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Thomas Gerard Gent (bef. 1608 - 1673)

Thomas Gerard Gent aka Gerrard
Born before in Ashton in Makerfield, Lancashire, Englandmap
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Biography

This profile is part of the Gerard Name Study.
Cross of St George
Thomas Gerard Gent was born in England.
Thomas Gerard was a Surgeon
Thomas Gerard was a Roman Catholic.

Thomas Gerard, Gentleman[1] of the New Hall (in Ashton-in-Makerfield), Lancashire; immigrated to America in 1638: surgeon and planter of Maryland and Virginia.[2][3][4][5] He "served as a member of Provincial Assembly and Upper House, the Provincial Council, and a Justice of the Provincial Court."[3] He was a member of Lord Baltimore's Council [6]and was "lord of St. Clement's, Basford, and Westwood Manors, St. Mary's County, Maryland."[3]

Note - This Thomas is sometimes confused with a different family (see Research Notes, below). Sources also are not consistent about his children (see Children listed below and also the discussion of children in the Research Notes).

Parents: John Gerard and his wife Isabel (maiden name not known), who married 16 February 1607/8.[4]
Baptism: Thomas, son and heir, was baptized 10 December 1608 at Winwick, Lancashire, England[3][2] (Winwick Parish, New Hall, Lancashire).[1]
Married:
  • Susanna Snow: Thomas and Susanna married 21 September 1629 "(date of marriage covenant)". Daughter of John Snow of Brookhouse, Staffordshire and his wife Eydreth,[3][7] Lancashire records include John Gerard's "Deed of Covenants" to John Snow and others, "made at the marriage of Thomas Gerard his son with Susanna Snowe",[8] although the marriage may not have taken place in Lancashire.
    • Married at Winwick, Lancashire, England[9]
    • Married at Brookehouse, Straffordshire, England[10]
  • Rose _____ (born about 1629), widow of Thomas Shepherd, (2) John Tucker. She and Thomas Gerard had no children. They married between 1671 (the year John Tucker died)[3] and 1 February 1672 (when Thomas wrote his will).[11]
Children
by Susanna Snow (see Research Notes, below, also):
Sons
  1. Justinian Gerard[3][12]
  2. Thomas Gerard[3]
  3. John Gerard[3][12]
Daughters
  1. Susannah Gerard, married (1) Robert Slye,[13] (2) John Coode, and (3) John Washington[3][14] (also called "Hannah")[citation needed] Susannah is listed as eldest daughter of Thomas Gerard[15]
  2. Elizabeth Gerard, married (1) Nehemiah Blakiston, Gent.,[3] (2) Ralph Rymer, (3) Joshua Guibert[16]
  3. Frances Gerard, married (1) Col. Thomas Speke, (2) Col. Valentine Peyton, (3) Capt. John Appleton, (4) Col. John Washington,[14] and (5) William Hardwick[3][17][18]
  4. Temperance Gerard, married (1) Daniel Hutt, (2) John Crabb, (3) Benjamin Blancheflower[3]
  5. Patience Gerard, married Daniel Hutt[3][19]
  6. Mary Gerard,[12] married Kenelm Cheseldine[3]
  7. Anne Gerard,[citation needed][20] married (1) Walter Broadhurst, (2) Henry Brett, (3) Col. John Washington[14]
Rose's children by Jonathan Tucker:[21]
Rose married (4) "before 16 March 1676/7 John Newton."[3]
Thomas removed to Westmoreland County, Virginia in 1664,[3] where he died on 19 October 1673, at Mochoticks.[1] His will was proved in Westmoreland County on 19 November 1673, and he was buried at St. Clement's, Maryland.[25]

