When William Garrett was born on 5 December 1705, in Willistown Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, his father, Thomas Garrett, was 24 and his mother, Rebecca Vernon, was 21. He married Lydia Lewis on 4 October 1728, in Goshen MM, Chester, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 6 daughters. He died in 1788, in Willistown Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 83.
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English (southern): from the Middle English personal name Gerad, a variant of either Gerald or Gerard .
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