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About Rev. John Gerrard
John Garard Sr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, # A044141
John Garard Sr. is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor. NSSAR Ancestor #: 165406
Rev. John Gerard
- aka Gerard, Gerrard, Garrard
- Gender: Male
- Birth: Circa 1720 - Province of Pennsylvania
- Death: Aug 19 1787 - Berkeley County, Virginia, United States
- Parents: Justus Gerard and Virginia Moss
- Wife: Mehitable
- Wife: Mary Gray or Snodgrass
Biography
The Reverend John Gerrard (1720-1787)was born about 1720 and died September 1787 in Berkeley County, Virginia. His son Justus (1774-1842) was married to Rachel Corbly the daughter of Rev. John Corbly. Rev. Gerrard is an ancestor to the Davis line through the Harbert family.
The town Gerrardstown was established as a town in 1787 by the Virginia House of Burgesses. The town was named for Rev. John Gerrard. He was the first pastor of Mill Creek Baptist Church which was organized by early settlers around 1743.
The December 2003 issue of Wonderful West Virginia magazine says that George Washington's diary of his survey trips for Lord Fairfax in 1753 and 1754, notes that after leaving Winchester, Va. he rode past a minister's creekside home and the First Baptist church west of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
This creekside two-story home was later purchased by Rev. John. The limestone dwelling had been built by John Hayes in 1742 and is still standing in Gerrardstown! Later, it was the home of the son Rev. David Gerard who had inherited a massive tract of land from his father John. Rev. John not only had purchased land, but also had an award of 478 acres from Lord Fairfax. Rev. David died in 1821.
Rev. John was appointed by the Philadelphia Association to the Mill Creek church in 1755 and served for 32 years until his death in 1787. Today, Gerrardstown is a part of the National Register of Historic Places. Many of Rev. John's children went on to Pennsylvania where they made history at Gerard's Fort . [http://www.wvhcgs.com/ministers.htm]
From his will, land and church records, it appears that Elder John Garrard wielded considerable influence among the Baptists in northern Virginia for more than 30 years. In the meantime he managed to sire at least 11 children by Mehitabel and 3 by Mary, establish a farm and a tannery and acquire land in both Pennsylvania and Virginia.
After his death, most of his children moved north to Fort Gerard in Pennsylvania or to Montgomery Co, OH. And most continued to active in their Baptist faith, becoming ministers or helping to establish new churches in their frontier homes.
John Garard was the first pastor of the Baptist church in a Virginia frontier community. This community would soon be known as Gerrardstown, after their minister. He was supposed to have come there from Pennsylvania around 1754. The community had to move after a few years because of Indian attacks.
Family
Children with first wife:
- Justus Garard
- Sarah Gerard
- William Gerard
- John Jr Gerard
- Mehitable Gerard
- David Gerard
- Jonah Gerard
- Nathaniel Gerard
- Issac Gerard
- Abner Gerard
- Jonathan Gerard
Children with 2nd wife:
- Nancy b 31 Jan 1782
- Phoebe b 1784
- William b 1786
References
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrardstown,_West_Virginia Gerrardstown is an unincorporated community village located along W.Va. Route 51 in Berkeley County in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle region in the lower Shenandoah Valley. Originally established as Middletown on November 22, 1787, by an act of the Virginia General Assembly,[1] Gerrardstown was laid off by David Gerrard on Mill Creek, a tributary of Opequon Creek. Gerrard was the son of Baptist minister John Gerrard (for whom the town was named in 1787, the year of his death).[2] It served as the site of Mill Creek Baptist Church, the first Baptist church west of the Blue Ridge Mountains and member of the Ketocton Association.[3] Gerrardstown was designated as a National Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. Many of the village's original buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries remain
- https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Garard-58 cites
- Draper Mss 13cc80-81 p. 502.
- Deed Book 5, Berkeley County, VA, pp 268=269: (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4Y-6SBS-D?i=146&...).