Will

He left a will dated 28 January 1672/3 that was proved in Westmoreland County, Virginia on 19 November 1673.[25] The 28 January date is mentioned as a deed of gift in a transcription of his will, dated 1 February 1672.
The transcription of the will of "Col. Thomas Gerrard" from Lyon G. Tyler's "Washington and his Neighbors", is abstracted below:[11]
Will of "Thomas Garrard of Machoticks", Westmoreland County, Virginia, dated 1 February 1672
  • deceased wife Susanna Garrard
  • eldest son Justinian Garrard
  • youngest son John Garrard
  • daughter Mary (not yet 21, not yet married)
  • grandchild Garrard Payton
  • executors: son John Garrard and wife Rose
His will also makes reference to his "three sonees and five Daughters yt shall survive me", giving 20 shillings sterling each for a mourning ring, and "also soe much for Sonnes in Law Daughters in Law & Grand-children in like manner." The will gives two mares for the use of Garrard Tucker (not yet 18), with their increase to be used "for ye advantadge and education & schooling of ye sd Garrard Tucker". The will also refers to a deed of gift "made ye 28th of Jany Last... for ye use of y four children in it mentioned."
Proved "19th 9ber 1673", Westmoreland County, by "Mr. Jno: Waugh Majr Isaack Allerton & Cap: Jno: Lee."
An abstract of the will of Thomas Gerrard "of Mathotick River, formerly of St. Clement's Manor, St. Mary's Co." recorded in Maryland included the following information:[12]
"5th Feb. 1672
"15th Dec. 1673"
  • daughter Mary
  • eldest son Justinian
  • wife Rose
  • young son John
  • "other 3 sons and 5 daus., sons-in-law, daus.-in-law grand-child.; viz:
    • "Gerrard Paten and
    • "Gerrard Tucker at 18 yrs. of age, and to
    • "John Wauge, personalty."
  • son Gerrard (executor, with wife Rose)
Test: John Wauge, Isaac Allerton, John Lee.
"Testator desires to be buried by deceased wife Susanna. 1. 567."[12]
Note: Above are abstracts, but the wording in the Maryland source[12] makes it clear that she and Thomas did not have a male child at the time it was written. Wording in the full transcription[11] is less clear. However, the wording appears to be such that if they had any children before Thomas's death, those children would receive bequests. One source interpreted the wording to mean "that Rose is with child",[26] but that is usually expressed in Colonial Virginia wills as "the child my wife now goes with". My impression is that the February 1672 will and the January deed of gift it mentions were on the occasion of his marriage to Rose, who had been widowed in 1671. There might also be be some confusion with the old/new style dating (prior to 1752, the new year began in March).[27]

1650 Patent

Cavaliers and Pioneers has a record for "Thomas Gerrard, Gent.,"[28] which is apparently the source of the listing of his family arriving in 1650, such as the following from a William & Mary Quarterly article:
"Dr. Gerrard... 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."[22]
The entry from Cavaliers and Pioneers is not quite so clear:
"THOMAS GERRARD, Gent., 1,000 acs. Northumberland Co., 18 Oct. 1650, p. 249. Upon the S. side of Potomeck Riv., beg. at the mouth of Herring Cr. on the N. side, which issues out of Nomeny Riv. Trans. of 20 pers: Thomas Gerrard, Susana Gerrard, Susa. his daughter, Temp. Gerrard, Fra. Gerrard, Justinian Garrard, Henry Chesly and for adventure of a servt. ?, Cornelius Canedy, John Goldsmith, Mary Strong, John Shanks, Edw. Shelly, John Taylor, Fra. Hutton, John Gerrard, Richd. Wright, Tho. Downe, Richd. Walker, Joell Gibbs. Land due for 4 Indians."[28]
From his biography in the Maryland State Archives implies his family arrived in the early 1640s:
"GERARD, THOMAS (1608-1673). BORN: in 1608 at New Hall, Lancashire, England; oldest son. IMMIGRATED: in 1638 as a free adult; returned to England in 1640, but resettled in the colony with his family soon thereafter. RESIDED: on St. Clement's Manor, St. Mary's County; moved to Virginia, 1664." page 348 [29]
Thomas "sold his English holdings and brought his family to Maryland in 1650". page 349 [29]

Timeline

  • 1608 - Thomas Gerard born: Son and heir of John Gerard, baptized at Winwick, Lancashire, England on 10 December 1608.[3][4]
  • 1629 - Marriage to Susanna Snowe 21 Sep 1629[8] (date of marriage covenant).[3]
  • 1638 - He immigrated to Maryland in 1638.[3][22][30][31]
  • 1639 - He was commissioned Lord of the Manor, on 16 Mar 1639, at St. Clement's Hundred (Manor) of the County of St. Maries, Maryland.[32][33]
  • 1650 - Obtained land in Virginia (see above).
  • 1659/1660 - He "supported [Josias] Fendall's Rebellion... for which he was permanently barred from voting or holding office in the colony"[3] (in Maryland).
  • 1659/60 - He was overseer of Thomas Speke's will (his son-in-law), in Virginia.[18]
  • 1664 - He settled at Gerrard's Reserve in Lower Machadoc, having removed to Westmoreland County, Virginia.[3]
  • 1672 - Will of Thomas Gerrard, proved 19 November 1673.[3] See Will (above).
  • 1673 - Died October 19, 1673 in Lower Machodoc, Westmoreland, Virginia.[34]
  • 1673 - He was buried at St. Clement's, Maryland,[25][35] in the Gerard Family Cemetery, Colton's Point, St. Mary's County, Maryland.[36][37]

