Pat Gerrard1

b. 1801
Family
Father*Christopher Gerrard1 b. 1771
Mother*Mary __?__1 b. 1771
Birth*1801Pat Gerrard was born about 1801.1 
(Son) Census Ireland 18211821Pat was enumerated on the census taken in 1821 in the household of his parents in Navan, County Meath, Ireland. He was 20 years old.1 

Citations

  1. [S1552] 1821 - 1851 Ireland Census Record Set, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, household of Christopher Gerrard, 1821, townland of Navan, parish of Navan, barony of Lower Navan and county of Meath. Hereinafter cited as 1821 - 1851 Ireland Census Record Set.

Rachel Gerrard1,2,3

d. 1818
Family
ChartsDescendants of Thomas Gerrard of Gibbstown, County Meath, Ireland and his Brothers
Father*Thomas Gerrard1,2,3 b. 1715, d. 11 Sep 1784
Mother*Elinor Carroll1,2,3
Birth*Rachel Gerrard was born at Gibbstown, County Meath, Ireland.1,2,3 
Marriage*1797She married Lieutenant John Knipe of the 50th Regiment in 1797.1,2,3 
Death*1818She died in 1818.1,2,3 
(Aunt) Gibbstown Residencebetween 1871 and 1872Her nephew, Thomas Gerrard, built the large castle he called Gibbstown House, with 63 bedrooms and terraced gardens, at Gibbstown between 1871 and 1872. The Irish Aesthete website features an excellent history of Gibbstown and the Gerrard family who lived there, complete with beautiful photos of the spectacular house and grounds, making it easy to imagine how well the family lived. We thank our friend, Patricia McCormick, Gerrard researcher and descendant, for telling us about The Irish Aesthete. It offers a wealth of information about many places and peoples of Ireland. Patricia found the historical information about Gibbstown fascinating and said she had no idea that some of the original buildings had survived. The article was posted on 24 May 2021, and the link to it may be found in the source list below.2,4,5 

Family

 Lieutenant John Knipe

Citations

  1. [S1635] Sir Bernard Burke, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. In 2 volumes. (London, England: Harrison, Pall Mall, 1879), Volume I, page 632. Hereinafter cited as Burke's History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland.
  2. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, citing A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland, https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhera00burkuoft. Hereinafter cited as "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research."
  3. [S1649] Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland : Revised by A. C. Fox-Davies, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (London, England: Harrison & Sons, 1912 New Edition), page 262. Hereinafter cited as A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland (1912 New Edition).
  4. [S1755] Patricia McCormick, "Gerrard Research, County Meath, Ireland," e-mail messages from e-mail address to LHB, multiple dates. Hereinafter cited as "Gerrard Research, County Meath, Ireland."
  5. [S2262] The Irish Aesthete: Gibbstown, online at https://theirishaesthete.com/tag/gibbstown/. Hereinafter cited as The Irish Aesthete: Gibbstown.

Rebecca Gerrard1

Family
ChartsDescendants of Thomas Gerrard of Gibbstown, County Meath, Ireland and his Brothers
Descendants of John Hinds, including our Walters and Ralphs
Father*William Gerrard1 d. bt 1789 - 1793
Mother*Anne Cosby2,3
(Grandchild) Will3 October 1763Rebecca and her sisters, identified as daughters of his third son William, each received a legacy in the will of their grandfather, Thomas Gerrard, dated 3 October 1763 at Liscartan, County Meath.4,5 
(Future Wife) Marriage Settlement2 April 1784 On 2 April 1784, Ralph Hinds of Mulhussey, County Meath, Esq. and his third son John Hinds of the first part, William Gerrard of Dormstown, in the County of Meath Esq. and his eldest daughter Rebecca Gerrard of the second part, Edward King of the City of Dublin Gentleman of the third part, and Ralph's fourth son Thomas Hinds of the City of Dublin Gentleman made a Memorial of Indentured Deed of Release. Reciting that a marriage was intended shortly to be solemnized between John Hinds and Rebecca Gerrard, Ralph Hinds did grant, bargain, sell, release and confirm unto Edward King all that and those the town and lands of Mulhussey containing one hundred and six acres more or less and three acres of the lands of Milltown situate in the Barony of Deece and County of Meath with the rights, members and appurtenances to hold unto Edward King his heirs and assigns for and during the natural lives and life of John Smyth, second son of John Smyth of Vilanstown in the County of Westmeath, and of Matthew Hinds and John Hinds, second and third sons of Ralph Hinds, and the lives and lives of them and for and during the life and lives of such person or persons from time to time entered in any renewal forever and forever thereafter interest that person, and immediately after the decease of John Hinds, that Rebecca Gerrard and her assigns should and might yearly during her life receive and take to her and there use one annuity of £100 to be issued out of and charged upon all and singularly the lands of ______ and Heredi______ to be paid to Rebecca Gerrard and her assigns by two half yearly payments on every first day of May and first day of November, the first payment to be made on such of the said days as should next happen after the death of the said John Hinds, with a power for the said Rebecca to distrain (seize for payment of the debt). The deed was signed and sealed in the presence of Thomas Hinds of the City of Dublin Esq. and Christian Jordan who signed as the subscribing witness. The deed was registered on 03 April 1784.1 
Marriage*April 1784She married John Hinds, son of Ralph Hinds and Esther Cannon, in April 1784.1 
(Married Daughter) Will24 December 1788Rebecca was named in the will of her father dated 24 December 1788 at Dormstown, County Meath. Her father appointed trustees, Reverend Singleton Harpur, Robert Waller and James Gibney, and named his three unmarried daughters, Elizabeth, Anne and Catherine, his two natural sons, William and Thomas, his housekeeper at Tankardstown, Mary Glascum, his two married daughters, Rebecca (Gerrard) Hinds and Sarah (Gerrard) Hinds, his granddaughters, Johanna Hinds and Annabella Hinds, his son-in-law, Matthew Hinds, and his three natural daughters, Bridget, Mary and Agnes at Tankardstown.

Our transcription has not altered the content of the abstract, although we have made minimal edits to clarify places with current day spellings and to complete sentences or modify punctuation. Our transcription follows:

I, William Gerrard of Dormstown, County Meath, Gentleman...

     Trustees -- Reverend Singleton Harper of the city of Dublin, Clerk, Robert Waller of Allenstown, County Meath, Esq., and James Gibney of Navan in County Meath, Merchant -- to hold the lands of Dormstown, County Meath, in trust for testator's three daughters, Elizabeth, Anne and Catherine Gerrard, who are to enjoy the house and lands of Dormstown and to receive the rents and profits thereof equally, and if they marry, as they marry, to have £500, and the last of them to marry, or who is unmarried, to have the house and lands of Dormstown. And on her death, whether married or unmarried, said trustees are to allow testator's two natural sons, William and Thomas, sons of testator's housekeeper at Tankardstown, Mary Glascum, to have the house and rents of Dormstown equally between them for life, and then to their issue male, lawfully begotten, and in default of such issue, said lands are to go to testator's daughter Rebecca Hinds, widow, and to her sons, and failing whom to testator's daughters Elizabeth, Anne and Catherine Gerrard, testator's residuary legatees, and the survivor or survivors of them

     Legacy to testator's daughter Sarah Hinds, which is not to be in the control of Matthew Hinds, her present husband, or any after taken husband, and at her death to go to her children

     Legacy to testator's son-in-law Matthew Hinds

     Legacy to testator's two granddaughters Johanna and Annabella Hinds

     Testator leaves his dwelling house and 30 acres of land at Tankardstown, County Meath, to his housekeeper Mary Glascum, and if the lease thereof expires before she dies, then she is to have an annuity of £20

     Legacies to Bridget, Mary and Agnes, three daughters of the said Mary Glascum

     Testator leaves the lands of Tankardstown (subject as aforesaid), Betaghstown, and Castlemartin, all in County Meath, to his daughter Sarah Hinds

     Residue to Testator's three daughters Elizabeth, Anne and Catherine Gerrard

     Executors -- Daughters Rebecca Hinds and Elizabeth, Anne and Catherine Gerrard

Dated 24 December 1788 and witnessed by William Dickson, David Thompson and Michael Gibney.6,7,8 
(Eldest Daughter) Probate11 January 1794Probate was granted on their father's estate on 11 January 1794 to his daughters, Elizabeth Gerrard, Catherine Gerrard and Anne (Gerrard) Gibney, wife of Michael Gibney, saving the right of his eldest daughter, Rebecca (Gerrard) Hinds.6,7 
(Wife) Deathbefore 15 April 1794Rebecca became a widow when John Hinds died before 15 April 1794, the date his father wrote his will. John, who had previously been identified as his father's third son, was not mentioned in his father's will and John's brother Thomas, who had previously been identified as their father's fourth son, was described in the will as his third son. John's wife Rebecca (Gerrard) Hinds had already been provided for by her father-in-law in her own marriage agreement. Additionally, Rebecca was identified as a widow in the marriage agreement between her sister Anne Gerrard and Michael Gibney dated 4 July 1794.9,10 
(Widow) Marriage Settlement4 July 1794A memorial of an indented deed of settlement dated 4 July 1794 was made between Michael Gibney of Dormstown, County Meath, gentleman, and Anne Gibney otherwise Gerrard, his wife, of the first part, Thomas Hinds of the city of Dublin, gentleman, attorney-at-law, and John Gibney of Navan in the county of Meath, gentleman, physician, of the second part, and Rebecca (Gerrard) Hinds, widow, Elizabeth Gerrard and Catherine Gerrard, spinsters of the third part.

Whereby reciting among other things that the said Anne was, under the will of her father, William Gerrard, entitled to £5,000, and that a marriage was had between said Michael and Anne Gibney, said deed witnessed that said Michael and Anne Gibney, at the requisition of her sisters, Rebecca Hinds, Elizabeth Gerrard and Catherine Gerrard, executors of their father William Gerrard's estate, and as a previous condition to their paying over said £5,000, and in consideration of 5 shillings apiece to them paid by the said Thomas Hinds and John Gibney, and in order to secure a provision for said Anne and the issue of said marriage, the said Michael and Anne granted, sold, assigned and made over to the said Thomas Hinds and John Gibney and the survivor of them, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns £3,000 secured by the bonds and judgments set forth in a schedule to said deed annexed.

To have, hold, receive and take said £3,000 to said Thomas Hinds and John Gibney and the survivor of them, and the heirs, executors, administrators and assigns of such survivor, with the consent upon trust, to lay or continue the same out at interest or to lay out the same in the purchase of such real freehold or leasehold estates or interests as they, or the survivor of them, or the heirs, executors, administrators or assigns of such survivor, with the consent of said Michael Gibney, should think proper, and that they should suffer said Michael and his assigns during his life to receive such rents, interest, money or produce as same should yield, and after the death of said Michael, to suffer the said Anne during her life to receive such rents, interest or produce, and it was thereby agreed that if there should be more than one child living of said marriage at the death of said Michael, that he might by his will, or by any deed to be duly attested to, devise or dispose of said £3,000, or the rents, issues, interest or produce thereof in such shares among such children if more than one, as he shall appoint, and for want of such appointment to be divided equally, provided such children attain their age of 21 or day of marriage. And if there be but one child of said marriage, such only child, on the death of said Michael and Anne, to take said £3,000 or the produce thereof. And it was thereby agreed that if said Michael should die in the life time of Anne, she was vested with a like power of appointment and that if said Michael or Anne should die in the life time of the other of them, leaving no child or children at his or her decease, then the survivor of them, his or her executors, administrators or assigns, should take to his or their own use and behoof said £3,000 and all interest to be had thereby to be disposed of as he, she or they should think proper.

The execution of the deed and memorial were witnessed by Francis Beatty Whitehead of the city of Dublin, gentleman, and Robert Johnson, servant to Thomas Hinds, and signed and sealed by Michael Gibney. Robert Johnson made an oath that he saw all the parties, Michael Gibney, Anne Gibney, Thomas Hinds, John Gibney, Rebecca Hinds, Elizabeth Gerrard and Catherine Gerrard, respectively, execute the deed and saw Michael Gibney duly execute the memorial. It was registered on 1 Aug 1794.11 
(Witness to Memorial) Deed Memorial30 May 1803Rebecca was a witness to a memorial of an indented deed dated 30 May 1803 made between her illegitimate half-brother William Gerrard of Tankardstown, County Meath, Esquire of the one part and Bridget Gerrard of Tankardstown aforesaid, spinster, of the other part.

Whereby after reciting that James Halpin of the city of Dublin Esquire did, by bids bearing date 5 November 1801, devise and set unto the said William Gerrard all that part of the lands of Tankardstown situate, lying and being in the barony of Lower Navan and county of Meath containing 113 acres, 3 roods and 30 perches, be the same more or less, now or late in the possession of the said William Gerrard which said devised premises are bounded on the east by the road leading from Nobber to Trim, on the west by part of the lands of Martry then in the possession of Michael Nowlan, on the north by the river called the Blackwater, and on the south by the high road leading from Navan to Kells.

To hold to the said William Gerrard, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns from the first day of November then instant for and during the natural life of his present Majesty King George III, and in the case of the death or demise of his said Majesty before the expiration of 34 years to be completed from the said first day of November then past, then to hold the said premises with the appurtenances unto the said William Gerrard, his executors, administrators and assigns for the residue of the said term of 34 years.

The said William Gerrard, in consideration of the sum of £400 sterling to him paid by the said Bridget Gerrard, did grant, bargain, release, assign and make over unto the said Bridget Gerrard, her executors, administrators and assigns, for and during the natural life of his present Majesty being said George III and for and during the residue of the said term of 34 years thereof granted.

The deed and the memorial were signed and sealed by William Gerrard and witnessed by Thomas Shields, Rebecca (Gerrard) Hinds and Thomas Hinds, all of Eccles Street, Dublin. It was registered on 1 June 1805.12 
(Bride's Relative) Marriage Settlement26 August 1813Rebecca was identified as a trustee in a marriage settlement agreement for her niece Eleanora Anne Hinds dated 26 August 1813 between Thomas Potterton of Ballaghtalion, County Meath, Ireland, Esq., together with Anna Maria Donnelly and Hester Rynd who were described as the wives of ______ Donnelly and James Rynd of Portlester and Ryndville, both in the County of Meath, respectively, of the first part, Sarah (Gerrard) Hinds of Trim, County Meath, widow, of the second part, Eleanora Anne Hinds, spinster, daughter of Sarah, of the third part, and Henry Potterton of the City of Dublin gentleman and Rebecca (Gerrard) Hinds of Newtown Hill in the County of Kildare, widow, of the fourth part.13 
(Eldest Daughter) Deed Memorial29 April 1814Rebecca was a participant with others in her extended Gerrard family, on a Memorial deed dated 29 April 1814 that included her niece Eleanora Anne and her husband Thomas Potterton of Ballaghtalion, County Meath, Esq. of the first part, Sarah (Gerrard) Hinds of Trim, County Meath, widow and mother of Eleanora Anne, Martha Hinds of Trim, spinster, daughter of Sarah, and John Hinds of the City of Dublin, gentleman and only son of Sarah of Trim of the second part, Anne (Gerrard) Gibney of Eccles Street in the City of Dublin, widow, John Small of Rutland Square in the City of Dublin, Esq. and Catherine (Gerrard) Small, his wife, and Rebecca (Gerrard) Hinds, widow of the third part, the Reverend Mungo Henry Waller of Allenstown in the County of Meath, clerk of the fourth part, and Thomas Hinds of Newtown in County Kildare, Esq. of the fifth part, made a Memorial of an indentured deed agreement. The deed began with a review of four pertinent events: William Gerrard's 1788 will and subsequent 1790 probate, the death of Matthew Hinds, husband of William's daughter Sarah (Gerrard) Hinds, before or in 1809, and the 1813 marriage settlement agreement for Thomas Potterton and Eleanora Anne Potterton.

Reciting that William Gerrard of Dormstown, County Meath, gentleman, deceased, made his will dated 24 December 1788 and thereby, amongst bequests to his other daughters, bequeathed unto the Reverend Singleton Harpur, Robert Waller and James Gibney, his trustees, an amount of £1200 in trust that they and his survivors and the executors and administrators of such survivors, should place out the same at interest and permit his daughter Sarah Hinds to receive the yearly interest for her separate use. And further, that after the death of his daughter Sarah, the trustees, their executors and administrators, should transfer the £1200 to such of Sarah's children as should be then living, and that by her will she should approve and appoint his daughters Rebecca Hinds, Elizabeth, Anne and Catherine Gerrard executors. Reciting further that William Gerrard died without altering his will and that it was proved in the Court of Prerogative Probate granted to Elizabeth Gerrard, Catherine Gerrard, since married to John Small, and Anne Gibney, three of the executors named and that the £1200 bequeathed by the will to Sarah was secured by the bond of Robert Waller, deceased, then of Ministown in the County of Meath, Esq. bearing date of 22 February 1790 with an attorney's warrant for confession of judgment in the final sum of £2400 conditioned for payment of the principal sum of £1200 under the will of William Gerrard upon which Anne Gibney, Rebecca Hinds, John Small and Catherine his wife did, around 1809, obtain a judgment in the Court of Common Pleas against Robert Waller stating that Matthew Hinds, husband of Sarah, was since dead leaving his widow Sarah and three children, namely Eleanora Anne, Martha and John Hinds, all of whom had attained their respective ages of 21 years. Next the deed explained that, by an indented deed of four parts dated 26 August 1813 and made between Thomas Potterton, Anna Maria Donnelly and Hester Rynd of the first part, Sarah Hinds of the second part, Eleanora Anne, then Hinds, of the third part, and Henry Potterton, gentleman, and Rebecca Hinds of the fourth part, the deed recited that a marriage was intended shortly to be had between Thomas Potterton and Eleanora Anne Hinds, and reciting that £1200 was held in trust for Sarah, mother of Eleanora Anne, and that on the result of the marriage being accomplished, Sarah had agreed that £600 of the £1200 should be payable to Thomas Potterton immediately after Sarah's death; then the agreement witnessed that in consideration of the intended marriage and the £600, Thomas made a provision for Eleanora in case she should outlive him and her issue. The indenture further witnessed a deed in which Sarah, in consideration of the intended marriage, had made provisions for Eleanora Anne and did give, grant and appoint the £600, being one-half of the £1200, to Eleanora Anne, her executors, administrators and assigns to be payable to Eleanora Anne, her executors, administrators or assigns immediately after the death her mother, Sarah. Then it was witnessed that the marriage had taken effect and that Thomas Potterton, by virtue of his marriage settlement deed, was entitled to the £600 upon Sarah's decease and that Thomas desired to sell the £600 and had applied to Reverend Mungo Henry Waller who had agreed to the purchase. Thomas had agreed to accept £400, which Mungo had agreed to pay to him. The other parties to the deed had agreed to ratify and confirm the purchase and to relinquish to Mungo all their right, title and claim in default of an appointment by Sarah, or in case of the decease of any or all of her children in her lifetime, or in case Sarah should execute her power of appointment so as to otherwise disappoint Thomas and Eleanora Anne or their issue of the £600 or of any part thereof. The indenture witnessed that, upon execution of the agreement and in consideration of the £400 paid by Mungo to Thomas Potterton, and of £1 apiece paid to Eleanora Anne Potterton, Sarah (Gerrard) Hinds, Martha Hinds, John Hinds, Rebecca (Gerrard) Hinds, John and Catherine (Gerrard) Small and Anne (Gerrard) Gibney, Thomas and Eleanora Potterton, Sarah, Martha and John Hinds, did grant, bargain and assign, and Rebecca Hinds, John and Catherine Small, and Anne Gibney confirmed unto Mungo H. Waller, his executors, administrators and assigns, the principal sum of £600, and reciting that by deed and Memorial, Rebecca Hinds, John and Catherine Small and Anne Gibney did assign to Thomas Hinds as trustee, his executors, administrators and assigns, a judgment. It was thereby declared that the £600 was invested with Thomas Hinds in trust as to £600 and the interest thereof from the death of Sarah Hinds for Mungo H. Waller and the interest due and to grow due on the fact of the judgment in trust for Sarah Hinds, her executors, administrators and assigns for life. And after her decease, as to the monies secured by the judgment above, £600 for the person or persons whom Sarah should appoint. The deed and Memorial was signed and witnessed by each of the parties involved on various dates, and was registered on 4 May 1814.8 

Family

 John Hinds d. b 15 Apr 1794
Children 1.Johanna Hinds7
 2.Annabella Hinds14

Citations

  1. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Transcripts of memorials of deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms. Most are now digitized and available online at www.familysearch.org, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah: 1784; Film number 531950; Volume 352; Pages 567-568; Deed number 240455, images 253-254. Hereinafter cited as Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929.
  2. [S1620] Betham Genealogical Abstracts, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, Marriage of William Gerrard of Liscartan, County Meath, and Ann Cosby of the parish of St. Andrew, spinster, 13th December 1756. Hereinafter cited as Betham Genealogical Abstracts.
  3. [S1620] Betham Genealogical Abstracts, online at www.findmypast.com, Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan, will dated 3 October 1763, probated 4 December 1763l.
  4. [S1719] Thomas Gerrard will (3 October 1763), Abstract of the Will of Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan, County Meath, Ireland, Ms. 654, "Abstracts of wills of Thomas and William Gerrard", received with great joy and many thanks from a fellow Gerrard researcher who received them from the National Library of Ireland, Genealogical Office in Dublin. LHB Computer Files, Summerlin, Nevada. Hereinafter cited as Abstract of the 1763 Will of Thomas Gerrard.
  5. [S1620] Betham Genealogical Abstracts, online at www.findmypast.com, Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan, will dated 3 October 1763, probated 4 December 1763.
  6. [S1725] William Gerrard will (24 December 1788), Abstract of the Will of William Gerrard of Dormstown, County Meath, Ireland Ms. 654, "Abstracts of wills of Thomas and William Gerrard", received with great joy and many thanks from a fellow Gerrard researcher who received them from the National Library of Ireland, Genealogical Office in Dublin. LHB Computer Files, Summerlin, Nevada. Hereinafter cited as Abstract of the 1788 Will of William Gerrard.
  7. [S1620] Betham Genealogical Abstracts, online at www.findmypast.com, William Gerrard, will dated 24 December 1788, probated 11 January 1794.
  8. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1814; Film number 545070; Volume 672; Pages 321-323; Deed number 464033.
  9. [S343] Ralph Hinds will (15 Apr 1794), Copy of the Will of Ralph Hinds, deceased 1794, National Archives of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. Hereinafter cited as Will of Ralph Hinds, deceased 1794.
  10. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1794; Film number 535733; Volume 500; Pages 21-22; Deed number 308065.
  11. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1794; Film number 535733; Volume 500; Pages 21-22; Deed number 308065, images 339-340.
  12. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1805; Film# 535456, Volume 577, pages 47-48, Deed Number 384698, images 333-334.
  13. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1813; Film number 545087; Volume 663; Pages 573-575; Deed number 457689.
  14. [S1402] Interviews and emails exchanged between Michael Walsh (Michael Walsh, The Great House, Llanddewi Rydderch, Monmouthshire, Wales NP79UY), and LHB, on various dates. LHB Computer Files (Summerlin, Nevada), email dated 29 June 2015, Wilson and Slator.

Robert Gerrard1

b. 1784
Family
ChartsDescendants of William Gerrard of Ardbraccan, County Meath
Father*William Gerrard1 b. 1761
Mother*Jane __?__1 b. 1766
Birth*1784Robert Gerrard was born about 1784, probably in County Meath, Ireland.2 
Marriage*1810 Based upon Bridget's age and the ages of Robert's children, it is believed that Robert married, as his second wife, Bridget __?__ about 1810 in County Meath.3,4 
Census Ireland 1821*1821Bridget and Robert Gerrard, their surname transcribed as "Genard", were enumerated on the 1821 census in Ardbraccan, County Meath, Ireland. Robert was 37 years of age and his occupation was reported as barony constable. Bridget was 27. Seven children lived with the couple in 1821. William was 16 and Jane was 14, Eliza was 10, Robert 6, Anne 4, Mary 3 and James was recorded as 0.3 

Family 1
Children 1.William Gerrard3 b. 1805
 2.Jane Gerrard3 b. 1807

Family 2

 Bridget __?__ b. 1794
Children 1.Eliza Gerrard3 b. 1811
 2.Robert Gerrard3 b. 1815
 3.Anne Gerrard3 b. 1817
 4.Mary Gerrard3 b. 1818
 5.James Gerrard3 b. 1821

Citations

  1. [S1747] Patricia McCormick, "The Gerrard Family of Ardbraccan, County Meath, Ireland," e-mail messages from e-mail address to LHB, multiple dates, her great grandfather Gerrard's "cousins", and stating her suspicion that Robert may have been the eldest son of William and Jane. Hereinafter cited as "The Gerrard Family of Ardbraccan, County Meath, Ireland."
  2. [S1747] Patricia McCormick, "The Gerrard Family of Ardbraccan, County Meath, Ireland," e-mails to LHB, multiple dates, her great grandfather Gerrard's "cousins."
  3. [S1552] 1821 - 1851 Ireland Census Record Set, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, 1821, Household of Robert and Bridget "Genard", townland of Ardbraccan, parish of Ardbraccan, county of Meath. Hereinafter cited as 1821 - 1851 Ireland Census Record Set.
  4. [S221] Analysis and opinion of researcher, Liz Heaton Brown (Summerlin, Nevada).

Robert Gerrard1

b. 1815
Family
ChartsDescendants of William Gerrard of Ardbraccan, County Meath
Father*Robert Gerrard1 b. 1784
Mother*Bridget __?__1 b. 1794
Birth*1815Robert Gerrard was born about 1815 in County Meath, Ireland.1 
(Son) Census Ireland 18211821Robert was enumerated on the 1821 census in the household of his parents in Ardbraccan, County Meath, Ireland. He was 6 years old.1 

Citations

  1. [S1552] 1821 - 1851 Ireland Census Record Set, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, 1821, Household of Robert and Bridget "Genard", townland of Ardbraccan, parish of Ardbraccan, county of Meath. Hereinafter cited as 1821 - 1851 Ireland Census Record Set.

Robert Gerrard1

b. 10 August 1868, d. 1868
Family
ChartsDescendants of William Gerrard of Ardbraccan, County Meath
Father*John Gerrard1,2 b. 1830
Mother*Hannah Walmsley1,2
Birth*10 August 1868Robert Gerrard was born on 10 August 1868 in Allenstown, County Meath, Ireland,1,2,3 
Death*1868 and died in the Third Quarter of 1868 in County Meath at age 0.4 

Citations

  1. [S1747] Patricia McCormick, "The Gerrard Family of Ardbraccan, County Meath, Ireland," e-mail messages from e-mail address to LHB, multiple dates, her great grandfather Gerrard's "cousins". Hereinafter cited as "The Gerrard Family of Ardbraccan, County Meath, Ireland."
  2. [S1671] Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911, online at www.ancestry.com, Robert Gerrard, son of John Gerrard and Hannah Walmsley, referencing the FHL Film Number: 101171. Hereinafter cited as Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911.
  3. [S1659] IrishGenealogy.ie, online at https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/, Civil Records, birth of Robert Gerrard on 10 August 1868, son of John Gerrard of Allenstown, caretaker, and Hannah Walmsley, registered on 21 September 1868 in the registration district of Kells, County Meath, viewed online at https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/…. Hereinafter cited as IrishGenealogy.ie.
  4. [S1659] IrishGenealogy.ie, online at https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/, Civil Records, death of Robert Gerrard, age 0, and registered in the Third Quarter of 1868 in the registration district of Kells, County Meath, referencing Returns Quarter 3, Volume 12, page 582.

Robert Gerrard1

Family
ChartsDescendants of Thomas Gerrard of Gibbstown, County Meath, Ireland and his Brothers
Father*______ Gerrard1
(Cousin) Will18 October 1749Robert's cousin Samuel Gerrard wrote his will dated 18 October 1749 at Clongill, County Meath, naming his brothers, John Gerrard and Thomas Gerrard, sister, Dorothy Welsh, nephews, Thomas Gerrard and Gerrard Welsh, niece, Elizabeth Morris, who we believe to have been the daughter of Samuel's sister, Dorothy Welsh, grandnieces, Darcy Wentworth and Catherine Dempster, who Samuel identified as the daughters of Elizabeth Morris, his cousins, Mary Byrne, Robert Gerrard and John Gerrard, and his uncle Edward Gerrard, who was identified as the father of Samuel's cousin John. Unfortunately, the abstract we have of Samuel's will does not identify the father, or parents, of his cousins Mary Byrne and Robert Gerrard, nor does it mention the names of the husbands of Mary Byrne, Elizabeth Morris, Darcy Wentworth or Catherine Dempster. We would really like to see a more complete copy of Samuel's will.2,1,3,4,5 

Citations

  1. [S1620] Betham Genealogical Abstracts, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, Samuel Gerrard of Clongill, County Meath, will dated 18 October 1749, probated 26 May 1750. Hereinafter cited as Betham Genealogical Abstracts.
  2. [S1747] Patricia McCormick, "The Gerrard Family of Ardbraccan, County Meath, Ireland," e-mail messages from e-mail address to LHB, multiple dates, citing and attaching a copy of a Betham Genealogical Abstract of the will of Samuel Gerrard of Clongill and probate information. Hereinafter cited as "The Gerrard Family of Ardbraccan, County Meath, Ireland."
  3. [S1635] Sir Bernard Burke, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. In 2 volumes. (London, England: Harrison, Pall Mall, 1879), Volume I, page 632. Hereinafter cited as Burke's History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland.
  4. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, citing A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland, https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhera00burkuoft. Hereinafter cited as "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research."
  5. [S1649] Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland : Revised by A. C. Fox-Davies, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (London, England: Harrison & Sons, 1912 New Edition), page 262. Hereinafter cited as A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland (1912 New Edition).

