Doctor Thomas Gerard

Doctor Thomas Gerard

Male Bef 1608 - 1673  (> 65 years)


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  • Name Thomas Gerard  [1, 2
    Title Doctor 
    Birth Bef 10 Dec 1608  Lancastershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Christening 10 Dec 1608  Lancastershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    FSID GB5Y-P19 
    Burial 1673  Saint Mary's, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Death 15 Dec 1673  Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I16  footsteps | Ancestors, Enoch, Lady Godiva, Charlamagne, Conqueor, Robert Capet II, GuyBuckman
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2025 

    Father John Thomas Gerard,   b. 4 Oct 1585, Lancastershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 17 Jun 1641, Lancastershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 56 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Isabell Of Winwick And Ashton,   b. Between 1585 and 1588, Lancastershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 16 Dec 1655, Lancastershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 70 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 16 Feb 1607  Lancastershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Family ID F19  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Susannah Snowe,   b. 19 Apr 1609, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 18 Oct 1667, Saint Mary's, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 58 years) 
    Marriage Bef 21 Sep 1629  Lancastershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Temperance Snow Gerrard,   b. 1637, Lancastershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Feb 1712, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. Judith Gerard,   b. Abt 1640, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 16 Jun 1696, Saint Mary's, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +3. Mary Gerard,   b. 1652, Saint Mary's, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1708, Saint Mary's, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F20  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2025 

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    Justinian Gerard
    Justinian Gerard
    Portrait of Dr. Thomas Gerrard
    Portrait of Dr. Thomas Gerrard

  • Notes 
    • Arrived on the ship The Arc and The Dove with Governor Leonard Calvert and others. Lord of the Manor, Patent Holder and Local Conservator of the Peace of St. Clement's Hundred in St. Mary's County, Member of Lord Baltimore's Council , Justice of the Provincial Court, Member of the Ass e m b l y , Physician, and Planter.

      Thomas Gerard , surgeon, came from a well connected Roman Catholic family that was traced back to the time of the General Survey of the Kingdom 1078. His relative, Sir Thomas Gerard, Lord Baron of Byrne , was one of those who financed Cecilius Calvert, Lord Baltimore, proprietor of the Maryland colony. Dr. Gerard's first wife, Susanna was the daughter of Justinian Snow, one of the founders of Maryland and Lord Baltimore's factor.

      He had been chosen by the Lord Baltimore to aid in the development of the "Manor" System in Maryland.

      On 9/19/1650, Thomas requested land for transporting children Justinian, Susan, Frances, Temperance, Elizabeth & wife Susannah to America. On 11/30/1664, Thomas Gerard requested land for transporting Thomas Gerard, John Gerard & Mary Gerard. They had stayed in England until they completed schooling, then joined the rest of the family in America.

  • Sources 
    1. [S61] U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Maryland; Year: 1633; Page Number: 88.

    2. [S762] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Priscilla Child

    3. [S26] Richard Buckman (thebucknams@adelphia.net).

    4. [S25] Jim Lightfoot (lightfoot@tenthgen.com).

    5. [S38] Adam Allgood (aallgood@gkilights.com).