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Participants are kindly asked to provide/update their paternal genealogical summary (excluding living persons) by e-mailing this information to the project administrator.
The Garnett Project has a number of distinct genetic groups or families which are based onY-chromosome single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) results and short tandem repeat (STR) matches.
Listed below are the genealogical summaries of the Y-DNA participants belonging to each Garnett group (where available). Each genealogical summary is headed by the kit number of the respective contributor.
Garnett Group 1: R-M269
Kit IN38359
DNA participant descended from:
John Garnet (B. c1680, Westmorland?, England), married Elizabeth Bramley 1704.
Eli Garnet (B.1707, Sowerby, West Yorkshire, England) married Ann Halstead 1735.
John Garnet (B.1739, Midgley, West Yorkshire, England) married Martha Naylor 1768.
John Garnet (B.1781, Ferney Lee, West Yorkshire, England) married Jennett Hadfield 1816.
Benjamin Garnet (B. 1825, Manchester, England) married Mary Ann Doyle 1857.
Benjamin Garnet (B. 1867, Tarilta, Victoria, Australia) married Ada Webber 1898.
John Roslyn Garnet (B. 1906, Narracan, Victoria, Australia) married Elsie Mary Don 1935.
Kit 404953
DNA participant descended from:
*Richard Garnett (B. unknown, D. abt. 1634 Haughton, Bunbury, Cheshire, England) married (possibly) Elizabeth Mossam 1596.
*John Garnett (B. 1586 Cheshire, England; D. 1629 Bunbury, Cheshire, England) who is said to have married Grace Wright bef. 1612
*John or SamuelGarnett (B. 1612 Haughton, Bunbury, Cheshire, England; D. 1672 Cheshire,England) married possibly to Anne Fletcher bef. 1644.
*Thomas Garnett (B. 1644 Haughton,Bunbury, Cheshire, England; D. 1714 Burland, Cheshire, England) married Elizabeth or Mary Savage 1672.
John Garnett (B. 1679 Wrenbury,Cheshire, England; D. 1727 Cheshire, England) married Sarah Halton 1703.
Samuel Garnett (B. 1713 Cheshire,England; D. 1777 Acton by Nantwich, Cheshire, England) married Anne Salmon 1732.
George Garnett (B.1734 Nantwich,Cheshire, England; D. 1814 Nantwich, Cheshire, England) married Anne Sanders 1758.
John Jasper Garnett Sr. (B. 1775 Nantwich, Cheshire, England; D. 1840 Nantwich, Cheshire, England) married Elizabeth Craven 1805.
John Jasper Garnett Jr. (B. 1814, Nantwich, Cheshire, England; D. 1870 Nantwich, Cheshire, England) married Ann Acton 1841.
Richard Craven Garnett (B. 1843, Nantwich, Cheshire, England; D. 1926 Southampton, Hampshire, England) married Charlotte Isabel Leach 1871.
Hubert Garnett (B. 1881 Delamere, Cheshire, England; D. 1977 Quebec,Canada) married Ethel Mairi Clayton 1913.
* The first four generations in this family’s lineage are largely based on a family pedigree published in various editions of Burke’s Landed Gentry and also contained in George ORMEROD’s History of Cheshire. The information from Burke’s LG and Ormerod’s History has been supplemented with additional names, dates, and places drawn from local parishregisters, land records, and other sources.
Kit 47357
DNA participant descended from:
William Garnett (B. 1760 Portsea, Hampshire, England; D. 1806, Portsea, Hampshire, England) married Sarah Drew 1781.
William Garnett (B. 1783 Portsea, Hampshire) married Elizabeth Smith 1803.
Robert Smith Garnett (B. 1804 Portsea, Hampshire; D. 1881 Portsea, Hampshire) married Martha Herbert Dodd 1830 & Eliza Whiffen nee Dodd 1852.
Robert Henry Garnett (B. 1846 Shoreditch, London, Middlesex, England: D. 1911, Shoreditch, London) married Emily Jane Mitchelmore 1874.
Robert Henry Charles (birth certificate records his name as Charles Henry Robert) Garnett (B. 1875 Marylebone, London, Middlesex, England; D. 1951, Marylebone, London, Middlesex) married Lily Susannah Howick 1899 & Ellen Louisa Malyon 1906.
Robert Henry Garnett (B. 1914 Rochford, Essex, England; D. 1989 Rochford, Essex) married Patricia Helen Maloney 1953.
Kit 874107
DNA participant descended from:
John Garnett (B. c1822, England; D. c1863 in US Civil War) married Margaret Peggy Fox abt. 1855.
Edward Garnett (B.1859, Little Falls, Herkimer, NY, USA; D. 1938, Los Angeles, CA, USA) married Mary Jane Sweeney, date unknown.
William John Garnett (B. 1892, Buffalo, New York, USA; D. 1951, Los Angeles, CA, USA) married Ellen Katherine Richter 1913.
Edward Garnett (B.1922, Buffalo, NY, USA; D. 2003, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA) married Betty Jane Delaney 1946.
Kit MI24962
DNA participant descended from:
Thomas Garnett (B. abt. 1793 Cheshire) married Alice Smith 1820.
William Garnett (B. Warrington 1825) married Martha Taylor 1849.