Roberta Lucinda Gerrard1

b. 1 April 1850, d. June 1878
Family
ChartsDescendants of Thomas Gerrard of Gibbstown, County Meath, Ireland and his Brothers
Father*Samuel Gerrard1 b. 1814, d. 22 Apr 1882
Mother*Hannah Elizabeth Montserrat1
Birth*1 April 1850Roberta Lucinda Gerrard was born on 1 April 1850 in Clontarf, County Dublin, Ireland,1,2 
Baptism16 May 1850 and was baptized on 16 May 1850 at the Clontarf Parish Church.2 
Death*June 1878She died in June 1878 in her home in Bachelor's Hall, Rathfarnham, Dublin, at age 28.1,3 
Burial*20 June 1878She was buried on 20 June 1878 in the Parish of St. George Cemetery, Dublin. Her burial record stated her age as 26.3 

Citations

  1. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, citing a suggestion from an unidentified source. Hereinafter cited as "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research."
  2. [S1659] IrishGenealogy.ie, online at https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/, Church Records, baptism on 16 May 1850 of "Robert" Lucinda Gerrard in the Parish Church of Clontarf, County Dublin, daughter of Samuel Gerrard, solicitor, and Hannah Elizabeth Gerrard of Clontarf, born 1 April 1850, with the church register page attached. Hereinafter cited as IrishGenealogy.ie.
  3. [S1659] IrishGenealogy.ie, online at https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/, Church Records, burial on 20 June 1878 of Roberta Gerrard of Bachelor's Hall, Rathfarnham, age 26, at the Parish Church of St. George, Dublin, with the church register page attached.

Rosamond Sarah Gerrard1,2

b. 28 December 1905, d. 23 August 1924
Family
ChartsDescendants of William Gerrard of Ardbraccan, County Meath
Father*William Gerrard1,2 b. 13 Aug 1865, d. 14 Oct 1946
Mother*Margaret Jane Wallace1,2 b. 1869, d. 11 Jun 1952
Birth*28 December 1905Rosamond Sarah Gerrard was born on 28 December 1905 in Ardbraccan, County Meath, Ireland,2 
Death*23 August 1924 and died on 23 August 1924 at age 18.3 
Burial*She was buried in Ardbraccan Graveyard, Ardbraccan.3 
(Daughter) Gravestone Memorial In Ardbraccan Graveyard, three matching gravestones memorialize the lives of William Gerrard and his wife Margaret Jane (Wallace) Gerrard, their young daughters, Mary Frances Gerrard and Rosamond Sarah Gerrard, their son Frank Gerrard and his wife Constance Isabella (Walker) Gerrard, and Margaret's sister, Elizabeth Catherine Wallace.3

Citations

  1. [S1747] Patricia McCormick, "The Gerrard Family of Ardbraccan, County Meath, Ireland," e-mail messages from e-mail address to LHB, multiple dates, her great grandfather Gerrard's "cousins". Hereinafter cited as "The Gerrard Family of Ardbraccan, County Meath, Ireland."
  2. [S1659] IrishGenealogy.ie, online at https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/, Civil Records, birth of Rosamond Sarah Gerrard on 28 December 1905, daughter of William Gerrard of Ardbraccan, stonecutter, and Margaret Gerrard, formerly Wallace, registered on 5 February 1906 in the registration district of Navan, County Meath, viewed online at https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/…. Hereinafter cited as IrishGenealogy.ie.
  3. [S1750] Meath Headstone Photos, shared by Kev Murray and others, online at http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/meath/photos/…, Ardbracken/Ardbraccan Graveyard (Part 1) on the site of St. Ultans, Co. Meath, A-M, filename gerrard_wallace.jpg, contributed by Kev Murray. Hereinafter cited as Meath Headstone Photos.

Samuel Gerrard1

Family
ChartsDescendants of Thomas Gerrard of Gibbstown, County Meath, Ireland and his Brothers
Father*Thomas Gerrard1 d. Nov 1763
Mother*Catherine Cooper1
Birth*Samuel was probably born in County Meath, Ireland, and was described in his father's 1763 will as his eldest son.1,2,3,4 
ResidenceFebruary 1739 In February 1739, Samuel lived in Donaghpatrick, County Meath.5 
Marriage Settlement*9 February 1739A memorial of indented deeds of lease and release dated 08 and 9 February 1739, the deed of release made between Samuel Gerrard of Donaghpatrick in the county of Meath, gentleman, of the one part, and George Rochfort of Piercetown in the county of Westmeath, gentleman, and Mary Rochfort, daughter of the said George Rochfort, of the other part.

Reciting that whereas Hugh Wilton Esq., by indenture of lease bearing date the 7th of February then instant did devise and set unto the said Samuel Gerrard the town and lands thereinafter assigned for the three lives thereinafter named.

And further reciting that whereas a marriage by God and mission was intended to be had and solemnized by and between the said Samuel Gerrard and the said Mary Rochfort.

The said indenture did therefore witness that the said Samuel Gerrard, for and in consideration of the said intended marriage and of the sum of £500 sterling marriage portion of the said Mary Rochfort, and in order to make some provision for the said Mary in case she shall survive the said Samuel Gerrard, he the said Samuel Gerrard did grant, bargain, sell, assign, transfer and make over to the said George Rochfort, in his actual possession then being by indenture bearing date the day last before the day of said release, and to his heirs, all that and those the town and lands of Paslicktown, containing by estimation 211 acres profitable land plantation measure, with the appurtenances then in the tenure and occupancy of the said Samuel Gerrard, situate, lying and being in the barony of Fartullagh and county of Westmeath, and all the estate right, title and interest whatsoever of the said Samuel Gerrard to the said premises by virtue of the said recited indenture of lease. To hold all and single the said assigned premises unto the said George Rochfort, his heirs and assigns, from thenceforth, for and during the natural lives and life of William Briggs, eldest son of Benjamin Briggs of Castletown in the county of Westmeath, the said Mary Rochfort and Samuel Gerrard, and the survivors and the survivor of them, upon special trust and confidence that the said George Rochfort, his heirs and assigns, do and shall permit and suffer the said Samuel Gerrard and his assigns to take the yearly rents, issues and profits of the said assigned premises during the term of his natural life. And, in case the said Mary Rochfort shall happen to survive the said Samuel Gerrard having issue by him living at the time of his death, then upon special trust and confidence that the said George Rochfort, his heirs and assigns, do permit and suffer the said Mary Rochfort and her assigns, to have and receive the yearly rents and profits thereof for and during the term of her natural life.

The deeds of lease and release were witnessed by John Rochfort of Piercetown in the county of Westmeath, gentleman, and Mary Bagnall, daughter to Timothy Bagnall, of Rahugh, in said county, gentleman. The memorial was executed, signed and sealed by George Rochfort, and witnessed by the said John Rochfort and the Reverend John Ross, clerk. It was registered on 14 June 1746.5 
Marriage*before 14 June 1746He married Mary Rochfort of Piercetown, County Westmeath, daughter of George Rochfort and Elizabeth Moore Hamilton, before 14 June 1746, the date their marriage settlement agreement was registered.5 
Residence*December 1756At the time of his brother William's marriage in December 1756, Samuel lived in Parcellstown, County Westmeath.6 
(Groom's Brother) Deed Memorial13 December 1756Samuel was named as a trustee in a memorial deed bearing date 13 December 1756 made between Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan, gentleman, sole executor of the last will and testament of his brother Samuel Gerrard, late of Gibbstown in the county of Meath, Esq., deceased, and the said Thomas is also the residual legatee of the said Samuel, of the first part, Thomas Cosby of Ballieborough, County Cavan, gentleman, and Samuel Gerrard of Parcellstown in the county of Westmeath, gentleman, of the second part, and William Gerrard, son of the said Thomas Gerrard, and Anne Cosby of the city of Dublin, spinster sister of the said Thomas Cosby, of the third part.

Reciting that Eleazer Edwards the younger of London, merchant, by lease therein mentioned did devise, lease and let to farm unto the said Samuel, deceased, all those two several parcels of land commonly called and known by the name of Tankardstown, County Meath, containing on the east part 219 acres Irish measure little more or less and on the west part 186 acres Irish measure little more or less and all those two several parcels of land called Castlemartin, land containing on the east part 92 acres Irish measure little more or less and all that parcel of land called Great Aganstown containing 7 and 20 acres Irish measure little more or less and all that parcel of land called Betaghstown containing 142 acres Irish measure little more or less, which said several parcels of lands contain in the whole and together by estimation 756 acres Irish plantation measure or 1,225 acres English statute measure or thereabouts according to a survey formerly taken thereof by Alexander Stewart by the order and appointment of the Fraternity of Drapers of the city of London all which said lands are situate lying and being in the Baronies of Kells and Navan in the county of east Meath in the Kingdom of Ireland with the appurtenances for the term and at the rent therein mentioned.

And also reciting that a marriage was intended to be had and solemnized between the said William Gerrard and the said Ann Cosby. And, by which said deed, the said Thomas Gerrard, for the considerations therein mentioned, did grant, bargain, sell, assign and make over unto their trustees, Ann Cosby's brother Thomas Cosby of Ballieborough, and William Gerrard's brother Samuel Gerrard of Parcellstown, all that and those the herein before mentioned lands and premises in and by the said recited indenture of lease devised with all appurtenances upon and under and subject to the several trusts, provisos, limitations and agreements therein mentioned.

The deed was signed and sealed by all parties, witnessed by Hugh Reilly and Robert Wallis, both of the city of Dublin, and registered on 14 December 1756.6 
(Son) Will3 October 1763Samuel was named in the will of his father dated 3 October 1763 at Liscartan, County Meath. To Samuel, his eldest son, he bequeathed the lands of Gibbstown, Troystown and Donaghpatrick and all his interest therein with remainder to his grandson, Samuel Gerrard, his son Samuel's third son, with the stipulation that when his grandson Samuel, Samuel's son, attained the age of 21 he was to receive the sum of £100 out of the said lands during his father's lifetime. His father's will also gave legacies to Samuel's eldest and youngest daughters, Catherine and Mary. The will left the residue of his estate to his wife Catherine and two sons Samuel and John, his plate divided amongst his wife and sons, and appointed sons Samuel and John as executors. Their father also left the lands of Liscartan and Balrath in County Meath between his two sons Samuel and John, subject to the payment of £3 per annum to Testator's "relation" John Gerrard.7,8 
(Heir at Law) DeathNovember 1763Samuel, as eldest son, was Heir at Law and succeeded at Liscartan when his father died in November 1763.1 
(Son) Probate4 December 1763Probate of his father's estate was granted on 4 December 1763 to his sons, Samuel Gerrard and John Gerrard, who were appointed executors, saving the rights of their mother, their father's widow.7 
Deed Memorial*20 December 1771A memorial of an indented deed bearing date 20 December 1771 was made whereby Samuel Gerrard of Liscartan in the county of Meath, Esq., executor of Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan, gentleman, deceased, for the consideration therein mentioned, devised unto Charles Vipont of Bellevue in the county of Dublin, Esq., all that and those the castles, towns and lands of Liscartan in the county of Meath, containing 430 acres more or less with the appurtenances.

To hold to the said Charles Vipont, his executors, administrators and assigns, from the 25th day of March next for the term of 20 years and 6 months at the yearly rent of one peppercorn payable on every Christmas subject to redemption on payment of the sum therein mentioned with interest.

Which said deed was duly executed by the parties thereto in the presence of, and witnessed by, Christopher Abbott and Robert Warren of the city of Dublin, gentlemen. The memorial was also duly executed, signed and sealed by Samuel Gerrard in the presence of the same witnesses, and registered on 23 December 1771.9 
(Groom's Father) Marriage Settlement2 March 1772A memorial of an indented deed of marriage settlement dated 2 March 1772 was made between Samuel Gerrard of Liscartan in the county of Meath, gentleman, of the first part, John Gerrard, eldest son and heir apparent of the said Samuel Gerrard of the second part, the Reverend John Wynne of Ardbraccan in the county of Meath, clerk, and Hannah Wynne, his eldest daughter, of the third part.

Reciting that a marriage was agreed on between the said John Gerrard and Hannah Wynne, and that the said John Wynne assigned unto said John Gerrard as a portion for said Hannah £1,000, part of a sum devised to the said John Wynne and his issue by the will of his father Captain Owen Wynne.

The said Samuel Gerrard therefore, for the considerations in the said deed mentioned, conveyed and assigned unto his son the said John Gerrard, in his possession being by virtue of a lease for a year, all that part of the lands of Rathmore, Calliaghstown and "Killbalbraigh", containing 508 acres more or less, situate in the county of Westmeath, which were devised to the said Samuel Gerrard by the Right Honorable Robert Rochfort Earl of Belvedere by deeds of lease and release bearing date the 12th and 13th days of November 1764 for three lives renewable forever at the yearly rent of £404 and a peppercorn fine on each renewal.

To hold unto the said John Gerrard his heirs and assigns forever, subject to the rents and covenants reserved and mentioned in and by the said deed of release executed by the said Earl of Belvedere,

And the said John Gerrard devised the said premises unto the said John Wynne, his executors, administrators and assigns, for the term of 99 years to commence the first day of May next proceeding the day of the death of the said John Gerrard upon trust, that in case said marriage should take effect, and that said Hannah should survive her said intended husband, that the said John Wynne should receive the rents and profits of all said lands and, in the first place, pay the ground rent and fines, and in the next place, pay unto the said Hannah and her assigns, one annuity of £100 sterling as a jointure and in full of all dower, and the said John Gerrard covenanted to charge his personal estate with £1,000 as a provision for the children of the said intended marriage.

The deed was duly executed by all parties and was witnessed by Cornet Thomas Gerrard of the 12th Regiment of Dragoons and Mary Gerrard, daughter of Samuel Gerrard of Liscartan. The memorial was registered on 26 June 1773.10 
Deed Memorial*10 June 1773A memorial of an indented deed dated 09 and 10 June 1773 was made between Samuel Gerrard, heir and executor of his father Thomas Gerrard, late of Liscartan in the county of Meath, gentleman, deceased, of the one part and Thomas Gerrard of Martry in the said county of Meath, gentleman and Samuel's brother, of the other part.

Whereby the said Samuel Gerrard, for the considerations therein mentioned, bargained, sold and made over all his right title and interest of and in all that and those the castles, town and lands of Liscartan in the county of Meath containing 463 acres, 1 rood be the same more or less, together with all the houses, edifices, buildings, rights, members and appurtenances thereunto belonging.

To hold to said Thomas Gerrard, his executors, administrators and assigns for the remainder of the term granted by the lease under which the said Samuel Gerrard holds the said lands, subject nevertheless to the rent and covenants in the said lease mentioned which on the tenant or lessee's part are to be paid, done and performed.

The deed and memorial were duly executed, signed and sealed by the said Samuel Gerrard in the presence of witnesses John Chamley and Christopher Abbot Jr., both of the city of Dublin, gentlemen. The memorial was registered on 19 June 1773.11 
Research Notes*10 June 1773The deed memorial of 09 and 10 June 1773 transferred Samuel's title of Heir at Law at Liscartan to his brother Thomas Gerrard of Martry, in effect bypassing Samuel's sons and moving the line of succession to Thomas and his male descendants.11 
(Cousin) Relationship NoteSamuel was a 1st cousin 3 times removed of Thomas Gerrard Collins who would marry Bertha Madeline Frances Lambart, his wife Mary (Rochfort) Gerrard's 2nd great-grandniece, in 1903.12,13 

Family

 Mary Rochfort
Children 1.John Gerrard+10 d. 24 Dec 1780
 2.Catherine Gerrard7
 3.Mary Gerrard7,10
 4.Thomas Gerrard+14
 5.Samuel Gerrard14,15 b. 1751, d. 25 Dec 1833

Citations

  1. [S1620] Betham Genealogical Abstracts, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan, will dated 3 October 1763, probated 4 December 1763l. Hereinafter cited as Betham Genealogical Abstracts.
  2. [S1635] Sir Bernard Burke, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. In 2 volumes. (London, England: Harrison, Pall Mall, 1879), Volume I, page 632, although listed in error as his parents' third son. Hereinafter cited as Burke's History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland.
  3. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, citing A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland, https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhera00burkuoft. Hereinafter cited as "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research."
  4. [S1649] Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland : Revised by A. C. Fox-Davies, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (London, England: Harrison & Sons, 1912 New Edition), page 262. Hereinafter cited as A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland (1912 New Edition).
  5. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Transcripts of memorials of deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms. Most are now digitized and available online at www.familysearch.org, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah: 1746; Film# 461350, Volume 121, pages 463-464, deed number 83610, images 553-554. Hereinafter cited as Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929.
  6. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1756; Film# 461380, Volume 187, pages 5-6, deed number 123035.
  7. [S1719] Thomas Gerrard will (3 October 1763), Abstract of the Will of Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan, County Meath, Ireland, Ms. 654, "Abstracts of wills of Thomas and William Gerrard", received with great joy and many thanks from a fellow Gerrard researcher who received them from the National Library of Ireland, Genealogical Office in Dublin. LHB Computer Files, Summerlin, Nevada. Hereinafter cited as Abstract of the 1763 Will of Thomas Gerrard.
  8. [S1620] Betham Genealogical Abstracts, online at www.findmypast.com, Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan, will dated 3 October 1763, probated 4 December 1763.
  9. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1771; Film# 530914, Volume 281, pages 686-687, Deed Number 189262, image 363.
  10. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1773; Film# 531668, Volume 295, pages 354-355, deed number 196652, images 192-193.
  11. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1773; Film# 531671, Volume 298, page 84, Deed Number 196574, image 50.
  12. [S1655] John Burke and Sir Bernard Burke, Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, Privy Council & Order of Precedence (99th Edition), downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (London, England: Burke's Peerage Limited, 1949), Lambart, page 1156. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage (99th Edition).
  13. [S1635] Sir Bernard Burke, Burke's History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, Rochfort of Westmeath, Volume II, page 1366.
  14. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1813; Film# 545086, Volume 661, pages 348-349, Deed Number 455176, image 187.
  15. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1803; Film# 545029, Volume 557, pages 170, Deed Number 369600, image 391.

Samuel Gerrard1

d. 14 May 1750
Family
ChartsDescendants of Thomas Gerrard of Gibbstown, County Meath, Ireland and his Brothers
Father*Thomas Gerrard Esq.1 b. 1643, d. 14 Feb 1719
Mother*Elizabeth __?__2,3,4
Birth*Samuel Gerrard was born in County Meath, Ireland.2,4,3 
Deed Memorial*22 July 1732A memorial of a deed indented, duly executed and bearing date 22 July 1732, was made between Elizabeth Gerrard of Gibbstown, County Meath, widow and relict of Thomas Gerrard Esq., deceased, of the one part, and Samuel Gerrard of the same place, gentleman, son of the said Elizabeth Gerrard of the other part.

Reciting as therein is recited and witnessed that the said Elizabeth Gerrard, in pursuance and execution of an agreement in the said deed mentioned, and in consideration of his, the said Samuel Gerrard's undertaking to maintain, find and provide meat, drink, washing clothing and lodging for the said Elizabeth Gerrard at his own expenses during her natural life, and the payment of £100 sterling after her death unto such person or persons and in such manner as she, by her last will shall direct, and in further consideration of the love and affection which she bore unto the said Samuel, her son, and for other good and valuable causes her thereunto moving and in consideration of the sum of £1, 10s to her paid by the said Samuel, the said Elizabeth Gerrard did give, grant, bargain, sell, assign devise and set over to the said Samuel, all and singular the lands of Gibbstown, Troystown and Donaghpatrick with the impropriate tithes of the parish of Donaghpatrick, devised to her in and by the last will and testament of Thomas Gerrard, her late husband, deceased, on the said deed recited with all the stock of the said farms, corn, horses, sheep, cows and other smaller sorts of cattle, and all the household goods, both within and without, doors, plate, brass, pewter, beds and all other goods and chattels devised to her or unto which she became entitled in and by her said husband's last will, or as executrix to the same, will all rents payable by her son Thomas Gerrard in the said will mentioned, and arrears of rent, interest income and produce profit, and advantage obtained, received or granted by the said farms, tithes, goods and chattels since the death of her husband the said Thomas Gerrard with the leases of the said lands of Gibbstown, Troystown and Donaghpatrick and the said impropriate tithes of the parish of Donaghpatrick, and all her right, and all her right and interest in and to the said lands and premises.

To hold all and singular the said rents, tithes and premises with their appurtenances, unto the said Samuel Gerrard, his executors, administrators and assigns for and during the residue and remainder of the several terms of years of them respectively granted and then to come and unexpired. To the only proper use and behoof of the said Samuel Gerrard, his executors, administrators and assigns, and as his and their goods and chattels forever.

Which said deed was signed and sealed by both parties and witnessed by William Peters of "Peterville" in the county of Meath, Esq. and Martin Tucker of "Rosteen" in the same county, gentleman. The memorial was registered on 28 June 1733.5 
Relationship Note*1740Samuel Gerrard of Gibbstown was a friend of Jonathan Swift (1667–1745), an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, poet and cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin. In 1740, Samuel visited London and Bath and was given a clandestine packet containing a printed version of Swift's letters, including those to and from Alexander Pope which were then published in 1741 by George Faulkner. Alexander Pope (1688-1744) is thought by many to have been the most important English poet of the 18th century, as well as an essayist, satirist, and critic. Many of his sayings are still quoted today. Two letters from Alexander Pope to Samuel Gerrard still (2004) survive concerning the affair.6,7,4,2,3 
Will*18 October 1749Samuel wrote his will dated 18 October 1749 at Clongill, County Meath, naming his brothers, John Gerrard and Thomas Gerrard, sister, Dorothy Welsh, nephews, Thomas Gerrard and Gerrard Welsh, niece, Elizabeth Morris, who we believe to have been the daughter of Samuel's sister, Dorothy Welsh, grandnieces, Darcy Wentworth and Catherine Dempster, who Samuel identified as the daughters of Elizabeth Morris, his cousins, Mary Byrne, Robert Gerrard and John Gerrard, and his uncle Edward Gerrard, who was identified as the father of Samuel's cousin John. Unfortunately, the abstract we have of Samuel's will does not identify the father, or parents, of his cousins Mary Byrne and Robert Gerrard, nor does it mention the names of the husbands of Mary Byrne, Elizabeth Morris, Darcy Wentworth or Catherine Dempster. We would really like to see a more complete copy of Samuel's will.8,9,2,4,3 
Residence*Later that same month, Samuel was identified as of Gibbstown.10 
Deed Memorial*27 October 1749A memorial of a lease dated 27 October 1749 whereby Eleazer Edwards the younger of London, merchant, did devise unto Samuel Gerrard of Gibbstown in the county of Meath in the Kingdom of Ireland all those two several parcels of land commonly called and known by the name of Tankardstown, containing on the east part 219 acres Irish measure, little more or less, and on the west part 186 acres Irish measure, little more or less, and all those two several parcels of land called Castlemartin land, containing on the east part 92 acres Irish measure, little more or less, and on the west part 90 acres, little more or less, and all that parcel of land called Great Addanstown containing 7 and 20 acres Irish measure, little more or less, and all that parcel of land called Betaghstown containing 142 acres Irish measure, little more or less. Which said several parcels of land do contain in the whole and together, by estimation, 756 acres Irish plantation measure or 1,225 English statue measure or thereabouts, according to a survey formerly taken thereof by Alexander Stewart by order and appointment of the Fraternity of Drapers of the city of London. All which said lands are situate, lying and being in the baronies of Kells and Navan in the county of east Meath in the Kingdom of Ireland. And all messuages, tenement houses, edifices, buildings, barns, stables, cottages and all other erections whatsoever now standing and being in and upon and of right belonging to the said premises or any part thereof, together with all mills, wares, fishings, fowlings, waters, water courses, and all other profits, commodities, advantages and appurtenances whatsoever to the said premises hereby devised, belonging or in any wise appertaining.

To hold from the first day of May before the date thereof for 46 years at the yearly rent of £260 without any deduction except for land tax.

In which lease is contained a covenant for executing a lease or grant of the premises to the said Samuel Gerrard, his executors, administrators or assigns, in case the said Eleazer Edwards, his executors or administrators shall, during the continuance of that lease, purchase, obtain or take a further grant or lease from The Master and Wardens and Brethren and Sisters of the Fraternity of Drapers, their successors or assigns, for all such further term, estate or interest so to be purchased or obtained one year only excepted at the same rent and covenants as are in said lease contained.

The lease was witnessed by Samuel Purlement of the city of Bath, gentleman, and Bartholomew Hall of Clongill, Meath, and the memorial was witnessed by the said Bartholomew Hall and Michael Argent of the city of Dublin, gentleman. Samuel's brother Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan signed and sealed the memorial in the presence of Bartholomew Hall and Michael Argent, and the within named Bartholomew Hall gave his oath that he saw the lease of which the within is a memorial executed by the party thereto and saw the within memorial signed and sealed by Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan, brother and sole executor of the within named Samuel Gerrard, deceased. The memorial was registered on 26 May 1750.10 
Death*14 May 1750Samuel had died without issue on 14 May 1750. His will was proved on 26 May 1750.2,4,3 
(Brother) Will3 October 1763Although deceased, Samuel was mentioned twice in the will of his brother, Thomas Gerrard, dated 3 October 1763 in Liscartan, County Meath. The annuity Thomas bequeathed to his wife was to be partly charged on the lands of Gibbstown, Troystown and Donaghpatrick in County Meath, which Thomas had inherited under the will of his brother Samuel, and the estate and interest in the lands of Betaghstown in County Meath he left to his third son William was subject to the payment of £40 per annum to the Charter School of Ardbraccan in County Meath, which was to be paid there out, as was directed by the will of Thomas's brother Samuel.11,12 
(Great Granduncle) Gibbstown Residencebetween 1871 and 1872His great grandnephew, Thomas Gerrard, built the large castle he called Gibbstown House, with 63 bedrooms and terraced gardens, at Gibbstown between 1871 and 1872. The Irish Aesthete website features an excellent history of Gibbstown and the Gerrard family who lived there, complete with beautiful photos of the spectacular house and grounds, making it easy to imagine how well the family lived. We thank our friend, Patricia McCormick, Gerrard researcher and descendant, for telling us about The Irish Aesthete. It offers a wealth of information about many places and peoples of Ireland. Patricia found the historical information about Gibbstown fascinating and said she had no idea that some of the original buildings had survived. The article was posted on 24 May 2021, and the link to it may be found in the source list below.4,13,14 

Citations

  1. [S1620] Betham Genealogical Abstracts, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan, will dated 3 October 1763, probated 4 December 1763l. Hereinafter cited as Betham Genealogical Abstracts.
  2. [S1635] Sir Bernard Burke, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. In 2 volumes. (London, England: Harrison, Pall Mall, 1879), Volume I, page 632. Hereinafter cited as Burke's History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland.
  3. [S1649] Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland : Revised by A. C. Fox-Davies, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (London, England: Harrison & Sons, 1912 New Edition), page 262. Hereinafter cited as A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland (1912 New Edition).
  4. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, citing A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland, https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhera00burkuoft. Hereinafter cited as "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research."
  5. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Transcripts of memorials of deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms. Most are now digitized and available online at www.familysearch.org, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah: 1733; Film# 461339, Volume 73, pages 309-310, Deed Number 51186, images 172-173. Hereinafter cited as Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929.
  6. [S1680] Pat Rogers, The Alexander Pope Encyclopedia (Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2004), page 137. Hereinafter cited as The Alexander Pope Encyclopedia.
  7. [S225] Wikipedia Free Encyclopedia, online at www.wikipedia.org, The Very Reverend Jonathan Swift, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Swift. Hereinafter cited as Wikipedia Encyclopedia.
  8. [S1747] Patricia McCormick, "The Gerrard Family of Ardbraccan, County Meath, Ireland," e-mail messages from e-mail address to LHB, multiple dates, citing and attaching a copy of a Betham Genealogical Abstract of the will of Samuel Gerrard of Clongill and probate information. Hereinafter cited as "The Gerrard Family of Ardbraccan, County Meath, Ireland."
  9. [S1620] Betham Genealogical Abstracts, online at www.findmypast.com, Samuel Gerrard of Clongill, County Meath, will dated 18 October 1749, probated 26 May 1750.
  10. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1750; Film# 560264, Volume 139, pages 446-447, Deed Number 94944, images 426-547.
  11. [S1719] Thomas Gerrard will (3 October 1763), Abstract of the Will of Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan, County Meath, Ireland, Ms. 654, "Abstracts of wills of Thomas and William Gerrard", received with great joy and many thanks from a fellow Gerrard researcher who received them from the National Library of Ireland, Genealogical Office in Dublin. LHB Computer Files, Summerlin, Nevada. Hereinafter cited as Abstract of the 1763 Will of Thomas Gerrard.
  12. [S1620] Betham Genealogical Abstracts, online at www.findmypast.com, Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan, will dated 3 October 1763, probated 4 December 1763.
  13. [S1755] Patricia McCormick, "Gerrard Research, County Meath, Ireland," e-mail messages from e-mail address to LHB, multiple dates. Hereinafter cited as "Gerrard Research, County Meath, Ireland."
  14. [S2262] The Irish Aesthete: Gibbstown, online at https://theirishaesthete.com/tag/gibbstown/. Hereinafter cited as The Irish Aesthete: Gibbstown.

