Sr. b: 26 APR 1789
610From "The Garnetts of Essex County and Their Homes" by William Garnett Chisolm; Genealogies of Virginia Families III:
Muscoe Garnett, was the only child born to James Garnett and Elizabeth Muscoe, on August 17, 1736. His mother died as a result of his birth. He was born at "Mount Pleasant" and was baptized in St. Anne's Parish. He was educated by private tutors, and like his father, served as a vestryman of Vauter's Church. He was a justice of Essex and a member of the Essex County Committee of Safety from 1774 to 1775. He was also a member of a committee in St. Anne's parish to raise provisions for the poor of Boston, MA, appointed at a meeting held at Rappahannock on July 9, 1774.
Muscoe inherited "Mount Pleasant" under the terms of his father's will (father James died in 1765), of which he had also been named executor. He also inherited his mother's share of the estate of his grandfather, Salvator Muscoe. To these plantations he added by purchase over a period of years a number of other tracts until his holdings were comparable with those of the largest landowners in the county.
On July 9, 1767, he married Grace Fenton Mercer, died June 4, 1814, daughter of John Mercer of "Marlborough," Stafford Co., and his second wife Ann Roy, daughter of Dr. Mungo Roy, a Scotch physician. Her father, writing to her brother in England in 1767, says of Muscoe: " Your sister Fenton got the start of you, being married the 9th day of last July to Mr. Muscoe Garnett of Essex Co., a match every way so agreeable to me that I solemnly declare I don't know on that could have offered in Virginia or Maryland that I should have preferred before it. He is in possession of an very large fortune, of an agreeable person, good-natured, sober, industrious, and well acquainted with his plantations affairs."
Muscoe Garnett and his wife resided at "Mount Pleasant" until their deaths; his in January of 1803, and hers on June 14, 1814. After their deaths, the plantation passed into the hands of their son, John Mercer Garnett, a bachelor who resided there until his own death on April 3, 1856, when the house was closed. It was destroyed by fire shortly after the beginning of the Civil War, and nothing now remains of even the ruin.
The will of Muscoe Garnett is dated April 25, 1800 and was proved in Essex County on February 21, 1803. The inventory of the estate shows that he owned substantial personal property located at "Mount Pleasant", at Lee's Quarter, at Port Royal, at Newton's, at Occupatia, at the Fredericksburg plantation, and also at the homes of James Hunter and James Mercer Garnett. The inventory of the estate of Grace Fenton Mercer Garnett is found in Essex Co. Will Book No. 19, pp. 298-307.
Elizabeth GARNETT b: 25 NOV 1768 in Essex Co., VA
James Mercer GARNETT b: 8 JUN 1770 in Essex Co., VA
Anne GARNETT b: 5 JAN 1773 in Essex Co., VA
Elizabeth GARNETT b: 6 SEP 1775 in Essex Co., VA
Maria GARNETT b: 22 JUL 1777 in Essex Co., VA
Grace Fenton GARNETT b: 20 OCT 1779 in Essex Co., VA
John Mercer GARNETT b: 24 MAR 1783 in Essex Co., VA
Muscoe GARNETT , Jr. b: 12 JUL 1786
William GARNETT b: 12 JUL 1786
Robert Selden GARNETT , Sr. b: 26 APR 1789
610From "The Garnetts of Essex County and Their Homes" by William Garnett Chisolm; Genealogies of Virginia Families III:
Muscoe Garnett, was the only child born to James Garnett and Elizabeth Muscoe, on August 17, 1736. His mother died as a result of his birth. He was born at "Mount Pleasant" and was baptized in St. Anne's Parish. He was educated by private tutors, and like his father, served as a vestryman of Vauter's Church. He was a justice of Essex and a member of the Essex County Committee of Safety from 1774 to 1775. He was also a member of a committee in St. Anne's parish to raise provisions for the poor of Boston, MA, appointed at a meeting held at Rappahannock on July 9, 1774.
Muscoe inherited "Mount Pleasant" under the terms of his father's will (father James died in 1765), of which he had also been named executor. He also inherited his mother's share of the estate of his grandfather, Salvator Muscoe. To these plantations he added by purchase over a period of years a number of other tracts until his holdings were comparable with those of the largest landowners in the county.
On July 9, 1767, he married Grace Fenton Mercer, died June 4, 1814, daughter of John Mercer of "Marlborough," Stafford Co., and his second wife Ann Roy, daughter of Dr. Mungo Roy, a Scotch physician. Her father, writing to her brother in England in 1767, says of Muscoe: " Your sister Fenton got the start of you, being married the 9th day of last July to Mr. Muscoe Garnett of Essex Co., a match every way so agreeable to me that I solemnly declare I don't know on that could have offered in Virginia or Maryland that I should have preferred before it. He is in possession of an very large fortune, of an agreeable person, good-natured, sober, industrious, and well acquainted with his plantations affairs."
Muscoe Garnett and his wife resided at "Mount Pleasant" until their deaths; his in January of 1803, and hers on June 14, 1814. After their deaths, the plantation passed into the hands of their son, John Mercer Garnett, a bachelor who resided there until his own death on April 3, 1856, when the house was closed. It was destroyed by fire shortly after the beginning of the Civil War, and nothing now remains of even the ruin.
The will of Muscoe Garnett is dated April 25, 1800 and was proved in Essex County on February 21, 1803. The inventory of the estate shows that he owned substantial personal property located at "Mount Pleasant", at Lee's Quarter, at Port Royal, at Newton's, at Occupatia, at the Fredericksburg plantation, and also at the homes of James Hunter and James Mercer Garnett. The inventory of the estate of Grace Fenton Mercer Garnett is found in Essex Co. Will Book No. 19, pp. 298-307.