Dr. Thomas Gerard^[1]

1608 - 1673  (65 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Thomas Gerard
  Prefix	Dr.
  Birth	10 Dec 1608	Ashton Inn, Makersfield, Lancashire, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Dec 1673	Machodoc, Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA
  Burial	Aft 15 Dec 1673	Longsworth Point, St. Mary's, Maryland, USA
  Person ID	I376989	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2008

  
  

  Father	John Gerrard,   b. Abt 1585, New Hall, Lancashire, England d. Aft 1641, England (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Isabel,   b. 1586   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	16 Feb 1608
  Family ID	F256116	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susannah Snowe,   b. Abt 1610, Brookehouse, STAF, England d. 1666, St. Mary's, Maryland, USA (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	21 Sep 1629	St. Clement's Manor, St. Mary's Co., Maryland, USA
  Children	+ 1. Susannah Gerrard,   b. 1627, Lancashire, England d. 19 Dec 1716, St. Mary's City, Maryland, USA (Age 89 years) + 2. Frances Gerrard,   b. Abt 1640   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F149796	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2008

  
  

• Notes

  ! to MD abt 1637 to VA abt 1659 owned 400 acres of St. Clement's Manor and St. Clement's Island ABT. 1640 owned 1,600 acres of "Westwood Manor" 9 JAN 1661/62 owned 1,000 acres on Mahodeck Creek in Westmoreland Co., VA May have taken part of the "Battle of Spa Creek". The Gerrard Family. ----- Among the neighbor of the Washingtons' none were more conspicuous than Dr. Thomas Gerrard. His first wife, Susanna, was the daughter of Justinian Snow, one of the founders of Maryland and Lord Baltimore's factor in the Indian trade. ( Abel Snow, a clerk in chancery office, London, and Marmaduke Snow, were two other brothers.) Dr. Gerrard was for a long time councillor, but was finally banished from Maryland for taking part in the insurrection of Josias Fendall in 1659. Before this he had provided a refuge in Virginia, having obtained on October 18, 1650, a patent for land, and naming among the headrights his wife Susanna Gerrard, and his children Susanna, Temperance, Frances, Justinian, and John Gerrard. Thomas Gerrard came to Maryland in 1638, and in 1659 moved to Westmoreland County, Virginia. He was a Roman Catholic and a surgeon by profession. Dr. Thomas Gerard' s father was John Gerard, son of Gentleman Thomas Gerard, baseborn son of William Gerard. ( William Gerard later married Constance.) William was a brother of Sir Thomas Gerard of Bryn and son of Peter Gerard and Margaret Stanley. The Thomas Gerard who married Frances Molyneaux, dau. of Richard Molyneaux, descended from William Gerard's brother, Sir Thomas Gerard and Margaret Stafford. He is about the g.g.g.g. grandson of Sir Thomas.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2040] Genealogies of Virginia Families. William and Mary Quarterly Historical Magazine. Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982, v. V, p. 911-2 (Reliability: 3).