I have a clue for you, but much further back. The first wife of Thomas GERRARD 12/10/1608-12/15/1673 Westmoreland Co., Va. was a Susan SNOW. Susan was born 1610 in Brookehouse, Staffordshire, England and died 1665 St. Mary's Parish, Charles Co., MD--across the river from Northumberland Co., Va. She had a brother Abel SNOW. Thomas and Susan were married 9/21/1629 Lancashire, England ISSUE 12 kids!! Thomas m. 2) Rose (maybe Allerton), widow of John TUCKER. Rose m. 3) John NEWTON Will of Col. Thomas Gerrard. In y name of God Amen Soe be it Ye first day of Feb: 1672 I Tho: Garrard of Machoticks in ye County of Westmerld in ye Colonie of Virginia Esq: being at prsent well & in bodily health & of good and prfect memory thankes be unto Almighty God And calling to mind ye uncertainty of temporarie life & yt all flesh must yield unto death when & whersoever it seemes good to Al- mighty God doe therfore make constitute ordaine & declare this my last will and testamt in manner & forme follo: Revoking & anihilating by these prts both in Deed & in law all & every Testamt Testamte, will & Wills heretofore by me made & declared either by word or by writing & this is to be taken only for my last Will & Testamt & none other. And first - being penitent & Sory from ye bottome of my hart for my Sinnes past most humbly desiring forgivenesse for ye Sinne doe comitt & comend my Soule unto Almighty God my Creator & redeemer through whose mercy & by the merritts of Christs death & passion I trust & beleeve assuredly to be saved & to have full remission & forgivenesse of all my Sinnes & yt my soule wth my body at ye Genll resurrection shall rise againe wth joy & inherritt y Kingdome of God prpared for his Chosen & Elect ones. And my body I give to ye earth to [be] buried as nigh as possibly I can to my decased wife Susanna Garrard by my Extors & Ext** hereafter named. And now for setling my Temporall estates & such goods & chattles as it pleased Almighty God to bestowe uppon me I doe Ordr give & dispose in manner & forme follow: (that is to say) first I will & ordaine yt all such debts & duties as I owe in right & conscience to any prson or prsons shall be well & truly contented & paid or ordained to be paid wthin convenient time after my decease by my Extors heerafter [named] & after my debts paid my funerall expenses discharged & ye several & respective Legacies in this my will menconed given & expressed be likewise contented & paid according to ye purposed & true intent & meaning of this my Will That then all & wholy ye prsonall estate to me belonging either in ye province of Maryland in ye Colony of Virginia and ye Kingdome of England upon y Seaes or any other place ofye world where it shall be or may be found I doe heerby give & bequeath unto my sonne John Garrard & my Lo: & Deare wife Rose whome I doe heerby appoynt & ordaine my full & joynt Extors of this my last will & testamt to all intents and purposes in as ample manner as ye Laws of England of ye Colony of Virginia & ye prvince of Maryland will or may admitt I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Mary Thirty thousand pounds of Tobo to be pd unto her within One yeare after my decease (if not during my life) in full for her portion of my prsonall estate I give & bequeath unto my sd Daughter Mary and ye heires of her body forever lawfully to be begotten foure seates of land, (yt is to say) All ye land in Mr Whites neck lying on ye right hand of the path yt leades from Mattapony bridge downe ye neck unto my sonne in Law Bloxstones or Jno: Shankes now in my owne occupacion one other prcell of land called St. Katherens Island in ye occupacion of Jno: Dennis Three hundred acres of land more in Broad neck lying betwene one Mr. Cole & Mr. Salles likewise in my owne occupacion One hundred acres of land more Wstwood Lodge now in y possession of Samll Dodson all wch lands are lying & being in y County & prvince of Maryland together wth all my rights priviledges & apptens thereunto belonging shall be holden by ye sd Mary & her heires forever after she doth arrive at ye adge of one & twenty yeares or day of marriadge, if I doe not sell or otherwise dispose of ye