Samuel Gerrard1,2,3

b. 6 July 1777, d. September 1818
Family
ChartsDescendants of Thomas Gerrard of Gibbstown, County Meath, Ireland and his Brothers
Father*Thomas Gerrard1,2,3 b. 1715, d. 11 Sep 1784
Mother*Elinor Carroll1,2,3
Birth*6 July 1777Samuel Gerrard was born on 6 July 1777 at Gibbstown, County Meath, Ireland,1,2,3 
Death*September 1818 and died unmarried in September 1818 at age 41.1,2,3 
Will*Samuel Gerrard of Gibbstown left a will4 
Probate*1819 and it was probated in 1819.4 
(Uncle) Gibbstown Residencebetween 1871 and 1872His nephew, Thomas Gerrard, built the large castle he called Gibbstown House, with 63 bedrooms and terraced gardens, at Gibbstown between 1871 and 1872. The Irish Aesthete website features an excellent history of Gibbstown and the Gerrard family who lived there, complete with beautiful photos of the spectacular house and grounds, making it easy to imagine how well the family lived. We thank our friend, Patricia McCormick, Gerrard researcher and descendant, for telling us about The Irish Aesthete. It offers a wealth of information about many places and peoples of Ireland. Patricia found the historical information about Gibbstown fascinating and said she had no idea that some of the original buildings had survived. The article was posted on 24 May 2021, and the link to it may be found in the source list below.2,5,6 

Citations

  1. [S1635] Sir Bernard Burke, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. In 2 volumes. (London, England: Harrison, Pall Mall, 1879), Volume I, page 632. Hereinafter cited as Burke's History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland.
  2. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, citing A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland, https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhera00burkuoft. Hereinafter cited as "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research."
  3. [S1649] Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland : Revised by A. C. Fox-Davies, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (London, England: Harrison & Sons, 1912 New Edition), page 262. Hereinafter cited as A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland (1912 New Edition).
  4. [S1623] Ireland Diocesan and Prerogative Wills & Administrations Indexes 1595-1858, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, Samuel Gerrard of Gibbstown, Index to Prerogative Wills, 1811-1858. Hereinafter cited as Ireland Diocesan and Prerogative Wills & Administrations Indexes 1595-1858.
  5. [S1755] Patricia McCormick, "Gerrard Research, County Meath, Ireland," e-mail messages from e-mail address to LHB, multiple dates. Hereinafter cited as "Gerrard Research, County Meath, Ireland."
  6. [S2262] The Irish Aesthete: Gibbstown, online at https://theirishaesthete.com/tag/gibbstown/. Hereinafter cited as The Irish Aesthete: Gibbstown.

Samuel Gerrard1

b. 1814, d. 22 April 1882
Family
ChartsDescendants of Thomas Gerrard of Gibbstown, County Meath, Ireland and his Brothers
Father*Thomas Gerrard1 b. 23 Jul 1782, d. 7 Feb 1868
Mother*Mary Anne Rotheram1 b. 1791
Birth*1814Samuel Gerrard was born about 1814 in Liscartan, County Meath, Ireland.1 
(Son) Census Ireland 18211821Samuel appeared on the census taken in 1821 in the household of his parents, Mary Anne and Thomas Gerrard, in Liscartan, County Meath. He was 7 years old.1 
Marriage*11 April 1838He married Hannah Elizabeth Montserrat of Bay View, County Dublin, daughter of William Dean Montserrat Esq., on 11 April 1838 at St. Thomas's Church, Dublin.2,3 
Residence1847Samuel was listed in the Dublin Almanac and General Register of 1847. He was a solicitor at 2 Vernon Parade, Clontarf Strand, Dublin, and 84 Upper Gardiner Street.2,4 
Residence*His family later lived at Bachelor's Hall, Rathfarnham, Dublin.5 
(Son) Death7 February 1868Samuel's father died at Samuel's home on 7 February 1868.6,7 
(Nephew) Death12 April 1868His father's sister, Mary Anne Gerrard, died at Samuel's home two months later on 12 April 1868.8 
Occupation*Samuel was a solicitor.9,10,4 
Illness*For several months, Samuel suffered from chronic bronchitis and emphysema10 
Death*22 April 1882 and died at the age of 68 on 22 April 1882 at 86 Lower Baggot Street, County Dublin, the home of his son John N. Gerrard who was present at his death.10,9 
Burial*25 April 1882He was buried on 25 April 1882 in the Parish of St. George Cemetery, Dublin.11 
Probate*28 June 1882The probate of his will was granted to his widow Hannah Elizabeth Gerrard, also of Bachelor's Hall, as sole executrix, and proved at the Principal Registry on 28 June 1882. Samuel's probate papers gave his place of death as Bachelor's Hall, his home. He was described as being formerly of Blessington Street, Dublin, late of Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin, and then of Bachelor's Hall, Rathfarnham, County Dublin. £1,696, 14s, 1d was the value of his effects.9 

Family

 Hannah Elizabeth Montserrat
Children 1.Thomas Gerrard12 b. 19 Jul 1840
 2.Samuel William Gerrard13 b. 1841, d. 29 Dec 1869
 3.John Netterville Gerrard14 b. 1843, d. 3 Dec 1891
 4.Lillie Gerrard15
 5.Hannah Annette Gerrard16 b. 7 Jun 1845, d. Sep 1845
 6.Edward Rotheram Gerrard+16 b. 1846, d. 3 Feb 1880
 7.Isabella Gerrard17 b. Sep 1846, d. Oct 1846
 8.Arthur Staples Gerrard18 b. 19 Oct 1847
 9.Elizabeth Hannah Gerrard16 b. 17 Nov 1848
 10.Roberta Lucinda Gerrard16 b. 1 Apr 1850, d. Jun 1878
 11.Child Gerrard19 b. 1856

Citations

  1. [S1643] Ireland Census 1821, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, household of Thomas Gerrard, townland of Liscartan, Parish of Liscartan, Barony of Lower Navan in the county of Meath. Hereinafter cited as Ireland Census 1821.
  2. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates. Hereinafter cited as "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research."
  3. [S1621] Irish Newspapers, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, Dublin Evening Post, April 12, 1838. Hereinafter cited as Irish Newspapers.
  4. [S1666] The Dublin Almanac and General Register of Ireland, for the year of our Lord 1847, being the tenth year of the reign of her present majesty Victoria, downloaded from Google Books at www.google.com. (Dublin, Ireland: Pettigrew and Oulton, 1847), page 499. Hereinafter cited as The Dublin Almanac and General Register of Ireland, 1847.
  5. [S1662] Belfast, Northern Ireland, The Belfast Newsletter (Birth, Marriage and Death Notices), 1738-1925, online at www.ancestry.com, The Belfast Newsletter, Monday, 10 February 1868, page 1. Hereinafter cited as The Belfast Newsletter (Birth, Marriage and Death Notices), 1738-1925.
  6. [S1662] The Belfast Newsletter (Birth, Marriage and Death Notices), 1738-1925, online at www.ancestry.com, The Belfast Newsletter, Monday, 10 February 1868, page 1, reporting his age as 86.
  7. [S1663] National Archives of Ireland, Calendar of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1922, online at http://www.willcalendars.nationalarchives.ie, Thomas Gerrard, date of death 7 February 1868 in Dublin. Hereinafter cited as National Archives of Ireland, Calendar of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1922.
  8. [S1662] The Belfast Newsletter (Birth, Marriage and Death Notices), 1738-1925, online at www.ancestry.com, The Belfast News Letter, Wednesday Morning, April 15 1868, page 1.
  9. [S1663] National Archives of Ireland, Calendar of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1922, online at http://www.willcalendars.nationalarchives.ie, http://www.willcalendars.nationalarchives.ie/reels/cwa/…
  10. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, copy of certified civil report of death of Samuel Gerrard of Bachelor Hall, Rathfarnham, Dublin.
  11. [S1659] IrishGenealogy.ie, online at https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/, Church Records, burial on 25 April 1882 of Samuel Gerrard of Bachelor Hall, Rathfarnham, age 68, at the Parish Church of St. George, Dublin, with the church register page attached. Hereinafter cited as IrishGenealogy.ie.
  12. [S1662] The Belfast Newsletter (Birth, Marriage and Death Notices), 1738-1925, online at www.ancestry.com, The Belfast News-Letter, 12 October 1869, page 1.
  13. [S1662] The Belfast Newsletter (Birth, Marriage and Death Notices), 1738-1925, online at www.ancestry.com, The Belfast News-Letter, 5 February 1870, page 1.
  14. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, copy of certified civil report of death of Samuel Gerrard of Bachelor Hall, Rathfarnham, Dublin, John's father.
  15. [S1662] The Belfast Newsletter (Birth, Marriage and Death Notices), 1738-1925, online at www.ancestry.com, The Belfast News-Letter, 20 January 1872, page 1.
  16. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, citing a suggestion from an unidentified source.
  17. [S1659] IrishGenealogy.ie, online at https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/, Church Records, burial on 12 October 1846 of Isabella "Jerrard" of Clontarf, age 3 weeks, at the Parish Church of St. George, Dublin, with the church register page attached.
  18. [S1662] The Belfast Newsletter (Birth, Marriage and Death Notices), 1738-1925, online at www.ancestry.com, The Belfast News-Letter, 9 December 1873, page 1.
  19. [S1659] IrishGenealogy.ie, online at https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/, Church Records, burial on 14 December 1856 of an unnamed child of Samuel Gerrard of Rathfarnham, at St. George's Church, Dublin, with the church register page attached.

Samuel Gerrard1

b. 1751, d. 25 December 1833
Family
ChartsDescendants of Thomas Gerrard of Gibbstown, County Meath, Ireland and his Brothers
Father*Samuel Gerrard2,1
Mother*Mary Rochfort2,1
Birth*1751Samuel Gerrard was born, as calculated from his reported age at death, about 1751 in County Meath, Ireland.1,3 
(Grandchild) Will3 October 1763Samuel was named in the will of his grandfather, Thomas Gerrard, dated 3 October 1763 at Liscartan, County Meath. To his grandson Samuel, identified as his eldest son Samuel's third son, he gave the remainder on the lands of Gibbstown, Troystown and Donaghpatrick and all his interest therein, which he had bequeathed to Samuel's father with the stipulation that when his grandson Samuel, Samuel's son, attained the age of 21 he was to receive the sum of £100 out of the said lands during his father's lifetime.4,5 
Residence*Samuel lived in Dunleer, County Louth.1 
Deed Memorial*10 June 1803A memorial of an indented deed of lease and release, the release dated 10 June 1803 was made between the Reverend Samuel Gerrard of Dunleer in the county of Louth, the grandson of Thomas Gerrard, formerly of Liscartan in the county of Meath, gentleman, of the one part, Maria Gerrard, Hannah Gerrard and Elizabeth Gerrard, then of the city of Dublin, spinsters, the only daughters and co-heiresses at law of John Gerrard, formerly of Liscartan in the county of Meath, gentleman, of the second part, and which said John Gerrard was the eldest son of Samuel Gerrard, the eldest son of Thomas, and John Gerrard of Gibbstown in the county of Meath, Esq., of the third part.

Whereby after reciting as therein is recited, the said Samuel Gerrard, in consideration of £4,200 sterling, and the said Maria Gerrard, Hannah Gerrard and Elizabeth Gerrard, in considerations therein mentioned according to their respective rights, did grant, bargain, sell, assign, alien, release unto the said John Gerrard of Gibbstown, in his possession then being by virtue of a bargain and sale to him thereof made as therein mentioned, and to his heirs and assigns, all that and those the said towns and lands of Gibbstown, Troystown and Great Donaghpatrick consisting in the whole, by a survey lately made thereof, of 600 acres plantation measure, be the same more or less, situate, lying and being in the county of Meath.

To hold the said towns, lands, and premises to the said John Gerrard, his heirs and assigns, forever.

The deed and the memorial were executed, signed and sealed by Samuel Gerrard, and witnessed by Arthur Dunn of the city of Dublin, Esq. and Christopher Cusack of Rathaldron in the county of Meath, Esq. The memorial was registered on 6 July 1803.1 
(Uncle) Deed MemorialMay 1813John Gerrard, Thomas Gerrard and Samuel Gerrard were named as the three lives in the deed agreement their father made with John as a part of his marriage settlement agreement. After John's death, John's daughter Maria became the third life with Thomas and Samuel, as confirmed in a memorial of an indented deed of conveyance dated May 1813 made between Maria Gerrard, Hannah Gerrard and Elizabeth Gerrard, daughters and only children and co-heiresses of John Gerrard late of Curristown, County Westmeath, spinsters, of the one part, the Reverend Mungo Henry Waller of Allenstown in the county of Meath, clerk, executor of Robert Waller, late of Allenstown aforesaid, deceased, of the second part, and George Thompson of Clonskeagh Castle in the county of Dublin, Esq. of the third part.

Ireland’s memorial deeds are handwritten, and the microfilmed copies are often difficult to read. Additionally, we are uncertain, in some instances, that we have identified the correct townland. In earlier times, how the name of a townland was spelled depended upon how the initial scribe heard the name pronounced, and then how future scribes interpreted what was written. As a result, the names and spellings of many Irish townlands were spelled differently from deed to deed, book to book and year to year.

Attempts to standardize the spelling of Ireland’s townlands began around the turn of the 20th century. A townland’s Barony did not always remain constant, either. Changes were made as populations grew. Our own transcription that follows attempts to identify the correct townlands mentioned in the deed and spell them in the current (2020) standard form. Our placement of quotation marks around a townland’s name means we remain uncertain about our selection of the correct townland, or have used the spelling as we saw it in the deed because we couldn’t find a good guess.

In the case of this specific 1813 deed, the microfilmed copy was fairly easy to read. One of the townlands, however, the townland we have decided might now be called “Kill”, was spelled five different ways in the seven times it was mentioned in the deed. Three times it was spelled “Kilballbragh”, and once each it was called “Kilballbrack”, “Kulballbrack”, “Kilbellbragh” and “Killbellrath”.

“Kill” was the townland we determined was a likely candidate to choose as our mystery townland for two reasons. Our first reason is that in Griffith’s Valuation of 1854, the townland of Kill is shown as contiguous to the townland of Calliaghstown, which is shown as contiguous to Rathmore, the other two townlands mentioned in this 1813 deed, and the second reason is that the Immediate Lessor of Kill in Griffith’s Valuation of 1854 was George Thompson, the name of the man to whom the lands were transferred by this 1813 deed. Our transcription follows, and we welcome suggestions and corrections:

Reciting that by indenture of 13 November 1764, Robert Rochfort Earl of Belvedere devised and set to Samuel Gerrard of Curristown all that part of the towns and lands of Rathmore, Calliaghstown and Kill containing 508 acres more or less, situate, lying and being in the county of Westmeath. To hold to the said Samuel Gerrard, his heirs and assigns, from the 7th of November then last, for the lives of John Gerrard, Thomas Gerrard and Samuel Gerrard, sons of the said Samuel Gerrard, with a covenant for perpetual renewal on the full of each life at the yearly rent of £404 payable half yearly as therein mentioned.

And also reciting that by indenture bearing date the 2nd of March 1772 and made between the said Samuel Gerrard, then of Liscartan, of the first part, John Gerrard, eldest son and heir apparent of the said Samuel of the second part, and the Reverend John Wynne and Hannah (Wynne) Gerrard, his daughter, of the third part, that the said Samuel Gerrard, in consideration of a marriage then to be had between the said John Gerrard and the said Hannah Gerrard, and also in consideration of the marriage portion of the said Hannah Wynne, had assigned to the said John Gerrard as a provision for him, all that part of the towns and lands of Rathmore, Calliaghstown and Kill with their appurtenances thereunto belonging. To hold unto the said John Gerrard, his heirs and assigns, for the lives of him, the said John Gerrard, Thomas Gerrard and Samuel Gerrard with the covenant for perpetual renewal as therein mentioned.

And reciting that the said John Gerrard, for the considerations therein mentioned, did devise the said lands and premises unto the said John Wynne, to hold to the said John Wynne, his executors, administrators or assigns, for the term of 99 years in trust to the intent and purpose that the said John Wynne, his executors, administrators or assigns should receive the rents and profits of the said lands and there such to pay the said Hannah Wynne one annuity or yearly sum of £100 during her life, and also reciting that the said John Gerrard, on or about the 24th of November1780, made and published his last will and testament and thereby devised unto his daughters, the said Maria Gerrard, Hannah Gerrard and Elizabeth Gerrard, all his estate and interest in the said lands of Rathmore, Calliaghstown and Kill to be equally divided between them, share and share alike, with such benefit of survivorship as therein mentioned.

And also reciting that by indented deed bearing date the 23rd of December 1780 the said John Gerrard did assign and make over unto Robert Waller of Allenstown in the county of Meath the said lands of Rathmore, Calliaghstown and Kill in trust to permit and suffer, after payments of the rent and of the annuity of £100 to the said Hannah Gerrard, the issue male and female of the said John Gerrard on the body of the said Hannah Wynne to receive the rents, issues and profits of said lands as co-partners and tenants in common, share and share alike, and to the heirs of their respective bodies.

And also reciting that the said Robert Waller was then dead and that the said Mungo Henry Waller was his executor and personal representative.

And also reciting that by indenture dated the 4th of June 1800 the said Maria Gerrard, Hannah Gerrard and Elizabeth Gerrard renewed the lease of the said lands of Rathmore, Calliaghstown and Kill with the Honorable William Leeson in whom the estate and interest of the said Robert, Earl of Belvedere became legally vested by adding the life of the said Maria Gerrard to the said term in the removal of the said John Gerrard, deceased, and reciting that the said Maria Gerrard, Hannah Gerrard and Elizabeth Gerrard were all unmarried and that they attained their ages of 21 years, and that they being desirous of disposing of said lands of Rathmore, Calliaghstown and Kill had agreed to sell and convey to the said George Thompson for the considerations therein after mentioned.

The deed witnessed that the said Maria Gerrard, Hannah Gerrard and Elizabeth Gerrard, for and in consideration of the sum of £2,000 to them in hand paid at or before the perfection of the said deed, and also in consideration of 5 shillings to the said Mungo H. Waller in hand paid, they, and each of them, did grant, bargain, sell, assign, transfer and make over to the said George Thompson, in his actual possession by virtue of a bargain to him made, and to his heirs and assigns, all that and those the said parts of the said towns and lands of Rathmore, Calliaghstown and Kill, situate in the county of Westmeath with all and singular the rights, members and appurtenances thereto belonging or in anywise appertaining. To hold to the said George Thompson, his heirs and assigns, for and during the natural lives and life of the said Thomas Gerrard, Samuel Gerrard and Maria Gerrard, and the survivor of them, and for the lives of such other persons as shall forever be added thereto by virtue of the covenant for perpetual renewal in the original lease of said lands, contract subject, nevertheless, to the rents and covenants in the original lease mentioned.

The said Maria Gerrard, Hannah Gerrard and Elizabeth Gerrard did covenant that they had good right, full power, and lawful and absolute authority to make the said conveyance to the said George Thompson, and that they did not do, commit or suffer to be done any act, matter or thing to charge or encumber the said lands, and present but that the same was freely discharged from all encumbrances whatsoever except said annuity of £100 payable to the said Hannah Wynne as herein before mentioned, and of the said George Thompson, his heirs and assigns, paying the rent and performing the covenants in the original lease thereof contained, might peacefully and quietly hold and enjoy the said lands and premises.

The memorial was executed, signed and sealed by Maria, Hannah and Elizabeth Gerrard, and witnessed by Thomas Thompson and Michael Reilly. It was registered on 18 May 1813.2 
(Uncle) Marriage Settlement7 September 1816Samuel was one of two trustees named in a memorial of indented deeds of lease and release dated 6 and 7 September 1816 respectively made between the Honorable Martha Wingfield of the city of Dublin in Ireland, spinster, of the first part, James MacCormick of the same city, Esq., of the second part, Thomas Gerrard of Tallyho, County Westmeath, in Ireland, Esq., of the third part, Samuel Gerrard of the same place, Esq., the only son of the said Thomas Gerrard of the fourth part, Thomas Leversage Fowler of Pendeford in the parish of Tettenhall, Staffordshire, England, Esq., of the fifth part, Elizabeth Fowler of Pendeford aforesaid, spinster, eldest daughter of the said Thomas Leversage Fowler by his late wife Harriett, of the sixth part, and Edward John Littleton of Teddesley Hall in Staffordshire, England, Esq., and the Reverend Samuel Gerrard of Clonmore in the county of Louth, Ireland, of the seventh part.

The memorial is complicated and mentions several other people in addition to the parties involved in its development and execution. Samuel Gerrard and John Gerrard, both deceased, were the father and older brother, respectively, of Thomas Gerrard of the third part, and Samuel the father was a brother-in law of Robert Rochfort Earl of Belvedere, also deceased. George Rochfort, the 2nd Earl of Belvedere and also deceased, was the son of Robert Rochfort and a first cousin to Thomas Gerrard and nephew to Samuel Gerrard the father. John Rochfort Esq. was a second cousin to Thomas Gerrard, being the grandson of the brother of Thomas Gerrard's maternal grandfather. Tompson Lyons and James Callentine were tenants on part of the lands of Paslicktown in the county of Westmeath, and John Bagnell and John Lewis were each mentioned as being one of the lives, or cestui que vies on different lease agreements. The memorial began:

Reciting among other things, indentures of lease and release dated respectively the 30th and 31st of March 1767, and registered the (date left blank) in (Book, page and deed number left blank), being a lease from Samuel Gerrard, father of the said Thomas Gerrard, to his brother-in-law, the Honorable Robert Rochfort Earl of Belvedere, of part of the lands of Paslicktown, County Westmeath, for three lives with a covenant for perpetual renewal at the yearly rent of £34, 19s, 8.5p.

And reciting that under an intermediate conveyance, and ultimately certain indentures of lease and release dated respectively the 27th and 28th of December 1810 and registered the 4th day of September 1807 (which doesn't make sense) in Book 627, Page 49 and No. 433862, the said Thomas Gerrard became entitled to the devised lands and premises for all said estate of the said Robert Rochfort therein.

And reciting indentures of lease and release dated the 1st and 2nd days of January 1777 and registered the 3rd day of May 1780 in Book 334, Page 315 and No. 223478, being a lease from the said Samuel Gerrard the father, to the said Thomas Gerrard on part of the lands of Paslicktown, County Westmeath, for three lives with a covenant for perpetual renewal at the yearly rent of £86.

And reciting indentures of lease and release dated respectively the 31st day of September 1810 and the 1st day of January 1811 and registered the 7th day of February in the year 1811 in Book 633, Page 263 and No. 433982, being a mortgage from the said Thomas Gerrard to the said Martha Wingfield of the premises comprised in both the aforesaid leases for securing the sum of £1,300 and interest.

And reciting among other things, indentures of lease and release dated respectively the 20th and 21st of September 1815 and registered the same 21st day of September in Book 693, Page 344 and No. 476076, being a second mortgage of all the aforesaid premises from the said Thomas Gerrard to the said James MacCormick for securing the sum of £190 and interest.

And reciting indentures of lease and release dated respectively the 28th and 29th of April 1786 and registered the (date left blank) in (Book, page and Deed number left blank), being a lease from their cousin, George Rochfort, the late Earl of Belvedere, to the said Thomas Gerrard and John Rochfort Esq. of the town and lands of Boherquill in County Westmeath for three lives at the yearly rent of £122, 17s together with 6s in the pound as receivers fees.

And reciting an indenture dated the 29th of October then last and registered the (date left blank) in (Book, page and deed number left blank), being a deed of partition between the said Thomas Gerrard and John Rochfort of the said town and lands of Boherquill under which 118 acres of the same lands were allotted to the said Thomas Gerrard in severalty and the yearly rent of £684, 3s, and £1, 14s in receivers fees were approved in respect of the same allotment.

And reciting an intended marriage of the said Samuel Gerrard the son, party thereto, and Elizabeth Fowler, and showing the fortune to which the said Elizabeth Fowler was entitled consisting of the sum of £6,666, 17s in 3 percent consolidated bank annuities, and an expected portion of £833, 6s, 8p, being 1/6 part of the several sums of £3,000, £1,000 and £1,000 with benefit of survivorship on contingencies on her father and mother's marriage settlement, and a deed of appointment in exercise of a power therein contained and bearing date the day next before the day of the date of the release now memorialized, and a sum of £2,000 agreed to be secured as another portion for her benefit by the bond of her father the said Thomas Leversage Fowler, to be paid within 12 calendar months after his decease.

And reciting that upon the treaty of the said then intended marriage, the said Thomas Gerrard agreed to convey and assure the life-hold lands and premises to which he was entitled under the several therein recited indentures, to and upon the uses and trusts and with the parties therein after declared and contained thereof, for the several benefits for himself and the said Samuel Gerrard the son and Elizabeth Fowler and the issue of the said then intended marriage, and that he also agreed to assign several debts or sums of money due to him from different persons by judgments entered separately in His Majesty's Courts of Record in Ireland, or some of them, unto trustees, the said Edward John Littleton and Samuel Gerrard, clerk, upon the trusts therein after declared thereof by way of indemnity as therein, and no part hereinafter mentioned.

It is by the now memorialized indenture of release witnessed that in pursuance of the therein recited agreements, and in consideration of the sum of £1,300 to the said Martha Wingfield and of the sum of £190 to the said James MacCormick, paid by or by the direction of the said Elizabeth Fowler out of part of her fortune as therein mentioned, with the privity and consent of the said Thomas Gerrard and Samuel Gerrard the son, testified as therein expressed in discharge of the like sums secured to them respectively on mortgages of the premises severally comprised in the said indentures of the 30 and 31 days of March 1767 and the 1st and 2nd days of January 1777.

And also in consideration of the said then intended marriage between the said Samuel Gerrard the son and Elizabeth Fowler, and of the residue of her fortune so disposed and agreed to be disposed of as therein mentioned, and for the nominal consideration of 10 shillings to the said Martha Wingfield and James MacCormick at the request and by the direction of the said Thomas Gerrard testified as therein presented, he did bargain, sell and release, and the said Thomas Gerrard did grant, release and confirm unto the said Edward John Littleton and Samuel Gerrard, clerk, in their actual possession by virtue of the now memorialized deed of lease, and their executors and administrators, all that and those the different parts of the town and lands of Paslicktown, situate and being in the barony of Fartullagh in the county of Westmeath aforesaid, comprised in the several indentures of the 30 and 31 of March 1767 and the 1st and 2nd days of January 1777 together with the capital messuage or Mansion House and the offices thereto called Tallyho House erected on part of the lands comprised in the same indentures, and all other erections and buildings thereon, and also all that, the aforesaid part of the said lands of Boherquill, containing 118 acres plantation measure more or less which was conveyed or allotted in severalty by the said indenture of the 29 day of October then last to the said Thomas Gerrard, his heirs and assigns, as his and their several proportion of the town, land and other premises comprised on the said indenture of the 28th and 29th day of April 1786, all which said town, land and other premises thereby released were then in the several occupations of the said Thomas Gerrard, Tompson Lyons and James Callentine or their respective under-tenants, with the appurtenances thereto belonging.

To hold the town, lands and other premises thereby released unto the said Edward John Littleton and Samuel Gerrard, clerk, their executors, administrators and assigns from thenceforth in the manner following, that is to say, to hold all such parts of the same premises as were comprised in the said indentures of lease and release of the 30 and 31 days of March 1767 for the lives and life of his present Majesty King George III, the then cestui que vies under the same indentures, and for all such other lives and life, terms, estates and interest for which the same premises might be thereafter granted by virtue of or under the covenant in the same indenture of release contained for renewal, or any tenant right or benefit of renewal whatsoever, under and subject nevertheless to the payment from thenceforth of the yearly rent of £34, 19s, 8.5p reserved by the same indenture.

And to hold the performance and observance of the covenants, provisions and agreements therein contained on the lessee or tenants part to be performed and observed as to all such parts of the premises thereby released as were comprised in the said indentures of lease and release of the 1st and 2nd days of January 1777, for the lives and life of John Lewis and John Rochfort, the then cestui que vies under the same indentures, and the survivor of them, and for all such other lives and life, term, estate and interest for which the same premises might be thereafter granted by virtue of or under the covenant in the same indenture of release contained for renewal or any tenant right or benefit of renewal whatsoever under and subject nevertheless from thenceforth of the yearly rent of £86 reserved by the same indenture and to the performance and observance of the covenants, provisions and agreements therein contained on the lessees or tenants part to be performed and observed and as to all such parts of the premises thereby released as were comprised in the said indentures of lease and release of the 28th and 29th days of April 1786 and in the said indenture of the 29th day of October then last for the lives and life of John Rochfort, Samuel Gerrard the son, and John Bagnell, the cestui que vies named in the said indenture of the 29th day of April 1786 and the survivors and survivor of them and for any other term which might be thereafter granted therein under any tenant right or favor whatsoever, under and subject nevertheless to the payment from thenceforth of the apportioned yearly rent of £68, 4s, 3p and £1, 14s receivers fees, part of the said yearly rent of £122, 17s and receivers fees reserved by the said last mentioned indenture.

