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John Gerard (1585 - aft. 1649)

John Gerard
Born in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 16 Feb 1608 in Lancashire, Englandmap
Descendants descendants
Died after after age 63 in Warrington, Lancashire, Englandmap
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Biography

This profile is part of the Gerard Name Study.
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John Gerard was born in England.

John Gerard, Gent., of the New Hall in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire[1][2] was the son of Thomas Gerard, Gent., and his first wife, Grace (maiden name unknown)[3][4]

Family

John married Isabel (maiden name unknown) on 16 February 1607/8[1] at Winwich in Lancashire, England.[5] ( See Surname below)
John and Isabel had 5 sons:[1]
  1. Thomas Gerard, Gent.,[1] "son and heir," baptized 10 December 1608 at Winwick, Lancashire; married (1) Susanna Snow, (2) Rose ____[6]
  2. Marmaduke Gerard of Warrington, Lancashire[1]
  3. William[1]
  4. Francis[1]
  5. Richard[1]
There's been speculation that Isabel was a step mother to Thomas Gerard according to comments on Gerard-1379 because they didn't name a daughter Isabel. No daughter attached to this profile. Were there any?
Isabel died after 3 April 1632. Both John and Isabel "were parties to a 1632 conveyance with their son, Thomas, involving several parcels of land in Ashton formerly possessed by John's late father, Thomas Gerard." The date of the conveyance was 3 April. [citation needed]
John was living at Warrington in 1641. And on 21 September 1649, "he granted Thomas Haselden and others deeds of feoffment of Newhall Estate",[1][7] so he died after that date.

Death & Legacy

After 1649

Timeline

4 Oct 1585 - Birth New Hall, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire, England[citation needed]
1641 John was living at Warrington in 1641. And on 21 September 1649, "he granted Thomas Haselden and others deeds of feoffment of Newhall Estate",[1][8] so he died after that date.

Research Notes

Surname :See the Research Notes on Isabel's profile about the "Wenwick" surname Lewis gives her. Our Royal and Titled Noble and Common Ancestors gives marriage date as 16 February 1608.[5]
Richardson does not give birth/death dates or locations for John Gerard.[3][1][2] Lewis does not give specific dates, saying "born circa 1585" and "died after 1649" and using "at of" before the locations given (born "at of New Hall, Ashton in Makerfield, Lancashire..."; died "at of Lancashire, England".[9]
Born: 4 Oct 1585, New Hall, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire, England[citation needed]
Find a Grave: John Gerard, has the children of Thomas Gerard and Francis Moluneux listed. They are the wrong children for John and Isabel. (Minus Thomas Gerard born 1608[10]
Reliabililty: The Magna Carta Project does not recommend using Richardson's 2nd edition of Plantagenet Ancestry, published in 2011, when Richardson documents the same person in his 2013 Royal Ancestry or 2nd edition of Magna Carta Ancestry (also published in 2011). The Project classifies Lewis's database as "Reliable with Conditions" - the condition being that information sourced to reliable sources needs to be checked against the source. Information sourced to Richardson needs to be verified against what Richardson published in Royal Ancestry or Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd edition. See the Project's Reliable Sources page for more information.
Jane as Mother: John's father, Thomas, married twice. His first wife was Grace, his second was Jane. Richardson shows John's mother as Grace,[4] although the profile for Jane (married after John was born c1585) had been attached as his mother (replaced 27 July 2019).

Sources

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), volume I, pages 84-85 GERARD 18.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Magna Carta Ancestry volume II, page 251 GERARD 14.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Richardson, Royal Ancestry, III:84 GERARD 17.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, II:248-252 GERARD.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Marlyn Lewis. Isabel Wenwick, entry in "Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors and Cousins" database (accessed 26 July 2019).
  6. Richardson, Royal Ancestry, III:85 GERARD 19.
  7. Lancashire Archives, ref. DDGE-M/147, Lancashire Archives catalogue entry
  8. Lancashire Archives, ref. DDGE-M/147, Lancashire Archives catalogue entry
  9. Marlyn Lewis. John Gerard, Gent., entry in "Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors and Cousins" database (accessed 26 July 2019).
  10. Find A Grave: Memorial #114200001
  • Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author, 2013. See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.
  • Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City: the author, 2011. See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
See also:
  • Richardson, Douglas. Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 3 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City: the author, 2011. Google Books: page 144.

Acknowledegments

Michelle Hartley

Magna Carta Project

This profile was developed for the Magna Carta Project 27 July 2019. ~ Noland-165 05:16, 27 July 2019
John Gerard appears in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestor Thomas Gerard to Magna Carta Surety Baron Robert de Ros (vol. II, pages 248-252 GERARD). This trail has not yet been developed on WikiTree by the Magna Carta Project. The profiles on this trail are set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of the Gateway's profile.
  • Needs Review & Approval: This profile needs review and approval after the full trail is developed. ~ Thiessen-117 22:42, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
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Thanks, Ann. I have amended the bio including the research notes.
posted by Michael Cayley
The wife Frances should be removed. Isabel is the correct spouse.
Gerrard-495 and Gerard-29 appear to represent the same person because: duplicate profiles of his father have been merged. Frances as wife still needs to be detached, but that doesn't affect the merge, so these profiles can be merged now too. Sources indicate that this family/this timeframe are "Gerard" (one "r").
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
update - disconnected Frances also.

I've detached Jane as his mother, but wife Frances needs to be detached also. This John married Isabel (maiden name not known). The Gerrards who had Molyneux connections were a different family... I haven't found a Frances Molyneux except for Frances Gerard who married Richard Molyneux - see biographies of her husband, her father, and her brother posted by History of Parliament Online.

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
oops - not done. Still need to change mother to Grace & find/propose merges of duplicates (I found one earlier, with two r's).
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
detached John and Frances.

John's profile says he is the "'youngest brother' of William 3rd Baronet of Bryn" (accessed 26 July 2019).

William is the son and heir of Thomas Gerard, 2nd BT, and brother of Frances, a nun, according to Thomas's biography posted by History of Parliament Online (accessed 26 July 2019).

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Frances Gerard (daughter) belongs to a different family.
John Gerard (son) belongs to a different family.
I'd like to merge the duplicate Johns (to be John Gerard), but their mothers don't match. I intend to detach Jane (married 1688) as mother of John (born 1685). Also, Richardson has John the son of Thomas & his first wife, Grace.
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Source for John Gerard-29 (1585-1641), Gent., of the New Hall (in Ashton-in-Makerfield), Lancashire. He married 16 Feb. 1607/8 Isabel _____. They had five sons, Thomas, Gent., Marmaduke, (Footnote 4) William, Francis, and Richard.

Footnote 34: Marmaduke Gerard, of Warrington, Lancaasire, had two daughter, Winifred, born 1639, and Bridget, Born 1641, who were transported to Maryland by their uncle, Thomas Gerard, in 1658 [see Skordas Early Settlers of Maryland (1968).

Thank you!

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