The Garrard Family

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This surname is interchangeabley spelled GERARD, GERRARD, GARARD, GARRARD, GIRARD, GIRRARD and my all-time-favorite unsubstantiated spelling: Girardeaux (methinks someone else often may have been guessing at the spelling for them?)

NOTES RE CREATION OF THIS PAGE: This page is a collaborated result of shared research amongst members of the GERARD-L mailing list. Primary contributors are:

Carolyn & Bob Gerard - specializing in the familes of Rev. John Gerard, Elias Gerard and William Gerard of Gerard's Fort,
Pennsylvania ~ NOTE: CONTACT THEM TO ORDER A COPY OF THEIR 1999 EDITION, 809 PAGE BOOK ON THIS FAMILY!!!

Ardath Blue - direct descendent of Nathaniel and Susannah Rogers Gerard

Adina Watkins Dyer - gggranddaughter of Samuel Gerrard and Juliette Lemming and a descendant of Rev. John Gerrard

Terry Lee Garrard, Sr. - Family of Gov. James Garrard of Kentucky

Florence Gerard Quinn and Cynthia Kandel - ggranddaughters to Samuel Garrard and Juliette Lemming

Please feel free to contact them with queries or corrections - we really WELCOME PROOF!

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Family of Reverend John Gerrard and Mehetable (marriage 1)

click here to see charts for the children of Sarah, William, John, Mehetable, David, Jonah, Isaac, Nathaniel, Justus, Abner, & Jonathan

NAME	BIRTH	LOCATION	DEATH	LOCATION	MARRIAGE	LOCATION	SPOUSE
Reverand John Gerrard	Abt. 1720		September 1787	Berkeley County, Virginia	1) Abt. 1740 2) 1779-1781	1) ? 2) Berkeley County, Virginia	1)Mehetable Haugen [1]
Sarah Gerrard	1741		24 September 1784	Middle Run Baptist Cemetery, Greene County, Ohio	Abt. 1760		James Buckles
William Gerrard	1742- 1743		October 1782	Berkeley County, Virginia			Leucretia Ozburn
John Garrard Jr.	Abt. 1744		March 1782	Hardin County, Kentucky	Abt. 1768	Virginia	Susan VanMeter
Mehetable Gerrard	1745- 1746		Abt. 1768	Berkeley County, Virginia			William Buckles
David Garard	1747- 1748		October 1821	Gerrardstown, Berkeley County, Virginia	1) Bef. March 1776 2) 1790-1794		1) Margaret? 2) Jane ?
Jonah Gerard	1749- 1750		June 1782	Pennsylvania			Chloe Frazier (Frazee?)
Nathaniel Gerrard	1752-53		1832-40	Miami County, Ohio	1772	Bedford County, Pennsylvania	Mary Lloyd
Justus Garard	1755	Virginia	10 January 1828	Garard's Fort, Greene County, Pennsylvania	Abt. 1773	Washington County, Pennsylvania	Rachael Corbly
Isaac Gerard	1757-58		1794-95				Rachel ?
Abner Gerard	1758-60	Berkeley County, Virginia	April 1819	Montgomery County, Ohio	1780	Berkeley County, Virginia	Martha "Patsy" Lloyd
Jonathan Gerrard	31 March 1763	Berkeley County, Virginia	26 June 1837	Clough Baptist Cemetery, Anderson Township, Hamilton County, Ohio	2 November 1784	Berkeley County, Virginia	Leah Hays

[1] daughter of Johannes Haugen and

Family of Reverend John Gerrard and Mary Gray?/Snodgrass (marriage 2)

click here to see charts for the children of Nancy, Phoebe and William

NAME	BIRTH	LOCATION	DEATH	LOCATION	MARRIAGE	LOCATION	SPOUSE
Reverand John Gerrard	Abt. 1720		September 1787	Berkeley County, Virginia	1) Abt.1740 2) 1779-1781	1) ? 2) Berkeley County, Virginia	2) Mary Gray/Snodgrass?
Nancy Gerard	31 January 1782	Berkeley County, Virginia	8 July 1863	Ralls County, Missouri	9 July 1812	Shelby County, Kentucky	John Newland
Phoebe Gerard	23 February 1784	Berkeley County, Virginia	15 July 1851	Ralls County, Missouri	21 October 1807	Shelby County, Kentucky	William Wilds Cooke
William Gerard	29 August 1786	Berkeley County, Virginia	6 October 1860	Ralls County, Missouri	1) ? 2)1825 2) 14 February 1849	1) ? 2) Woodford County, Kentucky 2) Pike County, Missouri	1) Nancy? 2) Elizabeth Ann Ayres 2) Sarah A. Allen

Family of William Gerard and Leucretia Ozburn

NAME	BIRTH	LOCATION	DEATH	LOCATION	MARRIAGE	LOCATION	SPOUSE
William Gerrard	1742- 1743		October 1782	Berkeley County, Virginia	1756		Leucretia Ozburn
Jonathan Gerard	Abt. 1766	Berkeley County, Virginia	April ? 1805	Berkeley County, Virginia			Eleanor ?
William Garard	Abt. 1769	Berkeley County, Virginia
Aaron Garard	Abt. 1771	Berkeley County, Virginia
Isaac Gerard [1]	28 March 1775	Berkeley County, Virginia	4 Janaury 1851	Greene County, Ohio	Abt. 1796	Berkeley County, Virginia	Christiana Pultz
Mary Garard	1777/80	Berkeley County, Virginia			10 April 1797	Berkeley County, Virginia	Thomas Demoss

[1] Isaac Garard hows up in the 1809 Tax list for Beaver Creek Township, Greene County, OH, Page 011, OH Early Census

Family of Jonathan Gerard and Eleanor ?