And to hold the performance and observance of the covenants, provisions and agreements contained on the lessee or tenants part to be performed and observed as far as respect to such of the premises thereby granted as were in the now memorialized indenture comprised and as to all and singular the town, lands and other premises thereby released so severally subject as aforesaid to and upon the several uses and trusts and with and subject to the powers and provisions therein and in part herein mentioned, that is to say to the use of the said Thomas Gerrard and his heirs until the said intended marriage should take effect but subject until that event to the said mortgage debts or principal sums of £1,300 and £190 on part of the same premises and thereby advanced and satisfied out of the fortune of the said Elizabeth Fowler as aforesaid and the interest thereof respectively for the benefit of the said Elizabeth Fowler and from and immediately after the solemnization of the said then intended marriage and freed and wholly discharged of and from the same mortgage debts or principal sums and all interest and arrears of interest thereof to upon and for the several uses trusts, intents and purposes and with and subject to the several powers and provisions therein declared and contained of and concerning the same for the several benefits of the said Thomas Gerrard, Samuel Gerrard the son, and Elizabeth Fowler and the issue of the said then intended marriage.

And it is by the now memorialized indenture of lease also witnessed that in further pursuance of the said recited agreements on the part of the said Thomas Gerrard, and in consideration of the said then intended marriage, and for other the considerations thereinafter expressed, the said Thomas Gerrard did covenant with the said Edward John Littleton and Samuel Gerrard, clerk, their executors, administrators and assigns, in case the said then intended marriage should take effect, then within three calendar months after the solemnization thereof, at his own expense, to assign and assure as well the said several therein before recited judgment debts entered of record in Ireland against the said Samuel Gerrard the father, and his eldest son John Gerrard, brother of Thomas Gerrard, and each of them for the several sums of money then vested in or otherwise payable to him the said Thomas Gerrard and therein before recited of all which several judgments thereby covenanted to be assigned proper memorials are intended to be enrolled immediately after the execution of such respective assignments thereof, and all monies due and owing thereon respectively and all powers and remedies for the same unto the said Edward John Littleton and Samuel Gerrard, clerk, their executors, administrators and assigns, upon the trusts therein declared thereof as indemnity in the first place unto the said town, lands and other premises respectively comprised in the said several indentures of lease and release of the 30th and 31st days of March 1767 and the 1st and 2nd days of January 1777 and to the person and persons for the time being beneficially entitled under the trusts and powers therein before contained in respect of the same, of and for the payment of the said several yearly rents of £34, 19s, 8.5p and £86 reserved by the same several indentures of release and each of them, and all powers and remedies given for the recovery thereof or any part thereof respectively, and all costs and expenses to be incurred on account of the same, or any of them, or any non-payments thereon respectively, and in the next place unto the lands and other premises conveyed or released in severalty to the said Thomas Gerrard his heirs and assigns by the same indenture of the 29th day of October then last and thereby released, and to the person and persons for the time being beneficially entitled thereto as aforesaid in respect of the same of and from the defects and imperfections in the said indenture of the 29th day of April 1786, or in the said partition made by the same indenture of the 29th day of October then last of the premises therein comprised, or by reason of the conveyance thereby made of the last mentioned premises, or any inability to dispose thereof, or any inability to dispose hereof, or any other infirmary of settle in the same premises or any of them, and of and from all actions or suit, cause or causes of actions or suit, evictions, interruptions, costs, charges, damages and expenses, claims and demands whatsoever, of or by the owner or owners for the time being of the revision and inheritance of the last mentioned premises on account of any such defects, imperfections, inabilities or infirmary and subject thereto in trust for the said Thomas Gerrard, his executors, administrators and assigns, which said indenture of release now memorialized contained other covenants and clauses and the same as to the execution thereof by the said Thomas Gerrard, Samuel Gerrard the son, Thomas Leversage Fowler, Elizabeth Fowler, and also this memorial as the execution thereof by the said Thomas Gerrard and Samuel Gerrard the son.

The several agreements were each signed and sealed in England by the appropriate parties and witnessed by James Holyoake of Tettenhall, Staffordshire, attorney, William Thacker of Penn, Staffordshire, attorney-at-law, and Elizabeth Moore, servant to the said Thomas Leversage Fowler, and which said deed and the memorial as to the execution by Samuel Gerrard, clerk, was witnessed by James Dunn of the city of Dublin, attorney-at-law, and Charles James Howard, clerk to the said James. It was registered on 06 May 1817.6 
Death*25 December 1833The Reverend Samuel Gerrard, Rector of Clonmore, County Louth, died on 25 December 1833 at age 82.3 

Citations

  1. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Transcripts of memorials of deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms. Most are now digitized and available online at www.familysearch.org, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah: 1803; Film# 545029, Volume 557, pages 170, Deed Number 369600, image 391. Hereinafter cited as Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929.
  2. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1813; Film# 545086, Volume 661, pages 348-349, Deed Number 455176, image 187.
  3. [S1662] Belfast, Northern Ireland, The Belfast Newsletter (Birth, Marriage and Death Notices), 1738-1925, online at www.ancestry.com, The Belfast News-Letter, 7 January 1834, page 3. Hereinafter cited as The Belfast Newsletter (Birth, Marriage and Death Notices), 1738-1925.
  4. [S1719] Thomas Gerrard will (3 October 1763), Abstract of the Will of Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan, County Meath, Ireland, Ms. 654, "Abstracts of wills of Thomas and William Gerrard", received with great joy and many thanks from a fellow Gerrard researcher who received them from the National Library of Ireland, Genealogical Office in Dublin. LHB Computer Files, Summerlin, Nevada. Hereinafter cited as Abstract of the 1763 Will of Thomas Gerrard.
  5. [S1620] Betham Genealogical Abstracts, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan, will dated 3 October 1763, probated 4 December 1763. Hereinafter cited as Betham Genealogical Abstracts.
  6. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1817, Film# 463934, Volume 714, pages 574-A-574-E, Deed number 488909, images 532-534.

Samuel Gerrard1

Family
ChartsDescendants of Thomas Gerrard of Gibbstown, County Meath, Ireland and his Brothers
Father*Thomas Gerrard1
Mother*Anne Rochfort
Birth*Samuel Gerrard was born in County Westmeath, Ireland.1 
Military Service*Before his marriage, Samuel had served in the 3rd (or the King's own) Regiment of the Dragoons.2 
Marriage Settlement*7 September 1816A memorial of indented deeds of lease and release dated 6 and 7 September 1816 respectively were made between the Honorable Martha Wingfield of the city of Dublin in Ireland, spinster, of the first part, James MacCormick of the same city, Esq., of the second part, Thomas Gerrard of Tallyho, County Westmeath, in Ireland, Esq., of the third part, Samuel Gerrard of the same place, Esq., the only son of the said Thomas Gerrard of the fourth part, Thomas Leversage Fowler of Pendeford in the parish of Tettenhall, Staffordshire, England, Esq., of the fifth part, Elizabeth Fowler of Pendeford aforesaid, spinster, eldest daughter of the said Thomas Leversage Fowler by his late wife Harriett, of the sixth part, and Edward John Littleton of Teddesley Hall in Staffordshire, England, Esq., and the Reverend Samuel Gerrard of Clonmore in the county of Louth, Ireland, of the seventh part.

The memorial is complicated and mentions several other people in addition to the parties involved in its development and execution. Samuel Gerrard and John Gerrard, both deceased, were the father and older brother, respectively, of Thomas Gerrard of the third part, and Samuel the father was a brother-in law of Robert Rochfort Earl of Belvedere, also deceased. George Rochfort, the 2nd Earl of Belvedere and also deceased, was the son of Robert Rochfort and a first cousin to Thomas Gerrard and nephew to Samuel Gerrard the father. John Rochfort Esq. was a second cousin to Thomas Gerrard, being the grandson of the brother of Thomas Gerrard's maternal grandfather. Tompson Lyons and James Callentine were tenants on part of the lands of Paslicktown in the county of Westmeath, and John Bagnell and John Lewis were each mentioned as being one of the lives, or cestui que vies on different lease agreements. The memorial began:

Reciting among other things, indentures of lease and release dated respectively the 30th and 31st of March 1767, and registered the (date left blank) in (Book, page and deed number left blank), being a lease from Samuel Gerrard, father of the said Thomas Gerrard, to his brother-in-law, the Honorable Robert Rochfort Earl of Belvedere, of part of the lands of Paslicktown, County Westmeath, for three lives with a covenant for perpetual renewal at the yearly rent of £34, 19s, 8.5p.

And reciting that under an intermediate conveyance, and ultimately certain indentures of lease and release dated respectively the 27th and 28th of December 1810 and registered the 4th day of September 1807 (which doesn't make sense) in Book 627, Page 49 and No. 433862, the said Thomas Gerrard became entitled to the devised lands and premises for all said estate of the said Robert Rochfort therein.

And reciting indentures of lease and release dated the 1st and 2nd days of January 1777 and registered the 3rd day of May 1780 in Book 334, Page 315 and No. 223478, being a lease from the said Samuel Gerrard the father, to the said Thomas Gerrard on part of the lands of Paslicktown, County Westmeath, for three lives with a covenant for perpetual renewal at the yearly rent of £86.

And reciting indentures of lease and release dated respectively the 31st day of September 1810 and the 1st day of January 1811 and registered the 7th day of February in the year 1811 in Book 633, Page 263 and No. 433982, being a mortgage from the said Thomas Gerrard to the said Martha Wingfield of the premises comprised in both the aforesaid leases for securing the sum of £1,300 and interest.

And reciting among other things, indentures of lease and release dated respectively the 20th and 21st of September 1815 and registered the same 21st day of September in Book 693, Page 344 and No. 476076, being a second mortgage of all the aforesaid premises from the said Thomas Gerrard to the said James MacCormick for securing the sum of £190 and interest.

And reciting indentures of lease and release dated respectively the 28th and 29th of April 1786 and registered the (date left blank) in (Book, page and Deed number left blank), being a lease from their cousin, George Rochfort, the late Earl of Belvedere, to the said Thomas Gerrard and John Rochfort Esq. of the town and lands of Boherquill in County Westmeath for three lives at the yearly rent of £122, 17s together with 6s in the pound as receivers fees.

And reciting an indenture dated the 29th of October then last and registered the (date left blank) in (Book, page and deed number left blank), being a deed of partition between the said Thomas Gerrard and John Rochfort of the said town and lands of Boherquill under which 118 acres of the same lands were allotted to the said Thomas Gerrard in severalty and the yearly rent of £684, 3s, and £1, 14s in receivers fees were approved in respect of the same allotment.

And reciting an intended marriage of the said Samuel Gerrard the son, party thereto, and Elizabeth Fowler, and showing the fortune to which the said Elizabeth Fowler was entitled consisting of the sum of £6,666, 17s in 3 percent consolidated bank annuities, and an expected portion of £833, 6s, 8p, being 1/6 part of the several sums of £3,000, £1,000 and £1,000 with benefit of survivorship on contingencies on her father and mother's marriage settlement, and a deed of appointment in exercise of a power therein contained and bearing date the day next before the day of the date of the release now memorialized, and a sum of £2,000 agreed to be secured as another portion for her benefit by the bond of her father the said Thomas Leversage Fowler, to be paid within 12 calendar months after his decease.

And reciting that upon the treaty of the said then intended marriage, the said Thomas Gerrard agreed to convey and assure the life-hold lands and premises to which he was entitled under the several therein recited indentures, to and upon the uses and trusts and with the parties therein after declared and contained thereof, for the several benefits for himself and the said Samuel Gerrard the son and Elizabeth Fowler and the issue of the said then intended marriage, and that he also agreed to assign several debts or sums of money due to him from different persons by judgments entered separately in His Majesty's Courts of Record in Ireland, or some of them, unto trustees, the said Edward John Littleton and Samuel Gerrard, clerk, upon the trusts therein after declared thereof by way of indemnity as therein, and no part hereinafter mentioned.

It is by the now memorialized indenture of release witnessed that in pursuance of the therein recited agreements, and in consideration of the sum of £1,300 to the said Martha Wingfield and of the sum of £190 to the said James MacCormick, paid by or by the direction of the said Elizabeth Fowler out of part of her fortune as therein mentioned, with the privity and consent of the said Thomas Gerrard and Samuel Gerrard the son, testified as therein expressed in discharge of the like sums secured to them respectively on mortgages of the premises severally comprised in the said indentures of the 30 and 31 days of March 1767 and the 1st and 2nd days of January 1777.

And also in consideration of the said then intended marriage between the said Samuel Gerrard the son and Elizabeth Fowler, and of the residue of her fortune so disposed and agreed to be disposed of as therein mentioned, and for the nominal consideration of 10 shillings to the said Martha Wingfield and James MacCormick at the request and by the direction of the said Thomas Gerrard testified as therein presented, he did bargain, sell and release, and the said Thomas Gerrard did grant, release and confirm unto the said Edward John Littleton and Samuel Gerrard, clerk, in their actual possession by virtue of the now memorialized deed of lease, and their executors and administrators, all that and those the different parts of the town and lands of Paslicktown, situate and being in the barony of Fartullagh in the county of Westmeath aforesaid, comprised in the several indentures of the 30 and 31 of March 1767 and the 1st and 2nd days of January 1777 together with the capital messuage or Mansion House and the offices thereto called Tallyho House erected on part of the lands comprised in the same indentures, and all other erections and buildings thereon, and also all that, the aforesaid part of the said lands of Boherquill, containing 118 acres plantation measure more or less which was conveyed or allotted in severalty by the said indenture of the 29 day of October then last to the said Thomas Gerrard, his heirs and assigns, as his and their several proportion of the town, land and other premises comprised on the said indenture of the 28th and 29th day of April 1786, all which said town, land and other premises thereby released were then in the several occupations of the said Thomas Gerrard, Tompson Lyons and James Callentine or their respective under-tenants, with the appurtenances thereto belonging.

To hold the town, lands and other premises thereby released unto the said Edward John Littleton and Samuel Gerrard, clerk, their executors, administrators and assigns from thenceforth in the manner following, that is to say, to hold all such parts of the same premises as were comprised in the said indentures of lease and release of the 30 and 31 days of March 1767 for the lives and life of his present Majesty King George III, the then cestui que vies under the same indentures, and for all such other lives and life, terms, estates and interest for which the same premises might be thereafter granted by virtue of or under the covenant in the same indenture of release contained for renewal, or any tenant right or benefit of renewal whatsoever, under and subject nevertheless to the payment from thenceforth of the yearly rent of £34, 19s, 8.5p reserved by the same indenture.

And to hold the performance and observance of the covenants, provisions and agreements therein contained on the lessee or tenants part to be performed and observed as to all such parts of the premises thereby released as were comprised in the said indentures of lease and release of the 1st and 2nd days of January 1777, for the lives and life of John Lewis and John Rochfort, the then cestui que vies under the same indentures, and the survivor of them, and for all such other lives and life, term, estate and interest for which the same premises might be thereafter granted by virtue of or under the covenant in the same indenture of release contained for renewal or any tenant right or benefit of renewal whatsoever under and subject nevertheless from thenceforth of the yearly rent of £86 reserved by the same indenture and to the performance and observance of the covenants, provisions and agreements therein contained on the lessees or tenants part to be performed and observed and as to all such parts of the premises thereby released as were comprised in the said indentures of lease and release of the 28th and 29th days of April 1786 and in the said indenture of the 29th day of October then last for the lives and life of John Rochfort, Samuel Gerrard the son, and John Bagnell, the cestui que vies named in the said indenture of the 29th day of April 1786 and the survivors and survivor of them and for any other term which might be thereafter granted therein under any tenant right or favor whatsoever, under and subject nevertheless to the payment from thenceforth of the apportioned yearly rent of £68, 4s, 3p and £1, 14s receivers fees, part of the said yearly rent of £122, 17s and receivers fees reserved by the said last mentioned indenture.

And to hold the performance and observance of the covenants, provisions and agreements contained on the lessee or tenants part to be performed and observed as far as respect to such of the premises thereby granted as were in the now memorialized indenture comprised and as to all and singular the town, lands and other premises thereby released so severally subject as aforesaid to and upon the several uses and trusts and with and subject to the powers and provisions therein and in part herein mentioned, that is to say to the use of the said Thomas Gerrard and his heirs until the said intended marriage should take effect but subject until that event to the said mortgage debts or principal sums of £1,300 and £190 on part of the same premises and thereby advanced and satisfied out of the fortune of the said Elizabeth Fowler as aforesaid and the interest thereof respectively for the benefit of the said Elizabeth Fowler and from and immediately after the solemnization of the said then intended marriage and freed and wholly discharged of and from the same mortgage debts or principal sums and all interest and arrears of interest thereof to upon and for the several uses trusts, intents and purposes and with and subject to the several powers and provisions therein declared and contained of and concerning the same for the several benefits of the said Thomas Gerrard, Samuel Gerrard the son, and Elizabeth Fowler and the issue of the said then intended marriage.

And it is by the now memorialized indenture of lease also witnessed that in further pursuance of the said recited agreements on the part of the said Thomas Gerrard, and in consideration of the said then intended marriage, and for other the considerations thereinafter expressed, the said Thomas Gerrard did covenant with the said Edward John Littleton and Samuel Gerrard, clerk, their executors, administrators and assigns, in case the said then intended marriage should take effect, then within three calendar months after the solemnization thereof, at his own expense, to assign and assure as well the said several therein before recited judgment debts entered of record in Ireland against the said Samuel Gerrard the father, and his eldest son John Gerrard, brother of Thomas Gerrard, and each of them for the several sums of money then vested in or otherwise payable to him the said Thomas Gerrard and therein before recited of all which several judgments thereby covenanted to be assigned proper memorials are intended to be enrolled immediately after the execution of such respective assignments thereof, and all monies due and owing thereon respectively and all powers and remedies for the same unto the said Edward John Littleton and Samuel Gerrard, clerk, their executors, administrators and assigns, upon the trusts therein declared thereof as indemnity in the first place unto the said town, lands and other premises respectively comprised in the said several indentures of lease and release of the 30th and 31st days of March 1767 and the 1st and 2nd days of January 1777 and to the person and persons for the time being beneficially entitled under the trusts and powers therein before contained in respect of the same, of and for the payment of the said several yearly rents of £34, 19s, 8.5p and £86 reserved by the same several indentures of release and each of them, and all powers and remedies given for the recovery thereof or any part thereof respectively, and all costs and expenses to be incurred on account of the same, or any of them, or any non-payments thereon respectively, and in the next place unto the lands and other premises conveyed or released in severalty to the said Thomas Gerrard his heirs and assigns by the same indenture of the 29th day of October then last and thereby released, and to the person and persons for the time being beneficially entitled thereto as aforesaid in respect of the same of and from the defects and imperfections in the said indenture of the 29th day of April 1786, or in the said partition made by the same indenture of the 29th day of October then last of the premises therein comprised, or by reason of the conveyance thereby made of the last mentioned premises, or any inability to dispose thereof, or any inability to dispose hereof, or any other infirmary of settle in the same premises or any of them, and of and from all actions or suit, cause or causes of actions or suit, evictions, interruptions, costs, charges, damages and expenses, claims and demands whatsoever, of or by the owner or owners for the time being of the revision and inheritance of the last mentioned premises on account of any such defects, imperfections, inabilities or infirmary and subject thereto in trust for the said Thomas Gerrard, his executors, administrators and assigns, which said indenture of release now memorialized contained other covenants and clauses and the same as to the execution thereof by the said Thomas Gerrard, Samuel Gerrard the son, Thomas Leversage Fowler, Elizabeth Fowler, and also this memorial as the execution thereof by the said Thomas Gerrard and Samuel Gerrard the son.

The several agreements were each signed and sealed in England by the appropriate parties and witnessed by James Holyoake of Tettenhall, Staffordshire, attorney, William Thacker of Penn, Staffordshire, attorney-at-law, and Elizabeth Moore, servant to the said Thomas Leversage Fowler, and which said deed and the memorial as to the execution by Samuel Gerrard, clerk, was witnessed by James Dunn of the city of Dublin, attorney-at-law, and Charles James Howard, clerk to the said James. It was registered on 06 May 1817.1 
Marriage*10 December 1816He married Elizabeth Fowler of Pendeford, Staffordshire, England, daughter of Thomas Leversage Fowler and Harriett __?__, on 10 December 1816 in Tettenhall Church, Staffordshire. They were married by the Reverend Thomas Walker, Prebendary of the Collegiate Church in Wolverhampton.1,2 

Family

 Elizabeth Fowler

Citations

  1. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Transcripts of memorials of deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms. Most are now digitized and available online at www.familysearch.org, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah: 1817, Film# 463934, Volume 714, pages 574-A-574-E, Deed number 488909, images 532-534. Hereinafter cited as Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929.
  2. [S1621] Irish Newspapers, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, Belfast Commercial Chronicle, December 18, 1816, page 3. Hereinafter cited as Irish Newspapers.

Samuel Gerrard1

Family
Father-Possible*Thomas Gerrard d. b 28 Apr 1738;

The relationship between Thomas and Samuel Gerrard has not yet been verified, though Thomas may have been Samuel's father1
Mother-Possible*Anne __?__;

The relationship between Anne and Samuel Gerrard has not yet been verified, though Anne may have been Samuel's mother1
Birth*Samuel Gerrard was born in Ireland.1 
Occupation*Samuel resided in Drogheda, County Louth, and was a brazier, a person who works with brass.1 
Deed Memorial*28 April 1738A memorial of an indented deed of assignment dated 28 April 1738 was made between Anne Gerrard of the town of Drogheda, County Louth, widow and relict of Thomas Gerrard late of Drogheda aforesaid, alderman, deceased, Samuel Gerrard of the same, brazier, executor of the last will and testament of the said Thomas Gerrard, William Newton Esq. of Kells in the county of Meath and Elizabeth Hale of Drogheda, widow, relict and sole executrix of Edward Hale, late of the same, apothecary, deceased, of the one part and John McDowell of the same, gentleman of the other part.

Reciting as therein is recited, whereby the said Elizabeth Hale, for and in consideration of the sum of £211 to her in hand paid, and the said Anne Gerrard, Samuel Gerrard and William Newton, for the sum of 5 shillings sterling to every of them in hand paid by the said John McDowell, the receipt of which said several sums is by the said deed acknowledged did, and each and every of them did, grant, bargain, sell, transfer, assign, release and confirm unto the said John McDowell all that and those the two houses and gardens measuring and bounding on the east on the town wall, on the southwest gate, on the north the tower next to the Lime Kill and to the west the highway leading to the old windmill or Dundalk. Also all that and those the four small parcels lying in land Sharragh formerly on alderman William Ford's charge measuring and bounding according to a map to a deed of lease in the said deed recited annexed, and also all that park lying near Baymore on the south side of the town of Drogheda aforesaid, containing by estimation 7 acres and 5 perches be the same more or less, bounding to Mr. Ball's land, north to Edward Jones's land, west to the land of Baymore on the south and to the road leading to Baymore on the east, together with all houses and improvements whatsoever made or erected on aforesaid premises and all the estate terms for years, right, title, interest, equity of redemption, property, claim, challenge and demand whatsoever, either in lower equity of them the said Elizabeth Hale, Anne Gerrard, Samuel Gerrard and William Newton, or any of them, of, in, or to the said premises by virtue of the several deeds of lease and assignment therein recited or otherwise howsoever.

To have and to hold the said lands, tenements and premises with their members and appurtenances unto the said John McDowell, his executors, administrators and assigns, to his and their use and behoof for and during all the rest residue and remainder of the several and respective terms of 51 and 61 years of the several leases therein recited then to come and unexpired at and under the yearly rents and covenants therein reserved and contained.

The deed of assignment was witnessed by William Sweet Love of the town of Drogheda, apothecary, and Cornelius McLaughlin of the same, merchant, and the memorial was witnessed by the said Cornelius McLaughlin and Michael Bird of the same, gentleman. The documents were duly executed, signed and sealed by all parties and the memorial was registered on 10 June 1738.1 

Citations

  1. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Transcripts of memorials of deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms. Most are now digitized and available online at www.familysearch.org, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah: 1738; Film# 522820, Volume 91, pages 160-161, deed number 63815, image 101. Hereinafter cited as Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929.

Samuel Gerrard1,2

b. 1823
Family
ChartsDescendants of William Gerrard of Ardbraccan, County Meath
Father*William Gerrard1,3 b. 1794
Birth*1823Samuel Gerrard was born about 1823, probably in County Meath, Ireland.1,2 
Marriage*26 January 1846He married Catherine O'Hara, daughter of John O'Hara, on 26 January 1846 in Church of Ardbraccan, Ireland.1,2,4,5,6,7 
(Son) Census Ireland 18511851Samuel was enumerated with his wife and sons on the census taken in 1851 in the household of his father in Ardbraccan, County Meath, Ireland. Samuel was 28 years of age and his wife Catherine was 26. Their sons, John and William were ages 4 and 2 1/2, respectively.2 

Family

 Catherine O'Hara b. 1825, d. 6 Aug 1897
Children 1.John Gerrard1,2 b. 1847, d. 24 Feb 1897
 2.William Gerrard+1,2 b. 1848
 3.Maria Gerrard1,2 b. 1851
 4.Jane Gerrard8 b. 1857

Citations

  1. [S1747] Patricia McCormick, "The Gerrard Family of Ardbraccan, County Meath, Ireland," e-mail messages from e-mail address to LHB, multiple dates, her great grandfather Gerrard's family, citing the National Archives of Ireland – Search Census - The Old Age Pensions Act 1908, Extract from Census 1851 at http://censussearchforms.nationalarchives.ie/reels/c19/…. Hereinafter cited as "The Gerrard Family of Ardbraccan, County Meath, Ireland."
  2. [S1648] Ireland Census search forms 1841 & 1851, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, Extract of Census Return of 1851, Maria (Gerrard) Hanly, applicant, household of William Gerrard, village and townland of Ardbraccan, barony of Navan, county of Meath. Hereinafter cited as Ireland Census search forms 1841 & 1851.
  3. [S1648] Ireland Census search forms 1841 & 1851, online at www.findmypast.com, Extract of Census Return of 1851, Maria (Gerrard) Hanly, applicant.
  4. [S1747] Patricia McCormick, "The Gerrard Family of Ardbraccan, County Meath, Ireland," e-mails to LHB, multiple dates, her great grandfather Gerrard's family, citing https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=R_795146434.
  5. [S1749] Ireland, Select Marriages, 1619-1898, online at www.ancestry.com, Samuel Gerrard and Catherine O'Hara, Ardbraccan, County Meath, 26 January 1846, referencing FHL Film Number: 101279. Hereinafter cited as Ireland, Select Marriages, 1619-1898.
  6. [S1659] IrishGenealogy.ie, online at https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/, Civil Records, marriage by banns of Samuel Gerrard of Ardbraccan Village, full age, bachelor, labourer, son of William Gerrard, labourer, and Catherine O'Hara of Ardbraccan, full age, spinster, daughter of John O'Hara, labourer, on 26 January 1846 in the Church of Ardbraccan, County Meath, registered in the registration district of Navan, County Meath, viewed online at https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/…. Hereinafter cited as IrishGenealogy.ie.
  7. [S1633] Ireland Marriages 1619-1898 Transcription, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, marriage of Samuel Gerrard and Catherine O'Hara in Ardbraccan, County Meath on 26 January 1846. Hereinafter cited as Ireland Marriages 1619-1898 Transcription.
  8. [S1747] Patricia McCormick, "The Gerrard Family of Ardbraccan, County Meath, Ireland," e-mails to LHB, multiple dates, her great grandfather Gerrard's family.

Samuel William Gerrard1

b. 1841, d. 29 December 1869
Family
ChartsDescendants of Thomas Gerrard of Gibbstown, County Meath, Ireland and his Brothers
Father*Samuel Gerrard1 b. 1814, d. 22 Apr 1882
Mother*Hannah Elizabeth Montserrat1
Birth*1841Samuel William Gerrard, identified as his father's second son, was born, as calculated from his reported age at death, about 1841 in County Dublin, Ireland.2,1 
Death*29 December 1869He died on 29 December 1869 at Calcutta, West Bengal, India, at age 29.1 

Citations

  1. [S1662] Belfast, Northern Ireland, The Belfast Newsletter (Birth, Marriage and Death Notices), 1738-1925, online at www.ancestry.com, The Belfast News-Letter, 5 February 1870, page 1. Hereinafter cited as The Belfast Newsletter (Birth, Marriage and Death Notices), 1738-1925.
  2. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, citing a suggestion from an unidentified source. Hereinafter cited as "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research."