Research Notes

Religious Affiliation: "Catholic, but his wife [Susanna] and children were Protestants."[29]

Children: Sources are not consistent on the number of children of Thomas and Susanna (Snow) Gerard:

Richardson says nine children, listing three sons and six daughters: Justinian, Thomas, and John; Elizabeth, Susannah, Frances, Temperance, Patience, and Mary.[3]
His will names sons Justinian and John (eldest and youngest sons, respectively) and daughter Mary. It also mentions a 28 January deed of gift to four children, not named. The will, dated 1 February 1672, refers to the deed of gift as made "28 Jany Last".[11] It does not appear from the transcription of the will that he and Rose had any children. The will is worded so that if he and Rose did have children (between the writing of the will and his death), they would be covered.
Richardson says his will proved in Westmoreland County, Virginia on 19 November 1673 was dated 28 January 1672/3.[25]
Eight children (three sons, five daughters) are listed by Papenfuse: sons Thomas (m Ann Hawkins or Ann Smallwood), Justinian (m Sarah), and John (m Elizabeth); daughters Susannah (m Slye, Coode), Frances (m Speke, Peyton, Appleton, Washington, Hardwick), Temperance (m Hutt, Crabbe, Blanchflower), Elizabeth (m Blakiston, Rymer, Guibert), and Mary (m Cheseldyne).[29]
Susanna's profile says ten children, listing nine: Susannah, Jane, Elizabeth, John, and Mary (no source citation); Temperance, Justinian, Frances, and Anne (with citation to lyonshistory.org, which lists five children: Anne, Temperance, Justinian, Frances, and Judith).[38]
Judith Gerard is not found in other sources. A note on the profile of Judith Gerrard (accessed 8 August 2019) notes that she is not a daughter of Dr. Thomas Gerard because she was born about 1639 and in 1650 the names of Thomas's children "were given as Justinian, Susanna, Frances, Temperance, and John (see 1650 Patent, above). Elizabeth is not listed in the land patent.
2nd Elizabeth & Marriage - add notes for marriage of his disputed daughter Elizabeth (Gerard) Ellyson to Robert Ellyson. Some believe Thomas had two daughters named Elizabeth. See Gerard-1379

Gerrards in America

'GERRARD. - "It is recorded in the Land Office at Annapolis that Dr. Thomas Gerrard (Garrard) left three sons: Justinian, Thomas and John. The two first died without any issue, and John left a son and daughter who died without issue. A commission was held to decide upon the claim and right of Gerrard Slye, of St. Mary's, Md., the eldest grandson of Dr. Gerrard, to be his heir at law. This seems to prove that Dr. Thomas Gerrard left to descendants of the Gerrard name." [The Gerrards of America must be descendants of William Gerrard, of Westmoreland county, who, on January 31, 1716-'17, obtained a grant for 125 acres in said county. - Editor.]'[39]

Rose _____, his second wife (no issue).[3] Sometimes shown with maiden name of Sturman, a given name of Rosanna, and one source shows her as "Virginia Rose Tucker".[34]

Not him: Some historians identify this Dr. Thomas Gerard with Sir Thomas Gerrard, Second Baronet, but according to Burke's Peerage the Second Baronet died on May 15th, 1630. [Parran] Nor is the 2nd Baronet the father of this Thomas - at least not according to text on his profile:

"Sir Thomas was born in 1584. He passed away in 1630. The Baronetage of England lists Frances Molyneux as his wife. They had 6 sons William, Richard, Gilbert, Peter, Thomas and John. The four last died unmarried. Also, a daughter Frances who took a religious habit at Graveline in Flanders." [emphasis added][40]
See also the biography for the 2nd Baronet posted by the History of Parliament Online, which names him son of Thomas, 1st Bt, and his heir Sir William Gerard, when Sir Thomas Gerrard "died intestate on 15 May 1630".[41] This Thomas ([Gerard-13]) is named "son and heir" of John Gerard.[2]