- James B.Taylor in Samuel Colgate Baptist Historical Collection, Colgate University "Baptist VA Ministers," Series 1 p26, NY 1860.
- Typescript Records from the Linville Creek Baptist Church, Rockingham Co, VA #19984 VA Archives.
- Taylor, p. 26.
- Robert Baylor Semple, History Of The Baptists In Virginia, p22.
- DAR Ancestor No. A044141; NSSAR Patriot No. P-165406
- Semple, p.22
- Berkeley Co. Will Bk 1:460
- Registration document. See also:
- Garard/Garrard/Gerard/Gerrard/Girard Descendants of Rev. John, Elias, & William by Robert and Carolyn Gerard, 1998, 2002.
- The Life and Times of Reverend John Corbly and Genealogy, by Nannie L. Fordyce. 1st pub 1953, 2nd pub 1970. 1st Ed collected, compiled and published by Nannie L. Fordyce. 4th ed revised and published by Lois Wright Murphy, 242 S. Main St., Pendleton, IN 46064. Reprint by Mayhill Publications, Knightstown, IN.
- HISTORY OF THE BAPTISTS IN VIRGINIA, by Robert Baylor Semple, originally published 1800, Republished 1976 by Church History Research and Archives, Lafayette, TN.
- Minutes of the Philadelphia Baptist Assoc 1707-1807.
- Last Will of John Gerard, written 19 Aug 1787 Berkeley Co, VA (now WV) and recorded 18 Sep 1787. Berkeley Co., VA Will Book 1, pg. 460. Will names his wife Mary, children of his daughter Mehetable and Isaac Gerrard, the son of William.
- Taylor, James Barnett. Virginia Baptist Ministers. Philadelphia, PA. Ser.1 (1859), p.25-26.
- Cartmill's "History of the Shenandoah Valley".
- WF Horn, 3 Vols, Greene Co PA Historical Society.
- The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol 3:593.
- Linville Creek Baptist Church, Rockingham Co, VA #19984 VA Archives.
- Philadelphia Baptist Association Minutes.
- Minutes of the Philadelphia Baptist Association, from A.D. 1707, to A.D. 1807, Being the First One Hundred Years of Its Existence. Edited by A. D. Gillette, A.M., Pastor of the Eleventh Baptist Church, Philadelphia. 1851. Reprint by Baptist Book Trust, 8461 Perry Road, Atlas, Mi. 48411.
- Gerard Families of Southern Ohio.
- Frances D. Ruth (September 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hays-Gerrard House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-06-02. Registration Document.
- National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System".
- National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- Research of Sue Zobbe
- https://www.familytreedna.com/public/gerard/default.aspx?section=yr...
- DAR # A044141 CITE SOURCE: LIB OF VA, APA 241, IMPRESSED PROPERTY CLAIMS CERTIFICATES, BERKELEY CO, #97
Baptist minister for whom Gerrardstown W. VA is named in 1787
John Gerrard (1720/1730-1787), possibly a Huguenot immigrant, lived in Berkeley County, Virginia (now West Virginia) and married twice. Equally possible is that John was the son of Justus Gerard (1682- 1744), a Huguenot who immigrated to Orange County, Virginia and married Virginia Moss. Justus was a son of Pierre Gerard, who emigrated from France to England, but only Justus immigrated to Virginia. Descendants and relatives of John lived in Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and elsewhere
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Rev. John Gerrard's Timeline
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1720
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Garards Fort, Greene County, Pennsylvania, Colonial America
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| 1740 |
December 5, 1740
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Frederick Co., VA/WV
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1742
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Berkeley, James City County, Virginia, Colonial America
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1744
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Frederick Co, VA now Berkley Co, WV, USA
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August 14, 1746
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Berkeley, James, Virginia, United States
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1748
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Martinsburg, Berkeley, West Virginia, United States
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1750
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Virginia, Colonial America
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1750
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Berkeley County, WV, United States
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1751
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Berkeley Co. VA
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