sd Lands or any pt thereof in my life time only reserveing due & payable out of ye sd Lands unto ye Lord of ye mannour all such rents suits & services as is therunto belonging Now in case my sd Daughter shall dye before she arrive at ye adge of one & twenty yeares, or without Issue of her body lawfully be- gotten then my Will & meaning is yt all my lands & other legacies to her bequeathed shall be equally devided amongst ye rest of my Sonees & Daughters surviveing & ye Survivor or Survivors of ym or any of ym by even & equall portions I give & bequeath unto my Eldest Sonne Justinian one moety of ye mannor of St Clements & ye other moety to my Lo: & deare wife Rose during her naturall life, and afterwawrds ye sd moety of ye sd Manour of St. Clemts possessed by her in her life time to come into possession & reall estate of ye heires male begotten by me on my sd Lo: Wife Rose And if female yn ye aforesd moety after ye decease of my Lo: wife Rose I give ye whole mannor aforesd to my eldest Sonne Justinian willing him to pay unto each Daugher or Daughters soe begotten by me on my sd Lo: wife Rose twenty thousand pounds of tobco either when they arrive at ye adge of one & twenty or at ye day of there marriadge and to be under ye tuittion of my Exors and my said Sonne Justinian wth his heires lawfully to possess ye whole of ye aforesd manor of St. Clemts forever wth itts right & prviledges unlesse I otherwise despose of it in my life time. I give unto my yongest Sonne moeity of those lands called Bastford Manor & ye other to my deare wife Rose during her naturall life & after her death to ye heires male begotten by me on my sd wife Lo: Rose & if female then at ye death of my wife I give yt whole manor of Bastford to my sonne John aforesd willing him heerby to pay unto each Daughter or Daughters soe begotten by me on my now Lo: wife Rose Ten thousand puonds of Tobco at ye adge & day aforesd and he wth his heires lawfully begotten to possesse ye whole aforesd manor of Bastford forever wth its rights and prvildges unlesse I otherwise dispose of it in my life time I doe give unto my youngest Sonne John one moety of yt land or plantacon in ye Colony of Virginia called by ye name of Garrards reserve lying situate & beingat lower Machoteck in Westmoreld County in ye aforesd Colony & ye other halfe to my deare & Lo: Wife Rose during her naturall life and after her death yt ye sd moity by her possessed be given unto & possessed as ye reall estate of ye male child begotten by me on her & if only female yt ye aforesd plantacon called Garrards reserve be after her decease be give wholly unto my sonne Jno: he paying unto each Daughter or Daughters begotten as aforesaid Ten thousand pounds of Tobo & ye sd Jno: to possesse ye said plantacon wth itts rights & prviledges unlesse I otherwise dispose of it in my life time In like manner I give & bequeath unto my Grand-child Garrard Payton one yong negro about a yeare or two of adge wthin one yeare after my decease to be in ye Custody of his guardians. THO: GARRARD It: I give unto my Daughter Mary her choyce of X all ye negro girles born in my Custody. The intest & meaining As also one horse & one mare to her & her heires wth their increase is yt she take only one & advantadge forever to be dell immediately unto her possession. I out of all . . . . . give unto each of three sonees and five Daughters yt shall survive me twenty shill sterle to buy each of them a mourning ring to weare in remebrance of me & also soe much for Sonnes in Law Daughters in Law & Grand-children in like manner. Whereas I have given & mrked two Mares wth G.T. for ye use of Garrad Tucker my Will is therfore yt increase of ye aforesd Mares by improved for ye advantadge and education & schooling of ye sd Garrard Tucker & yt they or two as good be made forthcomeing & dell to ye sd Garrard Tucker when he arrives at ye adge of eighteen yeares. As also I leave & give unto my negro boy baptized & named Tho: One thousand pounds of Tobo to be bestowed uppon [him] for his learnikng & Education at y discression of my Extors. Item I give unto my Lo: friend Mr Jno: Waugh one Ring of ye same value of those rings above