Sarah Gerrard

Family
ChartsDescendants of Thomas Gerrard of Gibbstown, County Meath, Ireland and his Brothers
Descendants of John Hinds, including our Walters and Ralphs
Father*William Gerrard d. bt 1789 - 1793
Mother*Anne Cosby1,2
(Grandchild) Will3 October 1763Sarah and her sisters, identified as daughters of his third son William, each received a legacy in the will of their grandfather, Thomas Gerrard, dated 3 October 1763 at Liscartan, County Meath.3,4 
Marriage License5 January 1784A marriage license was issued to Sarah Gerrard and Matthew Hinds in Dublin, Ireland, on 5 January 1784. The license stated that Matthew "Hynds" of Mulhussey, County Meath, a Gentleman, and Sarah Gerrard of Dublin, a Spinster, were to be married in the Dublin parish of St. Thomas.5 
(Future Wife) Marriage Settlement3 February 1784 On 3 February 1784, Ralph Hinds of Mulhussey, County Meath, Esq. of the first part, his second son Matthew Hinds and Sarah Gerrard, spinster and one of the daughters of William Gerrard of Dormstown, in the County of Meath Esq. of the second part, the said William Gerrard of the third part, and his nephew William Gerrard of Liscartan in the County of Meath Esq. and Thomas Hinds of the City of Dublin Esq. of the fourth part, made a Memorial of Indentured Deed of Release. After first reciting that Ralph Hinds was seized in fee simple of (owned unconditionally) the different lands contained in the deed, and also reciting that a marriage was intended to be thereby had between Matthew Hinds and Sarah Gerrard, the Deed of Release identified the portions of his lands Ralph was agreeing to give in trust for the benefit of his son Matthew Hinds and his wife Sarah Gerrard with Sarah's cousin William Gerrard of Liscartan and Matthew's brother Thomas Hinds as trustees. Ralph Hinds first granted, bargained, sold, released and confirmed to William Gerrard and Thomas Hinds the towns and lands of Ned, Cornagee, the part of Toberlyan called Duffin, and Mulrick, situated, lying and being in the County of Cavan, with all and singular their appurtenances. Thomas Hinds and William Gerrard as trustees, their heirs and assigns, were to hold the said lands and premises thereby granted and released, with the appurtenances, to their own use and maintenance, and partially, after the marriage of Matthew and Sarah, to the use of Matthew and his assigns during his life. And from and after his death, to the use of the said trustees for five hundred years; to the use of the first son of Matthew by Sarah and the heirs of such first son; in default thereof to the use of the second, third, fourth and all and every son and sons of Matthew by Sarah, successively, one after another in seniority of the heirs of all and every such son and sons, such sons of the heirs of his body to be preferred. With no such issue, the lands were to default back to the use of Ralph Hinds, his heirs and assigns forever. And, concerning the said five hundred years to the Trustees to support the other contingent premises and for the other purposes therein and partially upon trust. In case the said Sarah Gerrard should survive the said Matthew Hinds and there should be no issue of their marriage living at his decease or if any issue and the same should die before the age of twenty-one, the Trust was to pay or to authorize said Sarah and her assigns to receive out of the rents and profits from the said lands included in this Grant and Release, a yearly annuity rent charge of £100 during her natural life for her and their own use and benefit; and in case Sarah should survive Matthew, and there be living issue at his decease, then and so long as the said children lived, the Trust was to pay or to authorize Sarah to receive out of the rents and profits from the said lands an annual annuity rent charge of £70, in lieu of the said annuity of £100, during her natural life. Sarah's annual annuity, whichever it turned out to be, was to be paid half yearly on the first of November and the first of May by equal portions without deductions. The first payment was to be made on such of the said days which shall first happen next after the decease of Matthew Hinds, with a power for Sarah and her assigns to distrain (seize for payment of the debt); and in case there should be an eldest son and one or more other child or children of Matthew Hinds on the body of Sarah Gerrard to be begotten, or in case there should not be any son of the intended marriage and all their issue should be a daughter or daughters, then William Gerrard of Liscartan and Thomas Hinds, their executors, administrators and assigns, should by sale or mortgage during the said term of five hundred years, levy or borrow £1,000 for the portion or portions of the other child or children and pay or make over the said sum among the child or children other than an eldest or only son in such shares or proportions as Matthew Hinds by deed or by his last will should appoint. The Deed of Release and Memorial was signed and sealed by all parties and witnessed by Edward King of the City of Dublin Gentleman and Christian Jordan, Writing Clerk on 04 February 1784, and registered the same day.6 
Marriage*February 1784She married Matthew Hinds, son of Ralph Hinds and Esther Cannon.5 
(Married Daughter) Will24 December 1788Sarah was named in the will of her father dated 24 December 1788 at Dormstown, County Meath. Her father appointed trustees, Reverend Singleton Harpur, Robert Waller and James Gibney, and named his three unmarried daughters, Elizabeth, Anne and Catherine, his two natural sons, William and Thomas, his housekeeper at Tankardstown, Mary Glascum, his two married daughters, Rebecca (Gerrard) Hinds and Sarah (Gerrard) Hinds, his granddaughters, Johanna Hinds and Annabella Hinds, his son-in-law, Matthew Hinds, and his three natural daughters, Bridget, Mary and Agnes at Tankardstown.

Our transcription has not altered the content of the abstract, although we have made minimal edits to clarify places with current day spellings and to complete sentences or modify punctuation. Our transcription follows:

I, William Gerrard of Dormstown, County Meath, Gentleman...

     Trustees -- Reverend Singleton Harper of the city of Dublin, Clerk, Robert Waller of Allenstown, County Meath, Esq., and James Gibney of Navan in County Meath, Merchant -- to hold the lands of Dormstown, County Meath, in trust for testator's three daughters, Elizabeth, Anne and Catherine Gerrard, who are to enjoy the house and lands of Dormstown and to receive the rents and profits thereof equally, and if they marry, as they marry, to have £500, and the last of them to marry, or who is unmarried, to have the house and lands of Dormstown. And on her death, whether married or unmarried, said trustees are to allow testator's two natural sons, William and Thomas, sons of testator's housekeeper at Tankardstown, Mary Glascum, to have the house and rents of Dormstown equally between them for life, and then to their issue male, lawfully begotten, and in default of such issue, said lands are to go to testator's daughter Rebecca Hinds, widow, and to her sons, and failing whom to testator's daughters Elizabeth, Anne and Catherine Gerrard, testator's residuary legatees, and the survivor or survivors of them

     Legacy to testator's daughter Sarah Hinds, which is not to be in the control of Matthew Hinds, her present husband, or any after taken husband, and at her death to go to her children

     Legacy to testator's son-in-law Matthew Hinds

     Legacy to testator's two granddaughters Johanna and Annabella Hinds

     Testator leaves his dwelling house and 30 acres of land at Tankardstown, County Meath, to his housekeeper Mary Glascum, and if the lease thereof expires before she dies, then she is to have an annuity of £20

     Legacies to Bridget, Mary and Agnes, three daughters of the said Mary Glascum

     Testator leaves the lands of Tankardstown (subject as aforesaid), Betaghstown, and Castlemartin, all in County Meath, to his daughter Sarah Hinds

     Residue to Testator's three daughters Elizabeth, Anne and Catherine Gerrard

     Executors -- Daughters Rebecca Hinds and Elizabeth, Anne and Catherine Gerrard

Dated 24 December 1788 and witnessed by William Dickson, David Thompson and Michael Gibney.7,8,9 
Residence*Sarah and Matthew Hinds resided in Trim, County Meath.10 
(Wife) Deathbefore 1809Sarah became a widow in or before 1809, the year Matthew Hinds, husband of Sarah (Gerrard) Hinds, was described in a judgment in the Court of Common Pleas as "since dead, leaving Sarah a widow and three children...all of whom had attained their respective ages of 21 years."9 
(Bride's Mother) Marriage Settlement26 August 1813A marriage settlement and appointment agreement in the form of a Memorial of an indented deed was made on 26 August 1813 by Thomas Potterton of Ballaghtalion, County Meath, Ireland, Esq., together with Anna Maria Donnelly and Hester Rynd who were described as the wives of ______ Donnelly and James Rynd of Portlester and Ryndville, both in the County of Meath, respectively, of the first part, Sarah (Gerrard) Hinds of Trim, County Meath, widow, of the second part, Eleanora Anne Hinds, spinster, daughter of Sarah, of the third part, and Henry Potterton of the City of Dublin gentleman and Rebecca (Gerrard) Hinds of Newtown Hill in the County of Kildare, widow, of the fourth part. Sarah agreed to give the couple £500 sterling upon the solemnizing of their marriage, and approved the payment through trustees of an additional £600 sterling, one-half of her inheritance from her father, to be paid immediately upon her death.11 
(2nd Daughter) Deed Memorial29 April 1814Sarah was a participant with others in her extended Gerrard family, on a Memorial deed dated 29 April 1814 that included her daughter Eleanora Anne and her husband Thomas Potterton of Ballaghtalion, County Meath, Esq. of the first part, Sarah (Gerrard) Hinds of Trim, County Meath, widow and mother of Eleanora Anne, Martha Hinds of Trim, spinster, daughter of Sarah, and John Hinds of the City of Dublin, gentleman and only son of Sarah of Trim of the second part, Anne (Gerrard) Gibney of Eccles Street in the City of Dublin, widow, John Small of Rutland Square in the City of Dublin, Esq. and Catherine (Gerrard) Small, his wife, and Rebecca (Gerrard) Hinds, widow of the third part, the Reverend Mungo Henry Waller of Allenstown in the County of Meath, clerk of the fourth part, and Thomas Hinds of Newtown in County Kildare, Esq. of the fifth part, made a Memorial of an indentured deed agreement. The deed began with a review of four pertinent events: William Gerrard's 1788 will and subsequent 1790 probate, the death of Matthew Hinds, husband of William's daughter Sarah (Gerrard) Hinds, before or in 1809, and the 1813 marriage settlement agreement for Thomas Potterton and Eleanora Anne Potterton.

Reciting that William Gerrard of Dormstown, County Meath, gentleman, deceased, made his will dated 24 December 1788 and thereby, amongst bequests to his other daughters, bequeathed unto the Reverend Singleton Harpur, Robert Waller and James Gibney, his trustees, an amount of £1200 in trust that they and his survivors and the executors and administrators of such survivors, should place out the same at interest and permit his daughter Sarah Hinds to receive the yearly interest for her separate use. And further, that after the death of his daughter Sarah, the trustees, their executors and administrators, should transfer the £1200 to such of Sarah's children as should be then living, and that by her will she should approve and appoint his daughters Rebecca Hinds, Elizabeth, Anne and Catherine Gerrard executors. Reciting further that William Gerrard died without altering his will and that it was proved in the Court of Prerogative Probate granted to Elizabeth Gerrard, Catherine Gerrard, since married to John Small, and Anne Gibney, three of the executors named and that the £1200 bequeathed by the will to Sarah was secured by the bond of Robert Waller, deceased, then of Ministown in the County of Meath, Esq. bearing date of 22 February 1790 with an attorney's warrant for confession of judgment in the final sum of £2400 conditioned for payment of the principal sum of £1200 under the will of William Gerrard upon which Anne Gibney, Rebecca Hinds, John Small and Catherine his wife did, around 1809, obtain a judgment in the Court of Common Pleas against Robert Waller stating that Matthew Hinds, husband of Sarah, was since dead leaving his widow Sarah and three children, namely Eleanora Anne, Martha and John Hinds, all of whom had attained their respective ages of 21 years. Next the deed explained that, by an indented deed of four parts dated 26 August 1813 and made between Thomas Potterton, Anna Maria Donnelly and Hester Rynd of the first part, Sarah Hinds of the second part, Eleanora Anne, then Hinds, of the third part, and Henry Potterton, gentleman, and Rebecca Hinds of the fourth part, the deed recited that a marriage was intended shortly to be had between Thomas Potterton and Eleanora Anne Hinds, and reciting that £1200 was held in trust for Sarah, mother of Eleanora Anne, and that on the result of the marriage being accomplished, Sarah had agreed that £600 of the £1200 should be payable to Thomas Potterton immediately after Sarah's death; then the agreement witnessed that in consideration of the intended marriage and the £600, Thomas made a provision for Eleanora in case she should outlive him and her issue. The indenture further witnessed a deed in which Sarah, in consideration of the intended marriage, had made provisions for Eleanora Anne and did give, grant and appoint the £600, being one-half of the £1200, to Eleanora Anne, her executors, administrators and assigns to be payable to Eleanora Anne, her executors, administrators or assigns immediately after the death her mother, Sarah. Then it was witnessed that the marriage had taken effect and that Thomas Potterton, by virtue of his marriage settlement deed, was entitled to the £600 upon Sarah's decease and that Thomas desired to sell the £600 and had applied to Reverend Mungo Henry Waller who had agreed to the purchase. Thomas had agreed to accept £400, which Mungo had agreed to pay to him. The other parties to the deed had agreed to ratify and confirm the purchase and to relinquish to Mungo all their right, title and claim in default of an appointment by Sarah, or in case of the decease of any or all of her children in her lifetime, or in case Sarah should execute her power of appointment so as to otherwise disappoint Thomas and Eleanora Anne or their issue of the £600 or of any part thereof. The indenture witnessed that, upon execution of the agreement and in consideration of the £400 paid by Mungo to Thomas Potterton, and of £1 apiece paid to Eleanora Anne Potterton, Sarah (Gerrard) Hinds, Martha Hinds, John Hinds, Rebecca (Gerrard) Hinds, John and Catherine (Gerrard) Small and Anne (Gerrard) Gibney, Thomas and Eleanora Potterton, Sarah, Martha and John Hinds, did grant, bargain and assign, and Rebecca Hinds, John and Catherine Small, and Anne Gibney confirmed unto Mungo H. Waller, his executors, administrators and assigns, the principal sum of £600, and reciting that by deed and Memorial, Rebecca Hinds, John and Catherine Small and Anne Gibney did assign to Thomas Hinds as trustee, his executors, administrators and assigns, a judgment. It was thereby declared that the £600 was invested with Thomas Hinds in trust as to £600 and the interest thereof from the death of Sarah Hinds for Mungo H. Waller and the interest due and to grow due on the fact of the judgment in trust for Sarah Hinds, her executors, administrators and assigns for life. And after her decease, as to the monies secured by the judgment above, £600 for the person or persons whom Sarah should appoint. The deed and Memorial was signed and witnessed by each of the parties involved on various dates, and was registered on 4 May 1814.9 
(Bride's Mother) Marriage Settlement12 January 1820A memorial of an indented deed of appointment dated 12 January 1820 was made between Sarah (Gerrard) Hinds of Ballaghtalion in the county of Meath, widow of the late Matthew Hinds of Trim in the said county, Esq., deceased, of the first part, Thomas Potterton of Ballaghtalion in said county of Meath, Esq. and Eleanora Anne Hinds, otherwise Potterton, and John Hinds of Jervis Street in the city of Dublin, attorney at law, of the second part, Matilda Hinds, daughter of the said Sarah Hinds, of the third part, and the Reverend James Matthews of Rathbeggan in the said county of Meath, of the fourth part.

Whereby the said Sarah Hinds, in consideration of a marriage to be had and solemnized between the said James Matthews and Matilda Hinds, agreed to settle on the said Matilda Hinds, her executors, administrators and assigns, the sum of £600, part of a sum of £1,200 left her, the said Sarah Hinds, under the will of William Gerrard of Dormstown in the said county, Esq., her father, bearing date the 24 day of December 1788, which said sum of £1,200 was assigned in trust to Singleton Harpur, Robert Waller and James Gibney for the use of the children of the said Sarah Hinds with her then husband Matthew Hinds to the intent and purpose that she, the said Sarah Hinds, should receive and take the yearly interest thereof and to be free from the engagements or debts of said Matthew Hinds or any after taken husband. And upon trust that the said trustees, their executors or administrators, should, after the said Sarah's death dispose of the said sum of £1,200 amongst the said Sarah's children as she should direct, limit and approve.

And whereas the said Matthew Hinds is since dead and has left issue by said Sarah three children, namely John Hinds, Matilda Hinds and Eleanor Anne who is married to Thomas Potterton.

And whereas said Sarah under the power given her in said will, and with the approbation of the said John Hinds and Matilda Hinds on the intermarriage of said Eleanor Anne and Thomas Potterton, settled upon said Eleanor Anne the sum of £600, part of the sum of £1,200.

And whereas in consideration of said marriage so to be had between the said James Matthews and Matilda Hinds, she the said Sarah, by and with the consent of the said John Hinds, Thomas Potterton and Eleanor Anne signing thereof, has agreed to appoint and settle the remaining sum of £600, part of the sum of £1,200 on the said Matilda, same to be paid her immediately after the death of the said Sarah, and to be her own property, and to be at her the said Matilda's sole disposal and free from the debts and engagements of the said James Matthews, her intended husband.

The memorial stated that the deed contained other necessary clauses and covenants as to the execution thereof, and the deed and the memorial were executed and signed by all parties and witnessed appropriately. The memorial was registered on 27 Jan 1820.12 

Family

 Matthew Hinds b. 1763
Children 1.John Hinds+13 b. 1784, d. 23 Nov 1848
 2.Eleanora Anne Hinds+13,9 b. 1788, d. 15 Aug 1874
 3.Martha Hinds13

Citations

  1. [S1620] Betham Genealogical Abstracts, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, Marriage of William Gerrard of Liscartan, County Meath, and Ann Cosby of the parish of St. Andrew, spinster, 13th December 1756. Hereinafter cited as Betham Genealogical Abstracts.
  2. [S1620] Betham Genealogical Abstracts, online at www.findmypast.com, Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan, will dated 3 October 1763, probated 4 December 1763l.
  3. [S1719] Thomas Gerrard will (3 October 1763), Abstract of the Will of Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan, County Meath, Ireland, Ms. 654, "Abstracts of wills of Thomas and William Gerrard", received with great joy and many thanks from a fellow Gerrard researcher who received them from the National Library of Ireland, Genealogical Office in Dublin. LHB Computer Files, Summerlin, Nevada. Hereinafter cited as Abstract of the 1763 Will of Thomas Gerrard.
  4. [S1620] Betham Genealogical Abstracts, online at www.findmypast.com, Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan, will dated 3 October 1763, probated 4 December 1763.
  5. [S834] Microfilm of original manuscripts in the Genealogical Office of Ireland, Dublin Consistorial Office marriage licence books, ca. 1630-1825. Includes parish where marriage is to take place, residence and marital condition of the bride, usually residence and occupation of the husband, and the date of the license. In alphabetical order by groom; includes brides' index: Volume No. 474, Volume II E-M, page 103; on FHL Film 100227, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Dublin marriage licence books.
  6. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Transcripts of memorials of deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms. Most are now digitized and available online at www.familysearch.org, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah: 1784; Film number 531952; Volume 357; Pages 184-185; Deed number 239623 image 418. Hereinafter cited as Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929.
  7. [S1725] William Gerrard will (24 December 1788), Abstract of the Will of William Gerrard of Dormstown, County Meath, Ireland Ms. 654, "Abstracts of wills of Thomas and William Gerrard", received with great joy and many thanks from a fellow Gerrard researcher who received them from the National Library of Ireland, Genealogical Office in Dublin. LHB Computer Files, Summerlin, Nevada. Hereinafter cited as Abstract of the 1788 Will of William Gerrard.
  8. [S1620] Betham Genealogical Abstracts, online at www.findmypast.com, William Gerrard, will dated 24 December 1788, probated 11 January 1794.
  9. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1814; Film number 545070; Volume 672; Pages 321-323; Deed number 464033.
  10. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1820; Film number 464731; Volume 748; Pages 395a-395b; Deed number 509130.
  11. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1813; Film number 545087; Volume 663; Pages 573-575; Deed number 457689.
  12. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1820, Deed# 509130, Film# 464731 volume 748, identifying page location# 395A and 395B, image 176.
  13. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1820, Deed# 509130, Film# 464731 volume 748, identifying page location# 395A and 395B.

Sarah Gerrard1

d. before 3 October 1763
Family
ChartsDescendants of Thomas Gerrard of Gibbstown, County Meath, Ireland and his Brothers
Father*Thomas Gerrard1 d. Nov 1763
Mother*Catherine Cooper1
Birth*Sarah was born in County Meath, Ireland.1 
Marriage*15 April 1751She married Edward Cheshire on 15 April 1751 at St. Peter, Drogheda, County Louth.2 
Death*before 3 October 1763She died before 3 October 1763, the date her father wrote his will.3 
(Daughter) Will3 October 1763Although deceased, Sarah was named in the will of her father dated 3 October 1763 at Liscartan, County Meath. Each of her children, Alice, Edward, Thomas and William, received a legacy and were identified as the children of Edward Cheshire and Sarah Cheshire, otherwise Gerrard, his late wife.3,4 

Family

 Edward Cheshire
Children 1.Alice Cheshire1
 2.Edward Cheshire1
 3.Thomas Cheshire1
 4.William Cheshire1

Citations

  1. [S1620] Betham Genealogical Abstracts, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan, will dated 3 October 1763, probated 4 December 1763l. Hereinafter cited as Betham Genealogical Abstracts.
  2. [S1633] Ireland Marriages 1619-1898 Transcription, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, transcription of information only, no image. Hereinafter cited as Ireland Marriages 1619-1898 Transcription.
  3. [S1719] Thomas Gerrard will (3 October 1763), Abstract of the Will of Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan, County Meath, Ireland, Ms. 654, "Abstracts of wills of Thomas and William Gerrard", received with great joy and many thanks from a fellow Gerrard researcher who received them from the National Library of Ireland, Genealogical Office in Dublin. LHB Computer Files, Summerlin, Nevada. Hereinafter cited as Abstract of the 1763 Will of Thomas Gerrard.
  4. [S1620] Betham Genealogical Abstracts, online at www.findmypast.com, Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan, will dated 3 October 1763, probated 4 December 1763.

Sophia Gerrard1

Family
ChartsDescendants of Thomas Gerrard of Gibbstown, County Meath, Ireland and his Brothers
Father*William Gerrard1 d. b 13 Oct 1792
Mother*Jane Vipont1
Birth*Sophia Gerrard was born in County Meath, Ireland.1 
(Grandchild) Administration18 December 1793When the estate of Sophia's grandfather, Thomas Gerrard, was granted administration on 18 December 1793, Sophia's father had also died so Sophia's mother was granted administration of her grandfather's estate. The administration documents named his grandchildren, William and Jane's children, Sophia Gerrard, Thomas Gerrard, Mary Anne Gerrard, William Gerrard, Charles Gerrard and Jane Gerrard.2 
Marriage*1802She married Samuel Webb in 1802 in County Meath.3,1 
(Eldest Daughter) Deed Memorial10 November 1806After Sophia's father died in 1792, her mother's second husband, John Smith, was appointed legal guardian for her younger brothers and sisters, who were minors, until her eldest brother Thomas reached the age of maturity in 1803 and took letters of guardianship for all of his younger brothers and sisters. In 1806, with her mother's and John Smith's agreement, her brother Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan, finalized a trust for the sole benefit of all his brothers and sisters, including Sophia Webb otherwise Gerrard, and her younger siblings, Mary Anne Gerrard, William Edward Gerrard, Charles Gerrard and Jane Gerrard.1 

Family

 Samuel Webb

Citations

  1. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Transcripts of memorials of deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms. Most are now digitized and available online at www.familysearch.org, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah: 1807; Film# 545057, Volume 591, pages 161-162, deed number 401261, images 385-386. Hereinafter cited as Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929.
  2. [S1620] Betham Genealogical Abstracts, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, administration of Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan, County Meath Esq. was granted on 18th day of December 1793 to Jane Gerrard (widow of his son William) and names his grandchildren, William and Jane's children. Hereinafter cited as Betham Genealogical Abstracts.
  3. [S1622] Ireland Diocesan and Prerogative Marriage Licence Bonds Indexes 1623-1866, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com. Hereinafter cited as Ireland Diocesan and Prerogative Marriage Licence Bonds Indexes 1623-1866.

Thomas Gerrard1

Family
ChartsDescendants of Thomas Gerrard of Gibbstown, County Meath, Ireland and his Brothers
Father*William Gerrard2,1 d. bt 1789 - 1793
Mother*Mary Glascum2
Birth*Thomas Gerrard was probably born in Tankardstown, County Meath, Ireland, and was described as a natural son, meaning an illegitimate son, in his father's will.2,1 
(Natural Son) Will24 December 1788Thomas was named in the will of his father dated 24 December 1788 at Dormstown, County Meath. His father appointed trustees, Reverend Singleton Harpur, Robert Waller and James Gibney, and named his three unmarried daughters, Elizabeth, Anne and Catherine, his two natural sons, William and Thomas, his housekeeper at Tankardstown, Mary Glascum, his two married daughters, Rebecca (Gerrard) Hinds and Sarah (Gerrard) Hinds, his granddaughters, Johanna Hinds and Annabella Hinds, his son-in-law, Matthew Hinds, and his three natural daughters, Bridget, Mary and Agnes at Tankardstown.

Our transcription has not altered the content of the abstract, although we have made minimal edits to clarify places with current day spellings and to complete sentences or modify punctuation. Our transcription follows:

I, William Gerrard of Dormstown, County Meath, Gentleman...

     Trustees -- Reverend Singleton Harper of the city of Dublin, Clerk, Robert Waller of Allenstown, County Meath, Esq., and James Gibney of Navan in County Meath, Merchant -- to hold the lands of Dormstown, County Meath, in trust for testator's three daughters, Elizabeth, Anne and Catherine Gerrard, who are to enjoy the house and lands of Dormstown and to receive the rents and profits thereof equally, and if they marry, as they marry, to have £500, and the last of them to marry, or who is unmarried, to have the house and lands of Dormstown. And on her death, whether married or unmarried, said trustees are to allow testator's two natural sons, William and Thomas, sons of testator's housekeeper at Tankardstown, Mary Glascum, to have the house and rents of Dormstown equally between them for life, and then to their issue male, lawfully begotten, and in default of such issue, said lands are to go to testator's daughter Rebecca Hinds, widow, and to her sons, and failing whom to testator's daughters Elizabeth, Anne and Catherine Gerrard, testator's residuary legatees, and the survivor or survivors of them

     Legacy to testator's daughter Sarah Hinds, which is not to be in the control of Matthew Hinds, her present husband, or any after taken husband, and at her death to go to her children

     Legacy to testator's son-in-law Matthew Hinds

     Legacy to testator's two granddaughters Johanna and Annabella Hinds

     Testator leaves his dwelling house and 30 acres of land at Tankardstown, County Meath, to his housekeeper Mary Glascum, and if the lease thereof expires before she dies, then she is to have an annuity of £20

     Legacies to Bridget, Mary and Agnes, three daughters of the said Mary Glascum

     Testator leaves the lands of Tankardstown (subject as aforesaid), Betaghstown, and Castlemartin, all in County Meath, to his daughter Sarah Hinds

     Residue to Testator's three daughters Elizabeth, Anne and Catherine Gerrard

     Executors -- Daughters Rebecca Hinds and Elizabeth, Anne and Catherine Gerrard

Dated 24 December 1788 and witnessed by William Dickson, David Thompson and Michael Gibney.2,1,3 
(Natural Son) Will1 June 1803Michael Gibney made his will dated 1 June 1803 at Violet Hill, County Meath, naming his wife Anne (Gerrard) Gibney, Thomas Hinds and his brother John Gibney, his trustees, and William Gerrard and Thomas Gerrard, the two illegitimate sons of his deceased father-in-law William Gerrard, late of Dormstown, County Meath. A transcription of Michael's will reads:

"In the name of God Amen! I Michael Gibney, late of Dormstown now living at Violet Hill in the County of Meath, Grazier and Farmer being of sound mind and disposing mind do make this my last will and testament revoking all others hitherto made first (if acceptable) I give my soul to the Almighty God who gave ___ (undecipherable). I next desire, that my body be interred (if I die in Ireland) with my friends at Ardmulchan, but if I die in any other part of the world it is my will to be buried in the next common place of burial – and whereas – sometime in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety four I did perfect articles of intermarriage settlements on my dearest Ann Gerrard, now Gibney, wherein there is mention of my having handed over securities to the trustee therein names (viz. Thomas Hinds of Dublin Esq. and my brother Doctor Gibney) to the amount of three thousand pounds and whereas from circumstances from which I am at present unable to account, I never handed over to the said trustees, the said sum of three thousand pounds or any part thereof… And I make this particular mention of the circumstances lest my children should at any future period demand from said trustees the said sum of three thousand pounds or any part thereof--

My will and desire is that the award respecting the lands of Dormstown, which is at this moment, in a very unsettled way be carried into effect.

The state of the affair is thus –

William and Thomas Gerrard, natural children to my late father in law William Gerrard being under his will in remainder to said lands have agreed to pay me, all that said property was in my debt, which amounted to something more than sixteen hundred pounds, and also to pay me eight hundred and eighty pounds as a compensation for my interest in said lands, in all about two thousand five hundred pounds. My will and desire is that all my lawful debts be paid as soon as conveniently after my decease.

I will and bequeath to my dearest wife Ann Gerrard, now Gibney, the whole of my freehold in lease hold interests, also all my personal property of what kind so ever it may be, to be by her disposed of among herself and my children by her in whatever manner she may think proper with the condition that if she should choose to marry again that that part belongs to the children be vested in my brother as my trustee for my children, and that she, if she thinks proper may take her dividend of my property to her own sole use, first settling the children’s property.

