Sir William Gerard

1518 - 1557  (38 years)

• Name	Sir William Gerard  [1]
  Birth	19 Jun 1518	Staffordshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Feb 1557	Wales   [1]
  Person ID	I15200	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Sir Thomas Gerard,   b. 4 Jan 1488, Bryn, Lancashire, England d. 7 Nov 1523, Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England (Age 35 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margery Trafford,   b. 6 Jun 1470, Lancashire, England d. 10 May 1540, Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F5531	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Constance Rowson,   b. 17 Apr 1520, Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales d. 9 Nov 1587, Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales (Age 67 years)
  Children	1. Michel Gerrard,   b. 1525, Suffolk, England d. 1554, Raydon, Suffolk, England (Age 29 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5565	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 19 Jun 1518 - Staffordshire, England Death - 12 Feb 1557 - Wales  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia

  Arms-GERARD Gerard/Gerrard Coat of Arms

  
  

• Sources

  [S6040] FindAGrave Old World, William Gerard 1518-1558. WILLIAM GERARD, Gentleman of New Hall in Ashton-in-Makerfield in Winwick Parish in the county of Lancashire, England. He married CONSTANCE ROWSON circa 1529 in the county of Lancashire but she is not the mother of WILLIAM'S son, THOMAS GERARD. WILLIAM GERARD died before 1567 in Ponty Pool, Gwent, Wales. CONSTANCE was born circa 1510 in England and died circa 1567 in England. New Hall was conveyed in 1543 with a life tenancy to WILLIAM GERARD and to WILLIAM'S illegitimate and only son, THOMAS GERARD, by WILLIAM'S brother, SIR THOMAS GERARD, who had been the inheritor of this estate. WILLIAM died while his son was a minor, subsequently, his uncle, JAMES, occupied the home at New Hall. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113466664/william-gerard