Parents:

The confusion with Sir Thomas's family resulted in the parents of this Thomas being disputed. Sir Thomas Gerrard, 1st Bt, married Cecily Manney. Their son Sir Thomas Gerrard, 2nd Bt, married (1) Frances Molyneux, (2) Dorothy Moore. Following is the support for parents currently attached (John and Isabel), as well as presentation of some other lineages to be found online:
Son of John & Isabel (unknown) Gerard:
  • He was the son of John Gerard and Isabel ? of New Hall and the grandson of Thomas Gerard and Jane of Garswood.[1] Note - grandson of Thomas & his first wife, Grace (not his 2nd wife, Jane).
  • Son of John Gerrard, Gent., of the New Hall and his wife Isabel ____ (John and Isabel were married 16 Feb. 1607/8). "He [John] and his wife Isabel are named in the 1629 marriage settlement of their eldest son, Thomas, and his wife Susan."[42]
  • "Deed of Covenants" from John Gerard to John Snowe "made at the marriage of Thomas Gerard his son to Susannah Snowe", DDGE (M) 148.[8]
Son of Thomas Gerard of the New Hall and his wife Grace (this Thomas [Gerard-13]'s grandparents).[5][43]
Son of Thomas and Frances (Molyneux) Gerard. The Gerard who married Frances Molyneux was Sir Thomas Gerrard, 2nd Bt.[41] They did have a son Thomas,[40] but not this Thomas [Gerard-13].

Cousin:

Richard Gerard was Dr. Thomas Gerard's cousin. He went to Maryland for a short time and returned to England.

Titles:

Thomas Gerard, son and heir of John Gerard, is referred to as a surgeon[5] and shown with the title "Dr" in some references. He is also listed as "Gent." by Richardson and others. Titles that may not be his (but which some sources give him) include
  • Sir - this appears to be from confusing him with Sir Thomas Gerrard, Second Baronet.
  • Colonel - Both he and his son Thomas are shown as Colonel in Lewis's database.[44] Because Lewis lists citations at the end of a phrase or sentence, it appears the source for Colonel is Richardson. Richardson's Royal Ancestry does not refer to him as colonel.[45] Tyler introduces his will as for "Col Thomas Gerrard", but the transcription of the will does not include that title[11] & Tyler's entry for him in Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography has him as Dr. Thomas Gerrard.[46]

Did Thomas Gerard have a daughter Judith?

Some sources show a daughter Judith, born 1640, e.g. "Judith Gerrard, daughter of Thomas Gerrard of "St. Clements Manor of 1030 acres in St. Clements Hundred," St. Mary's County, Maryland." [47] There is no evidence in Thomas Gerrard's family of such a daughter, and no evidence in Judith's record to document such a relationship. Judith married John Goldsmith, probably after his children were born; one of those children was given the Gerard name, but the reason for this is not clear. It is possible that Judith as an indentured servant in Thomas Gerard's household.

