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== Biography ==
{{One Name Study|name=Gerard}}{{England Sticker}}John Garrard was the son of William Garrard, Knight and Isabel, daughter of Julian Nethermill. <ref>The visitations of Hertfordshire : made by Robert Cooke, esq.,Clarencieux, in 1572, and Sir Richard St. George, kt., Clarencieux, in 1634, with Hertfordshire pedigrees from Harleian mss. 6147 and 1546, p.145. [https://archive.org/details/visitationsofher222732cook/page/n161 Garrard of Wheathampsted]
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He married Jane, daughter of Richard Partridge of London. He died on 7 May 1625, leaving a family of two sons and six daughters. <ref>The English Baronetage 1741. P.494. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ciwUAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA494#v=onepage&q&f=false Garrard of Lamer] </ref>
His children included:
: Sir John, eldest son and heir
: Benedict
: Anne m Sir John Read of Lincolnshire
: Elizabeth
: Ursula m Francis Hamby
: Daughter m Sir George Sams
: Daughter m Mr Lyndley: Daughter m Mr Robinson of Tottenham <ref>Burke, John. A genealogical and heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain. Volume 1, p.592. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=uo9AAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA592&lpg=PA592 Drake-Garrard of Lamer, p592]]</ref>
Buried in St. Magnus Church, London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
A summary of Sir John Garrard’s honors in the London’s Alderman report are:
Treasurer of St. Thomas' Hospital, 1587 - 1591
Auditor of St. Thomas' Hospital 1591 - 1592
Master Haberdashers 1592 - 1592
Sheriff 1592 - 1593
Mayor 1601 - 1602
Master Haberdashers 1601 - 1602
Knighted (between 6 Mar and 6 Jul) 1602
President of St. Thomas' Hospital 1606 - 1622
Surveyor-General for Hospitals 1611
Master Haberdashers 1611 - 1612
Master Haberdashers 1614 - 1615
Master Haberdashers 1617 - 1618
Family
John was the son of Sir William Garrard, who was Lord Mayor of London for 1555-1556. His son, also Sir John, was created a Baronet and was himself the father of Sir Samuel, Lord Mayor of London for 1709-1710.
=== Death ===
Sir John died on May 7, 1625. His will was dated January 17, 1622 and was proved May 25, 1625.
There is the following inscription in St Magnus' church, London:
"Here lieth interred the Bodies of Sir John Gerrard, Knt. and Dame Jane, his wife, who was Daughter to Richard Partridge, Citizen and Haberdasher of London, by whom he had 13 Children; five whereof died young. They lived comfortably together, 43 years."
He was Lord-Mayor of London in the year 1601. She departed this Life the 24 Jan. 1616; and he left this world, the 7 May, 1625, being 79 years old; leaving only 2 Sons and six Daughters behind him.
"This monument was erected at the Charges of Benedict Gerrard, Gent. his youngest son, 1629."
== Sources ==
<references />*[http://www.geraldini.com/documenti/before-america/Before-America-Part-3.pdf Before-America-Part-3]*A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies ... By John Burke, John Bernard Burke (sir.). Page 214 [http://books.google.com/books?id=K1kBAAAAQAAJ&lpg=PA215&ots=E8Rk2aviaf&dq=sir%20jacob%20garrard&pg=PA214#v=onepage&q=George%20barne&f=false A genealogical and heraldic history ]*John Burke, A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland (1833), p. 592 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-P4UAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA592#v=onepage&q&f=false heraldic history of the commoners]* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Garrard Wikipedia (English) article]
* Family search.org
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My Family History
Abt 1546 - 1625 (79 years)