George Henry Garnett (B. Manchester 1853) married Margaret Speakman 1873.
The following genealogies have been provided by individuals who have derived their Y-haplogroup via autosomal extraction and may be members of Garnett Group 1. However, this can only be verified through direct Y-DNA testing.
R-Z210 (Y-DNA haplogroup extracted from autosomal test)
DNA participant descended from:
James Garnett (B.1765, of Howden, Yorkshire, England) married Snare?
George Garnett (B.1797, of Gilberdyke, Yorkshire) married Eleanor Wright.
Robert Garnett (B. 1829, of Gilberdyke, Yorkshire) ?
John George Garnett (B.1876, of Bury. Died in Howden, Yorkshire) married Elizabeth E Mowforth.
John Douglas Garnett(B.1898) married Mary Jane McCarthy.
John George Garnett(B.1925, of Whitehaven, Cumberland) married Eunice Middlebrough
R-Z210 (Y-DNA haplogroup extracted from autosomal test)
DNA participant descended from:
Robert Garnett (b 1778 Hawkshead, Cumbria, England) married Mary Croasdell.
Robert Garnett (b 1806 Hawkshead) married Sarah Gibson.
Robert Garnett (b 1833 High Wray, Cumbria) married Agnes Major.
George Garnett (b 1861 High Wray) married Margaret Thwaites.
Herbert A Garnett (b 1889 Dartford Kent) married Grace Hare.
Alan Garnett (b 1920 Blackheath London) married Katherine Joan Hendy Barnard.
Garnett Group 2: R-YP4874
Kit B448586
DNA participant descended from:
John Garnett (B. 1642 Kingston Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia; D. 1703).
John Garnett (B. 1671; D. 1713) married Ann Taylor?
Anthony Garnett (B. 1697 Essex Country, Virginia; D. 1759) married Ann Ferguson?
Thomas Garnett (B. 1736; D. 1793) married Rachel Wilson 1772.
John Garnett (B. 1776 Richmond County, Georgia; D. 1828 Columbia County, Georgia) married Elizabeth Crawford.
Anthony Garnett (B. 1709; D. 1807) married Rebecca Gordon?
John Garnett (B. Columbia County) married Catherine Foster 1837.
John Jabez Garnett (B. 1844 Columbia County, Georgia; D. 1935 Parksville, McCormick County, South Carolina) married Margaret Jane Cartledge 1865.
James Malcolm (Jimmy) Garnett (B. 1866 Parksville, McCormick County, South Carolina; D. 1945 Parksville, McCormick County, South Carolina) married Mammie Elizabeth Scott 1892.
Joseph Lee Garnett (B. 1898 Edgefield County, South Carolina; D. 1966 Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina) married Beulah Thigpen 1924.
Thomas Wilson (Dock) Garnett (B. 1927 Paxville, Clarendon County, South Carolina; D. 2013, McDonough, Henry County, Georgia) married Quillan Denise (Penny) Rentz 1950.
The following pedigree has been provided by an individual who has derived their Y-haplogroup via autosomal extraction and may be a member of Garnett Group 2. However, this can only be verified through direct Y-DNA testing.
R-M467 aka R-U198 (Y-DNA haplogroup extracted from autosomal test)
DNA participant descended from:
John Garnett of Hampshire.
John Garnett (B. 1780 Hambledon, Hampshire, England) married Ann 1805, Portsea, Hampshire.
George Garnett (B. 1811 Hampshire) married Eliza Pearce 1837, Portsmouth, Hampshire.
George Garnett (B. 1838 Landport, Hampshire) married Sarah Eliza Brockway 1862, Portsea, Hampshire.
George John Garnett (B.1871) married Isabella Brown 1893, Liverpool, Lancashire.
Archibald Cecil Garnett (B. 1903 Cheshire) married Hilary Kathleen Fawcett 1931, Bebington, Cheshire.
Garnett Group 3: J-Z32067
Kit B1310
DNA participant descended from:
William Garnett (of Crosthwaite Parish, Cumberland) married Thwaites.
James Garnett (B. 1530, of Blasterfield, Westmorland) married Elizabeth Addison.
Lawrence Garnett (B. 1561, Egglescliffe, Co. Durham, England) married Anne Sherwood.
Thomas Garnett (B. 1599, Egglescliffe, Co. Durham, England) married Jane Steward 1627.
Thomas Garnett (B. abt. 1628, Yarm, North Yorkshire) married Elizabeth (pre-1660) and Maria Thompson 1673.
Thomas Garnett (B.1661, Kirkby-in-Cleveland, North Yorkshire) married Dorothy Middleton 1688.
Jeffrey Garnet (B.1706, Kirkby-in-Cleveland, North Yorkshire) married Jane Prest 1728.
Henry Garnet (B.1728, Great Smeaton, North Yorkshire) married Elizabeth Maltby 1752.
George Garnet (B.1767, Hurworth-on-Tees, County Durham, England) married Margaret Jickels 1809.
Henry Garnett (B.1810, Appleton Wiske, North Yorkshire) married Margaret Etherington 1835.
Henry Garnett (B.1847, Ferryhill, County Durham) married Elizabeth Ann Hall 1873.
Fred Garnett (B.1892, Ferryhill, County Durham) married Mary Spence 1919.