A letter received from on 11/20/94
included a Will for David Garard, son of John Garard. David's wife was listed as Jane. His children were David, Justice, John, Nathaniel, Matthew Rippey, Sarah Quick, and Margaret Pugh, wife of Benjamin Pugh. David's father, John Garard, was me ntioned in the Will. No Caleb is
mentioned. Caleb must be the son of David Jr? A grandson, David, is mentioned as being the son of Justice.
THE HISTORICAL MARKER DATABASE: Inscription. Built by John Hays, 1743. Became home of Reverend David Gerard, who founded Gerrardstown in 1787. His father was Reverend John Gerard, the first Baptist Minister west of the Blue Ridge Mountains: http ://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?MarkerID=12793&Print=1
The Back Rhodes of Our Genealogy
1742 - 1821 (79 years)