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Md Archives Liber XL11 folio 543
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), volume III, page 85 GERARD 19.
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 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), volume II, page 251 GERARD 15.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Richardson, Royal Ancestry, III:82-86 GERARD.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, II:248-252 GERARD.
  6. ↑ Putnam, Eleanor, "The Governor's Council of Maryland, 1634-1689" (1969). Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects. Paper 1539624677. link
  7. ↑ A search of freereg.org.uk failed to find a record of their marriage (or his baptism) in English parish records that have been transcribed and posted as of 25 July 2019.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 search result, National Archives (accessed 9 August 2019).
  9. ↑ Entry for Dr. Thomas Gerard, Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties (accessed 9 May 202).
  10. ↑ Entry for ThomasGerard, "The Rest of the Story: The Ancestors of Sarah May Paddock Otstott" (accessed 25 July 2019). See the database entry for list of "Documentation" and "Sources".
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 Tyler, Lyon G. "Washington and his Neighbors", William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 2, (Oct., 1895), pp. 75-89 (accessed 11 August 2019).
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 Jane Baldwin Cotton and Roberta Bolling Henry. The Maryland calendar of wills (Baltimore, Md.: Kohn & Pollock : 1968), page 76 (image page 90 of 304; accessed 31 July 2019).
  13. ↑ Maryland State Archives includes a transcription of an indenture, 26 January 1654, between Thomas Gerrard and Robert Slye, that says "whereas there is an Intermariage Already had made and Consummated (before the date of these presents) betweene the said Robert Slye, and Susanna The Eldest daughter of the said Thomas Gerrard" (accesssed 11 August 2019).
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Richardson's entry for Colonel John Washington (Richardson, Royal Ancestry, V:323 WASHINGTON 13.i), shows that he married (1) in 1658 Anne Pope, (2) in 1670 Anne Gerrard, and (3) Frances Gerrard (no date given). Richardson does not identify Anne Gerrard, "widow of Walter Broadhurst (died 1658) and Henry Brett" as a daughter of Dr. Thomas Gerrard, either in WASHINGTON 13.i or Magna Carta Ancestry, II:251 GERARD 15. The William & Mary Quarterly article (page 36) suggests that Anne is a daughter, born after Dr. Gerrard's family was transported (see 1650 Patent, above), noting that Walter Broadhurst patented land the same day as Dr. Gerrard, next to William Hardwick ("Hardigg" in Cavaliers and Pioneers, page 199), and had a son named Gerrard Broadhurst.
  15. ↑ Arch. 57 pg.220-221, provencial Court Judgements Deed, 26 Jan 1654, Dr. Lois Green Carr, Men's Career Files, MSA SC 5094
  16. ↑ Richardson, Royal Ancestry, I:383 BLAKISTON 16.i.b.
  17. ↑ Richardson lists John Washington as Susannah Gerard's 3rd husband, but without "[Col.]" (Magna Carta Ancestry, II:251 GERARD 15), so it may be a different John Washington than Frances's fourth husband.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 In 1659/1660, Thomas Gerrard was overseer of Thomas Speke's will (which also names Thomas's wife Susanna):
    Ancestry links: Will; Westmoreland County, Virginia Wills, 1654-1800.
    • Speke, Thomas, 1 December 1659; 14 January 1659. Son Thomas, under age, to be exr; wife Frances Speke; brother John Speke to have 2000 acres of land if he settle in this country; my godson Thomas Gerrard; my youngest sister; my father in law Thomas Gerrard and my mother in law Susanna Gerrard; my father in law and my brother in law Mr. Robert Slye to be overseers.
  19. ↑ Biographical information of Daniel Hutt in William and Mary Quarterly (posted by USGenWeb) mentions only marriage to Temperance Gerard.
  20. ↑ Richardson does not list her as a daughter of Thomas Gerrard. She is listed as his daughter, born c1630, by lyonshistory.org (born 1638, according to her WikiTree profile as of 9 August 2019). A scenario with her as a daughter is possible if she were born in 1630 and remained in England when her family emigrated (in 1650, see 1650 Patent, above), maybe marrying Walter there and joining him in Amercia after he'd obtained his patent. (That is a lot of if's and maybe's, and is probably why Richardson does not show her as a daughter.) The profiles for Anne Gerrard's husbands show their birth dates as 1612, 1625, and 1632, respectively, so it is unlikely that a post-1650 birth is the explanation of her not being listed in her father's 1650 patent.
  21. ↑ The Maryland Archives lists four Tucker children in Jonathon Tucker's will. Dr. Gerard gave gifts to the Tucker children. Two daughters Sarah and Rose were under seventeen in May 1671. Citations:
    • Maryland State Archives MSA SC 5094
    • Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800, Robert K. Headley, compiler, Married Well and Often (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2003). See WikiTree's source page for Married Well and Often.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 22.5 William and Mary Quarterly, 1st Ser., Vol. 4, pages 36-37 (accessed 11 August 2019).
