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Descendants of John Gerard

Generation No. 1

1. JOHN³ GERARD (JOHN², PETER¹) was born 1699 in N.Y. (?), and died August 1787 in BERKELEY C., VA. He married (1) MEHETABLE. He married (2) MARY GRAY Aft. 1779.

Notes for JOHN GERARD:
JOHN GERARD--A QUAKER FROM N.J./1740 VANCLEVESVILLE, BERKELEY
CO., W.VA.

JOHN GERARD WESTMORELAND CO., VA./1709

GERARD CONTACTS:
MEL AND ELAINE STEPHENS R 5 BOX 310 LIVINGTSTON, TX 77351
BRANDT BECKETT 1140 GIBSON AVE., INDIANAPOLLIS, IND.
ORION DEPINTER 8720 19 RD ARGOS, IND 46501
MAX WEAVER 5790 DENLINGER RD DAYTON, OHIO 45426
NANCY B. WALL 7255 W. COX RD PLEASANT HILL, OHIO 45359
GLENDA THOMPSON ... W. MILTON, OHIO
NORMA JENNINGS R.R.2 COLUMBUS JUNCTION, IOWA 52738

The 1699 birthdate as given on the PAF cannot be correct as Rev. John
would be 86 upon his last child's birth. Nancy (Ann) was born ca 1785.
The date of 1720 is probably closer to the truth.

Families tied into the Gerards (directly or indirectly) were the Van
Metre, Dubois, Sheperd, Hite..pps. 254-264 from West Virginia Families
show origins of these families as being near Pelmel , along the Potom oc
R. , in Prince Georges Co., Md; earlier origins might have been Sale m Co.,
N.J., even earlier in Long Island, N.Y.

6/20/94

Hugeunot Emigration to America by Charles W. Baird, D.D. Vol. II ,
Baltimore Regional Publishing Co.

Gerard: Pierre; Bordeaux, France, b. 1652; d. 1724. Pierre, with fami ly,
fled from Bordeaux through Belgium to England after the revocation of
The Edict of Nantes in 1684. He resided in London for thirty years. H is
five sons, including Justus, emigrated to America and settled in Va . and
the Carolinas. Pierre finally returned to France in 1720 after the de ath
of the French King. Justus settled in Orange Co., Va. He was b. 1682 ; d.
1744; m. Virginia Moss in Orange Co. Their son John B. Va. 1720; d
Berkeley Co., Va. 1787...p. 93...this cam from Proceedings of Huguenot
Society of Pennsylavania..Vol. XXXIV..Halll of Historical Society o f Pa.,
1962.

The "Flight from Poitou" comes from Baird's works...Chap
VI....1681-1686--became associated with Gabriel Bernon in the Huguenot
settlement of New Oxford, Massachusetts. From the same place came
Pierre Girrard, one of the refugees in South Carolina, and Aman- and
Gousse Bonnin, of New York....Pierre Girrard, ne a Poitiers, fils e P ierre
Girrard et de Judith Fruschard--(Liste des Francois et Suisses refugi ez
en Caroline, etc.) Elizabeth Damaris Girrard,Isaac Girrard and Marie
Roubin his wife, ---both of these names occur frequently among thos e of
the Protestants of Poitou--were members of the French Church, New
York, in 1694 and after.

Huguento Ancestry--p. 136..Ga. Bicentennial Memoirs by Knight Vol. 3 , p.
412 (South Carolina Huguenot list.)..Gerrards--Guearrards--
Near the middle of the seventeenth century, Robert, John , and Jacob
Garrard, sons of Anthony Garrard and grandsons of Peter Garrard,French
Huguenot, came to America. They were cousins of Col. William Garrar d of
Stafford Co., Virginia, who was the father of Governor James Garrar d of
Kentucky. The town of Garrodsburg was named for him. Robert (above)
settled in South Carolina; Jacob settled in Stafford Co., Va. where h is
oldest son Anthony was christened 2-21-1756. This family removed to
North Carolina and Anthony later came to Wilked Co.,Georgia, and Jacob
Garrard came to Jackson Co., Georgia. Anthony married 1777 Elizabeth
Green. He died in Wilked Co., 1807. He was a soldier in the American
Revolution. Among his descendants was Gwuilliam (William), a
prominent lawyer of Savannah, Ga. Louis F. Garrard was speaker of
Georgia Senate. John Garrard (third of the emigrants above), born in
England 1730, settled in South Carolina. He married Mary Bolt. In 177 3,
he received a land grant in Wilked Co., Georgia, seven miles above
Washington, Georgia, for his Revolutionary service. His wife died i n 1804
and he married again and moved to Jones Co., Ga. His children were b y his
first wife. Jacob Garrard was also a Revolutionary soldier. He settle d in
1807 in Putnam Co., Ga. He married 1786 Elizabeth Barron. He died 181 9;
she died 1827.

Children of JOHN GERARD and MEHETABLE are:

2.	i.	ABNER⁴ GERARD, b. Va; d. April 1819, MONT. CO., OH.
3.	ii.	NATHANIEL GERARD, d. March 1832, MIAMI CO., Ohio.
4.	iii.	JUSTUS GERARD, b. BERKELEY CO., W.Va.; d. June 10, 1828, Greene Co., Pa., Garard's Fort.
	iv.	SARAH GERARD, b. 1741; d. September 24, 1816, Greene Co., Ohio, Sugar Creek Twp., Middle Run Cem.; m. JAMES BUCKLES, 1760.
5.	v.	DAVID WASHINGTON GERARD, b. 1743; d. October 19, 1821, BERKELEY CO., W.Va., Gerrardstown.
6.	vi.	JOHN JR. GERARD, b. 1744; d. March 1782, Hardin Co., Ky..
	vii.	WILLIAM GERARD, b. 1746; d. October 1782, Berkeley Co., W.Va.; m. LUCRETIA OZBURN.
	viii.	JONAH GERARD, b. 1748; d. July 1782, Greene Co., Pa., Garard's Fort; m. CHLOE FRAZEE.
	ix.	ISAAC GERARD, b. 1750; d. Aft. 1794, Greene Co., Pa.; m. RACHEL, 1774.
	x.	MEHITABLE GERARD, b. August 11, 1755; d. October 08, 1832; m. WILLIAM BUCKLES.

Notes for MEHITABLE GERARD:
ANOTHER DATE FOR MEHITABLE IS 1760--FOR BIRTH. THE DIFFERENCE OF
12 YEARS IS TOO GREAT...still another date given is 1756 (this comes
from computerized data via Robert/Carolyn Gerard..20551 Sw 102nd St.
Rd Dunnellon, Florida 34431..they list Mehetable's death date as prio r to
1787.

	xi.		JONATHAN GERARD, b. March 13, 1763; d. June 26, 1837, Hamilton Co., Ohio, Clough Baptist, Anderson Twp.; m. LEAH HAYS, November 02, 1784, BERKELEY CO., W.Va..
	xii.		ANN NANCY GERARD, b. 1782, BERKELEY CO., W.Va..
	xiii.		WILLIAM GERARD, b. 1786.

Children of JOHN GERARD and MARY GRAY are:

	xiv.		WILLIAM⁴ GERARD, b. 1780, BERKELEY CO., W.Va..
	xv.		PHOEBE GERARD, b. 1780, BERKELEY CO., W.Va..
	xvi.		NANCY GERARD, b. 1783, BERKELEY CO., W.Va..

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