I appoint my brother John Gibney and Thomas Hinds and Ann Gibney my wife as executors to this my last will and I appoint my said wife Guardian to my children."

His will was signed and sealed by Michael Gibney; and G.W. Forster, Thomas Dickson, and Patt Delany all signed and sealed as witnesses.4 
(Party to Deed) Deed Memorial3 October 1803A memorial of an indented deed of conveyance dated 3 October 1803 was made between Michael Gibney of Violet Hill, County Meath, gentleman of the one part and William Gerrard and Thomas Gerrard, both of Tankardstown, County Meath, gentlemen of the other part.

Reciting as therein is recited and witnessing that said Michael Gibney for the considerations therein mentioned granted, bargained, sold, remised, released and confirmed to said William and Thomas Gerrard in their actual possession then being by virtue of the deed and statute therein mentioned, and their heirs and assigns, all that part of the town and lands of Dormstown in as full and ample manner as the same were lately in possession of said Michael Gibney, containing by estimation 86 acres, 2 roods and 26 perches situate in the county of Meath aforesaid. to hold from the first day of May then last for the life and lives of the cestui que vies (the three people whose lives measured the duration of this type of lease or trust) in the lease thereof in said deed recited and any renewals thereof and for the lives of all such other persons as should forever be added to said lease pursuant to the covenant for renewal there contained, subject to the rent and renewal fines in said lease reserved.

The deed and memorial were signed and sealed by Michael Gibney and witnessed by Thomas Hinds and by Patrick Delany.

After Michael Gibney's death in March 1804, the above named Thomas Hinds, one of Michael's trustees, delivered the deed to the registrar and made an oath that he was a subscribing witness to the deed whereby the above writing was a memorial, and also to said memorial, and that he saw the same duly executed by the parties thereto. The deed and memorial were registered on 6 April 1804 at near 12 o'clock in the afternoon.5,6 
Deed Memorial*26 March 1804A memorial of an indented deed of mortgage dated 26 March 1804 was made between William Gerrard and Thomas Gerrard, both of Tankardstown, County Meath gentleman, of the one part, and Thomas Hinds of the city of Dublin, gentleman, attorney-at-law, of the other part.

Reciting as therein is recited, and witnessing that said William and Thomas Gerrard, for the considerations therein mentioned, granted, bargained and sold, remised, released and confirmed to said Thomas Hinds (in his possession then being by virtue of the deed and statute therein mentioned) unto his heirs and assigns all that part of the town and lands of Dormstown in as full and ample a manner as the same were formerly in possession of William Gerrard Esq. deceased. Containing by estimation 86 acres, 2 roods and 26 perches situate in the county of Meath aforesaid. To hold from the first day of May then last for the life and lives of the cestui que vies (the three people whose lives measured the duration of this type of lease or trust) in the lease therein of said deed mentioned, and for the lives of all such other persons as should forever be added to the said lease pursuant to the covenant for renewal therein contained, subject to the renewal fines in said lease reserved.

The deed and memorial were signed and sealed by William and Thomas Gerrard, and witnessed by John Gibney of Navan in the county of Meath, physician, and Anne (Gerrard) Gibney of Violet Hill in said county, widow. They were registered on 7 April 1804 at about half after 11 o'clock in the forenoon.7 
(Brother) Marriage Settlement8 January 1810A memorial of an indented deed of settlement dated 8 January 1810 was made between William Christian of Ardbraccan, County Meath, gentleman, of the first part, Bridget Gerrard of Dormstown, County Meath, spinster, of the second part, and Thomas Gerrard of Dormstown aforesaid, gentleman, of the third part.

After reciting among other things that a (marriage) was to be had and solemnized between the said William Christian and Bridget Gerrard, she the said Bridget granted, bargained, sold, assigned, released and confirmed unto the said Thomas Gerrard, his actual possession then being by virtue of the deed and statute therein mentioned, and to his heirs and assigns, all that and those that part of the lands of Tankardstown situate in the Lower Barony of Navan and county of Meath aforesaid containing 113 acres, 3 roods and 30 perches, be the same more or less, now in the possession of said Bridget, bounded on the east by the road leading from Nobber to Trim, on the (west) by part of the lands of Martry in possession of Michael Nowlan, on the north by the river called the Blackwater, and on the south by the high road leading from Navan to Kells, and also many tenements, edifices and buildings on said premises together with the lease and assignment of said premises therein recited, to hold for the life of his Majesty King George III and, in case of his death before the expiration of the term of 34 years to be completed from the first day of the said month, then to hold to the said Thomas Gerrard, his heirs and assigns for so much of said term of 34 years as should (become open or be unused) at the death of his said Majesty subject to the trust provisions, conditions and agreements thereinafter recited, expressed and declared of and concluding the same, but to and for no other use, trust, intent or purpose whatsoever.

The agreement was signed and sealed by William Christian and witnessed by Thomas Hinds and Christian Rafferty, both of Eccles Street, Dublin. It was registered on 20 February 1810.8 
Deed Memorial23 December 1811A memorial deed of articles of agreement dated 23 December 1811 was made between William Gerrard and Thomas Gerrard of Dormstown in the county of Meath, gentlemen, of the one part, and William Thompson of Charlemont Street in the city of Dublin Esq., of the other part.

Whereby after reciting as is therein recited, they, the said William Gerrard and Thomas Gerrard did for themselves severally, and respectively, and to and for their several and respective heirs did contract, promise and agree to and with the said William Thompson, his heirs and assigns, that they the said William Gerrard and Thomas Gerrard should and would, when there unto required, execute a good and sufficient lease of all that part of the town and lands of Dormstown containing by estimation 86 acres, 2 roods and 26 perches plantation measure be the same more or less situate, lying and being in the county of Meath, and also edifices, houses, buildings, rights, members and appurtenances to the said premises belonging or in anywise appertaining or therewith usually had and enjoyed. To hold for the same three lives by virtue whereof the said William Gerrard and Thomas Gerrard were entitled to hold the said lands and under and subject to the payment of the yearly rent of £4, 5s, 6p per acre to commence and be (payable) from the first day of November last past, which leases should contain the usual covenants between landlord and tenant, and should also contain a covenant for perpetuity and renewal and payment of a peppercorn as a fine on each renewal in which said articles are contained several other covenants and agreements between the parties.

The agreement was duly executed, signed and sealed by William Gerrard, Thomas Gerrard and William Thompson, and witnessed by William Bailey Wallace of the city of Dublin, attorney-at-law, and by Matthew Leyden of the same city, his clerk. It was registered on the same day of 23 December 1811.9 
Deed Memorial17 January 1812A memorial of an indented deed dated 17 January 1812 was made between Thomas Hinds of Eccles Street in the city of Dublin, Esq., of the first part, William Gerrard and Thomas Gerrard of Dormstown in the county of Meath, gentlemen, of the second part, William Thompson of Charlemont Street in the city of Dublin, Esq., of the third part, and the Reverend Mungo Henry Waller of Allenstown in the county of Meath, clerk, of the fourth part.

Whereby after reciting as therein recited, the said Thomas Hinds, in consideration of the sum of £1,387, 17s, 10p by the said William Thompson to the said Thomas Hinds in hand paid at the request and desire and by the directive and appointment of the said William Gerrard and Thomas Gerrard testified by their being party hereto, and also in consideration of 5s sterling to him in hand paid by Mungo H. Wallace at the request and desire and the directive and appointment of the said William Thompson, the receipt and payment of which, and several forms, he the said Thomas Hinds did thereby acknowledge.

He, the said Thomas Hinds, at the request and desire, with the consent and approval, and by the directive and appointment of the said William Gerrard, Thomas Gerrard and William Thompson, did grant, bargain, sell, assign, align, remise, release and confirm unto the said Mungo Henry Waller, in his actual possession then being by virtue of the indenture herein recited, and to his heirs and assigns, all that and those that part of the town and lands of Dormstown in as full and ample a manner as the same were formerly in the possession of William Gerrard, deceased, containing by estimation 86 acres, 2 roods, 26 perches, situate in the county of Meath aforesaid, together with all the rights, members, privileges, ways, easements, appurtenances and appurtants to the said lands and premises belonging or in anywise appertaining.

To hold unto the said Mungo Henry Waller, his heirs and assigns, for and during the natural life and lives of the several person and persons in the therein recited deed of release of the 10th of January 1773 as contained and mentioned, or contained and mentioned in any renewal thereof since had and added and the survivors and survivor of them and for and during the natural life and lives of all and every such other person and persons as should from time to time forever thereafter be added to the said recited deed of release or any renewal thereof by virtue and in pursuance of the covenant for perpetual renewal in said recited deed contained and mentioned, in trust however, and in and for the only proper use and behoof of the said William Thompson, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, at under and subject to the payment of the yearly rent and to the performance of all and singular the covenants, clauses, matters and things in said deed of release recited, and which on the tenant or lessee part are to be paid, done and performed, and also subject to the conditions of redemption in the therein recited indenture mentioned, and the said William Gerrard and Thomas Gerrard did thereby for themselves, severally and respectively, and to and for their several and respective heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, contract, promise and agree to and with the said William Thompson , his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, all that the lands and premises of theretofore granted in mortgage to the said Thomas Hinds and thereby by the said Thomas Hinds granted and conveyed unto the said Mungo H. Waller. Thomas Hinds to remain charged and chargeable to, with and charged by the said Mungo H. Waller, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns his debt in mortgage for, and subject and liable to the aforesaid sum of ( left blank ) so by the said William Thompson paid and advanced with the said Thomas Hinds with interest thereon from the day of the deed thereof until the time should be fully paid off and discharged. Such interest to be paid and payable half yearly at the rate of 6 percent per annum.

The deed was duly executed, signed and sealed by Thomas Hinds, William Gerrard, Thomas Gerrard and William Thompson, and the memorial by Thomas Hinds, William Gerrard and Thomas Gerrard. Witnesses to both documents were William Bailey Wallace, attorney-at-law, and Matthew Leyden, his clerk. It was registered on 18 January 1812.10 
(Bride's Brother) Marriage Settlement8 February 1812Thomas Gerrard of Dormstown was a subscribing witness to a memorial of articles of agreement dated 8 February 1812 made between Edward Gerrard of the town of Navan in the county of Meath, shopkeeper, of the one part, Mary Adelaide Matilda Gerrard of Dormstown of the second part, and William Gerrard, brother of Mary Adelaide Matilda Gerrard, also of Dormstown, gentleman, and Thomas Gerrard of Chamberstown in the county of Meath, farmer, of the third part.11 
Deed Memorial10 March 1812A memorial of an indented deed of release dated 10 March 1812 was made between William Gerrard and Thomas Gerrard of Drurytown (Note: While it looks like it reads Drurytown, it is believed to actually mean Dormstown) in the county of Meath, gentlemen, of the one part, and William Thompson of Charlemont Street in the city of Dublin Esq., of the other part.

Whereby after reciting as therein is recited, they the said William Gerrard and Thomas Gerrard for the considerations therein mentioned, did grant, bargain, sell, remise, release and confirm to the said William Thompson, the same in his actual possession then being by virtue of the indenture therein recited, and his heirs and assigns, all that part of the town and lands of Dormstown in as full and ample manner as the same was formerly in the possession of William Gerrard, gentleman, deceased, under and by virtue of the release memorial made to him by Gaynor Barry of the city of Dublin, Esq. bearing date 18 January 1773 and containing by estimation 86 acres, 2 roods and 26 perches plantation measure be the same more or less, situate, lying and being in the county of Meath, as the same was then lately in the tenure, occupancy and enjoyment of the said William Gerrard and Thomas Gerrard.

To hold unto the said William Thompson, his heirs and assigns, from the first day of November then last, for and during the natural life and lives of Henry Codington of the city of Dublin, Esq., and of his Royal Highness George, Prince of Wales, and of his Royal Highness Prince Frederick, Duke of York, and the survivors or survivor of them, and for and during the natural lives and life of all and any such other person and persons as thereto might from time to time forever thereafter be added thereto by virtue of and in pursuance of the covenant and agreement therein and for that purpose and intent and conditions and under and subject to the payment of the yearly rent or sum of £370, 9s, 8p sterling, the same to be paid and payable on the first day of May and the first day of November in each and in every year, the first payment thereof to be made on the first day of May next, in which said deed of release is contained a covenant for perpetual renewal on payment of a peppercorn as a fine on each renewal.

The deed and the memorial were duly executed, signed and sealed by all the parties, William Gerrard, Thomas Gerrard and William Thompson, and witnessed by William Bailey Wallace, attorney-at-law, and Matthew Leyden, his clerk, both of the city of Dublin. It was registered on 11 March 1812.12 
Residence*March 1818Thomas and William Gerrard left Dormstown and were living in Navan, County Meath, by March 1818.13 
Deed Memorial2 March 1818A memorial deed dated 2 March 1818 was made between William Gerrard and Thomas Gerrard, both formerly of Dormstown but then of Navan in the county of Meath, gentlemen, of the one part, William Thompson of Oatlands in the county of Meath, Esq. of the second part, and William Bailey Wallace of the city of Dublin, Esq. of the third part.

Whereby after reciting as is therein recited, they the said William Gerrard and Thomas Gerrard for and in consideration of the sum of £666, 19s, 11p sterling, to them in hand paid by the said William Thompson, and for and in consideration of 10 shillings sterling apiece to them, the said William Gerrard and Thomas Gerrard, in hand paid by the said William Bailey Wallace, the receipt and payment of which said several sums they, the said William Gerrard and Thomas Gerrard, did thereby acknowledge and did thereof acquit and discharge the said William Thompson and William Bailey Wallace, and they, the said William Gerrard and Thomas Gerrard, and each of them, did at the request and desire, and by the direction and appointment of the said William Thompson, testified by his being an executing party to, and signing and sealing said presents, grant, bargain, sell, assign, alien, remise, release and confirm unto the said William Bailey Wallace, the same in his actual possession then being by virtue of the indenture therein recited, and to his heirs and assigns, all that and those, all that part of the town and lands of Dormstown in as full and ample a manner as the same was formerly in the possession of William Gerrard, gentleman, deceased, under and by virtue of the release thereof made to him by Gaynor Barry of the city of Dublin, Esq., bearing date the 13 day of January 1773, containing by estimation 86 acres, 2 roods and 26 perches plantation measure be the same more or less, situate, lying and being in the county of Meath, as the same was formerly in the tenure occupancy and enjoyment of the said William Gerrard and Thomas Gerrard, and afterwards in the tenure occupancy and enjoyment of the said William Thompson, and also all edifices, buildings and improvements, rights, members and appurtenances to the said premises belonging, or in anywise appertaining, or therewith usually held and enjoyed, or which thought ought so to be, and all the estate, right, title, interest and equity of redemption of them, the said William Gerrard and Thomas Gerrard, respectively, of in and to the same and every part and parcel thereof subject, however to the yearly rent of £10 sterling reserved and made payable by the therein recited indenture of the 13 day of January 1773 from Gaynor Barry to William Gerrard, and also subject to the therein recited deed of mortgage and to the several judgments and judgment debts therein partly specified.

To hold to the said William Bailey Wallace, his heirs and assigns, for and during the natural lives and life of Henry Codington of the city of Dublin, Esq., and of his Royal Highness George, Prince of Wales and of his Royal Highness Frederick, Duke of York and the survivors and survivor of them, and for and during the natural lives and life of all and every such other person or persons as should and might from time to time, and at all times forever thereafter, be added to the therein recited indenture of 13 January 1773, in trust nevertheless to and for the sole and only use and behoof of the said William Thompson, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns.

The deed was duly executed and the memorial signed and sealed by the said William Gerrard, Thomas Gerrard and the same were respectively witnessed by William Bailey Wallace, the younger, of the city of Dublin, attorney-at-law, and Edward Gerrard of Navan in the county of Meath, publican. It was registered 26 March 1818.13 

Citations

  1. [S1620] Betham Genealogical Abstracts, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, William Gerrard, will dated 24 December 1788, probated 11 January 1794. Hereinafter cited as Betham Genealogical Abstracts.
  2. [S1725] William Gerrard will (24 December 1788), Abstract of the Will of William Gerrard of Dormstown, County Meath, Ireland Ms. 654, "Abstracts of wills of Thomas and William Gerrard", received with great joy and many thanks from a fellow Gerrard researcher who received them from the National Library of Ireland, Genealogical Office in Dublin. LHB Computer Files, Summerlin, Nevada. Hereinafter cited as Abstract of the 1788 Will of William Gerrard.
  3. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Transcripts of memorials of deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms. Most are now digitized and available online at www.familysearch.org, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah: 1814; Film number 545070; Volume 672; Pages 321-323; Deed number 464033. Hereinafter cited as Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929.
  4. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, citing the National Archive of Ireland, T/1435+6, and stating that the envelope reads: Michael Gibney, Grazier and Farmer 1803; and also: Gibney, Anne, widow, 1817
    (Jameson – 4 Dec 1935 – possibly solicitors office from where they submitted). Hereinafter cited as "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research."
  5. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, citing Ireland's Registry of Deeds, 1804, Book 562, page 361, Memorial of Transcript 374714.
  6. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1804; Film# 545032, Volume 562, page 361, Deed Number 374714.
  7. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1804; Film# 545032, Volume 562, page 372, Deed Number 374724, image 195.
  8. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1810; Film# 535469, Volume 619, page 265, Deed Number 424741, image 145.
  9. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1811; Film number 459410; Volume 644; Pages 174-175; Deed number 441757, images 401-402.
  10. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1812; Film number 459410; Volume 644; Pages 232-233; Deed number 442226, image 431.
  11. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1812; Film# 463943, Volume 731, pages 86A-86B, Deed Number 498621, image 35.
  12. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1812; Film number 545079; Volume 649; Pages 76-77; Deed number 443772, image 340.
  13. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1818; Film# 463940, Volume 725, pages 556-557, Deed Number 495492, images 283-284.

Thomas Gerrard1

d. November 1763
Family
ChartsDescendants of Thomas Gerrard of Gibbstown, County Meath, Ireland and his Brothers
Father*Thomas Gerrard Esq.2,3,4 b. 1643, d. 14 Feb 1719
Mother*Elizabeth __?__2,3,4
Birth*Thomas Gerrard was born in County Meath, Ireland.2,3,4 
Marriage*25 April 1713He married Catherine Cooper of County Westmeath by license dated 25 April 1713.1,2,3,4 
Deed Memorial*21 February 1729A memorial deed dated 21 February 1729 was made whereby James Hamilton of Jamestown in the county of Dublin, Esq., in consideration of £340 to him paid by Thomas Gerrard of Donaghpatrick in the county of Meath, gentleman, did grant, assign and makeover unto the said Thomas Gerrard, all that and those the castle, land and farm called and known by the name of Liscartan in the county of Meath in the Kingdom of Ireland, containing 430 acres in the whole with the appurtenances. To hold unto the said Thomas Gerrard, his heirs, Executors, Administrators and assigns from the day next before the day of the date thereof for the life of the said James Hamilton and, after his decease, for the term of one and twenty years at the rent and under the covenants, provisos, provisions and agreements contained in a lease in the said deed recited. The deed and memorial were witnessed, signed and executed, and the memorial was registered on 21 February 1729.5 
(Brother) Will18 October 1749Thomas's brother Samuel wrote his will dated 18 October 1749 at Clongill, County Meath, naming his brothers, John Gerrard and Thomas Gerrard, sister, Dorothy Welsh, nephews, Thomas Gerrard and Gerrard Welsh, niece, Elizabeth Morris, who we believe to have been the daughter of Samuel's sister, Dorothy Welsh, grandnieces, Darcy Wentworth and Catherine Dempster, who Samuel identified as the daughters of Elizabeth Morris, his cousins, Mary Byrne, Robert Gerrard and John Gerrard, and his uncle Edward Gerrard, who was identified as the father of Samuel's cousin John. Unfortunately, the abstract we have of Samuel's will does not identify the father, or parents, of his cousins Mary Byrne and Robert Gerrard, nor does it mention the names of the husbands of Mary Byrne, Elizabeth Morris, Darcy Wentworth or Catherine Dempster. We would really like to see a more complete copy of Samuel's will.6,7,2,3,4 
(Executor) Deed Memorial27 October 1749Thomas, acting as executor of his brother Samuel's estate, signed a memorial of a lease dated 27 October 1749 whereby Eleazer Edwards the younger of London, merchant, did devise unto Samuel Gerrard of Gibbstown in the county of Meath in the Kingdom of Ireland all those two several parcels of land commonly called and known by the name of Tankardstown, containing on the east part 219 acres Irish measure, little more or less, and on the west part 186 acres Irish measure, little more or less, and all those two several parcels of land called Castlemartin land, containing on the east part 92 acres Irish measure, little more or less, and on the west part 90 acres, little more or less, and all that parcel of land called Great Addanstown containing 7 and 20 acres Irish measure, little more or less, and all that parcel of land called Betaghstown containing 142 acres Irish measure, little more or less. Which said several parcels of land do contain in the whole and together, by estimation, 756 acres Irish plantation measure or 1,225 English statue measure or thereabouts, according to a survey formerly taken thereof by Alexander Stewart by order and appointment of the Fraternity of Drapers of the city of London. All which said lands are situate, lying and being in the baronies of Kells and Navan in the county of east Meath in the Kingdom of Ireland. And all messuages, tenement houses, edifices, buildings, barns, stables, cottages and all other erections whatsoever now standing and being in and upon and of right belonging to the said premises or any part thereof, together with all mills, wares, fishings, fowlings, waters, water courses, and all other profits, commodities, advantages and appurtenances whatsoever to the said premises hereby devised, belonging or in any wise appertaining.

To hold from the first day of May before the date thereof for 46 years at the yearly rent of £260 without any deduction except for land tax.

In which lease is contained a covenant for executing a lease or grant of the premises to the said Samuel Gerrard, his executors, administrators or assigns, in case the said Eleazer Edwards, his executors or administrators shall, during the continuance of that lease, purchase, obtain or take a further grant or lease from The Master and Wardens and Brethren and Sisters of the Fraternity of Drapers, their successors or assigns, for all such further term, estate or interest so to be purchased or obtained one year only excepted at the same rent and covenants as are in said lease contained.

The lease was witnessed by Samuel Purlement of the city of Bath, gentleman, and Bartholomew Hall of Clongill, Meath, and the memorial was witnessed by the said Bartholomew Hall and Michael Argent of the city of Dublin, gentleman. Samuel's brother Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan signed and sealed the memorial in the presence of Bartholomew Hall and Michael Argent, and the within named Bartholomew Hall gave his oath that he saw the lease of which the within is a memorial executed by the party thereto and saw the within memorial signed and sealed by Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan, brother and sole executor of the within named Samuel Gerrard, deceased. The memorial was registered on 26 May 1750.8 
Deed Memorial*13 December 1756A memorial deed bearing date 13 December 1756 was made between Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan, gentleman, sole executor of the last will and testament of his brother Samuel Gerrard, late of Gibbstown in the county of Meath, Esq., deceased, and the said Thomas is also the residual legatee of the said Samuel, of the first part, Thomas Cosby of Ballieborough, County Cavan, gentleman, and Samuel Gerrard of Parcellstown in the county of Westmeath, gentleman, of the second part, and William Gerrard, son of the said Thomas Gerrard, and Anne Cosby of the city of Dublin, spinster sister of the said Thomas Cosby, of the third part.

Reciting that Eleazer Edwards the younger of London, merchant, by lease therein mentioned did devise, lease and let to farm unto the said Samuel, deceased, all those two several parcels of land commonly called and known by the name of Tankardstown, County Meath, containing on the east part 219 acres Irish measure little more or less and on the west part 186 acres Irish measure little more or less and all those two several parcels of land called Castlemartin, land containing on the east part 92 acres Irish measure little more or less and all that parcel of land called Great Aganstown containing 7 and 20 acres Irish measure little more or less and all that parcel of land called Betaghstown containing 142 acres Irish measure little more or less, which said several parcels of lands contain in the whole and together by estimation 756 acres Irish plantation measure or 1,225 acres English statute measure or thereabouts according to a survey formerly taken thereof by Alexander Stewart by the order and appointment of the Fraternity of Drapers of the city of London all which said lands are situate lying and being in the Baronies of Kells and Navan in the county of east Meath in the Kingdom of Ireland with the appurtenances for the term and at the rent therein mentioned.

And also reciting that a marriage was intended to be had and solemnized between the said William Gerrard and the said Ann Cosby. And, by which said deed, the said Thomas Gerrard, for the considerations therein mentioned, did grant, bargain, sell, assign and make over unto their trustees, Ann Cosby's brother Thomas Cosby of Ballieborough, and William Gerrard's brother Samuel Gerrard of Parcellstown, all that and those the herein before mentioned lands and premises in and by the said recited indenture of lease devised with all appurtenances upon and under and subject to the several trusts, provisos, limitations and agreements therein mentioned.

The deed was signed and sealed by all parties, witnessed by Hugh Reilly and Robert Wallis, both of the city of Dublin, and registered on 14 December 1756.9 
Will*3 October 1763Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan, County Meath, made his will dated 3 October 1763 naming his sons Samuel, Thomas, William and John, daughters Elizabeth (Gerrard) Taylor, Mary (Gerrard) Fairtlough, Sarah (Gerrard) Cheshire and Dorothy (Gerrard) Bradley, brother Samuel Gerrard, a John Gerrard, who was described, within quotation marks, as his "relation", his grandchildren Samuel Gerrard, Catherine Taylor, Catherine Fairtlough, Elizabeth Fairtlough, Oliver Fairtlough, Edward Fairtlough, Alice Cheshire, Edward Cheshire, Thomas Cheshire, William Cheshire, Catherine Gerrard, Mary Gerrard, Rebecca Gerrard, Sarah Gerrard and Elizabeth Gerrard, nephew Thomas Gerrard, a friend Christopher Abbott, and his wife Catherine. His daughters' husbands, William Fairtlough, Edward Cheshire, Houlton Bradley and ______ Taylor, were also identified.

Our transcription has not altered the content of the abstract, although we have made minimal edits to clarify places with current day spellings and to complete sentences or modify punctuation. Our transcription follows:

I, Thomas Gerrard of Liscarton, County Meath, Gentleman,

     To be buried in the churchyard of Donaghpatrick

     Annuity to wife -- partly to be charged on the lands of Gibbstown, Troystown and Donaghpatrick in County Meath, which testator has inherited under the will of his brother Samuel Gerrard deceased, and the rest to be charged on the lands of Knockglass and Dulane, in said county

     Testator leaves said lands of Gibbstown, Troystown and Donaghpatrick and all his interest therein to is eldest son Samuel Gerrard, with remainder to testator's grandson Samuel Gerrard, third son of testator's son Samuel Gerrard, and when said grandson Samuel attains the age of 21 he is to receive the sum of £100 out of the said lands during his father's lifetime

     Testator leaves his second son Thomas Gerrard all his estate and interest in the lands of Corstown and Sellersook, both in County Meath, and the sum of £1,000

     Testator leaves to his third son William Gerrard all his estate and interest in the lands of Betaghstown in County Meath, subject to the payment of £40 per annum to the Charter School of Ardbraccan in County Meath, which is to be paid there out as is directed by the will of testator's brother Samuel Gerrard

     Testator leaves to his youngest son John Gerrard all his estate and interest in the lands of Dulane and Knockglass

     Testator leaves the lands of Liscartan and Balrath in County Meath between his two sons Samuel and John Gerrard subject to the payment of £3 per annum to Testator's "relation" John Gerrard

     Testator leaves £300 to be divided amongst such children of testator's eldest daughter Elizabeth Taylor, deceased, as shall be alive at the date of testator's death

     Legacy to testator's son-in-law William Fairtlough, husband of testator's second daughter Mary, and legacies also to William and Mary's daughters Catherine and Elizabeth and sons Oliver and Edward

     Legacies to Testators grandchildren Alice, Edward, Thomas and William Cheshire, children of Edward Cheshire and Sarah Cheshire, otherwise Gerrard, his late wife

     Legacy to testator's youngest daughter Dorothy, wife of Houlton Bradley

     Legacies to testator's granddaughters Catherine and Mary, eldest and youngest daughters of testator's son Samuel

     Legacies to testator's granddaughters Rebecca, Sarah and Elizabeth, daughters of testator's son William

     Testator leaves his plate amongst his wife and sons

     Testator leaves £5 to the Navan Infirmary

     Legacy to testator's nephew Thomas Gerrard

     Legacy to testator's friend Christopher Abbott

     Residue to testator's wife (unnamed) and testator's two sons Samuel and John, who are appointed executors

Dated 3 October 1763. Witnessed by H. Dowdall, John Bayly and Christopher Abbott.10,11 
Death*November 1763He probably died in November 1763 and was succeeded at Liscartan by Samuel, his eldest son and Heir at Law.1 
Probate*4 December 1763Probate of his estate was granted on 4 December 1763 to his sons, Samuel Gerrard and John Gerrard, who were appointed executors, saving the rights of their mother, Catherine (Cooper) Gerrard, widow of the deceased.10 
Relationship Note*Why was John Gerrard identified only as "a relation" in the 1763 will of Thomas Gerrard ?... This is a puzzling question that will take some consideration.