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Edward C. Papenfuse, et. al. A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature 1635-1789, biography of Edward Bathurst (accessed 11 August 2019).
  24. ↑ Ebenezer Blackistone, Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties (accessed 9 May 2023)
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 Richardson notes that his will, dated January 1672/3, was proved in Westmoreland County, Virginia on 19 November 1673 and that he was buried at St. Clement's, Maryland (Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, II:251 GERARD 15). Tyler's transcription of the will has it written 1 February 1672 (Washington & Mary Quarterly, pp. 75-89). See more above ("Wills").
  26. ↑ Dr. Thomas Gerard, Genealogy Online (accessed 11 August 2019).
  27. ↑ See WikiTree's Julian vs. Gregorian Calendar.
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 Nell Marion Nugent. Cavaliers and pioneers; abstracts of Virginia land patents and grants, 1623-1800 (Virginia State Library,Virginia Genealogical Society : 1934), pages 198-199 (accessed 9 August 2019).
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 29.3 Edward C. Papenfuse, et. al. A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature 1635-1789, biography of Thomas Gerard (volume 426, pages 348-349; accessed 11 August 2019).
  30. ↑ P. William Filby, ed., Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2006.
  31. ↑ Md Land Office Patents Liber 1, folio 19
  32. ↑ Coombs Family
  33. ↑ Archives of Maryland, Proceedings of the Council, Vol. 3:89-90
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 William and Mary Quarterly, 1st Ser., Vol. 4, pgs 26-27 Could not figure out what issue this might be (no year given).
  35. ↑ Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Westmoreland County, Virginia Wills, 1654-1800., FHL #34267-34278 (Salt Lake City, Utah: LDS Church), Westmoreland County Wills
  36. ↑ Maryland Calendar of Wills, Vol. I, pg. 567, Gerrard, Thomas, of Mathotick River, formerly of St. Clement's Manor, St. Mary's Co., 5th Feb., 1672; 15th Dec., 1673; says: Testator desires to be buried by deceased wife Susanna.
  37. ↑ See this page, from the entry for Lady Susanna Snow, "George Emery LYONS Sr. Genealogy" (image of the tombstone for "Dr. Thomas and Susanna Snow Gerrard at the Gerard Family Cemetery, Coltons Point, St. Mary's, Maryland" (accessed 26 July 2019).
  38. ↑ lyonshistory.org (accessed 8 August 2019)
  39. ↑ From USGenWeb (accessed 11 August 2019), transcription of "Historical and Genealogical Notes," William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 2. (Oct., 1896), pp. 139-143.
  40. ↑ 40.0 40.1 The baronetage of England, or, The history of the English baronets, and such baronets of Scotland, as are of English families by rev. William Betham (page 62, Google Books, accessed 24 July 2019)
  41. ↑ 41.0 41.1 History of Parliament Online, biography of Sir Thomas Gerrard (accessed 26 July 2019).
  42. ↑ Richardson, Royal Ancestry, III:84 GERARD 18.
  43. ↑ Citation was to Richardson's Magna Carta Ancestry, II:251 GERARD 15, but that is the entry for this Thomas ([Gerard-13]). Thomas and Grace (II:250-251 GERARD 13) are this Thomas's grandparents.
  44. ↑ Marlyn Lewis. Thomas Gerard, Gent., entry in "Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors and Cousins" database (accessed 25 July 2019).
  45. ↑ Richardson, Royal Ancestry, III:85 GERARD 18.
  46. ↑ Tyler's Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Dr. Thomas Gerrard (accessed 11 August 2019).
  47. ↑ Fredonia (Maddox) Webster, The Maddox family of Maryland Accessed 5 March 2023
  • 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.
  • British Family Antiquity (London,1811), VI, Horace Edwin Hayden, Virginia Genealogies (Washington, D.C., 1931), p 490
  • The Gerard of Cheseldine Families-copy at Maryland Historical Society.
  • Alice Norris Parran, Register of Maryland's heraldic families : period from 1634, March 25th to March 25th, 1935, tercentenary of the founding of Maryland, (Baltimore, Maryland)
  • Godfrey Memorial Library, compiler, American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), (Middletown, Connecticut)
  • The Founders of Maryland: As Portrayed in Manuscripts, Provinical Records ... pg. 136
  • William and Mary Quarterly Pg 36
  • Magazine of History Vol. 9, pg 111
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  • Horace Edwin Hayden, Virginia Genealogies: a Genealogy of the Glassell Family of Scotland and Virginia: also of the families of Ball, Brown, Bryan, Conway, Daniel, Ewell, Holladay, Lewis, Littlepage, Moncure, Peyton, Robinson, Scott, Taylor, Wallace, and others, of Virginia and Maryland (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania: E. B. Yordy (printer), 1891); page 490
  • Ancestry links for Thomas Speke's will:
  • colonialencounters.org Colonial Encounters
  • Westmoreland County, Virginia Wills, 1654-1800
  • Roberts, Gary Boyd. The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants (WikiTree's source page; Genealogical Library (limited preview); Ancestry, subscription required).
See also:

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was reviewed and approved for the Magna Carta Project by Liz Shifflett, but the trail still needs to be developed. ~ Noland-165 21:34, 11 August 2019 (UTC)
Thomas Gerard Gent is listed in Magna Carta Ancestry as a Gateway Ancestor (vol. I, pages xxiii-xxix) in a Richardson-documented trail 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 and is set out below.
See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".

Magna Carta Trails

Unbadged Richardson-documented trail to Ros (MCA II:248-252 GERARD):
Gateway Ancestor Thomas Gerard (trail pending/100% 5-star)
1. Thomas was the son of John Gerard (trail pending/dev. 2019-needs review/approval)
2. John was the son of Thomas Gerard (trail pending/needs development)
3. Thomas was the son of William Gerard (trail pending/5-star needs development)
4. William was the son of Thomas Gerard (trail pending/5-star needs development)
5. Thomas was the son of Peter Gerard (trail pending/5-star needs development)
6. Peter was the son of Thomas Gerard (trail pending/5-star needs development)
7. Thomas was the son of Peter Gerard (trail pending/5-star needs development)
8. Peter was the son of Alice Boteler (badged/approved 2019)
9. Alice was the daughter of Alice Plumpton (badged/100% 5-star)
10. Alice was the daughter of William de Plumpton (badged/100% 5-star)
11. William was the son of Lucy de Roos (badged/100% 5-star)
12. Lucy was the daughter of William de Roos (badged/100% 5-star)
13. William was the son of William de Roos (badged/100% 5-star)
14. William was the son of Magna Carta Surety Robert de Roos






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Schultz-2165 Bill Schultz
Question: Is the suffix "Gent" (for the courtesy title "Gentleman") really appropriate? Most of the wealthier men of that era would be entitled to use that title, but this is the first profile I've seen where it is actually entered as part of the man's name.
posted by Bill Schultz
Cayley-55 Michael Cayley
Thanks for asking. I would not see this as a significant issue, provided Gent can be found in contemporary documentation. My personal preference is to omit it, and that accords with normal practice of the Magna Carta Project, so I am deleting it.
posted by Michael Cayley
Cochoit-2 Joe Cochoit
I would disagree and say this is not correct. Certainly, in modern times it might be thought of as a simple term of respect or courtesy without being a true title or suffix. It is inappropriate in modern times to apply the suffix when every man could be called a gentleman

In the middle ages and a bit beyond the term gentleman was a title which implied a certain social status. It could not be just adopted or applied to anyone, and is frequently found in wills and other documents. It is a title which could be bestowed on someone by the king who would otherwise not be entitled to call himself a gentleman. It is a rank below that of Esquire, but still says something important about a man's social status. In genealogy it can often be helpful to distinguish between two men with the same name. In this time period, I think it is important to note that a man was a gentleman, and is no different than adding knt. or esq. as a suffix.

Generally, I would not use it on anyone after the year 1700 (arbitrary but approximately correct date), and think it is certainly correct to use 'gent.' as a suffix pre-1600 if found in a primary document. Between 1600 and 1700 it might be a little less clear, however, if the title is found in a primary document, it should be part of the profile as it is part of his name.

posted by Joe Cochoit
Cayley-55 Michael Cayley
Point taken Joe, and I see there is an indication of a primary source on the profile. I am restoring Gent.
posted by Michael Cayley
Cayley-55 Michael Cayley
Sorry... I see you beat me to it and restored the suffix. Thank you, Joe.
posted by Michael Cayley
Day-1904 Jack Day
I added a paragraph under Research Notes clarifying that Thomas did not have a daughter Judith, who is often attributed to him. I'm guessing that Judith may have been brought over as an indentured servant in Thomas' St. Mary's County, Maryland household.

Is "Gent" a proper suffix? He was certainaly in the social class "Gentlemen" and entitled to the prefex "Mr." which would be more proper -- but Mr in today's English no longer carries that meaning of an honor to which most people are not entitled, and therefore its use here would be confusing.

posted by Jack Day
edited by Jack Day
Noegel-5 Richard Noegel
"Gent." is proper if the subject of a profile (or anybody else) signed his name that way. And perhaps if records kept by somebody else used "Gent." to refer to a given man in those records. Ditto for "Esq."
posted by Richard Noegel

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