NAME	BIRTH	LOCATION	DEATH	LOCATION	MARRIAGE	LOCATION	SPOUSE
Jonathan Gerard	Abt. 1766	Berkeley County, Virginia (now W.V.)	April ? 1805	Berkeley County, Virginia			Eleanor ?
William Gerard	1787	Berkeley County, Virginia (now W.V.)			1) 23 May 1808 2) 31 July 1816	1) Berkeley County, Virginia (now W.V.) 2) Switzerland County, Indiana	1) Nancy Miller 2) Rebecca Gosenall
Mary "Polly" Gerard	Abt. 1791	Berkeley County, Virginia (now W.V.)			3 March 1807	Berkeley County, Virginia (now W.V.)	Charles Brewer
John Garard	Abt. 1793	Berkeley County, Virginia (now W.V.)	1838-39	Virginia	20 July 1817	Berkeley County, Virginia (now W.V.)	Elizabeth Robinson
Caleb Gerard	3 April 1795	Berkeley County, Virginia (now W.V.)	26 April 1884	Harrison County, Virginia (now W.V.)	1) 21 August 1820 2) 4 October 1831	1) Berkeley County, Virginia (now W.V.) 2) Oldtown, Allegany County, Maryland	1) Sarah "Sally" Murphy 2) Elizabeth Pultz
Seaman Garard	Abt. 1797	Berkeley County, Virginia (now W.V.)			4 May 1826	Berkeley County, Virginia (now W.V.)	Elizabeth Collins
Jonathan Adams Gerrard	15 March 1803	Berkeley County, Virginia	Abt. 1860	Switzerland County, Indiana	1) 12 January 1826 2) 2 November 1831	1) Switzerland County, Indiana 2) VeVay, Switzerland County, Indiana	1) Nancy Brown 2) Sarah J. "Sally" Brown

Family of Jonathan Adams Garrard and Nancy Brown (marriage 1)

click here to see a chart for the children of Ellen Garrard and William H. Imel

NAME	BIRTH	LOCATION	DEATH	LOCATION	MARRIAGE	LOCATION	SPOUSE
Jonathan Adams Gerrard	15 March 1803	Berkeley County, Virginia	Abt. 1860	Switzerland County, Indiana	1) 12 January 1826 2) 2 November 1831	1) Switzerland County, Indiana 2) VeVay, Switzerland County, Indiana	1) Nancy Brown 2) Sarah J. "Sally" Brown
Ellen Garrard	15 October 1826	Switzerland County, Indiana	2 January 1897	buried Pleasant Ridge, near Canaan, Jefferson County, Indiana	1 October 1846	Pleasant Township, Switzerland County, Indiana	William Henry Imel
Irene E. Garrard	Abt. January 1831	assumed Switzerland County, known Indiana	After June 1900	Perry Township, Woodson County, Kansas	15 April 1848	Pleasant Township, Switzerland County, Indiana	Jackson Harman

Family of Jonathan Adams Garrard and Sarah Brown (marriage 2)

NAME	BIRTH	LOCATION	DEATH	LOCATION	MARRIAGE	LOCATION	SPOUSE
Jonathan Adams Gerrard	15 March 1803	Berkeley County, Virginia	Abt. 1860	Switzerland County, Indiana	1) 12 January 1826 2) 2 November 1831	1) Switzerland County, Indiana 2) VeVay, Switzerland County, Indiana	1) Nancy Brown 2) Sarah J. "Sally" Brown
Susan Gerrard	September 1832	Switzerland County, Indiana	November 1899	VeVay, Switzerland County, Indiana	27 November 1855	Switzerland County, Indiana	Henry Clay Pickett
Margaret J. Gerrard	Abt. 1834	Switzerland County, Indiana					? Miller
William Harrison Gerrard	Abt. 1836	Switzerland County, Indiana			20 August 1856	Switzerland County, Indiana	Eliza McCord
Nancy Gerrard	Abt. 1837	Switzerland County, Indiana			30 December 1856	Switzerland County, Indiana	James W. Keith
Oliver Gerrard	Abt. 1840	Switzerland County, Indiana	1861-1865	Union Army, Civil War
Jemima (Jessie) Gerrard	Abt. 1842	Switzerland County, Indiana		Arkansas			William Hunsaker
Joseph Gerrard	Abt. 1843	Switzerland County, Indiana		Union Army, Civil War
Simmons Gerrard	9 February 1845	Switzerland County, Indiana	29 August 1923	Switzerland County, Indiana			(Hettie or) Nettie B. Willis