Everyone else in Thomas Gerrard's will was identified by relationship. Why not John? Was the relationship so distant that Thomas didn't know what it was? Or was the relationship so close it was uncomfortable for Thomas or his family to acknowledge?

In our Ireland research during this time period, within the Bell family, Vipont family and Gerrard family, we have learned about "natural" children, meaning illegitimate children, appearing in their father's or grandfather's wills. Could that be the case here?

We don't know. We don't know John's age at the time of the will, and we don't know anything else about him. We will stay on the lookout for him to appear again, though, as we continue our research.10 

Family

 Catherine Cooper
Children 1.Elizabeth Gerrard+1 d. b 3 Oct 1763
 2.Samuel Gerrard+1
 3.Thomas Gerrard+1 d. 1785
 4.Mary Gerrard+1
 5.William Gerrard+1,9 d. bt 1789 - 1793
 6.Sarah Gerrard+1 d. b 3 Oct 1763
 7.Dorothy Gerrard1
 8.John Gerrard+1

Citations

  1. [S1620] Betham Genealogical Abstracts, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan, will dated 3 October 1763, probated 4 December 1763l. Hereinafter cited as Betham Genealogical Abstracts.
  2. [S1635] Sir Bernard Burke, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. In 2 volumes. (London, England: Harrison, Pall Mall, 1879), Volume I, page 632. Hereinafter cited as Burke's History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland.
  3. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, citing A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland, https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhera00burkuoft. Hereinafter cited as "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research."
  4. [S1649] Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland : Revised by A. C. Fox-Davies, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (London, England: Harrison & Sons, 1912 New Edition), page 262. Hereinafter cited as A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland (1912 New Edition).
  5. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Transcripts of memorials of deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms. Most are now digitized and available online at www.familysearch.org, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah: 1729; Film# 461333, Volume 62, page 229, Deed Number 42650, image# 424. Hereinafter cited as Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929.
  6. [S1747] Patricia McCormick, "The Gerrard Family of Ardbraccan, County Meath, Ireland," e-mail messages from e-mail address to LHB, multiple dates, citing and attaching a copy of a Betham Genealogical Abstract of the will of Samuel Gerrard of Clongill and probate information. Hereinafter cited as "The Gerrard Family of Ardbraccan, County Meath, Ireland."
  7. [S1620] Betham Genealogical Abstracts, online at www.findmypast.com, Samuel Gerrard of Clongill, County Meath, will dated 18 October 1749, probated 26 May 1750.
  8. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1750; Film# 560264, Volume 139, pages 446-447, Deed Number 94944, images 426-547.
  9. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1756; Film# 461380, Volume 187, pages 5-6, deed number 123035.
  10. [S1719] Thomas Gerrard will (3 October 1763), Abstract of the Will of Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan, County Meath, Ireland, Ms. 654, "Abstracts of wills of Thomas and William Gerrard", received with great joy and many thanks from a fellow Gerrard researcher who received them from the National Library of Ireland, Genealogical Office in Dublin. LHB Computer Files, Summerlin, Nevada. Hereinafter cited as Abstract of the 1763 Will of Thomas Gerrard.
  11. [S1620] Betham Genealogical Abstracts, online at www.findmypast.com, Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan, will dated 3 October 1763, probated 4 December 1763.

Thomas Gerrard1

d. 1785
Family
ChartsDescendants of Thomas Gerrard of Gibbstown, County Meath, Ireland and his Brothers
Father*Thomas Gerrard1 d. Nov 1763
Mother*Catherine Cooper1
Birth*Thomas was probably born in County Meath, Ireland, and was described in his father's 1763 will as his second son.1,2,3,4 
Marriage*He married Sophia __?__.5 
(Son) Will3 October 1763Thomas was named in the will of his father dated 3 October 1763 at Liscartan, County Meath. To his second son Thomas, he left all his estate and interest in the lands of Corstown and Sellersook, both in County Meath, and the sum of £1,000.6,7 
Deed Memorial*10 June 1773A memorial of an indented deed dated 09 and 10 June 1773 was made between Samuel Gerrard, heir and executor of his father Thomas Gerrard, late of Liscartan in the county of Meath, gentleman, deceased, of the one part and Thomas Gerrard of Martry in the said county of Meath, gentleman and Samuel's brother, of the other part.

Whereby the said Samuel Gerrard, for the considerations therein mentioned, bargained, sold and made over all his right title and interest of and in all that and those the castles, town and lands of Liscartan in the county of Meath containing 463 acres, 1 rood be the same more or less, together with all the houses, edifices, buildings, rights, members and appurtenances thereunto belonging.

To hold to said Thomas Gerrard, his executors, administrators and assigns for the remainder of the term granted by the lease under which the said Samuel Gerrard holds the said lands, subject nevertheless to the rent and covenants in the said lease mentioned which on the tenant or lessee's part are to be paid, done and performed.

The deed and memorial were duly executed, signed and sealed by the said Samuel Gerrard in the presence of witnesses John Chamley and Christopher Abbot Jr., both of the city of Dublin, gentlemen. The memorial was registered on 19 June 1773.8 
Research Notes*10 June 1773The deed memorial of 09 and 10 June 1773 transferred his brother Samuel's title of Heir at Law at Liscartan to Thomas, in effect bypassing Samuel's sons and moving the line of succession to Thomas and his male descendants.8 
Deed Memorial*20 July 1773A memorial of an indented deed dated 20 July 1773 was made whereby John Gerrard of Dulane in the county of Meath, gentleman, for the considerations therein mentioned, devised unto Thomas Gerrard of Martry in the county of Meath, gentleman, all that part of the lands of Balrathboyne otherwise Boon occupied then by John Gerrard containing by estimation 181 acres 2 roods and 8 perches of profitable land, plantation measure, be the same more or less, situate, lying and being in the Barony of Kells and county of Meath with all and singular appurtenances thereunto belonging in as full and ample manner as John Gerrard then held and enjoyed.

To hold the said devised premises with the said appurtenances unto Thomas Gerrard, his executors, administrators and assigns from the first day of May last for and during the term of 199 years provided that John Gerrard's interest in the lands shall so long continue subject to the yearly rent of a peppercorn and subject also to redemption on payment of £500 plus interest.

The deed was duly executed by the parties and witnessed by Mary Joy of Derryhall, County Westmeath, spinster, and William Gerrard, son of Thomas Gerrard of Martry, and registered on 24 July 1773.9 
Deed Memorial*26 November 1779A memorial of an indented deed of agreement dated 26 November 1779 was made between Thomas Gerrard of Martry in the county of Meath, gentleman and William Gerrard, his only son, of the first part, Mary Stiles, one of the executors of the last will and testament of Charles Vipont, late of Jamestown in the county of Dublin, Esq., deceased, of the second part, Jane Vipont, spinster, of the third part, and Graves Chamney of Platin in the county of Meath, Esq., of the fourth part.

Reciting that a marriage was shortly to be had between the said William Gerrard and Jane Vipont, in consequence whereof the said William would become entitled to one undivided moiety of the real and personal estate of the said Charles Vipont devised to or in trust for the said Anne Vipont, sister of the said Jane. One moiety whereof was estimated to be of the value of £3,000 and upwards.

And further reciting that the said Thomas Gerrard was then seized, among others, of the lands of Corstown, Balrath and Liscartan, situate in the county of Meath, by virtue of three renewal leases for lives or terms for years subject to certain yearly rents, and was also possessed of, and entitled unto other personal estates and effects of very considerable value the whole whereof, except £500, was agreed should, upon his decease, descend to his said son, his executors and administrators, subject to an annuity of £100 to be paid to his wife during her life.

It was therefore by said articles agreed that the said Mary Stiles and Jane Vipont should convey the said Jane's moiety of the said estate and effects unto the said William Gerrard, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, and that the said Jane should have and be entitled unto one annuity or yearly sum of £200 for the term of her natural life, to commence from the first day of November or the first day of May which should next ensue after the death of the said William Gerrard. And in case the said annuity should not be secured to her satisfaction in three months after the death of the said William Gerrard, it should be lawful for the said Graves Chamney, his executors, administrators or assigns, to enter judgment and issue execution on a bond and warrant in the penalty of £6,000 therein, and thereby levy the sum of £2,000 therein mentioned out of the estate and effects of the said William Gerrard and pay the same unto the said Jane for her sole and separate use which should be in full satisfaction for said annuity, dower or thirds.

And it was thereby further agreed that in case the said Jane should die in the lifetime of her said intended husband leaving issue by him, one of more child or children, and should in the lifetime of such child or children, take to himself a second wife, then the said Graves Chamney, his executors or administrators, might thereupon, by virtue of said bond and warrant, levy and raise out of the estate and effects of the said William, £3,000 for the use of such child or children to be divided between such child or children, if more than one, at the times therein mentioned, with the provisos therein mentioned.

The deed and memorial were duly executed, signed and sealed by the said William Gerrard, the deed witnessed by Christopher Abbott and Christopher Abbott Jr., both of the city of Dublin, gentlemen, and the memorial was witnessed by Christopher Abbott and Francis Elwoods, clerk to the said Christopher Abbott. The memorial was registered on 24 January 1787.10 
Death*1785He died about 1785 and was succeeded as Heir at Law at Liscartan by his only son William. Thomas' estate was not probated until 1793, after William, his only son and heir, had died.5 
Administration*18 December 1793Administration was granted on his estate on 18 December 1793 to Jane Gerrard, widow of his son William who had also died. The administration documents named his grandchildren, William and Jane's children, Sophia Gerrard, Thomas Gerrard, Mary Anne Gerrard, William Gerrard, Charles Gerrard and Jane Gerrard.11 

Family

 Sophia __?__ d. 1807
Child 1.William Gerrard+12 d. b 13 Oct 1792

Citations

  1. [S1620] Betham Genealogical Abstracts, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan, will dated 3 October 1763, probated 4 December 1763l. Hereinafter cited as Betham Genealogical Abstracts.
  2. [S1635] Sir Bernard Burke, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. In 2 volumes. (London, England: Harrison, Pall Mall, 1879), Volume I, page 632, listed correctly as his parents' second son. Hereinafter cited as Burke's History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland.
  3. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, citing A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland, https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhera00burkuoft. Hereinafter cited as "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research."
  4. [S1649] Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland : Revised by A. C. Fox-Davies, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (London, England: Harrison & Sons, 1912 New Edition), page 262. Hereinafter cited as A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland (1912 New Edition).
  5. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Transcripts of memorials of deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms. Most are now digitized and available online at www.familysearch.org, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah: 1786; Film# 532580, Volume 384, pages 103-105, Deed number 254281, images 65-66. Hereinafter cited as Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929.
  6. [S1719] Thomas Gerrard will (3 October 1763), Abstract of the Will of Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan, County Meath, Ireland, Ms. 654, "Abstracts of wills of Thomas and William Gerrard", received with great joy and many thanks from a fellow Gerrard researcher who received them from the National Library of Ireland, Genealogical Office in Dublin. LHB Computer Files, Summerlin, Nevada. Hereinafter cited as Abstract of the 1763 Will of Thomas Gerrard.
  7. [S1620] Betham Genealogical Abstracts, online at www.findmypast.com, Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan, will dated 3 October 1763, probated 4 December 1763.
  8. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1773; Film# 531671, Volume 298, page 84, Deed Number 196574, image 50.
  9. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1773; Film# 531672, Volume 299, pages 26-27, deed number 197050, image 20.
  10. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1787; Film# 532579, Volume 382, pages 262-263, Deed Number 254726, image 140.
  11. [S1620] Betham Genealogical Abstracts, online at www.findmypast.com, administration of Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan, County Meath Esq. was granted on 18th day of December 1793 to Jane Gerrard (widow of his son William) and names his grandchildren, William and Jane's children.
  12. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1786; Film# 532580, Volume 384, pages 103-105, Deed number 254281.

Thomas Gerrard1,2,3

b. 1715, d. 11 September 1784
Family
ChartsDescendants of Thomas Gerrard of Gibbstown, County Meath, Ireland and his Brothers
Father*John Gerrard1,2,3
Mother*Margaret Flood1,2,3
Birth*1715Thomas Gerrard was born about 1715 in Gibbstown, County Meath, Ireland.1,2,3 
(Nephew) Will18 October 1749Thomas's uncle Samuel Gerrard wrote his will dated 18 October 1749 at Clongill, County Meath, naming his brothers, John Gerrard and Thomas Gerrard, sister, Dorothy Welsh, nephews, Thomas Gerrard and Gerrard Welsh, niece, Elizabeth Morris, who we believe to have been the daughter of Samuel's sister, Dorothy Welsh, grandnieces, Darcy Wentworth and Catherine Dempster, who Samuel identified as the daughters of Elizabeth Morris, his cousins, Mary Byrne, Robert Gerrard and John Gerrard, and his uncle Edward Gerrard, who was identified as the father of Samuel's cousin John. Unfortunately, the abstract we have of Samuel's will does not identify the father, or parents, of his cousins Mary Byrne and Robert Gerrard, nor does it mention the names of the husbands of Mary Byrne, Elizabeth Morris, Darcy Wentworth or Catherine Dempster. We would really like to see a more complete copy of Samuel's will.4,5,1,2,3 
(Nephew) Will3 October 1763Thomas, identified as his nephew, received a legacy in the will of his uncle, Thomas Gerrard, dated 3 October 1763 at Liscartan, County Meath.6,7 
Marriage23 February 1771He married Elinor Carroll on 15 or 23 February 1771.8,9,2,10 
Estate*At his father's death, Thomas, his only son and Heir at Law, succeeded his father at Gibbstown.3,2,1 
Death*11 September 1784He died on 11 September 1784 at about age 69.1,2,3 
Administration*21 December 1784Administration was granted on his estate to his widow and relict Elinor on 21 December 1784. He was succeeded at Gibbstown by John, his eldest son and Heir at Law.9 
(Grandfather) Gibbstown Residencebetween 1871 and 1872His grandson, Thomas Gerrard, built the large castle he called Gibbstown House, with 63 bedrooms and terraced gardens, at Gibbstown between 1871 and 1872. The Irish Aesthete website features an excellent history of Gibbstown and the Gerrard family who lived there, complete with beautiful photos of the spectacular house and grounds, making it easy to imagine how well the family lived. We thank our friend, Patricia McCormick, Gerrard researcher and descendant, for telling us about The Irish Aesthete. It offers a wealth of information about many places and peoples of Ireland. Patricia found the historical information about Gibbstown fascinating and said she had no idea that some of the original buildings had survived. The article was posted on 24 May 2021, and the link to it may be found in the source list below.2,11,12 

Family

 Elinor Carroll
Children 1.Rachel Gerrard1,2,3 d. 1818
 2.Margaret Gerrard1,2,3 d. 18 Apr 1805
 3.John Gerrard1,2,3 d. 13 Nov 1858
 4.Samuel Gerrard1,2,3 b. 6 Jul 1777, d. Sep 1818
 5.Thomas Gerrard+1,2,3,13 b. 9 Dec 1779, d. 7 Apr 1836
 6.Eleanor Gerrard1,2,3 d. 15 Mar 1782
 7.William Gerrard1,2,3 b. 2 Mar 1783, d. Apr 1811

Citations

  1. [S1635] Sir Bernard Burke, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. In 2 volumes. (London, England: Harrison, Pall Mall, 1879), Volume I, page 632. Hereinafter cited as Burke's History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland.
  2. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, citing A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland, https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhera00burkuoft. Hereinafter cited as "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research."
  3. [S1649] Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland : Revised by A. C. Fox-Davies, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (London, England: Harrison & Sons, 1912 New Edition), page 262. Hereinafter cited as A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland (1912 New Edition).
  4. [S1747] Patricia McCormick, "The Gerrard Family of Ardbraccan, County Meath, Ireland," e-mail messages from e-mail address to LHB, multiple dates, citing and attaching a copy of a Betham Genealogical Abstract of the will of Samuel Gerrard of Clongill and probate information. Hereinafter cited as "The Gerrard Family of Ardbraccan, County Meath, Ireland."
  5. [S1620] Betham Genealogical Abstracts, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, Samuel Gerrard of Clongill, County Meath, will dated 18 October 1749, probated 26 May 1750. Hereinafter cited as Betham Genealogical Abstracts.
  6. [S1719] Thomas Gerrard will (3 October 1763), Abstract of the Will of Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan, County Meath, Ireland, Ms. 654, "Abstracts of wills of Thomas and William Gerrard", received with great joy and many thanks from a fellow Gerrard researcher who received them from the National Library of Ireland, Genealogical Office in Dublin. LHB Computer Files, Summerlin, Nevada. Hereinafter cited as Abstract of the 1763 Will of Thomas Gerrard.
  7. [S1620] Betham Genealogical Abstracts, online at www.findmypast.com, Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan, will dated 3 October 1763, probated 4 December 1763.
  8. [S1635] Sir Bernard Burke, Burke's History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume I, page 632, reporting their marriage on 15 February 1771.
  9. [S1620] Betham Genealogical Abstracts, online at www.findmypast.com, administration of Thomas Gerrard of Gibbstown, County Meath, Esq. to Ellinor Gerrard, the wife and relict, granted 2nd day of September 1784.
  10. [S1649] Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland (1912 New Edition), page 262, reporting their marriage on 23 February 1771.
  11. [S1755] Patricia McCormick, "Gerrard Research, County Meath, Ireland," e-mail messages from e-mail address to LHB, multiple dates. Hereinafter cited as "Gerrard Research, County Meath, Ireland."
  12. [S2262] The Irish Aesthete: Gibbstown, online at https://theirishaesthete.com/tag/gibbstown/. Hereinafter cited as The Irish Aesthete: Gibbstown.
  13. [S1678] Charles Dalton F.R.G.S., The Waterloo Roll Call : with biographical notes and anecdotes, downloaded from Google Books at www.google.com. (London, England: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1904), pages 93 and 95. Hereinafter cited as The Waterloo Roll Call.

Thomas Gerrard1,2,3

b. 9 December 1779, d. 7 April 1836
Family
ChartsDescendants of Thomas Gerrard of Gibbstown, County Meath, Ireland and his Brothers
Father*Thomas Gerrard1,2,3,4 b. 1715, d. 11 Sep 1784
Mother*Elinor Carroll1,2,3
Birth*9 December 1779Thomas Gerrard was born on 9 December 1779 at Gibbstown, County Meath, Ireland.1,2,3,4 
Military Service*Thomas served as a Major in the British Army, and a Captain, and Lieutenant Colonel in the 23rd Light Dragoons where his brigade was called Gerrard's Troops. Thomas was severely wounded at the Battle of Waterloo.1,2,3,4,5 
Residence*1830Before his marriage in 1830, Thomas lived in Bloomsbury, County Meath.6 
Marriage*12 March 1830He married, by consistorial license, Letitia Garnett of Williamstown, County Meath, daughter of Reverend George Charles Garnett, on 12 March 1830 in Parish Church of St. George, Dublin.7,6,8,2,9,10 
Residence*Letitia and Thomas resided at Boynehill, County Meath.3 
Death*7 April 1836He died on 7 April 1836 at age 56.1,2,3,4 
(Father) Gibbstown Residencebetween 1871 and 1872His son, Thomas Gerrard, built the large castle he called Gibbstown House, with 63 bedrooms and terraced gardens, at Gibbstown between 1871 and 1872. The Irish Aesthete website features an excellent history of Gibbstown and the Gerrard family who lived there, complete with beautiful photos of the spectacular house and grounds, making it easy to imagine how well the family lived. We thank our friend, Patricia McCormick, Gerrard researcher and descendant, for telling us about The Irish Aesthete. It offers a wealth of information about many places and peoples of Ireland. Patricia found the historical information about Gibbstown fascinating and said she had no idea that some of the original buildings had survived. The article was posted on 24 May 2021, and the link to it may be found in the source list below.2,11,12 

Family

 Letitia Garnett d. 3 Dec 1890
Children 1.Eleanor Gerrard+1,2,3 b. 1831, d. 1921
 2.Elizabeth Mary Gerrard1,2,3 d. 1909
 3.Thomas Gerrard1,2,3 b. 10 Aug 1834, d. 20 May 1913
 4.Letitia Catherine Gerrard1,2,3

Citations

  1. [S1635] Sir Bernard Burke, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. In 2 volumes. (London, England: Harrison, Pall Mall, 1879), Volume I, page 632. Hereinafter cited as Burke's History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland.
  2. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, citing A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland, https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhera00burkuoft. Hereinafter cited as "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research."
  3. [S1649] Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland : Revised by A. C. Fox-Davies, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (London, England: Harrison & Sons, 1912 New Edition), page 262. Hereinafter cited as A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland (1912 New Edition).
  4. [S1678] Charles Dalton F.R.G.S., The Waterloo Roll Call : with biographical notes and anecdotes, downloaded from Google Books at www.google.com. (London, England: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1904), pages 93 and 95. Hereinafter cited as The Waterloo Roll Call.
  5. [S1677] Christopher Kelly Esq., A full and circumstantial account of the memorable battle of Waterloo: the second restoration of Louis XVIII; and the deportation of Napoleon Buonaparte to the island of St. Helena, and every recent particular relative to his conduct and mode of life in his exile. Together with an interesting account of the affairs of France and the biographical sketches of the most distinguished Waterloo heroes. Embellished with engravings, downloaded from Google Books at www.google.com. (London, England: Thomas Kelly, 1818), page 105. Hereinafter cited as A full and circumstantial account of the memorable battle of Waterloo.
  6. [S1659] IrishGenealogy.ie, online at https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/, Church Records, marriage by consistorial licence on 12 March 1830 of Thomas Gerrard of Bloomsbury, St. Thomas Parish, County Meath, and Letitia Garnett of St. George Parish, Dublin, married in the Parish Church of St. George, Dublin, witnesses Henry Reid and George Garnett, with the church register page attached. Hereinafter cited as IrishGenealogy.ie.
  7. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, citing the Church Records on IrishGenealogy.ie, at https://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/…
  8. [S1635] Sir Bernard Burke, Burke's History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume I, page 632, reporting the date of their marriage as 18 March 1830.
  9. [S1649] Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland (1912 New Edition), page 262, reporting the date of their marriage as 18 March 1830.
  10. [S1678] Charles Dalton F.R.G.S., The Waterloo Roll Call, pages 93 and 95, reporting the date of their marriage as 18 March 1830.
  11. [S1755] Patricia McCormick, "Gerrard Research, County Meath, Ireland," e-mail messages from e-mail address to LHB, multiple dates. Hereinafter cited as "Gerrard Research, County Meath, Ireland."
  12. [S2262] The Irish Aesthete: Gibbstown, online at https://theirishaesthete.com/tag/gibbstown/. Hereinafter cited as The Irish Aesthete: Gibbstown.

Thomas Gerrard1,2,3

b. 10 August 1834, d. 20 May 1913
Family
ChartsDescendants of Thomas Gerrard of Gibbstown, County Meath, Ireland and his Brothers
Father*Thomas Gerrard1,2,3 b. 9 Dec 1779, d. 7 Apr 1836
Mother*Letitia Garnett1,2,3 d. 3 Dec 1890
Birth*10 August 1834Thomas Gerrard was born on 10 August 1834 at Boynehill, County Meath, Ireland.3,2,1 
(Heir at Law) Death13 November 1858At his uncle John Gerrard's death in 13 November 1858, Thomas succeeded him as Heir at Law at Gibbstown.4,5,6,2,7 
Political Service1863He served as High Sheriff in County Meath in 1863 and in County Cavan in 1893.2,3 
Gibbstown Residence*between 1871 and 1872Thomas Gerrard built a large castle he called Gibbstown House, with 63 bedrooms and terraced gardens, at Gibbstown between 1871 and 1872. The Irish Aesthete website features an excellent history of Gibbstown and the Gerrard family who lived there, complete with beautiful photos of the spectacular house and grounds, making it easy to imagine how well the family lived. We thank our friend, Patricia McCormick, Gerrard researcher and descendant, for telling us about The Irish Aesthete. It offers a wealth of information about many places and peoples of Ireland. Patricia found the historical information about Gibbstown fascinating and said she had no idea that some of the original buildings had survived. The article was posted on 24 May 2021, and the link to it may be found in the source list below.2,8,9 
(Son) Administration12 February 1891After his mother died on 3 December 1890, letters of administration of her personal estate were granted on 12 February 1891 at the Principal Registry in Dublin to her son, Thomas Gerrard Esquire. The value of her effects was estimated at £2,022 12s 7d.10 
Political Service*Later he served as a Justice of the Peace and a Deputy Lieutenant for the Crown in County Meath.11,2,3 
Census Ireland 1901*31 March 1901Thomas Gerrard was enumerated on the 1901 census taken as of the night of 31 March 1901 at Gibbstown Demesne, Donaghpatrick, County Meath, Ireland. He was 66 years of age and single, with his occupation reported as Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for the Crown. His widowed sister, Eleanor Collins, who was enumerated as Ellen, was 70 years of age and resided in his household in 1901, as did nine servants. He employed a butler, a footman, a potboy, a cook and domestic servant, a kitchen maid, a laundress and 3 housemaids. Everyone in the household could read and write.12,11 
Census Ireland 1911*2 April 1911Thomas was enumerated on the 1911 census taken as of the night of 2 April 1911 at Donaghpatrick, County Meath. He was 76 years of age, single, and reported his occupation as "Landowner". His sister, Ellen Collins, her son, John Gerrard Collins, with his wife and daughter were also enumerated in Thomas's household in 1911, as were nine servants. Ellen, as his sister Eleanor was recorded, was 80 years of age and a widow. She had been married for 35 years and had given birth to four children, three of whom were living. Her son, John Gerrard Collins, Thomas's nephew, was 43 years of age, married, and his occupation was recorded as "Reserve of Officers". His wife, Wilmot Robertson Gertrude Collins, who was recorded as Thomas's niece, was 36 years of age and reported they had been married for ten years. The couple's daughter, Eleanor Wilmot Letitia Collins, had been born in India and was 2 years old. Completing the Gerrard household in 1911 were nine servants. Mary Walshe, Lydia Harrison, Margaret McKenzie, Jessie Duffin, Albert Norris, James Crozier and Annie Sheridan were all domestic servants, Eva N. Walsh was a general domestic servant, and James Callery was a footman domestic.13 
Death*20 May 1913He died at Gibbstown, unmarried and without issue, on 20 May 1913 at age 78, and was succeeded as Heir at Law at Gibbstown by his nephew, Thomas Gerrard Collins, eldest son of his sister Eleanor (Gerrard) Collins.14,15,16 
Probate*22 July 1913Probate of his will, with one codicil, was granted to his nephew and Heir at Law, Major Thomas Gerrard Collins, eldest son of his sister Eleanor, and Henry T. G. Stewart, Esquire, on 22 July 1913 at Dublin. The value of his effects was estimated at £52,385 13s 4d.14 

Citations

  1. [S1635] Sir Bernard Burke, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. In 2 volumes. (London, England: Harrison, Pall Mall, 1879), Volume I, page 632. Hereinafter cited as Burke's History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland.
  2. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, citing A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland, https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhera00burkuoft. Hereinafter cited as "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research."
  3. [S1649] Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland : Revised by A. C. Fox-Davies, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (London, England: Harrison & Sons, 1912 New Edition), page 262. Hereinafter cited as A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland (1912 New Edition).
  4. [S1663] National Archives of Ireland, Calendar of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1922, online at http://www.willcalendars.nationalarchives.ie, 1858 probate of the will of John Netterville Gerrard, http://www.willcalendars.nationalarchives.ie/reels/cwa/…. Hereinafter cited as National Archives of Ireland, Calendar of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1922.
  5. [S1639] 'It was the landlord's right to do as he pleased', The Galway Advertiser, online at http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/68791/…, 24 October 2013, although reporting the year of his death as 1858. Hereinafter cited as Galway Advertiser, 'It was the landlord's right to do as he pleased.'
  6. [S1635] Sir Bernard Burke, Burke's History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume I, page 632, incorrectly reporting his death in November of "1838."
  7. [S1649] Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland (1912 New Edition), page 262, incorrectly reporting his death in November of 1838.
  8. [S1755] Patricia McCormick, "Gerrard Research, County Meath, Ireland," e-mail messages from e-mail address to LHB, multiple dates. Hereinafter cited as "Gerrard Research, County Meath, Ireland."
  9. [S2262] The Irish Aesthete: Gibbstown, online at https://theirishaesthete.com/tag/gibbstown/. Hereinafter cited as The Irish Aesthete: Gibbstown.
  10. [S1663] National Archives of Ireland, Calendar of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1922, online at http://www.willcalendars.nationalarchives.ie, letters of administration of the personal estate on 12 February 1891 of Letitia Gerrard, late of Boyne Hill, Navan, County Meath, widow, who died 3 December 1890 at same place, granted at the Principal Registry to Thomas Gerrard of same place, Esquire, the son, Effects £2,022 12s 7d, online at http://www.willcalendars.nationalarchives.ie/reels/cwa/…
  11. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, citing the 1901 Census, household of Thomas Gerrard, house 13, "Gibstown" Demesne, Donaghpatrick, Meath at http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Meath/…
  12. [S1522] 1901 Ireland Census, online at the National Archives of Ireland, www.census.nationalarchives.ie, household of Thomas Gerrard, house# 13 in "Gibstown" Demesne, Donaghpatrick, Meath, online at http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Meath/…. Hereinafter cited as 1901 Ireland Census.
  13. [S1536] 1911 Ireland Census, online at the National Archives of Ireland, www.census.nationalarchives.ie, household of Thomas Gerrard, house# 11 in "Gibstown" Demesne, Donaghpatrick, Meath, online at http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Meath/…. Hereinafter cited as 1911 Ireland Census.
  14. [S1663] National Archives of Ireland, Calendar of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1922, online at http://www.willcalendars.nationalarchives.ie, probate of the will with one codicil on 22 July 1913 of Thomas Gerrard, late of Gibbstown, Navan, County Meath, J.P. D.L., who died 20 May 1913, granted at Dublin to Thomas G. Collins, Major, and Henry T.G. Stewart, Esquire, Effects £52,385 13s 4d, online at http://www.willcalendars.nationalarchives.ie/reels/cwa/…
  15. [S1655] John Burke and Sir Bernard Burke, Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, Privy Council & Order of Precedence (99th Edition), downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (London, England: Burke's Peerage Limited, 1949), Lambart, page 1156. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage (99th Edition).
  16. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, citing the 1901 Census, household of Thomas Gerrard, house 13, ""Gibstown" Demesne", Donaghpatrick, Meath at http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Meath/…

Thomas Gerrard1

b. 23 July 1782, d. 7 February 1868
Family
ChartsDescendants of Thomas Gerrard of Gibbstown, County Meath, Ireland and his Brothers
Father*William Gerrard2,1 d. b 13 Oct 1792
Mother*Jane Vipont3
Birth*23 July 1782Thomas Gerrard was born on 23 July 1782 in County Meath, Ireland.1 
(Son) Deed Memorial11 October 1787Thomas was about 5 years old when his father obtained a lease for the castles and lands of Liscartan. A memorial of an indented deed bearing date and executed on 11 October 1787 was made between the Right Honorable Charles Sloane Lord Cadogan of New Burlington Street in the county of Middlesex of the one part, and William Gerrard of Liscartan in the county of Meath and Kingdom of Ireland, of the other part.