granted to my Children An if it shall heerafter happen at any time heerafter yt any ambiguity doubt question or controversy doe gro or rise concerning ye true meaning & intent of this my will & Testamt I will therfore yt my Extors & Extri choice each of them a Judicious prson & according to there verdict lett ye doubt & dispute be ended without comencing a Sute at law. My Will is heerby yt wtsoever guifts & Deeds are by this Will given & madover unto my now deare & Lo: wife Rose be by her accepted as full & compleate of all Dower or thirds belonging unto her by Law of my prsonall & reall estate & if otherwise yt she shall have noe right claim or title to any thing by this my last Will & Testamt. In like manner I give and bequeath unto my Eldest Sonne Justinnian my whole right title & intrest to any land or prcell of land lying in ye Kingdome of England to him & his heires forever. Item: I will yt wheras was given me in a Deede of Guift four negro slaves servants twelve kine wth calves by there sides or wth two feather bedds wth furniture wth other houshold furniture yt in ye sd deed of guift made ye 28th of Jany Last by past & to be acknoweldged in Court by Attr already for ye end appoynted I will yt ye aforesd Deed & every clause therein contained be valid & of force & made forthcoming for ye use of y four children in it menconed. And if any of ye 4 negroes dy before there deliveries to ye severall children yt ye dead negro or negroes be made good by Supplying of others as good live negroes as they were before there death I will in like manner ye wt male heires are by me begotten on my now Lo: Wife and so possessing for them & there heires ye moeties of St Clemts Manor Basstford Mannor & lying & being in ye province of Maryland and ye moety of ye plantacon called Garrards reserve on Machotick in y Colony of Virginnia joyntly wth my Eldest Sonne Justinnian & my yongest Sonne John ye yu ye aforesd male heires by me soe begotten shall pay unto each daughter or Daughters soe by me to be begotten accordingly as I have ordered already to be pd by my Sonne Justinnian & John for there Severall possessions. And alsso my will is yt if there shall be a Seccond or third Sonne by me soe begotten yt ye eldest possess ye whole moety aforesd paying to each yonger Bror forty thousand pounds of Tobco. And my will is further yt my debts & Legacies be- queathed being well contented & pay'd then how many soever Negro slave servants shall come to ye possession right & prsonall estate of my now Lo: & deare wife Rose being by her injoyned during her naturall life shall after her death be equally divided amongst ye children male or female by me on her begotten. And wheras in ye margent of this Sheete is written mark wth a Cross X ye intent & meaning is yt she take only one out of all my will is to establish ye said valid as ye contents. In Witnesse & conformacon of this my last Will & Testamt I set my hand to both Sheetes therof & to this last have fixed my hand & Seale day month & yeare of above written. THO: GARRARD [seal]. Signed, Sealed & dell in pnts of us Jno: Waugh Isaack Allerton J. Lee, Jno: cooper. 19th 9ber 1673. This Will was proved by te Testimony in Court of Mr. Jno: Waugh Majr Isaack Allerton & Cap: Jno: Lee. The Maryland Calendar of Wills, Volume I Wills from 1635 (Earliest Probated) to 1685 Pages 69-81 Editors: Thomas Gerard was the Lord of St. Clements Manor, St. Mary's County, but died in Westmoreland County, Virginia (where his will is also of record). He married first Susan, sister of Abel Snow (Archives of Maryland, Vol. 41, p. 373). See also Combs &c.'s St. Clements Manor. Edited and Annotated by USGenNet Patrons Rhoda Fone & Carole Hammett (2001) Charlene Reeds Ebeling Dad's Side REEDS, JAMESON, SPANN, HALBERT, DUNCAN, MAUZY, PORTER, BALL, HACKLEY, CORBIN, MOTT, PIGG, SHIPPEY, RICHARDSON, BOLLING, CARTER, BAIRD, BELL, CRAIG, WEAVER, WITHERS, CONYERS, WOOD, ISRAEL, CUNNINGHAM, MICHAUX, WADDILL, RANDOLPH, ISHAM, so far--Va>Ky>Mo WHITE, HAGERTY, FLATLEY--Ire>NY/Ontario Canada>Green Bay Mom's Side CORNWELL(NY), BUTZ, ANSCHICKS, STEDMAN, PATTERMAN, THULL, MEHAN, REITZ, DIEHL, ROMIG/ROMICH, KNAUSS, PHLIEGER