Isabel (Unknown) Gerard (abt. 1590 - aft. 1632)

Born about 1590 in New Hall, Lancashire, England

Wife of John Gerard — married 16 Feb 1608 in Lancashire, England

Descendants

Died after 3 Apr 1632 after about age 42 in New Hall, Lancashire, England

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Biography

Isabel _____^[1][2]

Isabel married John Gerard on 16 February 1607/8^[1] in Lancashire, England.^[3]

They had 5 sons:^[1]

1. Thomas Gerard, Gent.,^[1] married (1) Susanna Snow, (2) Rose ____^[4]
2. Marmaduke Gerard of Warrington, Lancashire^[1]
3. William^[1]
4. Francis^[1]
5. Richard^[1]

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.^[1]

Research Notes

Warning received upon saving 26 July 2019 was resolved by changing the date of the Gerard-637 (to c1615).

Warning: Check the data. A mother's death date (Winwick-2 died 3 Apr 1632) should not be before one of her children's birth dates (Gerard-637 born 1634).

Two of Marmaduke's daughters were transported to Maryland by their uncle Thomas Gerard in 1658: Winifred, born 1639, and Bridget, born 1641.^[5] If Winifred was Marmaduke's first-born child and he was 21 when she was born, that puts his birth about 1618 (not 1634).

Estimated Birth Year: About 1590, based on husband's estimated birth year of 1585 and their marriage in 1608. Her husband was son of Thomas and his first wife, Grace. Thomas married his second wife in 1596.^[1]

"Wenwick" Surname: Profile LNAB had been Winwick; it was changed to Unknown on 9 August 2019.

Lewis gives her a surname (Wenwick), citing all three of Richardson's works and an Ancestry submission.^[3] Citations to Richardson's Royal Ancestry and Magna Carta Ancestry included in this profile have been verified against a hard copy of those references (neither includes a maiden name for Isabel). Lewis cited the 2004 edition of Plantagenet Ancestry (page 351), which I do not have access to. However, the 2nd edition (2011) shows her as "Isabel _____".^[6] It is probable that the "Wenwick" surname was from the Ancestry tree, a misapplication of the location "Winwick" (where their son was baptized). The text of Lewis's entry for her included the following:

"Isabel Wenwick was born circa 1587 at Winwick, Lancashire, England.3,4"^[3]

3: Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 84.

4: Ancestry.com, Submitted by sedonapueblo.

Royal Ancestry has only "Isabel" - no maiden name, no birth year, no birth location (not even "of Winwick").^[1]

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. ↑ 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 14.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Marlyn Lewis. Isabel Wenwick, entry in "Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors and Cousins" database (accessed 26 July 2019).
4. ↑ Richardson, Royal Ancestry, III:85 GERARD 19.
5. ↑ Richardson, Royal Ancestry, III:84 GERARD 18, footnote 4, citing Skordas, Early Settlers of Maryland (1968), page 179.
6. ↑ Douglas Richardson. 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.

• 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, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Baltimore, Md: Genealogical Pub. Co, 2004. See also WikiTree's source page for Plantagenet Ancestry. (Note: Richardson's most current published research, including the 2nd edition of Plantagenet Ancestry in 2011, makes this reference obsolete.)