By which indenture of lease the said Charles Sloane, Lord Cadogan, for the considerations therein mentioned, devised, leased, set, and to farm let unto the said William Gerrard, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, all that and those the castles, lands and farm called and known by the name of Liscartan in the county of Meath in the said Kingdom of Ireland, containing 465 acres plantation measure in the whole be the same more or less, together with all edifices, houses, outhouses, stables, barns, mills, mill courses, gardens, orchards, meadows, wears, fishings, waters, water courses, ways, commodities, advantages, profits, emoluments and appurtenances to the said castle, lands and farm, to any part or parcel belonging, or in anywise appertaining.

To hold to the said William Gerrard, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, from the first day of November next ensuing for and during the natural lives of him, the said William Gerrard, Thomas Gerrard, his son aged about 5 years, and the Honorable George Cadogan, son of the said Charles Sloane, Lord Cadogan, aged about 4 years, and during the lives and the life of the longest liver of them, and for and during the life or lives of all and every other the person or persons to be named by the said William Gerrard, his heirs or assigns, in the future leases to be granted by the said Charles Sloane, Lord Cadogan, his heirs and assigns, pursuant to his covenant therein contained in order that the same may be renewable forever, subject to the payment of the yearly rent and performance of the several covenants in the said indenture of lease, as well as the part of the lessors on the part of the lessee in the same indenture of lease, particularly.

Which said lease and the memorial were signed and sealed by Lord Cadogan and witnessed by James Bradfield of the county of Norfolk, gentleman, and Thomas Biggleston of London in the Kingdom of England. The memorial was registered in Dublin on 27 March 1788.4 
(Heir at Law) Deathbefore 13 October 1792Thomas, as eldest son, was Heir at Law and succeeded at Liscartan when his father died before 13 October 1792.5 
(Grandchild) Administration18 December 1793When the estate of Thomas's grandfather, Thomas Gerrard, was granted administration on 18 December 1793, Thomas's father had also died so Thomas's mother was granted administration of his grandfather's estate. The administration documents named his grandchildren, William and Jane's children, Sophia Gerrard, Thomas Gerrard, Mary Anne Gerrard, William Gerrard, Charles Gerrard and Jane Gerrard.6 
Education*1799Thomas was identified as the son of William, generousus, when he entered Trinity College, Dublin, at age 17 in 1799. (According to a Latin dictionary, generousus meant of noble birth, aristocratic, well-bred.)7,8 
Marriage Settlement*10 November 1805A memorial of an indented deed of marriage settlement dated 10 November 1805 was made between Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan, County Meath, Esq. of the first part, George Rotheram of Crossdrum in the said county of Meath and Mary Anne Rotheram, spinster, third daughter of the said George Rotheram of the second part and John Gerrard of Gibbstown in the county of Meath aforesaid Esq. and Thomas Battersby of Glenidan in the county of Westmeath Esq. of the third part.

Reciting that a marriage was agreed upon between the said Thomas Gerrard and Mary Ann Rotheram.

And further reciting that Samuel Gibbons of Mountainstown in the county of Meath Esq. had by indented deeds of lease and release bearing dates the 4th and 5th days of February 1785 granted unto William Gerrard Esq., deceased, all that and those the town and lands of Upper and Lower Graigs, situate in the lower barony of Navan in the county of Meath aforesaid containing 272 acres and 15 perches, be the same more or less. To hold unto the said William Gerrard, his heirs and assigns, for three lives therein named, and the survivor of them, and for such other lives as should forever thereafter be added to the term thereby granted, pursuant to a covenant therein contained for renewing the same forever subject to the rent fines for renewal and covenants therein mentioned.

And further reciting that the Right Honorable Charles, Lord Cadogan of New Burlington Street in the county of Middlesex, England, by indented deeds of lease and release bearing dates the 10th and 11th days of October 1787, granted to the said William Gerrard all that and those the castles, lands and farms called and known by the name of Liscartan in the county of Meath containing 465 acres, be the same more or less, and with the appurtenances. To hold unto the said William Gerrard, his heirs and assigns, for three lives therein named, and for the survivor of them, and for such other lives as should forever thereafter be added to the term thereby granted, pursuant to a covenant therein contained for renewing the same forever, subject to the rent fine for renewal and covenants therein mentioned.

And whereas the said William Gerrard died several years since, and the said Thomas Gerrard, his eldest son and heir-at-law, became, on the death of his said father, entitled to the said lands of Graigs and Liscartan, the said Thomas therefore, by said deed of which this is a memorial, in consideration of the said marriage and for other considerations therein mentioned, hath granted unto the said John Gerrard of Gibbstown and Thomas Battersby as trustees, all that and those the said town and lands of Upper and Lower Graigs situate in the lower barony of Navan and county of Meath aforesaid, with the appurtenances. To hold unto the said John Gerrard and Thomas Battersby, and the survivor of them, his heirs and assigns for the lives in the said deed named and for such other lives as should forever hereafter be added pursuant to the covenant contained in part in said recited deed for renewing the same forever, subject to the rents, covenants and fines for renewal in said deeds particularly reserved and mentioned upon the trusts and for the several uses and purposes in said deed, of which this is a memorial, mentioned and contained.

The deed and memorial were duly executed, signed and sealed by Thomas Gerrard and witnessed by Jeremiah Smith. The memorial was registered on 22 September 1806.9 
Marriage*before 22 September 1806He married Mary Anne Rotheram of Crossdrum, County Meath, daughter of George Rotheram and Catherine Smith, before 22 September 1806, the date their marriage settlement memorial was registered.9 
Deed Memorial10 November 1806A memorial deed of appointment dated 10 November 1806 was made between John Smith of Kells in the county of Meath, Esq. and Jane Smith otherwise Gerrard his wife of the first part, and Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan in the county of Meath Esq. of the other part.

Reciting that Thomas Gerrard was guardian to his younger brothers and sisters, Mary Anne Gerrard, William Edward Gerrard, Charles Gerrard and Jane Gerrard;

and also reciting that by indenture of lease bearing date 13 November 1778 made between William Waller Esq. of Allenstown, County Meath of the one part and the children's grandfather, Thomas Gerrard of Martry, County Meath of the other part, both now deceased, the said William Waller for the considerations therein mentioned devised unto the said Thomas Gerrard of Martry all that part of the lands of Balrathboyne, otherwise Boon, then in the occupancy of the said Thomas Gerrard of Martry, containing 181 acres, 2 roods and 8 perches. To hold to the said Thomas Gerrard, his executors, administrators and assigns from the first of November (just past) for the term of 21 years at the yearly rent of £118, 19s, 4p in which said lease was contained a covenant for renewal on the part of the said William Waller, his executors, administrators and assigns to the said Thomas Gerrard, his heirs, administrators and assigns as often as he, the said William Waller should review the same with the Archdeacon of Meath for such further term as the said William Waller, his executors, administrators should obtain a lease of the same and he the said Thomas Gerrard, his executors, administrators or assigns pay one-third part of the fines which should be paid by the said William Waller, his executors or administrators in obtaining such renewal.

And also reciting that Robert Waller, only son of the said William Waller, then deceased, renewed said lease with the Archdeacon of Meath and did in pursuance of the said lease by indenture bearing date 20 February 1797 devise unto the said Jane Smith otherwise Gerrard, who was described in the deed as the "personal representative of the said Thomas Gerrard (of Martry) and of William Gerrard his son", the said and therein before mentioned lands and premises at the said renewed yearly rent and subject to all the clauses and covenants in the original lease mentioned.

It should be noted here that, although Jane Smith otherwise Gerrard was described in the deed as only the personal representative of Thomas Gerrard and his son William, Jane was actually the widow of William Gerrard of Liscartan and daughter-in-law of Thomas Gerrard of Martry and the mother of Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan of the "other part" of this deed.

The deed also recited that Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan on 23 July 1803 arrived at age, and on 25 July 1804 took letters of guardianship to his younger, minor brothers and sisters.

And reciting that Robert Waller, having then lately renewed his lease with the Reverend Thomas Lucy, Archdeacon of Meath, had agreed to execute a renewal of the said lease to the person lawfully entitled to receive it;

and also reciting that in order to indemnify the said Robert Waller from all disputes as to the person legally authorized to receive said rent, it was thought necessary that the said John and Jane Smith should assign all their right and title to a renewal of the lease from Robert Waller to Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan, Jane's son and heir of his father William, to which John and Jane Smith did agree.

And witness that John Smith and Jane Smith for the considerations therein mentioned did assign unto Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan all their interest in or to any renewal of the said lands and premises and the covenants of the deed of 1778 from William Waller, deceased, to Thomas Gerrard of Martry, deceased;

And also witness that the deed was executed by Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan in trust for the sole benefit of his brothers and sisters, Sophia Webb otherwise Gerrard, Mary Anne Gerrard, William Edward Gerrard, Charles Gerrard and Jane Gerrard, and for no other use, trust or purpose whatsoever.

The deed of assignment was executed by all parties mentioned and duly signed and sealed by John and Jane Smith and witnessed by James Webb of Kells and Jane's sister Anne Vipont of Kells in the county of Meath on 15 November 1806. It was registered a few months later on 8 June 1807.3 
(Heir at Law) Marriage Settlement6 July 1814As heir at law, Thomas was a party in a memorial of an indented deed of marriage settlement dated 6 July 1814 made between John Morris of Skreen Castle of the county of Meath, Esq., of the first part, his sister Jane Gerrard of Liscartan in the county of Meath, spinster, of the second part, Charles Gerrard of Killywilly in the county of Cavan, Esq. and Walter Keating of Sylvan Park in the county of Meath, Esq., of the third part, and Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan in the county of Meath, Esq. of the fourth part.

Reciting that Brabazon Morris Esq. of Tankardstown in the county of Meath, father of John Morris, party thereto, was previous to 01 February 1812 seized of and in, all that and those, the town and lands of Skreen, set in the barony of Skreen in the county of Meath aforesaid containing, according to a survey formerly made thereof, 355 aces, 3 roods and 16 perches and the dwelling house, buildings and improvements thereon under and by virtue of a lease for three lives with covenants for renewal executed to him the said Brabazon Morris thereof by John Phepoc of Armagh in the county of Armagh Esq. and Richard Phepoc, eldest son and heir at law of the said John Phepoc, at the yearly rent of £407, 4p. And said Brabazon Morris being also seized of various other denominations of lands which were particularly specified in the indenture next therein after in part recited and being largely indebted to various people in considerable sums owed by judgments dated 01 February 1812 made between Brabazon Morris of the one part and George Williams of the city of Dublin Esq. of the other part, conveying the said town and lands of Skreen as well as several other lands and premises therein particularly mentioned and devised to the said George Williams in trust in the ways and in the manner therein mentioned to pay the several debts and encumbrances in a schedule to said deed annexed.

Reciting by another indenture dated 01 January 1813 made between the said Brabazon Morris of the one part and George Williams of the other part, Brabazon Morris did, for the considerations therein mentioned, release the said secured lands and premises in said indenture of 1812 comprised from the payment of £700 being part of an annuity of £1,000 provided for and committed to the said Brabazon Morris by the said indenture of 01 February 1812.

And reciting that by a certain other indenture dated 01 January 1813 and made between the said Brabazon Morris of the one part and Brabazon Morris Jr. and John Morris, party hereto, both sons of the said Brabazon Morris the elder, of the other part. After reciting as therein is recited, the said Brabazon Morris did, for the considerations therein mentioned, convey unto the said John Morris all that and those the town and lands of Skreen. To hold to the said John Morris, his heirs and assigns, for the life and lives granted of said town, lands and premises and for the lives and life of such other person or persons as should be thereafter named at and for the term of the original lease by virtue of the covenant for renewal therein contained, subject as therein mentioned.

And reciting that said John Morris was, by virtue of said indenture last in recital, seized and possessed of said lands of Skreen, subject to a rateable proportion of the debts, charges and encumbrances created by said indentures of 01 February 1812 and 01 January 1813.

And also reciting that Jane Gerrard, party thereto, was then possessed of £1,500 stock in five government funds and was also as one of the next of kin of William Gerrard Esq., deceased, her father, entitled to a lot or proportion of certain debts due to the estate of the said William Gerrard, which proportions it was calculated would amount to £400 or thereabouts and was also, in the right (of inheritance), entitled to an undivided 5th share of and in the lands of Belrath in the county of Meath held under a lease for a term of years and containing covenants for renewal, which yielded a profit and rents to the said Jane Gerrard of £90 per annum or thereabouts, and the said Jane Gerrard, in right aforesaid, was also in possession of one 5th part or share of the lands of Dromore, situate in the county of Down and held for a term of years which then yields an annual profitable rent of £30, said Jane Gerrard's share whereof amounts to £6 per annum.

And reciting that a marriage was then intended to be had and solemnized between the said John Morris and Jane Gerrard, and it had been agreed that said John Morris in consideration of said marriage, and of the fortune and property of the said Jane Gerrard consisting of the several premises therein and herein before specified and set forth, should charge said lands of Skreen with an annuity of £300 as a provision for the said Jane Gerrard and for their issue of the then intended marriage.

The said indenture, of which this writing was a memorial, witnessed that the said John Morris, in pursuance and execution of said agreement, and in consideration of said marriage and portion and profits of said Jane Gerrard in said agreement and other considerations due also mentioned, did grant, bargain, sell, assign, release and confirm to the said Charles Gerrard and Walter Keating as trustees by virtue of a lease for all therein recited and to their heirs and assigns, all that and those the town and lands of Skreen, situate in the barony of Skreen in the county of Meath containing to a survey formerly made 357 acres, 3 roods and 16 perches or thereabouts, together with the dwelling house, out houses and improvements thereon, bounded northerly by or by parts of the said lands of Skreen, north easterly by the great road leading from Walterstown to Skreen, south easterly by the lands of Obertstown, southerly partly by the lands of Baronstown, Collierstown, Colvinstown, and Glebe Land and westerly partly by the lands of Tara, with benefits of fairs, markets, tolls and customs held on or belonging to said lands of Skreen, and all rights, members and appurtenances thereunto belonging.

To hold the said released premises and every part thereof unto the said Charles Gerrard and Walter Keating, their heirs and assigns, for the lives therein mentioned and for the lives to be forever added by virtue of the covenant for perpetual renewal subject to such rateable proportion of said encumbrances as such lands were subject to by said several indentures before recited and upon the interests and for the uses in the said deed of which this writing was a memorial.

The deed and memorial were executed, signed and sealed by John Morris and Jane Gerrard, and witnessed by Richard Barrett Jr. of Navan Esq. and Charles Fitzsimmons of Liscartan, both in the county of Meath. The memorial was registered on 6 Dec 1814.10 
Marriage Settlement*22 December 1814A memorial of an indented deed of marriage settlement dated 22 December 1814 was made between heir at law Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan in the county of Meath, Esq. of the first part, his brother William Edward Gerrard of Killywilly in the county of Cavan, Esq. of the second part, William Bennison of Cavan in the county of Cavan, Esq. and Mary Anne Bennison, spinster third daughter of the said William Bennison, of the third part, and Thomas Lloyd of Ravensdale in the county of Louth, Esq. and William Webb of Castlecor in the county of Meath, Esq. of the fourth part.

Whereby after reciting as therein is recited it is witnessed that in pursuance of the agreement therein stated, and in consideration of a marriage then intended between the said William Edward Gerrard and Mary Anne Bennison and of £600, the marriage portion of the said Mary Anne Bennison to the said William Edward Gerrard in hand paid or secured to be paid, and for the other considerations or purposes in said deed witnessed, the said Thomas Gerrard, at the instance and desire of the said William Edward, and the said William Edward Gerrard, according to their estate and interest therein, did grant, bargain, sell, assign, transfer and set over unto the said Thomas Lloyd and William Webb, their executors, administrators and assigns, as trustees, one undivided 5th part, the whole into 5 equal parts to be divided, of all that and those that part of the lands of Balrathboyne otherwise Boon

Whereby after reciting as therein is recited it is witnessed that in pursuance of the agreement therein stated, and in consideration of a marriage then intended between the said William Edward Gerrard and Mary Anne Bennison and of £600, the marriage portion of the said Mary Anne Bennison to the said William Edward Gerrard in hand paid or secured to be paid, and for the other considerations or purposes in said deed witnessed, the said Thomas Gerrard, at the instance and desire of the said William Edward, and the said William Edward Gerrard, according to their estate and interest therein, did grant, bargain, sell, assign, transfer and set over unto the said Thomas Lloyd and William Webb, their executors, administrators and assigns, as trustees, one undivided 5th part, the whole into 5 equal parts to be divided, of all that and those that part of the lands.11 
Census Ireland 1821*1821Mary Anne and Thomas Gerrard appeared on the census taken in 1821 at house 7 in Liscartan, County Meath, Ireland. Thomas was 39 years of age with 334 acres at Liscartan, and reported his occupation as Justice of the Peace. His wife Marianne was 30. The members of their household included sons William, who was 14, Thomas 11, and Samuel 7, and daughters Catherine, age 12, and Marianne, who was 5. The children's aunt, Marianne Gerrard, whose age was reported as 25 years although she would have been older, lived with her brother's family in 1821 and John Walsh, age 70, was a visitor. Also residing with the family were a house servant, a cook, a house maid and a kitchen man.12 
Historical Note* Many of Ireland's large and beautiful estates were in financial difficulties after the Great Famine, and the Encumbered Estates Acts in 1848 and 1849 allowed for the sale of the many estates that went bankrupt during those famine years. However in many cases the estate was entailed by the laws of inheritance so the Acts also removed those restrictions. A special court was established to facilitate the speedy sale of lands in order to reduce indebtedness. Documents known as sale notices were prepared advertising the estate. The "Encumbered Landed Estates Court Rentals" were, in effect, sales catalogues and included urban and rural properties. The documents provided the date and place of sale with a description of the estate and its location together with a map. The details of the owner were given with a list of tenants with their rents and tenure. If the property was held by lease, then the particulars named those contracted, and could involve one or more generations.13 
Land to Be Sold*9 November 1855The commissioners' "sales catalog" announced that the castle, town, lands and farm of Liscartan, County Meath, held under a lease for three lives, renewable forever, and containing 734 acres, 0 roods, and 13 perches English Statute Measure, situate in the barony of Lower Navan and county of Meath, a valuable freehold estate, was to be sold in one lot by the commissioners for the Sale of Incumbered Estates in Ireland on Friday, 9 November 1855 at the hour of twelve o'clock noon. Heir at law Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan, Esq., who was then in his 74th year, his eldest son and heir William Gerrard Esq., and James Cullen, merchant, were identified as owners. William Edward Steele Esq. and Alexander Parker Esq. were identified as petitioners.

The descriptive particulars of the Liscartan Estate explained that the Castle, Mansion House, Offices, Demesne and Lands of Liscartan had been for upwards of a century the residence of the Gerrard family. They were described as beautifully situated in the heart of one of the finest counties in Ireland -- the county of Meath -- on the banks of the Blackwater River, within about two miles of the town of Navan, where the Dublin and Drogheda Railway Company had a station, six miles of the towns of Kells and Athboy, and seven of the town of Trim -- all market and post towns -- and surrounded by the demesne and lands of Ardbraccan, Scallanstown, Mullaghard, Rathaldron, Whistlemount and Knockumber, the estates of the Lord Bishop of Meath and other well-connected people.

The offices included a large coach house, stabling for 20 horses, a steam house, a harness room, cow house and root house -- all slated -- large barns, a straw house, a feeding house, a large shed, piggeries, a forge, a workshop, large granaries and a foddering yard, an enclosed haggard, with several corn stands, and a pump attached to the steam house.

The lands, which were described as well planted, watered, sheltered and divided -- consisting of arable, pasture, and meadow land of the primest quality, capable of producing most abundant and excellent crops, were intersected by the High Road leading from Kells to Navan, and also by the Kells Extension of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway, to that their situation was peculiarly advantageous for farming purposes. There was also a very valuable and extensive corn mill, with a kiln and other suitable buildings, now in full work, and possession a never-failing supply of water from the Blackwater River, belonging to, and part of, the estate. "The river abounds with fish of the finest description."

The full catalog, complete with conditions of the sale, history of Liscartan's deed records, names of the extended Gerrard family, and maps of the property may be viewed here.14
Death*7 February 1868He died on 7 February 1868 at Bachelor's Hall, Rathfarnham, Dublin, the home of his son Samuel, at age 85.15,16 

Family

 Mary Anne Rotheram b. 1791
Children 1.William Gerrard+12 b. 1807
 2.Catherine Sophia Gerrard12 b. 1809, d. 1 Sep 1896
 3.Thomas Gerrard12 b. 1811
 4.Samuel Gerrard+12 b. 1814, d. 22 Apr 1882
 5.Mary Anne Gerrard12 b. 1816, d. Aug 1843

Citations

  1. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Transcripts of memorials of deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms. Most are now digitized and available online at www.familysearch.org, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah: 1807; Film# 545057, Volume 591, pages 161-162, deed number 401261. Hereinafter cited as Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929.
  2. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1786; Film# 532580, Volume 384, pages 103-105, Deed number 254281.
  3. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1807; Film# 545057, Volume 591, pages 161-162, deed number 401261, images 385-386.
  4. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1787; Film# 532581, Volume 387, pages 330-331, Deed Number 261613, image 509.
  5. [S1620] Betham Genealogical Abstracts, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, administration of William Gerrard of Liscartan, County Meath, granted on 13 October 1792 to Michael Tisdale for special purposes, noting Jane Gerrard as his widow and relict and stating that Ann Patterson, otherwise Gerrard, was pretending to have an interest. Hereinafter cited as Betham Genealogical Abstracts.
  6. [S1620] Betham Genealogical Abstracts, online at www.findmypast.com, administration of Thomas Gerrard of Liscartan, County Meath Esq. was granted on 18th day of December 1793 to Jane Gerrard (widow of his son William) and names his grandchildren, William and Jane's children.
  7. [S1724] Register of students, graduates, professors, provosts, of Trinity College, Univ of Dublin 1593-1846, online at https://www.scribd.com/document/94119104/, Thomas Gerrard, 1799, age 17, son of William, County Meath, Generousus. Hereinafter cited as Register of students, graduates, professors, provosts, of Trinity College, 1593-1846.
  8. [S590] JM Latin-English Dictionary, online at http://dictionary.babylon.com. Hereinafter cited as JM Latin-English Dictionary.
  9. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1806; Film# 535459, Volume 582, pages 469-470, deed number 395349, images 550-551.
  10. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1814; Film# 464717, Volume 687, pages 20-22, Deed Number 472167, images 327-328.
  11. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms: 1815; Film# 545078, Volume 685, pages 265-267, Deed Number 471231, images 426-427.
  12. [S1643] Ireland Census 1821, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, household of Thomas Gerrard, townland of Liscartan, Parish of Liscartan, Barony of Lower Navan in the county of Meath. Hereinafter cited as Ireland Census 1821.
  13. [S1651] Landed Estates Court Rentals 1850-1885, online at www.findmypast.com. Hereinafter cited as Landed Estates Court Rentals 1850-1885.
  14. [S1651] Landed Estates Court Rentals 1850-1885, online at www.findmypast.com, the "castle, town, lands, and farm, of Liscarton."
  15. [S1662] Belfast, Northern Ireland, The Belfast Newsletter (Birth, Marriage and Death Notices), 1738-1925, online at www.ancestry.com, The Belfast Newsletter, Monday, 10 February 1868, page 1, reporting his age as 86. Hereinafter cited as The Belfast Newsletter (Birth, Marriage and Death Notices), 1738-1925.
  16. [S1663] National Archives of Ireland, Calendar of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1922, online at http://www.willcalendars.nationalarchives.ie, Thomas Gerrard, date of death 7 February 1868 in Dublin. Hereinafter cited as National Archives of Ireland, Calendar of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1922.

Thomas Gerrard1

b. 1811
Family
ChartsDescendants of Thomas Gerrard of Gibbstown, County Meath, Ireland and his Brothers
Father*Thomas Gerrard1 b. 23 Jul 1782, d. 7 Feb 1868
Mother*Mary Anne Rotheram1 b. 1791
Birth*1811Thomas Gerrard was born about 1811 in Liscartan, County Meath, Ireland.1 
(Son) Census Ireland 18211821Thomas appeared on the census taken in 1821 in the household of his parents, Mary Anne and Thomas Gerrard, in Liscartan, County Meath. He was 11 years old.1 
Education*1827Thomas was identified as the son of Thomas, Agricola, which meant he was to study agriculture and farming, when he entered Trinity College, Dublin, at age 16 in 1827.2,3 
Marriage*6 September 1838He married Catherine Elizabeth Battersby, daughter of Robert Battersby Esq., on 6 September 1838 in Old Castle Church, County Meath. They were married by the Reverend Robert Battersby.4,5,6 

Family

 Catherine Elizabeth Battersby

Citations

  1. [S1643] Ireland Census 1821, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, household of Thomas Gerrard, townland of Liscartan, Parish of Liscartan, Barony of Lower Navan in the county of Meath. Hereinafter cited as Ireland Census 1821.
  2. [S1724] Register of students, graduates, professors, provosts, of Trinity College, Univ of Dublin 1593-1846, online at https://www.scribd.com/document/94119104/, Thomas Gerrard, 1827, age 16, son of Thomas, County Meath, Agricola. Hereinafter cited as Register of students, graduates, professors, provosts, of Trinity College, 1593-1846.
  3. [S590] JM Latin-English Dictionary, online at http://dictionary.babylon.com. Hereinafter cited as JM Latin-English Dictionary.
  4. [S1634] Ireland Diocesan and Prerogative Marriage Licence Bonds indexes 1623-1866, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, Marriage License Bonds, Diocese of Meath, 1838, Catherine Elizabeth Battersby and Thomas Gerrard. Hereinafter cited as Ireland Diocesan and Prerogative Marriage Licence Bonds indexes 1623-1866.
  5. [S1621] Irish Newspapers, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, The Dublin Evening Mail, 19 September 1838. Hereinafter cited as Irish Newspapers.
  6. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates. Hereinafter cited as "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research."

Thomas Gerrard1,2

b. 1803
Family
ChartsDescendants of William Gerrard of Ardbraccan, County Meath
Father*William Gerrard1 b. 1761
Mother*Jane __?__1 b. 1766
Birth*1803Thomas Gerrard was born about 1803 in County Meath, Ireland.1 
(Son) Census Ireland 18211821Thomas appeared on the 1821 census in the household of his parents in Ardbraccan, County Meath, He was 18 years old.3 

Citations

  1. [S1552] 1821 - 1851 Ireland Census Record Set, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, household of William Gerrard, 1821, townland of Ardbraccan, parish of Ardbraccan, county of Meath. Hereinafter cited as 1821 - 1851 Ireland Census Record Set.
  2. [S1747] Patricia McCormick, "The Gerrard Family of Ardbraccan, County Meath, Ireland," e-mail messages from e-mail address to LHB, multiple dates, her great grandfather Gerrard's "cousins". Hereinafter cited as "The Gerrard Family of Ardbraccan, County Meath, Ireland."
  3. [S1552] 1821 - 1851 Ireland Census Record Set, online at www.findmypast.com, household of William Gerrard, 1821, townland of Ardbraccan, parish of Ardbraccan, county of Meath; their surname was transcribed as "Genard.'